I hope this is not going to be a repeat thread and I apologize if it is, but I have searched all of XDA( which is amazing and has some extremely talented people) and all of the internet with no answers. That being said, I have a G3 as985 32 gig. This phone comes from Bluegrass Cellular which is a small carrier in Kentucky but shares it's towers with Verizon. Here in the middle of nowhere, they are the only way to get decent service. So, in order to root my phone I had to downgrade to a Verizon firmware( vs98510b) and from there could flash any ROM for that model phone and it worked beautifully. I am currently running crdroid 7.1 build and it's great except for the APN settings. It continues to show as Verizon service, so my data will not connect to LTE and mostly shows roaming which I am not. I have tried every solution posted on the internet with no success. I can delete every APN except for the Bluegrass Cellular that I enter but nothing changes. Is there anything I can flash to make my phone recognize a certain APN, or any way at all of forcing an APN to be used? I am so confused at this point and just need some guidance from smarter people than me. I will answer any questions happily for the chance of finding my answer. Sorry for the long post. Thank you so much.
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All,
I have searched everywhere with all sort of keywords and Boolean but just cant seem to find any thread or response related to the issue I am facing.
I was traveling with my Tmo S4 running the 2/3 Nightly, when I went roaming and the carrier changed to ATT.
Now I am back at home, and the phone is just stuck on ATT as the carrier name. Everywhere, where it would say Carrier Name, it says ATT. I checked the APN and it is connected to fast.tmo APN. I also tried changing other settings hoping it would change but no luck. I have used up over 1 GB of data since returning back on Thursday, and if it was truly on ATT, I would not be getting LTE signal with the same download speeds and should have hit the Roaming allowance.
I even went to 2/8 Nightly, but still no go.
Any thoughts? Would appreciate it, considering that I have a passion for hating ATT, and having its name on my phone, makes me want to throw it away.
Thanks in Advance.
RP.
Greetings everyone!
Signed up so that I can hopefully help someone else in need with their LG G3 phone using the Straight Talk 4G LTE Verizon sim card.
After many hours of flashing roms and trying out various things, it turns out for some reason other variants of the stock roms like Bliss Pop, CoudyG3, and Skydragon will not work with the data. I can still use my phone and make calls and i can still get text messages and even pictures sent through text messages, but for the life of me data would NOT work.
The only rom that did work again was the Jasmine rom. To my understanding it works pretty close to the stock verizon rom that comes with the LG G3. After the flash, BOOM! Everything worked and data came back to life.
I noticed the APN settings is very very different but this rom wont let you go in it to see it's settings. Surely there is a way to import/export the APN data to push on over to another custom rom? Just weird that after putting this specific custom rom data happily worked again.
BTW, if anyone tries to activate a verizon lg g3 with straight talk, be careful. Though their stupid website said that the phone was already registered with another tracfone provider/service, I was still able to get the phone to work. If after entering your MEID/EMI or whatever the numbers are and the straight talk website spits it back out at you, CALL straight talk. I got screwed and used up the network access code which somehow got lost into oblivion, but turns out that they themselves can manually add the Verizion 4G LTE sim card with the network access code card. (I bought the 4g LTE sim card package from wal mart). As long as the phone is in good standing, it will work!
Thanks. Hope this helps someone else out trying to get it to work with straight talk. I will try and see if there is a way to export this APN setting. I was told by straight talk that you don't need an APN set, but i think they are lying.
Peace!
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Back again,
Happy to report im using skydragon Rom with straight talk. Turns out you do in fact need to set the apn in the settings. Just add this apn
acct.tf.gw6.vzwentp
This is the apn for the Verizon 4g lte sim card when you use it. I didn't have to reset the phone but now data works great.
Hey question. I have a Straight Talk S3 currently running CM 11 kitkat based rom and things work great but I found other roms I want to install one of them being a Pac-Man custom rom but I have no data. I have a Verizon CDMA 4G LTE sim coming in acouple days just need the apn settings. Could anyone help me out with this? Thanx in advance for any help.
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Surely it is the same APN setting as above. Try it out once you get your Sim card. Also, that S3 being a different phone may pick up on the access point names when you try another rom and set itself up, but if data is still not working, then try that APN I posted on the first post.
Also, be careful that you are actually connecting at LTE speeds as long as your area has it. Flashing to another rom I was only connecting at 3G. Turns out that once I tried another rom, you have to set the preferred network to LTE, then give the phone a reset. It took it a moment after reboot, but LTE finally showed up.
Depending on your phone, there are other settings to be set in it's hidden menu settings using the phones dialer. Just google around.
Hope this helps!
Hello and thanks for reading,
I'm currently a T-Mobile subscriber, but I'm using an unlocked Verizon HTC One M8.
The phone is currently rooted has S-Off and Super CID.
The problem I have is that my data connection seems to constantly drop randomly.
Whether I'm on a call, sending or receiving group messages / MMS, or simply browsing the web.
I have to switch on airplane mode at least 20+ times a day to obtain a data signal.
My cellular network type is consistently on EDGE.
I CANT SEEM TO GET ANY 4G OR LTE.
Can someone point me in the correct path to fix the issue.
I used to have this issue, until I activated T-Mobile bands that are originally deactivated by Verizon from the factory. Maybe this was a huge coincidence, but I had the exact same problems until I did this. Also flashed LolliGPE at this time.
You can use CDMA tool to achieve this. There are numerous guides on how to do this on XDA, feel free to send a PM if you need more explanation or w/e.
Also, it wouldn't hurt to factory reset from stock recovery to correct any potentially corrupted NV items.
What I've found work good is install custom rom like viper one then enter your T-Mobile mms settings then use the app called 4g switch n click the drop down n select WCDMA n should be getting a constant four bar
Sorry for such a late reply, I am currently using ViperROM and still have troubles.
I've flashed several different roms all were affected, I've tried numerous firmware and radio's none have worked.
I'm not sure how to block CDMA network keys from functioning, care to elaborate a bit?
Hi,
I opened another thread regarding safest method to change from unlocked stock os to the T-Mobile release for Wi-Fi calling, possibly in wrong area as somewhat related to T-Mobile, however my main worry is ensuring I will have full 4g/LTE support, I am awaiting a sim card of a T-Mobile mvno, but I've seen several places I'd likely not be able to even use 3g without enabling the bands required, I've come across various guides .
Several said to use ##3424# or something alike(I'm out right now so can't confirm) to get into diagnostics, this does not work, I can however use the *#*#3424#*#*(again might be incorrect code) however this is self check options and to calibrate vibration etc, unable to connect with qpst with this.
Any help would be helpful, I purchased the phone second hand unlocked to use when I visit the US, I know it's unlocked and works in UK, just require it for use in US as I use an m9 as my main phone.
Would be nice to get the Wi-Fi calling function but not important.
Any help on how to go about this would be great.
Regards,
V4mpire
V4mpire said:
Hi,
I opened another thread regarding safest method to change from unlocked stock os to the T-Mobile release for Wi-Fi calling, possibly in wrong area as somewhat related to T-Mobile, however my main worry is ensuring I will have full 4g/LTE support, I am awaiting a sim card of a T-Mobile mvno, but I've seen several places I'd likely not be able to even use 3g without enabling the bands required, I've come across various guides .
Several said to use ##3424# or something alike(I'm out right now so can't confirm) to get into diagnostics, this does not work, I can however use the *#*#3424#*#*(again might be incorrect code) however this is self check options and to calibrate vibration etc, unable to connect with qpst with this.
Any help would be helpful, I purchased the phone second hand unlocked to use when I visit the US, I know it's unlocked and works in UK, just require it for use in US as I use an m9 as my main phone.
Would be nice to get the Wi-Fi calling function but not important.
Any help on how to go about this would be great.
Regards,
V4mpire
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Well I Have A T-Mobile RUU Thread I Made That You Could Use, It's Not Set For The US Or UK, Just For The T-Mobile Carrier
You Would Need A Windows Computer To Do This Tho. Reply Back If You Want The Link
I've called both Sprint and HTC and they point the finger at each other or think I cant read the menus. They tell me to go to the Sprint store which is in another town. I've called them multiple time over the past year. The M8 and M9 could do it why cant this still current high end model do it? I really could use wifi calling as my new employer has real bad signal but good wifi. I'm open to rooting/modding, as a last effort I 'upgraded' to Oreo and I'm not thrilled with it.
There is no mention of advanced calling or wi-fi calling in any of the settings menu. I do find internet calling, but I don't think that is the same. Help is greatly appreciated.
Planetary said:
I've called both Sprint and HTC and they point the finger at each other or think I cant read the menus. They tell me to go to the Sprint store which is in another town. I've called them multiple time over the past year. The M8 and M9 could do it why cant this still current high end model do it? I really could use wifi calling as my new employer has real bad signal but good wifi. I'm open to rooting/modding, as a last effort I 'upgraded' to Oreo and I'm not thrilled with it.
There is no mention of advanced calling or wi-fi calling in any of the settings menu. I do find internet calling, but I don't think that is the same. Help is greatly appreciated.
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I've just started looking into this as well. For a short time I had a Verizon branded HTC-10 and that was GSM. It showed the Advanced Calling sub menu and configuration for WiFi calling. But my Sprint CDMA version does not. It appears to be locked. I've read elsewhere that unlocking the phone will "open it up" such that WiFi calling is available. But, it's no guarantee that you'll be able to use it. You have to check with your carrier's administrator. In my case, I'm with Ting and they're an MVNO for Sprint.