Vibrant no service issue - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

K so i got a vibrant. Its got the right product code, wrong imei(some fake 0049 thing) and when i unlocked it, it said network unlock successful. So everything shouldve been fine.
But everytime i turn it on, i just get 'no service'. It auto updates time and date and everything. and data works. But it just says no service so i cant make calls or texts.
Anyone got any ideas? I restored to factory multiple times. Odined back to stock firmware. Tried everything but no luck

This is the first thing I would try . Go to settings , wireless and network , mobile network settings then click network operators it'll search for a network and try to register to the network .

AgentFour20 said:
This is the first thing I would try . Go to settings , wireless and network , mobile network settings then click network operators it'll search for a network and try to register to the network .
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Did that a bunch of times. It just keeps saying your sim card doesnt allow a connection to this network. I tried a legit att sim card as well as a t-mobile one

Make sure you are in an area with good reception . When I lost data this is what did the fix for me . It didnt work first try either so keep searching it will eventually register the network .

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Make sure you are in an area with good reception . When I lost data this is what did the fix for me . It didnt work first try either so keep searching it will eventually register the network .
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I did but unfortunately no success. I have another vibrant and did the same exact thing and that works perfect everywhere. When i move over the sim card to this one, data works but just says no service.

I am having the same problem, It shows full network on the bar... but says NO SERVICE! When i try to make calls it says Not Registered on the Network... I don't get Data either... Any help would be greatly appreciated!

ambrishptl said:
I am having the same problem, It shows full network on the bar... but says NO SERVICE! When i try to make calls it says Not Registered on the Network... I don't get Data either... Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Yea man ive been trying everything possible. Flashed like 10 different roms. Used different techniques to mess around with the nv_data.bin files. No luck

I don't think the fake IMEI would be the issue. I had the same fake number after I flashed a new ROM from stock - I could still make calls, etc.
But if you want to restore your nv_data.bin, you can pull it from a saved stock backup, make it the only thing in efs and reboot. If you don't think you have a backup stock, try looking for a file on the sdcard called ProductCodeCheck. It may also be under SGS Tools.

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[Q] "not registered to network" on my vibrant hellppp!

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
chichu_9 said:
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.
chichu_9 said:
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.
chichu_9 said:
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.

Vibrant Radio tower problem?

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.
Sent from my Black Froyo'd, Voodoo'd Vibrant with a gooey Macnut center
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

[Q] "Unable to connect. Try later"

Hi there!
I've found several threads with this issue, but still not that serious like mine.
I've been using my GS II for 3 month without any problem, untill yesterday. During surfing on the net the network suddenly gone away and since I don't have mobile network connection. I've got IMEI, CSC, signal from provider (unlocked phone), my SIM card works in other devices, I also updated the firmware, I made several hard resets, checked other SIM cards, checked the problem with flight mode, but I haven't found any solutions. The signal sign is there in the upper corner, but I'm not able to connect to any providers for 48 hours.
Please help me. I don't know what to do
Maybe a country specific CSC change? I don't know how to do that. I have one .tar file for that but Odin can't install it. I'm a beginner here...
Thanks in advance...
Have you tried checking the access point settings?
Sent from my GT-I9100
Yes. They are fine. I've just changed them and put them to default again because there was no change.
When the phone went offline I was just surfing on the net so I did not change any options.
Any other ideas maybe?
Thanks...
try talking to your provider. Your account may have a problem which could be fixed by a simple reset on their end.
Thanks for the comment. Well, I've tried to use other sims for the same and also from other providers, even a sim from another country, and none of them worked. I also tried to put my sim into another phone and the sim works fine there. The only logical solution is that the problem is with the phone.
I guess it's worth a try, maybe they blocked the IMEI of the phone because of something? It's not a stolen mobile though.
Now I've got a flashed brand new mp4 player from samsung. Nice, it drives me crayz...
Another idea. While I was surfing on the net I installed "advanced task killer" (before the "crash" happened) and I killed some ordinary apps (not sure about this) then I just deleted the program. This connection rejecting thing happened after this. That's why I thought I should make a firmware update, maybe the problem was caused by this task killer. Well, don't know if the is a connection or not...
I have exactly the same proble with my Galaxy SII - I went on a long trip - when I got back it stopped working. Has anyone found a solution to this?
To reiterate - the phone sees all the networks, but when I select Vodafone UK I get the message "unable to select vodafone UK automatically". The sim card works fine in other phones - there is clearly an issue with the phone. The only thing that has changed is I have updated some of my apps on returning home.
Any ideas?
Wrong IMEI
Wrong CSC
Sim Card connections/ sim card faulty .
Network problems .
Backup data Factory reset .
jje
same problem...
Hunt88 said:
Hi there!
I've found several threads with this issue, but still not that serious like mine.
I've been using my GS II for 3 month without any problem, untill yesterday. During surfing on the net the network suddenly gone away and since I don't have mobile network connection. I've got IMEI, CSC, signal from provider (unlocked phone), my SIM card works in other devices, I also updated the firmware, I made several hard resets, checked other SIM cards, checked the problem with flight mode, but I haven't found any solutions. The signal sign is there in the upper corner, but I'm not able to connect to any providers for 48 hours.
Please help me. I don't know what to do
Maybe a country specific CSC change? I don't know how to do that. I have one .tar file for that but Odin can't install it. I'm a beginner here...
Thanks in advance...
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yes..im DIGI(Malaysia) user..facing exactly problem like you in ics rom..in gb rom was perfect.. no problem with network.. can flash any rom.. Becoz of that prob,i tried to input apn setting manually by follow DIGI apn setting manual step by step.. unfortunately,i dont know why i cant save my apn setting in ics rom..after i create apn setting, it went missing..blank..i had tried a lot of latest ics roms like turkbey, wanam, omega,darky, resurrection, criskelo(full wipe data, cache, dalvik cache, sim card changed).. but still the same.. until now i still cant get DIGI network in ics rom.. if anybody has a solution, please help..
JJEgan said:
Wrong IMEI
Wrong CSC
Sim Card connections/ sim card faulty .
Network problems .
Backup data Factory reset .
jje
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My CSC is XEU (correct for UK as far as I can see - and has worked for the past 3 months)
Sim card works fine in another phone
Network is fine (my wife is also on Vodafone and has no issues - my sim works on the network on her phone)
My Imei is correct
-Everyone else who has had this problem had no joy with a factory reset so I'm loathe to try it until I''ve tried everything else.
Any other ideas?
Just to recap:
The phone is stuck in emergency calls only mode
I can see all my local networks (Vodaphone, Orange etc...)
When I try to connect (in any of the modes 2g/3g) I get the error message
The sim card works fine in other phones
Other people's sim cards have the same issue in my phone
There are plenty of 'Emergency calls only' threads around, but the ones that have my exact symptoms never seem to get solved. Does anyone have any other ideas, or better, has anyone come across a thread where the issue was resolved? Getting pretty desperate.
tried rooting and flashing different modems maybe its a hardware problem with the modem.
djseaneq said:
tried rooting and flashing different modems maybe its a hardware problem with the modem.
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i have the same problem in greece galaxy s2 i9100....in ics i havent network in 2.3.5 i have...i dont know why...in cm9 ics i have network...
Last update - I have flashed the phone to Ice Cream Sandwich, (LPQ version), which means I have:
Carried out a factory reset
Flashed a new ROM and Modem
When I rebooted it asked me for my carrier (Vodafone UK) and filled in the APN settings itself. I still have the same issue. I can't work out what is left that I haven't reset/reloaded that could still be causing issue. There can't be many settings left that aren't new?
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Last update - I have flashed the phone to Ice Cream Sandwich, (LPQ version), which means I have:
Carried out a factory reset
Flashed a new ROM and Modem
When I rebooted it asked me for my carrier (Vodafone UK) and filled in the APN settings itself. I still have the same issue. I can't work out what is left that I haven't reset/reloaded that could still be causing issue. There can't be many settings left that aren't new?
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i try to put manual apns but i cant save this in phone...in network search found my carrier but not conected...only with cm9 ics found network...pff...
Success?!?! It looks like we have tracked down the problem (extremely helpful input from another forum). Quick call to Vodafone and it turns out that my IMEI has been blacklisted (stolen!) Imagine my surprise - currently having a very interesting with Carphonewarehouse as to how hey managed to give me a stolen phone - should hopefully have everything resolved shortly
i try to put manual apns but i cant save this in phone...in network search found my carrier but not conected...only with cm9 ics found network...pff...
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Very odd - when you first boot after a flash does it not ask you to select your contract type (that is the bit that automatically fills in the APN for me?)
my solution
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25509654&postcount=279
this helped to me
Had the EXACT same issue on my Galaxy Note II for two days. My last hope was trying to restore my EFS with the EFS pro app.
Now when enabled my wifi at home and connected to my home network my sim prompted for the pin code.
Strange but I guess it was waiting for a connection (from my home wifi (not any other wifi) from a "half downloaded" app from the play store.
Anyways I'm happy this issue is resolved.
Does your phone prompt for a pincode when you start it? (mine said unable to complete download everytime it booted)
Hope this will help you guys...
Samsung Galaxy "Unable to connect. Try later" issue still remain
Hi guys,
I have the same issue with the following device:
Samsung Galaxy S3
I live in continental western Europe. Operators tried: BASE, MOBISTAR, PROXIMUS, POST.
The IMEI is correct, does not start with 00. The phone was bought from a shop, new, I have the invoice, so is legal, not stolen.
For some unknown reason, suddenly it does not want to connect to the mobile operators, any of them. I see "Emergency calls only". When I try to connect any one automatically or manually, I always get the message "Unable to connect. Try later".
The SIM card work well in another device, a Nokia C3-00. Another SIM does not work in my defective Samung S3. I sent back the device to the shop to be repaired and they gave it back to me saying it work very well, they just upgraded to the latest firmware, etc.
I am very annoyed because the device is unreliable. I have it in my pocket and do not realize it is not connected to the mobile network, I cannot be called or receive messages. Also I am unable to call.
The WIFI work well.
I tried everything, removing the SIM, inserting another, shutting down, enabling and disabling flight mode, nothing works.
But the later for some unkown reason and logic, it just work again for some time.
You guys wrote about some solution by looking in a folder, but I don't see that folder. Also you mention rooting. Does this mean cracking the phone? I do not wish to meddle with this, because I could destroy my device and I paid a lot for it. It will remove the warranty. So if you have a solution, please give a legal one.
Anyone have a hint or explanation for this strange behaviour?
Thanks a lot.
had a similar problem with galaxy core prime.
bought without a sim card and no knowledge of what network it was on.
every sim i tried was getting unable to connect error as i was trying to register on network
dont know if this will work for everyone as mine is a dual sim phone but here goes.
inserted two different sims from different providers, ee and vodafone.
reset phone to factory settings and when it booted back up, it recognised the ee sim card, went to mobile networks and network operators in settings and selected the ee network and presto, it registered ! used sim manager to select voda card and repeated selecting vodafone as carrier and it also registered straightaway
as i said none of the cards would register before on their own, but somehow this method worked for me.
hope this helps
had to set one sim to gsm only and other to autoconnect

help fast : icon 3g network doesn't show and doesn't work

haiii i need helpppp fast
my device doesn't show icon 3g also 3g doesn't work why ??
i have stock rom and i deactivated the network then activated but nothing (not show icon, not work)
i have restarted my device many times but nothing
i flashed same stock rom 4.1.2 again but nothing
i go into settings - more settings - mobile networks and activated mobile data and data roaming but nothing, i have tried all settings in mobile networks but nothing
i did factory data reset but nothing
i access into cwm and do wipe data / factory reset and wipe cach but nothing
wifi is work without any problem (for anyone asking me about wifi)
i go to the company for my network and say no problem in sim card it works, he said i think the problem from device
i don't know where is the problem exactly and what can i do ???
You post a lot of information, not much of it any help.
Did the 3g ever work? Did you change something before it broke? Is the stock rom the right one for your country? Do calls and texts work? Are your APN settings right? Does the SIM work okay in another phone? Does your IMEI number in settings match the one under the battery?
Answering a few of the above many help you, also go read the stickies in general.
boomboomer said:
You post a lot of information, not much of it any help.
Did the 3g ever work? Did you change something before it broke? Is the stock rom the right one for your country? Do calls and texts work? Are your APN settings right? Does the SIM work okay in another phone? Does your IMEI number in settings match the one under the battery?
Answering a few of the above many help you, also go read the stickies in general.
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yea it's work every time, no i didn't change anything, yea stock rom is for my country, yea calls and texts work, my apn settings right, yea it works on other phone, yea imei match
i didn't found anything about my problem in general section !!
Do you have 3g in your location/ network ??
Suggest if you have tried correct modem and CSC for your network only other solution is a return to a service centre .

No mobile network but data works

Hi all,
So my friend has a galaxy s 3 and he's not getting service so I said i'll take a look at it.
So i rooted it and changed roms and stuff and I put my sim in and add the apn settings of Giffgaff and
I got data connection H+ but then I tried to make a call and it says No mobile network phone.
I checked the imei and doesn't appear to be corrupt and I checked *#0011# and it said IMEI CERT = Pass.
So don't know what the problem is and the phone is sim unlocked .
I checked online to make sure that the phone he gave me wasn't blacklisted or anything just in case lol
Thanks!
Have a read of the 'efs know this stuff' sticky in the general forum.
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Have a read of the 'efs know this stuff' sticky in the general forum.
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thanks i had a look but unfortunately there wasn't anything there that could help me out
Can anyone help me out?
faddys123 said:
thanks i had a look but unfortunately there wasn't anything there that could help me out
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Are you sure? Did you try patched modem and kernel?....
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Are you sure? Did you try patched modem and kernel?....
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I tried them and they actually made my situation worse! It made my imei null and serial number was corrupt but I restored to stock the efs backup I had so I am back at square one :/
faddys123 said:
I tried them and they actually made my situation worse! It made my imei null and serial number was corrupt but I restored to stock the efs backup I had so I am back at square one :/
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Must be hardware failure then..If phone is not stolen/blocked different stock software doesn't work imei is intact apn settings are ok and patched modems kernels not working than all options are pointing to some sort of hardware failure.
faddys123 said:
Hi all,
So my friend has a galaxy s 3 and he's not getting service so I said i'll take a look at it.
So i rooted it and changed roms and stuff and I put my sim in and add the apn settings of Giffgaff and
I got data connection H+ but then I tried to make a call and it says No mobile network phone.
I checked the imei and doesn't appear to be corrupt and I checked *#0011# and it said IMEI CERT = Pass.
So don't know what the problem is and the phone is sim unlocked .
I checked online to make sure that the phone he gave me wasn't blacklisted or anything just in case lol
Thanks!
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Getting a H+ signal is different from actually getting a working data. Try to check if data is really working (browsing etc).
If there's no data even with the right APN, means the phone is probably black-listed from the carrier or you need a new (patched) modem. The right modem will solve this issue if it's not black-listed
If the data works but no phone calls, means you can try to flash stock rom and see if the problem persists.
If you were on 4.3, don't flash to 4.1.2 btw
PS: There have been a lot of refurbished/refreshed Sammy phones on the market. Their hardware issues are well known like bluetooth stops working etc etc. So if he/she got a refurb, then probably hardware issue as well.
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Getting a H+ signal is different from actually getting a working data. Try to check if data is really working (browsing etc).
If there's no data even with the right APN, means the phone is probably black-listed from the carrier or you need a new (patched) modem. The right modem will solve this issue if it's not black-listed
If the data works but no phone calls, means you can try to flash stock rom and see if the problem persists.
If you were on 4.3, don't flash to 4.1.2 btw
PS: There have been a lot of refurbished/refreshed Sammy phones on the market. Their hardware issues are well known like bluetooth stops working etc etc. So if he/she got a refurb, then probably hardware issue as well.
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Thanks, I can browse the internet using the mobile data connection so i can go to google and stuff but can't make calls.
I try to call the phone using my phone i get We are unable to connect to this number.
However, if it was blacklisted would I still be able to use the internet
faddys123 said:
Thanks, I can browse the internet using the mobile data connection so i can go to google and stuff but can't make calls.
I try to call the phone using my phone i get We are unable to connect to this number.
However, if it was blacklisted would I still be able to use the internet
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Yes you would still be able to use the internet if it was blacklisted,I thought you had already checked to see if it was blacklisted .?
faddys123 said:
Thanks, I can browse the internet using the mobile data connection so i can go to google and stuff but can't make calls.
I try to call the phone using my phone i get We are unable to connect to this number.
However, if it was blacklisted would I still be able to use the internet
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Data sometimes works even if the phone is black-listed depending on the carrier and their implementation policies. Wifi always works though.
You mentioned changing roms.
So which rom are you currently using?
More questions:
Can you try stock 4.3 for your device/carrier?
Are you using the same telcom operator (carrier)?
Is your phone carrier-locked?

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