my friend tom got his galaxy s like two months ago. he has a even more plus plan with unlimited everything on tmobile and he used that in a iphone 3g for a year with no problems and he could roam with no issues on att.
with his new vibrant its not working! it takes forever to try to connect then gives a error. the sim should be good since it roams in two other unlocked phones..
for the note, his phone IS unlocked... that was the first thing we thought of..
the error is: unable to select network.. your sim card is not allowed to connect to this network
this phone is a quadband phone so it should work.. we have put a att legit iphone sim in it and it works great.. what gives? why can't he roam on this new phone when other phones do? running bionix rom.. have tried updates, wondering if anyone has any opinions or info
we've already tried changing network settings with *#0011#, gone into service mode *#*#197328640#*#* with no luck
edit: we've tried not allowing the phone to connect to our local att 3G band (1900) and use all other bands again with no luck. the phone connects to canada's rogers network tho.. weird..
anyone check this out yet?? anyone got it workin? any reports would be killer ...
we have tried more settings through service mode still with no luck. when we specify certain bands and leaving the att 3G local band unchecked, it will not hop on T-mobile with the setting! Crazy! not sure if it's the rom, radio version or kernel but we will keep tweaking and posting results.. if anyone is having this issue or has concerns any posts or signs of life would be cool lol
Same issue
Unfortunately, I don't have a solution, but I've been working on this same issue since september. I originally contacted tmo about the problem to see if they somehow hadn't provisioned my phone/account for roaming. Needless to say they were not much help. They suggested I exchange the phone for a new one, which I did, and I still have the same problem.
I'm in a rural area of california where tmo has roaming on att towers. My girl has tmo service with a different samsung phone and she can roam on att just fine. She can send/receive calls and text. I even put my sim in her phone, and it works, so I've pretty much narrowed the problem down to an issue with the vibrant itself.
My phone is not unlocked, so we've ruled that out. I'm running bionix fusion with ji2 modem now, but I've had the issue with the stock phone before ji6, and after ji6 ota. I've tried messing around with the service menu the same as you, and I haven't got anywhere either.
I have been able to get the phone to at least lock on to att by adding the apn internet2.voicestream.com, and it will get past the "not registered on network" message. Unfortunately, it won't complete a call or send a message, it just times out after about 15 seconds and drops back to the previous menu (depending on whether I tried to dial out of contacts, the call log, or the dialer). But it does not give me an error message, it behaves as if the call connected and immediately hung up.
I had given up on it for the past couple weeks, but I have time now to try and work it again. Let me know if you've gotten anywhere, and I'll do the same.
The fix is: when you're in an att roam area, set your phone to gsm 850 only via the service menu. If your phone doesn't auto lock on the att network, search for available networks and choose att. After that you should be able to send and receive calls and texts.
after yet some more messing around, still no luck. it's clearly a thing with tmobile not allowing roaming..... because i read many threads off the gooooogle that say tmobile is pretty much going away and any "contractless" plans don't have roaming so they don't lose money....
dickheads. at least he's grandfathered in with a good unlimited everything plan tho..
even if all this said, if anyone finds any info out post!
the other day i was out of tmobiles network coverage and on att voice and edge not 3g. i live in texas
this is with a stock vibrant jI6
tried the app RoamControl with no luck. it uses different tmobile bands when in "roam only" mode. anyone have any luck yet?
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?
stfn74 said:
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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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:
Hey there,
Thanks in advance for taking a read and hopefully giving me a hand to figuring this out.
I live in Canada, and my service provider is Virgin Mobile.
I purchased a phone from eBay to use on my network. I double checked the network bands were compatible with my network, and fortunately they were. (I bought an unlocked HTC One Max from Verizon.) I received the phone yesterday, and as soon as I inserted my SIM to the phone, it told me "This SIM card is from an unknown source." My cell service will show as active for about three seconds, and then flip to no bars with "no service available" as the status.
After doing some research, the error message was from a Verizon Setup application. I haven't yet rooted the phone (I just got it yesterday) so I haven't bothered to install Titanium and uninstall the Verizon Setup app.
I also set my APN settings correctly as to Virgin Mobile's network (a branch of bell nonetheless), I've double and triple checked these. My service is nothing short of intermittent still, and I can hardly use the phone. Phone calls will literally cut out right in the middle like 5-10 seconds in. It's rendering my new phone useless.
Any ideas as to what could be making my service cut in and out? It's receiving service, so clearly the bands are compatible; However, my research showed this to be true also, so that's not a surprise.
If anyone could provide some possible solutions to solving my issue, that'd be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much,
SaturatedLemon.
Got a buddy that picked up this phone, only getting hspa+ network. When I give him the standard at&t apn's he still gets only h+ no but no voice. Waiting to click the buy button for myself til his issues get worked out. Any tips?
I had the same problem. I tried changing the apn also which did not help. Ended up going to AT&T store to get a new sim card and had them check my account to make sure everything was provisioned correctly on my account for this phone. Left out with 4G/LTE and no connectivity issues since.
I used my AT&T SIM that was in my Note9 previously and put it into my Rog Phone and it just worked, had no issues and the phone reports 4G+ walking around, Id contact AT&T and make sure everything on their end is configured correctly.
I got a used Verizon S7 edge and activated it last night on my Straight Talk line with a BYOP Verizon Compatible Sim Card. I checked the phone before purchasing and it said it was fully compatible. Data and calling seem to be working fine (though DATA could be running a bit slow - I haven't really played around with it a ton.) But I'm having trouble with text messaging. The text message just pends and then eventually fails and it will give me an error about not having service and that the message will be sent when I have service. While it does this it's showing 4G LTE bars as normal. I've gotten a few messages and sent a few but they're very few and far between, and very unpredictable.
I got on Straight Talk chat and they tried a couple things but said I needed to call. I don't know if I'll be able to call them until tomorrow so I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas I could try in the meantime? I work all night tonight at my 2nd job and I think it's draining my battery constantly searching for service.
Any ideas? TIA!
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I got a used Verizon S7 edge and activated it last night on my Straight Talk line with a BYOP Verizon Compatible Sim Card. I checked the phone before purchasing and it said it was fully compatible. Data and calling seem to be working fine (though DATA could be running a bit slow - I haven't really played around with it a ton.) But I'm having trouble with text messaging. The text message just pends and then eventually fails and it will give me an error about not having service and that the message will be sent when I have service. While it does this it's showing 4G LTE bars as normal. I've gotten a few messages and sent a few but they're very few and far between, and very unpredictable.
I got on Straight Talk chat and they tried a couple things but said I needed to call. I don't know if I'll be able to call them until tomorrow so I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas I could try in the meantime? I work all night tonight at my 2nd job and I think it's draining my battery constantly searching for service.
Any ideas? TIA!
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There is a new apn not the old straight talk one. My family member had the same issue with his att one. But also. Idk if you have a Verizon SIM from straight talk. I know Verizon uses cdma and Sprint and att use gsm, so if your phone for example from Verizon and you use a att sim. Will not work or if you have an att phone and a Verizon SIM will not work. If you have a Verizon phone and a Verizon SIM from straight talk. I'm pretty sure its the apn setting