High all. I just purchased a Vibrant today that was brand new in the box and had never been turned on. The first thing I did was unlock it to work with AT&T. Everything works including 3G, however whenever I try to select any option in wireless settings I get this message "Unable to change networks during data service activation. Do you want to disconnect the data service and change available network?"
Does anyone know what caused this and how to fix it?
Did it ever connect to a tmobile network or did you put in the att sim right away?
the3dman13 said:
Did it ever connect to a tmobile network or did you put in the att sim right away?
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I put the att sim in right away as I dont know anyone with tmobile. There must be a way around it. Like in one of those hiden menus.
Its just a notification that its stopping data to find a new source. Mine does that when I switch it to "2g only". Its ok, idata will turn back on after a few moments
^^ yep, i get the same message when i toggle between 2g/3g. not a problem at all.
Ok thanks for the reply guys.
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Had this vibrant for a couple of weeks then all of a sudden i couldn't make calls... it says not registered on network. i've tried the following :
toggling air plane mode, removing the battery and sim card, went to tmo to change the sim card and still nothing.i did odin back to stock, and reflashed to bionix 1.9. odin back to stock and apply update, still nothing. has anyone ran into this problem? i put my sim card into my blackberry and everything works fine i can make calls receive text.
mmeeeekkss said:
Had this vibrant for a couple of weeks then all of a sudden i couldn't make calls... it says not registered on network. i've tried the following :
toggling air plane mode, removing the battery and sim card, went to tmo to change the sim card and still nothing.i did odin back to stock, and reflashed to bionix 1.9. odin back to stock and apply update, still nothing. has anyone ran into this problem? i put my sim card into my blackberry and everything works fine i can make calls receive text.
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Go to settings wireless and network and try to do a manual search for a network.
Same here when have no signal
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Go to settings wireless and network and try to do a manual search for a network.
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Yeah I tried that but it says my sim card doesn't allow it
mmeeeekkss said:
Yeah I tried that but it says my sim card doesn't allow it
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Can you try to use the search now option? I just tried it on my phone and it works fine. Also, check to make sure Network mode is set to GSM/WCDMA (AUTO MODE)
Additionally, go to settings manage applications. select menu button >> Filter >> Show all >> Call settings and select clear data.
chichu_9 said:
Can you try to use the search now option? I just tried it on my phone and it works fine. Also, check to make sure Network mode is set to GSM/WCDMA (AUTO MODE)
Additionally, go to settings manage applications. select menu button >> Filter >> Show all >> Call settings and select clear data.
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when i tried it right now it'll find tmo and att, but when i click tmo it says unable to connect and then it says your sim does not allow connection to this network. and i also cleared the data.
mmeeeekkss said:
when i tried it right now it'll find tmo and att, but when i click tmo it says unable to connect and then it says your sim does not allow connection to this network. and i also cleared the data.
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Do you have access to a tmobile post paid sim, if so give it a try. I am not sure why it will not let u connect to the network, unless tmobile had you blocked somehow.
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Do you have access to a tmobile post paid sim, if so give it a try. I am not sure why it will not let u connect to the network, unless tmobile had you blocked somehow.
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nah i dont have access to another sim, but when i do put my sim into my blackberry everything works fine. so i dont think tmo blocked me. i also got my phone from craigslist is there anyway the person i bought it from messed it up? but i mean it was working fine when i first bought it.
when i check my phone status my phone number and everything shows up, but im just not connected to the network.
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Go to settings wireless and network and try to do a manual search for a network.
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Had the same problem and this worked for me. Well, not exactly. Did the Setteings>Wireless and Network>Mobile Networks> Network Operators and pushed the "Select automatically" option instead. Post put me on the right track though. Thanks
ImTheDuke said:
Had the same problem and this worked for me. Well, not exactly. Did the Setteings>Wireless and Network>Mobile Networks> Network Operators and pushed the "Select automatically" option instead. Post put me on the right track though. Thanks
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Yeah I tried that too. "/ I'm sending it to samsung cause they had me go through all these restarts and it still didn't help..thanks for the help though everybody
hi have samsung fix your phone i sent mines in 2 samsung 3 times already about the same issue not registered on network n sim card not allow on this network..they said t mobile might blocked it but t mobile said its fine my sim work in another phone any ideas??
MZRED23 said:
hi have samsung fix your phone i sent mines in 2 samsung 3 times already about the same issue not registered on network n sim card not allow on this network..they said t mobile might blocked it but t mobile said its fine my sim work in another phone any ideas??
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I had this same issue. It was finally fixed with a new sim card. TMobile stated that there is a new sim card that fixes issues due to their new 3g+(4g) network. The sim would work fine on my older BB but wouldnt work on my Vibrant. They replaced the sim for free at the T-Mobile store and I have been fine since. I hope thats your same issue.
I have T-Mobile version of this phone but I use it with Mobilicity.
Any time I go into a place that has no reception I obviously lose signal and both the bars and the 3G icon disappear.
However, when I leave that area and come back to the area where I had reception, the 3G icon never comes back. When I attempt to make a call I a get a message saying "not registered on network". If i go to wireless settings and try to manually search for a provider, the phone will only find Roaming.
The only thing that solves the problem is rebooting the phone.
I have Bionix 1.9 rom but this issue happened on stock as well. It also happens to another guy that has Vibrant9 rom.
On the other hand, other phones like the old samsung galaxy doesn't have that issue.
Any ideas. Am I missing some settings option?
Thanks...
I can only tell you I have exactly the same problem. Using it with Mobilicity.
Let's hope someone will come up with a fix.
A guess is that it has to do with the order in which it is searching to network operators after it loses signal. I am not sure how the phone is hard coded, but it is possible that upon reboot, it checks the SIM for which network to lock on to, but without a reboot it is looking for T-Mobile, because that is hard coded into the phone.
This is all a guess, but perhaps setting it to Manual network selection instead of automatic would help lock it on your network.
^yes, I think if you take it off the auto setting in your mobile network, that may solve the problem. Even though I'm with TMO we had a 3g outage and while it was on auto the same message came up for me, even after the outage was over. Set it to wcdma only, and I was able to make calls and get back on the network.
Setting it to Manual will just force us to do it manually every time it gets disconnected.
Not a solution, unfortunately.
Thanks guys,
Is there an application perhaps that will search for available networks and register on the network of your choosing once found?
Orochi77 said:
I have T-Mobile version of this phone but I use it with Mobilicity.
Any time I go into a place that has no reception I obviously lose signal and both the bars and the 3G icon disappear.
However, when I leave that area and come back to the area where I had reception, the 3G icon never comes back. When I attempt to make a call I a get a message saying "not registered on network". If i go to wireless settings and try to manually search for a provider, the phone will only find Roaming.
The only thing that solves the problem is rebooting the phone.
I have Bionix 1.9 rom but this issue happened on stock as well. It also happens to another guy that has Vibrant9 rom.
On the other hand, other phones like the old samsung galaxy doesn't have that issue.
Any ideas. Am I missing some settings option?
Thanks...
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Where you able to find a solution to this problem? I'm having the same problem. Let me know. Thanks.
+1111111.... i meant plus 1... but yeah ...i'm having the same problem... Vibrant on Mobilicity w/ Froyo Rom from Axurus <-- i think thats how u spell it
Anyways, this happends while im at home, sitting on the same chair as i was when i had the 3G...and then boom..............3g just disappears and doesn't come back til' i restart....
Have you tried setting the mobile network to "WCDMA Only" ?
Mobilicity doesnt have a GSM network.
Aite Ive got two samsung vibrants. Bought them both new. Did the exact same thing on both to unlock them and make em work on AT&T.
One works perfect. The other one just says No service no matter what i do. I tried selecting the network manually but it says sim card doesnt support the network.
Next I tried the odin method to put the stock firmware back on. Rooted. Since my unlock codes werent present on my phone, i used the repair_nv_data fix to try and manually set the unlock code(what i did for the other vibrant), but still no luck. Still says no service when i put the sim in. Weird thing is data kinda works. It says no service but the 3G/EDGE icon keeps popping up and disappearing.
Any suggestions?
Search xda for "enabling the 850 band", id look but search is crap on the xda app. Its my understanding that it works better off of at&t towers with that enabled. Hope this helps.
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Hey so i did exactly what you said but no luck.
Weird thing is im connected to my data connection and can access the market and browser etc. But it still says no service and i cant make/receive calls and texts dont work either...
Really need help guys
Aite so im in india right. Under phone status this is what i get:
Network: Airtel
Signal Stregnth: -93dBm 10 asu
Mobile network type: EDGE
Service state: Out of service
Romaing: Not roaming
Mobile network state: Disconnected
Really need help
Anyone found a solution for this?
I'm having the exact same problem, except I've had my phone for almost a year and just now got this problem. I can use data to browse, twitter, whatever; but can't make any calls. I tried my SIM card on another Vibrant and it works fine; tried another SIM on mine and still get "No Service". Any help will be greatly appreciated.
xgibran said:
I'm having the exact same problem, except I've had my phone for almost a year and just now got this problem. I can use data to browse, twitter, whatever; but can't make any calls. I tried my SIM card on another Vibrant and it works fine; tried another SIM on mine and still get "No Service". Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Can't link cuz I'm at the airport lol but go into settings and check if ur imei is correct. If its not, look at my previous posts for the imei fix. May or may my work but give it a shot
hello all,
about two weeks ago a flood came through pa and ever since that flood came through the tower by my house is putting off a "bad 4g" or "h+" signal, which my atrix is forced to used, when i make a phone call the atrix drops down to 3g and i can get on the internet no problem and i can get on any other tower no problem, i called att about the problem and they said the tower by my house is in a degraded state and they don't know how long it will be before it gets fixed, to me it doesnt seem to be a priority since the problem only affects those who's phones use the bad h+ signal. I know the phone would function fine if there were some way to drop the phone down to 3g or edge as my wifes captivate works off the sme tower no problem. I have tried the #*#*4636*#*# option - gms blah blah and it didnt do anything to change the h+, i even figured out how to modify the settings under etc/motorala/android.phone/settings.xml to get the network settings ungreyed only to find out that changing the settings to 2g or 3g did nothing to change the h+ symbol, i am running stock rom 2.3.4 att, one thing i did noticed don't know if it is related but the apn's are locked, do i need to unlock my phone to force edge? those of you who have atrix and are able to force edge please let me know how you are able to and weather or not your phone is locked. if at all possible i would like to avoid flashing roms but would be willing to unlock my phone if it goves me the ability to force edge. this is ridicous that att would lock this option out. please help me as having no internet on my phone sucks
*#*#4636#*#* -> phone information -> set preferred network type to -> GSM only -> Press back button to exit out of it.
Do not attempt to change anything else.
anupash said:
*#*#4636#*#* -> phone information -> set preferred network type to -> GSM only -> Press back button to exit out of it.
Do not attempt to change anything else.
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i Tried that and it did not change the h+ down to edge and when i go back in it is set back to gsm auto/ are your apns unlocked or phone unlocked if this actually does work for you?
apn wap.cingular and set to use 2g only. wap.cingular is edge. hsdpa will be 3g speeds.
i know i thought of that too, except att has locked all of their apns they have a little lock next to them? any one know how to remove the locks or is this the same thing as unlocking the phone?
voltmeter101 said:
i know i thought of that too, except att has locked all of their apns they have a little lock next to them? any one know how to remove the locks or is this the same thing as unlocking the phone?
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Add a new apn and select it. You can only have one active at any time anyways.
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Alcapone263 said:
Add a new apn and select it. You can only have one active at any time anyways.
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There isn't a 2G option in APN settings.
Hey guys! my friend asked me to connect his phone to the internet, I figured it was going to be easy insert the APN information and be done with it but this phone is super weird. I have to fight with it just to be able to select the type of network and for some reason it will only connect to GRPS and it wont go to anything above that. (Even though it should connect to EDGE on T-mobile and 3G / 4G on AT&T)
Google led me to another post here with some one having the same issue. He was unable to connect to the EDGE network with this phone. Can any one on AT&T tell me their settings? Besides the APN maybe a setting in the secret menu? I dont know I'm going nuts.
thank you guys.
you need to get original rom back
mansilla.jb said:
Hey guys! my friend asked me to connect his phone to the internet, I figured it was going to be easy insert the APN information and be done with it but this phone is super weird. I have to fight with it just to be able to select the type of network and for some reason it will only connect to GRPS and it wont go to anything above that. (Even though it should connect to EDGE on T-mobile and 3G / 4G on AT&T)
Google led me to another post here with some one having the same issue. He was unable to connect to the EDGE network with this phone. Can any one on AT&T tell me their settings? Besides the APN maybe a setting in the secret menu? I dont know I'm going nuts.
thank you guys.
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you can check for from internet