Anyone know about getting 3G/2G to work in a different country? Im in ecuador (south america) and I bought 1000mbs to text my girlfriend cheaply while im away but it wont connect. Ive used the service here (claro) for texting and calling but 3G wont connect.. Any way to fix this? Its a gsm network. Ive checked all my settings a million times there set as they should be and ive confirmed the 3G/2G is activated and ive tried switching the radio band to gsm in ##786# anyone know how I could? I would hate to have wasted money on something i cant use as ill be here for over a month
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Yeah. You will need to acquire the apn information for the provider you will be using...
Suggestion look up whats available for providers if a choice does exist.. Read reviews on them.. Then checkout "The Howard Forums" for specific apn information and or speed tweeks that work with the specific carrier...
May want to see if the provider you listed has or uses a frequency band utilized by the photon..
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Checking the howard forums should have more than enough info for you to get the job done.. Unless someone knows the fix to your problem on this board thats the place I wpuld look first..
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Thanks for the reply ill see what I can find!
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The information regarding the APN configuration from Claro Ecuador is kinda confusing on the internet...
Try this one:
Claro
APN : internet.porta.com.ec
Username: porta
Password: porta
If it does not work, try adding:
mcc: 740
mcs:00
Thank you both of you!! I finally got it working using the apn you gave me (i found one missnamed Claro GPRS That didnt work, just had to change the name) I dont have those extra 2 settings, ill add them nd see if they make it any faster? Its slowwww internet on claro haha
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LOL, well I just noticed that 3G Network isn't working on my HTC Legend.... Anyone got any wonderful solutions? Cheers
Are you on a nightly? Did you check that your vodafone AU APNs are correct?
I don't think I'm on a nightly,I downloaded from the stable rom section. I'm pretty sure the APN is correct..
How can you check if its correct anyway?
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If you downloaded from stable, it'll be what it'll be.
To check if it's correct, use a vodafone reference. The APN info might be somewhere on the site, or obtained by asking one of their CSRs. You might even have to go as far as asking someone else for their phone and APN info.
That said, if you were fine on other ROMs, it was probably because it was successfully inputted as a preset value.
You (or if the APN was defaulted, someone) may have also made a mistake, check for tiny typos, or accidental spacing, usually at the end of each value, though I doubt the latter would make a difference.
LOL just realised my network provider is crazy Johns, weird that it says Vodafone au on my lock screen. Well seems like my data net is back.. Thanks again!
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Glad you're dandy. Happy holidays!
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Has anyone used the photon in Mexico? If so .. what provider do you recommend for pre paid sim usage with full data? Going to a wedding and need full capabilities of my phone.
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not sure, but if you see any cute women at weading, ....... I use VodoPhone in Sweden on AT&T and it served me well.
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All cute women are mine.. i don't like to share.
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I hope your photon breaks and your camera shoots in 0.000MP! oh, and your SD card fails!!
as a fail safe, you can use Sprint International with their rates if it's that important. I never used sprint outside the country. unlock, root, and swap SIM with VodoPhome and see. like $30.00 at most airports I have been.
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Try movistar or telcel. Im pretty sure there the big boys over there. My grandpa just came from Mexico to the states and is using a T-Mobile phone with movistar. Idk that helps but good luck with them ladies.
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in the past I've just used the resort wifi and nettalk.
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There's an user here that has a Photon working with Telcel.
I msgd him a couple of times to ask how good it works and seems to work just fine. What he really couldn't tell me is what needs to be done after you insert the sim card, if the settings are picked up automatically or manually..
I'm going to try myself since I will be going on vacation in a couple of months or so.
I used my Photon in Mexico without any issues. I purchased a pre paid TelCel sim card, and it worked without having to do anything. If you want to use their data, you will need to manually add on TelCel's apns. I recommend downloading apn global from the marketplace for free. You just choose your country and provider, and it fills in all the needed info automatically.
Thanks for the heads up... i have downloaded the apn app and will check into telcel when i get there ... by any chance would you know how much i would be spending on a pre paid sim in Mexico?
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linenoise said:
I used my Photon in Mexico without any issues. I purchased a pre paid TelCel sim card, and it worked without having to do anything. If you want to use their data, you will need to manually add on TelCel's apns. I recommend downloading apn global from the marketplace for free. You just choose your country and provider, and it fills in all the needed info automatically.
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Humm I search for APN GLOBAL and I can't see it.. any chance you can drop a link?
When I went to Mexico last September I just activated international roaming in case of an emergency and used groove ip while I was at the resort which was almost all the time I was there.
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Humm I search for APN GLOBAL and I can't see it.. any chance you can drop a link?
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http://slideme.org/application/apn-global
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http://slideme.org/application/apn-global
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thank you very much!
Teczeus said:
Thanks for the heads up... i have downloaded the apn app and will check into telcel when i get there ... by any chance would you know how much i would be spending on a pre paid sim in Mexico?
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So what's up dude did you go already and did it work for you?
I'd like to know cause I will go to Mex. in a couple of weeks..
I have a mopho and my carrier is gsm, before I could connect to the 3g network but since a couple of weeks it says that the selected network is unavailable, but if I do a scan I can see it, just cant connect to it, have tried with all the sbf files that i could found over the internet and with jokersax rom and his fixes with no luck. Does someone have a similar issue?
I can connect to the 2G network, the problem is just with the 3G (wcdma)
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WOW, I have not heard the term WCDMA in almost 2 years! Could your problem be related to your Root or ROM? WCDMA is funny and I assume your in South Korea because thats the only place I know (or been) with WCDMA?
South Korea (which my AT&T Fuze did not work anyway. Job gave me loaner) and China have censorships, one day you have it, one day you dont?
Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway (which have some remote areas) had better service than South Korea.
This is why you really don't here me complain much about Sprint!
Try a app called apn global then select your country and add your carrier I am in Sweden and it worked great for me
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Call your carrier and ask them to please enable 3g on your sim. Within 10min you will be up and running.
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mrbeatz said:
Try a app called apn global then select your country and add your carrier I am in Sweden and it worked great for me
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I lived in Sandviken west of Gavlen!
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I have test with multiples sim of tge same carrier with no luck and also use the apn global....
I dunno what could be...
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What is the Att entitlement apn.....just noticed it on my phone and I never have seen it before...I tried searching but couldn't find any info to tell me what it is..out what it does
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What is the Att entitlement apn.....just noticed it on my phone and I never have seen it before...I tried searching but couldn't find any info to tell me what it is..out what it does
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What do you mean its on your phone? Do you have a screenshot of what it is for us to analyze?
For some reason I can't upload an image right now...but under access point names I have a nee apn that I haven't seen before... The name of it is Att entitlement the apn type is broadband mcc is set to 310 mnc is set to 410 and the apn type is set to dun....I have to two other apns that are Att phone and Att wap...they have always been there..but this is new
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I just checked and it's on mine too.
Are you on a tethering plan? I'm on the 5Gb plan that includes tethering. Don't know if that is related or not but thought I'd throw that out there to see if there a commonality.
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I believe that's somehow used for tethering detection/enforcement.
Nuking it from the CSC is one of the customizations I make to the CSC in Hellraiser.
I don't have a tethering pan but in Jan I got a txt warning me..I haven't tethered since
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manyfresh80 said:
I just recently got a note and I noticed that whenever I try to use the hspa network on straight/att it is really slow like slower than edge slow .when I'm at home or any wifi spot its super fast but anytime I'm on the cellular network its so slow I can't even do a speed test and I also can't send pics thru mms can anybody please tell me what I have to do to get the proper speeds .I had a inspire before this phone and the same sim I'm using now that ph I had no problem getting fast speeds on St/art hspa+.one more thing it seems to be like this whether stock gb or ics or padawan4 which is wat I have now pls help
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ST runs on the t-mobile network. You need to flash a compatible modem.
Dude I'm on st running the latest att modem and check these out.
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Straight talk runs on either. Depends on your area. You're most likely at&t seeing as 90% of straight talk is.
Straight Talk leases their services. The reason it's slow, it's NOT hspa. It's 3G and that's most likely the best you'll get.
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OP, are you being throttled? Seems ST possibly throttles on 100MB a day and 2GB a month. That would leave you with H+ and horrible speeds. Contact ST and ask them to reset your network.
They used to throttle me ALL THE TIME! Good price but **** service. Went back to AT&T so I can use MY data how I pay to use it, not how they want me to.
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Ranger my sim is a att sim from st
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OP, are you being throttled? Seems ST possibly throttles on 100MB a day and 2GB a month. That would leave you with H+ and horrible speeds. Contact ST and ask them to reset your network.
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No I'm not and like said I'm using the same sim I had on my my last ph which was an inspire and never had any problems with speeds only now that I'm on the note I also can't send pics mms actually the only rom I was able to send mms was liqsmooth but the apn settings were a tiny diff most only allow int,mms or int+mms on liq it had where u could input your like default supl mms or whatever
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Dude I'm on st running the latest att modem and check these out.
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Dude I'm so jealous
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manyfresh80 said:
Ranger my sim is a att sim from st
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Opps. My bad. I was thinking SimpleMobile.
Have you input the straight talk APN?
At any rate I read somewhere else online that it can also depends on the radio you have which I don't know much about I do know about rooting and flashing custom roms what I have never done tho is changed out radios or kernels on on that site somebody said something about UCl F 2 I have looked online and have not been able to find a downloadable 1
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Flashing a modem is easier than flashing a rom. Get the modem.bin on your sd card, boot into recovery, flash the modem.bin using CWM/TWRP (no wiping needed), reboot, check for correct APN settings (some roms don't include APN settings).
Im sorry bear with me ranger but can u go a li little more in depth for me where do I get that modem. bin
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If you have really slow speeds then you are either being throttled or you are not filling in the APN correctly. Does not sound like a modem issue. What speed does your notification bar show you connected as? How about settings > about phone > status >Mobile Network Type: ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31772854
In the first post of the linked thread you will find the download link for the UCLF2 modem and the recommended ST APN settings.
You may be being throttled as mentioned
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I got some pics of speedtest 100x faster ul than dl my apns and what rom im running thanks for all the suggestions everybody
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Ranger I don't know if it's gonna work I'm downloading the modem right now but you are awesome for showing me the link anyways no wonder I couldn't find it I kept searching under uclf2
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Im so anxious to find out if this works if this works and once I get to watch the season finale Sons of Anarchy I'll be a happy man except that I need to wait another 9 months for the new season best show on TV ever
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How about a screenshot of the status page in settings? APN looks good. Speed test sure looks like you are throttled. For chit and giggles try removing the proxy and port from the APN and see what you get. Not the MMS proxy and port.