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I have been using an ICS ROM (PrimoS v4.1) on my Desire S for some time with no problems, but recently have tried flashing a number of JB ROMs (e.g Andromadus, CM10 and JellyTime). I have found that when using any of these JB ROM's, I am unable to get a data connection and the APN list is blank. Despite many attempts to add APNs manually or by use of APN backup apps, I have failed to add an APN to the list.
Do I need to update the radio to solve this problem? I never did this when going from original HTC Gingerbread to the ICS ROM.
Please excuse the ignorance on this subject. I've read somewhere that there is a danger of bricking the phone when flashing radios, hence my reluctance to try without good reason!
I live in the UK and use Virgin Mobile.
Current radio is: 20.281.30.085AU_3805.06.02.03_M
All help appreciated - I've had a tantalising glimpse of the wonders of Jelly Bean and I'm desperate to get my data connection working!
TIA
I can't say whether changing radios will fix your problem. I use Radio 20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04 on CM10 and have no problems.
Sent from my Desire S
BillGoss said:
I can't say whether changing radios will fix your problem. I use Radio 20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04 on CM10 and have no problems.
Sent from my Desire S
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Thanks for the reply BillGoss.
I took the plunge and updated my Radio to 20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04 with no problems. My phone continues to work fine with the PrimoS (ICS) ROM, but when I flashed JellyTime, still no APN's and I was unable to create one, hence I can't connect to the 3G network. D'oh!
Correct me if I'm wrong but with ICS you don't have the probelm and with JB you have the problem
that you have no and can not set the APN values, Q, dit you have a clean ROM installed.
I had this problem once when I tested a ICS version with sence 4. Later when I installed a CM10 version
I had no APN so I did a factory reset an de problem was gone. To be sure I wiped al the data on my device
and restored a earlyer nandroid backup. Later I tested a lote of ROMS but so far I don't have the APN issue yet.
HypnoCondor said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but with ICS you don't have the probelm and with JB you have the problem
that you have no and can not set the APN values, Q, dit you have a clean ROM installed.
I had this problem once when I tested a ICS version with sence 4. Later when I installed a CM10 version
I had no APN so I did a factory reset an de problem was gone. To be sure I wiped al the data on my device
and restored a earlyer nandroid backup. Later I tested a lote of ROMS but so far I don't have the APN issue yet.
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Yes HypnoCondor, I always do a full wipe before flashing the ROM. I've now done a ot of Googling and trawling XDA threads and have found that the issue seems to be confined to CyanogenMod-based ROMS, not specifically CM10 and covering a lot of different phones. I'm not techie enough to fully understand, but it seems that CM is not registering the SIM card properly and hence the APN list is always blank and can't be edited/saved manually.
What's particualrly confusing is that I recently flashed the CM10-based CyanogenMod 10 Beta Builds [4.1.2][ANDROMADUS 3.x][Frontcam] ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1776256) and much to my surprise it worked! My APN list was populated and all was fine. Unfortunately , after rebooting the phone, the APN's were gone and I've been unable to get them back, despite trying every trick in the book gleaned from XDA users with similar problems.
This is very frustrating, because I really love this ROM
Looks like I'll end up going back to the PrimoS (non-CM, ICS) ROM so that I can get my data connection back when I'm away from WiFi. That's a real bummer, but I'm damned if I've been able to find a fix for this issue.
Just for future reference: being unable to set APN has nothing to do with radio and has everything to do with the ROM you're using. But you've already found that out yourself.
Jack_R1 said:
Just for future reference: being unable to set APN has nothing to do with radio and has everything to do with the ROM you're using. But you've already found that out yourself.
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Thanks Jack_R1. My final plan is to try replacing the SIM card - should receive it in a couple of days.
Phosbrom said:
Thanks Jack_R1. My final plan is to try replacing the SIM card - should receive it in a couple of days.
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Phosbrom I'm on Virgin and the JellyBean roms you mentioned work great on our service. I'm sure you'll enjoy using them when your new sim arrives :good:
hello everyone, new here,,, I have been browsing the forums for quiet sometime now, and decided to register. I have a questions about certain ROM's. I current have a htc one x at&t hboot 2.20 ; ( it has the viper 2.20 installed everything is great, but like everyone else you want to try something new. I have flashed KingCobra1x and Calkulin's One XL v1.2, both of them will install and work, but the LTE will not. I have made sure APN's were right I have tried resetting APN's , wiping cache / dalvik , ect It is driving me nuts. I can usually figure things out! I also tried flashing the radios that the developer suggest. My guess it has something to do with the radios, What am I doing wrong!?!? thanks!
Do you know for certain you have lte in your area?
Sent from my HTC One X
ECEXCURSION said:
Do you know for certain you have lte in your area?
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Oh yeah, St Louis, it's working like a charm now on the viper rom right now..
I was now just reading the Calkulin's One XL post and I did do a full wipe, but I didnt flash the Calkulin's_FORMAT_ALL_for_One_XL.zip does that matter? lol
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worked! lol duh
I've started using his format for all whenever I switch from one ROM to another. I think it fixes a lot of problems people have, much like running an ruu.
Sent from my HTC One X
I've often had trouble getting AT&T's LTE up and running on certain ROMs. Don't really have the technical knowledge to say, but it seems to have to do with something in the AT&T APN besides what you can manually input in Settings (possibly build.prop). Manually entering the proper APN info does no good, as does wiping cache/Dalvik. I never got LTE going on KingCobra (but didn't stick with it for long).
Turge has an APN fix originally posted in his ViperXL thread (current versions of ViperXL should work fine), and that has fixed LTE in some cases. Particularly for older ViperXL builds and rooted stock ROMs (non-AT&T carriers, specifically 2.42).
No guarantees on it working. Do a nandroid before flashing, if you want to be safe.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31136543&highlight=apn#post31136543
I didn't have any issues with LTE on Calkulin's ROM, but I haven't flashed the latest version (think I was on 1.1c). Did you keep user data between KingCobra and Calkulin's? You should always factory reset between different ROMs.
redpoint73 said:
I've often had trouble getting AT&T's LTE up and running on certain ROMs. Don't really have the technical knowledge to say, but it seems to have to do with something in the AT&T APN besides what you can manually input in Settings (possibly build.prop). Manually entering the proper APN info does no good, as does wiping cache/Dalvik. I never got LTE going on KingCobra (but didn't stick with it for long).
Turge has an APN fix originally posted in his ViperXL thread (current versions of ViperXL should work fine), and that has fixed LTE in some cases. Particularly for older ViperXL builds and rooted stock ROMs (non-AT&T carriers, specifically 2.42).
No guarantees on it working. Do a nandroid before flashing, if you want to be safe.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31136543&highlight=apn#post31136543
I didn't have any issues with LTE on Calkulin's ROM, but I haven't flashed the latest version (think I was on 1.1c). Did you keep user data between KingCobra and Calkulin's? You should always factory reset between different ROMs.
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Yes, I completely wiped my phone. The KingCobra I never got LTE never tried the fix yet, but on the Calkulin's ROM got it to work with his fix and I have noticed that the signal became weaker from the status bar, but it still read a - 85 RSRP (same signal strength with Viper) Im on the ViperRom now and it has full bars compared to the 2 or 3 that I get with the Calkulin's ROM..
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!
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.
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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).
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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?