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Windows Phone 7 has a little tendency to relock itself, which isn't anything wrong with ChevronWP7-it's just how Microsoft set up their security callbacks. Since it was beginning to be frustrating to continually unlock my device every time it ran a WiFi sync, here's a simple method that will prevent your phone from calling home completely:
Over on XDA Developers, a list of registry edits were posted that would supposedly prevent your device from calling home. Unfortunately, these edits had mixed results among users. A certain post, however, recommends disabling the Zune connection service entirely, which in our experience, has worked flawlessly.
To easily prevent your Windows Phone 7 from relocking, follow these steps. Please note this will require modifying service configurations, which could potentially have undesired effects.
1. Unlock your device with ChevronWP7
2. Sideload any applications you wish to keep on your device.
3. Disconnect your phone
4. Press Start, Run, and type services.msc
5. Find Zune Windows Mobile Connectivity Service on the list.
6. Double-click, and set Startup Type to "Disabled."
7. Press Apply, then OK.
8. Reconnect your phone and open Zune. A message similar to the one shown above should appear. Ignore this, and test out your phone. If sideloaded applications do not display the "revoked" status, you're done.
This will not effect syncing any content with your phone. The only things that will not work are sideloading applications and connecting your device to the development tools. If you need to do either of these things, go back to the services menu and set the Startup Type to Automatic.
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So I got a Galaxy Tab 3 for free with my new Galaxy S5 yesterday. And on the notification bar there is a prompt saying preparing network. I have full bars on the signal but have no connection to the network. I tried rebooting, turning on airplane mode and trying to reboot the signal. But have no luck.
Is there anything that I can try to fix this? The Tab is stock and I haven't changed anything yet...
Any help would be great!!
Which tab 3 model?
Are you on the "right" network? Does you network have a hidden SSID? Are you using any security on the network? Check the network settings on your PC and copy them to the tab. If you are not sure, then open your network and see if the tab connects. If so, then you can close the network again.
I have the same issue but mine is working all networks. It started when I tried to connect to a new wifi at a wing place and the icon has been on ever since.
Same problem
So no one has any info or any suggestions? Nothing? Also I'm on Sprint.
I havent figured out anything , I have tried messing with sync and wifi options and nothing has changed.
I have looked at all the "Tab 3" devices since you did not indicate what model you have. With that in mind the search is very broad and data found could/could not be affecting your connectivity. But this is what I found.
All Tab 3, except Tab 3 Lite 7, use 802.11 a/b/g/n WLAN Standards. The Tab 3 Lite 7 only has 802.11 b/g/n. Why? I don't know.
So, make sure that your location has one of the three, 802.11 b/g/n working. You tab should auto acquire unless you have a setting that is specifically looking for a unique channel. Confirm all your parameters and the parameters of the WiFi source.
tab 3 prepping service solved
Ok so got 2 tab 3s from sprint today and same issue. To resolve this.......they are not activated! Run on wifi and go to settings and at the bottom left it will show a small phone icon and say activate this device. Click on that and let the live activation happen. The tab 3 will then reset and function on sprint networks!
Ok so that takes care of it initially and then it comes back on switching to and from wifi. You can get rid of the icon by going into the app manager, select all apps, and force stop samsung dm. Looks like it is a samsung software issue to me!
Man, the folks at Sprint aren't even aware of the issue yet. My Tab3 just sat there and wouldn't activate or connect at power on. So I have to skip all setup and go to activate in settings and it activated. Tried a factory restore so I could do setup again and no connection again and the preparing network problem. Switching to CDMA works. On the phone with support for like 30 minutes and they couldn't see my device on the network at all even while on LTE. Thanks for service reference. I was going to return this unit until I saw it was a software issue. It makes for a nasty setup/activation with no wifi around.
Sometimes activation fails and just gives a LTE error, sometimes it fails and sends data usage stats. When it completes it posts a backup pin and phone number. I'm guessing this happens with store pickups because they let it update on powering it up and that broken service starts messing things up.
Go to settings and then to activate this device and as soon as it starts to try and activate its self press the volume down 4 times and then you will see a screen that says IQTHiddenMenu....Scroll down to LTE mode and select it you will see a screen thatb has four boxes on it...select the one that says "enable LTE Mode" after you selct that then just hit back button a few times and let it try and activate again and this should fix your issues. You may have to do this twice. For the last 2 weeks this has been the only way we can activate anyones tablet is using this method, it has somehting to do with our Network not communicating properly with the Tablet.
Hope this helps.
megan23247 said:
Go to settings and then to activate this device and as soon as it starts to try and activate its self press the volume down 4 times and then you will see a screen that says IQTHiddenMenu....Scroll down to LTE mode and select it you will see a screen thatb has four boxes on it...select the one that says "enable LTE Mode" after you selct that then just hit back button a few times and let it try and activate again and this should fix your issues. You may have to do this twice. For the last 2 weeks this has been the only way we can activate anyones tablet is using this method, it has somehting to do with our Network not communicating properly with the Tablet.
Hope this helps.
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Hidden screens. One has to love technology. So then one also has to ask, what else is the tablet doing that we do not know about? Reporting back to the mother ship?
Solution
So I had this same problem and I called sprint today and they were able to help me. THIS WILL RESET YOUR TAB AND YOU WILL LOSE EVERYTHING ON IT. Make sure to back up if you have anything important.
You have to open the calculator and type (+30012012732+ when the next screen pops up, type ##786#, the RTN menu will open, press Reset, it will ask you for your MSL, type it in and that will do it. Hope it helps.
BTW you will have to find a way to find your MSL as I never had to. I'm sure if you call your carrier they will give it to you once you tell them why you need it.
megan23247 said:
Go to settings and then to activate this device and as soon as it starts to try and activate its self press the volume down 4 times and then you will see a screen that says IQTHiddenMenu....Scroll down to LTE mode and select it you will see a screen thatb has four boxes on it...select the one that says "enable LTE Mode" after you selct that then just hit back button a few times and let it try and activate again and this should fix your issues. You may have to do this twice. For the last 2 weeks this has been the only way we can activate anyones tablet is using this method, it has somehting to do with our Network not communicating properly with the Tablet.
Hope this helps.
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Looks like they are still having this issue. Mine was stuck on Preparing network. 3G and wifi worked, but no LTE or GPS. I did the hidden menu trick and now that all works, but I still have the "preparing network" notification. Is there any way to remove this? Could I do a ##RTN to clear network configs, then enable LTE through hidden menu, then activate?
Something to try that worked for me for the time being
I just thought I would share with anyone else having issues with the persistent Preparing Network message.
If you go to Settings>Activate Device and launch the Self Service application, there is a hidden menu accessible via the Menu Key, And you can then choose Reset Cellular Data.
Your device will then reboot, and it will go through Self Provisioning when it reboots.
I Had to do this twice, and 2nd time seems to have been the charm this time as the Preparing Network Message is gone!
Finally got rid of "Preparing Network"!
rastassjr said:
I just thought I would share with anyone else having issues with the persistent Preparing Network message.
If you go to Settings>Activate Device and launch the Self Service application, there is a hidden menu accessible via the Menu Key, And you can then choose Reset Cellular Data.
Your device will then reboot, and it will go through Self Provisioning when it reboots.
I Had to do this twice, and 2nd time seems to have been the charm this time as the Preparing Network Message is gone!
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I spent 2 hours on with Sprint live chat, did a Kies reset, software hard reset, and everything else I could find...yet this solution was the simplest and the only one that actually worked!
Someone let Sprint support know how to fix their own device, please!
Thank you rastassjr, you saved me a trip to the Sprint store.
This is a common problem with an easy fix.* Long press the notification on the task manager.* A button will appear saying APP INFO.* Press that and you will see the app info page.* Clear the cache and data and more inportantly, deselect the notification checkmark.* Thats it!...*
OTA 4.4.2
Just got it on a new SG Tab3 7" and it cleared the "Preparing Network" icon. I had done a MSL reset yesterday and it had cleared it before I bricked it. I returned it, got a new one and it cleared it on its own after the 4.4.2 update.
Solved!
I solved mine after several weeks. First, oddly enough this error was preventing me from getting the 4.4.2 android update and the system said the operating system was up to date on 4.2. You need to download the samsung Kies program into your computer and perform a manual firmware update. The system will tell you that indeed you have the latest update but you'll do it any way. Once the OS is reinstalled, you will see that the PRL will be updated properly, which is the reazon for this problem. Then the system will allows you to receive the 4.4.2 upgrade which does not suffer from this problem. The key is to upgrade to android 4.4.2.
Hi All,
I am having a lot of problem with the internet data on my phone; I can browse and use any internet required app when using wifi but I am unable to do some things using my Data plan.
Whats weird is that I can use whatsapp, olx or facebook messenger to send text messages but cannot send images through them, I am able to play games such as Clash of Clans or Clash Royale but I cannot use Uber because it just keeps signing in but it never does.
At this point I don't think theres a problems with the hardware but with a specific setting I may need to modify (May be wrong though)
Heres what I've tried so far:
- Factory reset
- Reset Network settings
- Erase and add all of the APNS for my phone company
- Check on the mobile data (enable and disable) and enable roaming data.
- Made sure the SIM fits properly on the slot
- Uninstall and reinstall all the apps that I have had problems with.
- Everything tested ok when using wifi but it starts happening when I start using my mobile data.
Any help will be greatly appreciated, I love the phone but am pretty disappointed on this situation I am having, Am even thing of maybe go back to Android 6.0 and see if 7.0 is the problem
Thanks!!!
Victor
Hi,
You need to check your sprint account and check if there is some restriction on your phone number
I had the same problem, everything ok with wifi but data partially working.
What i did is install the HiddenMenu apk then:
-LG Hidden Menu
-FieldTest
-NAO Test
-NAOT
-NAOT Settings > Enable > NAO Carrier: i selected ATT.
Then i restarted the phone and voila.
When i restart my phone i get an anoying Activating Device Popup. What i do is unlock the phone before it appears and when it comes up i slide down the notification bar and go to settings many time until the popup dissapears.
DrNipples said:
I had the same problem, everything ok with wifi but data partially working.
What i did is install the HiddenMenu apk then:
-LG Hidden Menu
-FieldTest
-NAO Test
-NAOT
-NAOT Settings > Enable > NAO Carrier: i selected ATT.
Then i restarted the phone and voila.
When i restart my phone i get an anoying Activating Device Popup. What i do is unlock the phone before it appears and when it comes up i slide down the notification bar and go to settings many time until the popup dissapears.
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after the last update this application has ceased to work. How can I fix the problem with the transfer of mobile Internet data on the phone?
bcfc said:
after the last update this application has ceased to work. How can I fix the problem with the transfer of mobile Internet data on the phone?
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A remote unlock that also opens the apn and hidden menu
I have a rooted Wifi Only version SMP-600, running the Broken OS and is pretty light on any other tweaks. Recently, no ssid's will appear on my wifi picker, but, if I manually type in the access point name and then password, it WILL connect and act in all respects normal. Even the notification that there are open access points will pop up, but still, the wifi picker screen is still blank. oh...my bluetooth quit working at the same time...wont go on at all or even scan for other devices.
Tried clearing cache, deleting all saved access points, going into each wifi folder in root and searching for anything out of whack (not that i would really know...), and a few other things, but one thing I'm pretty sure about...it is NOT a hardware issue. The wifi hardware IS working, it's just not disclosing the available channels. Tried Fing and Wifi Analyzer to see if they could see the access points but they found nothing. BUT, Wigle Wifi turned on my bluetooth and was able to scan and see all devices and access points...hence, not a hardware issue, no?
Anyway, please help. Not a problem at home when I know the access point name, but now it's useless anywhere else. Thanks in advance.
anyone anyone?? ...
Bueler Bueler? ?
Tl;dr I have to log in to my work's guest wifi every day, but I didn't before. Nobody else does. Auto connect is set to on, but it doesn't work like it used to/is supposed to. My pixel 3 that I brought in works just fine.
Longer: I connect to a guest network at work every day that's meant for employee personal devices. (I use a homebrew VPN for this.) Before the issue started, I'd periodically (maybe once/month if that) have a notification when I arrived to sign in, and you click agree in a captive portal and you're on your way. Other than that it auto connects just like at home. A few weeks (?) ago however, I've started having to do this every day. If I'm disconnected for over roughly an hour (say if I leave and come back during the day) I have to do it again, and if I reboot my device I also have to sign in again. If I just toggle wifi on and off quickly then it automatically connects just fine.
Ordinarily this wouldn't be a huge deal, but where I work I basically get no cell coverage. I also have a couple tasker profiles that I've been using for years to do stuff (vibrate mode, silence media, etc) when I arrive to work, and these don't/won't trigger until I have a minute to log in. Ideally these would trigger as soon as I'm within range of the building, as I've been doing for years now.
None of my coworkers have this issue, everyone that I've asked all say their devices automatically connect just fine, as mine used to. I brought in my old pixel 3 to compare and test the behavior, and my pixel 3 works just fine, even though it hasn't been to my work in many months.
I'm assuming this is something related to my device. Because it happens if I reboot, but not if I quickly disconnect and reconnect, I'm imagining maybe something isn't being cached correctly?
If anyone can help me fix this I'd be very grateful!
(Running full stock unrooted all up to date on both phones.)
Edit: if you're having this issue, read a few replies below. Check dev options for non-persistent Mac address randomization
Just for the heck of it, have you tried:
Forgetting the network after logging into it.
Gone into your WiFi Saved Networks, forget any that look like it's your work's guest network, if any.
Turn airplane mode on.
Reboot.
Turn airplane mode off.
Log into it fresh.
See if it sticks the next day/time.
I'm pretty much grasping at straws, but worth a try if you haven't already.
More extreme measures are:
Settings / Apps / See all 999 apps
3-dot menu: Show system
Search icon
Search for both WiFi and for Wi-Fi and clear app cache and data for all of them.
Be prepared to possibly have to log back into all Wi-Fi networks you normally do.
Ultra extreme measures:
Factory reset, set the phone back up only with what you really require at first, and don't do much with the phone until you test it with your work's guest Wi-Fi for a couple of days, hopefully without trouble. If it works fine, continue installing apps in smallish groups prioritizing what's most important. Hopefully, everything keeps working or at least has worked at least after the factory reset.
Disregard below.
Any other pertinent details? Rooted? Custom kernel? Even unlocked bootloader and verity and verification disabled? I assume none of these, but just have to ask.
roirraW edor ehT said:
Just for the heck of it, have you tried:
Forgetting the network after logging into it.
Gone into your WiFi Saved Networks, forget any that look like it's your work's guest network, if any.
Turn airplane mode on.
Reboot.
Turn airplane mode off.
Log into it fresh.
See if it sticks the next day/time.
I'm pretty much grasping at straws, but worth a try if you haven't already.
More extreme measures are:
Settings / Apps / See all 999 apps
3-dot menu: Show system
Search icon
Search for both WiFi and for Wi-Fi and clear app cache and data for all of them.
Be prepared to possibly have to log back into all Wi-Fi networks you normally do.
Ultra extreme measures:
Factory reset, set the phone back up only with what you really require at first, and don't do much with the phone until you test it with your work's guest Wi-Fi for a couple of days, hopefully without trouble. If it works fine, continue installing apps in smallish groups prioritizing what's most important. Hopefully, everything keeps working or at least has worked at least after the factory reset.
Disregard below.
Any other pertinent details? Rooted? Custom kernel? Even unlocked bootloader and verity and verification disabled? I assume none of these, but just have to ask.
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Tried 1-7 already. Rebooting makes me sign in again, regardless whether or not airplane mode is on. I nuked my entire network settings (the little circle arrow in the top right corner of the network settings page) and that didn't solve it either. (But I did have to wait for my sim to reprovision...) I absolutely will not factory reset, but given that I already did a network reset I don't think that would help.
As far as the timeframe, I'm thinking this might have popped up after the January patch. I installed that while I was on a brief vacation; unfortunately don't remember if I had the issue before I left or not.
roirraW edor ehT said:
Just for the heck of it, have you tried:
Forgetting the network after logging into it.
Gone into your WiFi Saved Networks, forget any that look like it's your work's guest network, if any.
Turn airplane mode on.
Reboot.
Turn airplane mode off.
Log into it fresh.
See if it sticks the next day/time.
I'm pretty much grasping at straws, but worth a try if you haven't already.
More extreme measures are:
Settings / Apps / See all 999 apps
3-dot menu: Show system
Search icon
Search for both WiFi and for Wi-Fi and clear app cache and data for all of them.
Be prepared to possibly have to log back into all Wi-Fi networks you normally do.
Ultra extreme measures:
Factory reset, set the phone back up only with what you really require at first, and don't do much with the phone until you test it with your work's guest Wi-Fi for a couple of days, hopefully without trouble. If it works fine, continue installing apps in smallish groups prioritizing what's most important. Hopefully, everything keeps working or at least has worked at least after the factory reset.
Disregard below.
Any other pertinent details? Rooted? Custom kernel? Even unlocked bootloader and verity and verification disabled? I assume none of these, but just have to ask.
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I also tried looking for anything related to WiFi in all apps as suggested and anything that comes up there shows no cache/user data to clear, with clear storage and clear cache buttons greyed out.
roirraW edor ehT said:
Just for the heck of it, have you tried:
Forgetting the network after logging into it.
Gone into your WiFi Saved Networks, forget any that look like it's your work's guest network, if any.
Turn airplane mode on.
Reboot.
Turn airplane mode off.
Log into it fresh.
See if it sticks the next day/time.
I'm pretty much grasping at straws, but worth a try if you haven't already.
More extreme measures are:
Settings / Apps / See all 999 apps
3-dot menu: Show system
Search icon
Search for both WiFi and for Wi-Fi and clear app cache and data for all of them.
Be prepared to possibly have to log back into all Wi-Fi networks you normally do.
Ultra extreme measures:
Factory reset, set the phone back up only with what you really require at first, and don't do much with the phone until you test it with your work's guest Wi-Fi for a couple of days, hopefully without trouble. If it works fine, continue installing apps in smallish groups prioritizing what's most important. Hopefully, everything keeps working or at least has worked at least after the factory reset.
Disregard below.
Any other pertinent details? Rooted? Custom kernel? Even unlocked bootloader and verity and verification disabled? I assume none of these, but just have to ask.
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Wait, I just tried something else - I switched from randomized mac to device Mac. It wanted to make me log back in again (disconnected, reconnected with different Mac address) but then I switched back to randomized mac and it connected just fine (as is usually the case if I just toggle wifi) with the last used random Mac ad.
Is there a way to reset my randomized mac address? I wonder if that Mac address has been flagged somehow on their system.
roirraW edor ehT said:
Just for the heck of it, have you tried:
Forgetting the network after logging into it.
Gone into your WiFi Saved Networks, forget any that look like it's your work's guest network, if any.
Turn airplane mode on.
Reboot.
Turn airplane mode off.
Log into it fresh.
See if it sticks the next day/time.
I'm pretty much grasping at straws, but worth a try if you haven't already.
More extreme measures are:
Settings / Apps / See all 999 apps
3-dot menu: Show system
Search icon
Search for both WiFi and for Wi-Fi and clear app cache and data for all of them.
Be prepared to possibly have to log back into all Wi-Fi networks you normally do.
Ultra extreme measures:
Factory reset, set the phone back up only with what you really require at first, and don't do much with the phone until you test it with your work's guest Wi-Fi for a couple of days, hopefully without trouble. If it works fine, continue installing apps in smallish groups prioritizing what's most important. Hopefully, everything keeps working or at least has worked at least after the factory reset.
Disregard below.
Any other pertinent details? Rooted? Custom kernel? Even unlocked bootloader and verity and verification disabled? I assume none of these, but just have to ask.
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Holy wow I think I may have solved it. After reading this (https://source.android.com/devices/tech/connect/wifi-mac-randomization-behavior) documentation, I went to dev options and that toggle for wifi non-persistent randomization was on. I did NOT turn it on, and it is/has been OFF on my pixel 3.
Can you or someone who's reading this check if your dev setting for non-persistent randomization is on or off?
I'm about to go out to lunch, I'll report back if that fixed it and update my op.
If you mean MAC randomisation then mine is off.
My Wi-Fi non-persistent MAC randomization is disabled by default.
Mine MAC randomization is on. I have never touched it.
That could certainly cause your problem. Many captive portals work off MAC addresses.
TonikJDK said:
Mine MAC randomization is on. I have never touched it.
That could certainly cause your problem. Many captive portals work off MAC addresses.
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Mac randomization in the network settings, or the non-persistent toggle in dev options?
asj0422 said:
Mac randomization in the network settings, or the non-persistent toggle in dev options?
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Randomization in settings.
asj0422 said:
Holy wow I think I may have solved it. After reading this (https://source.android.com/devices/tech/connect/wifi-mac-randomization-behavior) documentation, I went to dev options and that toggle for wifi non-persistent randomization was on. I did NOT turn it on, and it is/has been OFF on my pixel 3.
Can you or someone who's reading this check if your dev setting for non-persistent randomization is on or off?
I'm about to go out to lunch, I'll report back if that fixed it and update my op.
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Awesome, looks like maybe you solved it. Glad to hear. For the record, mine is off (by default and off now).