Incorrect APN keeps automatically downloading - Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers

The APN that gets setup by default on my phone (Cricket Wireless) prevents my MMS from working. So, I used Cricket's guide to manually add a new APN. I deleted the other. Everything works at that point.
A few hours later, my MMS will stop working again and I go check my APNs again and see that it apparently downloaded the wrong APN again. The one I manually created is actually still there and is selected, but the other ones still appear to causing an issue somehow.
Is there a way for me to stop it from downloading the other settings?

kurruptor said:
The APN that gets setup by default on my phone (Cricket Wireless) prevents my MMS from working. So, I used Cricket's guide to manually add a new APN. I deleted the other. Everything works at that point.
A few hours later, my MMS will stop working again and I go check my APNs again and see that it apparently downloaded the wrong APN again. The one I manually created is actually still there and is selected, but the other ones still appear to causing an issue somehow.
Is there a way for me to stop it from downloading the other settings?
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Check these. I changed to Project Fi and that solve many more issues than this with Cricket.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/phone-by-google/s8ABqw0ZA-o/V67Fyn2kCAAJ
https://www.reddit.com/r/CricketWir...g_a_google_pixel_on_cricket_and_mms_problems/
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/7jg90p/81_broke_mms_on_pixel_xl_with_cricket/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/79t27s/google_pixel_xl_2_cricket_wireless_mms_resolved/
https://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1898489-Anyone-experience-mms-issue-Cannot-receive-some?
https://forums.androidcentral.com/g.../841955-mms-doesnt-work-cricket-wireless.html

Pkt_Lnt said:
Check these. I changed to Project Fi and that solve many more issues than this with Cricket.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/phone-by-google/s8ABqw0ZA-o/V67Fyn2kCAAJ
https://www.reddit.com/r/CricketWir...g_a_google_pixel_on_cricket_and_mms_problems/
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/7jg90p/81_broke_mms_on_pixel_xl_with_cricket/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/79t27s/google_pixel_xl_2_cricket_wireless_mms_resolved/
https://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1898489-Anyone-experience-mms-issue-Cannot-receive-some?
https://forums.androidcentral.com/g.../841955-mms-doesnt-work-cricket-wireless.html
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but now i'm having this problem on Fi! Albeit Moto X4, Android 7.1.2. But I think it's still APN issues.

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[Q] Where the APN settings are stored?

Hi all, can someone shade some lights as for where the APN settings are stored. I've checked system\etc\apns-conf.xml but doesn't seams to hold any real info. thx
bigmama said:
Hi all, can someone shade some lights as for where the APN settings are stored. I've checked system\etc\apns-conf.xml but doesn't seams to hold any real info. thx
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That is where it's stored... but it's different from ROM to ROM I guess... here's an example of one I pulled from an old back up of CM6.
It seems to have apn settings for all carriers so try replacing yours with this one, if your having any issues that is.
omarsalmin said:
That is where it's stored... but it's different from ROM to ROM I guess... here's an example of one I pulled from an old back up of CM6.
It seems to have apn settings for all carriers so try replacing yours with this one, if your having any issues that is.
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I know how to deal with APNs, cause I am testing some roms and they wood never connect to 3G, I have to enter them manually. So I am looking where this info is saved so I can make script to backup it. like I did with accounts.db, wifi access point, language,time-zone, bluetooth paring ....
Anyone can help on this!
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Did you try editing your apns-conf.xml to see if your phone would pull in the correct APN info you entered (based on your MCC and MNC)?
Regardless, I think it's stored in the telephony.db in /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/.
Not sure if this will be any help but I use an app call APN Backup & Restore.
Once I have working APN settings I just back them up & then with every differant ROM flash I do I just restore the working APN settings.
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[FIX] Ringplus APNs - Confirmed 4G

RingPlus is a Sprint MVNO who offers Sprint service at insanely affordable prices.
I modified the apns-conf.xml that was uploaded by octhrope to work on Ting (another Sprint MVNO) so that those of us on RingPlus could get some 4G LTE action on custom ROMs.
The following zips are flashable in recovery and each one should make a backup of your current apns-conf.xml should you need to revert. It saves it as a .bak file in the same location - you only need to go rename the old file to get your apns bak (See what I did there?)
The 4.4 APN file is the only one I have personally tested. I can confirm it works to provide 4G LTE (as well as 3G) on PSX, Rastacat and OMNI.
Thanks to the following xda users for figuring out the Ting APNs and indirectly helping me solve the issue for R+:
octhrope, poo706 and t3rmin
Nice job! I'm going to test it. I'm running omni 4.4
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Swav3y said:
Nice job! I'm going to test it. I'm running omni 4.4
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It seems to be working fine on PSX ROM as well. I think I'm going to switch back to OMNI because my battery life was pretty terrible today.
What do I need to get my phone to work on this service?
oohaylima said:
What do I need to get my phone to work on this service?
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Well... Register the phone on the website. Put money in your account. You'll probably need to do this on the Stock ROM... Activate your phone. Update PRL and Profile. If you want MMS to work, you'll have to dial ##DATA# and edit the MMSC to the one used by Ringplus. They charge $.07 per MMS and MMS aren't included in any of the plans.
Then if you so desire, flash another ROM and use the file I posted to update your APN so that data/MMS will work.
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Ringplus is another of the many Sprint MVNOs offering 4G service. However, I couldn't get data to work at all outside of the Stock ROM. After a couple hours of digging around inside ##DATA# and the Mobile Settings and playing around with Poo_706's Ting APNs, I finally figured out how to get 4G working on Ringplus. Wanted to share it with the world.
This is confirmed working on Rastacat. I assume it will work on any 4.4 ROM. I'm about to test PSX and see if it works there, too.
Theoretically this should flash in recovery, but if it doesn't, try extracting the apns-conf.xml and replacing the one in System -> etc. Be sure to set permissions to rw-r--r--.
Feel free to click Thanks if this helps you.
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I'm interested in what Ringplus needed for 4g; cause it looks like just the modified Ting apns.
You're welcome for the installer by the by.
octhrope said:
I'm interested in what Ringplus needed for 4g; cause it looks like just the modified Ting apns.
You're welcome for the installer by the by.
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The first five lines are almost identical to the Ting APNs I borrowed from you and/or poo706. The only thing I changed was the apn name: Sprint uses the apn "n.ispsn", Ting uses the apn "n.t8.ispsn" and Ringplus uses the apn "n.r5.ispsn".
I didn't check to see if that was enough to fix it, but did notice in my APN settings that the protocols were IPV4 on stock, so I added the bottom two lines and pretty much copied exactly what my stock APNs showed up as using an app to look at the APN settings. I changed the protocols from "IPV4V6" to just "IPV4".
Small changes, but the Ting APNs didn't give me ANY data at all (neither did the stock APNs for Kit Kat). I only had Wi-Fi. Using these I have working 1x, 3g and LTE (depending on location)
loveVII said:
The first five lines are almost identical to the Ting APNs I borrowed from you and/or poo706. The only thing I changed was the apn name: Sprint uses the apn "n.ispsn", Ting uses the apn "n.t8.ispsn" and Ringplus uses the apn "n.r5.ispsn".
I didn't check to see if that was enough to fix it, but did notice in my APN settings that the protocols were IPV4 on stock, so I added the bottom two lines and pretty much copied exactly what my stock APNs showed up as using an app to look at the APN settings. I changed the protocols from "IPV4V6" to just "IPV4".
Small changes, but the Ting APNs didn't give me ANY data at all (neither did the stock APNs for Kit Kat). I only had Wi-Fi. Using these I have working 1x, 3g and LTE (depending on location)
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The stock apns are different, they don't play by the rules of the custom roms... The original ting post in the depreciated section of my post might be the best place to start from.
If you want I can change the installer to say Ringplus instead of Ting.
octhrope said:
The stock apns are different, they don't play by the rules of the custom roms... The original ting post in the depreciated section of my post might be the best place to start from.
If you want I can change the installer to say Ringplus instead of Ting.
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I agree that the apns-conf.xml on stock is completely useless. Mine was pretty much blank and had no correlation to the data settings on my phone. I used "APN Settings Shortcut" to see what the actual APN settings were that were giving me a data connection on stock, and then translated that information into the apns-conf.xml I used for my 4.4 ROM.
I couldn't figure out how to change the install manifest or whatever it was, so I just left it alone. lol If you want to change it for me, that would be much appreciated.
By the way, in case I haven't clarified yet I'm extremely grateful to you, poo706 and t3rmin for paving the way on the APN settings. I wouldn't have figured it out without being able to look at your work.
loveVII said:
I agree that the apns-conf.xml on stock is completely useless. Mine was pretty much blank and had no correlation to the data settings on my phone. I used "APN Settings Shortcut" to see what the actual APN settings were that were giving me a data connection on stock, and then translated that information into the apns-conf.xml I used for my 4.4 ROM.
I couldn't figure out how to change the install manifest or whatever it was, so I just left it alone. lol If you want to change it for me, that would be much appreciated.
By the way, in case I haven't clarified yet I'm extremely grateful to you, poo706 and t3rmin for paving the way on the APN settings. I wouldn't have figured it out without being able to look at your work.
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yeah the lg apns are a joke. but the apns are actually different for stock vs custom 4.2. 4.3/4.4 are different from 4.2. apn version number mostly.
word, i'll get it changed for you.
octhrope said:
yeah the lg apns are a joke. but the apns are actually different for stock vs custom 4.2. 4.3/4.4 are different from 4.2. apn version number mostly.
word, i'll get it changed for you.
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I did know there was a difference between 4.3/4.4 and other versions, but copying the stock (4.1.2 on the OG) settings I found with the app worked for me. Although, it could have been the 5 lines I borrowed from poo706's 4.3/4.4 Ting APN that I crammed into your installer...
Who knows. It works for Rastacat and PSX (both 4.4 ROMs) :victory: . I could probably pinpoint which changes made it work, but I'm lazy.
loveVII said:
Well... Register the phone on the website. Put money in your account. You'll probably need to do this on the Stock ROM... Activate your phone. Update PRL and Profile. If you want MMS to work, you'll have to dial ##DATA# and edit the MMSC to the one used by Ringplus. They charge $.07 per MMS and MMS aren't included in any of the plans.
Then if you so desire, flash another ROM and use the file I posted to update your APN so that data/MMS will work.
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Most excellent. I just removed this phone from Ting. Looking forward to see how this service plays out.
Did anyone have trouble activating their phone?
oohaylima said:
Did anyone have trouble activating their phone?
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Are you talking about getting it to activate on the Ringplus website or getting your phone to activate the service?
Getting the website to activate my phone took me a couple tries. I kept typing in the ICCID wrong... Double check the numbers.
Just FYI, you have to get Ting to release your phone before Ringplus will let you add it. Unfortunately, Ting doesn't hold your number once it releases your phone, so if you go this route, you're going to get a new number.
Ringplus will let you port your number for $7. But in order to get this to work you either:
A) Activate a different device with Ringplus so that you can port your number, then switch devices.
B) Switch devices on Ting so that you can activate with Ringplus, then once you have the correct device, port your number and cancel your Ting account.
C) Pay $20 to port your number to Google Voice, then another $7 to port to Ringplus...
If you have an extra Sprint device laying around, you're golden... If not, you can still be golden if you have $20 and a lot of patience to wait for ports to go through... Otherwise you can be like me and just change your number haha
Yeah. It wouldn't accept the ESN. Said that it's not on the system. I called Ting and they said they already released the phone from their network.
Is there another way to see our ESN besides looking into the About section? Maybe it's displaying wrong....I don't know. Ringplus woes. Lol
oohaylima said:
Yeah. It wouldn't accept the ESN. Said that it's not on the system. I called Ting and they said they already released the phone from their network.
Is there another way to see our ESN besides looking into the About section? Maybe it's displaying wrong....I don't know. Ringplus woes. Lol
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Try the MEID Dec under About Phone... That's what worked for me.
Finally got this phone on. Woohoo! For the price tag, I love this service!
With the new APN file, nothing is showing when I open up the APN option in voice dialer, but when I put back the old one, a list of them show. Any ideas?
oohaylima said:
Finally got this phone on. Woohoo! For the price tag, I love this service!
With the new APN file, nothing is showing when I open up the APN option in voice dialer, but when I put back the old one, a list of them show. Any ideas?
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Yeah, the price point is PERFECT.
What version of Android are you on? I added flashable ZIPs for 4.1-4.2 / 4.3 / 4.4
I can confirm the 4.4 zip works on PSX, Rastacat and OMNI
loveVII said:
Yeah, the price point is PERFECT.
What version of Android are you on? I added flashable ZIPs for 4.1-4.2 / 4.3 / 4.4
I can confirm the 4.4 zip works on PSX, Rastacat and OMNI
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It just miraculously started working. Go figure. The only thing that's boggling my mind is the MMS. Keeps telling me service is not activated. Crazy.
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Android 4.3.1
oohaylima said:
It just miraculously started working. Go figure. The only thing that's boggling my mind is the MMS. Keeps telling me service is not activated. Crazy.
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Android 4.3.1
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Have you updated your MMSC address?
If so, I think you may have to have some money in your account. MMS costs $.07 each and aren't included in the plan rates. I couldn't get them to send either, but after adding money to my account it went through. Perhaps that was the issue?

APNs switching?

Starting about .. oh, 3 or 4 months ago, I've noticed my phone dropping data, OR, getting stuck on 'E' or 'G' symbols, even in areas that have LTE. Every time I notice this, I go into APN Settings, and I find that the selected APN has changed. (Usually from 'T-Mobile US LTE' to just 'T-Mobile US'..)
I don't have any APN apps or anything, but have been running AOSP v4.3 (then v4.4) since about the same time this started.
Any ideas on what to check? Am I going crazy? (Is my phone going crazy?)
--Mike.
coyttl said:
Starting about .. oh, 3 or 4 months ago, I've noticed my phone dropping data, OR, getting stuck on 'E' or 'G' symbols, even in areas that have LTE. Every time I notice this, I go into APN Settings, and I find that the selected APN has changed. (Usually from 'T-Mobile US LTE' to just 'T-Mobile US'..)
I don't have any APN apps or anything, but have been running AOSP v4.3 (then v4.4) since about the same time this started.
Any ideas on what to check? Am I going crazy? (Is my phone going crazy?)
--Mike.
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You could delete the APN's that you don't want it to switch to. Just leave yourself with the one you want, and it shouldn't be able to change.
Now that MIGHT cause it to switch to nothing, leaving the phone without any connection. But if that happens a revert to the nandroid backup you make before trying this would fix it, at least back to what you have now.
Skipjacks said:
You could delete the APN's that you don't want it to switch to. Just leave yourself with the one you want, and it shouldn't be able to change.
Now that MIGHT cause it to switch to nothing, leaving the phone without any connection. But if that happens a revert to the nandroid backup you make before trying this would fix it, at least back to what you have now.
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I went ahead and tried this. So far, everything seems to be okay. I'll keep an eye on it for the weekend, and see if any oddness occurs.
Thanks!
-Me.
coyttl said:
I went ahead and tried this. So far, everything seems to be okay. I'll keep an eye on it for the weekend, and see if any oddness occurs.
Thanks!
-Me.
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Okay -
This didn't work, but it DID change the.. er.. way to fix -
What happens is that the data symbol will vanish - no data. Voice works okay. Since there's only ONE APN, if I go into the settings, it's still selected. (Leading me to believe that when I had multiple APNs, the top one WASN'T actually 'selected', the code was just marking the first one as active, when none were. Silly Radio lists..)
I had to add and save a 'dummy' APN entry, then select it, and then reselect my real APN, and it starts working.
It happens maybe once every other day, so it's not a big issue.
Have you tried to force LTE?
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alloycowboy said:
Have you tried to force LTE?
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Yeah - the phone seems to ignore that. Meaning that, it will still drop data, forcing me to unselect and reselect.
Though, I spoke to the developer, and it looks like it's a ROM issue, actually, and I'm running the lastest build now, which is *supposed* to have the fix. We'll see after the holiday tomorrow.
--Mike :laugh:

[Q] Flashed custom ROM and now mobile data wont work (NET10)

I installed SHOstock3 ROM onto my I777 yesterday. After messing around with my phone, I found a few errors but the most pressing is no mobile data. My plan was through AT&T but now its through NET10. I entered in a new APN with NET10s settins (tfdata) but no dice. I have read on this forum that I might have to delete the 3 AT&T APNs that are listed but I cant delete them.
I triple checked my APN settings for NET10 but still no dice. Must I flash the modem?
Thanks.
do you have cell service at all
svtfast said:
I installed SHOstock3 ROM onto my I777 yesterday. After messing around with my phone, I found a few errors but the most pressing is no mobile data. My plan was through AT&T but now its through NET10. I entered in a new APN with NET10s settins (tfdata) but no dice. I have read on this forum that I might have to delete the 3 AT&T APNs that are listed but I cant delete them.
I triple checked my APN settings for NET10 but still no dice. Must I flash the modem?
Thanks.
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james.r.macy said:
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???
What is hard to understand? I didnt say anything about making/receiving calls because that works just fine. So does SMSing.
the question is in the title
svtfast said:
???
What is hard to understand?
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Nothing I asked you if you have cell service? Calls and texts
james.r.macy said:
Nothing I asked you if you have cell service? Calls and texts
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My phone can do the following:
Make calls
Receive calls*
Sent SMSs
Receive SMSs
Connect to wifi
My phone cannot do:
Connect to mobile data. Full signal, correct APN settings through NET10
* I have recieved any calls since I flashed my phone but since I can call out, I assume I can receive.
svtfast said:
???
What is hard to understand? I didnt say anything about making/receiving calls because that works just fine. So does SMSing.
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You're crappy reply back is probably a major factor in the lack of assistance.
Have you tried any of the settings in this forum?
http://androidforums.com/net10/676048-net10-byop-apn-settings.html
Setup #1 seems to work for some, with APN listed as blank.
dicksteele said:
You're crappy reply back is probably a major factor in the lack of assistance.
Have you tried any of the settings in this forum?
xxxxblocked link because I dont have 10 posts!!XXXX
Setup #1 seems to work for some, with APN listed as blank.
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None of the OP settings work but the post towards the bottom of the page does.
Screw this stupid forum rule. I tried to list all of the settings that worked for me but the rule that says I cant post link until I have 10 or more posts wont let me. Sorry, I tried to list something here that would be helpfull but the help included links that I cannot post.
I had an APN setup that was close to that but I didnt have any proxies in. My OEM ROM didnt need them but I see that this custom ROM does. I need to do more testing but the quick test that I did showed 3G and H+. OEM ROM showed 4G all the time from what I can remember. Thank you!
svtfast said:
None of the OP settings work but the post towards the bottom of the page does.
Screw this stupid forum rule. I tried to list all of the settings that worked for me but the rule that says I cant post link until I have 10 or more posts wont let me. Sorry, I tried to list something here that would be helpfull but the help included links that I cannot post.
I had an APN setup that was close to that but I didnt have any proxies in. My OEM ROM didnt need them but I see that this custom ROM does. I need to do more testing but the quick test that I did showed 3G and H+. OEM ROM showed 4G all the time from what I can remember. Thank you!
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Alrighty then
dicksteele said:
You're crappy reply back is probably a major factor in the lack of assistance.
Have you tried any of the settings in this forum?
Setup #1 seems to work for some, with APN listed as blank.
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dicksteele said:
Alrighty then
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Orginal question has been answered (THANKS!) but just like before, MMS messaging does not work. Time for a new thread (once I get 10 or more posts)
svtfast said:
Orginal question has been answered (THANKS!) but just like before, MMS messaging does not work. Time for a new thread (once I get 10 or more posts)
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So SMS works but not MMS ? With stock messaging app or third party from the ROM?
dicksteele said:
So SMS works but not MMS ? With stock messaging app or third party from the ROM?
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I believe when sms is converted to mms, it then runs off the data line. I dunno what to tell this guy. If he says he checked his settings and they are okay then I dunno. Double check with net10, if not then just sick it up and move over to metro or redpocket, maybe another mvno.
He shouldn't get all prissy over forum rules. We're all dealt with it. Keeps the people asking for a hand out away.
emeianoite said:
I believe when sms is converted to mms, it then runs off the data line. I dunno what to tell this guy. If he says he checked his settings and they are okay then I dunno. Double check with net10, if not then just sick it up and move over to metro or redpocket, maybe another mvno.
He shouldn't get all prissy over forum rules. We're all dealt with it. Keeps the people asking for a hand out away.
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I do know if he opens ANOTHER thread I'll be the first one to hit the report button. Rules are here to prevent chaos.
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emeianoite said:
I believe when sms is converted to mms, it then runs off the data line. I dunno what to tell this guy. If he says he checked his settings and they are okay then I dunno. Double check with net10, if not then just sick it up and move over to metro or redpocket, maybe another mvno.
He shouldn't get all prissy over forum rules. We're all dealt with it. Keeps the people asking for a hand out away.
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Sounds easy to me, find the right MMS proxy. I looked at the link I gave him for possibles, no fricking clue which one he referencing as soft of working.
I saw four different ones.
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So SMS works but not MMS ? With stock messaging app or third party from the ROM?
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Stock messaging works (SMS) but if I try to send an MMS with the stock messaging program, it never goes through. I have never tried another program. I had hangout for a while but I got rid of it.
svtfast said:
Stock messaging works (SMS) but if I try to send an MMS with the stock messaging program, it never goes through. I have never tried another program. I had hangout for a while but I got rid of it.
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But web surfing works ???
You most likely need to find the right MMS proxy server and it's port. Most likely it's 80, I haven't seen one that's been 8080 in a while.
Is mms one if the things in the "apn type" field?
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dicksteele said:
Sounds easy to me, find the right MMS proxy. I looked at the link I gave him for possibles, no fricking clue which one he referencing as soft of working.
I saw four different ones.
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As soon as I get the privilege to post links, I will post what worked for me. The info I used is not in the OP of that thread, its towards the bottom of the page and was posted by someone other than the OP. The post has a lot of thanks for it was well.
svtfast said:
As soon as I get the privilege to post links, I will post what worked for me. The info I used is not in the OP of that thread, its towards the bottom of the page and was posted by someone other than the OP. The post has a lot of thanks for it was well.
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What the hell try adding these...
MMS Proxy: proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS Port: 80
And like mindmajick asked, is there anything in your APN TYPE? Most of the examples I see for NET10 say leave it as not set.
dicksteele said:
What the hell try adding these...
MMS Proxy: proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS Port: 80
And like mindmajick asked, is there anything in your APN TYPE? Most of the examples I see for NET10 say leave it as not set.
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I set the MMS proxy as you said but still no dice. APN TYPE was MMS but is now blank. Still nothing.
When you flashed your custom ROM, you may have nuked your APN settings!
As the title says, I think your problem may be related to custom ROMs wiping out APN settings that may have come from the store (or put in by Net10 upon activation/initialization of the phone), and if that's the case, I think I can help you!
I've just gotten done activating (read: porting), configuring, flashing with custom ROMs, and setting up APN settings on 4 unlocked phones that we brought to Net10 (on AT&T's network, via the BYOP program, since these are unlocked GSM/WCDMA phones), I believe I can assist you here.
Rather than trying random combinations of APN settings to try and find one that works, if you call Net10 Customer Support (877-836-2368), all you have to do (once you tell them your phone number/SIM serial number) is ask for someone who can assist you in updating the APN settings for unlocked phones.
You'll be transfered to a different section of Net10's/Tracfone's Technical Support, and whoever picks up will likely tell you they can assist you once you repeat what it is you need help with. They'll tell you the usuals (make sure WiFi, Bluetooth, and Airplane Mode are off, and make sure Cellular Data is enabled, but not Cellular Roaming Data), and then they'll tell you to go down into your SIM/Mobile Network settings screen, and create a New APN. They'll read off the settings they should have, and they they will (or if they don't, you should ask them to "resend the switch and update the settings on their end" in those _exact_ terms, as they've cut the times for this from 3 hours to less than 30 minutes per phone for me).
Then they'll tell you to select the new APN settings, and reboot the phone (or turn it off and back on if your ROM doesn't have a reboot option); they'll have you attempt to open a browser and pull a page down (I highly suggest a mobile site of some sort, being that they're the lightest; it'll either work here or not, there is no "to what degree does it work"). If it doesn't work, they'll give you different settings (though it's not taken more than two APN setting tries for me, and that's mainly because of the area I live in), and then try the browser again. Once the browser is able to pull a mobile site, they'll ask you to try sending a picture message (again, I reccommend a small picture, as it either works or doesn't, so the size will only hold you up longer the bigger it is), even if it's just to yourself.
I've found that if you're simply respectful and paitent with them (as they sometimes have to spend 10 minutes putting various bits of data into other spots on their computers), they will be able to get it done for you within half an hour per phone.
I would highly reccommend that you don't mention your custom ROM however; so long as it doesn't interfere with the APN settings they will never know any better when you tell them you just have a "Samsung Galaxy Note II", and they'll be none the wiser as they fix it for you (because it realistically makes no difference in a problem like this).
If you mention it however, they won't want to help, because they don't know anything about custom ROMs (it seems they're all very terrified of them, and believe they are the spawn of Pewdiepie and Justain Beiber or something similar! XD)
Hoping I've been able to help you here, since I've extremely recent knowledge/experiences to do with the APN settings myself! (Also post whoring as I apparently need 10 before I can let the developers of my custom ROM know about some bugs I've found, go figure!)
If I'm incorrect on the issue, then I'm terribly sorry, and please feel free to ignore me -- I do not claim to be affialiated with Net10, Samsung, whatever ROM you have/whoever wrote/maintains it, etc., and am only trying to be helpful where your problem sounds like something I've dealt with before.
EDIT: I just realized I left out the most important bit! The entire reason for calling them instead of working through all the various permutations of APN setting combos is because your APN settings will be based on [A] your SIM, your phone (NOT ROM, just the phone's IMEI pairing to the SIMs), and [C] your home area/location you use the phone most often.

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So I'm noticing that I am not able to receive incoming calls. When someone calls me it rings and goes to voicemail but doesn't show anything on my end. I'm on Verizon with a nano sim card and have BL unlocked with root and pure nexus ROM. Any info would be helpful. Thanks in advance
STIKID said:
So I'm noticing that I am not able to receive incoming calls. When someone calls me it rings and goes to voicemail but doesn't show anything on my end. I'm on Verizon with a nano sim card and have BL unlocked with root and pure nexus ROM. Any info would be helpful. Thanks in advance
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Do you have google voice on the phone? If not, check APN settings.
I do not think I have google voice and I'm assuming APN is access point network if so is there a certain one its suppose to be? It was working and just stopped.
STIKID said:
I do not think I have google voice and I'm assuming APN is access point network if so is there a certain one its suppose to be? It was working and just stopped.
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Maybe you have recently installed any apps that would cause the issue. I am with T-Mobile and don't know if some of the settings are the same, but you can check under cellular>access point names. Once you tap on the one that is selected, scroll down to "APN protocol:" and play with settings by setting it to IPv4, iPv6 or both IPv4/IPv6, saving after each change, calling your phone. If won't work, then try to reset network settings - could be under "backup and restore"
Still didn't help. Any other ideas? Could I get or download google voice and could that solve this issue?
STIKID said:
Still didn't help. Any other ideas? Could I get or download google voice and could that solve this issue?
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Another person with totally different phone, had an issue few months ago and we found an issue which was google voice, but in your case, it seems something else. Did you get any OTA update recently? Also do you have Wi-Fi calling on?
Haven't had any update since the beginning of November for security update and do not have WiFi calling on
have you tried rebooting the phone? are you able to make any outbound calls?
I have tried rebooting. Removing sim and reinstalling sim. Everything works as for as text messages incoming and outgoing. I can call out just no incoming calls.
Is there an issue with the sim? You don't have "do not disturb" on, do you? Have you dug through the settings of your custom ROM to make sure some sort of call blocking feature isn't enabled?
No problem with my sim its brand new and have not messed with any call settings in my ROM that'd mess with phone setting and do not have the "do not disturb" setting on either. I did a lot of research last night and I was seeing that the nexus 5 also had something similar but was fixed in 4.2 I believe. Possibly could it be that I'm still on 6.0 and not on 6.0.1?
Does anyone else have Verizon and can tell me wat APN theirs is set to?
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Does anyone else have Verizon and can tell me wat APN theirs is set to?
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APN: VZWINTERNET, MCC 311, MNC 480, APN type: default, dun, supl; APN protocol: IPv4/IPv6
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Weird its exactly the same
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Weird its exactly the same
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How about pressing "Reset to Default" on the APN menu? Settings/Cellular Networks/Access Point Name then tap the three dots on the top right.
Also, did you match the bootloader, radio, and everything else with your rom base? 6.0 to 6.0, 6.0.1 to 6.0.1.
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I believe so everything I did was off the pure nexus forum and it was before anything about 6.0.1 was out so I'm pretty sure its all set to 6.0
STIKID said:
I believe so everything I did was off the pure nexus forum and it was before anything about 6.0.1 was out so I'm pretty sure its all set to 6.0
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All things considered, you may want to flash stock, root, then put on Pure Nexus again and see if that issue is still there. If no one else is having the issue, it's gotta be something that can be easily resolved on your end.
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is it possible that when I flashed it, I also flashed a vendor.img could that have made this happen if it doesn't the right one?
your best best would be to flash to stock then see if the issue persists, if not, flash your rom then check again, if the issue crops up again after flashing your rom you will then know where your problem lies.
Flash back to stock last night issue was still present. Chatted with Verizon this morning and the rep said it was my sim card. Some how it became inactive. So went to Verizon the store got a quick this isn't a Verizon phone told them its a Google phone that will work with Verizon and them activated a new sim and now its working. Thanks to all that tried to help me try and fix it.

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