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Visual Voicemail only with LTE APN, not Phone

Don't have LTE, so I created an APN for phone, gives me faster speeds with ATT and lets me use Onlive (blocked using the original APN). Noticed however visual voicemail only works with the LTE APN. any way to add it to my custom one?

Don't have a response to your question but I'm curious how you got the new APN to stick? On mine when I created another APN but it just keeps on defaulting to the "pta" APN.

My understanding visual voice mail is exclusively for LTE network. In fact, if you switch to LTE plan and go back to regular plan, you might endup with disabled voice mail.
HJZS2K said:
Don't have a response to your question but I'm curious how you got the new APN to stick? On mine when I created another APN but it just keeps on defaulting to the "pta" APN.
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I have no problem adding new APN and use it...

I wasn't aware there was a separate LTE plan?
That is strange. I wonder why I cannot set up an additional APN to connect to. Whenever it's selected, I can watch it get switched back after a few seconds...

Yeah, basically it's the same plan just has LTE in it's name.
If you have SQLite Edit (or something similar), you could try alter the APN manually.

HJZS2K said:
Don't have a response to your question but I'm curious how you got the new APN to stick? On mine when I created another APN but it just keeps on defaulting to the "pta" APN.
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I had the same issue with the phone APN not sticking. I followed the instructions from a thread in the Skyrocket forum about throttling that said to use phone for the APN name, internet for the APN type and leave everything else blank or default. How I ended up solving it was using the MMSC, MMS proxy, MMS port, and APN type entries from the pta APN and using them in the phone APN and after that phone APN would stick.
Also, I too am unable to get Visual Voicemail on the phone APN.

Thanks! I can't believe I didnt think about trying that. I just created the phone APN with the same settings as PTA and it works. I'm back on regular HSPA+ speeds since I'm not in an LTE area. For what its worth, visual voicemail works just fine for me.

Evening-
I too had some issues with the VVM not working and couldn't figure out why...even tried to use YouMail with no luck and finally logged into my account and reset the password for my V-Mail. I then re-set up the stock ATT VVM, deleted the forwarding YouMail installs and everything worked like a charm again.
I too setup the alternative APN (not in the LTE Market) and it stuck just fine...maybe try resetting the password/pin and see if that works. Good luck!

[Q] apn settings for unlocked tmobile s3 on at&t network

i have a tmobile galaxy s3 and i wont to use it on at&ts network but i dont know alot about apn settings and how they work ....so if anyone could tell me what i should set my apn settings to to get at&ts 3/4g it would be GREAT!!!!!!! so please help.

if you google att apn it will come up then go to phone and enter and save

turning off lte

i know there isnt a toggle for turning of lte on the at&t variant but i thought there was some work arounds to this. can someone please post the steps to do this?

There's fairly simple instruction for this not only on xda, but on multiple other sites as well. Have you heard of Google?

In short - change APN settings.

bravomail said:
In short - change APN settings.
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actually theres a better way, if you're on CM10 or AOKP dial *#*#4636#*#* and choose WCDMA only or WCDMA Preferred. This will prevent the phone from trying to use LTE as its default network.

djkinetic said:
actually theres a better way, if you're on CM10 or AOKP dial *#*#4636#*#* and choose WCDMA only or WCDMA Preferred. This will prevent the phone from trying to use LTE as its default network.
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I thought that no matter what, for att users it always reverted back...
I tried going back to the wap.cingular apn but my phone would lose signal everynow and then..

imaleecher said:
I thought that no matter what, for att users it always reverted back...
I tried going back to the wap.cingular apn but my phone would lose signal everynow and then..
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It doesnt if you're on AOKP at least for my ATT it doesnt, if I set it to WCDMA preferred as it is by default I never see LTE, even with the PTA APN selected, and I know LTE is active in my area because on stock and CM10 I default to it and get upwards of 30-40 Mbps

See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1826409

Theres also a way if you have root to create the new APN and have it stick (reason it doesnt stick is because PTA is set as default and because you cant change it reverts back to PTA). I'll give the steps I took to allow me to edit my PTA APN. again remember you need root. (also sqlite)
1. Using root explorer (or similar) navigate to /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony>databases>nwk_info.db
2. Tap on Carriers
3. Select line for AT&T PTA 310/410 scroll all the way to the right and under editable put a 1
4. Do the same for ATT Entitlement
5. Go to the PTA APN Menu>Settings>More Settings>Mobile Network> Access Point Names
6. In the PTA APN delete the values in the "APN type" field (this will prevent the phone from defaulting back to this APN)
7. Create new APN
Name
(whatever you'd like to name it)
APN
wap.cingular
Proxy
-
Port
-
User name
[email protected]OM
Password
CINGULAR1
Server
cingulargprs.com
MMSC
http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy
wireless.cingular.com
MMS port
80
MCC
310
MNC
410
Authentication type
-
APN type
default,supl,mms (no spaces)
Only down side to this is that the phone will periodically drop ALL signal but then gains it back withing 15-20 seconds. I'm also still looking for a way to enable the "Network operators" selection through root explorer (I imagine it to be in a similar place as the APN settings). Any help from someone more knowledgeable than me is appreciated. Hope this helps. Also below is a link to where I posted working USSD (MMI) codes that I found. Maybe something can be discovered in those.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31687534&postcount=40

AT&T APN oddity

I noticed that the AT&T i317 isn't using the "pta" APN. Instead, it's using the slightly older (and supposedly non-LTE) "phone" APN. However, it appears to be connecting to the LTE network.
Can someone verify this APN on their own i317? Settings->More Settings (under wireless and network)->Mobile Networks->Access Point Names.
Unless you've made changes in there, you'll see a single APN listed. For example, mine has "ATT Phone" in large letters and "phone" in smaller letters below that. If you tap that entry, you'll see the "APN" is set to "phone."
(Using that default 'phone' APN, I'm most certainly getting an LTE connection - 25mbps simply isn't even theoretically possible on AT&T on non-lte.)
Thanks
Gary
(note to moderators: wasn't quite sure if this was better here in general or over in q&a - feel free to move it if required)

garyd9 said:
I noticed that the AT&T i317 isn't using the "pta" APN. Instead, it's using the slightly older (and supposedly non-LTE) "phone" APN. However, it appears to be connecting to the LTE network.
Can someone verify this APN on their own i317? Settings->More Settings (under wireless and network)->Mobile Networks->Access Point Names.
Unless you've made changes in there, you'll see a single APN listed. For example, mine has "ATT Phone" in large letters and "phone" in smaller letters below that. If you tap that entry, you'll see the "APN" is set to "phone."
(Using that default 'phone' APN, I'm most certainly getting an LTE connection - 25mbps simply isn't even theoretically possible on AT&T on non-lte.)
Thanks
Gary
(note to moderators: wasn't quite sure if this was better here in general or over in q&a - feel free to move it if required)
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single APN set to phone, though I am not in an LTE area yet (supposed to be here by the end of this year).

Gary, can you give me the exact apn settings. I have the t-mobile note 2 running on AT&T. I noticed it wasn't working on PTA settings.

My skyrocket had an ota update not long back. This "phone" apn was added. Although I don't have lte
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3_D said:
Gary, can you give me the exact apn settings. I have the t-mobile note 2 running on AT&T. I noticed it wasn't working on PTA settings.
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here's a link to a post with the 'phone' apn: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29207731&postcount=1

garyd9 said:
here's a link to a post with the 'phone' apn: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29207731&postcount=1
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I have the same APN settings except for the APN type. I only have default, mms, and supl.

Jmlee915 said:
I have the same APN settings except for the APN type. I only have default, mms, and supl.
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And LTE is working? (not just the statusbar icon - actually verify that you are able to get a speedtest greater than 20mbps)

add apn setting verizon 4.1.1. galaxy s3

Verizon's version of 4.1.1 does not allow you to edit APN settings! When you go to the APN menu, there is nothing displayed and the only settings option is to Reset to Default.How do I add APNs on Verizon Galaxy S3 running 4.1.1?? can you help me?
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BESTE said:
Verizon's version of 4.1.1 does not allow you to edit APN settings! When you go to the APN menu, there is nothing displayed and the only settings option is to Reset to Default.How do I add APNs on Verizon Galaxy S3 running 4.1.1?? can you help me?
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Just found an app called APN TURKEY. Did you try that? Also there is an app called ANY CUT and it allows you to toy with APNs. Hope this helps.