I'm going to be doing some international travel for work, so I was ecstatic when the Photon became available with international capabilities. I would be able to carry a single phone, my tablet, and laptop. I was wondering if you guys think it would a be a good idea to keep track of which countries and carriers people have had success using the Motorola Photon? For example, if a user has had success with using the Photon in Cairo, Egypt, then they would post their success as follows:
City, Country, Continent: Cairo, Egypt, Africa
Carrier: Vodafone
Carrier Plan: ???
Voice working: Yes
Data working: Yes
Sim Card Type: ???
Sim Card Memory Size: ???
Hopefully this could become a success and gets stickied. I can really see this helping out others with compatibility questions regarding the photon and international use.
Update:9/9/2011
Added Baja California Mexico; Bangalore, India, Asia; Santa Cruz, Bolivia; South America; Leicester, UK
Update: 8/17/2011
I added a new parameter for APN settings.
International Quick Reference:
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City, Country, Continent: Australia
Carrier: Vodafone
Carrier Plan: N/A
Voice working: Yes
Data working: Not sure
Sim Card Type: NA
Sim Card Memory Size: N/A
APN Settings: N/A
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City, Country, Continent: UK
Carrier: T-Mobile UK
Carrier Plan: N/A
Voice working: Yes
Data working: Yes
Sim Card Type: T-Mobile UK SIM
Sim Card Memory Size: N/A
APN Settings: N/A
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City, Country, Continent: Ramstein, Germany
Carrier: Fonic
Carrier Plan: N/A
Voice working: Yes
Data working: Yes
Sim Card Type: Unsure
Sim Card Memory Size: Unsure
APN Settings: APN name only
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City, Country, Continent: Baja California Mexico
Carrier: telcel
Carrier Plan: pre-paid
Voice working: Yes
Data working: no
Sim Card Type: N/A
Sim Card Memory Size: N/A
APN Settings: N/A
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City, Country, Continent: Bangalore, India, Asia
Carrier: Airtel
Carrier Plan: pre-paid
Voice working: Yes
Data working: Yes (3G)
Sim Card Type: N/A
Sim Card Memory Size: N/A
APN Settings: N/A
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City, Country, Continent: Santa Cruz, Bolivia, South America
Carrier: Tigo
Carrier Plan: prepaid
Voice working: Yes
Data working: Yes
Sim Card Type: Unsure
Sim Card Memory Size: Unsure
APN Settings: Unsure
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City, Country: Leicester, UK
Carrier: O2
Carrier Plan: Contract
Voice working: Yes
Data working: Yes (3G)
APN: mobile.o2.co.uk
Username: password
Password: password
Great idea! Should be very useful info.
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I plan on letting my son take it on his trip to Germany next year so I'm interested a well.
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Unfortunately, I dont have anything to contribute at the moment.
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I called Customer Service who told me that the phone is already unlocked and that it supports most GSM bands. All you have to do is pop in the sim and switch from cdma to gsm in settings. I'll be in London, Paris and Amsterdam in 2 weeks so I'll be able to update you.
This is a fantastic idea, and I'm really interested in hearing about Japan and South America. It'll be a year before I go back to Japan, but eventually...
One of the main reasons I got this phone over the Evo 3D is the GSM/Global abilities.
After two fruitless weeks of trying, I am sorry to report that the Sprint Photon does not work for data with a Vodafone Australia SIM. See
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1205357for more details.
Voice worked fine, however.
T-Mobile UK SIM on T-Mobile UK network - Data OK, Voice OK.
T-Mobile UK SIM roaming on Orange UK network - Data OK, Voice OK
However, No Voicemail Notification.
PatnetPatnet said:
T-Mobile UK SIM on T-Mobile UK network - Data OK, Voice OK.
T-Mobile UK SIM roaming on Orange UK network - Data OK, Voice OK
However, No Voicemail Notification.
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Can you share your a p n settings for the t mobile connection. I'm interested in seeing what you have set for the m n c and the mcc
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sporklover said:
Can you share your a p n settings for the t mobile connection. I'm interested in seeing what you have set for the m n c and the mcc
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PatnetPatnet said:
T-Mobile UK SIM on T-Mobile UK network - Data OK, Voice OK.
T-Mobile UK SIM roaming on Orange UK network - Data OK, Voice OK
However, No Voicemail Notification.
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I would be interest in the APN settings as well.
Anyone got ussd code to run
levman said:
After two fruitless weeks of trying, I am sorry to report that the Sprint Photon does not work for data with a Vodafone Australia SIM. See
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1205357for more details.
Voice worked fine, however.
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Levman, you're not alone it seems: https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/320514
Seems like there is some weird issue with Vodaphone AUS and these motorola phones...
kjones2k1 said:
I would be interest in the APN settings as well.
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For Tmobile UK:
APN: general.t-mobile.uk
Username: user
Password: pass
I am in China using China Mobile and everything works minus MMS. Keep getting data disabled messages and sometimes no interner connection when I am connected to the internet.
sporklover said:
can you share your a p n settings for the t mobile connection. I'm interested in seeing what you have set for the m n c and the mcc
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mnc: 30
mcc: 234
kjones2k1 said:
I would be interest in the APN settings as well.
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I just entered the APN Name, APN address and Username in the Photon which I copied from my old phone. The network pushed all the other settings, or they were the Photon defaults. Do a Google search: "APN Settings" and you'll see the important fields to enter for your card. User IDs and PWs aren't consistent. I've seen "wap" and "web" for Vodafone UK, for example. In the case of T-Mobile, the network corrected my User ID and added a password where there wasn't one before.
Outer Marker said:
Levman, you're not alone it seems: https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/320514
Seems like there is some weird issue with Vodaphone AUS and these motorola phones...
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Yes, I've seen threads on several forums related to Vodafone/android/APN problems. Sprint tech support has asked me for additional technical details, and they tell me they are continuing to research this ... if they come up with a resolution I will post it here, but I am back in the US now so I don't think I'll be able to test it unless the Vodafone PAYGO plan I purchased works internationally.
I'll be testing this in Guam in about 2 weeks.
Vodafone UK SIM on Vodafone UK network. Voice OK and Data OK.
Didn't try the Voicemail notification.
Again, just entered the carrier's APN name and address, and the UID. Be aware that only the APN for the SIM you have in the Photon shows in the settings. For example, with a Vodafone SIM in the phone, the T-Mobile APN setting you made when that SIM was in the phone goes away until you put the T-Mobile SIM back in. Then it re-appears and the Vodafone one goes away.
Please can we get reports on Voicemail notification on different networks as time goes by. Thanks.
City, Country, Continent: Ramstein, Germany
Carrier: T-Mobile
Carrier Plan: N/A
Voice working: Yes
Data working: No
Sim Card Type: Unsure
Sim Card Memory Size: Unsure
APN Settings: Unsure
I just went to the T-mobile store to check on the Data situation. The rep tried two sim cards, a brand new one and the one from his co-worker's phone. He was unable to get data to work on either of these. I will be be signing a contract tomorrow and will be able to mess with the settings and give further information this weekend. On a more positive note, he was impressed with my phone and had never seen anything like it. Motorola seems to have little presence here.
Related
Vodafone requires that a new Access Point Name (APN) be set up for the SIM. The problem is that the Photon won't let me me create and save a new APN. What I've discovered is that, if I set the MCC and MNC in the APN to Sprint's values (310 and 120), then I can save the newly created APN, but the data connection won't work. If I set them to the appropriate values for Vodafone (505 and 03) then press save, the newly created APN disappears.
I spoke with Sprint today, and after 40 minutes of getting bounced around, finally got to someone who told me that this was by design. So if true, it appears that the SIM is unlocked for voice but locked for data (at least, if the carrier requires specific APN settings, as Vodafone does).
I also tried using APN Manager from the Android app store to create and select a different APN - no dice there, either.
Any suggestions, or am I out of luck?
The good news is that I brought my trusty old Touch Pro2 with me, just in case, and it is working fine ... but going back to the TP2 after a blissful week of using the Photon is really, really hard.
Doesn't make sense to me that it would only be unlocked for voice and not data. Did you try contacting Motorola directly? I'll rather hear it from the horse's mouth.
It's hard to tell who's really the horse in these situations ... nonetheless that is a great suggestion, and I've just submitted the question to Motorola's support site.
Im sorry...im very confused by this. Ill be traveling to lebanon tomorrow and specifically got this phone to be able to pop a sim in and use data and voice....your saying i wont be able to uze data?
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I am saying that I can't use data ... your experience may be different. I suspect that this may work for some carriers but not for others, depending on what settings they require for data. If they require you to create a new Access Point Name profile, then it most likely won't work, given my experience.
I'm able to use data on a foreign sim. I was able to save the apn also. This is with Telcel and Movistar in Mexico. Setup the same as my Samsung Captivate.
So is there any possibility that this thing would ever be unlocked for US gsm networks like the Touch Pro 2 was? That would make this unit epic....
rotoread said:
I'm able to use data on a foreign sim. I was able to save the apn also. This is with Telcel and Movistar in Mexico. Setup the same as my Samsung Captivate.
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Which carrier did you purchase the phone from - was it Sprint?
So here is the latest, for anyone who's interested.
I emailed Motorola asking about why I couldn't save the APN, and was told
Motorola does not have any access to the Access Point Name (APN).The APN can only be access or generated from the service provider.
I then contacted Sprint again, and got a hold of someone who took my request more seriously then the previous Sprint people. After several days, however, this person came back with
I contacted Motorola and was told that the data will not work with the Motorola photon gprs data
I have no idea what the truth really is, but the bottom line is that I could not get the phone to work with data using a Vodafone Australia SIM. I even had Vodafone replace the SIM with their most current SIM - didn't help.
My Touch Pro2, on the other hand, had no problem getting the SIM to work for both data and voice, and I ended up turning my TP2 into a wireless router so I could indirectly use my Photon while out and about.
levman said:
Which carrier did you purchase the phone from - was it Sprint?
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I bought directly from the respective carriers.
levman said:
So here is the latest, for anyone who's interested.
I emailed Motorola asking about why I couldn't save the APN, and was told
Motorola does not have any access to the Access Point Name (APN).The APN can only be access or generated from the service provider.
I then contacted Sprint again, and got a hold of someone who took my request more seriously then the previous Sprint people. After several days, however, this person came back with
I contacted Motorola and was told that the data will not work with the Motorola photon gprs data
I have no idea what the truth really is, but the bottom line is that I could not get the phone to work with data using a Vodafone Australia SIM. I even had Vodafone replace the SIM with their most current SIM - didn't help.
My Touch Pro2, on the other hand, had no problem getting the SIM to work for both data and voice, and I ended up turning my TP2 into a wireless router so I could indirectly use my Photon while out and about.
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It's been a while since I was in Australia, but if I'm not mistaken, Vodaphone operates data on UMTS 2100 down under. The photon is tri-band, not quad-band, so you're not going to get data with a Vodaphone AUS sim. Virgin Mobile in AUS operates their 3G network on 2100 AND 900 MHz, so that would be an option. Another one would be Telstra. A SIM from either of those providers should work, giving you access to the APN settings. They remain grayed out until the SIM can register with a UMTS data circuit on the required radio band.
You can read more here: http://wiki.apnchanger.org/Australia
Hope this was helpful.
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It's been a while since I was in Australia, but if I'm not mistaken, Vodaphone operates data on UMTS 2100 down under. The photon is tri-band, not quad-band, so you're not going to get data with a Vodaphone AUS sim. Virgin Mobile in AUS operates their 3G network on 2100 AND 900 MHz, so that would be an option. Another one would be Telstra. A SIM from either of those providers should work, giving you access to the APN settings. They remain grayed out until the SIM can register with a UMTS data circuit on the required radio band.
You can read more here: http://wiki.apnchanger.org/Australia
Hope this was helpful.
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It depends on where he is in Australia. In most areas Vodaphone's network operates on UMTS2100 which the Photon does support. In some smaller areas it's UMTS900 which the Photon doesn't support.
Is it possible that the SIM card is supposed to "provision" your data similar to when you activate the phone on the Sprint network initially?
Or is the creating of an APN always a manual program effort by the user?
myphone12345 said:
It depends on where he is in Australia. In most areas Vodaphone's network operates on UMTS2100 which the Photon does support. In some smaller areas it's UMTS900 which the Photon doesn't support.
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This is a good point. It's entirely possible he's in a UMTS900 zone...
Outer Marker said:
It's been a while since I was in Australia, but if I'm not mistaken, Vodaphone operates data on UMTS 2100 down under. The photon is tri-band, not quad-band, so you're not going to get data with a Vodaphone AUS sim. Virgin Mobile in AUS operates their 3G network on 2100 AND 900 MHz, so that would be an option. Another one would be Telstra. A SIM from either of those providers should work, giving you access to the APN settings. They remain grayed out until the SIM can register with a UMTS data circuit on the required radio band.
You can read more here: http://wiki.apnchanger.org/Australia
Hope this was helpful.
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This is from Motorola's site:
NETWORKS4
Worldphone - WiMAX 2500, CDMA 800/1900, WCDMA 850/1900/2100, GSM 850/900/1800/1900
I believe WCDMA 2100 is the UMTS band being referred to. I am fairly certain the Photon is a Quad-band true world phone. http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/U...Mobile-Phones/ci.MOTOROLA-PHOTON-4G-US-EN.alt
EDIT: I see now you meant UMTS on 900 MHz rather than GSM at 900.
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This is a good point. It's entirely possible he's in a UMTS900 zone...
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It sounds like the guy is having APN issues, not reception issues. Otherwise he would have at least been able to get EDGE/GPRS connections - but those too require the APN.
FYI, I was in Sydney for most of the trip, with a few days in Canberra.
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I started two threads on the official Sprint Support forums. One in the normal Moto Photon, and one in the Premier area. Wonder if Sprint will respond.
jorjitoc said:
This is from Motorola's site:
NETWORKS4
Worldphone - WiMAX 2500, CDMA 800/1900, WCDMA 850/1900/2100, GSM 850/900/1800/1900
I believe WCDMA 2100 is the UMTS band being referred to. I am fairly certain the Photon is a Quad-band true world phone. http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/U...Mobile-Phones/ci.MOTOROLA-PHOTON-4G-US-EN.alt
EDIT: I see now you meant UMTS on 900 MHz rather than GSM at 900.
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Yes, it's ridiculous that Data and voice are so segmented, but these are smartphones! Gone are the days that you just had to worry about the GSM voice frequency. Now you have to make sure the data frequency and radio band are supported by your phone.
For what it's worth, I've had little luck with Vodaphone sim cards overseas. I typically use Tmobile or Orange sim cards in the UK, and TIM or Wind in Italy. For points in between, I just roam on the UK Tmobile sim. Next trip won't be for a bit, so I'm eager to see what the photon is like...
did you try rooting and manually editing the apn database with SQLite?
This was taken from the atrix APN editing thread:
Code:
2) Enable Airplane Mode
(hold power button for three seconds, select Airplane Mode)
3) Open Root Explorer
4) Navigate to: /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/
5) Click on "telephony.db"** (this should open the db using SQLite Editor)
6) Select "carriers"
7) You should see a long list of APN settings for various carriers. Edit/add what you want
8) Press back twice to close the SQLite editor and you should be back in Root Explorer. Close Root Explorer.
9) Disable Airplane Mode
So Just add the APN with the sprint MCC and MNC, then manually edit the APN's MCC and MNC and see if that works
Hey you guys has anyone experienced this happening?
After flashing each T-mobile modem individually I can not receive a LTE signal, I can however receive ATT 4G and T-mobile seems to work. After flashing back to the stock ATT modem is when I receive LTE as normal.
I'd appreciate any comments/suggestions/stories about this. Help!
Uhm tmobile doesnt have lte.. it only has hspa + (4g) I wish it did tho...I wish it did
I must have forgotten to mention I am using At&t SIM card and I'm not getting an LTE signal (only 4G) after flashing to the T-mobile modems available to gain T-mobile's 4G/HSPA+
any ideas why I'm not getting Att LTE now?
Oh sorry i misunderstood. Idk man I cant offer much help then. Did you try resetting your apn settings? Also what rom are you on? GB or ICS?
no havent tried that , how do i do that on the gnote?
i'm on GB rom
Its going to be in the settings go to networks and there should be apn in there. These are the APN settings
Well . Here is AT&T 's LTE apn anyways ..
Name: AT&T pta
APN: pta
Proxy:
Port:
Username:
Password:
Server:
MMSC: http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
MMS Proxy: proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS Port: 80
MCC:310
MNC:410
Authentication Type: None
APN Type: internet + mms
checked it out and the settings were already there. I then reset to default for good measure but with the same result.
i noticed i have this:
Apn type: internet + mms + supl
jT415Gz said:
checked it out and the settings were already there. I then reset to default for good measure but with the same result.
i noticed i have this:
Apn type: internet + mms + supl
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Same here let me know if u find a fix
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i'm scratching my head to read your post OP. You complained that you didn't get LTE signal after you flashed Tmobile modem, but you have LTE when you flashed back to ATT modem and you are using ATT SIM.
I still don't get it why the heck you need to flash Tmobile modem for while using ATT SIM?
sweetboy02125 said:
i'm scratching my head to read your post OP. You complained that you didn't get LTE signal after you flashed Tmobile modem, but you have LTE when you flashed back to ATT modem and you are using ATT SIM.
I still don't get it why the heck you need to flash Tmobile modem for while using ATT SIM?
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I have SIM cards for both carriers but I mostly use AT&T's.
I'm sorry but the T-Mobile and AT&T modems are mutually exclusive. The T-Mobile modems are pulled from other devices that do not have lte hardware. The AT&T modem does not enable the T-Mobile HSPA+ bands. You can't have both. If you honestly use both Sims, keep a copy of each modem and flash whenever you swap.
knight4led said:
I'm sorry but the T-Mobile and AT&T modems are mutually exclusive. The T-Mobile modems are pulled from other devices that do not have lte hardware. The AT&T modem does not enable the T-Mobile HSPA+ bands. You can't have both. If you honestly use both Sims, keep a copy of each modem and flash whenever you swap.
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I appreciate the reply. So you are saying in order for me to receive either, HSPA+ or LTE, that I have to flash back and fourth...
Here is the source of the method I used:
http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-no...e-3g4g-hspa-on-your-att-galaxy-note-sgh-i717/
and quote from that tutorial at the very bottom of that page:
"There’s also a hack you can switch bands by dialing *#2263# but you don’t have to do this, just leave it on Auto so you can use both T-Mobile and AT&T SIM cards with one modem. No, you don’t have to flash the AT&T modem back to use AT&T. "
Hello Everyone,
I had a question about using my Z2 while in Europe for vacation. My mobile provided is T-Mobile USA. I have the international version of the Z2; model number D6503.
Basically, I want to know if the phone will automatically connect to mobile networks in Europe by itself or if I will have to change options on the phone such as the APN in order for me to get mobile service? The country in question is Bulgaria, and per T-Mobile's site they do have service there.
In the USA, the phone set itself up, all I had to do was select download internet and MMS settings and I was good to go. Will I have to do something similar like that while in another country or will the default T-Mobile APN suffice?
Thank you for your time and assistance!
Shouldn't have to do anything but enable roaming. I spent July in Greece and Turkey and never had an issue (AT&T). Negotiate the rates with your carrier prior to departure. Roaming voice and data are not generally included in domestic plans.
augie7107 said:
Shouldn't have to do anything but enable roaming. I spent July in Greece and Turkey and never had an issue (AT&T). Negotiate the rates with your carrier prior to departure. Roaming voice and data are not generally included in domestic plans.
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Thank you! I was hoping you only needed to activate roaming. And thank you for the heads up as well. Luckily T-Mobile has pretty good international rates.
I have the VZW S4 variant on OF1. I rooted and at first, had access to the Signal app, but now, however, I do not. Even with that app, changing it to GSM only gave me 3g but with NO DATA. So, calls and texts worked, but I got NO DATA.
My problem now is trying to figure out how to get data working under GSM.. and how to make the signal app work again. Like I said though; even when I used that app -- no data.
Help please.
The thread below may help. Can you provide a little detail on your steps to root, ROM, and data info i.e. APN, network settings, Signal App Status info, etc.
Here you go:
forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/help/galaxy-s4-i545-verizon-outbound-text-t3186668
Rooted with Mobile Gogo. ROM is stock. APN network settings are T-Mobile's. Signal App won't let me do anything, as I've said. It's locked.
Also ---
When I /COULD/ use the Signal app, and change it, on 3g and HSPA+ I got TEXT but NO DATA.
This is my problem./
@DMiller92 your problem is super simple. T-mobile is gsm, it uses a different kind of technology than verizon which is a cdma network. I've never heard of a verizon branded phone being able to switch to a gsm network. If it's not impossible its at the very least much harder than you realize. Phones do exist that are built specifically to be able to use either network, but a verizon branded device will never be one. Your limited to switching to other cdma networks eg sprint
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@DMiller92 your problem is super simple. T-mobile is gsm, it uses a different kind of technology than verizon which is a cdma network. I've never heard of a verizon branded phone being able to switch to a gsm network. If it's not impossible its at the very least much harder than you realize. Phones do exist that are built specifically to be able to use either network, but a verizon branded device will never be one. Your limited to switching to other cdma networks eg sprint
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There are tons of threads in which people have success with this. I've got everything working, sort of...
But now WiFi won't work. At all. Can't even toggle it.
DMiller92 said:
There are tons of threads in which people have success with this. I've got everything working, sort of...
But now WiFi won't work. At all. Can't even toggle it.
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Not exactly. There are lots of people that got it "sort of working" verizon i545 is a "global phone" in the sense that in countries outside of the US it is made to connect to 4g gsm lte networks as cdma is being depreciated in countries like mexico and canada. Meaning you need to use the 4g apns if the service is available in your area. Non 4g vzw devices dont work in many parts of mexico and canada, or do not work well anymore for this reason. It does not have hardware meant to pick up standard gsm 3g networks.
Tl;dr use 4g apn settings.
Try this: Name : T-Mobile LTE
APN: fast.tmobile.com
MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
MMS Protocol: WAP 2.0
MCC: 310
MNC: 260
APN Type: default,supl,admin,dun,mms
tdct12 said:
Not exactly. There are lots of people that got it "sort of working" verizon i545 is a "global phone" in the sense that in countries outside of the US it is made to connect to 4g gsm lte networks as cdma is being depreciated in countries like mexico and canada. Meaning you need to use the 4g apns if the service is available in your area. Non 4g vzw devices dont work in many parts of mexico and canada, or do not work well anymore for this reason. It does not have hardware meant to pick up standard gsm 3g networks.
Tl;dr use 4g apn settings.
Try this: Name : T-Mobile LTE
APN: fast.tmobile.com
MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
MMS Protocol: WAP 2.0
MCC: 310
MNC: 260
APN Type: default,supl,admin,dun,mms
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Everything works as it should.. the data just drops.
My problem now:
I can't toggle WiFi. I can't use it. I can't turn it on.
That sounds like a rom issue. If you're lucky enough to have an unlocked bootloader your best bet would be to just flash a tmobile rom btdubs. Try heading to stang5litres rom and flashing the vzwwififix.zip. make sure to wipe dalvik and cache
tdct12 said:
That sounds like a rom issue. If you're lucky enough to have an unlocked bootloader your best bet would be to just flash a tmobile rom btdubs. Try heading to stang5litres rom and flashing the vzwwififix.zip. make sure to wipe dalvik and cache
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I have the ROM installed... it's the only thing that got this sh&& to work. Where exactly is the WiFi Fix .zip??? I can't find it.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982086999420
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https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982086999420
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Do I flash it using ODIN? Which slot?
flashfire install zip or ota. wipe cache and dalvik cache first
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flashfire install zip or ota. wipe cache and dalvik cache first
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Didn't work.
tdct12 said:
Not exactly. There are lots of people that got it "sort of working" verizon i545 is a "global phone" in the sense that in countries outside of the US it is made to connect to 4g gsm lte networks as cdma is being depreciated in countries like mexico and canada. Meaning you need to use the 4g apns if the service is available in your area. Non 4g vzw devices dont work in many parts of mexico and canada, or do not work well anymore for this reason. It does not have hardware meant to pick up standard gsm 3g networks.
Tl;dr use 4g apn settings.
Try this: Name : T-Mobile LTE
APN: fast.tmobile.com
MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
MMS Protocol: WAP 2.0
MCC: 310
MNC: 260
APN Type: default,supl,admin,dun,mms
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You will also need to change the smsc number to +12063130004 and change network mode to gsm(auto).
I did this with an app called advance signal status, you will need your su binary at 2.49 or higher. I'm now fully functional on tmobile. The files needed are inlink below
https://drive.google.com/folder/d/0B8y6bIVDNMfIYkRTMWp3WVA3ODA/edit
tdct12 said:
It does not have hardware meant to pick up standard gsm 3g networks.
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You are totally wrong. The i545, in addition to LTE Band 4 (T-Mo's primary one), has WCDMA/HSPA radio capability on PCS (1900mhz), which is now T-Mo's primary 3G band, as well as 850mhz (AT&T), 900mhz (other countries), and 2100mhz (other countries).
@tengtengvn thanks for reiterating that. I was going off the outlines listed on Verizon's CDMA retirment FAQ page which lines up with what I said outside of device specifics.
I purchased this phone unlocked from EE. I use it with eSIM on Vodafone UK no problem. In SIM 1 slot I have a US AT&T card and SD in slot 2.
My problem is that when I'm in the US I only get H+ on the AT&T SIM but I get 4G on my Vodafone SIM that is roaming on the AT&T network.
I've gone on the AT&T website to get the APN settings but APN type says "default,mms,supl,hipri" but I don't have the option to select default, supl or hiring.
Does anyone have the answer. I know there is an option to use Vodafone for data but I'm trying to ration it because there is a roaming limit.