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Hi,
I was wondering if Custom Roms come with a radio image? - The reason is I installed google play edition on my phone and didn't remove the radio image. This basically didn't allow my phone to see my mobile phone provider Optus (Australia).
I couldn't find a Optus Radio Image so I trade a Telstra one I found.
I can now receive and sent sms messages and phone calls.
The problem is that I don't get any mobile data and my phone says it is not connected to the internet.
I am currently on 4.4.4 GPE but will change back to sense, but hoping the custom roms contains a radio image compatible with my mobile phone provider.
under settings I get
Mobile network Stage
Disconnected
Oberon70 said:
Hi,
I was wondering if Custom Roms come with a radio image? - The reason is I installed google play edition on my phone and didn't remove the radio image. This basically didn't allow my phone to see my mobile phone provider Optus (Australia).
I couldn't find a Optus Radio Image so I trade a Telstra one I found.
I can now receive and sent sms messages and phone calls.
The problem is that I don't get any mobile data and my phone says it is not connected to the internet.
I am currently on 4.4.4 GPE but will change back to sense, but hoping the custom roms contains a radio image compatible with my mobile phone provider.
under settings I get
Mobile network Stage
Disconnected
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Roms do not come with radio. You probably need to change your apn settings
an0ther said:
Roms do not come with radio. You probably need to change your apn settings
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Change my apn setting?
Okay - the apn is blank - so I just need to get the APN settings for my provider Vaya.
thanks
Oberon70 said:
Change my apn setting?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2717087
Try this first i guess, backup of optus radio. Its the last post on this page
so i installed TWRP on mu unlocked and S-OFF phone, and rooted the phone. then from the recovery, i made a nandroid backup, wiped the phone, and installed this ROM. even though all traces of Verizon software is now wiped off the phone (i hope!), it still only connects when the Verizon SIM card is in (and it shows the Roaming sign; fyi, i am in Canada now). it won't give me a voice nor a data connection with my Telus SIM card nor with my Rogers SIM card. so, i went into recovery, wiped cache, and afterwards, the phone was stuck in the boot...i had to go to recovery again, wipe everything, and restore my nandroid backup. the phone is now back to stock Verizon software, and it still only connects when the Verizon SIM card is in. it should at least give me voice connection with the Telus or Rogers SIM card, but it won't. something must have happened to the radio when i flashed the ROM, and i can't figure it out.
do you guys have any troubleshooting ideas? can anybody guide me towards a fix/troubleshooting method? i'd appreciate any help...
darxider said:
so i installed TWRP on mu unlocked and S-OFF phone, and rooted the phone. then from the recovery, i made a nandroid backup, wiped the phone, and installed this ROM. even though all traces of Verizon software is now wiped off the phone (i hope!), it still only connects when the Verizon SIM card is in (and it shows the Roaming sign; fyi, i am in Canada now). it won't give me a voice nor a data connection with my Telus SIM card nor with my Rogers SIM card. so, i went into recovery, wiped cache, and afterwards, the phone was stuck in the boot...i had to go to recovery again, wipe everything, and restore my nandroid backup. the phone is now back to stock Verizon software, and it still only connects when the Verizon SIM card is in. it should at least give me voice connection with the Telus or Rogers SIM card, but it won't. something must have happened to the radio when i flashed the ROM, and i can't figure it out.
do you guys have any troubleshooting ideas? can anybody guide me towards a fix/troubleshooting method? i'd appreciate any help...
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This ROM is still very early and has some bugs. Making it work for people not using it on Verizon isn't a concern of Santods at the moment. Switch to something that does work for you until he gets the rom further along.
darxider said:
so i installed TWRP on mu unlocked and S-OFF phone, and rooted the phone. then from the recovery, i made a nandroid backup, wiped the phone, and installed this ROM. even though all traces of Verizon software is now wiped off the phone (i hope!), it still only connects when the Verizon SIM card is in (and it shows the Roaming sign; fyi, i am in Canada now). it won't give me a voice nor a data connection with my Telus SIM card nor with my Rogers SIM card. so, i went into recovery, wiped cache, and afterwards, the phone was stuck in the boot...i had to go to recovery again, wipe everything, and restore my nandroid backup. the phone is now back to stock Verizon software, and it still only connects when the Verizon SIM card is in. it should at least give me voice connection with the Telus or Rogers SIM card, but it won't. something must have happened to the radio when i flashed the ROM, and i can't figure it out.
do you guys have any troubleshooting ideas? can anybody guide me towards a fix/troubleshooting method? i'd appreciate any help...
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Cm has apn support for other carriers.
dottat said:
Cm has apn support for other carriers.
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thank you all for your help. it's not just APN though; with that ROM, i cannot even have a voice connection, let alone data. and even though i restored my stock backup (and now running the original ROM that came with the phone), the voice still doesn't work; it only functions with a Verizon SIM card.
darxider said:
thank you all for your help. it's not just APN though; with that ROM, i cannot even have a voice connection, let alone data. and even though i restored my stock backup (and now running the original ROM that came with the phone), the voice still doesn't work; it only functions with a Verizon SIM card.
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Well.. when you were on cm you couldn't get any service? Is your carrier lte/cdma or gsm based? Are you showing global mode when on cm? It also can be a case where some qpst work needs done to enable the extra radio bands needed to pickup your carrier.
dottat said:
Well.. when you were on cm you couldn't get any service? Is your carrier lte/cdma or gsm based? Are you showing global mode when on cm? It also can be a case where some qpst work needs done to enable the extra radio bands needed to pickup your carrier.
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i'm guessing by CM you mean CyanogenMod, right? if so, i was never on CM. i was using the stock ROM (4.4.3, Sense 6.0, Verizon bloatware), and then i flashed the Lollipop ROM by santod. the phone initially could connect to Rogers and i had voice and very slow (i.e., EDGE) data speeds, but after flashing the ROM, my phone lost the ability to provide any sort of voice connection except when i'm using my old Verizon SIM card (that shows the Roaming icon, because i'm in Canada now).
i could try CM, if you think it has less possible bugs. do you suggest i do a factory reset while on stock ROM and then flash CM?
darxider said:
i'm guessing by CM you mean CyanogenMod, right? if so, i was never on CM. i was using the stock ROM (4.4.3, Sense 6.0, Verizon bloatware), and then i flashed the Lollipop ROM by santod. the phone initially could connect to Rogers and i had voice and very slow (i.e., EDGE) data speeds, but after flashing the ROM, my phone lost the ability to provide any sort of voice connection except when i'm using my old Verizon SIM card (that shows the Roaming icon, because i'm in Canada now).
i could try CM, if you think it has less possible bugs. do you suggest i do a factory reset while on stock ROM and then flash CM?
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Yes. Factory reset on stock recovery. Then flash twrp and sideload the latest cm build. I would probably stay with cm11 for now too.
dottat said:
Yes. Factory reset on stock recovery. Then flash twrp and sideload the latest cm build. I would probably stay with cm11 for now too.
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yeah, sure. i have flashed MDMower TWRP 2.8.1.1; do you suggest i use 2.7.1.2? also, what do you exactly mean by "sideload"? i'm just a newbie; this is my first ROM flash experience. thank you
darxider said:
yeah, sure. i have flashed MDMower TWRP 2.8.1.1; do you suggest i use 2.7.1.2? also, what do you exactly mean by "sideload"? i'm just a newbie; this is my first ROM flash experience. thank you
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Well you can do a factory reset on stock Rom and let it boot up and then copy cm over to phone storage for flashing.....or...adb sideload.
When you boot into twrp under the advanced options there's an adb sideload feature. Once the phone is in this mode you can use you pc to send a Rom over using the command "adb sideload nameofROM.zip". Your pc will send the Rom over and the phone will flash it once it's copied over.
Backup the internal sd card of your phone before you factory reset. I've forgotten so many times it isn't funny.
dottat said:
Well you can do a factory reset on stock Rom and let it boot up and then copy cm over to phone storage for flashing.....or...adb sideload.
When you boot into twrp under the advanced options there's an adb sideload feature. Once the phone is in this mode you can use you pc to send a Rom over using the command "adb sideload nameofROM.zip". Your pc will send the Rom over and the phone will flash it once it's copied over.
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ok, i did all that with MDMower TWRM 2.7.1.2 this time. CM11 is up and running now, but i still have the same issue. my Telus and Rogers SIM cards lead to a "No Service" icon, whereas my old Verizon SIM gives the Roaming indicator. funny thing is that with all three SIM cards, the correct set of APNs is loaded by default when i boot the phone, but selecting those APNs don't change anything. i also tried Global, GSM only, WDCMA preferred, and some combinations of those modes to no avail (the only SIM that leads to service is Verizon's). it seems like the phone is hard-coded for that particular SIM card, no matter what.
any other ideas? could the radio have become corrupted somehow during unlocking/S-OFF'ing/flashing? if so, what is a workaround for this?
darxider said:
ok, i did all that with MDMower TWRM 2.7.1.2 this time. CM11 is up and running now, but i still have the same issue. my Telus and Rogers SIM cards lead to a "No Service" icon, whereas my old Verizon SIM gives the Roaming indicator. funny thing is that with all three SIM cards, the correct set of APNs is loaded by default when i boot the phone, but selecting those APNs don't change anything. i also tried Global, GSM only, WDCMA preferred, and some combinations of those modes to no avail (the only SIM that leads to service is Verizon's). it seems like the phone is hard-coded for that particular SIM card, no matter what.
any other ideas? could the radio have become corrupted somehow during unlocking/S-OFF'ing/flashing? if so, what is a workaround for this?
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I would bet they are using a frequency that's not currently unlocked on your radio. There is a lengthy how to posted on Google about how to enable Qualcomm radio bands.
dottat said:
I would bet they are using a frequency that's not currently unlocked on your radio. There is a lengthy how to posted on Google about how to enable Qualcomm radio bands.
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aha, great! i know that Verizon HTC One M7 uses
CDMA 800/1900 MHz
GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz
UMTS/HSPA 1900/2100MHz
LTE 700MHz (Band 13)
according to this Wikipedia page, Telus has a HSPA+ network on 850/1900 MHz (so at least the 1900 Mhz band should give me something, shouldn't it?), it has CDMA service that's supposed to shut down completely in 2015 (it is out of service in some places in Canada, but i'm not sure about my area), but has no GSM service at all.
thanks for the tip about enabling radio bands; i'll search for it...
Haven't received a reply, so I'm updating my question with some new information.
I used Sunshine & am now rooted & s-off.
However, I still don't know what ROM I'm supposed to use:
- My HTC One M8 is a branded Verizon phone, but I've been running it successfully on MetroPCS
SO:
- Do I use a T-Mobile ROM (MetroPCS was purchased by TM and I believe my LTE & 4G comes from TM network)?
- Do I use a Verizon ROM?
Thank you in advance,
Hello,
I purchased an unlocked HTC M8 branded Verizon and have successfully been using it on MetroPCS' LTE network.
I'm considering a different ROM in order to:
- Remove all the Verizon bloatware
- Get as close to Android as possible (I'm dependent upon all the Google apps, gmail, hangouts, calendar, etc.)
- Hopefully get a working FM Radio
From all the threads/replies, I still have not been able to figure out which ROM I'm supposed to use:
- Since my phone is Verizon branded HTC M8, do I have to use ROMs developed for Verizon?
- Which ROM would get me closest to my goals?
Thank you,
--SteveT
Answers to my question
Okay, here's what I had to do to get my Verizon M8 which (thanks to Sunshine!) is s-off and unlocked and rooted to run lollipop (5.01).
1. So the good folk at therootninja.com were able to answer my question and they told me that I have to use Verizon ROMs.
2. I used these instructions to upgrade my phone to 5.01: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2727831
3. There are 2 issues I've encountered:
A. My mobile data says "disconnected" and no matter what I've tried, can't get it work.
B. Smart screen security (so my face can unlock my phone) does not work
Does anyone know how to fix "mobile disconnected"? Here's what I've tried so far and doesn't work:
- Used different combinations of APN that I found posted in this forum & via Google searches
- Recovered to my previous version (4.4.4), copied down the APN settings, re-recovered 5.01 and used the settings;
- Factory reset & put in the APN settings
At this point, I'm back to running 4.4.4 because I need my mobile data to work and my next step might be to go back to 5.01 and take the phone to MetroPCS and see if they can get it to work.
I honestly don't know what to do & would appreciate some help from this community.
Thanks in advance,
--SteveT
struxton1 said:
Haven't received a reply, so I'm updating my question with some new information.
I used Sunshine & am now rooted & s-off.
However, I still don't know what ROM I'm supposed to use:
- My HTC One M8 is a branded Verizon phone, but I've been running it successfully on MetroPCS
SO:
- Do I use a T-Mobile ROM (MetroPCS was purchased by TM and I believe my LTE & 4G comes from TM network)?
- Do I use a Verizon ROM?
Thank you in advance,
Hello,
I purchased an unlocked HTC M8 branded Verizon and have successfully been using it on MetroPCS' LTE network.
I'm considering a different ROM in order to:
- Remove all the Verizon bloatware
- Get as close to Android as possible (I'm dependent upon all the Google apps, gmail, hangouts, calendar, etc.)
- Hopefully get a working FM Radio
From all the threads/replies, I still have not been able to figure out which ROM I'm supposed to use:
- Since my phone is Verizon branded HTC M8, do I have to use ROMs developed for Verizon?
- Which ROM would get me closest to my goals?
Thank you,
--SteveT
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Okay, so today I restored to my last 5.01 image (twrp backup) and walked into the MetroPCS store.
Here is the APN info the gal, Tiffany, input which worked(!!):
Name: metro pcs
APN: fast.metropcs.com
MMSC: http://metropcs.mmsmvno.com/mms/wapenc
That's it, nothing else. I left the store estatic, drove home and when I clicked the menu, Mobile Data>GSM/UMTS Options, I reviewed the settings, BUT... when I exited the menu an automatic save was done and I lost my mobile data.
After much futzing, to include deleting the APN info & adding a new entry with the same info, I've found that by selecting LTE/legacy 3GPP mode in preferred network, I'm able to get mobile data working again. Go figure! :-?
In any case, the only final two things which are not "perfect" are:
1. Unrecognized SIM error (@DOTT suggested an xml file to edit)
2. Smart lock does not work, facial recognition never appears.
Hopefully someone will read this post & provide a reply. To date, I've submitted many questions and have not received many replies (2).
Getting a Verizon rom to work on another carrier is pretty easy. Since you are s-off you could use qpst to unlock the bands needed to get 3G and 4G working for MetroPCS. If you cannot get data to work, try a Verizon rom from the Verizon section. Verizon phones and Sprint phones have odd mount points,so flashing a rom for a different phone is not recommended. I know from experience on my m7 that a Verizon cannot be Co vetted to another variant. I don't know if the m8 is the same story as I have an AT&T branded converted to T-Mobile for the m8.
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Long story short: try the Verizon m8 section instead of this one for help please. The people in this section have the T-Mobile branded m8 and yours is different.
All,
I have an M9 unlocked edition and after the upgrade to marshmallow my international data roaming with Tmobile quite working. I still get all other roaming benefits from Tmobile, but the data just says disconnected.
Everything was working well before the upgrade and it is unclear if there is a new setting I am missing or if this release is incompatible with Tmobiles data roaming.
I have the APNs set as they were before the upgrade, and mobile roaming is checked. Does anyone know what I would try next?
Thanks Fred
Are you full stock, or did you unlock, S-Off, flash a custom ROM? Those are important informations to track down your problem.
HTCNerdYoda said:
Are you full stock, or did you unlock, S-Off, flash a custom ROM? Those are important informations to track down your problem.
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It is fully stock and was upgraded from KK to Marshmallow while via an over the air update while my friend was working overseas.
So more information, and I am not out of the country right now, but with roaming selected the mobile data submenu shows that everything is connected an fine, but the setting menu for mobile data says "disconnected". When a SIM is not in the phone the message is "disconnected because services is unavailable"
Trying more things before trying to reflash the software.
Thanks for anyhelp.
All FYI we remedied this situation by using the older tmobile apn settings but it was only necessary for some phones not the newer htc.
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So no more issues??
Hey, I just need someone to point me to the right direction.
I bought my LG G2 off ebay last year, it came flashed to boost mobile. All I need to do is flash it back to sprint and unlock the GSM on the phone.
I just found this forum and don't know where to start in this process..
Im on 5.0.2
Software version LS980ZVI
Model # LS980
Thank you if you can help
this thread has everything you need
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-g2/general/ls980-lollipop-update-root-sim-unlock-t3357837
After you install TWRP successfully but before you unlock the sim card, You can install the latest version ZVI that is already rooted
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-g2/development/rom-ls980-stock-5-0-2-zvi-flashable-t3303163
for unlocking the SIM card I would use this procedure instead
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-g2/general/ls980-lollipop-update-root-sim-unlock-t3357837
Thank you !!
Since you are on ZVI already, you could try the steps in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-g2/general/how-to-root-zvi-install-twrp-t3410650
tekweezle said:
this thread has everything you need
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-g2/general/ls980-lollipop-update-root-sim-unlock-t3357837
After you install TWRP successfully but before you unlock the sim card, You can install the latest version ZVI that is already rooted
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-g2/development/rom-ls980-stock-5-0-2-zvi-flashable-t3303163
for unlocking the SIM card I would use this procedure instead
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-g2/general/ls980-lollipop-update-root-sim-unlock-t3357837
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Hey I did all the steps and got it unlocked but I cant to get my simple mobile sim card to work.
When I select the network mode global I have full bars, but when I try gsm/umts all my bars go away.
The phone is reading the sim card, but im not able to make calls/text. I Also get a authentication error when I try to update the prl/profile settings
did you do the twoclick procedure to unlock the sim card?
did you edit your apn? from the dialer, dial ##3282#
i am on freedompop so i changed my apn to freedompop.foggmobile.com. Simple mobile might require it to be mvno.att.net or something like that( i used that for airvoice).
tekweezle said:
did you do the twoclick procedure to unlock the sim card?
did you edit your apn? from the dialer, dial ##3282#
Yep I did the two click method but on both of my sims my phone refuses to connect/ find networks. I get emergency calls only.
I used a freedompop sim too and changed my apn to freedompop.foggmobile.com. but it still wont connect to the network. When I go into the freedompop messenger app it says. I dont have any data.
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that;s strange. It worked for me as soon as I added my APN. Does your phone see the APN for three.co.uk and 3hotspot when you have the freedompop SIM in there?
I don;t even use the Freedompop Messenger app. i just use the sim for data. i can test the functionality of the sim slot because I have a freedompop CDMA/Sprint sim card along with a GSM one.
there are a couple of other ways to unlock the sim slot-they're all based on the same way so don;t know if anything will be different. there is a simfree.exe and there is a thread by someone named summercat for a 1 click procedure. try one of those
tekweezle said:
that;s strange. It worked for me as soon as I added my APN. Does your phone see the APN for three.co.uk and 3hotspot when you have the freedompop SIM in there?
I don;t even use the Freedompop Messenger app. i just use the sim for data. i can test the functionality of the sim slot because I have a freedompop CDMA/Sprint sim card along with a GSM one.
there are a couple of other ways to unlock the sim slot-they're all based on the same way so don;t know if anything will be different. there is a simfree.exe and there is a thread by someone named summercat for a 1 click procedure. try one of those
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yep thats the first apn I see "three.co.uk"
im gonna tot back to zv8 and try this one more time or im just gonna go with ring plus or ting.
But thanks for all the help.
And you used ##3282# to add the new apn, correct?
I would go down to zve, then do the Ota update from sprint to zvg or zvh, then do the unlock and root and sim unlock. It's worked fine for me on zvh and zvi.
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tekweezle said:
And you used ##3282# to add the new apn, correct?
I would go down to zve, then do the Ota update from sprint to zvg or zvh, then do the unlock and root and sim unlock. It's worked fine for me on zvh and zvi.
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Yep, I enabled the lte/cdma, rebooted, then enabled gsm, rebooted and I got it to say freedompop on the lockscreen but after a couple of min. It went back to searching for networks.
im gonna try zve to zvg with the two click method
Good luck. The way you know it is supposed to be correctly installed is that your boot animation changes for the yellow sprint spark animation to some swirly wavy rainbow. The carrier image gets swapped to a gsm version.
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