OK I have a Att prepaid 3g card that I am using in a samsung infuse 4g. I am trying to figure out a way to be able to get the phone to be able to send or recieve picture messages.I called att and they said it wasnt possible for me to do but I had called a few months back and a lady did somethign and it started working. My motherboard crashed on my phone so i bought another off ebay and I am back up and running but I am back in the no picture zone again. Anyway the aldy I spoke with from att said that the other woman that helped me before must have jailbroken the phone for it to be able to send pictures. I am just wondering if this is something I can do myself so that I can send and reviece pics again and i also saw that someone here has jelly bean that works on the infuse is the program stable and if so can anyonepoint me in the correct way for what i need to do to get the pics working again an possibly putting jelly bean on my infuse thanks alot in advance.
any one got any idea on what i can do the phone is unlocked and rooted still cant send or recieve pics
I have a Verizon Galaxy S3 (SCH-I535) running Android 4.1.1. I was told by Verizon prior to moving to England that, with this version of Android which unlocked the "world phone" capabilities (GSM), that I would be able to use my phone abroad with a new sim on a local network.
Fast forward a few weeks, and I am in England with an Orange sim in my phone. I have no problems with voice, but I cannot access any data services (I have no trouble receiving texts, but cannot send them - I think this is a problem with the sim though). After searching around the internet for a while, it seems that the solution to my problem would be to add the Orange APN settings to my phone.
HOWEVER, Verizon's version of 4.1.1 does not allow you to edit APN settings! When you go to the APN menu, there is nothing displayed and the only settings option is to Reset to Default.
The closest thing I've found to a solution is here, but it's a bit out of date as the method isn't for 4.1.1. I'm a bit wary of rooting my phone and installing a rom, as I've never done anything like that before.
Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing that might be able to offer a solution? I would be willing to root my phone if necessary, but I'd need to be directed to a pretty explicit noob guide for doing that :silly:
Thanks!
Getting root is easy with the toolkit linked. Should you have any questions you can read the thread or search galaxy s3 toolkit on YouTube. Just keep in mind some videos are outdated and that you have a Verizon cdma galaxy S3 running 4.1.1.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2092244
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium
Search this same thread and the APN fixes are here. There is also an APN fix in Note 2 forum that should work. Once you change APN should be good to go with Orange. Say hi to my Uncle in Birmingham. He on Orange also. Cheers. :laugh:
What ended up being your solution?
I'm going to Italy tomorrow with a Verizon S3 and APN settings are locked. The phone is rooted and I would love to be able to use a local SIM on data!
Thanks in advance.
sundayradio said:
What ended up being your solution?
I'm going to Italy tomorrow with a Verizon S3 and APN settings are locked. The phone is rooted and I would love to be able to use a local SIM on data!
Thanks in advance.
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No solution yet. I'm going to look at the link above when I can get some time to sit down and focus on it. Hopefully it fixes it.
BTW, although it's billed as a CDMA phone, it is able to operate on GSM as well. That's the whole "world phone" thing that Verizon has been talking about.
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BTW, although it's billed as a CDMA phone, it is able to operate on GSM as well. That's the whole "world phone" thing that Verizon has been talking about.
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I understand it's a world phone, but I wanted to drop that in because I wasn't sure if the Toolkit states "CDMA" under the device selection screen. I know the Galaxy Nexus or Razr Toolkit specifically stated CDMA. I just didn't want you to accidentally pick the wrong one. After looking at screen shots of the Toolkit you shouldn't have a problem it doesn't mention CDMA only Verizon is stated.
Unable to add APN.
prdog1 said:
Search this same thread and the APN fixes are here. There is also an APN fix in Note 2 forum that should work. Once you change APN should be good to go with Orange. Say hi to my Uncle in Birmingham. He on Orange also. Cheers. :laugh:
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Hey there,
Sorry for going there, but I have not been able to find a fix for adding in the APN on a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III. I have it on Cincinnati Bell at the moment, and have it rooted. I have voice and text, but not data. I have used the APN Manager Pro to see the APN that I need to use, but for some reason it will not use it or be able to edit it? Any thoughts?
deca2499 said:
Hey there,
Sorry for going there, but I have not been able to find a fix for adding in the APN on a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III. I have it on Cincinnati Bell at the moment, and have it rooted. I have voice and text, but not data. I have used the APN Manager Pro to see the APN that I need to use, but for some reason it will not use it or be able to edit it? Any thoughts?
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Yes.
Get titanium backup pro and make apn mgr pro a system app.
You should be good after that.
This is confirmed working on Vodafone Italy and ill post results from China and hk in about a month
And please spread the word on this.
Spiting Verizon is my new favorite hobby.
I have a very similar problem. I have a Samsung S3, not rooted, but unlocked from Verizon. I have been in Kandahar for a month or so. My SGS3 with a local provider will make and receive calls great when coverage is there. My problem is, I can only seem to text local here not back to the US, or get email and no Google Talk. I went to the shop where I got my card here, they told me that Verizon needed to unlock my phone. I know it is unlocked but I made the call home, Verizon told me what I already knew. I went back into the store, once again, next they said Verizon needed to unlock my APN? I called again, finally I got a response from Verizon saying that Samsung needs to release the patch so Verizon can unlock it. If anyone knows of such a APN patch I would greatly appreciate it. My lap top screen got cracked during a patrol so doing all of this and email is quite the B!tch! I have always had success with this forum and hope it will continue. Once I send my lap top back home to be warrantied, I will not have any way of getting the usual business done for at least a month. I'm trying to hold off on the lap top until I can get my phone fully functional. I do not have internet connection on my phone, just my computer, I guess that is the APN, that is still locked. I could do all of this if I had WiFi, but it is not allowed here by the company that provides internet. They do have WiFi in some areas, but it is always bogged down with everyone else trying to use it. Also, I am not too sure if I want to attempt to do a root, the internet service here is very slow. Thanks for your help. Please remember, I am atleast 8 1/2 hours ahead of you, so response time will be delayed.
A very helpful member of GalaxyS3forums sent me here.
Long story short, my VM Victory was soft-bricked and came back to life after (mostly accidentally) flashing a Sprint rom on to it. It has worked splendidly for a month and a half.
The VM phone thinks it is on the Sprint network. All my data and phone usage is tracked minute-for-minute on my VM account, so I know that the phone just thinks it's on Sprint, but the phone is clearly on VM.
The only issue I have with this (since it works in all other matters) is that I can't get MMS. My BF, also on VM, wasn't getting MMS either, so I figured it was a VM problem.
He was able to get his MMS fixed by realigning MSID/MDN by using the ##VIRGIN# command in the phone dialer.
When I try ##VIRGIN# it says the command is invalid, and I'm guessing it's because my phone thinks it's Sprint, and Sprint doesn't know that command.
So my question is, what part of the flash makes it think it's Sprint, and is there anything I can do, or should I just get used to Sprint and no MMS?
Note: I have been unsuccessful flashing the one and only VM Victory Rom on the phone, so that doesn't seem to be an option.
I am having a similar problem. I tried to update my Virgin Mobile Galaxy S2 from ICS to Jelly Bean via Kies, and now my device thinks it is a Sprint phone. Can't receive MMS and my receiving/sending of texts and calls is spotty. I chatted with someone from Samsung and they were unable to help me, said to take the phone in to Best Buy and have a Samsung representative look at it. I'll be doing that today.
Have you made any progress with it?
Well, I went in to Best Buy and talked with the Samsung rep and he attempted to fix my phone to no avail. He did make it so that it would run correctly so I could receive texts and calls. But it seems the software is permanent. I went ahead and signed up for Sprint's free student plan and got the S4 Mini since I needed a new phone anyway and am going to attempt to sell my Galaxy 2. But yeah. Best of luck to you.
I Have a samsung SM-G930AZ and i received the unlock code from cricket, I put my new sim card in and entered the code to no avail. The rom is stock QA1. From what I have seen I need my MCK code, but neither samsung nor cricket will give it to me. Cricket says they cannot give that out and samsung says they will only give it to me if cricket wont and to call back. Every time i call back no matter how many times ive told them I have called they still say call Cricket, but then say to call back if cricket wont help..... I am beyond mad at this point.
so quick update on this, samsung is sending me a new phone, according to the guys in the executive team, this has been an ongoing problem with S7's from certain carriers, just incase anyone else is having the same problem. Oh and ^bump^ in case someone else has input about this
Hi all, new noob member here with hopefully a simple question. I bought an unlocked S20 with tmobile firmware about a month ago. I'm using a verizon SIM card and everything worked fine until yesterday when Tmobile sent out an update. At first I had no mobile data but could still send texts. After searching, i saw under my SIM card status it said IMS not registered. Not knowing much about this stuff I was thinking that maybe I needed to flash verizon firmware onto my phone and that would fix it ( I have not done that yet). I went to the verizon store and got a new sim... same issue. I also found a website listing access point details, I plugged in all the information and now I have 4G but i am still unable to send texts. I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas as to what my problem might be. I'm trying to avoid flashing new firmware onto my phone because I don't have a great understanding of how to do it, and i really dont want to brick my phone. Any suggestions would be appreciated.