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Hey everyone
i'm pretty new to the whole nexus s scene, as i've had this device for about a week now. I've rooted my phone successfully and i'm running MIUI's latest ROM..1.8.5 i believe. Now for the problem..
For some odd reason I'm unable to connect to my 3G network at all (yes, data is enabled in the settings, and set to 3g prefered/2g/only 3g..still nothing). Usually there'd be that green "3G" on top bar of my screen, but it doesn't show up. Now i rely on wifi to go online, which isnt a problem...but it feels like my money's being cheated if i dont use my data in occasional situations. I've tried flashing it again and again, but no results. I've flashed my phone to the Oxygen ROM, and the little 3G icon appeared, indicating that data is enabled (i forgot to actually check if it worked LOL). I haven't found anyone else experiencing this problem with MIUI, but i've found threads on them having some sort of difficulty with their data. If anyone could help me out, or direct me to a thread that has a possible solution, i would really appreciate it ~ thank you in advance.
Also, I'm on Fido.....if that helps.
I'm on the latest miui and I don't have that issue try toggling the airline mode to see if it will kick it in. If not really download the Tom and do a clean install see if that works.
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hey, i've tried toggling the airline and it doesn't help. also, what do you mean by "the Tom"?
What happens when you try to connect with just 3G (what type of error do you receive)? Miui's stock 3G icon is white
Also, I think the other gentleman meant to spell ROM
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RawrBell said:
hey, i've tried toggling the airline and it doesn't help. also, what do you mean by "the Tom"?
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He meant rom, auto correct changes the word rom, I think you need to wipe and reflash the rom.
hey, i've just tried reflashing the rom...and still no 3g ): !
also, when i enable data, and set it to 3g..there's no error. there's simply no "3g" icon on the top, and i can't connect.
Did u try manually inputting your apn? Sometimes providers don't push the settings to you
what exactly would i put in for my apn? sorry, total noob here :/
Go to menu>settings>system>mobile network setting>access point names. Do u have an entry there? You should. If not, you need to check with your network provider for the settings.
i've just tried putting in the APN settings (copied the stuff from the APN settings when 3g works on the oxygen ROM). is there anything else i havent filled in and should? cuz....it still doesnt work
Not really. Create it, fill it, save it, choose it and restart. Should work, it always did for me
How's the battery life on that rom
Seems ok to me. 3g uses alot of juice since the service is crappy in my country. Otherwise, best rom I tried
dang :/ still nothing... i've noticed something though. when im on my oxygen rom and search for networks..the option "Fido" pops up. when im on MIUI, the option "Rogers Wierless" pops up in the place of "Fido" .___." that may have something to do with it...
Same problem here on desire s.
When I try to change the apn setting I get a force close.
Cheers, Cor
SOLVED!!!
did I check access point names entries, and make sure sure that the correct carrier one was present. Did I also make make sure that the data packets under mobile networks was checked? When u first install toggle, sometimes the data toggle is on but data is off
Don't know how to check access points etc. Packet Data is indeed on. the *#2263*# returns "Unable to process request".
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Don't know how to check access points etc. Packet Data is indeed on. the *#2263*# returns "Unable to process request".
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settings > mobile networks > access point names
make sure u have the right one entered. eg. ltemobile.apn would be rogers, etc
I have siriusapplications.disabled.ltemobile.apn
well look at that. I edited the APN to just read ltemobile.apn, and voila... My data is back.
Any idea what would have caused the APN to edit? Virus? Yes, I download apps from the net. Mostly for trial, if they're good I buy them... sometimes.
EDIT
It was power control plus that edited the APN. Downloaded it from Mobilism, tried the widget, and uninstalled. Wound up going woth the GO Switch widget instead..
Just a heads up. Also, thx icenight! If you're ever around Barrie, I'll buy you a beer~
ur welcome. don't speak idly now, I live in Brampton but do come up to Barrie every once in awhile
I was so close to flashing a new ROM to see if that would fix it, a beer is more than worth the headache you saved me!
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Updated: instructions Aug-10
Updated: New file optimized for US T-Mobile New instructions - Aug-15
If you have data drops after this please communicate with me. I hate it when someone tells me this fix sucks and then never answers my troubleshooting questions.So as far as I know they have a separate issue!
This is a more public post of what has been going on in the Paranoidandroid developmet thread, but this fix works for all T-Mobile ICS ROM users.
The APN list I have provided here is a US T-Mobile APN list built from the original I pulled apart on the original T-Mobile ROM. Now...this means IT WILL NOT WORK for users on other carriers or in other countries. I might work for the Canada Wind Mobile users as well.
What this did for me and the other T-Mobile testers: It removed the data drops completely for myself and the original testers. This whole data drop thing (and why many others never see it) may be a issue with the "Simple" mobile APN in the default list. Simple uses the same towers as T-Mobile but with different authentication.
What that means is T-Mobile users get small drops as the phone tries to connect to the Simple (which looks like T-Mobile to the phone) towers and then fails because the SIM is not authorized on Simple. Then the next APN in the list "T-Mobile US" is used and connected.
This is an example for others with data drops: Seeing as I have no idea if non-T-Mobile users have ever experienced this problem, I have no idea if trimming down the APN list to include only your carrier APNs willl make any difference. But a smaller APN file could not hurt. The ROM builders must keep the larger file in thier builds to ensure all users everywhere can connect to their carrier. Bad thing is that most of this list is filled with carrier discontinued APNs (Mergers, acquisition, etc) but some may be needed to support older SIM cards.
I would love to have feedback though. Trimming the APN list and importing the settings from the original APN file was a little weird because it was from an older format, but you just use the same format as the new APN list. Even the new included default APN list does not follow the version 7 rules completely. Most important part is the type= identifier in each APN. This defines what functions the APN have. (Default, MMS, SUPL, DUN)
Instructions
CWM Flashable Download: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14980920/tmobile_apnfix.zip
Step 1: download the zip to your SDcard and reboot into Recovery.
Step 2: install the zip and reboot
Step 3: Wipe Dalvik cache is not doing this while flashing a new ROM
Step 4: verify that "Simple" is not in your APN l list - System Settings > Wireless and Networks > More > Mobile Networks >Access Point Names (If it is then delete it)
Troubleshooting
Sudden horrible data connection issues: Verify the permissions on file "/etc/apns-conf.xml" are 644. Some have had the permissions randomly change on this file, not sure how or why.
The APN list this modifies is only a reference file to the APN function deeper in the phone. That is why Simple can reappear after the flash is applied if you did not apply this during a fresh install of a ROM.
Is there any way you could just post what specific changes you made so we don't have to use the flashable file?
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I find my data stays well using PA build5. I am watching new builds to see for changes that come!
Doesn't appear to "fix" the data drop for me on paranoid build 7, the data appears to kick back in faster but it still is dropping and leaving my GPS struggling to get a lock and messenger booting off due to the other known things to make the data drop
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Doesn't appear to "fix" the data drop for me on paranoid build 7, the data appears to kick back in faster but it still is dropping and leaving my GPS struggling to get a lock and messenger booting off due to the other known things to make the data drop
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Where are you getting data drops at, I mean what activities are you doing or what programs are you using when this happens? And does the bars change from blue/grey; or are you loosing the H/3/2 above the bars?
Sending MMS and anything that uses the GPS, both, goes gray and lose data icon
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So I flashed this and can see no discernible difference in my APN list. Simple is still there, and the T-Mobile APN appears unchanged. Also still experiencing the data drops at the same rate
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Likewise, still having data drop issues, not much of a difference from what I can tell
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Ok, if the Simple APN still appears in your list it is a carry over from the previous settings. Just delete that APN from your list and it should not show up again. I think I remember that happening as well and forgot to mention some had to manually delete it. I will update the OP.
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Is there any way you could just post what specific changes you made so we don't have to use the flashable file?
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You can just open the apns-conf.xml file in the zip and see the changes. I'm not going to paste it here and clutter the post up
Just to make one thing clear, as I heard it before.
When the color of the icons change from blue to grey this does NOT mean that your data drops. Blue color indicates that it's connected to Googles servers. A data drop only occurred when there's no G/E/3G/H icon anymore.
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xBkKx said:
Sending MMS and anything that uses the GPS, both, goes gray and lose data icon
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First, delete the Simple APN and retest, Simple does not show up to begin with when using this process: Flash ROM, Gapps, BBfixes if needed, APN fix if needed. Flashing the APN fix on an existing build may not clear the Simple APN from the phones memory at first reboot.
I was hoping to avoid explaining this but here is the thing with the grey/blue bars because the APN function was complicated as it is. Tonyp and a few others had discussed this offline. The blue/grey bar thing gives greater granularity to Google Services connectivity at the expense of making us think we may have lost cellular data.
My bars turn grey when in Google Maps and when sending/receiving MMS
In most ICS builds:
Blue Bars = Connected to Google services / cellular data is connected
Grey Bars = Not connected to Google services / data is still connected
This color changing thing never happened in my original ROM
My T-Mobile ROM never changed colors so I never would have know if or when Google servers lost connection. Don't know what to tell ya as I don't have anything else to go off of.
You are not really losing data because you will notice the data activity still happening in the signal bar overlay (the up/down arrows). The MMS still goes through and the Google maps application still updates the map data as you scroll around. If this is not the case for you, then something else is going on. Tonyp discovered a larger problem in the framework.apk that he ended up patching and I believe includes in the newest build, that resolved a GPS-data problem. The fix allowed the radio to recognize a data connectivity drop and reconnect. But if it reconnects to Simple first, then you still get a pause in connecting back to the TMobile APN until Simple fails.
I will have to add this to the already long OP.....now that I am out of breath.
Alright, so I flashed this, deleted Simple, and I will say it seems to have fixed a problem I had with receiving MMS. thanks for this!
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Thanks OP, tested and confirmed working. Props for putting the explanation up as well.
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Simple isn't in my APN list, I flashed the zip from OP, my Data is dropping the same it just starts up a lot faster but it is still dropping. Maps will stop updating for a few seconds, no data or buffer, bars, arrows, and data icon go away. Instant Messenger always kicks accounts off.
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put genesis stable 1 on my phone to try this and it flashed fine, left simple listed as an APN so i deleted it
was able to download from the browser but when i went into the Play Store i couldnt download anything, even after clearing the app data. so i reflashed, installed this fix, same thing. did not check mms messages though, too put off about the play store not working
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put genesis stable 1 on my phone to try this and it flashed fine, left simple listed as an APN so i deleted it
was able to download from the browser but when i went into the Play Store i couldnt download anything, even after clearing the app data. so i reflashed, installed this fix, same thing. did not check mms messages though, too put off about the play store not working
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I'm back on Domination build 80. I wiped cache/dalvik, flashed the APN fix, fixed permissions, rebooted, deleted Simple, rebooted, wiped cache/dalvik again, and then rebooted. I went to the Play Store on my desktop browser, chose to install YouTube, it pushed to my phone just fine and it appears to be downloading with no issue (aside from the fact that phone signal at my job is so bad tha it's literally worse than dial up...). I haven't had a chance to try MMS because it's usually a headache trying to receive pictures while at work so I don't even want to try.
Man I am struggling trying to think what would be happening for you. I have blue bars off/on during maps...showing intense data usage...but always get map data. The Play Store, I have browsed all around it, watch videos, downloaded apps, updated apps...I don't get any drops. I'm going to have to ask for some logcats from the two of you here to try to help. What chat program are you using, maybe I'll try it and see what it does for me.
Please help me by providing the following also, as I really do want to figure this issue out for all users if possible...
Which baseband are you on?
What RIL are you on? ( Use getril in the store, I want to know if this could be a BB thing and if you have matching BB/RIL)
Thanks for the help!
Heads up, I have noticed that fixing permissions after applying this package can screw up the permissions on the /etc/anps-conf.xml file. This causes major data connection issues. Either apply the apn fix again, after fixing permissions, or change the permissions manually to 644.
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From the few people that have given me feedback, thank you!!! As a result the OP has been updated with a new file to download. This should help the few that did not see improvements with my original posting.It also should work for Canada WIND users but I need tester feedback.
I was walking around school today, listening to slacker radio. Out of no where, the music stopped. I looked at my phone, and it said there was no signal. I didn't think much of it. I figured there was some sort of outage. When I got home and put my SIM in my old phone, I found it did indeed have a data signal. So I put my SIM back into my galaxy and again, no data. I can still make calls and send mms, but I can't connect to the internet, my email, the store etc. I have tried flashing between the stock ICS rom and CM9. I don't know what else to do. I was going to try flashing a different kernel, but would that even make a difference? Can someone help me?
Also, I did check the settings to make sure data was turned on and all that jazz.
same hir a couple week ago .i have my data connection.. and evry day i always flaahing and testing a new rom. and my data betwork.is still working.. but 1 week aho i lost my data connection.. i also try to flash stock rom.. and re activate my data network but still not working
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Well, I tried re-flashing the kernel, with no results. My next step is gonna be flashing a new modem unless someone else has a better idea.
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Well, I tried re-flashing the kernel, with no results. My next step is gonna be flashing a new modem unless someone else has a better idea.
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Try fixing permissions. Also are you sure TMOB didn't cut your data for some reason?
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Try fixing permissions. Also are you sure TMOB didn't cut your data for some reason?
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I'm not on TMOB. I had to unlock my phone so I could get it on a local carrier. It worked fine for a day, then just quit.
Just tried fixing permissions; does not help.
thetouchablegod said:
I'm not on TMOB. I had to unlock my phone so I could get it on a local carrier. It worked fine for a day, then just quit.
Just tried fixing permissions; does not help.
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Fixing permissions never hurts anything. It's good to at least once a week anyway. The next thing I would try is checking your APN to make sure it matches what your carriers settings are. Flashing another modem wouldn't hurt anything either but if the one you had was working fine I'd look at the APN setting first.
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Fixing permissions never hurts anything. It's good to at least once a week anyway. The next thing I would try is checking your APN to make sure it matches what your carriers settings are. Flashing another modem wouldn't hurt anything either but if the one you had was working fine I'd look at the APN setting first.
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Lol, what is that, and where do I find it?
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Lol, what is that, and where do I find it?
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Stands for Access point name:
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You can find it under settings>wireless networks more>mobile networks>Access Point Names. You'll have to do a google search for your carriers correct APN settings. Just make sure they match if not hit left soft key. New APN and enter the correct info. Then left soft key again to save it. Then select it and reboot.
hechoen said:
Stands for Access point name:
You can find it under settings>wireless networks more>mobile networks>Access Point Names. You'll have to do a google search for your carriers correct APN settings. Just make sure they match if not hit left soft key. New APN and enter the correct info. Then left soft key again to save it. Then select it and reboot.
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You sir are a genius. Thank you a ton. I called my carrier, and got the settings. My phone works great. Now to try new roms.
[Q] Persistent "Sign into network" notification - CM 10.2 - APN won't "stick"
Hello all,
I hope someone can shed some light on this problem.
The core details:
ROM: CyanogenMod 10.2.1 (stable)
Android version: 4.3.1
Baseband version: I535VRUCML1
The problem:
I've learned, since flashing to CM 10.2.0 back in early January, when I'm not on WiFi, I don't have mobile data...
After a reboot of the phone, a notification always comes up that says "Sign into network" and "Verizon Wireless" underneath it.
I learned, on my own, that the APN isn't "sticking". CM 10.2.x installed a bunch of "stock" APNs, if you will, but none of the APNs are selected!
That is, if I go to Settings -> More... -> Mobile networks -> Access Point Names. None of the many APNs listed there have a filled in radio button.
When I select my APN (Verizon Internet / VZWINTERNET) and go back to a browser, I'm good to go.
So, I have a workaround - when I lose data, I run to APNs and select my APN and go on my merry way.
But what gives? How come it won't stick through a reboot?
I've even tried deleting all the other APN entries hoping it would default to the ONLY APN available but it still doesn't do the trick.
I need to manually click on my APN if I want mobile data after a phone restart!
Permissions on a file somewhere?
I rooted my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 (d2vzw) a few months back. I'm new to the mobile device scene but I'm an IT Professional by trade so this has been a lot of fun; learning more and more about how these devices work. This is a great hobby and this site has been invaluable.
Thank you for all you guys do and thank you for all your help,
-D
dbilodeau said:
Hello all,
I hope someone can shed some light on this problem.
The core details:
ROM: CyanogenMod 10.2.1 (stable)
Android version: 4.3.1
Baseband version: I535VRUCML1
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No one has any idea why my APN won't save on CM 10.2.1?
The APN is there, I simply must select the correct APN radio button to get data while on the road (no wifi) every single time I get out on the road. Why does it keep resetting to no APN selected?!
Has no one experienced this?
I've looked for apps to try to set it at boot or something but the only apps I find are for changing APNs on the fly for going around the country or something.
70 views already. No response. Ouch.
I hope it is not too inappopriate to bump my own thread. I don't mean to be rude.
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dbilodeau said:
No one has any idea why my APN won't save on CM 10.2.1?
The APN is there, I simply must select the correct APN radio button to get data while on the road (no wifi) every single time I get out on the road. Why does it keep resetting to no APN selected?!
Has no one experienced this?
I've looked for apps to try to set it at boot or something but the only apps I find are for changing APNs on the fly for going around the country or something.
70 views already. No response. Ouch.
I hope it is not too inappopriate to bump my own thread. I don't mean to be rude.
-D
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Just an update in case anyone else runs into my problem:
SOLUTION: Factory Reset in the CM 10.2 settings menu did the trick... I was hoping to avoid that, but I got desperate. It worked.