[Q] which xoom do i own? - Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hya, I bought a xoom via ebay a few months ago. it came from usa. now i don't know if it's only wifi or supports data connection... can you explain me to understand what do i own?
than: I know it's american, but... is there a way to make a gsm card work on my device?
thanks a lot!

If it says Verizon, it's the CDMA version, if it just says Motorola, it's the WiFi version.

it says motorola, s it should be wifi... is it normal it has the simcard slot?

Geko90 said:
it says motorola, s it should be wifi... is it normal it has the simcard slot?
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The slot you see is where a sim card would go if you had the internal hardware for a sim card connection. Also that slot is where your micro sdcard is mounted (if you have one).

Okay but...
Okay, I'm kind of curious about the same thing. My WiFi Xoom has an area for a SIM card and a Micro SD card. However, it's a WiFi Xoom because I bought it as that and it says that on the box, but what's with the SIM card?
I understand there may not be the hardware (Modem) for a 3G data connection, but how can I install one or somehow put one?
Thanks!

Jameel819 said:
Okay, I'm kind of curious about the same thing. My WiFi Xoom has an area for a SIM card and a Micro SD card. However, it's a WiFi Xoom because I bought it as that and it says that on the box, but what's with the SIM card?
I understand there may not be the hardware (Modem) for a 3G data connection, but how can I install one or somehow put one?
Thanks!
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You don't have a SIM. As far as adding it I don't think someone has added a modem yet but you can search Google.
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Yep, on a Wifi device, the sim card slot is a convenient location to store a spare sim card

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[Q] Pre-purchase question

Hi all
I saw in a local shops selling Moto Xoom tablet , the workers and the advertisement saying it is a Wi-Fi only,
I went to the store, I played with it for a bit, the model number MZ600 and it has a SIM Card slot but from the software there is no ( Mobile Network Settings ).
as far as i know if any device have a Wi-Fi only then there is no reason to include a SIM slot in it.
so here are the questions.
1- are all moto-Xoom devices comes with SIM slot and they disable the SIM card internally ?
2- Is there any way to make this SIM slot works ?
Computerized said:
Hi all
I saw in a local shops selling Moto Xoom tablet , the workers and the advertisement saying it is a Wi-Fi only,
I went to the store, I played with it for a bit, the model number MZ600 and it has a SIM Card slot but from the software there is no ( Mobile Network Settings ).
as far as i know if any device have a Wi-Fi only then there is no reason to include a SIM slot in it.
so here are the questions.
1- are all moto-Xoom devices comes with SIM slot and they disable the SIM card internally ?
2- Is there any way to make this SIM slot works ?
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1. Yes.
2. No.
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1) Yes because the Micro SD Card is also located there.
2) No because there's no 3G modem installed and you will never be able to get the 4G modem install.

[Q] Can random re-boots be caused by a bad sim card?

Hi all,
I have my primary phone which is an international SGSII and I have my Infuse as my secondary phone.
I experienced random reboots on my SGSII which I couldnt seem to explain and I started using my Infuse for a while now and it has now started to randomly reboot which it only has started doing since I put my sim card in it and had NEVER done it with no sim card in it so... Can these issues be being caused by a bad sim card?
The card itself is a bit old...
Please advise...
Anything's possible i guess, if you didn't change anything else or install any software on both that might have caused i would assume it would be the sim card.
Try one or the other for a day without the sim card and the other with sim card and see what happens. Then switch and re-test.
Interested in knowing if it's the sim card or not, as a last resort you could just buy a new sim card from an AT&T store.
Bandit_Kaine said:
Anything's possible i guess, if you didn't change anything else or install any software on both that might have caused i would assume it would be the sim card.
Try one or the other for a day without the sim card and the other with sim card and see what happens. Then switch and re-test.
Interested in knowing if it's the sim card or not, as a last resort you could just buy a new sim card from an AT&T store.
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Thanks for the response... I have switched out the cards again to see what is going to happen.
And just so you know... I'm in Canada on the Rogers network... not with AT&T...
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yiannisthegreek said:
Thanks for the response... I have switched out the cards again to see what is going to happen.
And just so you know... I'm in Canada on the Rogers network... not with AT&T...
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Very possible since Samsung has implemented (since the Galaxy Tab 7" i think) a little "feature" where it forces your phone to reboot when it cant see the SIM. Its possible that the SIM is loosing contact and forcing a reboot. Hard to be sure though.

Disable LTE

Anybody knows how to disable the 4G modem or reactivate the 3G Only? I need to disable using the sim card.
Thanks
luismateos said:
Anybody knows how to disable the 4G modem or reactivate the 3G Only? I need to disable using the sim card.
Thanks
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Settings>wireless networks>mobile Networks>network mode> select female(aka autocorected CDMA) as your preferred network mode
hahaha... Still need the Xoom afterwards. I need hardware disable... Thanks
You can't.
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Open it up and pull the card, what happens? I actually saved my dummy card by pulling it before sending my Xoom in for the upgrade in case the new radio sucked the life from the battery.
Very wise... I did not... Pulled the card but no change... System still request the sim... It might need the dummy card to function
Mine ran for a few days without the dummy card pre-upgrade, my guess is the new baseband requires the SIM.
yes somehow... I downgraded all the way to 3.01 to test but apparently the baseband remains... I lost the 4G 3G option also... Baseband is CDMA N03 1A 54P
Now you have a wifi only xoom. I'm not sure if that was a dummy card. Did the antenna wires hook to it?
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After the Upgrade, all of your data, 4g and 3g goes through your sim card.
hammer4203 said:
Now you have a wifi only xoom. I'm not sure if that was a dummy card. Did the antenna wires hook to it?
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The antenna connects to the dummy card too.
I have the real Lte modem. I live outside the US so I have no Lte. I was able to configure the 3G radio using QPST before the upgrade, but since now data is configured via SIM, I can't access the mobile network.
I did experiment with various Sims,one from T Mobile and one from ATT... T Mobile and a local sim would prompt "invalid sim" but ATT brought the unlock window. So there is hope... Perhaps someone will soon find a way to unlock the sim slot to other networks..

[Q] Xoom 3g sim card problem

Wondering if anyone can help, im using team Eos European 3g rom zoom. now i tried 1 sim card and the 3g works perfectly but when i try my other sim, i enter the pin code on screen , it accepts it, then immediately says "Sim card removed, the mobile network will be unavailable until you restart...." .
The sim card definitely isnt broken because it works in my phone and 3g modem on my pc. I've tried restarting the xoom with Wifi off and no luck.
Thanks
shaunbrookes said:
Wondering if anyone can help, im using team Eos European 3g rom zoom. now i tried 1 sim card and the 3g works perfectly but when i try my other sim, i enter the pin code on screen , it accepts it, then immediately says "Sim card removed, the mobile network will be unavailable until you restart...." .
The sim card definitely isnt broken because it works in my phone and 3g modem on my pc. I've tried restarting the xoom with Wifi off and no luck.
Thanks
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how old is that "other" sim card? Reason I'm asking is that sim cards use different voltages and old cards tend to cause problems in modern devices.
Around here, providers usually swap sims for free if you say that you've got a problem with one, so I'd go for an exchange if your sim is older that maybe two years...
llama-power said:
how old is that "other" sim card? Reason I'm asking is that sim cards use different voltages and old cards tend to cause problems in modern devices.
Around here, providers usually swap sims for free if you say that you've got a problem with one, so I'd go for an exchange if your sim is older that maybe two years...
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Its actually brand new, got it on the weekend. It works perfectly everywhere else. I think i'll go to the provider anyway today and see if i can try a sim swap.
This really is baffling me now. I went back to the providers store and tried a different one of their sim cards and it doesnt work either. I just cant understand why my xoom can read certain providers sim cards and not others? (Its definitely not network locked). Could it possibly be the type of sim card (as in a 32k vs 64k etc)?
Any help would be greatly appreciated

3G not working on Nexus 5

I've been using my 3G mobile connection for quite a while now.
Well, WAS using, someday, it suddenly stopped working. I thought it was because I exceeded my 250mb limit but, unfortunately, it wasn't that.
It usually showed up 'H' and had a fairly nice download speed, but now it only shows E and has a tremendously bad download speed.
So, after figuring out it wasn't my plan having its limit exceeded, I decided to try somethings to fix it. At the time I was using the most recent CM11 nightly.
I did a wipe and installed the latest snapshot. Didn't work.
I tried configuring the APN, exactly like my parent's Moto G, and had no luck.
And then now, as a last resort, did a COMPLETE wipe(including internal storage), and flashed the latest Android L ROM available.
Nothing worked, at all, actually.
I've also tried inserting my SIM card to my mother's Lumia 720. It worked as it should. Showed up 'H'. Her functioning SIM card also didn't work on my cellphone.
I'm getting desperate.
I live in Brazil, and my mobile operator is "Oi"
call your operator. you are getting edge, "E". thats very slow data speeds! also, look in tbe main settings, mobile networks. what is it set for.. lte, 3G, or 2G?
simms22 said:
call your operator. you are getting edge, "E". thats very slow data speeds! also, look in tbe main settings, mobile networks. what is it set for.. lte, 3G, or 2G?
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As I said, the SIM card works properly on another cellphone, and other SIM cards don't work on mine. The network is set for 4G.
The problem is on the cellphone, that's for sure. I ran out of ideas so I decided to post here.
otaviomad said:
As I said, the SIM card works properly on another cellphone, and other SIM cards don't work on mine. The network is set for 4G.
The problem is on the cellphone, that's for sure. I ran out of ideas so I decided to post here.
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try this.. dial *#*#4636#*#*, then press phone info, then change the lte/gsm to wcdma preferred. this will prefer 3G(not lte). btw, have you tried calling your operator? it can just be how they have you set up in their system now.
simms22 said:
try this.. dial *#*#4636#*#*, then press phone info, then change the lte/gsm to wcdma preferred. this will prefer 3G(not lte). btw, have you tried calling your operator? it can just be how they have you set up in their system now.
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I did call my operator, but they told me to try the SIM card on another phone to see if it works and it worked. They didn't have anything to do.
Also, I've tried configuring that, still shows E. If I choose "Only WCDMA", my network goes unavailable.
otaviomad said:
I did call my operator, but they told me to try the SIM card on another phone to see if it works and it worked. They didn't have anything to do.
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did you try the *#*#4636#*#*?
if its fine with the other sim card, then its not your phone. you might need a new sim card.
simms22 said:
did you try the *#*#4636#*#*?
if its fine with the other sim card, then its not your phone. you might need a new sim card.
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I tried the SIM card on ANOTHER phone, the one I'm using on my phone, on another one. It worked.
otaviomad said:
I tried the SIM card on ANOTHER phone, the one I'm using on my phone, on another one. It worked.
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dont know what to tell you, honestly. you tried another sim card in your phone, and it works. you tried your sim card in another phone, and it works. but your sim card doesnt work properly in your phone.. it should be working in your phone as well then, unless you do not have a 3G signal around you. personally, id just ask them for a new sim card, just in case.
simms22 said:
dont know what to tell you, honestly. you tried another sim card in your phone, and it works. you tried your sim card in another phone, and it works. but your sim card doesnt work properly in your phone.. it should be working in your phone as well then, unless you do not have a 3G signal around you. personally, id just ask them for a new sim card, just in case.
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No no, I tried another SIM card on my phone and it didn't work. It's all about the phone, not the sim card.
otaviomad said:
No no, I tried another SIM card on my phone and it didn't work. It's all about the phone, not the sim card.
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oh, ok. the sim reader could have broken(somehow). thats actually a fairly common issue. can you get an exchange? where did you buy yours?
simms22 said:
oh, ok. the sim reader could have broken(somehow). thats actually a fairly common issue. can you get an exchange? where did you buy yours?
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I bought it from the internet. I don't think I can get an exchange.
UPDATE:
I've figured out the problem. It's the signal. When the H signal isn't strong enough, it goes to E. I was on another place on my city today and there H was working, and exactly when I got back, the signal started being EDGE.
Now, I've tried flashing another radio. I just downloaded the ZIP and flashed. Note that I am on Android L. It still has the same problem. Now I ask, how may I fix this?

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