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All right, so, I have tried everything I can think of, but nothing has worked, so I decided to try asking here. I am have been on the CM10 builds for about a week, and I am loving them. I never really liked sense, so an AOSP JB rom is great (aside from the battery life). Before CM10, I was on ViperXL, and LTE worked fine, but after switching to CM10 (or any other AOSP roms) it just stops working. I can get everything else, Edge, 3G, and HSPA, but LTE just won't work. Just a couple hours ago I did a wipe and a clean install of the October 3rd nightly, and I am still having the issue.
One thing I haven't tried is flashing a 4.0.3 rom, and then the CM10 rom, but the FAQ says that issue has been fixed so I doubt it would help.
Anyway, thanks in advance for the help!
Check your APN settings. These settings worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19434188&postcount=2
I've had the exact same issue. I'm on Rogers too. I've double and triple checked the APN (ltemobile.apn) and it is definitely correct. I first noticed this on PA, and now get the same thing on CleanROM. Yesterday, I ran the Rogers RUU and that got LTE. So I went back to CleanROM (same radio image) and now only get HSPA. If I try to use the ltemobile.apn APN it fails with the message "Connection failed due to incorrect APN setting." Hope this info is useful for anyone with educated guesses
andyondroid said:
Check your APN settings. These settings worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19434188&postcount=2
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I checked, I had all that set correctly, still no LTE
If anyone else has suggestions, I would be glad to hear them.
person66 said:
I checked, I had all that set correctly, still no LTE
If anyone else has suggestions, I would be glad to hear them.
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From my experience i've had no issues with Rogers LTE on Sense roms and CM10. I would probably try deleting the APN and re-adding it.
I'd also check the network type. In dialer, dial *#*#4636#*#* and under Phone Information check that the network type is set to 'GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto'
Beyond that, trying running the latest Rogers modem/baseband. I'm using 0.18as.32.09.28L with no issues.
I've only had my One X a week so beyond this, i'm out of ideas.
andyondroid said:
From my experience i've had no issues with Rogers LTE on Sense roms and CM10. I would probably try deleting the APN and re-adding it.
I'd also check the network type. In dialer, dial *#*#4636#*#* and under Phone Information check that the network type is set to 'GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto'
Beyond that, trying running the latest Rogers modem/baseband. I'm using 0.18as.32.09.28L with no issues.
I've only had my One X a week so beyond this, i'm out of ideas.
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there is an option in setting...you have to change from wcdma to lte...in mobile settings...
i can confirm lte works with cm10...worst case try flash a 4.0.3 rom then flash cm10..
Here's my experience: you no longer need the sense flash method. Make share you do a system, factory, cache and dalvik wipe. Do system and factory twice, as it did not always 100% work for me.
Then boot up. Go to apns and delete all the non-lte ones. Set the lte/wcdma/gsm setting there.
Next go to *#*#4636#*#* in dialer. Check phone information so that network says lte/gsm(prl).
Reboot and hopefully it will all stick.
Also I noticed that the default lte APN has port 80 and not MMS port 80. Make sure that is correct
Sent from my One XL
Okay, I've made some progress on this. I did a factory reset and system wipe from TWRP recovery then re-installed CleanROM 5 from scratch. When it booted up I added the ltemobile.apn APN. This time it successfully connected to the APN, but it still did not get past HSPA. I then booted back into recovery and replaced /system/build.prop with the build.prop from the Rogers 1.94.631.3 stock ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812544). When it booted up it got LTE coverage.
So there must be something key in build.prop required to get LTE to connect. I've attached the two build.prop files in case anyone with trained eyes wouldn't mind diffing them and suggesting what setting might be the key to unlocking LTE.
With CM10 I had to delete the APNs and re-add them, even if they were correct. Not sure why.
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Okay, I've made some progress on this. I did a factory reset and system wipe from TWRP recovery then re-installed CleanROM 5 from scratch. When it booted up I added the ltemobile.apn APN. This time it successfully connected to the APN, but it still did not get past HSPA. I then booted back into recovery and replaced /system/build.prop with the build.prop from the Rogers 1.94.631.3 stock ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812544). When it booted up it got LTE coverage.
So there must be something key in build.prop required to get LTE to connect. I've attached the two build.prop files in case anyone with trained eyes wouldn't mind diffing them and suggesting what setting might be the key to unlocking LTE.
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Any chance you have figured out how to get it working on CM10? I tried the other suggestions, like deleting the apns and then entering them again, wiping everything, and I checked that the network was set to lte/gsm(prl). Still no LTE unfortunately.
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Any chance you have figured out how to get it working on CM10?
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Nope. I'm still rockin' HSPA on CleanROM. Some day I will probably mess around with the build.prop to see if I can figure it out. I really have no idea though. You should try running the RUU just to see if you get lte like I did.
Just got LTE working on Rogers with CM10, finally!
1.) First, I flashed the official stock Rogers ICS Baseband/Modem. You can check to see if you already have the correct modem by going to Settings, choosing About Phone, and checking your "Baseband version".
2.) Second, I corrected the APN settings that come default with CM10. The APN for ltemobile.apn need to be change, since the CM10 settings incorrectly set the Port as 80 (should be left blank), set the MMS port as blank (should be "80"), and set the APN type as something along the lines of 'default' (should be either "*" or "internet + mms"). Make sure you click the menu hardbutton and choose "Save", and go back and check to see that it did indeed save. I also selected the Rogers LTE amonst the list of the four different APNs (Rogers, Rogers LTE, Rogers Tethering, Rogers WAP - not sure if this last step makes a difference but this is what I did anyway).
3.) Go to your phone dialer, and type in *#*#4636#*#*. A "Testing" menu should pop up. Select "Phone information", scroll down to the bottom and under 'Set preferred network type", I chose "LTE/GSM auto (PRL)".
4.) Voila, this worked. I did not need to restart, just gave it a minute and the icon changed from H+ (HSPA+) to 4G (LTE). You can confirm LTE status by either doing a speed test and seeing the results, or go to Settings, scroll to the bottom and choose "About Phone", then "Status", and under "Mobile network type" it should say LTE. On mine it said "LTE:13".
Others, please experiment and try to see if you get the same results.
Cheers
adams03 said:
Just got LTE working on Rogers with CM10, finally!
3.) Go to your phone dialer, and type in *#*#4636#*#*. A "Testing" menu should pop up. Select "Phone information", scroll down to the bottom and under 'Set preferred network type", I chose "LTE/GSM auto (PRL)".
Cheers
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This I think is the main thing. I'm on AT&T but up until just recently every time I flashed an AOSP ROM I had to go into this menu and set it to LTE/GSM. It would always default to WCDMA Preferred for some reason. It doesn't happen anymore but it used to happen every time I flashed an AOSP ROM or even when I rebooted. I had to change it and then it would be fine until I rebooted again.
Thanks, this worked on my SGH-I727R on Rogers.
I wonder why the apn settings load wrong in CM10 when the system reads them from the SIM card...? This never happened to me on previous aosp ICS roms.
what setting do you have for the tethering apn?
i am having issues having other devices running off my hotspot
this is what i currently have for tethering
Name: Rogers Tethering
APN: ltedata.apn
Proxy: Not set
Port: Not set
User Name: Not set
Password: Not set
Server: Not Set
MMSC : Not set
MMS Proxy: Not set
MMS Port: Not set
MCC : 302
MNC: 720
Authentication Type: Not Set
APN Type: dun
thanks in advance
g35thrilla said:
what setting do you have for the tethering apn?
i am having issues having other devices running off my hotspot
this is what i currently have for tethering
Name: Rogers Tethering
APN: ltedata.apn
Proxy: Not set
Port: Not set
User Name: Not set
Password: Not set
Server: Not Set
MMSC : Not set
MMS Proxy: Not set
MMS Port: Not set
MCC : 302
MNC: 720
Authentication Type: Not Set
APN Type: dun
thanks in advance
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It's funny you posted this. I am on AT&T and recently I have not been able to get tethering devices to work, but up until recently, I have never had a problem.
my bud has the same phone unrooted with rogers gonna check his apn settings and see if they differ.
K well I just got off the phone with rogers. All the APN setting are fine but still no tethering. Well if it don't won't it don't work. If anyone is successfully tethering on cm10.1 build Jan 12 2013 with Rogers plz let me know.
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I just purchased a used Galaxy S2 SGH-I727R skyrocket that was originally purchased from Rogers in Canada a year ago by the original owner. The phone was completely stock with stock Rogers firmware, most up to date version 4.0.4. The phone box shows LTE DUAL BAND 700MHz/AWS as the capable signal bands on this phone. I'm not sure if any of these are blocked on the Rogers custom firmware.
I unlocked the phone and tried to use it on Fido LTE network, which works on the same network as Rogers as it is part of the same parent company now. However, my phone will not pick up the LTE signal, no matter what. The SIM is brand new from Fido on their new LTE network that I got just 2 weeks ago. The SIM is properly provisioned for LTE as after installing sim in the phone, the apn settings window automatically populates with FIDO LTE settings (ltemobile.apn and ltedata.apn for tethering). I also have a full LTE and 4g data plan.
As LTE would not connect, I entered fido's regular 4g/3g settings as a separate apn and the phone connected right away to the 4G network (with very good speeds, DL up to 11MBps and uploads up to 2-3 MBps). I'm in the downtown Mississauga area right beside toronto and this area is fully covered with LTE. I tried using the 'data roaming' option to see if there was any difference, I tried to manually select fido in the 'network operators' section etc but playing around with these options generated zero success.
I looked up forums on Fido where even though this phone is not in their line up of supported devices, their helpdesk suggested that any Canadian LTE phone with proper fido lte data plan and proper lte sim should work on LTE. I even drove around in areas near my house where I've seen a friend use Fido's LTE signal on his Fido htc one device, but no success on my phone.
***Some people have activated proper LTE signal on their Google Nexus 4 American phones for use in Canada by dialing *#*#4636#*#* and then going into the following menu's 'phone information' section to select LTE or a different PRL option with LTE. I tried to do the same thing but when I enter this hidden menu's 'phone information' section, my screen blanks out, phone becomes unresponsive and after a minute or 2 I get a message that some android system file was closed etc. I tried de-activating the data connection and tried to enter the same menu option but same end result. I thought maybe rooting the phone will give me access to this menu but even after successful root, my phone blanks out when entering that 'phone information' menu.
Can anyone suggest something or help me figure this out please. I have a feeling the PRL or LTE option needs to be selected manually here and I need to access that menu. Since FIDO LTE network on Rogers existing LTE network was activated a year later, there may be some updates needed in this area (as the phone was originally set up for Rogers LTE from a year ago).
OR, should I just call FIDO support, and assuming they help me with a non-fido phone, try to get this sorted out with their techs?
Thanks
weird when you say the box says "aws", rogers doesnt support aws as far as i know, wind uses aws, i cant find my box to check
did you perferm a factory reset, which modem are you on
EDIT: phone does support aws, but cant see why it would state it on the box if its from rogers
Because the LTE networks are running on AWS and in some cases 2600 MHz frequencies by the big providers in Canada. Even thourgh only Wind/mobilicity use the new AWS for their regular 3G/4G networks, the LTE with Rogers/Bell/Telus is on AWS while their regular non-lte signals are still on their standard gsm bands.
joekidd said:
Because the LTE networks are running on AWS and in some cases 2600 MHz frequencies by the big providers in Canada. Even thourgh only Wind/mobilicity use the new AWS for their regular 3G/4G networks, the LTE with Rogers/Bell/Telus is on AWS while their regular non-lte signals are still on their standard gsm bands.
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k, but did you check which modem you are on
did you perform a reset.
u stated you entered this, *#*#4636#*#* you should of not received errors(but i tested on jb)
try this for band preference *#2263#
try a working rogers lte sim card and see what happens
are the fido apns the same as rogers
try the rogers apns, used to work for the 3g when i was on fido but that was b4 they offered lte
last resort but maybe your best option, flash stock w/odin, howto in my sig
vincom said:
k, but did you check which modem you are on
did you perform a reset.
u stated you entered this, *#*#4636#*#* you should of not received errors(but i tested on jb)
try this for band preference *#2263#
try a working rogers lte sim card and see what happens
are the fido apns the same as rogers
try the rogers apns, used to work for the 3g when i was on fido but that was b4 they offered lte
last resort but maybe your best option, flash stock w/odin, howto in my sig
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which radio or modem should one be on for lte
and tether
rts91 said:
which radio or modem should one be on for lte
and tether
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rogers or att modems
vincom said:
k, but did you check which modem you are on
did you perform a reset.
u stated you entered this, *#*#4636#*#* you should of not received errors(but i tested on jb)
try this for band preference *#2263#
try a working rogers lte sim card and see what happens
are the fido apns the same as rogers
try the rogers apns, used to work for the 3g when i was on fido but that was b4 they offered lte
last resort but maybe your best option, flash stock w/odin, howto in my sig
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Thanks again for your help. I realized later on that I got the non-LTE sim card from Fido, so I went back yesterday and got an LTE sim card and had it activated. However, I can never get LTE even though a person sitting beside me on her Rogers S3 with the exact same apn (as I realized rogers and Fido have the exact apn's for LTE network, ltemobile.apn) is getting LTE. I know Fido is the value brand, so they get secondary priority on LTE, which is ok but I realized the problem below:
WHEN I had the non-LTE sim and even with the LTE sim now, one option has never worked. In the mobile network screen, I'm supposed to have just the Ltemobile.apn (Fido and Rogers LTE) radion button selected and Ltedata.apn (for tether) as the default options. These are also built into the rogers stock rom and this phone is originally a rogers a phone. My friend's S3 has the same 2 apn's listed while she's connected to rogers LTE (her's is micro sim, I couldn't try it on mine). With these options, I CAN'T connect to ANY data network at all. I can only do calls, no data. I tried doing batter reset, restarts, change the LTE/HSPA and HSPA etc settings, no luck. The ONLY time I get data is when I manually enter the non-LTE apn settings as a separate apn (Fido-core-appl1.apn) and it connects to 4G. The speeds were good earlier but since changing to the LTE sim, the same 4G keeps disconnecting or it gives much much lower speeds.
As per your suggestion, I followed your thread to re-install the stock rogers ICS rom with odin. Even after that, no change at all. I tried using the *#2263# option to change LTE band to 7 or auto, but no luck as this phone's hardware is only for 700 MHZ or AWS, of which rogers uses the 2100 on pretty much all their devices. At this point, I don't know what to do. I've followed everything from Fido site with LTE phone, LTE apn, LTE sim and LTE data plan, but the phone doesn't even recognize the ltemobile.apn unless I enter the regular Fido apn.
Should I change the radio/modem on this phone to something else or try the JB roms? Do you think that may make a difference, or is this something else, where LTE apn is not even recognized for data. Someone please help, my first phone upgrade after 2.5 yrs has been a complete buzz kill lol.
theres is a method when using *#2263# in picking the lte settings, ill search for the posts as i cant remember the exact details
if you lived or work near me i could test it out for you, bolton or toronto near yorkdale, since its a second hand phone you cant rule out hw failure, but you would need to test it out with a rogers lte sim card.
did you try manually searching for available networks from mobile settings
edit:k i found it, its old and uses the rogers older apn, try with that one or whatever fido phones uses now which i think would be the "ltemobile" apn, if already set then just goto the "power off" phone part
-.go to settings/more/mobile networks/access point names
Now click bottom left haptic button followed by Add apn
now either copy exactly what comes up in your apn Again and hit save
APN: rogers-core-appl1.apn
Proxy:
Port:
Username:
Password:
Server:
MMSC: http://mms.gprs.rogers.com
MMS Proxy: 10.128.1.69
MMS Port: 80
MCC: 302 (retrieved from SIM)
MNC: 720 (retrieved from SIM).
Authentication type:
APN type: > either not set to lte
Click bottom left haptic button and click save
and select it
then power off phone and remove sim card
then reboot phone (no sim card)
and when up go to phone and dial *#2263#
Select Lte Settings
All bands
then bottom left haptic button / end
Open dialer again.
Dial *#2263#
select automatic
Right bottom feedback button/end
power down
now place sim back in phone
reboot
make sure apn is selected you created
Thanks Vincom. If there is a HW problem, that would really suck but it's hard to see that would be the case if everything else is working fine, inlcluding 4G. And it would be great to know how that band selection process works, as I don't wont to select the wrong option and be stuck with a non-working radio.
I'll give Fido tech support a call and see if they can figure this out, but it's unlikely unless there is something wrong with my plan (LTE plan not activated, unlikely).
Let's say even if I were to have to check the phone (driving to Yorkdale area is no big deal), what would you test on this anyway?
Thanks
Actually let me try out the options you later added in your post above
Thank you, it worked!
vincom said:
theres is a method when using *#2263# in picking the lte settings, ill search for the posts as i cant remember the exact details
if you lived or work near me i could test it out for you, bolton or toronto near yorkdale, since its a second hand phone you cant rule out hw failure, but you would need to test it out with a rogers lte sim card.
did you try manually searching for available networks from mobile settings
edit:k i found it, its old and uses the rogers older apn, try with that one or whatever fido phones uses now which i think would be the "ltemobile" apn, if already set then just goto the "power off" phone part
-.go to settings/more/mobile networks/access point names
Now click bottom left haptic button followed by Add apn
now either copy exactly what comes up in your apn Again and hit save
APN: rogers-core-appl1.apn
Proxy:
Port:
Username:
Password:
Server:
MMSC: http://mms.gprs.rogers.com
MMS Proxy: 10.128.1.69
MMS Port: 80
MCC: 302 (retrieved from SIM)
MNC: 720 (retrieved from SIM).
Authentication type:
APN type: > either not set to lte
Click bottom left haptic button and click save
and select it
then power off phone and remove sim card
then reboot phone (no sim card)
and when up go to phone and dial *#2263#
Select Lte Settings
All bands
then bottom left haptic button / end
Open dialer again.
Dial *#2263#
select automatic
Right bottom feedback button/end
power down
now place sim back in phone
reboot
make sure apn is selected you created
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Thank you x 1,000,000 Sir, I owe you big time. I've spent last 3 days non-stop on this phone while my wife has been complaining I haven't left my phone since I got it. Now I can go home today and spend more time with her lol.
Here's how it worked: I just copied the ltemobile.apn default settings into a new apn, which I saved with a different name (so that I could keep the original default settings saved separately). As soon as I saved the new apn settings (did not enter anything in the 'apn type' field) and wala, LTE came on. For some reason, even with the same settings exact default settings, it wasn't recognizing the saved apn but the newly created one was picked up right away. Tried the speed test in square one area at work, 21Mbps down, 12Mbps up, wow (coming from my old 3G phone, this is amazing).
I didn't even have to go through the rest of the process with band selection etc., as this is a Rogers phone on their network, so those settings should'nt be changed anyway.
Thanks again. I think I saw some posts on fido forums with other people complaining about stuck with 4G on non-fido phones. I'll update those forums as well.
Happy new year to all
I just make a new son ltemobile.apn and it sticks even on reboots
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I have an S-OFF ATT HOX. SuperCID. Installed the Avatar 4.2.2 rom. Works great! Snappy, and pretty! Only problem is I was only able to get 4G speeds. After a 30 min conversation with ATT to confirm there were no issues on their end, I looked at the APN settings for PTA. The APN settings were incomplete.
Normally the APN type has default,mms,supl and hipri but my installs (3x) never included. I attempted to add the hipri to the APN and even create a new APN, but the changes would never save.
Any thoughts?
Is the APN locked from being edited? Try just making a new APN with the correct settings.
Avata 4.2.2 APN woes
Its not locked. I can get into the existing 6 APNs and create a new one, but there is no save button on a new APN or existing APN. But I guess by definition means it is locked. I speculated just pressing back auto saved the entered settings but alas, no LTE goodness
Weird. I've seen where the APN is locked from editing (Save button is grayed out) such as the default APN on the AT&T stock ROM. But even then, you can create a new APN and save it. Never seen where it locked you out from editing and saving altogether.
Hello,
I've been putting off asking the question as I thought that somebody else had to have gone through this already but I've had poor luck looking through the forum and Google hasn't been able to help.
I'll be traveling to Italy in the near future with my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 (Build KOT49H.I535VRUDNE1). I would like to pick up a TIN or WIND SIM while I'm there, primarily for data usage. From what I've read, once I install the 3rd party SIM, I'll need to update the APN settings to get data to work.
Stock, it looks like the APN settings are uneditable. I rooted the phone with towelroot (if only everything were so easy) and then checked the APN settings to see if I could add another network. No dice.
Poking around on the web, it looks like in the past, people have been able to work around this by downloading build prop editor and adding the following two lines:
ril.sales_code=LOL
ro.csc.sales_code=LOL
I gave this a shot and was surprised to see the APN menu gone when I went back into my network settings. Through trial and error, I determined that the inclusion of ro.csc.sale_code=LOL changes my Mobile Networks options from:
- Mobile Data
- Global Data Roaming Access
- Roaming
- Signal Strength
- Network Mode
- Access Point Names
- Network Operators
to:
- Mobile Data
- Data Roaming
- Network Mode (GSM is not an option in here)
- System Select
- Dial Up Networking
There is no option to modify APN settings there. Am I missing something silly? Did something change in KitKat 4.4.2 that has caused this approach to "unlocking" the APN settings to become invalid? Is everything really ok and I'll have access to the APN settings when I insert the italian carrier's SIM card?
I'm game for other approaches as well. At one point, I thought I saw an article that talked about setting up a pointer to the APN settings prior to updating the prop file but I haven't been able to relocate that.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Aaron
In the event somebody else is looking for the answer, I got my hands on a TIM sim card today, installed it in the phone and the APN menu reappeared and let me enter a new APN. Looks like the answer as of today for this phone is TowelRoot, SuperSU, BuildProp and install the 3rd party sim.
Take care,
Aaron
So for the long post but lots of information up front. I obtained an unlocked Verizon Sonim XP8 with Android 10 installed. It works with a Verizon sim as well as a FirstNet sim. I am trying to use a Visible sim in it. I've used this sim in an iPhone, iPad and Unihertz Atom without any issues as the latter 2 let me add the apn settings. The software on the XP8 is obviously from Verizon who locks the apn settings even though the phone is unlocked. The sim lets me select the Visible 4G network but puts in Verizon's apn settings instead of Visible and won't let me change them. I have tried various programs which fail to change the apn settings. One program let me add an apn but refused to save it saying my "user privileges" would not let me add an apn with the "dun" setting. I tried some one-click root programs (even though I didn't want to) which failed to root the device. There is no available dump for Android 10 to pull a boot.img from to modify. TWRP website shows no Sonim compatiblity and even when downloaded won't run on the phone so I cannot get the boot.img myself. I looked through this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/sonim-xp8-root.3851187/ Being a newbie, I think I need to use adb in order to pull the boot.img but am unsure where it is stored and where I am supposed to store the xml files that I create. If I can understand that process better and get the boot.img to root with Magisk, will this even solve my permissions problem with being able to add the apn settings? Is there an alternative or is the only way to solve this to flash the phone back to Android 8 with the stock images off this website to get rid of the Verizon problems? I'd really like to stay with Android 10 if at all possible. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
-Josh
Where did you get one with android 10? I have both the Verizon and ATT XP8s stuck on Android 8.1. I have had tickets open with Verizon for 2 months and they swear it is fully up to date with 8.1. It may actually be my APN configuration that is preventing the update.
I was able to get Visible working on my Verizon version by modifying just the apn name in the existing apn. I can't add new APNs on either ATT or VZW XP8s. Perhaps if you follow the other XP8 root thread you will see there is a method for rooting which gives you access to manually add APNs. I'm not sure if it works on Verizon model though...does anybody successfully have XP8 Verizon with Android 10 and root?
baROMba said:
Where did you get one with android 10? I have both the Verizon and ATT XP8s stuck on Android 8.1. I have had tickets open with Verizon for 2 months and they swear it is fully up to date with 8.1. It may actually be my APN configuration that is preventing the update.
I was able to get Visible working on my Verizon version by modifying just the apn name in the existing apn. I can't add new APNs on either ATT or VZW XP8s. Perhaps if you follow the other XP8 root thread you will see there is a method for rooting which gives you access to manually add APNs. I'm not sure if it works on Verizon model though...does anybody successfully have XP8 Verizon with Android 10 and root?
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I used a friend's Verizon sim card in it and went to System->System updates->Check for new system updates and it upgraded itself to Android 10. What did you modify the apn name to in order to get it to work? I have 4 apn settings I was given for Visible. The apn settings in the phone however leave little room for modification.
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I used a friend's Verizon sim card in it and went to System->System updates->Check for new system updates and it upgraded itself to Android 10. What did you modify the apn name to in order to get it to work? I have 4 apn settings I was given for Visible. The apn settings in the phone however leave little room for modification.
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Using my Visible SIM on my Verizon device, I have only 1 APN instead of 4. By changing just the APN NAME, (which is all I can change), I am able to get visible data working. No MMS/SMS/ADMIN APNs but full speed data.
My primary sim for this is a Verizon prepaid. Was your friends sim a verizon post-paid account? Also, do you have the appropriate 4 verizon APNs on your phone? Maybe the admin APN is required for the update. Any chance we could swap screenshots of our APN configurations?
baROMba said:
Using my Visible SIM on my Verizon device, I have only 1 APN instead of 4. By changing just the APN NAME, (which is all I can change), I am able to get visible data working. No MMS/SMS/ADMIN APNs but full speed data.
My primary sim for this is a Verizon prepaid. Was your friends sim a verizon post-paid account? Also, do you have the appropriate 4 verizon APNs on your phone? Maybe the admin APN is required for the update. Any chance we could swap screenshots of our APN configurations?
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The sim was a post-paid account. I don't have it in the phone right now. The only APN that shows up when I put the Visible sim in is named "Verizon" with an APN of "VZWINTERNET" MCC "311" MNC "480" APN type "default, dun,supl" APN protocol "IPv4/IPv6" APN roaming protocol "IPv4" I tried the root method in the thread I listed but when I type the command for the QSaharaServer it tells me the application is not executable even though I followed all the directions so I cannot even get the boot.img downloaded to begin the rooting process.
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The sim was a post-paid account. I don't have it in the phone right now. The only APN that shows up when I put the Visible sim in is named "Verizon" with an APN of "VZWINTERNET" MCC "311" MNC "480" APN type "default, dun,supl" APN protocol "IPv4/IPv6" APN roaming protocol "IPv4" I tried the root method in the thread I listed but when I type the command for the QSaharaServer it tells me the application is not executable even though I followed all the directions so I cannot even get the boot.img downloaded to begin the rooting process.
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Just change APN name from VZWINTERNET to VSBLINTERNET.
unfortunately that didn't work for me. not sure if that's an android 10 difference or something else... i do notice that when the phone starts i get a 4GLTE symbol which promptly goes away.
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unfortunately that didn't work for me. not sure if that's an android 10 difference or something else... i do notice that when the phone starts i get a 4GLTE symbol which promptly goes away.
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Did the APN name save? If so try the following:
Dial *#*#4636#*#*
Select Phone Information
Set Preferred Network type to "WCDMA Only"
Reboot and let it sit for 5 minutes without touching it to update it's settings.
It should automatically change but if not, Do it again and make sure Preferred Network Type is "LTE/CDMA/UMTS auto (prl)"
This got my VISIBLE sim on the right network along with the APN change.
a lot of the secret codes have gone away with the android 10 update hence the need to root. i am unable to change the network type through the typical menu and the dailing code does not bring anything up, just returns to a blank screen. The network is stuck on "LTE/UMTS/GSM" no matter what I do.
Were you able to root with android 10? I heard it hasnt been done as of yet due to the new android 10 features
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So for the long post but lots of information up front. I obtained an unlocked Verizon Sonim XP8 with Android 10 installed. It works with a Verizon sim as well as a FirstNet sim. I am trying to use a Visible sim in it. I've used this sim in an iPhone, iPad and Unihertz Atom without any issues as the latter 2 let me add the apn settings. The software on the XP8 is obviously from Verizon who locks the apn settings even though the phone is unlocked. The sim lets me select the Visible 4G network but puts in Verizon's apn settings instead of Visible and won't let me change them. I have tried various programs which fail to change the apn settings. One program let me add an apn but refused to save it saying my "user privileges" would not let me add an apn with the "dun" setting. I tried some one-click root programs (even though I didn't want to) which failed to root the device. There is no available dump for Android 10 to pull a boot.img from to modify. TWRP website shows no Sonim compatiblity and even when downloaded won't run on the phone so I cannot get the boot.img myself. I looked through this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/sonim-xp8-root.3851187/ Being a newbie, I think I need to use adb in order to pull the boot.img but am unsure where it is stored and where I am supposed to store the xml files that I create. If I can understand that process better and get the boot.img to root with Magisk, will this even solve my permissions problem with being able to add the apn settings? Is there an alternative or is the only way to solve this to flash the phone back to Android 8 with the stock images off this website to get rid of the Verizon problems? I'd really like to stay with Android 10 if at all possible. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
-Josh
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Hello, can you backup rom android 10 to zip file, i can not update my xp8 OTA updae normally.
Thanks
So I had to get a ATT sim without service from ebay, stuck it in and instantly had a update i could do which brought me to the last update before android 10. I then had to do a complete reset before it would even say it had another update. That got me to android 10. then doing the time/date trick got me to the current security patch level.
Unfortunately it still blocks the second sim slot.
I appreciate the many work-arounds here and will look at getting a SIM from somewhere if needed, but is there not a more simple download / extract path? The unlocked XP8 I recently got is on 8.1.0 and would really like to get a tad more recent if possible. Many thanks in advance!
P.S. Got unlimited connectivity and a number from Mint, so at least a very functional device... have no need, so haven't tried 2nd SIM slot.