I have a work phone that is really old and slow, which is why I wanted to upgrade to the Note. But after swapping my sim card into the Note, I can make/receive phone calls fine, but my data doesn't work at all. In my status info, I see this:
Network: AT&T
Mobile network type: HSPA:11
Service state: In service
Roaming: Not roaming
Mobile network state: Disconnected
I called AT&T, and they said that my company's data plan is only 3G, and it won't work with "4G" phones. In order for it to work, I would have to change to a 4G plan (which I probably won't be able to do since it's not my account).
Does anyone know of any work arounds? Maybe possibly masking my phone as a 3G phone? So far, I've tried the following and they've all failed: used Saurom to force network to "GSM only" mode, enabled data roaming, changed modem firmware (older & tmobile).
You might need to get a new sim card depending on how old it is
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I got it working! I installed the latest King Kang ROM and now my data is working! (no LTE tho, but that's fine with me)
My 3g SIM wouldn't work when I upgraded from the Dell Streak to Note. A Best Buy rep configured a 4g Sim and upgraded my original AT&T unlimited to 4g as well... No cost and no change in plan.
dcpedit said:
I have a work phone that is really old and slow, which is why I wanted to upgrade to the Note. But after swapping my sim card into the Note, I can make/receive phone calls fine, but my data doesn't work at all. In my status info, I see this:
Network: AT&T
Mobile network type: HSPA:11
Service state: In service
Roaming: Not roaming
Mobile network state: Disconnected
I called AT&T, and they said that my company's data plan is only 3G, and it won't work with "4G" phones. In order for it to work, I would have to change to a 4G plan (which I probably won't be able to do since it's not my account).
Does anyone know of any work arounds? Maybe possibly masking my phone as a 3G phone? So far, I've tried the following and they've all failed: used Saurom to force network to "GSM only" mode, enabled data roaming, changed modem firmware (older & tmobile).
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dcpedit said:
I got it working! I installed the latest King Kang ROM and now my data is working! (no LTE tho, but that's fine with me)
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You have to turn it on. Check toggles. (In cm, anyway)
Another strange thing is that when I installed the latest CyanogenMod 10 stable release, my data stopped working again no matter how much I tweaked the various mobile network settings. The data starts working again after installing King Kang. AOKP M1 works as well
Finally figured it out. My SIM only works when the APN is set to wap.cingular (not pta)
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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.
I'm wondering if I'm the first guy on earth experiencing this problem.
I got an AT&T unlocked HTC One (M7) in the US and brought it with me to Brazil. I introduced the SIM card in it and it worked perfectly for phone calls. However, I can't get the internet access through the network. Brazil only works with 3G at the moment.
I called HTC and they told me to dial *#*#4636#*#* and change the settings for the network under "set preferred network". They told me there would be no guarantee this would work, but I should try.
I tried all the options from WCDMA, CDMA, GSM Only and so on and still could not get the mobile data access.
Right now, internet works only with Wi-Fi. So, he said that I could try finding help on XDA Developers.
So, is there anyone who knows what I should do next?
I wonder if rooting would resolve it, but it seems pretty much a device problem.
André
Make sure you have a 4G sim and make sure you are in a 4G area
But also, are youtalking about hspa+ or LTE?
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I'm not in a 4G area. Only 3G.
That's why I need to change the settings. I tried also setting the APN settings and nothing so far...
André
take the same sim card in some local 3g andorid phone in brazil and try again .to make sure your sim card support 3g network , and you say you can not access network by your phone. i doubt if you have a data plan .maybe you should take a phone call to your carrier to check the data plan of your sim card
Thanks for the tips. I solved my problem by calling the provider. It was ANP setting issue. I wasn't getting it right the way it was supposed to.
Thanks again!
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take the same sim card in some local 3g andorid phone in brazil and try again .to make sure your sim card support 3g network , and you say you can not access network by your phone. i doubt if you have a data plan .maybe you should take a phone call to your carrier to check the data plan of your sim card
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Thanks for the tips. I solved my problem by calling the provider. It was ANP setting issue. I wasn't getting it right the way it was supposed to.
Thanks again!
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i have a similar problem, my data plan works, but it shows that im on 4G but in fact we only have 3G in our country.
how can i stay on 3G only instead of 4G?
mzatari said:
i have a similar problem, my data plan works, but it shows that im on 4G but in fact we only have 3G in our country.
how can i stay on 3G only instead of 4G?
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4G is hspa+ ... it is a faster form of 3g but still it's 3g
4G and 4GLTE are not the same thing
I recently bought the cell phone in US and am visiting India for a couple of months. When I tried using the GSM sims of both vodafone and airtel in in India I wasnt able to make any calls or rceiev any sms, despite of this being a WORLD PHONE.
I even rooted my device and by installing the APN MAnager I was able to install the Vodafone settings and to my surprise
Was able to get its 3g/Data services working.
However the Voice or the sms is still nit working.
The signalbar is showing just fine and so's the data connection symbol. However with the gsm sim in I keep gettin this NON VERIZON SIM ERROR icon on the top left.
Under the settings>MOBILE NETWORKS ive tried changIng them to both GLOBAL and GSM but still no luck yet.
Can anyone help me out with a network/sim unlock method, similar ti the ones avaialable on the tmibile and other phones.
Pretty sure the voice still uses CDMA. I believe that Verizon still only uses the LTE/GSM for data.
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Pretty sure the voice still uses CDMA. I believe that Verizon still only uses the LTE/GSM for data.
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If thats true, then it wouldn't truly be a global phone now would it? GSM will work for voice, but you still need verizon's permission. It should work with a verizon sim, but you will pay through the nose. Now I thought the SIM was unlocked but I could be wrong. Also, even if it is unlocked, it still needs to be compatible with the network frequencies. I don't know what frequencies the VZW S4 has but you can google it.
This being a Dual Band mobile These are the bands that it supports..
CDMA 850
CDMA 1900
GSM 850
GSM 900
GSM 1800
GSM 1900
LTE 750
LTE 1700
WCDMA 850
WCDMA 1900
WCDMA 2100
Also on googling I came across some posts which said the people have managed to use there gsm sims in europe n korea and were able to get the voice n sms. For data they too had to play with th APN..
So what I am tryin to make out from this is we don have a solution to get the voice n sms working on gsm network
Pic showing the error message that I get when I try to make a call.
The second oic shows how my Network signals and data signals are showing just fine but still am not able to make any calls or sms.
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I used my phone and put in a Straight Talk (AT&T) SIM and it works with data and voice after manually putting in the APN. If Verizon phone works on AT&T network, it should work with any network out there provided that the bands are supported by the phone.
I was under the same impression, as it worked for me too when I used the tmobile(gsm) sim with it. I was able to make calls only and data was restricted.
Where as with Vodafone IND its the other way round. Am not able to make/recieve calls or sms but data 3g is working just fine.
Confused what could the problem possibly be.
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ashroh said:
I recently bought the cell phone in US and am visiting India for a couple of months. When I tried using the GSM sims of both vodafone and airtel in in India I wasnt able to make any calls or rceiev any sms, despite of this being a WORLD PHONE.
I even rooted my device and by installing the APN MAnager I was able to install the Vodafone settings and to my surprise
Was able to get its 3g/Data services working.
However the Voice or the sms is still nit working.
The signalbar is showing just fine and so's the data connection symbol. However with the gsm sim in I keep gettin this NON VERIZON SIM ERROR icon on the top left.
Under the settings>MOBILE NETWORKS ive tried changIng them to both GLOBAL and GSM but still no luck yet.
Can anyone help me out with a network/sim unlock method, similar ti the ones avaialable on the tmibile and other phones.
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If rooted, you can use Titanium backup, and freeze 'Setup wizard'.
What good would it do if I freeze the setup..how do you suggest I proceed further after freezing..?
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I recall needing to call verizon and get an unlock code for my old droid 2 global so that I could use non-verizon global sim cards in it. I believe you just needed to be a customer in good standing for at least 10 months, and could only do it once a year per line, or something.
Edit: A quick search showed a post claming it is already SIM unlocked, so never mind!
Since only my Data is working on my VZW GS4, that too after rooting and installing titanium and apn Manager.
Just wanted to confirm if I am thinking in the right direction, Is it possible that I may flash the Stock Rom for I9500(international Version) in my vzw GS4, and it would work with any international carrier around the world, cos currently am only able to use the Data/3g and Neither Voice nor SMS is working out here for me for GSM carriers like Vodafone and Airtel.
Id really appreciate if anyone can help me lookup a workaround for this..
I just made to run my port of Android Revolution HD 2.0 for i545 (I was porting it from i9505). Everything is working, except CDMA-networking. It's multilingual as well. If anybody wants - I could give it to test. I asked mike1996 for permission to port it, so it is permitted
Hi all ,
Could someone please help me with 3G connection on Verizon One Max on different network.
Long story short, I bought One Max on Verizon unlocked. I bought it back to Vietnam, using it on 2 different networks ( Vinaphone and Viettel). On Viettel network, 3G or HSPA works just fine. However, no matter what I tried with 3G Vinaphone SIM. ( setting correct APN, call the network provider etc ), data connection always says DISCONNECTED ( data button activated) but in Phone Info app, it recognize the bands (which is HSPA ). With the same Vinaphone SIM card, i popped it to another phone, 3G works just fine. My MAX is S-off with rumrunner, bottloader unlocked.
In day 1, Vinaphone 3G Sim works as well on the MAX. Just 1 time while I was in a flight, I switched the phone to airplane mode and after landing switching back to phone mode and 3G dissapeared forever. I've tired everything ( updating PRL, reflash stock, reflash other custom ROMs) still no luck.
I suspect the phone NV or carrier ( original CDMA setting from Verizon ) partitions were messed up for some reason.
The weird thing is, with the same SIM on ONE MAX 3G or data connection doesnt work at all but on another phone ( iphone, Samsung etc) it works without problem.
Please help me. I'm desperated
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Hi all ,
Could someone please help me with 3G connection on Verizon One Max on different network.
Long story short, I bought One Max on Verizon unlocked. I bought it back to Vietnam, using it on 2 different networks ( Vinaphone and Viettel). On Viettel network, 3G or HSPA works just fine. However, no matter what I tried with 3G Vinaphone SIM. ( setting correct APN, call the network provider etc ), data connection always says DISCONNECTED ( data button activated) but in Phone Info app, it recognize the bands (which is HSPA ). With the same Vinaphone SIM card, i popped it to another phone, 3G works just fine. My MAX is S-off with rumrunner, bottloader unlocked.
In day 1, Vinaphone 3G Sim works as well on the MAX. Just 1 time while I was in a flight, I switched the phone to airplane mode and after landing switching back to phone mode and 3G dissapeared forever. I've tired everything ( updating PRL, reflash stock, reflash other custom ROMs) still no luck.
I suspect the phone NV or carrier ( original CDMA setting from Verizon ) partitions were messed up for some reason.
The weird thing is, with the same SIM on ONE MAX 3G or data connection doesnt work at all but on another phone ( iphone, Samsung etc) it works without problem.
Please help me. I'm desperated
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Have you changed you apn settings
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Yes, It didn't work. As I said above, I did all available methods but it just didn't work. I'm into android world for long long time. Currently I'm suspecting its the phone NV or Carrier Partition is messed up
I live in Toronto and am Fido customer. I was visiting my sister's family in Chicago over the weekend. While there, my brother-in-law gave me to use his Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 (SCH-I545), which is a CDMA phone but also has a SIM card slot. I did some Internet search and, although the information is somewhat conflicting, most of the sources indicate that this particular CDMA phone is SIM unlocked to allow Verizon's customer traveling abroad where there is no CDMA coverage to be able to put a SIM card and use roaming. Or at least that's how I understood it.
Anyway, I put my Fido SIM card (luckily, in the same micro SIM format that the SCH-I545 required) and after changing the Setting > More networks > Mobile networks > Network mode to GSM/UMTS (the other two options being Global and LTE/CDMA), it connected just fine. It showed AT&T on the main screen (probably Fido's roaming partner in the US?). On the top bar it showed full bars connection indicator, with the letter "H" next to it. While in Chicago, I had my roaming data disabled so can't say if data worked, I also didn't really use the phone to talk (didn't have to), but I did receive a couple of texts from friends from Toronto. I also called my sister once (who is on T-Mobile). She didn't pick up, but later she saw a missed call from my Fido number. So I assume if she had picked up, we would have been able to talk. In other words, in Chicago my Canadian Fido SIM card seemed to have worked on this Verizon S4 through AT&T roaming.
Knowing that, I took the phone with me in Toronto. Here though it does NOT work with the same Fido SIM card. Shows empty triangle and no connection. It doesn't matter which of the tree options I choose under Network mode. If I manually search for available networks, it shows CAN Rogers Wireless, Bell and Telus. Since Fido is actually owned by Rogers and uses Rogers' towers, I select Rogers, but after sitting 5 minutes at "Registering on CAN Rogers Wireless", it says that the network was not available and it couldn't connect. I tried rebooting, wiping - no difference.
Can someone help me with making this phone work with Fido in Canada? Or may be educate me why it worked in Chicago and not here?
Update on this: I spent some time browsing the forum and now I have the phone rooted using Towelroot, also SafeStrap 3.72 and SuperSU 1.94 installed. SELinux is set to "Permissive". I have Odin 3.10 working fine and can easily go back and forth between MK2, NC2 and NC5, wipe or no-wipe . I was able to flash two other custom ROMS - DARTHSTALKER S4 VERSION X1 and Hyperdrive RLS18.1. Everything works fine, except I can't connect to my wireless provider. I tried with three SIM cards - Fido, Telus and Koodo and the result is the same for all - no connection, no bars (empty triangle), and a small sign next to it like "no entry". If I check under "About phone > Status", it says Network: Unknown; Signal 0 dBm, 99 asu, Mobile network type: Unknown; Service status: Out of service; Mobile network state: Disconnected.
Everything else appears to work just fine, inlcluding WIFI, GPS, etc.
There is one exception though - with the DarthStalker ROM I linked above I DO get some bars - floating between 1 and 4, never full. However still no service. Phone status shows the same.
I tried RegionLock Away v1.3 - no difference. Tried selecting different band using guides like this one - no difference too.
There MUST be something, possibly a very small thing, that's preventing this phone from connecting in Canada (remember, it worked in the US). But at this point I'm out of ideas. Anyone?
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Update on this: I spent some time browsing the forum and now I have the phone rooted using Towelroot, also SafeStrap 3.72 and SuperSU 1.94 installed. SELinux is set to "Permissive". I have Odin 3.10 working fine and can easily go back and forth between MK2, NC2 and NC5, wipe or no-wipe . I was able to flash two other custom ROMS - DARTHSTALKER S4 VERSION X1 and Hyperdrive RLS18.1. Everything works fine, except I can't connect to my wireless provider. I tried with three SIM cards - Fido, Telus and Koodo and the result is the same for all - no connection, no bars (empty triangle), and a small sign next to it like "no entry". If I check under "About phone > Status", it says Network: Unknown; Signal 0 dBm, 99 asu, Mobile network type: Unknown; Service status: Out of service; Mobile network state: Disconnected.
Everything else appears to work just fine, inlcluding WIFI, GPS, etc.
There is one exception though - with the DarthStalker ROM I linked above I DO get some bars - floating between 1 and 4, never full. However still no service. Phone status shows the same.
I tried RegionLock Away v1.3 - no difference. Tried selecting different band using guides like this one - no difference too.
There MUST be something, possibly a very small thing, that's preventing this phone from connecting in Canada (remember, it worked in the US). But at this point I'm out of ideas. Anyone?
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Did you input APN's after inserting the SIM's?
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Yes, either manually or automatically in Darthstalker ROM. Forgot to mention that.
stfn74 said:
I live in Toronto and am Fido customer. I was visiting my sister's family in Chicago over the weekend. While there, my brother-in-law gave me to use his Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 (SCH-I545), which is a CDMA phone but also has a SIM card slot. I did some Internet search and, although the information is somewhat conflicting, most of the sources indicate that this particular CDMA phone is SIM unlocked to allow Verizon's customer traveling abroad where there is no CDMA coverage to be able to put a SIM card and use roaming. Or at least that's how I understood it.
Anyway, I put my Fido SIM card (luckily, in the same micro SIM format that the SCH-I545 required) and after changing the Setting > More networks > Mobile networks > Network mode to GSM/UMTS (the other two options being Global and LTE/CDMA), it connected just fine. It showed AT&T on the main screen (probably Fido's roaming partner in the US?). On the top bar it showed full bars connection indicator, with the letter "H" next to it. While in Chicago, I had my roaming data disabled so can't say if data worked, I also didn't really use the phone to talk (didn't have to), but I did receive a couple of texts from friends from Toronto. I also called my sister once (who is on T-Mobile). She didn't pick up, but later she saw a missed call from my Fido number. So I assume if she had picked up, we would have been able to talk. In other words, in Chicago my Canadian Fido SIM card seemed to have worked on this Verizon S4 through AT&T roaming.
Knowing that, I took the phone with me in Toronto. Here though it does NOT work with the same Fido SIM card. Shows empty triangle and no connection. It doesn't matter which of the tree options I choose under Network mode. If I manually search for available networks, it shows CAN Rogers Wireless, Bell and Telus. Since Fido is actually owned by Rogers and uses Rogers' towers, I select Rogers, but after sitting 5 minutes at "Registering on CAN Rogers Wireless", it says that the network was not available and it couldn't connect. I tried rebooting, wiping - no difference.
Can someone help me with making this phone work with Fido in Canada? Or may be educate me why it worked in Chicago and not here?
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Hi I just saw your thread. I have exactly the same issue as yours. Have you fixed the issue? How did you do it? Thanks.
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wenxianren said:
Hi I just saw your thread. I have exactly the same issue as yours. Have you fixed the issue? How did you do it? Thanks.
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sorry, just saw your private message. my situation is: I bought it from the ebay, when I got it , I can use it in canada Chatr network without any problem. But the problem is one time I click the system update, then when I reboot the phone, it can't find the service just as you mentioned in the main thread. It's really strangle. Since it did work before. Maybe need to set in some place, but I never find the answer from the internet. too sad! :crying: