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i live in the usa and i have the 8525 and i unlocked it and supercid unlocked it via pof's method.. i used fit4cat to tweak it out a little and the ptt hack to use voice command via the ptt button...
Right now i am in brazil and i have tried several peoples sim cards and none of them seem to work.. it does not give me the invalid sim message so i know its unlocked...have i done something to my phone with the hacks and unlocks that make it not workable in brazil ..is there some setting that i need to set in order to have the phone work in brazil on TIM or Claro that im not doing...
Please help.. as of right now i am sitting in a hotel room trying to get my phone to work via the internet...
thanks
-abe
anyone have any solutions???
I would say look at the wiki to find the registry tweak that enables the band selection in the phone options. And then try changing the band.
Brazil is a 900/1800 GSM-band country. Have you tried switching your phone to GSM-only?
Incidentally, I'm heading there myself next week, and I'm equally curious about how the phone will react to the network down there...
well, i hardreset the phone and put it back to orriginal and that still didnt work.. i also was online with cingular tech support and they said everything should be working.. well it isnt.. and they also said it could be the radio of my phone... so as of right now im sitting in a hotel in sao paulo downloading the rom from htc http://www.htcamerica.net/support/8525/software-downloads.html ...maybe if my install got messed up some how this will fix it... on another note.. my girlfriends Moto Pebl works fine with both mine and her cingular simcard.. full service.... how strange.. ..
if i didnt the regestry tweak to pick networks to be on that might fix it .. but i should be fully able to roam already...
if anyone has some ideas' im all ears..
I found a similar thread over on HoFo. One guy also posts a solution. Here is the link: http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1058899
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barrydavisjr said:
I would say look at the wiki to find the registry tweak that enables the band selection in the phone options. And then try changing the band.
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well i must say.. i didnt think this would work because of the fact my phone should work here by default.. but hey.. i gave it a shot.. i did the tweak and in the phone settings tab i set the phone band to select network type = auto and select gsm umts to GSM(900+1800)+UMTS(2100)..then reboot to let it search again.. and blam.. it worked.. thanks guys...
-abe
one more question that is off topic... on the bottom of my 8525 the mini usb hole as a black lip around it.. on one side of it its flush with the phone and on the other side it is raised a little above the casing... is this the same with all of them.. or is the usb bezzle black thing deffective on mine?
honestabe said:
well i must say.. i didnt think this would work because of the fact my phone should work here by default.. but hey.. i gave it a shot.. i did the tweak and in the phone settings tab i set the phone band to select network type = auto and select gsm umts to GSM(900+1800)+UMTS(2100)..then reboot to let it search again.. and blam.. it worked.. thanks guys...
-abe
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I work for Cingular and know that they sometimes do things that don't seem logical. Like building the ROM and not allowing the auto detect of a network.
Hi there, I´m from Brazil, if you want call me, send me a pm first. I have a Tytn and universal working.
honestabe said:
well i must say.. i didnt think this would work because of the fact my phone should work here by default.. but hey.. i gave it a shot.. i did the tweak and in the phone settings tab i set the phone band to select network type = auto and select gsm umts to GSM(900+1800)+UMTS(2100)..then reboot to let it search again.. and blam.. it worked.. thanks guys...
-abe
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EUREKA!!! Thanks for finding and posting this, Abe. I'm having exactly the same problem in Australia and I did the same thing as you; now I have cell service!
BLAZES, CURSES AND GENERAL DAMNATION TO CINGULAR for removing the 'Band' tab from Phone | Settings. I mean really, if you'd never used WM5 before, how would you even know it was missing? It's like one of Rumsfeld's Unknown Unknowns.
HTC Tytn in Brazil - Easy with the Tweaking
Hi Guys!
Before you guys go on tweaking your devices to death, try something simple! I just got back from the Far East where my Dopod was running 3G. I had selected Auto on the network type and band. Guess what, my phone was dead! I reseted and hard reseted and eventually it occurred to me that the problem may lie in the networks setting. For some reason my Brazilian service provider (TIM) is sometimes unable to "inform" the phone what kind of network it is running and what band. Thus I forced it to GSM and selected 900+1800+ UMTS(2100). It works perfectly ever since!
Cheers
yeh, i cant figure out why they removed the band tab... it is very usefull to have... and when i was on cingular.com i went to a live techsupport chat where the woman told me my phone was deffective, and when talkin to her i realized i had more knowledge then her on the device and quickly x´d out of the window in the middle of the conversation... Bottom line is that cingular should have never removed that band tab from the phone.. well, im happy for whoever this post helps ....
-abe
wierd thing happend... after i did the reg tweak and had my phone picking up service i then went to install a few apps i needed on the phone... i didnt like the way things were going so i decided just to hard reset the phone and start from scratch... after a hard reset the phone suddenly picked up service with no reg tweak.. i cant figure out why this happend because i hard reset the phone before i applied the reg tweak and still got no service..... so no my phone had no reg tweak and service. ..strange.. i wanted to cover my ass so i applied the reg tweak again to be on the safe side...
fit / finish around usb port
honestabe said:
one more question that is off topic... on the bottom of my 8525 the mini usb hole as a black lip around it.. on one side of it its flush with the phone and on the other side it is raised a little above the casing... is this the same with all of them.. or is the usb bezzle black thing deffective on mine?
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I just replaced a buggy 8525 with a new Cingular 8525, and both of them have the black bezel sticking out from the outside just a bit. nothing a dremel tool wouldn't fix (/shudder/)
I have had the "no service" problem in both Sao Paulo, and Rio... I did the band selection registry change described on the wiki, will see tomorrow if the phone change or the reg. change fixed my "no service" problem in Brazil.
as a side note, the macro slide next to the camera lens was very loose on the old phone, would almost move by shaking the phone... the new phone has alot of resistance when sliding the macro knob...the old one must not have been attached to anything!
UPDATE: New phone works great in Brazil, I did the registry change to allow access to the "Band" selection in the phone settings, but did not have to change them from the default "Auto" settings to allow it to find the networks in both Sao Paulo and Rio. I believe the new phone fixed the problem.
Cingular 8525 in Brazil
You guys are fantastic! I cannot thank you enough for the apparent solution to the problem those of us with Cingular 8525s in Brazil have had.
I have lost many hours, not to mention some $$$, trying to get around the "no bars icon of death" on my 8525 when I was in Brazil. Cingular have been totally incompetent in trying to provide a solution, although they recognize a problem. I just posted a message in their forum suggesting they get their incompetent selves over to this forum to learn something.
I am going to try to apply the reg tweak, although I am not as technically competent as most of you. Now I can't wait until I have to go back to Brazil on business!
I'm from Brazil...
I bought an iPaq from Cingular long time ago, and I had a lot of problem to get it working here. Now I have 2 Qteks, on boght on Europe and other one bought in Brazil, both working great here.
I think the problem is always Cingular.
fabio.palma said:
I'm from Brazil...
I bought an iPaq from Cingular long time ago, and I had a lot of problem to get it working here. Now I have 2 Qteks, on boght on Europe and other one bought in Brazil, both working great here.
I think the problem is always Cingular.
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GR8 Conclusion!
I've mine TyTN as well, working good since that arrived here.
Hi
The problem actually is VIVO. The started a new GSM operation at the 850 band and since them all the Windows Mobile quadband devices (also triband with 850 Mhz) try to register first at Vivo. Due to a bad network configuration, the phone do not try other bands and networks and remains at SOS Only - Emergency Only since Vivo will not allow registration with another SIM card. The same problem happens with Smartphones too, even with Treo 650.
BR
Julio Cohen
juliocohen said:
Hi
The problem actually is VIVO. The started a new GSM operation at the 850 band and since them all the Windows Mobile quadband devices (also triband with 850 Mhz) try to register first at Vivo. Due to a bad network configuration, the phone do not try other bands and networks and remains at SOS Only - Emergency Only since Vivo will not allow registration with another SIM card. The same problem happens with Smartphones too, even with Treo 650.
BR
Julio Cohen
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Great Julio... perfect as always
Here goes some "official info" I found:
Cingular said:
From Cingular:
International Roaming Device Issue
Issue Description:
Cingular has identified an international roaming issue impacting several
different handsets and resulting in loss of service. Specifically, users
may experience problems when devices are taken into an area where North
American (850/1900) and European (900/1800/2100) frequencies co-exist.
Cingular is not the only North American carrier impacted since the issue
is device-related, not network-related.
The following countries currently have carriers broadcasting on both
North American and European frequencies:
Brazil
Australia
Trinidad and Tobago
Thailand
The following are known devices impacted at this time:
Treo*
Samsung BlackJack
BlackBerry 7290, 7100g
LG CU500
*As a workaround, Treo users may leverage the devices ability to scan
for carriers on specific frequencies.
Current Status:
Cingular is in the process of engaging the device vendors identified
with impacted devices.
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Great Julio... perfect as always
Here goes some "official info" I found:
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Yeah, I saw this in the Cingular user's forum. Did you notice that our 8525 is not listed in Cingular's publication?
If you have the tri-band model and have been having trouble getting 3G, try this: (900/1900/2100)
- This could might work if you are on AT&T as well.
My friend just bought a Lumia 800 and put it on the Bell network and couldn't get 3G to stay connected and he asked me for help.
Knowing that Bell has a predominantly 1900MHz network, I figured this issue could be fixed through the diagnosis or the internet sharing .xap.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=839154
Get into diagnosis mode: Dial ##634#
Improve your Signal
*#197328640#
1,8,3,6,1,[END] and reboot.
After this, he was able to get on HSPA+ without an issue.
Let me know if this works.
I'm in Diagnostics Tool but where can I insert the code there? Thanks for your tip.
That doesn't make any sense, those codes are for a completely different phone.
Hello,
I'm on Rogers here in Montreal and I got yesterday a Lumia 800 UK. I have no problem to get 3G except in some places (inside). What I find surprising is that the phone switch often often between 3G and H (HSPDA). My previous phone (Samsung Focus) never did that.
evil-twin said:
I'm in Diagnostics Tool but where can I insert the code there? Thanks for your tip.
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I just did some of what he said, basically just getting to the diagnostic tool, then I clicked t he three dots for more options, went to advanced, selected HSDPA (because it was off) asked for a reboot, now its working.
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HideYoKids said:
I just did some of what he said, basically just getting to the diagnostic tool, then I clicked t he three dots for more options, went to advanced, selected HSDPA (because it was off) asked for a reboot, now its working.
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Just wondering that what firmware you are using ?
I check my diagnostic tool (I'm on the Chinese Tango version), there is no advanced option under the three dots : (
Too bad, really want the 3G speed.
FYI, I'm using RM-801 UK version.
Thanks !
HideYoKids said:
I just did some of what he said, basically just getting to the diagnostic tool, then I clicked t he three dots for more options, went to advanced, selected HSDPA (because it was off) asked for a reboot, now its working.
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I have the Canadian Telus RM819. When I tap 3 dots, all I get is the About menu.
Firmware 12072.
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tewmgd said:
Hello,
I'm on Rogers here in Montreal and I got yesterday a Lumia 800 UK. I have no problem to get 3G except in some places (inside). What I find surprising is that the phone switch often often between 3G and H (HSPDA). My previous phone (Samsung Focus) never did that.
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Me too. The phone switches very often between 3G and HSPDA. I had an Optimus 7 by LG previously; it also did this.
Off-topic: my browser while on 3G sometimes acts strangely. It will load 85% of a page, and then freeze for a very long time. I can stop (hit X) and refresh, and the page will load instantly. These are small, mobile pages, too -- like CNN mobile. When on WiFi, this problem does not occur (pages load WAY faster than Optimus 7 on WiFi)
Hi everyone,
My wife just got a FREE HTC Titan II from the MS Challenge today. I guess they were completely out of stock on the HTC Titan so they gave us the Titan II.
Now being an Android guy myself with no interest in coming to Windows phone I am very new to the whole windows phone world. I do have a couple questions that I don't see in the thread that I would like to ask, everything else I think I can handle with the search button.
First, my wife and I have T-Mobile and we would like to unlock the phone to use on T-Mobile. I am very aware that I am not going to get 3G or 4G until next year, but in the mean time whats the best recommended place to get a unlock code that would work for this?
Second, Is there currently, or in the works a plan to port Android to the HTC Titan II. If so and direction/links or info would be awesome.
Third, is there anything else that anyone can think of that I would need to fun this phone on T-Mobile?
The search button didn't work all that great for me, so thank you everyone for this very noob question.
synergeticink said:
Hi everyone,
My wife just got a FREE HTC Titan II from the MS Challenge today. I guess they were completely out of stock on the HTC Titan so they gave us the Titan II.
Now being an Android guy myself with no interest in coming to Windows phone I am very new to the whole windows phone world. I do have a couple questions that I don't see in the thread that I would like to ask, everything else I think I can handle with the search button.
First, my wife and I have T-Mobile and we would like to unlock the phone to use on T-Mobile. I am very aware that I am not going to get 3G or 4G until next year, but in the mean time whats the best recommended place to get a unlock code that would work for this?
Second, Is there currently, or in the works a plan to port Android to the HTC Titan II. If so and direction/links or info would be awesome.
Third, is there anything else that anyone can think of that I would need to fun this phone on T-Mobile?
The search button didn't work all that great for me, so thank you everyone for this very noob question.
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1. There are some Threads about unlocking sites .. One Two
2. No, Even though the Sensation XL is very similar I highly doubt android will ever run on the Titan II... Sure if alot of interest was taken on the Titan II and talented developers jumped ship then sure anything is possible.. But its a lonely place around here.
3. Besides having it sim unlocked you can download "Connection Setup" from the HTC apps in the Market to load the proper APN's and MMS settings.. Once you have those setup you shouldn't have data issues.
Thank you so much!!! Really helpful. I really do hope with the Windows Challenge thing alot more people join this Dev section.
Do you know what the APN settings would be for T-Mobile when setting up that connection setup?
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Do you know what the APN settings would be for T-Mobile when setting up that connection setup?
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I think connection setup will feed in the pre-entered APN settings automatically.
However, if after connection setup + reboot - you don't get the 3g connection then you might have to add the APN manually. But I highly doubt you would have to do anything manually.
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Do you know what the APN settings would be for T-Mobile when setting up that connection setup?
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apn: epc.tmobile.com
Blank everything else
drupad2drupad said:
I think connection setup will feed in the pre-entered APN settings automatically.
However, if after connection setup + reboot - you don't get the 3g connection then you might have to add the APN manually. But I highly doubt you would have to do anything manually.
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Every time I opened connection setup it would give me that error message I listed above. I put epc.tmobile.com in and nothing else, but not getting any connection. Going to test again today because I live on a hill and I might not be getting 3g up here
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Every time I opened connection setup it would give me that error message I listed above. I put epc.tmobile.com in and nothing else, but not getting any connection. Going to test again today because I live on a hill and I might not be getting 3g up here
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With Tmobile you won't get 3G only Edge, but aslong as you have the right apn and data enabled i don't see why you shouldn't have a connection
Tachi91 said:
With Tmobile you won't get 3G only Edge, but aslong as you have the right apn and data enabled i don't see why you shouldn't have a connection
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Gotcha, thank you.
You shouldn't have to mess with APNs. Just get HTC Connection Setup and let it run -- it will configure everything correctly and you will have data (2G in this case due to the UMTS frequency discrepancy between AT&T and T-Mobile), SMS, and MMS.
I have done this as recently as yesterday with a Titan and a Radar.
tai4de2 said:
You shouldn't have to mess with APNs. Just get HTC Connection Setup and let it run -- it will configure everything correctly and you will have data (2G in this case due to the UMTS frequency discrepancy between AT&T and T-Mobile), SMS, and MMS.
I have done this as recently as yesterday with a Titan and a Radar.
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Like I mentioned earlier, connection setup does not work with the Titan II, it says that the carrier is not in the database. It says to do it manually.
synergeticink said:
Like I mentioned earlier, connection setup does not work with the Titan II, it says that the carrier is not in the database. It says to do it manually.
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Which unlock service did you end up using? Do you have to enter the unlock code every time the phone is rebooted?
Beefvvl said:
Which unlock service did you end up using? Do you have to enter the unlock code every time the phone is rebooted?
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www.htcphoneunlockcode.com/
Reboot the phone multiple times and never had to enter the code again. Got the code in 5 minutes after purchase.
Did you ever get the phone working on tmobile?
Not sure yet, I will try later today and see.
Does the titan II need to be unlocked to use the htc connection setup's manual features? I have straight talk and the ATT APN works for accessing the 4G but doesn't allow picture messaging. Is there another apn editor I can use or do I have to unlock to access those settings?
Good question, I honestly don't know. I would assume not if all it does is update the APN.
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Does the titan II need to be unlocked to use the htc connection setup's manual features? I have straight talk and the ATT APN works for accessing the 4G but doesn't allow picture messaging. Is there another apn editor I can use or do I have to unlock to access those settings?
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Doesn't Connection Setup have a Manual Setup option in its settings?
Tachi91 said:
Doesn't Connection Setup have a Manual Setup option in its settings?
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There is manual 'selection' option, but doesn't let you enter APN settings. It's the same case with Giffgaff, Tesco Mobile, Asda mobile, Vectone mobile, Lebara mobile and Lyca mobile in the UK.
drupad2drupad said:
There is manual 'selection' option, but doesn't let you enter APN settings. It's the same case with Giffgaff, Tesco Mobile, Asda mobile, Vectone mobile, Lebara mobile and Lyca mobile in the UK.
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yeah I was wondering if that's still the case with unlocked Sims.
I updated my Lumia 800 to Tango with Cab Update method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737907
Firmware revision number: 1750.0805.8773.12220
I do have Internet Sharing in Settings, but it doesn't really work.
I turn it on and try to share my 3G network, I can even successfully use my iPod Touch to connect to the share network, however, I can not access the internet on my iPod Touch in actual.
I believe that my carrier is not blocking internet sharing, because I can use my old phone to create a hotspot without any issues.
I tested the Internet Sharing function again, it works now. But the network speed is unreasonably slow.
The Contact Share feature is not visible.
Flip-to-silence is working.
Is it because the current firmware is not stable?
Or is this update not suitable for my device?
Nokia Care Suite recognize the product code of my device as 059M658. BTW, Which firmware should I use to flash back, if I want to?
Many Thanks
Can't share contacts either, but my Internet Sharing is working. I can visit google and search with my MacBook connected to my Lumia 800 Hotspot.
How did you active flip to silent? I can't find it...
maatn said:
Can't share contacts either, but my Internet Sharing is working. I can visit google and search with my MacBook connected to my Lumia 800 Hotspot.
How did you active flip to silent? I can't find it...
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I don't know how to active flip-to-silent. I guess this is set by default. I just flipped it, then it switched to silence mode.
Jeonkwan said:
The Contact Share feature is not visible.
(...)
Nokia Care Suite recognize the product code of my device as 059M658. BTW, Which firmware should I use to flash back, if I want to?
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Contact Share will be an App available later in Nokia Collection.
You can flash any firmware you want as along as it's made for the same model (i.e. RM-801)
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I don't know how to active flip-to-silent. I guess this is set by default. I just flipped it, then it switched to silence mode.
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It just works automatically for incoming calls. The ringtone gets muted when the phone is flipped, however it still vibrates.
If you use the old trick with pushing any volume button - both the ringing and vibrating get muted.
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It just works automatically for incoming calls. The ringtone gets muted when the phone is flipped, however it still vibrates.
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Any chance to disable it? I accidentally muted my phone 2-3 times now at work :/
you need the nokia oem update. ICS and the other stuff isn't a part of tango! the nokia firmware update unlocks all those features. if you have a RM-801 device, you can find the link to the nokia OEM update here on XDA.
Erazor84 said:
you need the nokia oem update. ICS and the other stuff isn't a part of tango! the nokia firmware update unlocks all those features. if you have a RM-801 device, you can find the link to the nokia OEM update here on XDA.
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how to check phone is rm-801 or what
maatn said:
Any chance to disable it? I accidentally muted my phone 2-3 times now at work :/
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How do you 'accidentally' flip over your phone?
najib82 said:
how to check phone is rm-801 or what
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where did you buy it? in europe there is only the rm-801. what's your product code? it is printed on the sim-card holder. something like "059...." you can also find the rm-801 sticker on the lumia package. if it is a rm-819 device (USA/Asia), then it should say rm-819
Erazor84 said:
where did you buy it? in europe there is only the rm-801. what's your product code? it is printed on the sim-card holder. something like "059...." you can also find the rm-801 sticker on the lumia package. if it is a rm-819 device (USA/Asia), then it should say rm-819
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Thanks man every thing written on sim holder
najib82 said:
how to check phone is rm-801 or what
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Pull out your SIM tray and read the fine print.
paulheu said:
How do you 'accidentally' flip over your phone?
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Well probably the same way I do You just take your phone out of your pocket and don't really care which way it is around, then put it down. I've done it many times.
I suppose if people are at work and do it they obviously don't want to answer their phone
I originally posted this to WPcentral but no one seems to care... I find it quite compelling and I thought I'd share...
I have read a lot of different forums that The Lumia 920 from Roger has a hard time working with other carriers when unlocked. Specifically, internet Sharing seems to be broken.
Some have speculated that the phone is supposed to "detect" or "read" the settings right off the sim card but all the Rogers phone owner have reported that this is not happening.
I like evidence, not speculation. So I went ahead and downloaded the RM820_1232.2109.1242.1002_RETAIL_nam_canada_200_02_100347_prd_signed ROM off nokia's web site using NaviFirm+ 1.7. then I hex-edited the rom itself...
Boy is that stuff interesting. I found a section written in XML called "OEMCustomizationPackage". That sounded too good to be true... so I dug up the xml and found a bunch of interesting settings like custom ring tones, initial tile placement BUT...
I also found this...
<Component ComponentName="ConnectivityCustomizations">
<SettingsGroup>
<Setting Name="ADC path set" Value=""/>
<Setting Name="ADC enabled" Value="0"/>
</SettingsGroup>
Call me crazy but ADC in WP8 parlance stands for "automatic data configuration" and unless I'm dumb as a rock, the setting sure seems to me like it's disabled!!!
Now of course If only there was another line that said <Modified by your carrier to make your life miserable = 1> but sadly there aren't.
So it begs the question... was the setting disabled by Nokia?, Rogers? or worst... Microsoft?
I don't expect I'll have an answer to this but I have a support call in with Nokia that got bumped to Level 2 support... the conversation will get interesting
[Update]
I looked at the OEMCustomizationPackage XML for the ATT firmware and ADC is disabled (tested on RM820_1232.2109.1242.1001_RETAIL_nam_usa_100_01_95122)
did the same for a random European firmware... settled on the France firmware (RM821_1232.2109.1242.1001_RETAIL_eu_france_267_01_95741 ) and the setting is NOT IN the OEMCustomizationPackage XML
Now I'm not gonna waste any more bandwidth testing other firmwares but this is evidence enough to prove there was a deliberate effort to cripple the North American firmware by ATT and Rogers. I cannot wait to talk to the support rep from Nokia and hear what he has to say... Best case scenario, they let me have a generic Firmware and I'm home free... but most likely, they'll release an app just like they did with the lumia 900. It was called "Nokia Network setup"
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Hmmm, that's an interesting find! Keep us updated if Nokia comes back to you with anything.
I’m stuck over in the UAE right now. I have a brand new 920 from AT&T that I can’t use because no one can sim unlock them yet. Would it be possible to flash this thing with another ROM and get it sim unlocked so I can use it over here?
Thanks,
Dave
I remember buying the samsung focus and windows breaking the device to change registry settings. This was the same issue that the Focus had...unfortunately i don't remember the explaination that was given but it was Samsung saying that automatic data configuration, for whatever reason, frequently configured the device wrong or just wouldn't work so they disabled the setting. I think it a BS excuse considering they have the registry entry why would you disable it and why wouldn't it work in the first place....just my 2 cents. But, I don't believe it too much to be a conspiracy theory going on lol.
Flashing ROMs normally does not change the status of the SIM lock, so no for you over at UAE.
Considering the OEM customizations: yes, branded phones run the same software as unbranded devices but there might be settings to allow or disallow certain functionality. Also the Apps loaded by default on a hard reset are different (OEM Apps can be included).
So while the update package to get your 920 and my 920 to the Apollo+/Portico Update most likely will include the same binaries that does not mean that you have the same functionality available (some carriers who only operate on 3G for example removed the possibility to switch their devices into 2G only mode). Internet Connection Sharing was another feature that was disabled on some branded devices although drivers, etc. are deployed onto those devices as well.
StevieBallz said:
Flashing ROMs normally does not change the status of the SIM lock, so no for you over at UAE.
Considering the OEM customizations: yes, branded phones run the same software as unbranded devices but there might be settings to allow or disallow certain functionality. Also the Apps loaded by default on a hard reset are different (OEM Apps can be included).
So while the update package to get your 920 and my 920 to the Apollo+/Portico Update most likely will include the same binaries that does not mean that you have the same functionality available (some carriers who only operate on 3G for example removed the possibility to switch their devices into 2G only mode). Internet Connection Sharing was another feature that was disabled on some branded devices although drivers, etc. are deployed onto those devices as well.
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Thank you!
most carrier branded wp phones have adc turned off since wp7 days. That is nothing new and certainly expected. typically, you can turn it back on once you sim unlocked your phone and you are lucky enough to find network setup app from the manufacturer,
The network setting app is here!!
As an update to my adventures, I did find the Nokia network setup app... it's called "access point". I tried to do a marketplace search but no results... but a guy over at WPCentral just dropped the marketplace link
I'm apparently too new to post outside links so PM me and I'll get you the link...
I just browsed to the link on my phone and was able to install the app. It add an "access point" item to the setting menu just like the Dev ATT phone they handed out prior to launch
My phone is still locked to Rogers so I have no idea if the app will help me overcome the tethering issues once I get there. on Dec 19th my "30 days on contract" are up so the nasty Rogers people will run out of excuse to deny my unlocking so I'll buy the thing and get as far away from this carrier as I can and hopefully I can get functional Internet Sharing going.
To any Canadian who's lucky to have an unlocked 920 with internet tethering problems... can you confirm this is working?
Thanks.
rancorbeast said:
As an update to my adventures, I did find the Nokia network setup app... it's called "access point". I tried to do a marketplace search but no results... but a guy over at WPCentral just dropped the marketplace link
I'm apparently too new to post outside links so PM me and I'll get you the link...
I just browsed to the link on my phone and was able to install the app. It add an "access point" item to the setting menu just like the Dev ATT phone they handed out prior to launch
My phone is still locked to Rogers so I have no idea if the app will help me overcome the tethering issues once I get there. on Dec 19th my "30 days on contract" are up so the nasty Rogers people will run out of excuse to deny my unlocking so I'll buy the thing and get as far away from this carrier as I can and hopefully I can get functional Internet Sharing going.
To any Canadian who's lucky to have an unlocked 920 with internet tethering problems... can you confirm this is working?
Thanks.
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it's work, my phone is Rogers unlocked, and use in telus, now it's perfectly internet sharing enabled. Everyone wanna see that link, just search " access point in nokia lumia 920, and the first post from wpcentral , the link is inside.:laugh:
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it's work, my phone is Rogers unlocked, and use in telus, now it's perfectly internet sharing enabled. Everyone wanna see that link, just search " access point in nokia lumia 920, and the first post from wpcentral , the link is inside.:laugh:
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Thanks for the link. Got the app installed and chose Telus from available access points. Tried turning on connection sharing but I'm getting the same error as before. Is there any other steps to follow?
Great news! but...
cao0215 said:
it's work, my phone is Rogers unlocked, and use in telus, now it's perfectly internet sharing enabled. Everyone wanna see that link, just search " access point in nokia lumia 920, and the first post from wpcentral , the link is inside.:laugh:
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Wow great news !! Can you confirm a few things for me...
1- Can you confirm you are getting stable and long lasting internet sharing... a lot of people report success but then they write back to report that is stops working...
2- What is your batch number? (mine is 44/2012 it's in the sticker on your box where the IMEI number is )
3- What firmware are you running? (mine is 1232.2109.1242.1001)
4- Did you get the phone unlocked by Rogers or a web site?
Thanks for the feedback! I too want to switch to Telus but with so many users reporting problems with internet sharing, I was getting desperate.
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Wow great news !! Can you confirm a few things for me...
1- Can you confirm you are getting stable and long lasting internet sharing... a lot of people report success but then they write back to report that is stops working...
2- What is your batch number? (mine is 44/2012 it's in the sticker on your box where the IMEI number is )
3- What firmware are you running? (mine is 1232.2109.1242.1001)
4- Did you get the phone unlocked by Rogers or a web site?
Thanks for the feedback! I too want to switch to Telus but with so many users reporting problems with internet sharing, I was getting desperate.
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from last post until now, it's stable. I ll let u know tomorrow for more results.
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sweet!
sjeffrey said:
Thanks for the link. Got the app installed and chose Telus from available access points. Tried turning on connection sharing but I'm getting the same error as before. Is there any other steps to follow?
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For sjeffrey's sake...
cao0215:did you have to input Telus's APNs, or did the app just pull the data from the SIM card like it's supposed to?
And sjeffrey: please provide your batch number and firmware version so we can document this and try to help you out!
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from last post until now, it's stable. I ll let u know tomorrow for more results.
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This is truly exciting !! :laugh: maybe I'll call Rogers tomorrow and bug them until they let me unlock it even if it has not been 30 days so I can try this out!!!!
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For sjeffrey's sake...
cao0215:did you have to input Telus's APNs, or did the app just pull the data from the SIM card like it's supposed to?
And sjeffrey: please provide your batch number and firmware version so we can document this and try to help you out!
This is truly exciting !! :laugh: maybe I'll call Rogers tomorrow and bug them until they let me unlock it even if it has not been 30 days so I can try this out!!!!
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the telus apn i ve already typed into, and i didnt change it. The only thing i open access point, and choose TELUS active, then i got consistent internet sharing, no problem .
Great find! I can confirm this is working on my unlocked Rogers 920 on Bell. I downloaded the app and selected the Bell profile, and changed my apn under cellular to inet.bell.ca. Turned on tethering and worked right away. Thanks again for posting this!
Service: Telus
Unlocked by: Cellunlocker.net
Firmware: .1002
Manufacture week: 46
I had set APN to regular sp.telus.com and set access to point Telus. That didn't work.
Just for the hell of it I switched the manual APN entry to isp.telus.com and switched the access point to Koodoo and back to Telus to force it to refresh.
I was able to turn on tethering but I lost data. So it's basically same behavior as before.
Hopefully I can get tethering to work. I'm jealous some of you are getting it to work and I don't :S
rancorbeast said:
As an update to my adventures, I did find the Nokia network setup app... it's called "access point". I tried to do a marketplace search but no results... but a guy over at WPCentral just dropped the marketplace link
I'm apparently too new to post outside links so PM me and I'll get you the link...
I just browsed to the link on my phone and was able to install the app. It add an "access point" item to the setting menu just like the Dev ATT phone they handed out prior to launch
My phone is still locked to Rogers so I have no idea if the app will help me overcome the tethering issues once I get there. on Dec 19th my "30 days on contract" are up so the nasty Rogers people will run out of excuse to deny my unlocking so I'll buy the thing and get as far away from this carrier as I can and hopefully I can get functional Internet Sharing going.
To any Canadian who's lucky to have an unlocked 920 with internet tethering problems... can you confirm this is working?
Thanks.
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Amazing find! I can confirm that this works for me. Unlocked Rogers Lumia 920 on the Telus network.
Here is the link from the WPC post:
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/access-point/ce3895c7-01d0-4daf-a4c3-25c10463942d
edit 1: Never mind, it doesn't work any more.
edit 2: It's hit and miss. Working again a day later after switching from isp.telus.com to sp.telus.com and back.
richhy said:
Amazing find! I can confirm that this works for me. Unlocked Rogers Lumia 920 on the Telus network.
Here is the link from the WPC post:
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/access-point/ce3895c7-01d0-4daf-a4c3-25c10463942d
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Never mind, it doesn't work any more.
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No!!!! Don't say it stopped working!
I knew this was too good to be true.
sjeffrey said:
No!!!! Don't say it stopped working!
I knew this was too good to be true.
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so far my internet sharing is working well.
rancorbeast said:
As an update to my adventures, I did find the Nokia network setup app... it's called "access point". I tried to do a marketplace search but no results... but a guy over at WPCentral just dropped the marketplace link
I'm apparently too new to post outside links so PM me and I'll get you the link...
I just browsed to the link on my phone and was able to install the app. It add an "access point" item to the setting menu just like the Dev ATT phone they handed out prior to launch
My phone is still locked to Rogers so I have no idea if the app will help me overcome the tethering issues once I get there. on Dec 19th my "30 days on contract" are up so the nasty Rogers people will run out of excuse to deny my unlocking so I'll buy the thing and get as far away from this carrier as I can and hopefully I can get functional Internet Sharing going.
To any Canadian who's lucky to have an unlocked 920 with internet tethering problems... can you confirm this is working?
Thanks.
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I created this account just to say thank you! This internet sharing issue has been bugging me for weeks. I can confirm it's working on an unlocked rogers Nokia 920 on Wind. I just installed the access point app, deleted the APN I had manually entered, ran the app and selected Wind as my operator and now everything works including internet sharing.