First of all, sorry if this has been asked before - but I have honestly been searching for a while and couldn't find anything.
Ok, so bear with me peeps, this a weird one.
The Problem:
My rooted verizon S3 is running LiquidSmooth RC2 with the latest gapps on a GSM Carrier (T-Mobile US). The phone function works perfectly, but TEXTING (sms & mms) and DATA do not. What should I do for this (and other custom Verizon-S3 ROMs) to be truly global and work with GSM?
ps: I can't find APN settings anywhere, and the "APN Manager" app crashes the phone. I don't have a data plan, but the phone should still be able to access the tmobile plans website when I enable data - it doesn't.
Background info:
My carrier is T-Mobile, but I recently purchased an used Verizon GS3 (which is supposed to be a "global phone"). The phone was already rooted and flashed to an ICS Touchwiz Rom, so I popped my sim card in and switched to 'Global Mode' under Mobile Network Settings - and everything (except for MMS for some reason) worked fine. However, I eventually got bored with it and decided to try out other ROMs. I tried a few options, like CM and AOKP, but couldn't find one with Global Mode (or any option to enable GSM) until I came across "JellyBeans" - JB 4.1 and Touchwiz - which finally worked. This, along with some online literature, seemed to confirm my fear that Global/GSM Mode would only work with Touchwiz Roms... until I installed LiquidSmooth RC2.
After installation and initial boot, I go to network options and find this:
"Preferred network mode: LTE / CMDA / EvDO / GSM / WCDMA"
However, when I click the setting it only gives me the following two options (like the other Non-Touchwiz ROMS):
- "LTE/CDMA/EvDO"
- "CDMA/EVDO auto"
Tinkering with the above settings result in the loss of that last "gsm/wcdma" part, and will revert back to one of the two aforementioned options, rendering the phone unusable on GSM networks. At least in my case, the only way I found to go back to the default 'lte/cdma/evdo/gsm/wcdma' was by performing a factory reset and wiping data/cache, restoring the phone to one of the previous Touchwiz Roms that worked, setting it to Global Mode once again and then reformatting it in order to reinstall LiquidSmooth.
In any case, I just want to be able to flash custom roms and have the thing work with other networks.
I'm assuming that I can't flash an international or a tmobile (or at&t) S3 rom to my d2vzw, right?
So what should I do? I found suggestions about related to modems and radios, and also about compiling a d2tmo rom with the d2vzw requirements, but no easy way and not much else.
So, once again - is there a way to make (non-Touchwiz) Custom ROMS for Verizon's S3 to be truly "global" and fully compatible with GSM networks?
Thank you all in advance
- Mike
Workaround for GSM/Global Roaming
Well, luckily, invisiblek just helped revert a change on the CM tree that blocked GSM/Global roaming! Yay!
This commit got reverted: frameworks/opt/telephony 5343f09 PhoneProxy: On v6 or greater RIL, when LTE_ON_CDMA is TRUE
Now, official nightlies should work with GSM carriers. I, myself, use T-Mobile.
As for custom ROMs, you may have to wait till those AOSP ROMs merge those commits and changes. For now, you can use mastamoon's UNOFFICIAL CM builds, invisiblek's UNOFFICIAL CM builds, or the OFFICIAL CM builds, for now.
Although, you have to jump through some hoops. This is what I do:
1. Install ROM, Gapps, Wipe Cache/Dalvik, Reboot
2. Go into phone info by dialing *#*#4636#*#*
3. Phone Information -> Change to GSM only or any other GSM related network.
4. Turn off radio then back on (or reboot)
5. Add APN settings under Mobile Settings:
Code:
Name: T-Mobile US
APN: epc.tmobile.com
MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
MCC: 310
MNC: 260
APN type: default,supl,mms
APN protocol: IPv4
6. Reboot, profit!
*7. Check if you get any FC by calling yourself quickly and hanging up. If you do get a FC, go wipe cache/dalvik then reboot.
We've discussed a lot about it in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094251
+1 on paravex's post.
And, +1 for ,mastamoon's unofficial CM10.1 ROMs. They are amazing!
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I second that, ausman... Thanks a lot PARAVEX, this is greatly appreciated!
Tried AOKP again, the latest build is 10 days old... still no bueno, so I'm now running the latest (today's) official CM nightly!
It's weird, LiquidSmooth worked perfectly as a phone, but no texting or mobile data... I even managed to add the APN (downloaded an app that would give me access to APN config), but nothing. Eh, next version should fix everything.
Thanks again!
CortoMaltese91 said:
I second that, ausman... Thanks a lot PARAVEX, this is greatly appreciated!
Tried AOKP again, the latest build is 10 days old... still no bueno, so I'm now running the latest (today's) official CM nightly!
It's weird, LiquidSmooth worked perfectly as a phone, but no texting or mobile data... I even managed to add the APN (downloaded an app that would give me access to APN config), but nothing. Eh, next version should fix everything.
Thanks again!
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Any builds updated as of 3/15 will work.
And glad it works for you!
can't connect to my data?
I'm having a problem where i cannot cannot to my data, the ROM is amazing, the battery life is great and, i just love the features of the original stock. But only one problem is that i can't connect to the internet!!, WiFi is working fine just the data. It says that its enabled but no luck, if anyone has a solution that would be great!
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Hi,
I recently decided to flash a jeallybean ROM since most of them are getting really great and we don't have any word on the official update. Unfortunatly, I'm now unable to get a data connection on my HOX. It's the rogers version which I unlocked and I'm now using on the Bell network. Before flashing, LTE worked fine with the stock sense ROM, but now I don't have any data at all.
ROMs I've tried :
AOKP, MIUI and CM10.
I've tried to : set the data connection to GSM only, nothing, to LTE only, nothing, to WCDMA only, nothing. I've tried all the APNs I've found (pda.bell.ca, pda2.bell.ca, inet.bell.ca). On AOKP it sometimes said "Error while searching for network". WiFi, texts and calls work fine.
If anyone could help me, it would be really appreaciated. Otherwise I'll just revert to Rogers ROM. Thanks alot!
I cant offer any help, but I'm having a similar issue recently. I was on a nightly build of CM10 (from 10/06/12 I believe). I upgraded to a newer build (from 10/10) and I get no data over cell. I flashed it back and things were fine.
Dravyy said:
Hi,
I recently decided to flash a jeallybean ROM since most of them are getting really great and we don't have any word on the official update. Unfortunatly, I'm now unable to get a data connection on my HOX. It's the rogers version which I unlocked and I'm now using on the Bell network. Before flashing, LTE worked fine with the stock sense ROM, but now I don't have any data at all.
ROMs I've tried :
AOKP, MIUI and CM10.
I've tried to : set the data connection to GSM only, nothing, to LTE only, nothing, to WCDMA only, nothing. I've tried all the APNs I've found (pda.bell.ca, pda2.bell.ca, inet.bell.ca). On AOKP it sometimes said "Error while searching for network". WiFi, texts and calls work fine.
If anyone could help me, it would be really appreaciated. Otherwise I'll just revert to Rogers ROM. Thanks alot!
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Before flashing jelly bean roms you need to flash a sense rom then do full wipe and install cm10 or aokp..
jspidey said:
I cant offer any help, but I'm having a similar issue recently. I was on a nightly build of CM10 (from 10/06/12 I believe). I upgraded to a newer build (from 10/10) and I get no data over cell. I flashed it back and things were fine.
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I have the exact same problem with my SGS using the X-bean 3.0 rom.
What's the best solution? Is it because I used to Cwm?
Svenomous said:
I have the exact same problem with my SGS using the X-bean 3.0 rom.
What's the best solution? Is it because I used to Cwm?
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Every device has its own nuances, as do various ROMs. So I'd advise posting this in the forum specific to your device.
Still no data connection.
I am having the same issue with my AT&T One X phone.
The phone was running 2.20 before it was unlocked/rooted. Installed TWRP, was a noob and forgot to save a backup, fastbooted the boot.img, flashed AOKP and CM10 successfully. With both of these ROMs, I could not get internet to work via cellular connection. I have tried everything with the APNs (even had AT&T help me setup APN settings) and still no mobile data connection. I can still receive/send SMS/calls, use bluetooth and wifi, just no mobile internet.
I'm not entirely sure what to do next. I attempted to go back and flash the UrDroid 4.1 Stock Sense ROM, but after fastbooting it's boot.img and attempting to flash with TWRP, I got a signature verification failure. Got scared and restored back to AOKP (I remember to make a backup this time.)
Thoughts? Sorry for being a noob.
Are you in an LTE area?
redpoint73 said:
Are you in an LTE area?
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I am in a "4G" area (HSPA+) but I am also a hour drive away from LTE. I have tried APNs for both, but AT&T recommended I stick to the LTE APN. AT&T had me go to Settings->More->Mobile Networks->Network Operators and the phone just sat there searching without finding anything. I just did that above operation again and it found AT&T and I selected it. It spins on "Registering on AT&T..." for a few minutes and eventually errors out "Cannot register on this network at this time."
Have you tried switching off LTE by selecting "GSM/WCDMA Auto" in Settings?
I've had data problems on certain ROMs, where turning off LTE got the HSPA+ connection working.
In that case, it was probably a base of build.prop not playing well with AT&T's network. Although I would think the ROMs you mentioned would have these issues worked out at this point (and for some time now).
redpoint73 said:
Have you tried switching off LTE by selecting "GSM/WCDMA Auto" in Settings?
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When I switch to "GSM/WCDMA Auto", it immediately switches itself back to the LTE setting. This is concerning.
Rooted, s-off vzw m8. After a fresh install I have no network connectivity. I try to alter the default APN but as soon as I change the MCC/MNC numbers the APN disappears from the APN list. This includes any new APN I make as well. Any ideas?
I can use other ROMs just fine, but any time i try to use ViperRom i have no connectivity.
i've tried dirty flashing, clean wipe, and ota updates from older versions. nothing seems to get this working.
screenshots at
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the solution was to use a different version of twrp. i was originally using 2.7.0.3 which i can't seem to find anywhere and is now making me wonder if that was even an official release of twrp.
Hi,
I am rooted using the TWRP kltespr version. I flashed CM11 4-07 nightly and at first lost the ability to make calls but still had LTE data (go online, get email). After a reboot I lost both completely. Can't make calls and can't get data. I have done a complete wipe and clean installs of a few nightly versions. They all install without errors but I still can't get connected to my network. I have done several factory resets. Under mobile network data is enabled, I have tried "prefered network type" set to LTE, Global and 3G. Still no network.
Any help/suggestions getting my network connection back will be appreciated,
thank you
Search for how to fix your APN. I would say to upgrade your version too, the latest build from October does not have this problem anymore I believe.
Just about every AOSP rom is bssed on CM 11 now if your using offical CM 11 rom. I have flased several official. yhey yo spell out KLTESPR. but I chsnged the updater script no problem
I'm having an odd issue. I've been running the latest Hyperdrive ROM release on my S3 for about a year now, but I can't stand Touchwiz ROM's so I've tried flashing AOSP ROM's such as CM, AOKP, even Beanstalk. I love all of these ROMs for tons of reasons but I keep running into the same problem, everything works great but I can't receive mobile data. My mobile network state is Disconnected and I have no idea how to fix that. I can text, call, and connect to wifi fine, but no mobile data. I've backed up my EFS but I'm not sure that's connected to the same thing. I have the network set to "CDMA/LTE" (would be more specific but each ROM has it different), but for whatever reason the APN settings are inaccessible. The menu option is clearly there but I cannot open it to ensure I'm using the LTE APN. I decided to give this another go yesterday, and still no dice. However upon restoring my CWM backup of Hyperdrive, I have now lost 4G and am stuck on 3G. My network type now shows eHRPD and while I can access my APN's (I was always able to on Touchwiz ROMs) I can tap on the Verizon LTE APN, but it seems to make absolutely no change to the actual APN. In fact when I reboot it it defaults back to eHRPD all over again.
So, 1. have I somehow screwed myself over? and 2. what am I missing with AOSP based ROMs?
Thanks for any and all help.
TheCing said:
I'm having an odd issue. I've been running the latest Hyperdrive ROM release on my S3 for about a year now, but I can't stand Touchwiz ROM's so I've tried flashing AOSP ROM's such as CM, AOKP, even Beanstalk. I love all of these ROMs for tons of reasons but I keep running into the same problem, everything works great but I can't receive mobile data. My mobile network state is Disconnected and I have no idea how to fix that. I can text, call, and connect to wifi fine, but no mobile data. I've backed up my EFS but I'm not sure that's connected to the same thing. I have the network set to "CDMA/LTE" (would be more specific but each ROM has it different), but for whatever reason the APN settings are inaccessible. The menu option is clearly there but I cannot open it to ensure I'm using the LTE APN. I decided to give this another go yesterday, and still no dice. However upon restoring my CWM backup of Hyperdrive, I have now lost 4G and am stuck on 3G. My network type now shows eHRPD and while I can access my APN's (I was always able to on Touchwiz ROMs) I can tap on the Verizon LTE APN, but it seems to make absolutely no change to the actual APN. In fact when I reboot it it defaults back to eHRPD all over again.
So, 1. have I somehow screwed myself over? and 2. what am I missing with AOSP based ROMs?
Thanks for any and all help.
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I would try flashing a stock ROM such as the one on ScottsROMs.com
The 4.3 stock rooted, OTA disabled, UNlocled boot loader and no Knox.
See if you can get data with that. Firmware for the radio may have gotten messed up, and this would re-write that data (long shot, but worth a try). Another option would be to re-flash the radio maybe.
And now that I think of it, which radio are you on? MF1, ML1, NE1? Because I think I read somewhere that certain ROMs require a certain radio newer than _____ (don't remember which radio).
XdrummerXboy said:
I would try flashing a stock ROM such as the one on ScottsROMs.com
The 4.3 stock rooted, OTA disabled, UNlocled boot loader and no Knox.
See if you can get data with that. Firmware for the radio may have gotten messed up, and this would re-write that data (long shot, but worth a try). Another option would be to re-flash the radio maybe.
And now that I think of it, which radio are you on? MF1, ML1, NE1? Because I think I read somewhere that certain ROMs require a certain radio newer than _____ (don't remember which radio).
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Thanks for the help. I flashed a 4.3 ROM as you suggested, and no difference. I then chased some threads around and decided to just factory reset it as if I was going to return it. Still nothing, I get 3G, not LTE. I was using MB1 before I flashed an AOSP ROM, at which point I flashed the MF1 firmware and then the ML1 modem. That did nothing to fix my issue. I'm not quite sure what else I can do at this point.
TheCing said:
Thanks for the help. I flashed a 4.3 ROM as you suggested, and no difference. I then chased some threads around and decided to just factory reset it as if I was going to return it. Still nothing, I get 3G, not LTE. I was using MB1 before I flashed an AOSP ROM, at which point I flashed the MF1 firmware and then the ML1 modem. That did nothing to fix my issue. I'm not quite sure what else I can do at this point.
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Hmm... ML1 should be new enough.
That's a bizarre issue.
For me, I mainly get 3G. It seems as if either Verizon pulled some LTE towers near me, or my data antenna doesn't have very good contact. Maybe you're having the same issue.
Do you EVER get 4G? Or literally never?
So I've been running stock and I know that in the past, I need to be on stock, updated my PRL and Profile before putting a new rom on however this time it's not working with CM14. I can't change the APN settings. I get data when I go back to stock again. Ideas?
Just as an update, I added the ringplus apn settings but now I can only get 3G and not LTE...
Can you try flashing this and select RingPlus? This seemed to help me set up the APN on my Galaxy S3 to get LTE on R+.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot.../flashable-lte-fix-moto-e-6-x-boost-t3290719/
I tried that and it still didn't work. I went into the APN settings and changed them while I was on wifi and that seemed to work? Weird... anyway Nougat is running amazingly on my phone now.