Hi everyone,
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 (16gb) in Singapore and was using it fine on Singtel's network (signed a contract with them). Now I have moved back to Canada and brought my phone with me assuming that all would be ok to use it with the network here. However I'm having big problems with this one network I just signed up with (Virgin Mobile).
85% of the time I cannot connect to it: voice calls and SMSing won't work nor will the data work on it, the only thing it says is "Emergency calls only". Then at other times everything will seem to connect and work fine - I can make calls and use data.
Virgin Mobile will not support me much because they're thinking it's the phone's problem, if I use the phone they gave me (a lower-end model) it works fine.
Here are some details of my phone:
Firmware version
2 2
Baseband version
I9000DXJPA
Kernel version
2 6 32 9
root (at) SE-S604 #1
Build number
FROYO DXJPA
If I check out the status, it usually says this:
Network
Unknown (switches to VIRGIN when it does work)
Mobile network type
UMTS (switches between that and HSDPA and GPRS)
Service state
Out of service
Mobile network state
Disconnected (switches to connected when working, and even when it's not working sometimes)
I have Network mode set to auto mode (GSM/WCDMA). I've tried to switch it to GSM only but that didn't seem to change anything.
I'm wondering if there's some kind of configuration settings I still need to do with the phone? I'm also wondering if it is the network I'm with right now? Virgin Mobile isn't one of the bigger telcom companies here and I'm thinking that if I switch to one of the bigger telcoms, will it work better?
Something else to add - before I signed up with Virgin I was using my phone with a pre-paid service (called Chatr) for voice only and it was working fine.
I'm sure this phone can support the GSM frequencies here.. can't it?
I also still have the Singtel customizations on the phone. Will it help if I remove it?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks a lot!
Ryan
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Hello everyone, my name is Ryan.
Purchased a Samsung Tab S2 with the intention of using it as a replacement for my phone. The tablet currently has a data share plan on it with my Note 4 for Bell Mobility in Canada.
My plan was to switch the two SIM cards out into one another so my phone has just the data, and my tablet has the data, calling, and SMS. I was under the impression from the sails person that I could replace EVERY function of my phone with the tablet. Unfortunately calling seems to be... less than an option. I didn't realize that they would have disabled the function entirely from the device. Even under "Mobile networks" and "Network mode" I only have the option of using either: LTE/WCDMA (auto connect) or WCDMA. Where my phone (despite now having the tablets SIM card with only data sharing (does that matter?)) has the options: GSM only, WCDMA only, WCDMA/GSM (auto connect), and LTE/WCDMA/GSM (auto connect).
My question is, due to lack of info on Bell website about specifications for the device, does the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 (Model# SM-T817W, Android version: 6.0.1) support GSM calling? It seems to not support it directly through software, or avoids it some how. So, does it have the capability of making/receiving calls? I am NOT looking for a VoIP program, I simply want to use the calling that I pay for on my tablet instead of on my phone.
If it DOES have the capability to do so, but is lacking the software/firmware to do so, how would one go about installiung that? I would prefer if I could, not to install an entire OS, as I saw that the Tab 10.1 I think it was had something that just unlocked calling on it, see link for info.
See: Can't post link because I am a new, sorry.
Thanks
Ryan
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Hello everyone, my name is Ryan.
Purchased a Samsung Tab S2 with the intention of using it as a replacement for my phone. The tablet currently has a data share plan on it with my Note 4 for Bell Mobility in Canada.
My plan was to switch the two SIM cards out into one another so my phone has just the data, and my tablet has the data, calling, and SMS. I was under the impression from the sails person that I could replace EVERY function of my phone with the tablet. Unfortunately calling seems to be... less than an option. I didn't realize that they would have disabled the function entirely from the device. Even under "Mobile networks" and "Network mode" I only have the option of using either: LTE/WCDMA (auto connect) or WCDMA. Where my phone (despite now having the tablets SIM card with only data sharing (does that matter?)) has the options: GSM only, WCDMA only, WCDMA/GSM (auto connect), and LTE/WCDMA/GSM (auto connect).
My question is, due to lack of info on Bell website about specifications for the device, does the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 (Model# SM-T817W, Android version: 6.0.1) support GSM calling? It seems to not support it directly through software, or avoids it some how. So, does it have the capability of making/receiving calls? I am NOT looking for a VoIP program, I simply want to use the calling that I pay for on my tablet instead of on my phone.
If it DOES have the capability to do so, but is lacking the software/firmware to do so, how would one go about installiung that? I would prefer if I could, not to install an entire OS, as I saw that the Tab 10.1 I think it was had something that just unlocked calling on it, see link for info.
See: Can't post link because I am a new, sorry.
Thanks
Ryan
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upon searching i couldn't find the exact version of your device model. are you sure that it supported voice calling and the salesman confirmed this?
Would it be possible to call samsung customer care to confirm the model you have does support voice/gsm
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