Delete the default (uneditable) APN - Captivate General

Hi. I have a Rogers Captivate running Cognition 2.3b8 (Froyo) and I can't get my MMS or GPS to work. It worked with the alternate APN I had (with all of the information in it) but the default one Cognition gave my phone (a default Rogers one supplied by Cognition it seems) seems to not let these features work. My question is, how do I delete the (seemingly) non deletable default APN (the one with the green dot beside it) and activate my customized one? I can't edit the default green dotted one.
Thanks!

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Hello All,
Firstly, my apologies if this seems like a redundant thread. I found similar threads, but none that actually answered my question.
I'm a first-time Android owner, and I recently picked up the Samsung Galaxy S 4G (running Android 2.2) since I've been stuck with T-mobile for what seems like forever. I am big on saving battery, so I'm in the habit of disabling my mobile data when I'm not using it. However, I still want to be able to enable MMS.
Originally I had downloaded APNdroid since it has the option to still enable MMS while toggling mobile data. I know that this occurs through the widget adding suffixes to the APN names, but this device only comes with a "T-Mobile US" APN which encompasses both Internet AND MMS. Upon searching this forum, it appears that this is standard practice since Android 2.1 was released, but I could be wrong.
So I know you can go in and change the APN type to "internet" only. And I know that you can ADD a new APN. Buuuuut how the heck do I add one that works?? It asks for name, apn, proxy, port, user name, password, server, etc. I have NO earthly idea what information I need to provide here. I attempted to replicate the settings of the existing APN in a new APN and then designated one as Internet and one as MMS, but that didn't work.
Is there a way to create a separate MMS APN, or is it not possible with the newer versions of the Android OS?
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[Q] How Do You Define A Default APN In A Build?

Hi folks;
I'm porting CM7 over to the Motorola Triumph (Virgin) and have MMS working, BUT (there's always a "but!")
Virgin uses.... somewhat "odd" configuration parameters. I found that I can set an APN that will get it to function.
Remember, this is a CDMA ROM......
Anyway, that's great, except I want it to be the default in the build. THAT I cannot get to work. I have it defined in the overlay area and it gets into the framework ok, but the [preferred="true"] tag is ignored and the APN is not selected.
If I grab APN Manager from the market I can see it, and if I select it then it activates and all is well.
Does anyone know how you specify in the build that this APN should be activated by default so that the user doesn't have to do anything? As it stands right now *no* APN is marked active when the build cold-boots.
Thanks in advance!
Genesis3 said:
Hi folks;
I'm porting CM7 over to the Motorola Triumph (Virgin) and have MMS working, BUT (there's always a "but!")
Virgin uses.... somewhat "odd" configuration parameters. I found that I can set an APN that will get it to function.
Remember, this is a CDMA ROM......
Anyway, that's great, except I want it to be the default in the build. THAT I cannot get to work. I have it defined in the overlay area and it gets into the framework ok, but the [preferred="true"] tag is ignored and the APN is not selected.
If I grab APN Manager from the market I can see it, and if I select it then it activates and all is well.
Does anyone know how you specify in the build that this APN should be activated by default so that the user doesn't have to do anything? As it stands right now *no* APN is marked active when the build cold-boots.
Thanks in advance!
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All I can think of is that there's still an old telephony.db hanging around.
Did you delete the db file: /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/database/telephony.db?
This is on a new load (e.g. a data wipe)
The APN is there but it refuses to automatically activate. If I go in with APN Manager and turn it on it remains on, but I have yet to figure out what the magic combination is that results in (on a cold boot with a wiped data - factory reset) the APN being activated.
Alternatively does anyone know what the magic incantation is to do this programmatically (e.g. what I'd have to include to build up a small program that looks at the current APN and if there isn't one set, pokes the system to set the correct one?)

cant get sms working - meteor ireland

when running on a stock rom with my factory unlocked tmobile sensation everything was working fine, yesterday i loaded up insertcoin, which provides apns for the network, data worked better but this morning when i was going to send a text it said unable to send, im in a covered area, can make calls and use web, but no text. or at least i can receive but not send. so i loaded up the stock rom to copy the apn settings, then restored my insertcoin backup, input the new or "old" apn setting that use to work on stock, and i still cant send sms. ive used the apn settings from meteor but that doesnt work either. does anyone have this problem? or if anyone is on metoer here in ireland can you paste your apn settings? could it be a different radio with the new rom???? should i try another rom to see if that helps? thanks in advance, i would like to get down to the centre for aurthers day with sms so i can txt people on where to be!!
update 1:
so i installed leedroid from the rom manager, it was quick, only 6 megabites or something? confuses me... anyways setting up new phone. sms works now! i checked the apn and it happens to be the same other then the authentication which metoer says set to pap and leedroid has it not set at all, other then that it seems to be working great. might just stick with this. insertcoin was really nice though. if anyone has any info on how/why it wasnt working on insert coin that would be great, as i still have the backup and still want to use it. looks like aurthers day is saved!

APN auto-switching

Has anyone has this issue? I'm using a telus xt1032.
I have a tablet plan from telus, cheaper data and I NEVER make phone calls (use dialer) or sms. Telus doesn't care and will let you use this plan on phones, the only issue is you must change your apn from sp.telus.com to isp.telus.com or it'll be $1/meg.
By default when I put in the sim care it was set to sp.telus.com as to be expeced, there was also the isp apn already there I just needed to click on it to set it. I set it to isp.telus.com and rebooted, still set on isp.telus.com all good. The next day I got a sms from telus letting me know I went over $50 on my plan, shoot it flipped to sp.telus.com!!!
After fooling around it seems as though after flipping airplane mode on/off it'll go back to the default setting, arg. The two showing apns are uneditable, the fields are all grey. I added a new apn and hit save, but if you already have one with the exact same address it won't add.
Normally my solution would be to root, install apn backup/restore, move it to a system app, delete all apns, then create the new proper one. I'm sure that would work, but the freaking lollipop update is coming out and I wanna be stock stock stock. Now on my N5 when I got the lollipop ota /system had to be complete stock, they didn't just check the files they were patching it checks the md5 of the entire partition and just patches the whole thing at once. So even if I deleted apn backup/restore it wouldn't work because I would have deleted all the APNs. Moto may do it different, I'm not sure. I suppose another solution would be to install GPe which will most likely let me edit/delete the default apns, since I can on my stock N5.
Just rooted and delete the apns and setup the proper one. But now I want to convert to gpe complete stock. Having issues though, gpt.bin won't flash something something. Should I close this thread and start a new one?

Verizon MMS with HTC U11 - MMSC working settings with Textra, other 3rd party SMS/MMS

I searched and searched for a while but mostly found complaints but no solid solutions to the issue with MMS failures on Verizon using 3rd party texting apps with the HTC U11. Excuse me for starting a new thread regarding this issue if it's redundant or if it's actually been answered. I just wanted to share what worked for me - and I am also very curious if anyone else actually tried exactly what I did here, just to find that MMS failed later on.
So I use AT&T and just finally switched to my U12+, and my wife is now officially the proud user of my U11 (previous phone was a VZW HTC 10). But she uses Verizon. Phone, data, LTE, VoLTE, SMS (regular text) all seem to work great so far. But then I remembered reading about Verizon ppl having issues with MMS with this phone.
So I basically noticed the APN settings are greyed out and I can't edit or create new ones since they're pulled from the carrier, that is, Verizon. Within the default APN, the MMSC settings are blank. Furthermore, the APN type doesn't even include "mms". C'mon Verizon... (see attached screenshots).
But Textra has advanced options to manually enter the MMSC settings. See other attached screenshot for the settings used. Now her phone is able to both send and receive MMS (pics).
- In case you don't want to view the screenshot - Textra - Settings - MMS:
- MMSC: http://mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms
- MMS Proxy: (leave blank)
- MMS Proxy Port: 80
So my ultimate question is, have any other users who have experienced this problem used this solution, only to find that it failed for no reason later on? Or hopefully, this may help other users; either way, sorry I'm so late to the U11/Verizon party. =D
Thanks.
PS: Also, if it makes a difference, everything is currently working even while heavily modified. Before setting up today, I RUU'ed back to stock with newest as of today firmware (2.42.617.7), flashed latest TWRP, installed Viper 2.2.0, Magisk 17.1, Cleanslate 3.7.17, a few Magisk modules (Enable GMS Doze, Google Framework, YouTube Vanced), AdAway is run and active, and more. I read some people who suspected Magisk or other mods were causing the issues, but it doesn't seem that way to me. Of course, it's reaaaally early to tell!
edit, 5 minutes after posting: also, I'm aware Verizon has also made a lot of progress in the last 12+ months in phasing out CDMA for LTE, so maybe this post is indeed outdated. We also live in NJ, close to Philadelphia, and most of the Tri-State area here is usually really good with most cell providers, so maybe that could be partially why we're having good luck with the U11 on vzw? I dunno, just a thought...

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