At work everyone on a cdma network get service... I don't get service on att or tmobile, y'all know a way I can at least make a call?
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Have you looked at the map and see if even there is a signal there? There are some signal boosters chip which you insert with sim card but not sure how they work. Other that that, only way you can make calls is through third party programs and Wifi.
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I'm currently using a local sim card from Thailand in my Vibrant, but I still need to enable roaming to get data connected. One would think the phone should recognize the SIM and enable data without roaming on.
Is this perhaps hard coded in these phones, and is there a possible fix?
Find the proper apn to set up
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Strange, I had set them up manually before, but installed a new rom. Now for some reason it automatically setup the correct settings for data as well as MMS.
It's not giving me that warning anymore, but I wonder where it got those settings from...
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Well I was too early, still get notifications to enable roaming.
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Anyone else an idea? I hate to keep roaming on, one day that's gonna cost me big time.
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Im going camping next weekend and i get 3/4 bars there.. But it isnt on E or G or anything.. Just emergency calls. Is there anyway i can get around that? Because obviously i am in reach of a tower for signal. It just wont let me use it unless its 911. I dont need internet data or anything like that, just be able to call. Changeable?
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Wow nobody even telling me i cant?
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Ehh try rebooting your phone or reselect your network.
If you're getting a signal, but you can't do anything but emergency calls, it means that specific network's tower is refusing to let you connect because T-Mobile doesn't have any roaming agreements with them.
And there is no way to get around that...
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If you're getting a signal, but you can't do anything but emergency calls, it means that specific network's tower is refusing to let you connect because T-Mobile doesn't have any roaming agreements with them.
And there is no way to get around that...
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Thats kind of what i was thinking.. the ONLY carrier around there is at&t. So i guess at&t doesnt allow other companies to roam.. gay as hell.. and iv always been curious about the unlocking thing does it mean that i would be able to use at&t's signal on my phone with tmobile sim .. or do i need to put a at&t sim card in my phone. Bc i kno the vibrant is at&t capable... sorry if dumb question
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FATEOWNZYOU said:
Thats kind of what i was thinking.. the ONLY carrier around there is at&t. So i guess at&t doesnt allow other companies to roam.. gay as hell.. and iv always been curious about the unlocking thing does it mean that i would be able to use at&t's signal on my phone with tmobile sim .. or do i need to put a at&t sim card in my phone. Bc i kno the vibrant is at&t capable... sorry if dumb question
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Unlocking means sim unlocking, or the ability to use any company's sim, provided your phone can connect to their network.
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The thing is, if T-Mobile has ABSOLUTELY no signal in an area, they have roaming agreements there, even if it's AT&T.
There must be a T-Mobile tower somewhere near there, so it won't let you connect to the AT&T tower with anything else except emergency calls.
If you really need to be able to call someone, go to Wal-Mart or something and buy the cheapest AT&T prepaid phone, get some prepaid time, unlock your Vibrant, and pop the AT&T SIM in your card. You will get data too, since it'll just use some money off your account for data, and you will get 3G since the Vibrant is AT&T 3G capable.
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The thing is, if T-Mobile has ABSOLUTELY no signal in an area, they have roaming agreements there, even if it's AT&T.
There must be a T-Mobile tower somewhere near there, so it won't let you connect to the AT&T tower with anything else except emergency calls.
If you really need to be able to call someone, go to Wal-Mart or something and buy the cheapest AT&T prepaid phone, get some prepaid time, unlock your Vibrant, and pop the AT&T SIM in your card. You will get data too, since it'll just use some money off your account for data, and you will get 3G since the Vibrant is AT&T 3G capable.
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Thats kind of what i figured i would have to do... Thanks
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I have this odd issue where I can be in an area that I know has 3g but my phone won't use it unless I set it to wcdma manually. It only says edge unless I change it. It then picks up 3g and works fine, anyone know a solution or reason it does this, it appears agnostic to rom or modem as it has happened in various configurations.
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This is a dumb question, but is the 3G weak in your area?
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Not at all when i do change it over to wcdma is gets full signal usually. I get 2-4 download as well when i change it.
Hey guys,
I'm kind of new to android stuff, so bear with me .
About a week back I bought this Motorola Photon 4g for Sprint off craigslist and used the kddi radii trick to make it work on GSM networks, namely T-Mobile. Right now imeon the hybrid 2.3.5 rom, but even when I was in the stock sprint rom, the carrier name randomly shows up as T-Mobil instead of T-Mobile. Is there any way to fix this other than spoofing the carrier name? Thanks for the help!
From what I know, the name is stored in SIM card, try to replace it with carrier.
Thanks, I'll try that. I'm actually planning on doing that soon anyway . The strange thing is it sometimes shows the full name T-Mobile, I'm still trying to figure that out haha
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Where is the trick?
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My phone does this too, I'm not sure why. To me it seems like it says 'T-Mobil' when signal is pretty weak, but i have overall weak signal in my apartment so it could just be me making a bad guess.
same thing
i also have the same thing, but i haven't noticed it till you have mention it.
i guess it belongs to 2G/3G. coz when you are having connected to 2G it tells you T-mobil
while when you are connected to 3G it tells you T-mobile.
pleas tell me if i'm right
Can you not get tmobiles 4g or is it because bootloader is unlocked?
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Can you not get tmobiles 4g or is it because bootloader is unlocked?
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Tmobiles 4g is HSPA+ which is technically 3g
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You guys must be in the refarm area cause the 3g frequencies are the same as the iPhone's. I'm still waiting on that . Btw I got a new SIM and it hasn't said T-mobil yet so maybe it's just a certain kind of sim that does it?
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Hello, so I have this idea for an app based around texting.
The basic jist of the app would allow a person with no signal or bars from there cellular service to use their wireless internet to send and recieve text messages. However, I want to do this where the user will be able to send and receive text messages using their own phone number. I would obviously have o run a service on a server to relay the text to the provider. I also, would like to allow non-rooted and non-jailbroken Iphone's to use the app.
If I were relate this app with another app I would say it would be similar to Apple's imessage. However, it will be used cross carrier.
Is this possible? What are the obstacles? Any suggestions?
Thank you
It won't work without a signal. Other than that, u shouldn't have a problem.
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It won't work without a signal. Other than that, u shouldn't have a problem.
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Thank you,
but, do you mean a cell signal or Wifi signal?
As long as u use cell or WiFi u will be OK. There just might be some delay through WiFi.
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