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APN settings won't save on 2.1 Telus Milestone, help please

Long story short here, I've got a Milestone I threw 2.0 Brazillian ROM on back before 2.1. Updated to 2.1 and for some reason when I try to enter the APN settings from Telus, it flat out won't save the APN.
I've tried calling Telus for the settings but the ones they give and the APN settings including the MMC port and servers are seemingly doing nothing, the only way I can get online with it is through WiFi. My current OS is a legitimate 2.1 Brazillian [only way I know is the language it installed on 2.1 was Portuguese].
Any ideas? If it means anything, the phone is unlocked but it's being used on Telus anyhow.

Try giving the apn a different name like telus1 and see if that works. Had a gent in my store with an N1 yesterday and he couldn't save his apn with the exact same settings as mine. Not sure what it was but when he saved it Roger's and had a dummy one saved as Rogers (using internet.com as apn with no other settings which works for internet but lacks mms functionality) it worked.
Let me know!!
Jim
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Seny via Tapatalk from my Nexus One

This is a little late but it might help somebody else...
The reason why your APN is not saving is because you're changing the default values of MCC and MNC. If this is different to build value, your APN will disappear.
So, to save your APN, you need to use ADB to pull build.prop from system using the following command:
adb pull /system/build.prop
Once you've pulled build.prop to you offline location, change the value for "ro.cdma.home.operator.numeric" to something to match your MNC and MCC number. Combine the two to give you 6digits e.g. Telus is 302220.
Once this is done, do the following using ADB again.
adb remount
adb push build.prop /system/
That should fix your APN issue!!!

i pulled the file but i dont have that variable ro.cdma.home.operator.numeric
what to do now?

Hello guys,
I happen to have the very same issue with my APN, with a HTC Legend (2.2 rom, but I had this with 2.1 too). I can't change the MNC (which is set to 10 by default) to the correct value for my carrier : 01. I've spent hours trying to figure this out, and googling for an answer, but all I could find is "it is caused by the lecture of SIM's default MNC and you can't change it". Until I read your answer, which seemed at first glance to be the one, but I too didn't find the line "ro.cdma.home.operator.numeric", and after adding it manually, I was unable to push the file back onto the droid : "Directory not empty".
I'd consider you as a demi-god if you could help us out here
Sorry for my poor english btw

cytrax said:
This is a little late but it might help somebody else...
The reason why your APN is not saving is because you're changing the default values of MCC and MNC. If this is different to build value, your APN will disappear.
So, to save your APN, you need to use ADB to pull build.prop from system using the following command:
adb pull /system/build.prop
Once you've pulled build.prop to you offline location, change the value for "ro.cdma.home.operator.numeric" to something to match your MNC and MCC number. Combine the two to give you 6digits e.g. Telus is 302220.
Once this is done, do the following using ADB again.
adb remount
adb push build.prop /system/
That should fix your APN issue!!!
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I'm with Koodo (Telus subsidiary) and It also has the 302220 MNC/MCC. I can use Go SMS to send MMS, but I cannot receive them for some reason. I've tried this fix, put in the apns but still no luck. ... one of the odd things though, is when I open the APN editor (Voice dial "Open A-P-Ns") it doesn't show any valid APNs, but the apn managers do.
Any ideas on how I can get my MMS functioning? Data works, just not MMs.
[-- Edit --]
I'm using the settings from Koodo's site : http://koodomobile.com/en/ab/non-koodo-phone-data-setup.shtml ; they're largely identical to Telus' except for the name of the APN and the inclusion of /koodo in the mmsc proxy.
Proxies 74.49.0.18 ; mms server http://aliasredirect.net/proxy/koodo/mmsc blah blah blah ..

DZ09 APN Settings

I recently bought a new DZ09 smart watch. As I wanted to use the browser and Facebook, etc., I inserted a SIM card. Calls and Texts work fine but I knew I'd need to set up my APN settings to be able to use data.
I googled what to do and went to my phone settings, expecting to see a section where I could enter my SIM provider's APN settings. But it was missing. Has anyone else had this problem? If so, is it going to be a case of updating the firmware?
Thanks

Ditto

Usually this is in the connectivity settings

same problem is mine . in my DZ09 Smartwatch Connectivity setting missing. i wants to use internet please help me to solve my problem

realjeffster said:
I recently bought a new DZ09 smart watch. As I wanted to use the browser and Facebook, etc., I inserted a SIM card. Calls and Texts work fine but I knew I'd need to set up my APN settings to be able to use data.
I googled what to do and went to my phone settings, expecting to see a section where I could enter my SIM provider's APN settings. But it was missing. Has anyone else had this problem? If so, is it going to be a case of updating the firmware?
Thanks
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Go to setting then APN setting click on option and click on reset to default. I hope these solve your problem.

APN edit

All apn settings are grayed out and can not edit my apn to remove the mobile proxy, anyone know a way around this

dantexaiver said:
All apn settings are grayed out and can not edit my apn to remove the mobile proxy, anyone know a way around this
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I had a similar problem after 8.1 Verizon carriers like straight talk and us cellular have a issue with pixel APN settings. I had to put in a att sim card to edit my apn. After swapping sim card edit the APN but don't save until after putting your active sim card in. The att one I used was not active it came with my bring your own phone kit. I found the post up here but could not find it again to send the link. If I find the link I'll link it.

subvapor said:
I had a similar problem after 8.1 Verizon carriers like straight talk and us cellular have a issue with pixel APN settings. I had to put in a att sim card to edit my apn. After swapping sim card edit the APN but don't save until after putting your active sim card in. The att one I used was not active it came with my bring your own phone kit. I found the post up here but could not find it again to send the link. If I find the link I'll link it.
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Tried that with a different sim but issue remains.

dantexaiver said:
Tried that with a different sim but issue remains.
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My problem was I had no APN after the update so I had to manually add one. If your able to add a new APN write down all the APN settings on the one you want to edit and make a new APN with the same settings. I was not able to add my APN until I put in the other sim. Then it let me so that might be the best case to just add a new one and delete the old one. I'm not to knowledgeable with APN settings in general so there might be a better way to edit an existing APN on the pixel. Hopefully someone with better knowledge will see the post to give better help. Ill keep seeing if I can find anything that can help.

Can someone explain how APN setting configuration actually works?

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.

Sonim XP8 w/Android 10 apn issues/root

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.

joshnet3 said:
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.

joshnet3 said:
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.

joshnet3 said:
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

joshnet3 said:
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.