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[Q] How do I add APNs on Verizon Galaxy S3 running 4.1.1?

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The closest thing I've found to a solution is here, but it's a bit out of date as the method isn't for 4.1.1.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 Just keep in mind some videos are outdated and that you have a Verizon cdma galaxy S3 running 4.1.1.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.

[Q] unlocked tmo blaze not getting att data

I gave my rooted TMo Galaxy Blaze to a friend on ATT. ATT SIM installed, unlock code worked fine. Talk and text on ATT is fine. But no data. searched: Added a new APN.still nothing. Friend called/visited ATT. ATT says: We see it...It should be working..all apn settings are correct...no reason it isn't working....they checked the account and the data plan...It will work they said. But no luck. Could it be the sim card issue I have read about? Thats my next step. Ask ATT to change out sim card. is that reasonable? I'm at my wits end. My friend is 8 hours away..so I'm trying to figure this out long distance. I'm a noob..(you gotta start somewhere).but I have searched and searched and I refuse to give up. Friend is ready to give up..go to TMobile...but I am too stubborn! He shouldn't have to do that.
Someone at a private phone shop looked at it for him. Told him the data problem could be because of the root. Wanted to charge him $40 to "undo" the root. Yes, I rooted the phone but I never changed the ROM. I got nervous about deleting bloatware..afraid of which ones were safe..but the root process shouldn't affect anything right?. Any help is appreciated. I will keep looking for answers.. My next goal is to upgrade the gingerbread to ICS. I think I can do that..but I have some learning to do.

[HELP]Samsung Korean S8+ KT - SM-G955N TMobile Network Problem

Hello everyone, im new here kept searching everywhere for solution for my problem without any success. In may 10 i bought SM-G955N KT module, it was working great with 2g / 3g / 4g / LTE / LTE+, i went out of usa for almost 3 month and when i came back my phone doesn't work well with tmobile, i can send msgs use lte internet but i cant do calls at some areas, some times i have full lte bar and when i try to make a call it goes to 0 signal bar, i called tmobile many times about the issue but no solution i found out that they did upgrades to their towers in the period i was out of usa from may to august, right now i cant use the phone as any normal person its been a month that i cant use the phone at my house and some areas, i can make calls sometimes if im at different tower locations. Question is, is there any solution for this problem since tmobile did those tower upgrades its screwed up everything..... should move out to att or verizon or what should i do. I really need help with this problem its been a month, any solution would be welcome if it requires root or not i dont care i just want to find a solution for this,
Thank you.

Have you tried resetting your network settings and/or getting a new sim card?

Its not the sim card i already changed it to a new one also i tried it on a iphone 7s plus and it works fine, my phone is bone stock no root no custom software alsi its the korean version when i looked around i found that tmobile did some network upgrades from may to aug and thats when my phone got screwed up, i was albe to play with the ims setting and i got the phone to recive calls but i cant make calls, does my phone screwed up because it has the korean csc and the stock firmware or whats going on here

I'm not quite sure I understand your experience. From what I am reading, you went to Korea, got the G955N (which I bought for both myself and my wife), and then came back to the states and can't get it to work with T-Mobile?
I tried to get mine to work with T-Mobile and have experimented extensively with different CSCs and ROMs.
I eventually went over to AT&T
I've also had a rather extensive experience of how to get 4GLTE working here in the states with AT&T.
Feel free to reply here or DM me if you wish.

caniswesley said:
I'm not quite sure I understand your experience. From what I am reading, you went to Korea, got the G955N (which I bought for both myself and my wife), and then came back to the states and can't get it to work with T-Mobile?
I tried to get mine to work with T-Mobile and have experimented extensively with different CSCs and ROMs.
I eventually went over to AT&T
I've also had a rather extensive experience of how to get 4GLTE working here in the states with AT&T.
Feel free to reply here or DM me if you wish.
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Hello thanks for your input, actually i bought the phone in the box brand new from amazon, it came here on may 10 i used it for 7 days 4G LTE 3G works great then i had to go out of country for 3 month i came back at the end of august to find that tmobile did a huge tower upgrades in my area, since i came back i wasnt able to do calls and receive calls, i was only able to text and use LTE internet but not calls, i went to different towers area and i actually was able to make calls but not in every area because some times my signal bar goes down to 0 or even 1 signal and i cant make calls still but my other friends who owns iphones or usa version of android works fine except me. Yesterday i edited the IMS setting im still on stock fw and i enabled every single feature there and i was able to receive calls in my area but still i cant do calls, i wanted to make sure if im gonna follow the steps here in this guide i will be able to use TMOBILE CSC with the korean stock firmware and get the features of tmobile as VOLTE and WIFI CALLING etc with the right CSC for sure and without tripping knox
Thank you

Hi, I did some extensive searching and was not able to find a solution for this.
I've got the SM-G955N, and ran into the same issues as other users in this thread with T-Mobile, has anyone found a workaround to unlock the LTE bands necessary to make the SM-G955N work with T-Mobile?

I didnt find solution yet too, i dont know what to do i gave up i tried everything on the official software no root.

androw3349 said:
Its not the sim card i already changed it to a new one also i tried it on a iphone 7s plus and it works fine, my phone is bone stock no root no custom software alsi its the korean version when i looked around i found that tmobile did some network upgrades from may to aug and thats when my phone got screwed up, i was albe to play with the ims setting and i got the phone to recive calls but i cant make calls, does my phone screwed up because it has the korean csc and the stock firmware or whats going on here
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I had a phone with the Korean CSC as well, N phone as well. I left the CSC alone and it worked with T-Mobile and ATT here in the US just fine, last fall.
I later changed the CSC to XXA, and still works well. Just tested it this week with T-Mobile, and it's working. I have to say, that locally, T-Mobile has much poorer spot area service than ATT. Kinda puzzling, but that is the way it is.
My phone is rooted, so it make things a bit more handy to mess about and return to my previous setups.

G981U Unlocked no service after update

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.

Question Can't remove old Carrier's information on Global Unlocked phone

Hi all,
I have been stay up two days to looking for my solutions and would you guys at least let me know if this is impossible or possible?
1. Bought Global Unlocked AT&T phone from my friend. When he sold it to me, I made sure it is unlocked and move to any carriers.
2. I check IMEI numbers and everything from Verizon (I called them) they confirmed this phone is compatible in their netowrk and will work.
3. I switch my iphone 11 max pro sim card (verison) and put it to Samsung Z flip 3 5g.
4. Everything works find but, I saw AT&T logo when I start the phone. I also some of AT&T setting's everywhere. I did factory format and showing the same thing.
5. I called verzion and they said, because I use 4g sim to 5g phone and asked me to visit their direct retailer to get free 5g sim card and I did.
6. HOWEVER, after change even sim, it shows still AT&T logo and AT&T related menu in the settings and everywhere. Also, I did not even have wifi calling feaatures.
6. After that I have been search and study two days but, still couldnt' figure out what's going on. What I found is I need ask my current carrier to push OTA. (that's the one of other people suggested and I did chat with verizon and they said, they will get back to me after senior engineer to check if they can do it.
7. They also make sure my phone is registered their networks and works fine.
It is really bothering me to see some of AT&T settings still turn on and also shwoing in this phone.
Probably this phone is global unlocked phones provided from AT&T from the beginning.
While i am searching and reading the articles, lots of people told me to gave up because i am even on Verizon, they said I have to depends on AT&T's OTA updates and etc....
it is my fault to bought it from my friend even tho I belived that because it worked, I thoguht that everyhthing would be fine......
What should I have to do? Just stay with it and sell it when z flip 4 is come out? Do I really didn't have any change to correct this issue?
I was fan of iphone and i swiched to android first in my life and everything went wrong. I want to fix and stay on Samsung. Would you guys can at least let me know there's no way or there's way to correct this so that at least I can ignore everthing and stop trying to find answer all day wrong........
Thank you and sorry for long question... you guys are my last hope.
Thank you in advance.
Respectfully,