[Q] Flashed to Metro...now what? - Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So i got my phone flashed over to metro today but they screwed up and didnt port over my verizon number. I will be going back thursday to have that done since i need to let 48hrs pass. Will that affect doing anything else?
Currently Web works, SMS but not MMS (they say they will fix this), GPS doesnt work (they say it needs to be updated to google maps 4.7, they will fix this as well), phone calls works, email works, and my MMA news app works. No Marketplace access and apps like TiKL, Wordfeud, Engadget do not work.
What is left to get everything working right? It was flashed over but not rooted so its still relatively "stock" 2.1. Ive found this tutorial...
http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...an-HTC-Droid-Eris-to-Metro-PCS-(Tutorial-v2.0)
Ive noticed a few apps on my phone that werent there before:
AnyCut
APN Backup and Restore
On one of my screens, theres a Proxy settings thing that when i open it it says
Hostname: wap.metropcs.net
Port: 3128
Whats next for me to do? I guess where do i start in that tutorial? Also, should i do anything since the phone still needs to go back so they can port my old number onto it?

Helgaiden said:
So i got my phone flashed over to metro today [snip]
Currently Web works, SMS but not MMS (they say they will fix this), GPS doesnt work (they say it needs to be updated to google maps 4.7, they will fix this as well), phone calls works, email works, and my MMA news app works. No Marketplace access and apps like TiKL, Wordfeud, Engadget do not work.
What is left to get everything working right? It was flashed over but not rooted so its still relatively "stock" 2.1. Ive found this tutorial...
[snip]
Ive noticed a few apps on my phone that werent there before:
AnyCut
APN Backup and Restore
On one of my screens, theres a Proxy settings thing that when i open it it says
Hostname: wap.metropcs.net
Port: 3128
Whats next for me to do? I guess where do i start in that tutorial? Also, should i do anything since the phone still needs to go back so they can port my old number onto it?
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You probably should not do anything until whoever worked on the phone says they are done. They should be able to get the MMS going fairly easily. In the meantime you should DL the Gmaps update and check that the GPS is functional. There are lots of GPS apps that will check signal and signal strength and you may want to DL one of those also.
To DL from the Google Market you will need to use WIFI, most on Metro have no luck with the Mobile Network downloading.
The apps you mention not working probably will not work on Metro. If the app goes out to a site using a specific port it won't work on Metro since to connect to the web you are using a proxy, so the app thinks it can't connect. If the app has a way to be told to use a proxy then it will work.
You should recheck on whether you are rooted .. you probably will find you are since in order to use iptables and the proxy you need autostart and autostart.sh and those cannot be installed on an unrooted phone I think.
In summary after the MMS is working (keep in mind the Metro size limit on MMS, around 240k!!!!) you should be all set.

Ive logged into the market via wifi to check for updated google maps...it says im up to date. I dunno whats going on. So even with that How To guide posted above, apps like Facebook still wont work? How do i check if im rooted? edit: i downloaded a free terminal emulator and typed "su" (without the quotes) and it said "permission denied." I guess this means im not rooted?
Metro size limit on MMS eh? Ill have to look at that. I tried sending a really long text message that normally would have been broken up into several messages (or sent as one large one via MMS) but it would always fail to send. Not sure whats goin on there, it wasnt even a picture or anything.
edit: I know Metro doesnt have alot of 3g coverage but someone said looking at their coverage map and selecting "dual band" shows their 3g coverage and i am well within a 3g covered area according to that. How do i go about getting that 3g/EVDO access going?

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Help with APN settings/mms settings how to edit them

How can I change my mms settings. when I open messages and the click settings then click connection settings it shows the settings but will not let me edit them can anyone help with this thank you
I belive there is a way to edit these settings via cdma workshop but i dont know too much about that
I cant get the phone to connect to the work shop
Does anybody know if they have rooted this phone yet I read the forum about it it does seem like they have yet
Root is a work in progress.
What are you messing with your settings for? if your having issues just run *288 and let it do it. if that doesnt work use the RUU Update, and then reprogram your phone and use *288
I cant I have the Eris running on Cricket I have the phone, internet, text and the market running great but would like to have mms
How did you get it running on cricket? Didnt you have to flash stuff for that work, if so please post me links asap. It will inevideably lead to root.
FireSokar said:
How did you get it running on cricket? Didnt you have to flash stuff for that work, if so please post me links asap. It will inevideably lead to root.
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I'll take another order of that link as well.
Who wants to BET hes talking about the MOTO Droid...
FireSokar said:
Who wants to bed hes talking about the MOTO Droid...
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Quit trying to correct me in every forum i post in.
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Quit trying to correct me in every forum i post in.
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Talking to me? If so, I meant that as I'm confused as to whether he did mean the Droid or not.
Nice ASSumption though.
Change PRL, network settings
dial ##778 then edit settings
so some body finde out how he did to make it work on criket?
wat about using APN Backup & Restore?
deseo said:
so some body finde out how he did to make it work on criket?
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no, as above, edit security settings in epst
uhhh, yoo hooo! guys, the htc based android phones are dirt simple to program for use on another network..
I've had my eris running full on alltel over two months now with the unl. data plan. Never looses 3G, alltels 3G coverage is wicked sweet.
Getting Voice & SMS working:
Get current .PRL file for your network(alltel, sprint, vzw, cricket, etc..), google for it. Mount your phone thru USB, drag the PRL to the root of the SD card.
Unmount
Dial##PRL
Enter SPC code
Select PRL from SD
Restart Phone
Activate phone with your carrier, lie about what phone it is, i told alltel i'm a Samsung Delve, a phone they have.
They'll tell you to *228 it, this will work perfectly after you've programmed the PRL described above.
Hang up with them.
Getting data to work:
Dial ##PST send.
Enter SPC code
Go to security...
Google for those settings for your carrier and enter all that is asked for in that menu screen.
Do nothing else, restart the phone.
Now, setting up MMS on the Eris is a pain, I still can't get it.
When going to Messages, Settings, Connection settings, ... i am not allowed to edit those settings, they're stuck at vzw values.
IF .. and ONLY if I install the "quick settings" app in the market, disable mobile network, THEN go to messages, connection settings, .. i can now edit those values and change them to alltel's mms addresses... go home, them go back into messages, connection settings, all is saved, good. If I go and re-enable mobile network, ... the mms connection settings switch back to vzw... GAHH!!!
stevey500 said:
IF .. and ONLY if I install the "quick settings" app in the market, disable mobile network, THEN go to messages, connection settings, .. i can now edit those values and change them to alltel's mms addresses... go home, them go back into messages, connection settings, all is saved, good. If I go and re-enable mobile network, ... the mms connection settings switch back to vzw... GAHH!!!
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It's probably just allowing you to input settings but unable to save them due to lack of permissions. Looks like MMS is screwed until root gets here :\
how do you get web working on crickets network ive change the settings from the security but still no luck.

[Q] Flashed Eris For Cricket, Reverted to Verizon, No 3g :(

So I bought a phone (Eris) off Craigslist to flash it to Cricket. I was able to get all the settings right in order to have MMS\3g using EPST and enjoyed it for a while. Unfortunately, I recently moved to a town that does not have Cricket in it, so I installed a new rom and was able to Activate my phone with Verizon. Unfortunately, I have been unable to access 3g on the Verizon network and was wondering if anyone could post the correct settings to use with epst in order to get 3g working.
Please, I have searched for them but am either using the wrong search term or just cant find a thread that has the settings I need.
I am currently using KaosFroyo V32 but by the time anyone reads this I will have reverted to a rom which allows me to use EPST.
Thanks,
Q
So I switched over to the Xtrsenserom and, just as I thought, the settings in EPST are all still setup for cricket service.
Im going to try #228 and see what happens now that Im not on a Froyo-based Rom anymore
Peace...
AAARrrgggghhh!!!
This so sucks!! The ota did not change the settings (or at least not enough to allow mobile internet) It was so easy to find the settings i needed to change in order to have mobile internet through Cricket. Why is it so hard to find the ones to revert back? Under the NAM Name it still says cricket but my MDN is correct but I can tell a bunch of the numbers in subsequent settings are connected to my old Cricket account... Please help!!
It's *228 for one. Which page in EPST do you need?
Ah I figured it out. It had my old number as min and crickets info for login and a few other abnormalities resulting from cricket. I gotta say this version of Android 2.1 I reverted to in order to access EPST is real nice. I don't think im going back to Froyo for a while. I forgot how nice the dialpad is where you can just dial in part of someones name and all the numbers that fit your input start appearing
can you send me the settings you used in EPST for verizon. I think I may be having similar issues.
Use the verizon RUU.
This will put everything back, you can *228, reroot, then restore your nand backup and uninstall auto start.
Sent from my Eris using XDA App
You know what, just throw a verizon prl file in there, and you should be able to *228.
Try that alltel verizon hybrids one if you can't find any others.
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I'm sorry to bring this thread back up.
I just went through 3 days of frustration on this issue and since this thread is the top google result, I want to help others.
I bought a used Droid Incredible that was flashed to Cricket. We had the phone flashed back to Verizon from a local Cricket dealer. However, my data wasn't working at all. After spending 2 hours on the phone with VZW, I learned of ##778. The rep only went through two menus and only one option was different (home nid/sid). It didn't help changing it, and in fact, everytime I do *228, it just goes back to what was in there originally. So anyway...I found the security menu later that night. Noticed that HDR AN AUTH Password and PPP Password said 'cricket'. I deleted that, reboot, and then saw 1x finally pop up, but it wouldn't stick.
Changing PPP Password to vzw made 1x work, but the connection would constantly try to obtain 3g, and reset the connection so it was still unusable for the most part.
Noticed on the Eris (previous phone), those Password values were encrypted...Google research suggested a painful adventure of memory dumps, etc, etc.
Then I found another post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2563813&postcount=32
I blanked out the two password fields, committed, then went to home sid settings (or home sid profile) and changed network type from simple ip mode to mobile ip preferred. Commit, reboot and bam! 3G was there!. I didn't have to, but a *228 may be necessary. The two password fields got updated automagically and now have encrypted values in them. Life is good.
Edit: just wanted to state that in the middle of trying to get data working, I flashed over the verizon RUU, which didn't help immediately, but may have been a compounding solution.

[Q] fascinate no data/mms on Pageplus

Hi!
I have a Verizon Samsung Fascinate (SCH-i500) currently working with PagePlus Talk and Text. I bought it from somebody, so I'm a second owner. Mostly I use wi-fi, but sometimes I need to use data/mms. I went to a PagePlus dealer and asked about enable data/mms, he said I can't use it because PagePlus dose not allow data/mms on smartphone. I searched about solution more than a week, but I couldn't find it. Can you help me with your magic hands? I have QPST program. If you can, please give me a step by step instruction.
Thanks!!!
I just activated a Fascinate with Page Plus today, and I seem to be having the same issue with no data or mms working. Calls and text seems to be working fine though. I bought the phone off ebay, so it was previously used with Verizon service. I've searched for the past week on this as well, and I can't seem to find any instructions on what to do, and Page Plus CS is pretty useless. Any help would greatly be appreciated, thanks in advance!
I don't really know how to fix it but maybe I.have some information that can send you in the right direction.
First, there was a thread where people got the fascinate working on either US.cellular or cricket. That may help you get some information.
Second im pretty sure they had to use qpst to change the settings.
Third I think the problem had to do with the prl information in the phone.
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Hey thanks for your reply. I looked into people flashing to cricket and there isn't much information on that either. Plus I can't seem to find any apn settings or anything like that for Page Plus. I've prob spent another 6 hrs today on this with no luck. If anyone has any info about getting data and mms working it will be a huge help. Pretty much everything I find online are people asking what I'm asking with no responses.
For data, you require qpst build 215. Flash the correct ppp settings for your carrier. Any other build will yield you nothing. As far as mms, use apn back up to flash the correct settings.
Hey I really appreciate you giving me an idea with qpst. Unfortunately I'm still stuck at one part, so I'm hoping you might be able to clear that up for me. I downloaded qpst 2.7 build 215, I got my phone in dial up mode from **33284, set the COM port to 1, so I have the QPST service program recognizing my device, and I'm at the PPP Config tab. Only problem is I have no idea what values to enter for anything, I see 3 tabs "Rm", "Um", and "AN" and in each one there are spaces for values of "LCP", "IPCP", "IPCPv6". Then there are spaces for user id, password, tethered NAI, retries, timeout, primary dns, secondary dns, optimized dormant handoff, 1xEVDO->1x. So I really don't know where to begin. I've tried searching all over to see what I'm supposed to set if I want my phone working with Page Plus. Can't seem to find any clear answers. Anyways sorry for the long message. Hopefully you can clear some of this up for me. Again I really appreciate your help, thanks!
I just activated a fascinate on pp as well. Data works for me (haven't tried mms). Have you tried calling pp and verifying that data is enabled on the account? Also maybe an esn reset. The folks over at howard forums are pretty helpful too. Good luck!
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Wow, sounds like you got lucky! I did call Page Plus to verify if data was enabled and it is. I guess I should call back and try the esn reset your suggesting. But as of right now I still don't have the data or mms working
rogerski1 said:
I just activated a fascinate on pp as well. Data works for me (haven't tried mms). Have you tried calling pp and verifying that data is enabled on the account? Also maybe an esn reset. The folks over at howard forums are pretty helpful too. Good luck!
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Also when you log into your Page Plus account is your phone listed as generic? Mine is listed as generic, and with Phone features as SMS and voicemail. No mention about data on the phone. Even though my plan has 100 mb of data. I do see 100 mb of data listed under the plan on the right though.
I'm getting a fascinate off ebay.
how to use it on pageplus?
$.99c activation service on ebay will activate the phone since it is Verizon phone?
or i have to use qpst?? software?
You guys think my data and mss might not be working due to the fact that I'm running a custom rom and 2.2.1? As opposed to the stock 2.1? I want to get some feedback, before I odin back to 2.1 to test it out, thanks.
I got exactly the same issue.
I know for a fact that the phone is not a problem, because it was working for last half a year with pageplus. I ported a phone number from google voice today and lo and behold, data not working anymore. I tried calling pageplus, they reset data service twice, didn't help. I also tried re-programming by calling numbers from here: http://pageplusdealer.com/PagePlus/catalog/ActivationInstructions.php . I tried reflashing firmware, kernel, and radio, and nothing. It isn't even trying to data connect.
Anyone knows what to do with QPST to try helping the issue?
*EDIT*: I figured it out. QPST showed wrong NAI. Somehow instead of [email protected], it was some completely bogus number with completely bogus domain name. Anyway, I reset it to correct value, and it works fine now. I have absolutely no idea why was it reprogrammed, and why *22890 didn't put it back.
Use (Page Plus Cellular) i have a Galaxy S Fascinate (Verizon) and data / mms work perfectly, I'm on $29.95 Plan 1200 min / 3000 text, 100 mb Data per month.

[Q] Straight Talk AT&T APN Settings

I cannot for the life of me get Straight Talk data or MMS working. Phone calls and text work perfectly though.
I bought it online from Swappa, completely stock and followed the Straight Talk instructions that came with the SIM. I never got anything, not even a hint of data. Browsers would immediately say no connection, pic messages would just spin and nothing would happen.
So I went online and tried every single APN that people said "This worked for me," tried them all, restart-my-phone party-2013 and still nothing no connection ever.
So I thought maybe it was the AT&T stock image that wasn't letting me connect. I just flashed to Vanilla Rootbox and have been trying APN settings for the past hour or so. Still nothing, nothing ever changes. My signal has full bars but says ROAM. Which is odd because my brother has AT&T Straight Talk and gets data just fine in the same location I am now.
Am I missing something? Mobile Data is enabled, I've tried enabling data roaming multiple times to no effect.
What could possibly be the issue?
ALSpringer said:
I cannot for the life of me get Straight Talk data or MMS working. Phone calls and text work perfectly though.
I bought it online from Swappa, completely stock and followed the Straight Talk instructions that came with the SIM. I never got anything, not even a hint of data. Browsers would immediately say no connection, pic messages would just spin and nothing would happen.
So I went online and tried every single APN that people said "This worked for me," tried them all, restart-my-phone party-2013 and still nothing no connection ever.
So I thought maybe it was the AT&T stock image that wasn't letting me connect. I just flashed to Vanilla Rootbox and have been trying APN settings for the past hour or so. Still nothing, nothing ever changes. My signal has full bars but says ROAM. Which is odd because my brother has AT&T Straight Talk and gets data just fine in the same location I am now.
Am I missing something? Mobile Data is enabled, I've tried enabling data roaming multiple times to no effect.
What could possibly be the issue?
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Have you tried any of the settings from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856574
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Have you tried any of the settings from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856574
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Yeah those were some of the first ones I tried on both the stock and on this ROM.
I enter them, restart my phone, when I open Chrome it just immediately says
"You are offline. Wi-Fi and mobile data are turned off."
Which is not true, because settings clearly shows Data is enabled in two different places. This is so frustrating.
Is there any way to check to make sure the radio that enables data is still working? I've thought about taking it in to the AT&T store to have them test it because I'm about out of ideas about what it could be.
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Yeah those were some of the first ones I tried on both the stock and on this ROM.
I enter them, restart my phone, when I open Chrome it just immediately says
"You are offline. Wi-Fi and mobile data are turned off."
Which is not true, because settings clearly shows Data is enabled in two different places. This is so frustrating.
Is there any way to check to make sure the radio that enables data is still working? I've thought about taking it in to the AT&T store to have them test it because I'm about out of ideas about what it could be.
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You could try flashing another radio? But if not, I'm sure the people at AT&T could help. Down here they are pretty helpful and friendly no matter what.
Not sure if is your problem but I know with snowjb I and several others had to edit the default XML file then delete the lg one and then goop into APN settings and "reset to default" and select the added ST apn
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nymica said:
Not sure if is your problem but I know with snowjb I and several others had to edit the default XML file then delete the lg one and then goop into APN settings and "reset to default" and select the added ST apn
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I got my hands on 3 cheap optimus g, my friends have straight talk. Can you help me on a set by step? Or maybe a flashable fix? I if i cant get internet and mms to work im stuck with 4 of these. :0
bump. can't contribute to the discussion as of yet but I'm ending my contract soon and hopefully going to straight talk. would hate to have a phone with no internet
Ciloteille said:
I got my hands on 3 cheap optimus g, my friends have straight talk. Can you help me on a set by step? Or maybe a flashable fix? I if i cant get internet and mms to work im stuck with 4 of these. :0
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I'll take one off your hands, for cheap
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Hello back everyone. I solved the issue!
It wasn't a problem with my APN settings, it ended up being a problem in the activation of my SIM card with straight talk.
I went through the port process and got my number moved to straight talk and my calls and texts were working fine so I figured it was a matter of just fiddling with the APN settings until I found some that worked. I had heard so many stories about this being the case. Unfortunately, in my case it wasn't true. I tried everything.
Good news is: I called Straight Talk and asked them what else I could do. They walked me through settings the APN settings, which was super frustrating, I literally had the correct settings memorized at this point. Then they asked me what phone I had. I told the CSR and she said "okay, I switched something on our side, restart your phone and see if it works." I was dubious because I had done this so many times but I guess she wasn't lying to me because I restarted and it has worked fine from then on.
tl;dr AT&T Optimus G works great on Straight Talk with an AT&T sim. Just call them if the provided APN doesn't work.
For anyone else with this problem:
I was having a similar issue after just switching (from a working Nokia Lumia 520) to a new LG Optimus G. In my case, the APN settings from my old phone (and the site I got them from) appeared to be out of date.
I went to the Straight Talk site, logged in, and went to Support -> HOW TO UPDATE DATA SETTINGS, entered my phone number and selected Android 4+. This gave me some different settings that are now working correctly.

Can't get Boost APNs to stick

My phone is the Boost Mobile XT1526. Running Cyanogenmod 13 by squid2. The latest build.
I've been using the Boost APN found here, and even though it works, its not ideal. I'd rather use the APN that's built into the ROM or the APN I pulled from the stock ROM.
My problem is that, for the life of me, I absolutely cannot get the APNs to stick. The APN that's built into CM13, doesn't stick. It disappears. And if I manually add the APN I pulled from the stock ROM, that disappears as soon as I hit save. I have no clue why. The only APN I can use is the one I linked to above. But that one isn't ideal. But I'll use it if I have to.
Can anyone help me with this that knows more about this then I do? I'd really love to use either the built-in APN or the APN I pulled from the stock ROM, if its even possible.
I have data so that's not my problem. I just can't send or receive MMS messages using the SMS app in Cyanogenmod.
Thanks!
If anything isn't clear then please tell me and I'll try to explain better. I suck at explaining.
Trying to get it to work too!
I'm having the exact same problems. I think it might be an issue with cellular network settings in CM13/MM roms (you'll notice clicking "Carrier Settings" in any of them causes com.android.phone to stop).
I've been playing around with various things, and I've found so far that using the Cypher rom (which doesn't have any Boost stuff baked in) I can put in the APN settings you linked to and send and receive MMS but LTE doesn't work. I then went back to Squid's CM13 rom (which is amazing, btw!) and LTE appears from install but changing any APN setting makes it fall over. Then I tried editing the Boost APN in deega/Buzbee2's flashable zip from "n.boost.ispsn" to "Boost_Mobile". I could flash that, and that does make it "stick" in the APN settings but, again, LTE disappears when I do this. Entries under the "Access Point Names" tab do seem to appear and disappear somewhat randomly whatever I do!
I've tried various other fixes suggested online, from root-deleting the telephony database to trying some SMS programs that let you put in the APN settings manually, but still nothing. I feel I'm close...but not that close I'll keep fiddling and see what happens but I'm not entirely sure whether this is a settings issue or a CM13 issue.
Thanks for replying. I'm gonna do some testing too. I had the same exact issue on CM12.1 so I don't think its a CM13 issue.
I wonder if there's a way to use adb or fastboot to force the APNs to stick?
I tried using the Boost APN I pulled from the stock ROM that Motorola or Boost put there and you'd think it'll work but no. It disappears as soon as I hit save.
I know CM13 has to be using some kind of APN because I have data, but I don't know what that APN is nor why I can't get the SMS app to use it so I can send MMS messages.
I'm confused but I'll figure it out. Maybe. :/
EDIT: I notice too that whenever I tried to get into Network Operators that com.android.phone would FC. I was able to get in there by putting my phone in airplane mode and rebooting. I can take the phone out of airplane mode while I'm in it without it force closing. But I'm not able to do anything. Kept saying "error while searching for networks" or something along those lines. So I just gave up for right now.
EDIT2: I noticed that in the file /data/data/com.android.settings/shared_prefs/com.android.settings_preferences.xml that it had APN settings in there that were blank for the most part. I tried editing that file to add my APN settings but it didn't help.
I've been testing things during the day and my hunch is there's a deeper problem with the LTE implementation in the 6.x roms (and earlier, perhaps, if you had issues with CM12 as well). It's difficult to know if this is Boost/Sprint related only - Buzbee2's flashable fix seems to be working for people on Freedompop and Virgin. I had a few issues today where my phone would be telling me I had LTE connectivity but web pages would give timing-out errors. I switched to Cypher which was solid on 3G where LTE had basically crashed. I sent MMS with manually inputted settings on Cypher again.
So I was left feeling that at the moment it's a choice between fast (patchy?) LTE speeds without MMS or solid (slow!) 3G with MMS. Hmm. It may be that current roms have a issue switching down and up between LTE and 3G...?
Looking at deega/Buzbee2's flashable zip it doesn't seem like it changes much, so it should be a settings issue, just as long as those settings can stick! Trouble is there might be multiple points of failure at present.
I dug up an interesting thread on the Moto G forum where a user who struggled with this on their phone found that Boost requires authentication for MMS over LTE but not on 3G:
Getting MMS to work on LTE made me pull my hair out. Virgin mobile(Boost) working on Sprint networks when it comes to MMS messages is an over complicated issue caused by the providers. When attempting to receive MMS on LTE networks with stock MMS or some 3rd party MMS apps it returns with a "HTTP error: Authorization Required". When trying it on 3G its no problem. Seems they required "Authorization" for MMS on LTE but not 3G - go figure. Hangouts basically works for all because the app itself doesn't use the phones APN settings. It tries (and does) to attain what carrier you are on and use its settings. In our case it will identify you are on the Sprint network and use those APN settings. Why don't we set our phones to the Sprint settings?...no LTE then.
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Sounds eerily similar, but his fix file has disappeared into the mists of time and seems to have only worked on certain roms. Anyway, I'll keep digging and hope others might chip in.
I found a file called preferred-apn.xml in the data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/shared_prefs directory where you can set a preferred APN. Least I'm assuming that's what its for. But I need the APN id and I can't find the id for the built-in Boost APN.
I'll keep looking and testing stuff. Hopefully we can get this figured out.
I'm stuck with using 3G where I live. Boost/Sprint doesn't have LTE where I live. So LTE isn't a issue for me.
That's a good find. I think the APN ID refers to the line where you can find the details for the APN in the telephony database. There's some stuff on the Moto G forum about it here.
I'm guessing that the APN settings tab is pulling stuff from the telephony db and that your XML file is telling the phone which is the default. If so, maybe writing to the telephony.db (in the databases folder just along from shared_prefs) might make changes "stick", although if you delete that db it's recreated at reboot so it's not the originator of the data. My feeling is that there's a screwy connection between telephony.db and various other bits of CM13 right now...
Maybe taking telephony.db from a stock Boost rom and copying that in will do something.
I still have a backup of the stock ROM on my laptop. Tomorrow I'll pull the telephony.db and copy it onto my phone replacing the original one and see what happens.
Update:
I pulled the telephony.db from the stock ROM and copied it to my phone, replacing the original and I set the APNs in apns.xml to what I thought the APN should be. I wouldn't recommend it.
As soon as I rebooted CM13 stopped recognizing my sim card and the com.android.phone error popped up and wouldn't disappear. I couldn't do anything. Had no choice but to reboot into twrp and use its file manager to delete the db file. So that's a no go I guess.
I found a program for Linux (also available for Windows) called SQLiteBrowser which let's me open the telephony.db files and look through them. All of the APN IDs are stored in that db file. I'm going to use it to look through the telephony.db file for CM13 and get the APN IDs that I need. Then try to edit the preferred_apns.xml file to set it and see what happens.
EDIT: I'm looking through the telephony.db file from CM13 but there are no APNs in it for some odd reason. Wonder if we can manually add them if need be?
Finally working for me
Buzbee2 made some suggestions on his support thread so I tried them and - to my amazement - everything worked. Not immediately, I had to wait a few hours (for the APNs to be picked up from Boost?) but it did work.
So what I did was first go into airplane mode and entered the Boost_Mobile APN details that you can find everywhere online (and on Buzbee's support thread). When I switched off airplane mode those settings disappeared and those baked into Squid's CM13 (or flashed via Buzbee's zip) came back. Switched on airplane mode again, those disappeared and the Boost_Mobile one I entered and saved is there. I can't believe that's meant to happen, but there it is.
I then downloaded Google Hangouts. I'd heard it sorts out its own APN settings if you set it to be your default SMS program. I could send SMS through Hangouts but still no MMS. I gave up at this point as I had to go out.
Checked my phone a couple of hours later and my MMS sent via Hangouts had arrived. I tried a few more and they all worked. Then I tried the stock messaging app and that could send MMS too! I couldn't believe it. I uninstalled Hangouts (much prefer the simpler app) and went to bed. In the morning, no MMS. Reinstalled Hangouts, still no good. Left it a few hours and - yep! - MMS was back for all my MMS apps. I tested with and without wi-fi, knowing that Hangouts likes shortcuts , and it was all good.
So the moral of the story is...I have no idea. But either Hangouts sets the APNs for the whole rom, or some combination of the Boost_Mobile APN (even though it doesn't "stick") and Hangouts gets it going. Maybe set that up, leave it overnight, and see. It doesn't explain some of the weirdness in the carrier settings, but at least it might work.
I'll try that. ☺
Any luck, Debdude? My phone has not been perfect, with it refusing to switch down to 3G when out of LTE coverage, and MMS mostly sending but sometimes not, but acceptable for something running a cutting-edge rom. It'll hopefully improve as things mature.
davidxd said:
Any luck, Debdude? My phone has not been perfect, with it refusing to switch down to 3G when out of LTE coverage, and MMS mostly sending but sometimes not, but acceptable for something running a cutting-edge rom. It'll hopefully improve as things mature.
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Damn. I forgot. My bad. I got busy with my new laptop and my ps2 I just completely forgot about this.
I'll mess around with it in a bit. And try the suggestions you mentioned a couple posts back.

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