Hi,
I am using a T-mobile vario 2 in the UK. I recently flashed the radio rom to version 1.43 and replaced the operator rom with the official dopod wm6 rom. Most things are working ok but I have run into a few problems; hopefully someone here can help me.
First (minor) problem when the phone is first turned on it asks you to select a country. UK is not on the list, only countries in south pacific area. Does this prevent me from connecting properly to my local provider? ie do I show up as roaming?
Next problem is that I can't receive my voicemail. I phoned T-Mobile to check the number and setup etc but everything is correct. The phone just tells me "The number you have dialed is not recognised" or something to that effect.
Finally my phone frequently looses its data connection. When you open internet explorer a popup message shows saying: "Unable to connect to network for an unknown reason..." I checked all of the settings and they are ok. The only thing that fixes the data connection is to reset the phone. Probably I am also dropping calls whilst the phone is in this state.
So can anyone help? I think it is most likely the radio rom at fault but it could be related to not being able to select the correct county.
Thanks for your help
Matt
-Matt- said:
Hi,
I am using a T-mobile vario 2 in the UK. I recently flashed the radio rom to version 1.43 and replaced the operator rom with the official dopod wm6 rom. Most things are working ok but I have run into a few problems; hopefully someone here can help me.
First (minor) problem when the phone is first turned on it asks you to select a country. UK is not on the list, only countries in south pacific area. Does this prevent me from connecting properly to my local provider? ie do I show up as roaming?
Next problem is that I can't receive my voicemail. I phoned T-Mobile to check the number and setup etc but everything is correct. The phone just tells me "The number you have dialed is not recognised" or something to that effect.
Finally my phone frequently looses its data connection. When you open internet explorer a popup message shows saying: "Unable to connect to network for an unknown reason..." I checked all of the settings and they are ok. The only thing that fixes the data connection is to reset the phone. Probably I am also dropping calls whilst the phone is in this state.
So can anyone help? I think it is most likely the radio rom at fault but it could be related to not being able to select the correct county.
Thanks for your help
Matt
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try radio 1.47 which comes with the dopod wm6
Ok I followed the suggestion and have upgraded to radio 1.47 but I still get the same problems. At least I have only checked the voicemail so far but get the same message. It actually says "You have dialed an incorrect number..."
Any other suggestions?
Download and install the provider Cab settings for your provider.
Search the wiki for more information
I have already done this. The settings are correct.
Hmm, thanks for the advice... now sms doesn't work either. PS. whilst flashing radio rom I also changed to JJ's black satin.
Please can somebody suggest a radio rom that is known to work well on T-Mobile in the UK. ie. no dropped calls, GPRS, 3G and HSDPA all working, voicmail and sms working, I don't care about video calling.
Thanks
Matt
Mat,
I am on TyTn and I had the same problem after installing Dopod WM6 version + 1.47 radio - on the second day majority of programs requiring internet connection were returning in message 'Unable to connect due to unknown reason...'. Even Wi-Fi was not responding. Only Resco Radio was working ?!?!
Solved this by removing the GRPS Internet settings and updating them manually.
As to the dropping calls, did you try to switch to GSM (instead of 3G). This is a common problem if your 3G covergae is bad?
Since upgrading the radio rom from 1.43 to 1.47 I have not had the "Unable to connect.. for an unknown reason" message. So I guess this was either due to some screwed up settings before, or some bug that has been fixed between releases.
I don't know how to switch from 3G to GSM but I am not convinced that this is the problem since my push email works just fine.
Incidentally I have noticed that my phone seems to default to 3G but as soon as I open a page in explorer it jumps into HSDPA, once it finishes it goes back to 3G. Is there a way to make it stay in HSDPA or is this a bad idea for some reason?
With the above observation in mind I could be wrong in thinking 3G was not my problem. Perhaps my phone jumps into HSDPA to receive push email.
So how do you force GSM or even GPRS over 3G?
Please forgive my ignorance.
Matt
Ok found a setting in com manager/phone/bands/ changed from auto which was putting me on umts to gsm. Was this what you meant? I have gone from 2 bars of 3G and 2 bars of HSDPA when in use to full bars of GPRS. Internet browsing was definitely faster with HSDPA but do you think I should be able to receive texts now? I know I have missed some and they still have not come through.
This is weird, after changing to GSM my htc home plugin reports 2 unread text messages but when I open up the SMS/MMS folder ther are no messages at all.
???
I find the best radio rom for Tmobile UK is 1.27 - see the wiki.
For your voicemail, set the phone to dial your own number, it works.
Ive tried all the new radios and always go back to 1.27. I am currently running Schaps lates WM6 rom (3.57a I think)
Rob
robt2379 said:
I find the best radio rom for Tmobile UK is 1.27 - see the wiki.
For your voicemail, set the phone to dial your own number, it works.
Ive tried all the new radios and always go back to 1.27. I am currently running Schaps lates WM6 rom (3.57a I think)
Rob
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I must admitt Ive always end up going back to 1.27 too
Hi i'm on T-Mobile Uk Vario II currently using Black Satin & Radio 1.43 3g, hsdpa, sms, mms, voicemail all working.
Can only suggest reflash rom with somthing like Schaps 3.57a use his operator setting tool to set T-Mobile settings and use radio 1.43 and see what happens.
Cheers
It would appear that WM6 dialer strips the leading zero from the T-Mobile voicemail number +440507... giving +44507...
I have not figured out how to fix it yet.
For the voicemail thing, the dialer does indeed strip out the leading zero on the voicemail number - I spent hours trying to fix this and in the end, it was easy - just put an extra zero in the number (in network services) ;-)
I use Black Satin with Radio 1.47.00.10 and have no problems whatsoever but I'm still evaluating - I don't know if I've tried 1.27 yet so I think I'll look into that and report back the comparison.
You say you were having problems with data "unable to connect..." - I used to have this a lot and invariably, it was because my conection had somehow developed a proxy server - turned this off and it work after that (it usually happened after I synced it with my work computer)
Could the SMS messages be on your SIM or something? Not had this problem but have a look in SIM manager see if that can find anything.
The thing about HSDPA is that it isn't on all the time - the phone will stay in 3G until you or your phone initiates a data connection, then HSDPA will kick in for the duration of the connection then fall back to 3G - this is normal as your phone cannot receive calls and stuff while HSDPA is connected (I think - i'll look for clarification on this point - the phone will should drop the HSDPA when a call comes in).
Some people do report that data speeds etc seem faster when they mess with the band settings but I've not been able to confirm this and just leave it as it is.
If you don't get anywhere with your SMS problem, you could try the threaded apps that I've customised for t-mobile (links in my SIG) but be warned - any texts you have in your current SMS inbox will be inaccessible until you uninstall the threaded app. I'm using the WM6 one on mine at the moment and it works just fine for SMS and MMS.
Smiffy
Thanks for the replies guys!
I am now very happily running the 'normal' version of JJ's Black Satin rom and radio rom 1.48.
Everything seems to be working fine now. Adding the extra 0 into my voicemail number did the trick; so easy once you know how!
The data connection can still be slow occasionally. I think this is because if you have a weak 3G signal this overrides a stronger GPRS one. Sometimes the 3G signal is so weak it can't transfer any data and the phone just keeps trying in 3G rather than switching to the stronger GPRS signal which would work. This is easy the fix, just go into com manager and disable 3G (on the black satin rom at least).
Generally I am very happy and my device is finally working the way I wanted it to.
Once again, thanks for your help
Cheers
Matt
I use whats in my sig and it works well. I get the 3g/gprs battle at my house alot. Complain to tmobile regularly and they'll sort it out eventually.
Hi, I know we have a couple threads called mms over wifi, but it's not similar to my question.
I tried sending mms over wifi calling and and I'm able to send the mms, but I can't receive them. I'm currently on Jug 5.0 and they have mms over wifi on this rom.
My bf just got a new s2 also and he is able to send mms over wifi calling with the stock rom and before rooting. So I rooted his phone with Jug 5.0 and he's still able to send and receive on wifi calling.
So I figured something's wrong with my phone, and I switched our sim cards. He's still able to send and receive mms on my phone with his sim, but I can't with my sim on his phone.
I wonder if this is something sim/account related. Anyone having this problem, thoughts or ideas as what's going on here?
My first question would be do you have the new sim card required for IMS to work?
Yea I . I can make calls and everything over wifi besides receiving mms.
Hmm, I have the same issues. Usually for me it takes forever for any mms to send or receive over IMS. Most of the time, they never even download unless I'm connected to the network via edge or 3G. That's interesting that it seems to work just fine for your bf though.
Yea it is weird. He doesn't even have to have data turned on to receive mms without wifi
MMS over WiFi on Juggs 5.0
babexdragon said:
Hi, I know we have a couple threads called mms over wifi, but it's not similar to my question.
I tried sending mms over wifi calling and and I'm able to send the mms, but I can't receive them. I'm currently on Jug 5.0 and they have mms over wifi on this rom.
My bf just got a new s2 also and he is able to send mms over wifi calling with the stock rom and before rooting. So I rooted his phone with Jug 5.0 and he's still able to send and receive on wifi calling.
So I figured something's wrong with my phone, and I switched our sim cards. He's still able to send and receive mms on my phone with his sim, but I can't with my sim on his phone.
I wonder if this is something sim/account related. Anyone having this problem, thoughts or ideas as what's going on here?
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Im having a similar issue. I rooted mine with juggs 4.1 and was unable to send and receive MMS ever since. I knew till 5.0 it was not capable. However they introduced the MMS over wifi fix in 5.0. Which after flashing to that it still doesnt send or receive.
I have tried doing the standard wipe cache, and delvik, No good. I also tried doing a complete wipe, and reinstall clean, still NG.
any one have any ideas how to fix that? everything else works great with the rom.
Hey guys.
I'm getting a problem with both stock and the new CM build, when network is swapping between 3G (HSDPA) and 4G... I am in UK and I drive for a living so it happens a lot.
When it swaps sometimes I don't receive calls and texts for up to 2 hours. I've been blaming the network Three but I'm not sure now. I only seem to get the problem when the network is doing the swap. I receive the texts eventually in like a bulk.
I've tried all the usual settings (APN, factory reset, divert settings) and had like a daily phoncall to Three to try and get it sorted on their end.
It let's me send texts and make calls when problem is happening, but receiving them is a different matter...
Tried searching all over the internet but to no avail.
Was just wondering if anyone else is getting the problem? I can force the problem by switching to 3G in settings, or making a call to any number while being on 4G then quickly tabbing and sending a text whilst on a call.
Cheers!
This issue is really frustrating.
I have switched off 4g completely and that seems to have resolved the issue.
No idea anyone? I've not got another 4g phone to test this issue in...
This sounds like you may not have strong 4G signal. Have you tried contacting your service provider to confirm? Have you tested with a different SIM card? Last step to try is performing a hardware reset including cache wipe partition - http://www.asus.com/us/support/FAQ/1011956/
Sincerely
ASUS_USA
Normally full 4G signal. Still in contact with Three about it to try and get something sorted to no avail. Was fine with EE (although I was only with them a little while). Had a simcard swap from Three, same issue.
I did a full reset when I installed CyanogenMod 12.1 , and again to test with original firmware...
Hello, I have Tmobile and an unlocked firephone running the latest 4.6.6 (but this issue also happened prior to the latest update) When I am connected to WiFi at home, i do not receive text or calls, and yes i have full service, as soon as I turn of WiFi, all my texts and missed calls come pouring through all at once. is anyone else experiencing this? and if so, is there a fix? I have tried changing the Preferred network types and APN settings. Maybe there's a configuration I'm missing...
Hi folks,
I posted in the main G3 forum, here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/mm-update-messaging-mms-doesnt-wifi-t3577069
So sorry to cross post, but on reflection I think this may be something specific to T-Mobile's implementation of the Marshmallow update on our phones due to T-mobile wifi calling.
Basically, when I'm on the cell network, but connected to a WIFI access point, and can receive cellular calls and SMS just fine, MMS messaging doesn't work, which includes group messaging. Messages just sit there "sending." Lots of reports of similar phenomena around, no real solution. Textra has a "T-Mobile wifi calling fix" that works for me, even though my wifi calling is switched off (I'm using the phone on ATT network). But I want to go back to Google Messages.
It seems the phone doesn't know how to use the cellular data in cases where there is a protocol-driven reason not to use wifi, in the case where the phone is connected to wifi. Basically, it's failing to drop back to cellular.
Any ideas here? I'll try anything!
Thanks
I have noticed this as well. I have not found a work around to send MMS over Wi-Fi calling.