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[APN SETTING][UPDATED 7.31.11] Potential Speed Increase For Most ROMs|Supported By OP

Edit: Updated 7.31.2011 to include new "hipri" APN type, and a totally new procedure to prevent APN selection problems.
Just a quick note: the discussions in posts 2 through 169 of this thread are now deprecated, as the original post was totally different at that time. Posts 170 and onward are relevant to this heavily revised original post. So any procedures/workarounds in posts 2 - 169 should be ignored or taken with a grain of salt.
BACKGROUND
The stock Inspire ROM contains 2 APNs (Access Point Names) in the mobile network configuration. One is for data, and one is for MMS. Almost all of the custom Inspire/DHD ROMs on this forum only have 1 APN, where data and MMS are combined. This single APN is sufficient to obtain maximum data speeds in some markets, however in many markets such as mine, your phone needs to be running a dual APN configuration similar to the stock ROM to obtain maximum speeds.
As always, before making any major config changes be sure to fully backup your ROM. If you mess up real bad or something goes unexpectedly wrong, then you might permanently lose your connection with no recourse other than a complete restore.
These changes are for the United States AT&T network only.
FIRST, DETERMINE IF YOUR ROM HAS A LOCKED OR UNLOCKED APN CONFIGURATION
From your home screen, press the Menu button --> Settings --> Wireless and networks --> Mobile networks --> Access Point Names. If you see a lock symbol on your APN, then you'll need to jump down the locked APN procedure further down this post. For everyone else with an unlocked APN configuration, procedure is immediately as follows.
PROCEDURE FOR ALL ROMS THAT HAVE UNLOCKED APNs:
Step 1. Delete all APNs
If you're not already at your APN screen, then from your home screen press Menu button --> Settings --> Wireless and networks --> Mobile networks --> Access Point Names
Press the left side of your 1st APN to go into the settings of this APN, then press Menu>>Delete APN.
Repeat this process for any other APNs you have. The goal is to delete all APNs so we can start from scratch.
Now do the next steps in the same order as below:
Step 2. Create a new APN (Menu>>New APN). Everything is case sensitive and must be entered exactly as below. This will be your 1st APN:
Name: MEdia Net
APN: Phone
MMS protocol (if applicable): WAP 2.0
MCC: (don't change this number)
MNC: (don't change this number)
APN type: default,admin,hipri (notice there is no space on either side of the commas)
APN protocol (if applicable): IPv4
everything else: <Not set>
Press Menu>>Save. You will now be back at the initial APN screen.
Step 3. Create another APN (Menu>>New APN). Everything is case sensitive and must be entered exactly as below. This will be your 2nd APN:
Name: MMS
APN: wap.cingular
Proxy: wireless.cingular.com
Port: 80
Username: [email protected]
Password: CINGULAR1
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS proxy: wireless.cingular.com
MMS port: 80
MMS protocol (if applicable): WAP 2.0
MCC: (don't change this number)
MNC: (don't change this number)
APN type: mms,supl (notice there is no space on either side of the comma)
APN protocol: IPv4
APN protocol (if applicable): IPv4
everything else: <Not set>
Press Menu>>Save.
You will now be back at the initial APN screen again. Make sure the 1st APN (named MEdia Net) is selected (via the round radio button on the right side). Your data connection will drop for several seconds and then come back.
We're done. If something went wrong and you need to revert back to your default APN config, from the APN selection screen just press menu and select "Reset to default". Or worst case scenario, simply restore your nandroid backup.
Proceed to TESTING section below.
PROCEDURE FOR ROMS WITH A SINGLE LOCKED APN:
If your APN is locked (it shows the lock symbol and you cannot change the settings), then we're just going to add a second one.
From the APN screen, press Menu>>New APN. Here are the settings for your 2nd APN. Everything is case sensitive and must be entered exactly as below.
Name: Media Net or Media Net 2 (if your 1st locked APN is named Media Net, then just name this one Media Net 2 - the name in this field isn't important; it just needs to be unique)
APN: Phone
MMS protocol: WAP 2.0 (this option might not be in your APN, so don't worry if you don't see it)
MCC: xxx (Don't change this number)
MNC: xxx (Don't change this number)
APN type: default,admin,hipri (notice there are no spaces between the words and the commas)
APN protocol (if applicable): IPv4
Everything else: <Not set>
Once you have the above settings entered, press menu and save. You will exit back out to the APN selection screen. Now you need to select the little round button for the new APN (Media Net/Phone) that you just created. Your phone's data connection will drop for several seconds as it switches to the new APN, and then come back. If you find that your connection doesn't "stick" on the 2nd APN (i.e. the selection button keeps reverting back to the 1st APN) then reboot your phone and try selecting the 2nd APN again. It is mandatory that the 2nd APN is selected to receive the speed benefit.
We're done. If something went wrong and you need to revert back to your default APN config, from the APN selection screen just press menu and select "Reset to default". Or worst case scenario, simply restore your nandroid backup.
Proceed to TESTING section immediately below.
TESTING
If you're in one of the markets that benefits from the 2nd APN, you will see an increase in download and upload speeds in a speed testing app. Also, uploads will not pause and stutter nearly as much anymore. If for some reason you notice your speeds are slower, this is likely due to the normal wide variance in AT&T network speeds, so keep testing. This APN fix is not known to slow down your speeds; they will either be the same or faster. If your average speeds are roughly the same, then your market is one of those that doesn't benefit from the dual APN configuration. For testing your speeds, I recommend the free Speedtest.net app (found in the Market). It allows you to choose from a wide variety of server locations to test against. Be sure to run multiple speed tests from different locations to different servers at different times of the day before jumping to any conclusions. With my phone sitting in the exact same spot I've seen speeds vary from 500k to 5MB/s in a 10 minute period, so keep in mind there can be a wide variance in AT&T network speeds and cellular conditions can change frequently and rapidly.
At this point, there are a few build.prop settings that might enhance your speeds even more, but that is beyond the scope of this thread.
Good luck and let us know your results. If you have any problems, post a message in this thread and I'll try to help you.

I'll give it a try. worth a shot.

After flashing a radio, speeds were awful. Re-flashed the rom from my backup and it fixed the problem.

Would this work with cm7
HTC Inspire on CM7. Beast ROM. If I helped Thank me

harlenm said:
After flashing a radio, speeds were awful. Re-flashed the rom from my backup and it fixed the problem.
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Back when I was trying to find the root cause of the problem, your method did not work for me. Unless you're referring to the stock ROM, for which I've never had any speed issues with any version of radio that I tried.

XAviierG said:
Would this work with cm7
HTC Inspire on CM7. Beast ROM. If I helped Thank me
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Absolutely. My goal was specifically to get CM7's cell data speeds as fast as the stock ROM. This fix also worked for me in CoreDroid as well.

For some reason this didn't work for me. Swapping the telephone db caused the phone to fc. Even after restoring the original file the fc persisted. I had to flash my backup. I didn't change the build prop settings.
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lrs421 said:
For some reason this didn't work for me. Swapping the telephone db caused the phone to fc. Even after restoring the original file the fc persisted. I had to flash my backup. I didn't change the build prop settings.
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Thanks for the reply. I added a warning to the original post to make sure to do a nandroid backup. What ROM are you using?

henrybravo said:
Thanks for the reply. What ROM are you using?
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Would've been nice if I would've stated that I'm running CM7.
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lrs421 said:
Would've been nice if I would've stated that I'm running CM7.
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No worries. I'm going to re-test this procedure once again.

Worked perfect for me on Lee Droid 2.2.3

maddiedad2009 said:
Worked perfect for me on Lee Droid 2.2.3
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Any difference data speed for you? I wonder why I got a fc on Cm7. Weird.
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maddiedad2009 said:
Worked perfect for me on Lee Droid 2.2.3
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That is good news, thanks!

FC's on RCMix5.9.3. Had to nandroid back.
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id10terrordfw said:
FC's on RCMix5.9.3. Had to nandroid back.
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Good to know, sorry for the trouble. I added another warning to the OP that it's working for some but not others.

id10terrordfw said:
FC's on RCMix5.9.3. Had to nandroid back.
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Ok, so I'm not alone. Did you do root explorer or adb? I used root explorer.
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I had FC. To get rid of it I went to ROM manager and ran fix partitions and rebooted it and that seemed to work. Try and keep me posted.
HTC Inspire on CM7. Beast ROM. If I helped Thank me

I just wiped and reflashed with CM7-stable, used the Root Explorer method and all is good...got a big time increase in download speeds, no FC's. So it's looking like this fix will not work for everyone. I searched the entire xda forum, and there's not much discussion of people messing around with different copies of the telephony.db file, so we are definitely treading on new ground here.

XAviierG said:
I had FC. To get rid of it I went to ROM manager and ran fix partitions and rebooted it and that seemed to work. Try and keep me posted.
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Just curious, are you seeing an increase in cell data speeds?
Regarding the FC's, I'm wondering if for some people the file permission needs to be reset once it is copied.

Thanks!
A bit new to the Android dev community but quickly becoming a big fan of it. Rooted my 2nd Android phone ever just this past weekend without much trouble at all. Again thanks to the fantastic dev community.
I even managed to pull off what you described here in your post...yes yes...even adb is sort of new to me.
But alas, it worked! My data speeds are noticeably faster now Running on Android Revolution HD 4.0 by the way.

[Q] APN Settings?

I am looking into the mms problems with Cyanogen and i need the full APN configuration if anyone has those or possibly could tell me where to go to get the apn settings. also i need to know where to go to get the msid (or min) for my phone. please and thank you
edit: i have found the msid,meid and esn settings. now i only need the apn configuration please

APN Settings
Found the settings myself finally after looking for a day lol.... here they are
Name: USCC
APN: internet
Proxy:
Port: 80
Username: [email protected]
Password: yourMSID
Server:
MMSC: http://mmsc1.uscc.net/mmsc/MMS
MMS Proxy:
MMS Port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 120
Authentication Type: PAP or CHAP
APN type: mms

veteranmina said:
I am looking into the mms problems with Cyanogen and i need the full APN configuration if anyone has those or possibly could tell me where to go to get the apn settings. also i need to know where to go to get the msid (or min) for my phone. please and thank you
edit: i have found the msid,meid and esn settings. now i only need the apn configuration please
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just a FYI - the mms issue isn't a CM7 specific issue, it's affected every AOSP build we have out (including all the original ones that were developed by the fascinate guys)
Please do let us know how you fair, we've all started by loading the correct APN but there is far more to it than that - I'll point you here for reference on what could be the cause -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12806384&postcount=773
Once we loaded the correct server info into the APN, it was trying to connect to the server but giving an error about WAP not being enabled - that's as far as we got with it.
And by the way, for future reference - only development topics should be posted here - this should have gone in general.

bdemartino said:
just a FYI - the mms issue isn't a CM7 specific issue, it's affected every AOSP build we have out (including all the original ones that were developed by the fascinate guys)
Please do let us know how you fair, we've all started by loading the correct APN but there is far more to it than that - I'll point you here for reference on what could be the cause -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12806384&postcount=773
Once we loaded the correct server info into the APN, it was trying to connect to the server but giving an error about WAP not being enabled - that's as far as we got with it.
And by the way, for future reference - only development topics should be posted here - this should have gone in general.
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Okay thanks for the info I was looking through some of the settings and noticed that the user settings for the server is setting to the verizon network yet it needs to be on the uscc.net network. i tried to change it but it changes the setting back to verizon.

veteranmina said:
Okay thanks for the info I was looking through some of the settings and noticed that the user settings for the server is setting to the verizon network yet it needs to be on the uscc.net network. i tried to change it but it changes the setting back to verizon.
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MMS doesn't work at all for any AOSP rom so sometimes we don't bother messing with APNs config when we port.

I've had plenty of APN problems while roaming with my US Cell phone. In April in December I traveled to Dallas, was in a building I couldn't get signal and when I came out the phone said "No APN Configured" - Once I landed in Milwaukee and powered on my phone again it worked just fine. Same thing happened again last week when I was out in a rural area.
I've grabbed APN Manager from the apps store and backed up my settings to restore them if this occurs again. I might get a chance to try that out this weekend since i'll be up in the middle of nowhere once again.
I can't recall exactly what I was running before but now i'm on the EC10 Heinz 57.

bdemartino said:
MMS doesn't work at all for any AOSP rom so sometimes we don't bother messing with APNs config when we port.
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I need the APNS settings dump from the system/ect/apns-conf.xml from the original rom for USCC if you have any by chance. im going to set the apns settings back to all USCC but i need the original file to do so

Check out GO SMS. it has some mms options, you might be able to tweak them.
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Using GPS breaks my mobile data connection

Not sure if this is a ROM problem or something else. Every time I run google maps or speedtest it breaks my mobile data connection. I have to toggle mobile network off/on to get it to work again. Running Virtuous Unity 1.27.0; it happened with 1.26.0 too. Is this possibly a hardware problem? Or a ROM problem? Not sure... Has anyone had this happen?

tawalla said:
Not sure if this is a ROM problem or something else. Every time I run google maps or speedtest it breaks my mobile data connection. I have to toggle mobile network off/on to get it to work again. Running Virtuous Unity 1.27.0; it happened with 1.26.0 too. Is this possibly a hardware problem? Or a ROM problem? Not sure... Has anyone had this happen?
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I have run both those ROM's and frequently run GPS/Google maps simultaneously with Mobile Network and never had that happen...yet....maybe your local network is dropping you....evil...

Yeah I thought that might be it, too...but it only happens when I use the GPS
I can still text and make calls, but no internet, market, speedtest....
I'm wondering if I should return to stock to see if it still happens and take it to a store

tawalla said:
Yeah I thought that might be it, too...but it only happens when I use the GPS
I can still text and make calls, but no internet, market, speedtest....
I'm wondering if I should return to stock to see if it still happens and take it to a store
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Yeah that would bug the S out of me...wish I had more insight...mine works

Anybody else ever see this problem?
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I've recently noticed that sometimes when I turn gps on it briefly kills my connection, but it resets itself after a few seconds. Currently running hydrog3n 1.5. Pretty sure it was happening on tpgb 627 as well.
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Yeah, it kills mine, but it won't come back on until I manually turn it off and back on. The H icon still show up but no activity on the arrows

I'm now experiencing this too. In my case I have the RCMix V2.0 ROM. It happens with both the stock updated OTA radio and the radio/ril combo that is recommended for this ROM. It seems to only happen when the GPS is active. In other words if I use say Google maps with GPS, press Home and then run an internet app I have connection. But if I leave a GPS app (Co-Pilot Live for example) in the background with the GPS active, internet is down. Just like you I show the "H" symbol just no arrows for data. If anyone else has an insight please shout...

Ok, don't ask me why but I found the solution. It's simply having multiple APN's. I had originally created a second APN as per the instructions in someone else's thread to get higher data speeds. Well, after a search on the internet yielded this idea I copied the MMS settings from the original APN to my new one, deleted the old one and Voila, GPS and data now live happily together. Weird...

TexasPenguin said:
Ok, don't ask me why but I found the solution. It's simply having multiple APN's. I had originally created a second APN as per the instructions in someone else's thread to get higher data speeds. Well, after a search on the internet yielded this idea I copied the MMS settings from the original APN to my new one, deleted the old one and Voila, GPS and data now live happily together. Weird...
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So you have one or two APN's now? It might be useful if you could to post your exact settings.

Just one APN now...
Settings are:
Name: MediaNet (But doesn't matter)
APN: Phone
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy:wireless.cingular.com
MMS Port: 80
MMS Protocol: WAP 2.0
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
APN type: default,admin.mms
Everything else not set..

TexasPenguin said:
Just one APN now...
Settings are:
Name: MediaNet (But doesn't matter)
APN: Phone
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy:wireless.cingular.com
MMS Port: 80
MMS Protocol: WAP 2.0
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
APN type: default,admin.mms
Everything else not set..
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Hmmm. Well glad it works for you. I am fairly sure that setup would not work for me. My data plan requires two APN's. I've verified this multiple times. I just tried this since I just flashed a new ROM and was in setup...dismal failure...restored the second APN and hitting 5.5 down out of the box.

[APN config] Beta testers wanted for new APN configuration procedure

Hello everyone,
This thread is for those of you who have manually edited their APNs to increase data speeds. In my APN thread, every once in a while I see a complaint where the user says the "Phone" APN (which is the 2nd APN) will not stay selected. Historically I've been telling people to reboot their phone and try again, or try adding a 3rd APN (for some reason when a 3rd APN is entered, the 2nd one will usually stick). I have seen this problem myself. There may be a more elegant and effective way to prevent this issue, which is what this new thread is all about.
I took another look at the default APN config in the stock updated ROM (the OTA HSUPA update that came out at the end of April), and noticed that the "Phone" APN (which is the APN that provides the faster speeds in some markets) is listed first. As most of you already know, this APN is missing from all custom DHD/Inspire ROMs, which is what prompted this procedure in the first place. For simplicity, my APN procedure (up until now) has been telling people to just add the "Phone" APN as the 2nd one. Speed wise, it doesn't matter which order the APNs are in, just as long as the "Phone" APN is selected and stays selected, but some people have trouble with the selection reverting back to the 1st (slow) APN, sometimes later on without their knowledge. In this new procedure that is listed below, it tells how to delete all your APNs so you can start from scratch, and then add the fast "Phone" APN first, to ensure it will always be selected since it is listed first. The 2nd APN is merely for MMS. This APN layout is the same as the stock ROM.
This procedure "should" work on all ROMs, but that's why I'm asking for beta testers to see what problems arise. I want to get some feedback before officially updating my APN thread in the dev section. Anyone that performs this beta procedure and provides feedback, I will click on their "thanks" button.
Standard warnings apply: make a nandroid backup before making this change, etc. Messing with your APNs is messing with your data connection, but everyone should know that already.
Step 1. Delete all APNs:
Press Menu button --> Settings --> Wireless and networks --> Mobile networks --> Access Point Names
Press the left side of your 1st APN to go into the settings of this APN, then press Menu>>Delete APN.
Repeat this process for any other APNs you have. The goal is to delete all APNs so we can start from scratch.
Now do the next steps in the same order as below:
Step 2. Create a new APN (Menu>>New APN) with these settings, everything is case sensitive. This will be your 1st APN:
Name: MEdiaNet
APN: Phone
MMS protocol (if applicable): WAP 2.0
MCC: (don't change this number)
MNC: (don't change this number)
APN type: default,admin (notice there is no space on either side of the comma)
APN protocol (if applicable): IPv4
everything else: <Not set>
Press Menu>>Save. You will now be back at the initial APN screen.
Step 3. Create a new APN (Menu>>New APN) with these settings. This will be your 2nd APN:
Name: MMS
APN: wap.cingular
Proxy: wireless.cingular.com
Port: 80
Username: [email protected]
Password: CINGULAR1
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS proxy: wireless.cinguar.com
MMS port: 80
MMS protocol (if applicable): WAP 2.0
MCC: (don't change this number)
MNC: (don't change this number)
APN type: mms,supl (notice there is no space on either side of the comma)
APN protocol: IPv4
APN protocol (if applicable): IPv4
everything else: <Not set>
Press Menu>>Save.
You will now be back at the initial APN screen again. Make sure the 1st APN (named MEdiaNet) is selected (via the round radio button on the right side). Your data connection will drop for a few seconds.
We're done. Let me know if you have any problems. If for some reason you notice your speeds are slower or faster, this is due to the normal wide variance in AT&T network speeds. If you were already using the custom APN config, there is absolutely no reason why this APN config would slow you down or speed you up; all we're doing is changing the order of them.
If you need to revert back to your default APN config, from the APN selection screen just press menu and select "Reset to default". Or worst case scenario, simply restore your nandroid backup.
Confirmed working: Virtuous Unity, CM7, NINJA-0706, HoneyGen

If you posted this yesterday, I would've been first in line to experiment. But I've finally stabilized my data speeds after countless days & hours of tweaking (using your methods, and others I've found around here).
Have you ever experimented with [email protected] (as opposed to [email protected])? This has given me better speeds, both when I was stock and on a custom ROM.
EDIT: I've read through your entire thread and don't remember if someone else had the same problem or not. When using the two APNs method, my connection would drop temporarily (always reconnected within a few seconds though) sometimes. Is this something you've seen happen?

Ill give this a shot! Always helping people out
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I will give this a try after work and report back.
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I can do this. I am currently running Virtuous Unity 1.27.0 on my Inspire but am willing to test on Inspired Ace or ClearDroid as well.
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Simba501 said:
If you posted this yesterday, I would've been first in line to experiment. But I've finally stabilized my data speeds after countless days & hours of tweaking (using your methods, and others I've found around here).
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No worries. As the old saying goes, "don't fix what ain't broke". Especially if the road to stability was a long one.
Have you ever experimented with [email protected] (as opposed to [email protected])? This has given me better speeds, both when I was stock and on a custom ROM.
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I just tried it and saw no difference. In theory, this shouldn't affect anything speed wise, since this username is only located in the APN used for MMS (when using the dual APN config). Maybe you've been experiencing the normal crazy AT&T speed inconsistencies, and it was just a coincidence that your speeds were faster when using the alternate username? Just a thought.
EDIT: I've read through your entire thread and don't remember if someone else had the same problem or not. When using the two APNs method, my connection would drop temporarily (always reconnected within a few seconds though) sometimes. Is this something you've seen happen?
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Personally I've never seen this issue. My phone doesn't normally drop its connection, regardless whether I'm on 1 or 2 APNs (unless I'm in a very low signal area of course). Sounds like your ROM didn't like having its APNs messed with, or something else was going on. Hard to tell.
Thanks for your feedback BTW.

@XAviierG, bcd420, biglittlegato - thanks guys!!!
biglittlegato, if you're willing to test on multiple ROMs then go for it! I won't stop you. I'll thank you every chance I get.

Rockin the new settings now. Will try mms next. Coverage is spotty here, will know more once I get her back home.
Edit: mms works. So far data is much slower. Will try next to the good tower after work.
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biglittlegato said:
Rockin the new settings now. Will try mms next. Coverage is spotty here, will know more once I get her back home.
Edit: mms works. So far data is much slower. Will try next to the good tower after work.
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Cool, thanks for the update. This new APN layout definitely shouldn't cause any slowdowns, so you were probably just experiencing some slowness in your area.

henrybravo said:
Cool, thanks for the update. This new APN layout definitely shouldn't cause any slowdowns, so you were probably just experiencing some slowness in your area.
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Where I work I bounce from 0-4 bars of EDGE to 0-2 bars of HSPA while sitting still. There is a tower in town where I typically get 3 to 4 mbps down and have seen as high as 5.5 down. My typical uploads are 1 to 1.5 mbps. Since the APN change I am getting 500 kbps down with 150 kbps up. I'm sitting about 3 miles from the good tower. I'll report back after I run some tests closer to the good tower. I figure I'll run this setup for a couple of days and then try again with a different rom.
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Working just as it should on ninja0706.
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Good speeds now. About 1/4 mile from the good tower.
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I just installed ClearDroid 1.1.4 and I don't think this is going to work. The first APN is locked (wap.cingular) and there is no way to delete it. Nothing happens when you press menu, just the keyboard from a long press of it.

biglittlegato said:
I just installed ClearDroid 1.1.4 and I don't think this is going to work. The first APN is locked (wap.cingular) and there is no way to delete it. Nothing happens when you press menu, just the keyboard from a long press of it.
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Yeah I forgot that some ROMs have a locked APN, so this procedure will only work on the less restrictive ROMs. Thanks for checking though.

[FIX (Possibly)] MMS sending/receiving Issues

So this has been bothering me since the first time I flashed a custom rom on my G2x (had this phone since late September), I know that my data speeds suck and that it's common for a custom rom to mess up our phones' data sending/receiving capabilities (using a mobile network that is). So I've been searching, calling technical support, and playing around with my phone for a long time, and I might have just figured it out, so why not share
To make it clear, this is for anyone who has 2 SEPARATE APNs (one for internet access and one for MMS), especially wind users, since I'm one. No harm can be done from trying this, if it doesn't work for you, just restore your APNs to default and move on.
So here it goes:
In settings -> wireless & networks -> mobile networks -> access point names -> Wind CA MMS (or whatever your MMS APN is), now change the APN type to <not set> (i.e. delete whatever's there and hit ok) and change Authentication type to None (it's usually <not set> by default) then hit the menu button and save.
What this mainly does is it breaks the link between the internet APN and the MMS APN, so to use one of them you'd have to manually select the relevant one then do what you need to do (i.e. now you have to manually select Wind CA MMS (or whatever your MMS APN is) from the access point names menu, turn data on, send/download your MMS, then do whatever you want after, or go back and select Wind CA (or whatever your internet APN is) to get internet access)
By default the 2 APNs are linked and when you need to use MMS your phone switches to the proper APN, then switches back when you need internet access. I'm guessing my phone's been having a hard time finding it's way to my MMS APN (even with it's dual core processor lol) since the data icon usually disappears as soon as I hit send! So doing this manually is more work but it solves the problem (for me at least, and hopefully for you )
I know this sounds like a pain, but I've been able to send and receive MMS at speeds I've never seen before on my phone
Good luck and don't forget to hit the thanks button whenever appropriate

What rom are you running because I'm running cm7 and I send mms within seconds. Also where do u live?
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moeahmad1995 said:
What rom are you running because I'm running cm7 and I send mms within seconds. Also where do u live?
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Check out my signature for my current rom, and i'm from Waterloo as stated in my profile

jj_z1 said:
Check out my signature for my current rom, and i'm from Waterloo as stated in my profile
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Sorry on mobile app so didn't see where u lived.
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moeahmad1995 said:
Sorry on mobile app so didn't see where u lived.
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I wasn't trying to be an ass or anything, sorry dude! I don't use the xda app on devices I usually log on through the browser, so I don't know how the app works! I just thought it was strange that you asked, forgive me if I insulted you in any way.
The thing is, the carrier I'm with has limited coverage in Canada and my area was only recently added plus they used to have one APN for both internet and MMS which worked better but they changed it and it's been giving me problems ever since! But with this fix I can send/receive MMS in seconds now

I'm a wind user in waterloo as well. I did notice the phone gets confused sometimes when I try to send a MMS, it'll send it but every once in a while show up in the message screen to resend (over and over again).
Anyway so I tried to change the settings, the phone let me save those settings saying "The APN cannot be empty." Although when I look at the APN, it clearly says <not set> like in your original post...

jj_z1 said:
I wasn't trying to be an ass or anything, sorry dude! I don't use the xda app on devices I usually log on through the browser, so I don't know how the app works! I just thought it was strange that you asked, forgive me if I insulted you in any way.
The thing is, the carrier I'm with has limited coverage in Canada and my area was only recently added plus they used to have one APN for both internet and MMS which worked better but they changed it and it's been giving me problems ever since! But with this fix I can send/receive MMS in seconds now
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It's fine don't worry about it, I should be thanking u for taking the time to try to figure out a solution and posting ur findings. Thanks
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lulzo said:
I'm a wind user in waterloo as well. I did notice the phone gets confused sometimes when I try to send a MMS, it'll send it but every once in a while show up in the message screen to resend (over and over again).
Anyway so I tried to change the settings, the phone let me save those settings saying "The APN cannot be empty." Although when I look at the APN, it clearly says <not set> like in your original post...
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It's not the APN you need to change, it's the APN type, should be the second to last entry in the list, try it out and let me know if it works

And my solution is....
Here is how i fixed my MMS send/receive issue on WIND with cm7..
1. Restore APN to default
2. Change user-agent in Messaging->settings to Android-Mms/2.0 which is the default "Custom" on cm7
3. Enjoy your MMS sending are receiving.
PS. You will still get disconnected when sending MMS.
EDIT: if you are updating your RIL (using getRIL or any other method) to V11H or something other than v20c (CM7 default RIL) change the user-agent in Messaging Messaging->settings to the default on cm7. Otherwise you will not be able to send MMS with the v11H ril.

Thank you Good_Newz ! This did the trick!

Im using Hell Fire Phoenix 1.9 and still need tissues for my issues. Cant reliably receive mms... No problem sending but i tried the couple fixes here none of them seemed to do it. Any other Wind users having the same issue or any ideas?

I.R.Chevy said:
Im using Hell Fire Phoenix 1.9 and still need tissues for my issues. Cant reliably receive mms... No problem sending but i tried the couple fixes here none of them seemed to do it. Any other Wind users having the same issue or any ideas?
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Have you tried sending mms to yourself from your phone? or from another wind phone if you have one handy? (to see if you receive them)
My brother and I both have wind's G2x and I haven't had any problems with mms ever since i figured out the fix in the op, but my brother can't seem to receive from iphones especially (even with the fix)!! I guess it varies from one phone to another, or it's sender's phone has issues

jj_z1 said:
Have you tried sending mms to yourself from your phone? or from another wind phone if you have one handy? (to see if you receive them)
My brother and I both have wind's G2x and I haven't had any problems with mms ever since i figured out the fix in the op, but my brother can't seem to receive from iphones especially (even with the fix)!! I guess it varies from one phone to another, or it's sender's phone has issues
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After f*cking with it for hours and bugging the hell out of my friends (asking to send pictures over and over) I finally got it working by using gosms and filling in the apn settings manually in the app and whamo works great except iPhones.... figures...
Edit: sending mms to yourself is another good way to test it but it always seemed to work sending to myself just not receiving from others
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unable to MMS on Tsugi Rom
hi fellow wind & Xda users, its great to find wind users here.
i would really like to solve this issue as everything else is working for me now, im using Tsugi's final rom ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358724 )and its great however in APN list i have four things listed
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-internet (internet.windmobile.ca)
-Wind CA (internet.windmobile.ca)
-MMS (mms.windmobile.ca)
-Wind CA MMS (mms.windmobile.ca)
the first two are selectable , makes sense as i have internet .... also i can not modify any of the above , it says " default apn cannot be modified"
i created two new APN just like the last two but left the type Blank, didn't solve the issue.
what do you guys suggest or what am i doing wrong? how can i manually change those settings? perhaps through root explorer? thanks
EDIT: Also as i didn't have any input in TYPE ( blank) i was able to select the two new entries i created but i wasn't able to send/receive mms, when i added MMS to the type , they became un-selectable like the default mms entries! when i remove the mms type and leave blank i again can select them.

reza416 said:
hi fellow wind & Xda users, its great to find wind users here.
i would really like to solve this issue as everything else is working for me now, im using Tsugi's final rom ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358724 )and its great however in APN list i have four things listed
(will attach screen shot as well)
-internet (internet.windmobile.ca)
-Wind CA (internet.windmobile.ca)
-MMS (mms.windmobile.ca)
-Wind CA MMS (mms.windmobile.ca)
the first two are selectable , makes sense as i have internet .... also i can not modify any of the above , it says " default apn cannot be modified"
i created two new APN just like the last two but left the type Blank, didn't solve the issue.
what do you guys suggest or what am i doing wrong? how can i manually change those settings? perhaps through root explorer? thanks
EDIT: Also as i didn't have any input in TYPE ( blank) i was able to select the two new entries i created but i wasn't able to send/receive mms, when i added MMS to the type , they became un-selectable like the default mms entries! when i remove the mms type and leave blank i again can select them.
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I think the fact that you cannot modify the default APN is a 2.3.3/2.3.4 specific issue, when I first created this thread I was running EB (which is 2.3.7) and had no problem modifying. If I were you, I would reset to default (hopefully you can do that on 2.3.4), Try modifying one more time, if that doesn't work, try a different messaging app like go sms and in MMS settings fill in all the APN information manually, hopefully that will work. Also, (if you haven't tried already) you could install getril from the market and see if your rils match, if not install a recommended one. If none of that works, maybe consider using a different rom, I found that MMS works on MIUI roms without having to apply the fix in the OP, and you can definitely modify the default APN on 2.3.7 roms.
Good luck

jj_z1 said:
I think the fact that you cannot modify the default APN is a 2.3.3/2.3.4 specific issue, when I first created this thread I was running EB (which is 2.3.7) and had no problem modifying. If I were you, I would reset to default (hopefully you can do that on 2.3.4), Try modifying one more time, if that doesn't work, try a different messaging app like go sms and in MMS settings fill in all the APN information manually, hopefully that will work. Also, (if you haven't tried already) you could install getril from the market and see if your rils match, if not install a recommended one. If none of that works, maybe consider using a different rom, I found that MMS works on MIUI roms without having to apply the fix in the OP, and you can definitely modify the default APN on 2.3.7 roms.
Good luck
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thanks jj_z1
i tried everything you mentioned above and i am even running a MIUI rom right now , 2.3.7 with gosms, mms setting manually setup and even tried the OP fix with MIUI but still no luck,
only thing i can think of is when i checked the RILS eventhough it said it matches, it was recommending a different one for me, do you think that could be it? its kinda frustrating lol, i'll also flash to stock now and see if i'll still have the mms problem if not then i guess its the custom roms otherwise i don't know

reza416 said:
thanks jj_z1
i tried everything you mentioned above and i am even running a MIUI rom right now , 2.3.7 with gosms, mms setting manually setup and even tried the OP fix with MIUI but still no luck,
only thing i can think of is when i checked the RILS eventhough it said it matches, it was recommending a different one for me, do you think that could be it? its kinda frustrating lol, i'll also flash to stock now and see if i'll still have the mms problem if not then i guess its the custom roms otherwise i don't know
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What exactly is the problem you're having? You can't send or receive mms at all? or is it occasional? or is it just one sided (as in you can't send, but can receive, or the other way around)?
This might be a stupid question, and I don't mean anything by it, people just forget the simplest things sometimes! Do you have data enabled when you try to send or download an mms? (it took me a while to find out that I needed data enabled lol)
You can try to do a hard reset, a lot of users find that it works. While the phone is on, pull out the battery, then the sim card, wait at least 30 seconds, then put them back in and try to send something (like a picture) to yourself. Try this at least 3 times just to make sure (unless it works the first time).
Also, if all else fails, using go sms, you can send and download an mms using wifi, I used that for a while until I got my data to work.
If your rils are matching I don't think installing a recommended one would make a difference, the important thing is that they match.
Other than that I honestly don't know what to tell you, it might be an issue specific to your device. The very last thing you can do is restore to stock and go to a wind store and have them either fix it for you or send it in for repair, I'm sure your warranty hasn't expired yet.

jj_z1 said:
What exactly is the problem you're having? You can't send or receive mms at all? or is it occasional? or is it just one sided (as in you can't send, but can receive, or the other way around)?
This might be a stupid question, and I don't mean anything by it, people just forget the simplest things sometimes! Do you have data enabled when you try to send or download an mms? (it took me a while to find out that I needed data enabled lol)
You can try to do a hard reset, a lot of users find that it works. While the phone is on, pull out the battery, then the sim card, wait at least 30 seconds, then put them back in and try to send something (like a picture) to yourself. Try this at least 3 times just to make sure (unless it works the first time).
Also, if all else fails, using go sms, you can send and download an mms using wifi, I used that for a while until I got my data to work.
If your rils are matching I don't think installing a recommended one would make a difference, the important thing is that they match.
Other than that I honestly don't know what to tell you, it might be an issue specific to your device. The very last thing you can do is restore to stock and go to a wind store and have them either fix it for you or send it in for repair, I'm sure your warranty hasn't expired yet.
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i havent been able to send or receive any mms for a while now,
i just tried wifi, with wifi bein on i was able to send/receive to myself, however when i pressed sent the data sign appeared beside the wifi sign and i was able to send/receive , is that normal? other than that when only the data is on and i try to send a mms , the data sign disappears and it keeps trying to send , and when it can't send then the data sign re-appears , to me the mms apn doesn't work, can you send me the exact apn settings for both internet and mms ? so that i can match mine.. thanks

reza416 said:
i havent been able to send or receive any mms for a while now,
i just tried wifi, with wifi bein on i was able to send/receive to myself, however when i pressed sent the data sign appeared beside the wifi sign and i was able to send/receive , is that normal? other than that when only the data is on and i try to send a mms , the data sign disappears and it keeps trying to send , and when it can't send then the data sign re-appears , to me the mms apn doesn't work, can you send me the exact apn settings for both internet and mms ? so that i can match mine.. thanks
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It's normal for the data icon to appear next to wifi. With separate APNs the phone is usually connected to the internet one when data is enabled, but when you use mms the phone tries to switch to the mms APN which is (in my opinion) where the phone is failing, that's also why the data icon disappears when you hit send, it's trying to switch from one APN to the other, but fails!! Which kinda sucks. Either way, I'm currently running RG2x-MIUI v2.2.24 and here are my APN settins:
For internet access:
Name: Wind CA
APN: internet.windmobile.ca
Proxy: <Not set>
Port: <Not set>
Username: <Not set>
Password: <Not set>
Server: <Not set>
MMSC: <Not set>
MMS proxy: <Not set>
MMS port: <Not set>
MCC: 302
MNC: 490
Authentication type: None
APN type: default,supl
APN protocol: IPv4
For mms:
Name: Wind CA MMS
APN: mms.windmobile.ca
Proxy: <Not set>
Port: <Not set>
Username: <Not set>
Password: <Not set>
Server: <Not set>
MMSC: http://mms.windmobile.ca
MMS proxy: 74.115.197.70
MMS port: 8080
MCC: 302
MNC: 490
Authentication type: None
APN type: <Not set>
APN protocol: IPv4
Also, I guess in MIUI there's an auto-Switch option if you have more than one APN, doesn't really matter if it's on or off, doesn't help!