Hi everyone,
I recently gave my girlfriend my old Droid MAXX, which she converted from Verizon to Straight Talk. Texting and calling works fine, but she is unable to use the internet unless she's on WiFi. I've been digging around all day and I'm really struggling with fixing the issue. A lot of sources are saying that you need to change the APN settings after replacing the sim card, but it seems that we are unable to do that. The only option we get under "Access Point Names" is to "Restore to Default". We can look at the current default ones, but can only change the name. Does anyone know what we need to do in this situation?
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I was out in the country trying to get my phone connected to a network as the rest of my family (same plan) had connections with their iphones. Low and behold a new setting shows up in mobile networks that I had not seen before, Access Point Names. My biggest mistake was changing settings in something I knew nothing about but I did and pressed restore factory default. Once I reached an area that had a data connection, it seemed all worked well until I tried to send a text. I soon found out I couldn't send or receive any texts/calls.
I've flashed to stock, updated prl, and nothing has worked. I tried to change apn settings using those from this site 4GLTE, but it proved futile. Now I'm stuck and more frustrated than I was before I couldn't get service.
I feel like an idiot and really could use some help! Thanks!
emfajardo2 said:
I was out in the country trying to get my phone connected to a network as the rest of my family (same plan) had connections with their iphones. Low and behold a new setting shows up in mobile networks that I had not seen before, Access Point Names. My biggest mistake was changing settings in something I knew nothing about but I did and pressed restore factory default. Once I reached an area that had a data connection, it seemed all worked well until I tried to send a text. I soon found out I couldn't send or receive any texts/calls.
I've flashed to stock, updated prl, and nothing has worked. I tried to change apn settings using those from this site 4GLTE, but it proved futile. Now I'm stuck and more frustrated than I was before I couldn't get service.
I feel like an idiot and really could use some help! Thanks!
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call your carrier and check your apn setting with them. Fastest and easiest way.
Hey all,
So as the title says, I recently got a replacement unit for one I lost. This one came with 5.1.1 so I'm currently on a rooted stock debloated AT&T ROM. Just put my SIM in it, text and voice work fine, but if I turn data on nothing happens? No data symbol, nothing. I'm in Australia, and want to try enabling more 4g bands in the hidden Menu, but I went through the whole thing and couldn't find where to enable them? If someone could help me out it'd be appreciated.
Cheers
maybe you have to add the correct APN for your provider. I am in the US so I don't know Australia's provider.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S6 (SM-G920W8; I have not rooted or installed any custom OS; it's running Nougat 7.0) that was previously locked to Telus (Canada) and I had it unlocked in December. Since then, it was worked fine with SpeakOutWireless (7-Eleven) for texting and calling (no data). Recently, I purchased a roaming data-only SIM from KeepGo. I cannot, for the life of me, get it to work. The SIM itself is fine. It works in my husband's Galaxy Core LTE.
So the way KeepGo works, is I have to put in an APN. When I get to the "Access Point Names" screen, I get an error that states: "Unable to view the access point name settings. Access is restricted for the current user profile." I don't have any kind of user profiles set up on my phone. So I go to "Add" anyway, and I add my APN. If I choose "GID" for MVNO, it saves to where the APN's are listed and I can see my APN. If I choose anything else (such as "None"), it disappears and I can't see the list. At first, when I chose "None," the APN in the list was no longer visible (shows that "unable to view" error), but my data actually worked! Then, a couple of hours later, it no longer worked. I tried resetting APN so it erased what was there (because I couldn't see it to modify or delete it), and I tried again, and no matter what I do, I can no longer get data. I also tried a factory reset, and it made no difference. Also, to note, it shows the network just fine (whether Bell, Rogers or Telus; they use all three providers). It just can't register on the network.
I have contacted KeepGo, Samsung, and Telus, and can't get anywhere with any of them. Any ideas as to what the solution is?
So, let me explain the problem I had as context for my question.
I have a HTC M8 from Verizon that is totally unlocked (bootloader, SIM, etc) and rooted. I am running a recent version of LineageOS
My wife has a Samsung Galaxy S5 from Verizon that is rooted. She is running the latest available stock firmware from Verizon (with some bloat removed).
On the Verizon network with our Verizon SIM cards neither of us could edit APN settings.
We have been off contract for a while and just switched to Total Wireless.
I had 0 issues with my phone as the proper APN for Total Wireless was obviously loaded properly into my phone when I put in their SIM.
My wife OTOH was not able to get any internet access and upon examining her settings I noticed she lacked the newer TRACFONE.VZWENTP APN that my phone had.
I was not however able to edit her APN settings.
From everything I was finding online it seemed that the phone was clearly unlocked since the TW SIM worked to make/receive phone calls. Also it appeared people were stating that the presence of an APN is a function of the SIM and that if the APN wasn't there or I couldn't add it, then the SIM was the problem.
In the end I was able to install build.prop editor and make the following changes:
Code:
ril.sales_code=LOL
ro.csc.sales_code=LOL
This allowed me to add an APN. I copied the settings from my HTC *exactly* (triple checked) and still no Internet.
Finally I chose the option "Reset to default" and it appeared that it deleted the APN I added and added another TRACFONE.VZWENTP that was just slightly different then what I had on my phone (it set the "Bearer" option to 'LTE' instead of 'unspecified'). Everything then worked.
This experience leaves me to believe the following:
1) The ability to edit the APNs is a function of the ROM, not the SIM, since I was able to edit with build.prop and then make the change.
If this is the case however, why would a custom ROM like LineageOS not have this unlocked by default???
2) The APN is actually stored in the SIM card.
This must be the case because when I "Reset to default" there was nowhere that it could have gotten these changed settings from other than the SIM card as it was unable to even reach out to the internet at the time (wifi was off).
This was all just such a hassle and there are hundreds of posts out there about people in similar situation who state they can't access their APN settings.
If my wife's phone wasn't rooted I would not have been able to use build.prop editor to make the APN editable and then I would never have been able to get internet. What could I have done in that situation?
Again - my issue was resolved, but I am trying to understand specifically how these things are controlled and unlocked - especially for someone who doesn't have root access to their phone.
Oh - I just wanted to add that I worked with Total Wireless over chat for close to an hour while I was researching this on my own.
I helped them out from the beginning by telling them that I thought the APN was the issue and the block head kept telling me that I needed to edit my APN settings.
When I continued to tell him they were greyed out and I couldn't do it he just kept repeating as if they have never experienced this before and there *must* be a way for me to edit my APN settings.
I haven't had a build on my HTC or my wife's G5 that I can remember where I have ever been able to edit them manually, so I would expect that grayed out APN settings are pretty standard. Ofc I may have had a total moron over chat (likely), but he seemed to be consulting either their internal KB or another associate - so the fact that it was so difficult for them to figure this out (in fact they never did, I did) and they never would likely have if my phone wasn't rooted is very perplexing to me as to the root problem.
First time poster and a real newby when it comes to tweaking phones.
I have an unlocked LG V20 which I purchased (and really like) from T-Mobile. I am trying to use it with Consumer Cellular. I have gotten it to work sometimes but it connects very seldom.
I had to set up the APN settings manually which seems weird but like I said, it works - sometimes.
Currently, I cant seem to send texts or even call anyone. The phone says it's registered on the network.
I was having an issue with it de-selecting the APN settings I had made (and saved) for Consumer Cellular. As it was a T-mobile phone, I figured it was trying to go back to the T-Mobile APN so I figured out how to delete the T-Mobile APN. I also deleted all other APN choices except the one I had made for Consumer Cellular. Now it seems to keep the CC APN selected but only for a short time. After awhile, it will de-select the APN so there is no APN selected at all.
Now it cant make calls at all
I am also getting an "er082" error (red phone icon) regarding WiFi calling.
Any help would be much appreciated. I really like this phone and would like it to work
Thanks,
Jim