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Hi All,
I know its a topic which has been addressed differently in different threads. I am a user from India and have a GSM SIM. I have got a Verizon S4 phone. I tried using it with Vodafone SIM and get a problem in using it. Surprisingly a NOTE 2 from Verizon works just fine. I am able to use it for data with 3G but not able to use it for voice. Following steps have been tried already.
- Default Options of using Global Mode and GSM/UMTS ** Doesnt search the network at all.
- Hidden Menu Changes using # codes. ** Shows network but emergency mode only.
- Phone Info app to change the mode. ** Shows network but emergency mode only.
- RF Band change using the hidden menu. ** Shows network but emergency mode only.
It does say that it has GSM radio but cant be used for some software reason I suppose. I checked with Verizon Rep and was told that it cannot be used in India with a GSM SIM and would need the Verizon SIM only to connect with International Roaming.
Can I install a I-9505 ROM on this and then would it pick up the GSM signal for voice and data. Please help.
I don't think your Verizon rep is correct. I bought a Verizon S4 just before going to Europe for 1 month. I used first a gsm SIM card from Germany, and then a gsm card from France. I had to add APN's to get data (I used "offline sim APN database" from the market to help get the necessary APN info), but had no trouble with voice or data for my entire trip. The gps and navigation services on the phone were extremely valuable on a couple of occasions, as was the wifi hotspot. In France, you can purchase 2 GB of data service for 20 Euros. I checked with Verizon global services ( 908-559-4899 outside the US or 800-711-8300 from inside ) before I left, and the Verizon S4 was sim unlocked out of the box. They did not make a big deal of my plan to use other SIM cards either.
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Installed WamanLite I9505 ROM
Hello All,
I found that Wanam Lite I-9505 ROM can be installed on Verizon S4. I installed it and patched it with Loki-Doki patch to boot up as I got the Verizon Software error. Yet my phone doesnt pick up the GSM signal for voice and SMS. It picks up the signal and I am able to browse internet on it but no calls or SMS. Please help...!!
Is there any way that I can install or flash a regular GSM radio over the phone ? Or tweak it in someway to use the GSM signal as primary for voice and sms.
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Hello All,
I found that Wanam Lite I-9505 ROM can be installed on Verizon S4. I installed it and patched it with Loki-Doki patch to boot up as I got the Verizon Software error. Yet my phone doesnt pick up the GSM signal for voice and SMS. It picks up the signal and I am able to browse internet on it but no calls or SMS. Please help...!!
Is there any way that I can install or flash a regular GSM radio over the phone ? Or tweak it in someway to use the GSM signal as primary for voice and sms.
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I have also Verizon's S4 (i545) and use it in GSM network with only one small problem - it will not send SMS with in-ROM SMS apk to international-formatted numbers (+380-XX-XXX and so on), but send without problem to local-formatted numbers (XX-XXX...) All the rest is working good.
Could you tell me please - how did you get to install i9505's ROM on your device? I have also Verizon's error after installation, and don't know how to run it...
Hi I too have the vzw s4 in india.. and niether voice nor sms is functioning on it.
By rooting it and installing apn manager I was somehow able to get the data 3g working for vodafone ind.
I too am struggling to find a solution to this.
Ive haventvyet flashed it. I came across a guy who said he will be able to get it working but somehow I havent yet been abke to follow up with him.
Guess we both are on the same boat.
Lets keep in touch and update if any of us finds a solution to this.
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You all can try to flash my port of ARHD 2.0 ROM, that can be found it this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2346365
It is fully GSM and as international as regular GSM-version of S4. CDMA can be turned on only on hidden test application. Everything else is working and was tested in different networks.
I too created a post seeking help in this regard but didn came across anything concrete yet.
Everyone out here believes it to be a world phone and some have even been using the gsm network in europe but its not working in india.
Ive failed to understand that how come its detecting signals with functioning data is not working on either voice or sms.
Tmobile and atnt gs4 guess have this service menu from where they can be network unlocked explicitly..but unfortunately I havent yet come any such thing for vzw gs4.
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ashroh said:
I too created a post seeking help in this regard but didn came across anything concrete yet.
Everyone out here believes it to be a world phone and some have even been using the gsm network in europe but its not working in india.
Ive failed to understand that how come its detecting signals with functioning data is not working on either voice or sms.
Tmobile and atnt gs4 guess have this service menu from where they can be network unlocked explicitly..but unfortunately I havent yet come any such thing for vzw gs4.
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Zer0r said:
You all can try to flash my port of ARHD 2.0 ROM, that can be found it this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2346365
It is fully GSM and as international as regular GSM-version of S4. CDMA can be turned on only on hidden test application. Everything else is working and was tested in different networks.
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I tried installing the ARHD 2.0 ROM but still the same issue persists. The phone picks up the signal for data but when tried selecting network manually or automatic using the GSM / UMTS option, it says disable data to search networks, when data is disabled, the phone shows available networks says phone registered to network but the status still says Emergency Calls Only. Also if tried dialing a phone it says no network available. There has to be something in the modem settings which can be tweaked through the service menu which will change the use of GSM for voice and data and not use CDMA.
phrozenwire said:
I tried installing the ARHD 2.0 ROM but still the same issue persists. The phone picks up the signal for data but when tried selecting network manually or automatic using the GSM / UMTS option, it says disable data to search networks, when data is disabled, the phone shows available networks says phone registered to network but the status still says Emergency Calls Only. Also if tried dialing a phone it says no network available. There has to be something in the modem settings which can be tweaked through the service menu which will change the use of GSM for voice and data and not use CDMA.
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Did you do a full wipe when flashing ROM? It is mandatory. You will lose all your data though. If there will be no changes after full wipe - then try to install this card into another phone and ckeck if voice calling is working.
Zer0r said:
Did you do a full wipe when flashing ROM? It is mandatory. You will lose all your data though. If there will be no changes after full wipe - then try to install this card into another phone and ckeck if voice calling is working.
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I did a full wipe. I have 2 Galaxy S4's and also an Optimus G. The card that I am using is my regular SIM card so its not an issue with the card for sure. The ROM was installed on both the phones and neither of them picked up the signal for voice and SMS.
phrozenwire said:
I did a full wipe. I have 2 Galaxy S4's and also an Optimus G. The card that I am using is my regular SIM card so its not an issue with the card for sure. The ROM was installed on both the phones and neither of them picked up the signal for voice and SMS.
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Ok. To go and chose type of radio-band you may install Battery Monitor Widget from Google Play (well, the main purpose of this app is different, but it is what comes first in my mind). Put it's widget on the desktop, open it and go for bottom right button, named Test. There you can first menu (Device Info) and there you will be able to change all variations of the radio bands and their combinations, available for i545. If non of the combinations will help - mosty probably your operator works on unsupported for this phone cellular format.
Zer0r said:
Did you do a full wipe when flashing ROM? It is mandatory. You will lose all your data though. If there will be no changes after full wipe - then try to install this card into another phone and ckeck if voice calling is working.
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Zer0r said:
Ok. To go and chose type of radio-band you may install Battery Monitor Widget from Google Play (well, the main purpose of this app is different, but it is what comes first in my mind). Put it's widget on the desktop, open it and go for bottom right button, named Test. There you can first menu (Device Info) and there you will be able to change all variations of the radio bands and their combinations, available for i545. If non of the combinations will help - mosty probably your operator works on unsupported for this phone cellular format.
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I have the Phone Info app which allows band select. Tried on all possible modes. Same issue persists. Strangely the Note 2 purchased from Verizon works flawlessly without any mods or changes. I am thinking of giving to some professional phone guy who may have code level flashing or modding tools to try and fiddle around with settings of the modem or the radio to pick up the signal here.
phrozenwire said:
I have the Phone Info app which allows band select. Tried on all possible modes. Same issue persists. Strangely the Note 2 purchased from Verizon works flawlessly without any mods or changes. I am thinking of giving to some professional phone guy who may have code level flashing or modding tools to try and fiddle around with settings of the modem or the radio to pick up the signal here.
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Hey phrozenwire, I am able to use both voice n sms now in my VZW GS4.
And I literally did nothing to make the voice n sms functional. I too had troubles for like 2 weeks and it didn work for me then.
I rooted the phone to add apn settings and the data got activated. But today morning when I woke up ... surprise surprise .. it began to work.. rcvd sms and calls and I was so happy. . Last I remember I switched on the power save mode and my cell fell down twice and guess it did the trick for me.
Thanks all for your help and comments.
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Hello Folks,
I was planning to by VZW S4 to use in India & by looking at all your comments it makes me not to buy. Any further updates after so much of discussion on this phone to make it work in India's cellular service. I see the last post was on July 2013 & now any further lucks/success in making this phone work over there in India??
Tx,
Naraynar
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Hello Folks,
I was planning to by VZW S4 to use in India & by looking at all your comments it makes me not to buy. Any further updates after so much of discussion on this phone to make it work in India's cellular service. I see the last post was on July 2013 & now any further lucks/success in making this phone work over there in India??
Tx,
Naraynar
Hello,
I recently put the GPe rom in my HTC One, and have had network problems related to my APN.
Could anyone who HAS an AT&T HTC One post their APN settings so I could fix this problem.
Thanks in advance!
What sort of problems?
danfogerty said:
I recently put the GPe rom in my HTC One, and have had network problems related to my APN.
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What sort of problems have you had?
I just put GPe on this morning, and I've had some problems too. I went to a place I usually have good coverage, but I had no *data* coverage. My wife had good coverage there, including data.
Trinition said:
What sort of problems have you had?
I just put GPe on this morning, and I've had some problems too. I went to a place I usually have good coverage, but I had no *data* coverage. My wife had good coverage there, including data.
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I am also having issues when installing apps from Play store - some will go through; some won't - error message "Package file is invalid"
This happens randomly; I cant even update Google Hangouts because of this - also can't install Lookout Security
Here's my APN settings, 100% stock att, unrooted and locked.
Bearer was unspecified
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fongz27 said:
I am also having issues when installing apps from Play store - some will go through; some won't - error message "Package file is invalid"
This happens randomly; I cant even update Google Hangouts because of this - also can't install Lookout Security
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I starting getting the "package file is invalid" error last night and I am unrooted stock.
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SIM unlock - NO signal
After putting in these settings I get no response from my TMobile HTC One. The signal bar is blank and it says emergency calls only. I got the sim from an ATT store. Currently running ARHD GE. Thanks a lot!
After updating to 41.0 m mobile data doesn't work. I reset the APN to default at&t but still can't use mobile data. Can someone please help? Thanks in advance.
Delete stock APN on HTC One M7 (AT&T)
Hello everyone.
Introduction. I have unlocked HTC One M7 (AT&T) with stock Jelly Bean 4.3 ROM + AT&T sim card with 3G data service (Not 4G/LTE).
As I have sim card specifically with 3G data it works only with APN settings on phones - wap.cingular. It doesn't work with others APN settings such as "phone" for LTE data service.
HTC One M7 AT&T version has pre-setted APN settings for LTE data service (APN: "phone").
Problem is when I try to enter new APN (wap.cingular) it says "This APN is not allowed on this device".
I rooted this phone and tried to find /system/etc/apns-conf.XML file as for One X but apns-conf.xml file doesn't exist in One M7, I searched entire root content on it. There other .xml files with wifi settings etc. Also tried to find similar files on other folders but with no luck.
Anybody knows what file on M7 contains this settings or how to remove restrictions for setting wap.cingular APN?
Thanks
aWisseh said:
After putting in these settings I get no response from my TMobile HTC One. The signal bar is blank and it says emergency calls only. I got the sim from an ATT store. Currently running ARHD GE. Thanks a lot!
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A T-mobile phone won't work on the ATT network even with the APN settings. The radio in the Tmo phone works on a different frequency.
And which was that for ?.. does this also maybe apply to the m8 and or m9 because the restrictions some are on them as well... GSM models are different though tmobile far as I know can be lifted if u get unlock code for them , I called tmobile and they told me and if I keep there service for at least 6 months they would provide me the unlock keys ?.. what!?. I was like this is ridiculous because I thought htc would provide the keys for this matter?....
I sim unlocked my htc m8 and am now using a tmobile sim card. 4G network, calls, sms everything works just fine. However, i am not able to send/receive mms. I called t-mobile for help, and they told me to change my apn setting, which i did. And that only fixed my problem with 4g data(i initially had problem with both 4g data and mms) No matter what i try for apn setting, MMS won't send.
My current apn setting is: apn:fast.t-mobile.com
mmsc: mms,msg,eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
mms protocal: wap2.0
mcc:310
ncm:260
apn type: default,supl,admin,dun,mms
everything else is not set. I really don't understand why would mms not work if both 4g data and individual sms works.
Anyone have an idea?
Did you figure out how to fix the mms yet?
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shaqqq said:
Did you figure out how to fix the mms yet?
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No, not yet.
I tired using different sms apps but none of them works. Hopefully the next update fixes it
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www1177a said:
No, not yet.
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Have you figured out it yet?
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Hangouts Works, Nothing else for me
www1177a said:
I sim unlocked my htc m8 and am now using a tmobile sim card. 4G network, calls, sms everything works just fine. However, i am not able to send/receive mms. I called t-mobile for help, and they told me to change my apn setting, which i did. And that only fixed my problem with 4g data(i initially had problem with both 4g data and mms) No matter what i try for apn setting, MMS won't send.
My current apn setting is: apn:fast.t-mobile.com
mmsc: mms,msg,eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
mms protocal: wap2.0
mcc:310
ncm:260
apn type: default,supl,admin,dun,mms
everything else is not set. I really don't understand why would mms not work if both 4g data and individual sms works.
Anyone have an idea?
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I have had the same issue. 4gLTE works just fine. I have ATT visual voicemail working. I just cant seem to get over the MMS issue.
I switched the hangouts today and that works just fine for sending and recieving MMS. What's weird is it also records what is being sent and recived into my HTC Messages app as well. However, when I disable hangouts and try to send MMS direct from HTC messages, no luck?
www1177a said:
I sim unlocked my htc m8 and am now using a tmobile sim card. 4G network, calls, sms everything works just fine. However, i am not able to send/receive mms. I called t-mobile for help, and they told me to change my apn setting, which i did. And that only fixed my problem with 4g data(i initially had problem with both 4g data and mms) No matter what i try for apn setting, MMS won't send.
My current apn setting is: apn:fast.t-mobile.com
mmsc: mms,msg,eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
mms protocal: wap2.0
mcc:310
ncm:260
apn type: default,supl,admin,dun,mms
everything else is not set. I really don't understand why would mms not work if both 4g data and individual sms works.
Anyone have an idea?
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Don't know if you got this but you need http:// in front of the mmsc field I think.
For AT&T HTC M8 Unlocked "T-Mobile User's" Only!
For those that might not have figured it out yet: Backup your current telephony.db file and Replace it.. Unzip and Copy the file attached to: data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases with ES File Manager (Any Root Browser Should Work) then Reboot and wait till you get Data, make sure you can browse the interweb and test sending a photo to yourself!
This was achieved on my Stock Rooted AT&T Unlocked HTC M8 on T-Mobile!
Backing up stuff is always Good! Recovery and a Good Root File Manager are your friends!
TheEndGame7 said:
For AT&T HTC M8 Unlocked "T-Mobile User's" Only!
For those that might not have figured it out yet: Backup your current telephony.db file and Replace it.. Unzip and Copy the file attached to: data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases with ES File Manager (Any Root Browser Should Work) then Reboot and wait till you get Data, make sure you can browse the interweb and test sending a photo to yourself!
This was achieved on my Stock Rooted AT&T Unlocked HTC M8 on T-Mobile!
Backing up stuff is always Good! Recovery and a Good Root File Manager are your friends!
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I tried exactly what you said same setup no results any advise?
outguerra said:
I tried exactly what you said same setup no results any advise?
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Try installing SQLite Editor, Navigate and find that same file in the directory I lead you to in my first post, click on the file, there you should see a bunch of APNs/Setting.. Delete them All! They might have to be deleted one by one.. Go back into your APN Settings on your phone and add the T-Mobile APNs and you should be good to go after a reboot! I don't have the M8 anymore but, I'll try helping as much as possible!
I have Tmobile service also, does LTE work on the ATT M8 with tmobile sim?
Does it have all the bands to run without any problems?
parth6512 said:
I have Tmobile service also, does LTE work on the ATT M8 with tmobile sim?
Does it have all the bands to run without any problems?
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Yes, it gets LTE once you setup the APNs correctly!
Hi I used ES file manager but I can't locate the folder u referenced I was at / but the only data folder is empty
madentaiwn said:
Hi I used ES file manager but I can't locate the folder u referenced I was at / but the only data folder is empty
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Are you rooted? Because you need to be to view or modify those files.
Also, in ES File Manager settings, you need to toggle "Root Explorer" to ON. Although, even with it OFF I believe you should still be able to view the files (just can't modify them). So I think your main problem is no root.
Well, I finally fixed my problem with not being able to send or receive MMS.
I have a AT&T M8 that recently switched over to T-Mobile. I decided to root, s-off, and changed over the developer edition ROM. I was even able to get OTA update after it was done.
I am ecstatic and exhausted after the process but seeing that I was able to get ride of that annoy AT&T boot up music was all worth it. :good::victory:
Now my follow up question is this. I now have a rooted phone with S-off. Should I worry more about security in the future? I typically only download from the Play store but I believe that there are a lot of junk out there as well. Should I lock my bootloader since I won't be doing anything like this the future?
All feedbacks are appreciated.
Please check your inbox. Thanks.
madentaiwn said:
Well, I finally fixed my problem with not being able to send or receive MMS.
I have a AT&T M8 that recently switched over to T-Mobile. I decided to root, s-off, and changed over the developer edition ROM. I was even able to get OTA update after it was done.
I am ecstatic and exhausted after the process but seeing that I was able to get ride of that annoy AT&T boot up music was all worth it. :good::victory:
Now my follow up question is this. I now have a rooted phone with S-off. Should I worry more about security in the future? I typically only download from the Play store but I believe that there are a lot of junk out there as well. Should I lock my bootloader since I won't be doing anything like this the future?
All feedbacks are appreciated.
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Extremely Curious to know how you solved the problem!
Hi,
I have an unlocked ATT M8 as you do. I'm in canada trying to get the darn mms working on the rogers canada network. No luck. Ive pondered de branding my phone and loading a WWE version on the cell, but I dont entirely know what I'm doing with that. Would you mind providing some direction, even if pointing me to relevant online posts that you used to learn how to do it correctly?
Appreciate any support.
Cole
PS. CONGRATS on getting mms running!
madentaiwn said:
Well, I finally fixed my problem with not being able to send or receive MMS.
I have a AT&T M8 that recently switched over to T-Mobile. I decided to root, s-off, and changed over the developer edition ROM. I was even able to get OTA update after it was done.
I am ecstatic and exhausted after the process but seeing that I was able to get ride of that annoy AT&T boot up music was all worth it. :good::victory:
Now my follow up question is this. I now have a rooted phone with S-off. Should I worry more about security in the future? I typically only download from the Play store but I believe that there are a lot of junk out there as well. Should I lock my bootloader since I won't be doing anything like this the future?
All feedbacks are appreciated.
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boardstark said:
Hi,
I have an unlocked ATT M8 as you do. I'm in canada trying to get the darn mms working on the rogers canada network. No luck. Ive pondered de branding my phone and loading a WWE version on the cell, but I dont entirely know what I'm doing with that. Would you mind providing some direction, even if pointing me to relevant online posts that you used to learn how to do it correctly?
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That person stated how they solved it. He flashed the Dev Ed ROM, which I believe natively supports both the AT&T and T-Mobile network. But this won't help you (Rogers).
Did you try the proper Rogers APN and still having MMS issues?
redpoint73 said:
That person stated how they solved it. He flashed the Dev Ed ROM, which I believe natively supports both the AT&T and T-Mobile network. But this won't help you (Rogers).
Did you try the proper Rogers APN and still having MMS issues?
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Thanks for the response. I have tried all the rogers apn settings, had a friend with an actual rogers m8 screen shot the settings with no success. Attempted adding mms specific apn settings as recommended by tier 2 rogers support. Again, no luck.
At this point I believe my only options are to try CM or see if there is a ruu toolkit that will work for rogers. To be honest, aside from one click root, im out of my depth.
boardstark said:
Thanks for the response. I have tried all the rogers apn settings, had a friend with an actual rogers m8 screen shot the settings with no success. Attempted adding mms specific apn settings as recommended by tier 2 rogers support. Again, no luck.
At this point I believe my only options are to try CM or see if there is a ruu toolkit that will work for rogers. To be honest, aside from one click root, im out of my depth.
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I'd still keep trying with the APNs. Make sure with the carrier which APN is associated with your account, as there may be several. AT&T for instance has some 3 or 4 different APNs.
Rogers doesn't have any RUUs for this phone, as far as I am aware I don't see how CM will help, unless the ROM specifically supports Rogers and will have the proper Rogers APN pre-configured (or other things like build.prop). You may have better luck trying to find the stock Rogers ROM, or have another member here upload it for you.
Hey everyone. I just bought an unlocked, unused (new) galaxy s4 I545 (Verizon) and it wont send out text msgs with my T-mobile sim card. I do receive (inbound) text; but no outbound text msgs. Calls and web surfing work fine.
I'm aware that this is very common problem when trying to go from Verizon to Tmobile with galaxy S4 phones, but i have not been able to find a straightforward solution to this exact issue. Has anyone been able to solve this? I did find this one thread that addressed this problem, but it's quite confusing --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/help/noob-s-stuck-oc1-lollipop-t3116732
thanks in advanced.
munox23 said:
Hey everyone. I just bought an unlocked, unused (new) galaxy s4 I545 (Verizon) and it wont send out text msgs with my T-mobile sim card. I do receive (inbound) text; but no outbound text msgs. Calls and web surfing work fine.
I'm aware that this is very common problem when trying to go from Verizon to Tmobile with galaxy S4 phones, but i have not been able to find a straightforward solution to this exact issue. Has anyone been able to solve this? I did find this one thread that addressed this problem, but it's quite confusing --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/help/noob-s-stuck-oc1-lollipop-t3116732
thanks in advanced.
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I have the same issue. Tried every thing that was suggested by T-Mobile and they say that the phone is broken. However, when I put a Verizon SIM card in it, it works fine.
Try this thread...
This thread may be of some help. It looks like this guy has gotten T-Mobile service to work on his SCH-I545 Verizon variant
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2506909
Quigly said:
This thread may be of some help. It looks like this guy has gotten T-Mobile service to work on his SCH-I545 Verizon variant
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2506909
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I tried changing all the APN settings. These are the same ones T-mobile had me switch. There is another post where the user discovered his SMS/MMS works when on 3g, but not 4g. The workaround was to Root and then change a setting to use only 3G. My problem is that I cannot get Kingroot or any other app to root my phone. They all fail.
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I tried changing all the APN settings. These are the same ones T-mobile had me switch. There is another post where the user discovered his SMS/MMS works when on 3g, but not 4g. The workaround was to Root and then change a setting to use only 3G. My problem is that I cannot get Kingroot or any other app to root my phone. They all fail.
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What build are you running?
F1
I was able to root my I545 yesterday after months in limbo........ I used Kingroot (not Kingoroot). I tried it 7 times from the phone, and it failed.... then as recommended by many users, I scrolled to the bottom of the kingroot page on phone (after root failed). It said I should use the desktop to root it. Soooooo I set Google translate to "English" and loaded KR (Kingroot) on my desktop.... It WOULD NOT open Kingroot. So (on my desktop) I opened KR WITHOUT english translation. and it was running (on my desktop). Once it was opened, everything was in Chinese (of course). BUT.... it has screenshots that walk you through it (although in Chinese). I attempted to root the phone (by using screenshots only, since I do not know Chinese), and it rooted it first time My advice, use Kingroot as described using your DESKTOP computer and cable. That should do it
NOW my problem, is I have to flash my VZW S4 (OC1 lollipop), to a t-mobile rom...... so I can have wifi calling with my dedicated number Of topic:..... if anyone can do some Q&A with me on that topic I would be appreciate it GREATLY.
Hope that helps ya
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BTW.... I have the same issue with my text messages (no outbound sms) when I am on 4G. There is a write up on the forums on how to possibly remedy that, but I get hit with.... "MD5 has to many hashes" and I cant go any further... Im still trying to figure out what the hell MD5 is.
ATTENTION to MODS, and OP's:
I am seeing more and more people (like me) whom are coming to XDA because they have a Verizon S4 (whether its kit kat, or Lollipop), and they are using a T mobile sim. I have made an assimilation though.... These people that are coming to XDA have little, to NO root, rom, kernel, experience what so ever (just like me as well). IWe are looking for a fix (I myself want to flash my phone to a T-mobile rom, activate wifi calling, and be able to send/recieve sms continually). Is there anything that anyone could write to address JUST 2 things......... (1 how to get a Verizon S4 with kit kat, and with lollipop to have a t-mobile rom, 2) If somone elects to leave the phone a Verizon phone, a step by step (tailored for noobs like me and many many others) process for fixing the sms issues from having a T-mobile sim... The write up for the second request thats out there is okay, BUT the common problem is a "MD5" issue when you try to download hiddenmenu.apk. Without being able to download the "hiddenmenu" to our phone, we can't even get to step 2 of the "fixing sms issues"...
Please OP's, and mods........ remember in this tense world we live in, remember one thing......... "NOOB LIVES MATTER!"...... C'mon noobs, say it with me! :good:
I don't think the ROM matters. As long as it's a Verizon variant of the phone you won't be able to flash T-Mobile ROM's. This issue is most likely an APN setting issue. Did you ever try flashing the stock OC1 build for the VZW GS4?
I have the OTA lollipop update.... it came in two parts. The apn settings are set per tmobile . I can send sms however only when it switches to 3g. The problem is, on lollipop, you cant toggle between 4g and 3g like kit kat would allow. So its hit and miss (much more miss than hit...lol). From the sounds of it, the radio mhz are different between vzw and tmobile regarding 4g. The other dilemma i have is that i live in the mountains of oregon so i am 3 miles outside the network.... therefore i need wifi calling. I have a google voice number, but i need my assigned phone number for work purposes.
If what you say is true regarding a rom specific for vzw, i guess i need a vzw based custom rom, that will allow me wifi calling, and also fix my sms 4g issue...
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Speaking of the 3g and 4g thing...... since i have rooted my phone (via kingroot), and installed supersu, am i able to turn off 4g? And if so, how do i do that?
No, you need a T-Mobile ROM that has wifi calling enabled. But like I said this is probably more an APN setting issue than any.
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This ^^^ is a link to the manual if you think you can find something useful in there. I've used like 20 apps that all claim they can Toggle LTE data but I've yet to find one the doesn't just bring me right back to the settings of the phone. I've heard rumors about an app that's $1 on the play store that can do it for the GS4 but I can't confirm that. It seems as though you need some special settings provided by the service provider in the ROM that allows for such changes. I might recommend looking into whether you can flash a T-Mobile ROM to the VZW variant.
http://images10.newegg.com/UploadFi...052213_F4_Rev_FINAL_Rev1_Web1403840347272.pdf
Thanks for the link for the manual. I just checked the APN settings, and they are where they need to be. There are only two different settings/entries that i have found for mmsc, and both leave me with this problem. I have researched, and can find a fix for it if i had jelly bean, or kit kat..... but i have lollipop
I am searching to see if this vzw phone will take a tmobile rom (or a variant). If it will, than i might be in business. Does anybody know if i can roll this back to kit kat, or jellybean since i am now rooted?
Unfortunately once the GS4 is on the 5.0 build the phone's bootloader does not support downgrading-I've tried. I, like you, have a the lollipop build (OC1) on my S4 and I really wish I had not taking that update. Lost story short it was an accident I shan't repeat.
finally got it working
I also ran into a wall after taking my wife s4 i545 from Verizon to T mobile. I finally got everything working. the phone is on OF1 so there's a lot of things you need to do they are all here but scattered and very hard to find. you need to root with wondershare mobilego. then you have to odin flash an OC1 kernel then change the settings to the T mobile settings then get this app called Advance signal status and change the defaul text message number from the verizon to the t mobile number and the mobile networks there too(you want GSM auto). after all that you'll be on 3g or H+ for your data but its not too bad and everything else works great including text. total time about 1 hour but just putting things together is where your time goes. hope it helps
Note if your T-Mobile SIM used to be in an iPhone
I was having crazy trouble getting my SMS and MMS working with a stock Verizon Samsung S4 (SICH-545) ROM. I believe most of the problems I had were due to the fact that I was previously using an iPhone4 as my T-Mobile device. After searching through the internet and finding the proper settings for T-Mobile APN, I was able to quickly get phone calls and 4G data working. However, there were some things that took a while to get working. Initially, I could receive SMS, but not send SMS, nor send/receive MMS. It's now working and here's what needed to be done:
Remove the phone from iMessage (allowed sending of SMS)
Remove the phone from iCloud (allowed sending/receipt of MMS)
Lastly, to ensure you get Voicemail access, change the Voicemail number in your Settings. To get directly to VoiceMail with T-Mobile, dial '123'. There's a different number for accessing from a different phone, but this works directly from your T-Mo phone.
I did not get a chance to read all of the responses on this thread, however, I can probably help resolve if the answer is not already embedded in this thread.
I have successfully rooted a Verizon SCH-I545 with stock Verizon ROM and got SMS/MMS to work. Unfortunately, I have only been successful through locking out LTE. If you want more detail please IM me. Otherwise, here is a quick overview:
1. Root SCH-I545 (There are a handful of methods but Wondershare MobileGO seems to do it for me.)
2. Update APN’s to T-Mobile (fast.tmobile.com)
3. Download Advanced Signal Status. Change Data Signal to lock GSM/CDMA (PRL)
4. Reboot and Enjoy
Worked on several handsets I have flashed.
NOTE: A simpler method would be to flash ALBE95_S6 using Flash Fire then there is no need to deal with locking your data signal through Advanced Signal Status, just use the default Network Settings within the ROM.
Hope this helps.
That doesn't work for me. I can't access Additional Info, AND even when I could, DATA would disconnect... so I'd have calls and texts.. but no data.
DMiller92 said:
That doesn't work for me. I can't access Additional Info, AND even when I could, DATA would disconnect... so I'd have calls and texts.. but no data.
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Change the smsc number to +12063130004 and the network mode to gsm (auto) using advanced network status app. You'll need root and the latest supersu binary
worked but now i cannot even toggle wifi
has anyone figured this out yet? driving me crazy not able to reply to texts.
complete noob so please be kind and go s l o w so I can understand
Thanks
shel2u said:
has anyone figured this out yet? driving me crazy not able to reply to texts.
complete noob so please be kind and go s l o w so I can understand
Thanks
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I did the same, flashfire albe s6, rooted, busybox, apn change, advanced settings gsm/umts, lost wifi too, but....
I was able to fix it. There is a wifi fix in one of the earlier posts: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/general/gogolies-wifi-fixes-t3099951 forgot which one I used. but it all works now (on tmobile that is)
Oh, in case you went and downloaded the latest ota from verizon (f*** you very much), like I did, lol, there's a wifi fix for the OC1 bootloader too, for us flashfire people: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952597069
here's the directions, nice and slow
root the phone, I used kingroot, then converted to supersu, then install busybox
then install safestrap, if you can (your bootloader is older than and not including OC1) or (if you went OC1 or newer), then install flashfire, like I did. Only thing is, if you muff something up and only have flashfire and not "real" recovery, other than the stock one, it gets kinda stick fixing it, (you have to odin in the verizon stock full image of OC1 and start over, I think, I forgot).
then I installed albes s6 rom, I think its in the unified or maybe att s4 section. its easy to find. Its prerooted, so I just updated busybox and then re-installed flashfire. when you install albes make sure you do a full wipe and flash the oc1 bootloader after the albe rom, in flashfire, that's the only way it'll boot.
ok, so you got albes, now you need to change the apn. I use idoneapp gt 3.8. The guy doesnt give it away for free anymore, and I don't blame him, I was just lucky enough to grab 3.5 (which you need to install 3.8) and 3.8 before he decided to charge for it. Its for the sprint s4, but it allows you to do alot of stuff, even on the verizon variety (lol). You can change the apn, allow wifi tethering, get into the advanced menu to change the radios (gsm, cdma, wcdma, lte, etc) (or you can dial *#*#4636#*#* - sometimes doesnt work though. There are other apps on the playstore to change the apn too, so change it after you do all that other stuff. make sure you have the mmsc and everything else correct for tmobile. I have mine set on lte, gsm, cdma, which seems to work for everything, voice, data, mms. Anyway, good luck and have fun! If it doesn't work, oh well, I bought mine for $13. I also have 3 other s4s, a sprint l720t, the cricket one, and the 970 us cellular. I cant get the cricket or the us cellular to take the tmobile sim, even though I flashed the radios to gsm and the roms to tmobile (pain in the a**), but I think those, although they do have the radios, don't have something else hardware wise to allow gsm, since they are both exclusively cdma. I found the sprint one, paid $10 for the cricket, and $22 for the us cellular (it was brand new though). I get lucky on ebay, people think their phones don't work and they do. I've take all of them apart many times, and most times they just need the usb,mic ribbon cable, which I can get on ebay for $1.89 (there's 2 versions though). Late
I recently purchased a refurbished phone Samsung Galaxy S21 5G. I just got it yesterday, and found that I am not able to use my mobile network. The sale said it is factory unlocked, and according to the descriptions, it should work just fine with my US Mobile SuperLTE network as well. When I switched on the phone, I see Verizon on the screen and so, I assume that it was locked to Verizon in the past.
When I tried to change the network settings, specifically the APN settings, I get the message "Access Point Name settings are not available for this user." The three dots on the top with reset to default is also greyed out along with Network mode in the previous page. When I click Network Operators and try to connect to the network manually, I am only able to connect to Verizon Wireless and no other. But, calling and messaging seems to work fine. Is it that the unlock process has not been completed properly? Did any of you face the same problem before? It would be great if there is something that I could do to unblock the APN settings as the rest of the phone works really well. The specific model is SM-G991U.
Thanks!
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I recently purchased a refurbished phone Samsung Galaxy S21 5G. I just got it yesterday, and found that I am not able to use my mobile network. The sale said it is factory unlocked, and according to the descriptions, it should work just fine with my US Mobile SuperLTE network as well. When I switched on the phone, I see Verizon on the screen and so, I assume that it was locked to Verizon in the past.
When I tried to change the network settings, specifically the APN settings, I get the message "Access Point Name settings are not available for this user." The three dots on the top with reset to default is also greyed out along with Network mode in the previous page. When I click Network Operators and try to connect to the network manually, I am only able to connect to Verizon Wireless and no other. But, calling and messaging seems to work fine. Is it that the unlock process has not been completed properly? Did any of you face the same problem before? It would be great if there is something that I could do to unblock the APN settings as the rest of the phone works really well. The specific model is SM-G991U.
Thanks!
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So, you need to go into the settings menu and find about phone, software info. What you want to find is the CSC information.
It will basically look something like this: XAA / XAA-XAA / XAA (or some other letters like VZW or ATT or TMB etc etc.
What taht will tell you is very helpful in determining what rom the phone is running and what kind of device it was originally. Find that in your device and post it and people will help you to figure out what it means.
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So, you need to go into the settings menu and find about phone, software info. What you want to find is the CSC information.
It will basically look something like this: XAA / XAA-XAA / XAA (or some other letters like VZW or ATT or TMB etc etc.
What taht will tell you is very helpful in determining what rom the phone is running and what kind of device it was originally. Find that in your device and post it and people will help you to figure out what it means.
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Thank you so much for your reply. I looked through the software section in the about section. I found the following codes about the rom.
Aisp said:
Thank you so much for your reply. I looked through the software section in the about section. I found the following codes about the rom.
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So the csc info is complicated, I'm no expert on it. But it does look like the OYN indicates it's a multi csc rom. It does have XAA as a part of the code, and that indicates it's 'open' for that specific part. But all the others are VZW. So it's running a vzw rom, obviously.
Your sim US Mobile uses both verizon and t-mobile networks. So it working for calls and texts makes sense, as a vzw phone. You could use patched Odin and flash a different (open) rom, but first you should verify that the device really is unlocked from vzw.
Best way to do that would probably be to insert another carriers sim card and see if it can make calls / texts. If not, it's not unlocked. But are you saying everything works now except mobile data? IOW, no internet access?
I had an international sim card at hand and I put it in. Interestingly the APN settings are no longer blocked. But, I do get a notification from setup wizard saying the inserted sim is not from Verizon and some services may not be available. But, messaging still seemed to work and I was also receiving 4G.
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I had an international sim card at hand and I put it in. Interestingly the APN settings are no longer blocked. But, I do get a notification from setup wizard saying the inserted sim is not from Verizon and some services may not be available. But, messaging still seemed to work and I was also receiving 4G.
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Oh then yer okay. That message from verizon can be gotten rid of a couple of ways; 1) use adb commands to disable the specific packages 2) use patched Odin and flash a different rom
VZW is the only rom I think that does that, and it's very annoying. I don't remember exactly which packages have to be disabled, but search google and use xda and vzw in keywords and u should find it.
The 2nd option would be my choice. It would do away with vzw crap and with an open rom you may find volte and vowifi will work also.
cheers
Thank you so much for your reply. That sounds great! To just give it a try, I tried putting in a TMobile sim and phone restarted to install software for TMobile. After that the APN settings were unlocked and now I am also able to connect to the internet using my US Moblile sim. The only problem is the the network mode is greyed out.
This rom I think only recognizes network from major telecom providers. So, just flashing with an unlocked rom would just help to unlock all the features and also remove telecom specific crap. I will try to flash it today.
Thank you again!
I also just flashed the stock firmware which is fully unlocked. And there is no bloatware from telecom OEM's. I am now able to use the network and set the APN's, but the Network Mode is still greyed out. Is it possible to know why? I am guessing that if the phone is fully unlocked, I should be able to change the Network Mode. Is there any other info that I can give you to help understand what is happening? I do not see vowifi as well.