Can't turn off google safesearch - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all..
I'm new to the Vibrant, I recently got one used off of Craigslist and set it up on the T-mobile month to month plan.
For some reason I cannot turn off SafeSearch in the browser (either stock or Dolphin) when I'm on 3G.
When I'm on Wifi I can do it no problem, but on 3G it just toggles right back to strict.
I've never seen this issue before on any phone I've had so I was wondering if it's something with the MIUI ROM.
I'm using the miui.us ROM from the Development forum..
Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks!

OK.. figured it out.
There is a feature on the T-Mobile account called 'WebGuard'.
For some reason mine was set on and set at the 'child' level so I could not switch SafSearch from 'Strict'.
As soon as I set this off I was good to go.

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[Q] Auto WiFi Question

Greetings everyone.... New Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket owner here.... Quick question if I may, and I've searched first to no avail.... I'm new to AT&T, having migrated over from T-Mobile. When on T-Mobile I had the HTC Sensation 4G. One thing that was indeed cool about that device is that it came with T-Mobile's WiFi calling. I know that AT&T does not offer the same, and that's fine, but here's my question.... As part of T-Mobile's WiFi calling app, the phone could be programmed to automatically turn on WiFi at locations you specify (work, home, etc...) and then turn it off when it knows you have left said location. it was great, as I never had to touch the wifi on/off button or remember to turn it on or off. I've searched through the Android Market and I see several apps that can do the same. I'm wondering if anyone here can recommend one in particular.
Much thanks!!
I believe Tasker can do what you're looking for. I've heard good things about it, but never used it myself though.
Thanks for the Tasker suggestion, however I was a) not really interested in something so comprehensive, as I believe there are stand-alone apps that will do just what I am looking for and b) Tasker is a rather expensive app considering I won't use 90% of it.
Thanks anyway.... still checking around....
Wifi Auto On

Internets keep cutting out

I had this problem running miui, cm7, and now I'm on unnammed. I've used all the modems and still nothing helps. I thought unnammed didn't have this problem? To fix it I haft to flip to airplane mode and back, then its fixed.
Sorry if this has been asked. I'm on taptalk on my phone and I don't know how to search with it
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Could be APN settings. I don't know them off hand, but they are listed in post 2 of the miui thread.
If it happens on multiple ROMs it could also be a bad SIM card. Does it do it on pure stock? If so, try a new SIM card.
Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
ok, thanks. ill look them up. this issue is making me want to switch back to my iphone, but hopefully this will fix it cause i like android, just this is getting old
Are you talking about wifi or 3g?
Are you using any battery saving apps like Juice Defender?
ZeroIsntTheHero said:
Are you using any battery saving apps like Juice Defender?
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This. I haven't seen this issue reported often, and in the past, it's turned out to be an app interfering with the connection. If not, it's likely an apn issue.
randrewm97 said:
I had this problem running miui, cm7, and now I'm on unnammed. I've used all the modems and still nothing helps. I thought unnammed didn't have this problem? To fix it I haft to flip to airplane mode and back, then its fixed.
Sorry if this has been asked. I'm on taptalk on my phone and I don't know how to search with it
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I've had the same thing happen to me on other AOSP roms too. On both the SGS2 and my captivate.
I just switched to iscrewed to see if the prob is still there. Its hard to reproduce the bug, but it happens when i go from either:
1. being connected to wifi for a long time and then leaving that area, mobile data doesnt turn back on
2. being in a bad service area for a long time, and then leaving it, mobile data doesnt turn back on.
The worst thing about it is i use google voice for texts, and thats usually how i can tell that it cut out, because i stop getting texts from people.
I love android and google, but honestly if problems like this dont get ironed out, then as long as the next iphone has a decent size screen im probably switching over.
FYI this has occurred when i had the bare minimum installed on my phone, and i never use any ridiculous battery saving apps.
lourivellini said:
I've had the same thing happen to me on other AOSP roms too. On both the SGS2 and my captivate.
I just switched to iscrewed to see if the prob is still there. Its hard to reproduce the bug, but it happens when i go from either:
1. being connected to wifi for a long time and then leaving that area, mobile data doesnt turn back on
2. being in a bad service area for a long time, and then leaving it, mobile data doesnt turn back on.
The worst thing about it is i use google voice for texts, and thats usually how i can tell that it cut out, because i stop getting texts from people.
I love android and google, but honestly if problems like this dont get ironed out, then as long as the next iphone has a decent size screen im probably switching over.
FYI this has occurred when i had the bare minimum installed on my phone, and i never use any ridiculous battery saving apps.
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Have you tried a new SIM card? My problem was similar, and followed me from one phone to another as you describe. New SIM card fixed it right away.
Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
quarlow said:
Have you tried a new SIM card? My problem was similar, and followed me from one phone to another as you describe. New SIM card fixed it right away.
Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
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Wow, i didn't even consider that.
I will be trying and will report back. If this fixes it i will owe you my life!
I might have to switch back to cm7 just to name sure it's the Sim card that's causing it.
quarlow said:
Have you tried a new SIM card? My problem was similar, and followed me from one phone to another as you describe. New SIM card fixed it right away.
Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
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ill try this out tomorrow. just now when checking my email i had to turn on airplane mode and back off to get data to work.
also, i tried the apn settings on the first page of the miui thread and it didnt work. i tried those settings on miui, wiui, cm7, and unnammed but they all made it so that my internet didnt work at all.
so just to clarify, i shouldnt haft to change apn settings and my phone shouldnt be doing this on non stck roms, right? sim is likely the problem? this has gotten really old really quick and its embarrassing when im trying to show my friends something but my phone isnt working.
Your phone should work fine on any ROM you find here. Mine does. I never have to play with APNs, even on miui. I never have to play with airplane mode or power cycle. But, when my SIM was bad I would drop data connectivity all the time. Calls would fail (outbound only), and other glitchy reception issues. Sometimes airplane mode fixed it, sometimes power cycle, sometimes airplane mode on, power cycle, and all times it was temporary. Its worth a try, shouldn't cost anything to get a new SIM. If they give you trouble at the store just tell them you called 611 and they told you to go in for a new one. If that doesn't fix it go warranty route for a new phone.
Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
randrewm97 said:
also, i tried the apn settings on the first page of the miui thread and it didnt work. i tried those settings on miui, wiui, cm7, and unnammed but they all made it so that my internet didnt work at all.
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Those APN settings have worked fine for me on both CM7 and every Sammy ROM I've used. I always have (unrelated) problems with MIUI, so I can't verify that one.
So i went today and got a new SIM. Its been about 9 hours, but no problems yet. Time will tell if it works, but im willing to bet that was the problem, and this is why.
When i went to get my sim, the guy there told me that when ATT started rolling out 4g phones (which includes 3.5g) many employees had trouble with their data switching on and off until they switched their sim cards.
Then i started thinking to myself - I've had the problem about as long as I had my SGS2, and only had the problem with AOSP roms on my captivate - then i made the connection.
When i used a stock, or stock based rom on my captivate, i had no problems. The second i used an international ROM, or an AOSP rom is when i would have the issues. What is the difference between the roms............. The ATT rom doesnt have hspa+ enabled, so using my old "3g" sim card i was fine. No 3.5g to connect to to cause problems. CM and international Roms would use that new 3.5g network and would then screw up.
That is my theory anyway, and if it turns out true it would have solved one of my biggest annoyances with android. (or at least my android experience)
fingers crossed
i too went in and got a new sim. my phone service actually quit working before going in. id get calls and i could hear them but they couldnt hear me. i replaced the sim and all is good. where miui would hang and data would freeze and id haft to redo the airplane mode trick, it would just hang for a sec or 2 and then start downloading again. ive only had it hang 2x now and i think its because it might be switching from hspa to 3g or even wifi.
so for the sim card thing worked. if it fails in the mean time, ill come back to this and give an update. thanks for suggesting it being the sim card cause i wouldnt have thought of that.
I'm another day strong without any problems. I don't know of its due to the new sim or because i switched to a Samsung based rom. I should switch back to test, but I'm loving the speed of icsrewed right now.
If i had to guess i would say it's due to the sim, and if so, there should be a sticky somewhere that says to make sure your not using an older 3g sim card. Would have saved me months of aggravation.
Will report back after a few more days. In a week or so I'll switch back to cm to see if it fixes it there as well.
That's one reason I generally buy my phones at the att store (authorized reseller, but dedicated to att phones). Usually they will price match, and they know things like that. My SIM went bad when I had my captivate. Later when I upgraded to a faux G phone the att rep knew I would need a new SIM, and replaced it then, even though it was only a month old. They also knew the "3G" data plan needed to be converted to a "4G" (still unlimited) plan on their system for me to get data.
You don't get that kind of assistance when you buy at Walmart, online, etc.
Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
quarlow said:
That's one reason I generally buy my phones at the att store. Usually they will price match, and they know things like that. My SIM went bad when I had my captivate. Later when I upgraded to a faux G phone the att rep knew I would need a new SIM, and replaced it then, even though it was only a month old. They also knew the "3G" data plan needed to be converted to a "4G" (still unlimited) plan on their system for me to get data.
You don't get that kind of assistance when you buy at Walmart, online, etc.
Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
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Amazon Mobile just sends you a new simcard anyways lol
Interesting, maybe next time if my data refuses to work I should bug at&t for a new Sim card. I had problems on different roms including stock rom where I had to turn off and on my data or else it will not work. But I think my modem might have played a role. Data seems fine now.
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zynine said:
Interesting, maybe next time if my data refuses to work I should bug at&t for a new Sim card. I had problems on different roms including stock rom where I had to turn off and on my data or else it will not work. But I think my modem might have played a role. Data seems fine now.
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If you go directly to an AT&T store they replace it for free.
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If you go directly to an AT&T store they replace it for free.
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Yup just show up. They shouldn't charge. as long as your an att customer theyll take care of you. I've never heard of anyone paying for a new Sim. If you lose your Sim I've heard of them charging people, but i doubt they'll charge even then.

[Q] jiayu g3 jy-g3

hi
i have bought a jiayu g3 from china. from pandawill.
i am having really bad problems getting the internet or gps to work properly using network. wifi is perfect and very fast.
i have tried so many different apn settings but nothing is working as it should.
gps only ever worked once after i left it going for about half an hour but then i moved and it gave up again.
i changed from giff gaff( o2 ) and am now using virgin (t-mobile and orange). no better.
while i was at work i turned 3g off and the internet worked on face book but not accu weather or ebay or mail. i have turned it off and on again but nothing at all now.
as a phone and while using wifi its a lovely phone and would be over the moon if i could get it working as it should before i give up and put a hammer to it. ive had it for about 6 weeks now and this is driving me potty searching and trying new things to no avail.
i was thinking of sending it to someone on ebay to root it but i dont know if that is the answer.
it is running android 4.0.4
its dual sim and i am using the "w" slot.
getting despondent now.....
any ideas will be gratefully received.
thanks
also, how do i get a signature on here so i can put my phone details on?
i had a desire s previously and the internet and gps was fantastic so i know its not an area thing.

[Q] Help With Blu Studio 5.0 d530

Hello all, I'm hoping someone can shed a little light on an "interesting" problem I'm having with my new phone. This may be my first post on here, but I have scoured this and other forums trying to come up with an answer but alas have found nothing, so here goes:
I am currently using Simple Mobile which operates on T Mobile's network. I have near-perfect signal at home but can't seem to use the damned thing for Facebook, Tapatalk, Zynga games, internet, etc without my interent connection timing out on me. I recently switched from Comcast to Dish Network and no longer have wifi at home so this is killing me.
This phone screams on wifi, and it seemingly works fine everywhere else via my data connection except at home. I normally show an H or an E at home. From what I understand T Mobile is replacing all of its edge circuits with HSPA+, so I'm thinking they just haven't got around to upgrading the tower closest to my house as of yet. I decided to get my girlfriend prepaid service on T Mobile with that $30 per month 5GB plan through Walmart and slapped the sim in my old Motorola Defy and it works great. However, if I put that same sim in my phone I'm back to square one with the same data connection problems, so I know this is not a problem with Simple Mobile (plus like I said as long as I am not at home my phone works well, too.).
So here's the real kicker -- if I use the PDANet+ app on my phone and turn on the wifi hotspot, it works just fine when I connect using my home desktop computer! This is so aggravating, why would I time out with my data connection for my own phone but as a hotspot it work flawlessly??? I'm pretty close to giving up on T Mobile because what good are they if I can't get a data connection on the phone itself at home?
Also I should mention that all of the APN settings are definitely correct. Perhaps there is a baseband selection that I can't find somewhere in the Blu Studio 5.0 d530 that may help (I know there's one in the Motorola Defy). Maybe it's because T Mobile recognizes that my phone is not a T Mobile branded phone (but the Defy IS), and if so, how can they push the whole "bring your own phone" thing so hard?
In any event, I may try just switching to Straight Talk but I really don't want to go through the hassle of porting my number and all that -- plus I'm not sure how good their signal is in my area. A search online for closest cell towers to my address results in T Mobile by a longshot.
Any help is appreciated, guys -- I'm frustrated to no end here.
blu studio 5.0
hey guys I did something terrible to my phone.. good thing rooted it /custom rom android pissing on a apple splash screen on net 10 network. all was good well till my mms stop sending and receiving pic.. got frustrated trying to fix the problem with customer service ..anyway was trying to reset phone and take custom rom off, every time I reset it same splash screen rom and no mms...so I went in to recovery mode delete all files sytem every thing....bad move.. put phone into usb mode installed new rom complete that.. rebooted it and jus sits on on blu logo screen...cricket has my phone for the weekend to try and get it back working.. but , in the event they can't fix it--is there any thing I can do to restore it.. can't use odin or aio wont show port numbers ..omg..help please ..thanks in advance ps.after installing new rom and rebooted it said root is missing?idk
http://www.stockrom.net/2014/01/download-stock-rom-para-blu-studio-50.html
Use Google Translate, if needed. Basically it just says that is the stock 4.1.2 rom with no carrier bloat.

Verizon Wireless Push Notifications Not Working on Unlimited Data Plan Set to IPv6

Ok so I'd love to be proven wrong, so i need some people with Verizon unlimited data plans with 4g lte phones, preferably in the NJ area, but if not it's ok. this is an experiment.
out of nowhere, my phone would not receive any push notifications when on LTE. it'd a moto x pure edition that's worked fine from day 1 in Sept and all of a sudden stopped two days ago. when I'd connect to wifi, i'd get tons of notifications at once, even notifications for stuff I already manually checked and was done with hours ago.
i swapped Sims into my Verizon note 4 and guess what? exact same issue. it's not the phone it's gotta be the network or my line.
verizon was useless to help as usual. they suggested a new sim, and since I used a sim cutter to cut my old sim, i figured it couldn't hurt. nope, that didn't help.
i decided to mess with APN settings next. I switched from the standard ipv4/ipv6 to just ipv4 and guess what? it works PERFECTLY now.
what I didn't mention was everyone I know who lives near me had no issues.. thing is, they didn't have unlimited data. they're all tiered. why me? why my plan? why just me and my two phones which are completely different phones?
it got me thinking.. is verizon intentionally messing with unlimited data plans to make people switch over? I mean, unless you're on xda like us, youd never even think to switch the Internet protocol setting! and we sure as hell know that no verizon customer service person would ever have any clue to do that either.
so please, people with unlimited plans, how are your push notifications? are certain apps not loading? let's test this theory. I'd love to be wrong seeing as i'm now paying 20 more a month for this plan.
thanks!
Thank god I'm not alone! I have unlimited and my wife has unlimited both of use are affected. However, two of my co-workers DO NOT have unlimited and they are both affected as well. Neither one knew until I asked them to help me experiment. I am in NJ as well. On wifi ALL notifications come through, but on LTE they do not. This morning, my phone got stuck on 3G and I got a notification so this is related to LTE.
My gmail takes a long time to refresh when I pull down from the top.
How did you disable IPV6? I'm on Lollipop and the wife is on KitKat.
great, maybe it's an NJ issue with certain towers. so ok that rules out unlimited.
goto settings, cellular networks, apns... scroll all the way to bottom for Verizon Internet APN that's selected and click it.. scroll down and there's two settings to change to ipv4. once you do that, test push notifications or refresh Gmail. instagram also wouldn't refresh for minutes for me, now it's instant.
Sent from my Moto X Pure Edition
Well, this sucks. On my phone all of the APN settings are locked out. All I have access to is the APN name. I have root, so I wonder if there is a way to get at the config files.
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I just had an email notification come through on 4G. First time since early yesterday.
I read on certain phones if u just add a new APN with all the same settings but with v4 it should work. I never did it though
Sent from my Moto X Pure Edition
jayochs said:
I read on certain phones if u just add a new APN with all the same settings but with v4 it should work. I never did it though
Sent from my Moto X Pure Edition
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Verizon really locked it down. The plus sign to create a new one is there but it's disabled. Also, seems like my notifications coming through again, was short lived. Two of them came through and now nothing.
Same issue here, lost push notifications on Tuesday.
They only work connected to wifi.
All settings for APNs are grayed out..
damn guys. I'm able to edit bc i have the moto x pure edition, which is NOT a verizon branded phone. didn't even think to pop my sim card back into my Verizon note 4 to see if I could edit the APN. damn. i don't know what else you guys can do if you can't edit your APN without root. hmm..
Sent from my Moto X Pure Edition
this is very clearly a verizon network issue. however, they have no idea what's wrong when i called in. I don't know who else we can report this to though since it's not everybody that it's happening to.
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I am beating them up through private twitter messages right now but until this makes it past Tier 1 support it's going to be a battle to get fixed.
good. keep it up. I don't have a twitter so I can't annoy them lol
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jayochs said:
good. keep it up. I don't have a twitter so I can't annoy them lol
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I created the account just for this purpose lol.
I'll do what I can to beat those holes up as well.
My s5 is rooted but I still can't edit the APN settings.
So they raise my unlimited plan up 20 bucks a month and then render the device useless.
landude said:
I'll do what I can to beat those holes up as well.
My s5 is rooted but I still can't edit the APN settings.
So they raise my unlimited plan up 20 bucks a month and then render the device useless.
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that, my man, is exactly why I thought this just affected unlimited people.. but it apparently affects others as well. hmm.
Sent from my Moto X Pure Edition
Guys, I did the following and all my crap seems to work now..
I think it resets the radios..
Turn "OFF" the device.
Remove the SIM chip from the phone.
Power the device "ON" without the SIM installed.
~wait~ till the notice pops up that you need a SIM installed.
Power the devicevOFF" again.
Reinstall the SIM chip.
hmm. I did that on my note 4 though and that didn't help at all.
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now I'm pissed. just went on to my note 4, and just like you all said, it's grayed out, meaning you can't set the phone to ipv4 manually... and since you can't root this dumb locked down verizon phone, it's stuck on the normal setting... aka, i now have a useless 750 dollar paperweight because half the stuff doesn't work.
fyi, goto test-ipv6.com and see how some results are timing out or failing... ridiculous.
my Moto X allows me to edit these settings, so it's verizon who locks this crap down. they'll be getting an incredibly angry call from me tomorrow. I've had it with their crap service.
Sent from my Moto X Pure Edition
WTF are they doing?
I'll see if I can break mys5 and try to find a way around things.
I did see a few tools in play store but nothing seemed to allow any type of toggle control for v6
There has to be a way to toggle that crap..
called and asked to be transferred immediately to the highest level tech support. the woman of course asked how she could help, so the second i said "ipv6" she obviously had no idea wtf i was talking about, and transferred me lol..
so i get to tech, explain it all, i doubt the guy even knows what i'm talking about..but he says he's got my problem written down, and he's reaching out to the network team now, and will call me back.
never had anyone speak to the network team before, so let's find out what happens.
if they can't do anything, i really don't know what i'm going to do. sure, i can use my moto x pure fine, but i bought it as a secondary go between phone to supplement my Note 4 with, which i paid full price $750 last october. if i can't use my $750 device anymore bc verizon is somehow screwing with my account, i'm going to be incredibly pissed...
who can we reach out to? anyone have the CEO's email?
so I'm a couple towns north, and i decided to switch back to ipv4 ipv6 mode... and it seems to be working. maybe it's the towers, i don't know. I'll have to check when I get home as well. how's everyone else's?
Sent from my Moto X Pure Edition

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