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I have an unlocked 998. Tried activating it with Sprint but they aren't playing ball. Went to Tmobile and tried itout for a week. I noticed my speeds werent that great, but it was showing 4G. I went into the hidden menu and played aroind with settings but nothing changed.
I had purchased another V30 for my wife but wanted to get everything setup eith mine first. I ported our numers to MintSIM (Tmobile MVNO) and still had speeds around 6Mbps. I popped in my wife's SIM and it showed the small LTE icon and she had speeds of 20 Mbps (this is MintSIM's cap).
Ive done several data and factory resets. Any ideas on a fix before i send this back?
jjchdc said:
I have an unlocked 998. Tried activating it with Sprint but they aren't playing ball. Went to Tmobile and tried itout for a week. I noticed my speeds werent that great, but it was showing 4G. I went into the hidden menu and played aroind with settings but nothing changed.
I had purchased another V30 for my wife but wanted to get everything setup eith mine first. I ported our numers to MintSIM (Tmobile MVNO) and still had speeds around 6Mbps. I popped in my wife's SIM and it showed the small LTE icon and she had speeds of 20 Mbps (this is MintSIM's cap).
Ive done several data and factory resets. Any ideas on a fix before i send this back?
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You would have to check APN settings and Network mode, Perhaps hidden menu too in order to enable certain bands.
GUGUITOMTG4 said:
You would have to check APN settings and Network mode, Perhaps hidden menu too in order to enable certain bands.
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But he has the US998. Don't go messing with bands in the hidden menu (before root) with that one.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3719219
On the US998 hidden menu, whatever band you choose you're stuck on, until you choose another.
Besides the general US998 hidden menu thread above, there's also a specific trouble thread about this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3704146
Sent from my carrier unlocked LG V30 US998
jjchdc said:
I have an unlocked 998. Tried activating it with Sprint but they aren't playing ball. Went to Tmobile and tried itout for a week. I noticed my speeds werent that great, but it was showing 4G. I went into the hidden menu and played aroind with settings but nothing changed.
I had purchased another V30 for my wife but wanted to get everything setup eith mine first. I ported our numers to MintSIM (Tmobile MVNO) and still had speeds around 6Mbps. I popped in my wife's SIM and it showed the small LTE icon and she had speeds of 20 Mbps (this is MintSIM's cap).
Ive done several data and factory resets. Any ideas on a fix before i send this back?
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So you have 2 998s and both are on mint Sim network? One connects to LTE no problem but the other doesn't? I'd pull up the APN settings screen and see what is different between the two.
Sent from my LG-H932 using Tapatalk
ChazzMatt said:
But he has the US998. Don't go messing with bands in the hidden menu (before root) with that one.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3719219
On the US998 hidden menu, whatever band you choose you're stuck on, until you choose another.
Besides the general US998 hidden menu thread above, there's also a specific trouble thread about this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3704146
Sent from my carrier unlocked LG V30 US998
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Thanks for replying. I sent it in for exchange and will avoid the hidden menu at all cost.
So my lg v30 will connect to LTE on extremely rare cases, any other time it will not. I've been monitoring signal and events through Network Guru. According to it my LTE has a problem attaching. Whatever it is that means. So when it does connect to LTE and I move out of range of one tower, I get Tracking Area Update Failure. What could be causing this? How can I fix it. I've set the APN to the best of my ability, but currently I get message APN settings not available for this user. I can still add an APN and save it, but I have no idea if it actually saves cause I can't view the list of APNs. However even before this APN message I had these problems and I knew for a fact the APN was correct. Any help is appreciated!
What variant do you have
What firmware are you on
What carrier are you using
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What variant do you have
What firmware are you on
What carrier are you using
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At&t
I am on lineage is
I am using google fi, but since is not fully fi featured its basicay T-Mobile
DTexUS said:
At&t
I am on lineage is
I am using google fi, but since is not fully fi featured its basicay T-Mobile
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So you have H931 converted to US998 and then with Lineage custom ROM installed.
But you are limited to T-Mobile coverage.
Do you live in good T-Mobile area? For instance my mother doesn't. There's no T-Mobile towers near her.
If you are in a good T-Mobile area, you have two options:
1) Ask in Lineage custom ROM thread how to edit/create APN.
2) For test purposes, sign up for cheap T-Mobile MVNO like Mint to see if you get better "T-Mobile" LTE signal. You're only using T-Mobile anyway... First sign up and get "new" phone number just to get a Mint SIM card for test purposes. If you like it, then port your real phone number over and let the "test" phone account die (it's prepaid, so not much money).
Or any T-MOBILE MVNO which allows you to "Bring Your Own Phone".
ChazzMatt said:
What variant do you have
What firmware are you on
What carrier are you using
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ChazzMatt said:
So you have H931 converted to US998 and then with Lineage custom ROM installed.
But you are limited to T-Mobile coverage.
Do you live in good T-Mobile area? For instance my mother doesn't. There's no T-Mobile towers near her.
If you are in a good T-Mobile area, you have two options:
1) Ask in Lineage custom ROM thread how to edit/create APN.
2) For test purposes, sign up for cheap T-Mobile MVNO like Mint to see if you get better "T-Mobile" LTE signal. You're only using T-Mobile anyway... First sign up and get "new" phone number just to get a Mint SIM card for test purposes. If you like it, then port you real phone number over.
Or any T-MOBILE MVNO which allows you to "Bring Your Own Phone".
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I have tried many different carriers, all the same no LTE but gsm/edge works fine. Today I got to my jobs workshop and LTE started working, but as soon as I got into the town I was working in I lost it, LTE attach failure, or Tracking update failure. I'll see what I can do on the APN side of things. But do you have any information as to why it could get LTE sometimes and then other times the LTE attach failure comes up? At this point I'm likely just gonna get a fi compatible phone (Edit: one that has the auto network switching, the v30 is supported just will only work on T-Mobile towers), but just for learning's sake I'd love to figure this out. I looked at the coverage map for T-Mobile and I appear to be in a good area, and both the shop and the town mentioned above seem to be as well. Its almost as if the phone struggles to switch between towers. (I'm no service expert)
Hey guys,
After using my V30 for a few days I realized I couldn't make or receive calls. This is weird because everything else works. The carrier is cricket.
I suspect a VoLTE configuration issue, but I don't know enough to dig into that.
Here's everything I know:
Old phone works with same SIM
SMS, MMS, and LTE data all work on V30
when placing calls, phone just says "calling" for 15-30s before showing "call ended"
when receiving calls, caller hears ring before going to voicemail
phone is new H931 frankensteined to US99820b/20h (have tried both)
Have tried reboot/reset several times
Cricket support was not much help and I don't have high hopes for LG support. Anyone experience a similar issue with their V30 or know enough about the secret menu to troubleshoot?
Thanks
I have had the US998 for 9 months and have had similar issues. I also have Cricket and for the first month, before I even rooted it, I had great service with the phone. Then I unlocked the bootloader and rooted it... Ever since I've had poor reception with the phone almost anywhere, especially when indoors. I have fine 4G internet speeds but have to go outside to make any phone call. I'm currently on rooted stock Pie through TWRP zip but I've tried countless Oreo roms, stock included, but the same problem has been with the phone for the past 7 months. I've tried every APN setting there is but keep in on global normally. Is it possible that we've messed up our modem partition? I'd think Cricket would use the same LTE bands as AT&T but I could be wrong.
johnnokomis said:
I have had the US998 for 9 months and have had similar issues. I also have Cricket and for the first month, before I even rooted it, I had great service with the phone. Then I unlocked the bootloader and rooted it... Ever since I've had poor reception with the phone almost anywhere, especially when indoors. I have fine 4G internet speeds but have to go outside to make any phone call. I'm currently on rooted stock Pie through TWRP zip but I've tried countless Oreo roms, stock included, but the same problem has been with the phone for the past 7 months. I've tried every APN setting there is but keep in on global normally. Is it possible that we've messed up our modem partition? I'd think Cricket would use the same LTE bands as AT&T but I could be wrong.
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I have no problems with AT&T signal on my rooted US998 V30+.
No, you haven't messed up your modem partition.
I have AT&T Prepaid. The only difference between that and Cricket is I have actual AT&T data servers (vs Cricket data servers) and my speeds are not capped. You're never going to see the speeds I have, because AT&T caps Cricket at 8mbps.
Why are you using "Global"? You should be using settings similar below: GSM/HSPA (sometimes called WCMDA)/LTE. Don't confuse "WCDMA" with "CDMA". They are totally different. WCDMA is HSPA, if you don't see HSPA in your settings.
GinR said:
Hey guys,
After using my V30 for a few days I realized I couldn't make or receive calls. This is weird because everything else works. The carrier is cricket.
I suspect a VoLTE configuration issue, but I don't know enough to dig into that.
Here's everything I know:
Old phone works with same SIM
SMS, MMS, and LTE data all work on V30
when placing calls, phone just says "calling" for 15-30s before showing "call ended"
when receiving calls, caller hears ring before going to voicemail
phone is new H931 frankensteined to US99820b/20h (have tried both)
Have tried reboot/reset several times
Cricket support was not much help and I don't have high hopes for LG support. Anyone experience a similar issue with their V30 or know enough about the secret menu to troubleshoot?
Thanks
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1) Check your APN. Make sure it's set to what you need for Cricket. Google Cricket APN.
2) You are not currently using AT&T firmware, so you will not have VoLTE. You need to turn VoLTE off in the settings if you see it. AT&T only allows certain phones on Cricket to use VoLTE -- and you currently have "US998", not H931.
If you see VOLTE setting turn it off, see if your phone calls can be made? Trying to use the VoLTE setting when you aren't allowed VoLTE will cause phone calls to fail.
If you bootloader unlock your phone and re-flash the AT&T H931 TWRP flashable zip, it's possible you get VoLTE IF Cricket is allowed VoLTE on H931 phones. Many AT&T postpaid customers are using rooted, bootloader unlocked H931 phones and have VoLTE because they flash to the H931 TWRP flashable zip.
What was your previous phone? Just saying your "old phone" tells us nothing whatsoever. Was it AT&T branded?
Are you sure you had VoLTE on your old phone with Cricket? Or you just assume you did? If it was an iPhone, then it's possible you had VoLTE on Cricket. If it wasn't, then you may just be assuming you did. I'm not current with the phones which have VoLTE with Cricket, I just know it has been very few.
Because AT&T keeps VoLTE as a premium feature -- although they have been giving it to more phones recently. But still usually with AT&T branded phones (which my US998 V30+ is not). I do not have VoLTE on AT&T Prepaid with my US998 -- and I couldn't care less.
You don't actually need VoLTE. When you make a phone call your phone can drop down temporarily to HSPA while you have the phone call and you will still have data. When the phone call finishes your phone will then return to LTE.
I have AT&T Prepaid, as does my wife and my mother -- and all our US998 V30/V30+ phones do exactly that. We do not have VoLTE and don't care.
See screenshot. If you find this setting, turn off VoLTE see if you can make/receive phone calls until you can flash the H931 TWRP flashable zip. But also find out if AT&T H931 can use VoLTE on Cricket.
LG V30 AT&T H931-20Q ROM
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/development/lg-v30-att-h931-20f-rom-t3872926
Thanks for the detailed response.
My previous Cricket LG M327 definitely has VoLTE on Cricket per this list:
cricketwireless[dot]com/support/great-big-network/compatible-phones.html
There's also a settings option for it, and I can tell the difference between calls with/without.
If AT&T considers it a premium feature, you're probably right that it's limited to branded phones.
On my V30 I don't see an option for VoLTE in the option menu. I also don't have nearly as many options for mobile network mode as you do.
I will try flashing H931 to see if that changes anything.
GinR said:
Thanks for the detailed response.
My previous Cricket LG M327 definitely has VoLTE on Cricket per this list:
cricketwireless[dot]com/support/great-big-network/compatible-phones.html
There's also a settings option for it, and I can tell the difference between calls with/without.
If AT&T considers it a premium feature, you're probably right that it's limited to branded phones.
On my V30 I don't see an option for VoLTE in the option menu. I also don't have nearly as many options for mobile network mode as you do.
I will try flashing H931 to see if that changes anything.
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Check your APN also?
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Check your APN also?
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I did check that. All correct.
I went to try it this morning and suddenly it worked on US99820b. I refurbished to 20h which is the version I want and switched to LTE/GSM network mode and it works.
Thanks for your help.
It worked for a day or so, then stopped working again. I think the issue is that Cricket is trying to provision the phone for VoLTE, but then their backend won't actually allow this IMEI to make VoLTE calls. I obtained an active SIM on another carrier and confirmed that the handset can make/receive both VoLTE and non-VoLTE calls.
Do any of you guys know how to disable VoLTE via adb/hidden menus? There is no option in the normal Settings menu with the cricket sim installed. My other option is to switch carriers.
So I finally unlocked my LG V30+ on sprint, (LS998)
I'm curious about anyone who has UICC unlocked the phone on a sprint network, then switched over to tmo, cricket, vz, simple mobile, metro or some other company:
-Did everything work ok, data and voice?
-Did you have any issues? if so what where they
-other than popping the sprint sim out and the other sim in, did you have to do anything else to get it to work, ie: new apn?
I ask because doing a Google search and landing on sprint forums it seems that some have switched to tmo and had issues..... Most common ones seem to be either they have data and no voice, or they have voice but no data.
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So I finally unlocked my LG V30+ on sprint, (LS998)
I'm curious about anyone who has UICC unlocked the phone on a sprint network, then switched over to tmo, cricket, vz, simple mobile, metro or some other company:
-Did everything work ok, data and voice?
-Did you have any issues? if so what where they
-other than popping the sprint sim out and the other sim in, did you have to do anything else to get it to work, ie: new apn?
I ask because doing a Google search and landing on sprint forums it seems that some have switched to tmo and had issues..... Most common ones seem to be either they have data and no voice, or they have voice but no data.
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Well I didn't uicc unlock but I did flash us998 kdz on my ls998 and it sim unlocked it fine. I was using it on T-Mobile.
Everything worked as intended, volte and calls over WiFi worked fine. No issues at all. The only thing this phone needs is proper Android 10 support. WiFi on Android 10 for the v30 is a hit and miss. There are fixes available but that was too much of a hassle for me personally. Went back to stock.
easyrider77 said:
So I finally unlocked my LG V30+ on sprint, (LS998)
I'm curious about anyone who has UICC unlocked the phone on a sprint network, then switched over to tmo, cricket, vz, simple mobile, metro or some other company:
-Did everything work ok, data and voice?
-Did you have any issues? if so what where they
-other than popping the sprint sim out and the other sim in, did you have to do anything else to get it to work, ie: new apn?
I ask because doing a Google search and landing on sprint forums it seems that some have switched to tmo and had issues..... Most common ones seem to be either they have data and no voice, or they have voice but no data.
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That's because the Sprint firmware does not have all the bands necessary for other carriers. It's still a Sprint phone. Whereas if you convert it to US998 it would be more compatible with other carriers. Like stated above, on T-Mobile you get VoLTE, Wi-Fi calling, etc. Or use the "US998" on AT&T. Once converted it takes on the bands/modems of the firmware you are converting to.
I know you've already carrier unlocked your phone, but the easiest, most common way to carrier unlock LS998 is to convert to Open Market US998 or some North American carrier unlocked firmware. Which also gives you the advantage of better LTE bands. See attached screenshots.
No one who is not a Sprint customer leaves LS998 on Sprint firmware. At least people who have access to information on XDA. See Frankenstein instructions.
Like the other said.... make it a US998 phone and you can go wherever you want. I had my converted US998, which I then converted to VS996. This was used on Verizon and now on TotalWireless with no issues. I'm thinking of going back to US998 since I don't have to have VZ stuff on it anymore.
Make the jump and you'll be happy. US998 is a great place to be (except on VZ, where VS996 makes sense).
Yeah, if I end up switching carriers, I'll be kdz flashing the us988.
I left a lengthy thread on going back to sprint via the ls988 and frankenstien way, but I was wondering since you have to be rooted and bl unlocked, the phone won't register correctly back on sprint if the bl is unlocked, so in that case what do you do?
If it's not possible to do, then it's pretty much once you leave sprint it's a done deal, no going back.
Here is the thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/how-to/simple-question-us988-to-lg988-t4096609
Read the thread. Believe ChazzMatt's statements, as he is the expert on this phone and process. In the very thread you quoted, he says:
"Lots of Sprint people who have temporarily converted to US998, unlocked bootoader, then flash back to Sprint firmware -- keeping TWRP and root. One of our main DEVs is a Sprint customer. So your worries are totally baseless.
Why do you think we have TWRP flashable zips Sprint firmware to flash back to, if the phone couldn't be used?"
Bottom line, you'll be fine. The trick is you need to be already activated on Sprint. Verizon does the same BS... they won't let you activate on a non-VZ phone just because they're idiots. There is no reason not to do this, as you certainly can work with these phones. As I (and many others) have proven time and time again. I'm guessing Sprint may do the same thing...
easyrider77 said:
So I finally unlocked my LG V30+ on sprint, (LS998)
I'm curious about anyone who has UICC unlocked the phone on a sprint network, then switched over to tmo, cricket, vz, simple mobile, metro or some other company:
-Did everything work ok, data and voice?
-Did you have any issues? if so what where they
-other than popping the sprint sim out and the other sim in, did you have to do anything else to get it to work, ie: new apn?
I ask because doing a Google search and landing on sprint forums it seems that some have switched to tmo and had issues..... Most common ones seem to be either they have data and no voice, or they have voice but no data.
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I just purchased a Lg V30 H932 64GB (T-Mobile + GSM Unlocked) off ebay a few days ago. I put my At&T sim in it and set my APN settings to AT&T's (NXTGENPHONE) which is what I had on my old phone (LG K20 Metro unlocked).
I can call, text, and get online but the mobile hotspot isn't working. It allows other devices to connect but says " NO INTERNET".
Its very frustrating because I rely on my hotspot to use my pc and other devices. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I just purchased a Lg V30 H932 64GB (T-Mobile + GSM Unlocked) off ebay a few days ago. I put my At&T sim in it and set my APN settings to AT&T's (NXTGENPHONE) which is what I had on my old phone (LG K20 Metro unlocked).
I can call, text, and get online but the mobile hotspot isn't working. It allows other devices to connect but says " NO INTERNET".
Its very frustrating because I rely on my hotspot to use my pc and other devices. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Probably should have bought Open Market US998. Easily root and use hotspot.
Maybe if you root the T-Mobile H932 you can get hotspot working, but T-Mobile H932 is more difficult to root than the other variants. You also can NOT cross flash T-Mobile H932 to any other variant.
See post #1:
ROOT YOUR V30!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/how-to/root-v30-t3927154
ncromer31 said:
I just purchased a Lg V30 H932 64GB (T-Mobile + GSM Unlocked) off ebay a few days ago. I put my At&T sim in it and set my APN settings to AT&T's (NXTGENPHONE) which is what I had on my old phone (LG K20 Metro unlocked).
I can call, text, and get online but the mobile hotspot isn't working. It allows other devices to connect but says " NO INTERNET".
Its very frustrating because I rely on my hotspot to use my pc and other devices. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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It is true that H932 is the most locked down V30 model, and not one to recommend, except for users who need LTE band 71 (which only this model supports).
BUT I had no problems using HotSpot with my H932 on Red Pocket GSMA (AT&T MVNO). I just set it up under Tethering and it worked no problem. Of course the APN has to be correct for it, and I cannot tell you what that should be for native AT&T.
ChazzMatt said:
Probably should have bought Open Market US998. Easily root and use hotspot.
Maybe if you root the T-Mobile H932 you can get hotspot working, but T-Mobile H932 is more difficult to root than the other variants. You also can NOT cross flash T-Mobile H932 to any other variant.
See post #1:
ROOT YOUR V30!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/how-to/root-v30-t3927154
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I wish I had known more about this before I bought it. I just assumed everything would work right since it was unlocked and compatible with AT&T. I never had any issues with my Metro phone that was unlocked.
I've never rooted or flashed a LG phone before and am kinda worried about messing it up. I've used Odin with my S5 and flashed it but never rooted it. I thought setting the apn settings to what I had them as on my previous phone would work but it doesn't. I searched the network operators and it only showed "RAT : ATT " and " RAT : WCDMA".
network mode only listed these options:
Automatic LTE/3G/2G
Automatic 3G/2G
LTE/3G
2G Only
The network mode I was using (on previous phone) was GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto but I dont have that option now..
Thanks for the help!
ChazzMatt said:
Probably should have bought Open Market US998. Easily root and use hotspot.
Maybe if you root the T-Mobile H932 you can get hotspot working, but T-Mobile H932 is more difficult to root than the other variants. You also can NOT cross flash T-Mobile H932 to any other variant.
See post #1:
ROOT YOUR V30!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/how-to/root-v30-t3927154
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TheDannemand said:
It is true that H932 is the most locked down V30 model, and not one to recommend, except for users who need LTE band 71 (which only this model supports).
BUT I had no problems using HotSpot with my H932 on Red Pocket GSMA (AT&T MVNO). I just set it up under Tethering and it worked no problem. Of course the APN has to be correct for it, and I cannot tell you what that should be for native AT&T.
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I actually fixed it and it was quite simple..I went to my apn settings. I used the NXTGENPHONE settings except I added "dun", to the end of my apn type!
ncromer31 said:
I actually fixed it and it was quite simple..I went to my apn settings. I used the NXTGENPHONE settings except I added "dun", to the end of my apn type!
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Good, makes sense. As much as I agree about the limitations of H932, inability to tether isn't one of them!
ncromer31 said:
I actually fixed it and it was quite simple..I went to my apn settings. I used the NXTGENPHONE settings except I added "dun", to the end of my apn type!
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Glad you got it working. The reason I suggested root is because there are some carriers who won't let you have hotspot without paying extra for the privilege of using your own phone to its full extent. Rooting solves that.
ChazzMatt said:
Glad you got it working. The reason I suggested root is because there are some carriers who won't let you have hotspot without paying extra for the privilege of using your own phone to its full extent. Rooting solves that.
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Fair enough: Adding "dun" to the APN only works when tethering is permitted by the carrier -- and it allows the carrier to meter the tethered data, and throttle it if they want. Personally I haven't had a traditional carrier in years, and the MVNO I use isn't the shenanigans type.
But do we really need root to work around that? I recall an old all trick from my Nexus 5 days where we would set tether_dun_required=0 in the global settings database using ADB, with no root required. I haven't had to do this on V30, again because I have avoided those carriers. But I would guess it still works.
I am asking, since surely you would know
TheDannemand said:
Fair enough: Adding "dun" to the APN only works when tethering is permitted by the carrier -- and it allows the carrier to meter the tethered data, and throttle it if they want. Personally I haven't had a traditional carrier in years, and the MVNO I use isn't the shenanigans type.
But do we really need root to work around that? I recall an old all trick from my Nexus 5 days where we would set tether_dun_required=0 in the global settings database using ADB, with no root required. I haven't had to do this on V30, again because I have avoided those carriers. But I would guess it still works.
I am asking, since surely you would know
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Verizon is a carrier who won't allow you to "tether" without paying a separate hotspot fee per month. For those people still on legacy (true) unlimited data, many use root to get around that.
https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/mobile-hotspot-faqs/
Note: The $75 Prepaid Unlimited* plan also includes Mobile Hotspot with speeds up to 600 kbps. Mobile Hotspot isn't available on the $70 Prepaid Unlimited and $80 Prepaid Unlimited* plans.
If you don't have one of the plans listed above, you may be able to add Mobile Hotspot to your line. You'll be charged monthly to have the Mobile Hotspot feature, in addition to data usage charges.
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ChazzMatt said:
Verizon is a carrier who won't allow you to "tether" without paying a separate hotspot fee per month. For those people still on legacy (true) unlimited data, many use root to get around that.
https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/mobile-hotspot-faqs/
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Absolutely. We know that the traditional carriers like to limit or throttle tethering. I think T-Mobile does too. The dun feature exists to help them control that, by classifying tethered data separately from other data.
What I meant was do we really need root to work around that on V30? Doesn't the old trick I mentioned (or maybe a newer one) work on V30?
Edit: I may actually test that to find out. Dun in the APN shouldn't be needed in 2020.
TheDannemand said:
Absolutely. We know that the traditional carriers like to limit or throttle tethering. I think T-Mobile does too. The dun feature exists to help them control that, by classifying tethered data separately from other data.
What I meant was do we really need root to work around that on V30? Doesn't the old trick I mentioned (or maybe a newer one) work on V30?
Edit: I may actually test that to find out. Dun in the APN shouldn't be needed in 2020.
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I wasn't aware of any trick other than rooting because I've always had rooted phones...
In all my years of Androids I've really only needed hotspot one time -- when I was in Brazil. But I was rooted and it worked great.
Yes, I've tested a couple of other times, but again I'm rooted.
I know with the op n200 metro version you could put your T-Mobile sim in and unlock the phone to work with TMobile automatically, I can't find confirmation anywhere if this works with the n20 as well, does anyone here know?
I just tried with a T-mo sim card in Metro by Tmo N20 and it didn't work
dinesh831 said:
I just tried with a T-mo sim card in Metro by Tmo N20 and it didn't work
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Was the n20 brand new and the T-Mobile sim inserted before turning the phone on the first time? I read that's how it works on some older phones, I think metro blocked it finally but was hoping it might still work.
pj1980 said:
Was the n20 brand new and the T-Mobile sim inserted before turning the phone on the first time? I read that's how it works on some older phones, I think metro blocked it finally but was hoping it might still work.
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yes, I received the phone in mail this afternoon, Brand new and first boot was with T-mobile sim, no service and Mobile network status showed "Disconnected"
The Boot animation did change to T-mobile on a reboot with the sim inside but still no service
As I was playing around with the phone, I stumbled upon a weird way to get signal by trial and error got 4G and 5G data as well but when Wi-fi connected, data seems to switch back to 2G. Let me know if you want to know how
dinesh831 said:
As I was playing around with the phone, I stumbled upon a weird way to get signal by trial and error got 4G and 5G data as well but when Wi-fi connected, data seems to switch back to 2G. Let me know if you want to know how
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I'm interested! care to share?
Metconnect2000 said:
I'm interested! care to share?
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Sure, here it is:
1. Boot the phone with T-mo sim inside the device, once booted you wouldn't have any signal
2. Go to "Sim info & settings" > "Preferred network type" and choose "2G/3G(Automatic)"
3. Reboot the device, once booted you should see signal along with 2G icon
4. Now go back to "Preferred network type" and select "2G/3G/LTE(Automatic)", you should now have 4G (Texts and data works but call dropped)
5. Now switch to "2G/3G/LTE.5G(Automatic)", you should see 5G network (Texts, calls and data all worked fine)
5G was stable for several hours until I connected to Wi-fi and when I disconnected Wi-fi, I noticed that data said 2G.
Let me know if the above steps worked for you
pj1980 said:
Was the n20 brand new and the T-Mobile sim inserted before turning the phone on the first time? I read that's how it works on some older phones, I think metro blocked it finally but was hoping it might still work.
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Did you get an incompatible SIM error, or just no signal? Also, you can't just put a Metro SIM in a phone and have it work. You have to call them and tie the IMEI of the phone.
mewcatchew said:
Did you get an incompatible SIM error, or just no signal? Also, you can't just put a Metro SIM in a phone and have it work. You have to call them and tie the IMEI of the phone.
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I was able to test it and the tmo sim doesn't work. you only get edge signal.
pj1980 said:
I was able to test it and the tmo sim doesn't work. you only get edge signal.
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If you got any signal, then it should work. Try changing the APN settings manually
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Did you get an incompatible SIM error, or just no signal? Also, you can't just put a Metro SIM in a phone and have it work. You have to call them and tie the IMEI of the phone.
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OP is talking about the other way around, T-mo sim in a Metro device
Nord N200 had a bug where the device could be locked to Metro but worked flawless with T-mo sim.
That bug being patched is what OP meant by "blocked"
dinesh831 said:
OP is talking about the other way around, T-mo sim in a Metro device
Nord N200 had a bug where the device could be locked to Metro but worked flawless with T-mo sim.
That bug being patched is what OP meant by "blocked"
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Yeah, I got that backwards. But if he's not getting an incompatible SIM error with a T-Mobile SIM in the MetroPCS phone and actually getting an edge signal, maybe add a new T-Mobile APN profile. Should work in theory.
dinesh831 said:
Sure, here it is:
1. Boot the phone with T-mo sim inside the device, once booted you wouldn't have any signal
2. Go to "Sim info & settings" > "Preferred network type" and choose "2G/3G(Automatic)"
3. Reboot the device, once booted you should see signal along with 2G icon
4. Now go back to "Preferred network type" and select "2G/3G/LTE(Automatic)", you should now have 4G (Texts and data works but call dropped)
5. Now switch to "2G/3G/LTE.5G(Automatic)", you should see 5G network (Texts, calls and data all worked fine)
5G was stable for several hours until I connected to Wi-fi and when I disconnected Wi-fi, I noticed that data said 2G.
Let me know if the above steps worked for you
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Thanks! Good find! Yes I was able to reproduce the behavior. Also in my case it seems that the 5G/LTE will revert back to 2g after some idle time. But I can use the airplane mode to repeat the process (without rebooting the phone) to repeat the process. I was able to reproduce on another metro phone as well. must be some kind of loop hole.
Metconnect2000 said:
Thanks! Good find! Yes I was able to reproduce the behavior. Also in my case it seems that the 5G/LTE will revert back to 2g after some idle time. But I can use the airplane mode to repeat the process (without rebooting the phone) to repeat the process. I was able to reproduce on another metro phone as well. must be some kind of loop hole.
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I know I already mentioned this, but did you try making a new T-Mobile APN profile and deleting the old one(s)? Maybe you wouldn't have to go through that ritual. might work, or not.
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I know I already mentioned this, but did you try making a new T-Mobile APN profile and deleting the old one(s)? Maybe you wouldn't have to go through that ritual. might work, or not.
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I just factory reset my device and tried this, deleted existing APN and added T-mo APN, doesn't seem to work
I take it you're not a MetroPCS customer. Must be something baked into the OS. I wonder if it still has the MetroPCS bloatware since it booted with T-Mobile boot animation? Anyway, there are services on eBay that will unlock this phone through the MetroPCS unlock app. I'm not selling anything just letting you know that's an option if you didn't already know.
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I take it you're not a MetroPCS customer. Must be something baked into the OS. I wonder if it still has the MetroPCS bloatware since it booted with T-Mobile boot animation? Anyway, there are services on eBay that will unlock this phone through the MetroPCS unlock app. I'm not selling anything just letting you know that's an option if you didn't already know.
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It installed the T-mo bloatware and removed metro bloatware as soon as it booted. Yeah, I'm not a Metro customer, I'll usually just leave it alone for 180 days and unlock it afterwards
dinesh831 said:
It installed the T-mo bloatware and removed metro bloatware as soon as it booted. Yeah, I'm not a Metro customer, I'll usually just leave it alone for 180 days and unlock it afterwards
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Ah, but you need active service on it for those 180 days to be eligible to unlock it no? And now that it has T-Mobile firmware how can you unlock it from Metro? I'd download the MetroPCS unlock app from the play store and run it to see what it says.
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Ah, but you need active service on it for those 180 days to be eligible to unlock it no? And now that it has T-Mobile firmware how can you unlock it from Metro? I'd download the MetroPCS unlock app from the play store and run it to see what it says.
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In theory, it's 180 days of active service but in reality, they've been unlocking 180 days after activation. I pay for first month and then throw it back in the box.
Also, I didn't see the unlock app as part of bloatware, its built into settings > about. It'll pull up the same screen as in Unlock app and we can try to unlock from there but obviously, throws the error showing it needs 180 days of service to unlock and is not eligible currently
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In theory, it's 180 days of active service but in reality, they've been unlocking 180 days after activation. I pay for first month and then throw it back in the box.
Also, I didn't see the unlock app as part of bloatware, its built into settings > about. It'll pull up the same screen as in Unlock app and we can try to unlock from there but obviously, throws the error showing it needs 180 days of service to unlock and is not eligible currently
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On eBay it's 75 bucks to unlock. Thats like 2 months of service and you'd be able to use it in a few days instead of having a paperweight for 6 months. Thats what I did on my old Moto One 5G Ace.