hi everybody,
i have a UK T-Mobile Motorola Atrix that i received as a gift (MB860; 45.31.2.MB860.T-Mobile.en.GB; android 2.3.4). I live in Morocco where there is no T-mobile. I try to set the phone up to get 3G connection but it never works. it keeps trying to synchronize and changing the signal from normal to 3G to H and so on.
i tried my simcard in other phones and it works and I tried other simcards with 3G in my phone but still the same problem. i called my network technical service and they told me to upgrade the OS. i did it since there was an update available in the t-mobile web to the version mentioned earlier yet the problem persists.
when i see other phones with android there is a option to activate the 3g that i don't have in mine, i think because it's a t-mobile version.
can anyone here give me a hand with this?
thanks in advance.
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Hi guys, noob here, just got my first android phone (been with blackberry till now).
I got a chinese X12 dual sim phone because i really needed only 1 phone (had to carry around 2 of them).
Phone works great, only problem is with the mobile networks. It can connect to GSM networks but it won't connect to a 3G network. The phone has 3G capabilities, 3G is enabled for the required sim, it finds the 3G network but it will not connect to it.
Sim works fine, had it in a Samsung i900 on 3G (WCDMA) - i live in Europe.
The thing that surprises me most is that the phone came with android 4.0 instead of the 2.3.6 it was advertised, could this be the problem?
Data Enabled ?! have access points ?!
Taki2011 said:
Data Enabled ?! have access points ?!
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yes, data is enabled on it, as for the access points it has them too (althought i am only trying to connect to the voice network, not the data network)
Tried one more thing which is wierd: the phone works ok with another 3G sim from another provider, but with the other sim it doesn't connect (but it finds the actual network). And the sim that won't connect works on my old phone (the samsung i900)
The first sim that works on 3G on my new phone is from Vodafone (and they have both GSM and WCDMA in my country), while the other sim that doesn't work is from a provider that only has 3G (for both voice and data).
Quick update:
i found out i also get an "error" : invalid IMEI for both sims - it was this way when i first got the phone...
really strange thing with this phone, in settings > about > it says android version 4.0 but when it starts it has the honeycomb logo...
would appreciate any help, if it's from the missing imei's that would be good (or bad, depending on how hard is that to fix).
You can call ##778# to get into those settings. But be careful, those can really screw up your phone if your not careful.
The only reason i can think of, is if your phone only supports certain UMTS bands, while your operator is using different ones. Check out this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands.
For example, my previous phone HTS Nexus One came in two versions - one for ATT(UMTS 850/1900/2100) and another for T-Mobile(UMTS AWS/900/2100). Both were GSM, both had 3G, but 3G would not work on another operator.
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You can call ##778# to get into those settings. But be careful, those can really screw up your phone if your not careful.
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Tried it. What i get is : USSD code running (for a short while) > unknown application
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The only reason i can think of, is if your phone only supports certain UMTS bands, while your operator is using different ones. Check out this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands.
For example, my previous phone HTS Nexus One came in two versions - one for ATT(UMTS 850/1900/2100) and another for T-Mobile(UMTS AWS/900/2100). Both were GSM, both had 3G, but 3G would not work on another operator.
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phone has only WCDMA 3G network - i tried it on different carriers (on 3G and not GSM) and it works fine, connects to 3G, it just won't connect to this specific network (although it finds the network there, so i guess it has the hardware to connect to it).
could this be from the lack of the IMEI ?
FIXED !!!!
Got it fixed, the problem was with the missing IMEI codes, put them back in, works like a charm.
I used the tutorial here:
http://club.dx.com/forums/Forums.dx/threadid.1004466?page=2
Thanks for all the replies you guys.
Hello and Merry Christmas everyone
I got an unlocked Rogers Nokia Lumia 920. I live in Mexico City and my primary carrier is Telcel.
The phone is not working properly with data connection while under wifi it does.
First I used to have a non-LTE sim card with my Lumia and 3G internet was not working smoothly. Most of the time I was not connected despite it showed 3G and good signal. Tried restarting several times, it worked sometimes, others did not. Many times now it does not show either 3G or 4G.
I assumed that it was because I did not set up APN settings, but when I did, it did not improve as expected.
Afterwards, I asked Telcel to switch my sim card to a LTE ready. I though that would fix it, but I can't see any improvements.
The Lumia is set to LTE as fastest network. I do not understand whether I need to set up a new APN now for LTE. Telcel won't help me because the phone has not been released here yet.
Any suggestions? Do I need to set up an APN or will the sim card do it automatically?
I can't return the phone because I bought it through Mercadolibre (a sort of Mexican ebay) although the phone was brand new and it generally works great.
Hope you can help me.
Thanks.
Alessandro
Ultrariver said:
Hello and Merry Christmas everyone
I got an unlocked Rogers Nokia Lumia 920. I live in Mexico City and my primary carrier is Telcel.
The phone is not working properly with data connection while under wifi it does.
First I used to have a non-LTE sim card with my Lumia and 3G internet was not working smoothly. Most of the time I was not connected despite it showed 3G and good signal. Tried restarting several times, it worked sometimes, others did not. Many times now it does not show either 3G or 4G.
I assumed that it was because I did not set up APN settings, but when I did, it did not improve as expected.
Afterwards, I asked Telcel to switch my sim card to a LTE ready. I though that would fix it, but I can't see any improvements.
The Lumia is set to LTE as fastest network. I do not understand whether I need to set up a new APN now for LTE. Telcel won't help me because the phone has not been released here yet.
Any suggestions? Do I need to set up an APN or will the sim card do it automatically?
I can't return the phone because I bought it through Mercadolibre (a sort of Mexican ebay) although the phone was brand new and it generally works great.
Hope you can help me.
Thanks.
Alessandro
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Nokia has an app for APN in the Windows Phone Store. Can not be downloaded from web, must be downloaded from your phone.
Hello, I also have a rogers Lumia 920, I'm seeing the same behavior with movistar SIM card, might be something with the phone/software version. I just had the phone for 3 days so I will probably give it more time to have a better idea of what's happening
Vinny
Ive been using my HTC One Max in the states for 6 months and it works great. I brought it to Australia and am using it successfully on the OPTUS network with few issues. No 4G, but the H, or 3.5G network here is really strong. The only thing i need to change on it is the hotspot will not turn on with the OPTUS (local Cell provider) sim card in it. Actually, it wont turn on with the Verizon sim car in it either if its associated to an Optus tower. The Error that comes up when I turn it on is - 'An Error has occurred. Please Try again later.' Does anyone know a work around for this? Is it locked out unless it sees a verizon tower? THanks in advance))) Matt
Hello friends .
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I live in Turkey. S6edgeplus - 928v phone models came from abroad. but the phone does not open 4G - LTE in turkey. *#*#4636#*#* it says LTE ONLY do I do when the connection was severed, and the line was disconnected . I could not find a solution in turkey please help me . Thank you very much in advance
Go into setting then mobile network and set network mode to umts GSM lte. If you're trying to get 4g while on a call, I can't figure that out. It doesn't work for me neither when I use an att sim card in a Verizon phone. I can't get Internet while on a phone call.
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Go into setting then mobile network and set network mode to umts GSM lte. If you're trying to get 4g while on a call, I can't figure that out. It doesn't work for me neither when I use an att sim card in a Verizon phone. I can't get Internet while on a phone call.
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Thank you for your interest . but according to my research yesterday 3-7-20 LTE bands in Europe . I do not have my phone with this band . I do wonder how do I install or installing the ? I use my phone that is not loaded
Same problem on tmobile on 5.0 I wonder if its a marshmallow problem too. IT only worked when i first switched from verizon to tmobile and had advanced calling enabled through verizon. Somehow it tricked tmobile or the phone into working with data and call? Since i did a factory reset though now with tmobile sim no luck Im waiting to update soon myself almost done downloading the update
Hi all, sim unlocked s-off sprint m9 used to work well on android 6 with official rom. But until the phone was upgraded to Android 7. Data connection stopped working for one operator (NOS in Portugal). However Vodafone works well.
Tried different roms and apn settings, same at all. Data connection does not work on NOS operator.
Does anyone have similar issue and of course any advices?
Thank you all.
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Hi all, sim unlocked s-off sprint m9 used to work well on android 6 with official rom. But until the phone was upgraded to Android 7. Data connection stopped working for one operator (NOS in Portugal). However Vodafone works well.
Tried different roms and apn settings, same at all. Data connection does not work on NOS operator.
Does anyone have similar issue and of course any advices?
Thank you all.
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Why sim unlock a Sprint variant and not an AT&T or T-Mobile which already support GSM?
did you find a solution?
i have exact same issue.
bought one m9 from ebay with sprint (651) firmware on.
lte was working fine in israel (1800 2100).
after nougat im only getting 3g.
it makes sense that i cant use those bands (1 and 3 i think) on a sprint device.. but it did work with marshmallow
Same problem in the USA
I have (nearly) the same problem in the United States with a Sprint CDMA version of the One M9. The main difference is that my data speed is even worse than 3G, around 10-20 Kbps. Occasionally, I get faster speeds, but I haven't been able to figure out if it is location-specific (but always away from home and work) or due to some other characteristic.
The phone came brand new in a retail box from an eBay seller. It worked as expected for 1.7 years. The OTA update which installed Android 7 (aka Nougat) in early 2017 resulted in the very slow data speeds. WiFi is unaffected, but data is so slow that I cannot reliably send or receive MMS; Google Maps says that I do not even have a data connection for traffic info.
EcoMobile (my MVNO provider; I still have a sprint email address, so I know who is actually providing service) could only suggest resetting my phone; did this twice with no change in operation (but several of the programs which automatically re-installed themselves operated differently, including GMail no longer providing auto-complete for addresses).
After literally 2 hours in chat with htc, they told me that my MEID indicates my phone was "made in Taiwan". I took this to mean that: 1) the person I was chatting with had poor English skills (because aren't they all made in Taiwan?), and 2) my phone is gray market (meaning it was not imported into the country via official channels, even though the manual was in the American version of English).
I came to XDA looking for an answer, too. I was mildly surprised to see that this topic was at the top of the list for the One M9.
The best solution for my situation would be the proper ROM for my phone, but I don't know how to figure that out from the MEID. htc USA says they cannot help me with this.
I could even go back to Android 6, but I do rather like the new features in Nougat.
Alternatively, I could root the phone and install a 3rd party ROM, but I still need to know how to choose the proper one for my phone.
I hope this info finds its way to a helpful expert.
Regards,
Jeff