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force apn setting

Hello everyone, I own a Samsung omnia 7 and I have a problem with apn.
my carrier (vodafone IT) has two different apns, one that I must use with my data plan and the other that gets me to pay if I connect to it. The phone, currently on mango beta but the problem has always been there, ignores the apn setting i put in manually and uses the wrong one, set probably by the "network profile " app by Samsung. even if i uninstall the app it still connects using the wrong one, and i already tried restoring the phone to factory settings.
is there a way to force the apn used (obviously there is as the phone IS forced on one apn) and how can I do it? registry modifications,XML files... anything
thank you
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I would like to find out too. Currently WP7 really lacks in this department. It screws up the settings and drains the battery even faster because it tries to connect with the wrong config.
After fiddling with it the Samsung App, own APN settings etc I manage to go online on Vodafone but my phone struggles to send MMS.
Samsung Tool isn't of much help since it thinks that my SIM card is something that it is not.
I hope this APN issue is addressed in Mango. But I guess such "bugs" are not important to MS.

WiFi-Calling Menu (Unlocked)

finally got my gold device yesterday. Upon installation, some messages about wifi-calling popped up, asking about how do I want to use this service. If I remember correctly, I had 3 options: (a) Wifi-calling as a default, (b) prioritize mobile service (T-mobile, in my case), and if i have no service then try wifi-calling, or (c) don't use wifi-calling at all. I chose the second option.
But, now I cant seem to find the settings menu for adjusting the settings. Was chatting with HTC online but they didnt seem to know and only suggested that i'll reset the device because these options appear only in the beginning (if this is true, this is really stupid way of handling stuff). Moreover, tried to do airplane mode (with wifi on) to see if wifi-calling would work and it didnt.
Anyone has a lead on how to get to the menu? I have the unlocked version and on T-mobile network.
Thanks,

Instead of a full factory reset, have you tried just doing the network settings reset?

Kardon403 said:
Instead of a full factory reset, have you tried just doing the network settings reset?
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I just did, and I've found it! I dont know if I've found it because of the network settings reset,but for everyone else who's interested - you can find this menu under mobile network settings.
Thanks!

Specifically if anyone else was wondering. It's under "Settings--> Mobile Data". I spent a good 20 minutes going through every menu in settings trying to find it. Why they put it here, is beyond me.

I have the Sprint version and it's not there.

BOO5TED said:
I have the Sprint version and it's not there.
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Sprint has always done Wi-Fi calling so it's possibly only a matter if time here honestly for it to be added.

mobile data connection and openvpn?

Openvpn is working fine with WiFi connections, but nothing comes through on a mobile data connection. The app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.blinkt.openvpn) shows a successful connection. Running stock 7.1.1 NMF26O.
Has this been an issue for anybody else?

Hello,
I have the exact same issue.

Majesty00 said:
Hello,
I have the exact same issue.
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I googled and found this thread. I'm having this same problem except on a Pixel XL and the same OpenVPN client. I'm in Canada on Telus LTE
Did you setup your Pixel as a new device when you got it or did you transfer settings from another phone? I'm wondering if that's the culprit for me. I transferred settings from my 6P to my Pixel XL and I can barely connect to any of my VPNs via my LTE connection now. Sometimes they'll work for a few seconds, although very slowly, and then just die.
Now I'm considering wiping the XL clean and starting over to see if it fixes it
Hoping someone else has had this issue and has come up with the fix.

mattkroeder said:
I googled and found this thread. I'm having this same problem except on a Pixel XL and the same OpenVPN client. I'm in Canada on Telus LTE
Did you setup your Pixel as a new device when you got it or did you transfer settings from another phone? I'm wondering if that's the culprit for me. I transferred settings from my 6P to my Pixel XL and I can barely connect to any of my VPNs via my LTE connection now. Sometimes they'll work for a few seconds, although very slowly, and then just die.
Now I'm considering wiping the XL clean and starting over to see if it fixes it
Hoping someone else has had this issue and has come up with the fix.
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I've set it as a new device and used the option to reinstall the apps I had on another phone (Nexus 5X).
Funny thing, I'm also with Telus. That said, I want to exclude it as being the culprit. I also have a OnePlus X (running Marshmallow) and when I put my SIM card in it, the VPN works flawlessly.
My problem is a bit more weird than yours, though. I can connect to my VPN (and stay connected), but I can't access any services on my Synology NAS (where the OpenVPN server is set up). I can ping every devices on my LAN, including the NAS. I read on the Google forum that some people were having difficulties with IPSEC and the Pixel. Google said it was fixed and we just need to wait for it to be released (Feb. Security patch, maybe??).
I've spoken with Synology's support, but they don't acknowledge the problem being on their side. I've also set a L2TP VPN and no luck...

I am able to use OpenVPN on LTE no problem

I have no problem using OpenVPN to my own VPS server.

Majesty00 said:
I've set it as a new device and used the option to reinstall the apps I had on another phone (Nexus 5X).
Funny thing, I'm also with Telus. That said, I want to exclude it as being the culprit. I also have a OnePlus X (running Marshmallow) and when I put my SIM card in it, the VPN works flawlessly.
My problem is a bit more weird than yours, though. I can connect to my VPN (and stay connected), but I can't access any services on my Synology NAS (where the OpenVPN server is set up). I can ping every devices on my LAN, including the NAS. I read on the Google forum that some people were having difficulties with IPSEC and the Pixel. Google said it was fixed and we just need to wait for it to be released (Feb. Security patch, maybe??).
I've spoken with Synology's support, but they don't acknowledge the problem being on their side. I've also set a L2TP VPN and no luck...
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I think I may have found the problem although it's till early when it comes to testing it. I've only been messing around with it for a few minutes. So far, I can now load everything I couldn't prior to this.
I still want to pop my sim card back into my 6P to see there's a difference in settings. Since we're both on Telus, I'm hoping I have found the cause.
The problem may be stemming from ipv6. I noticed my XL was getting an ipv6 address from Telus whereas my 6P never did. Or at least, I never noticed. So, I went into APN settings on the XL and under the APN Protocol setting, I changed it to ipv4. I saved the APN and then let the phone reconnect to the network. Now, so far, everything seems to work.
It's possible it's an openvpn routing issue with ipv6 so there may be a setting there that can be changed instead of our APN settings but I'm not sure. Maybe you try it out and see if it helps you as well.

mattkroeder said:
I think I may have found the problem although it's till early when it comes to testing it. I've only been messing around with it for a few minutes. So far, I can now load everything I couldn't prior to this.
I still want to pop my sim card back into my 6P to see there's a difference in settings. Since we're both on Telus, I'm hoping I have found the cause.
The problem may be stemming from ipv6. I noticed my XL was getting an ipv6 address from Telus whereas my 6P never did. Or at least, I never noticed. So, I went into APN settings on the XL and under the APN Protocol setting, I changed it to ipv4. I saved the APN and then let the phone reconnect to the network. Now, so far, everything seems to work.
It's possible it's an openvpn routing issue with ipv6 so there may be a setting there that can be changed instead of our APN settings but I'm not sure. Maybe you try it out and see if it helps you as well.
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I can't seem to be able to modify any settings of the pushed APNs... One is named TELUS ISP and the other, TELUS SP. I've also tried to create a new APN following settings from TELUS (https://apn-canada.gishan.net/settings/1620_3_telus_mobility_apn_settings_for_google_pixel.php).
How did you do to modify the pushed APNs??

Majesty00 said:
I can't seem to be able to modify any settings of the pushed APNs... One is named TELUS ISP and the other, TELUS SP. I've also tried to create a new APN following settings from TELUS (https://apn-canada.gishan.net/settings/1620_3_telus_mobility_apn_settings_for_google_pixel.php).
How did you do to modify the pushed APNs??
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I had that issue too. Honestly, I'm not sure what triggered it but I selected the Telus ISP APN. Then I changed preferred network type to 3G. Then I eventually changed it back to LTE and somehow the Telus SP APN was now modifiable.

VS995 on Xfinity Mobile report

This thread is just to report I was successful in making this device work on Xfinity mobile.
Xfinity mobile doesn't have BYOD as of this writing, so I decided an experiment was in order. I popped my Xfinity mobile sim into the VS995 V20, rooted with Dirty Santa and installed SuperV20 (with the help of a lot of great people here and on reddit), and the device worked for a week or so before losing the apn settings and the ability to connect to 4G. I could still make calls and send texts.
It was pretty brainless to edit the APN setting that it defaulted to, but the menu is buried.
Navigate to -- Settings > Data Usage > Mobile Data > (Upper Right menu) Mobile Networks > Access Point Names > Select current (Verizon in my case) APN name > paste in this below, and click OK.
COMCAST.RSLR.VZWENTP
I assume that it will be lost again, but it's a simple matter of taking 30 seconds and pasting in these settings again, which I saved in an offline note.
4G works again and I pay way less than Verizon charges for the same network. Knowing Comcast, that too will change.
Thank you, XDA, for helping me root every phone I've ever owned, take back control of MY device, and combat ad spam. Hope this helps someone.
This should work for any android phone that has problems with 4G on Xfinity mobile, but the menus may be different. Just add the APN settings mentioned here and you'll be right as rain.

thanks for posting this. now that is has been over a month what issues can you report back? when you signed up for xfinity mobile, did they make you buy a phone or did you say you just wanted a sim?

Dullawolf said:
thanks for posting this. now that is has been over a month what issues can you report back? when you signed up for xfinity mobile, did they make you buy a phone or did you say you just wanted a sim?
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Hey, I just saw this. I log in probably 3 or 4 times a year. Sorry for the incredibly late reply.
When I signed up for xfinity mobile, there was no BYO device option. I got the cheapest phone available at the time and bought a VS995 to experiment with. There was no "sim only" option. Not sure what current options are.
I've had 0 complaints, other than when setting a new phone up or doing a full wipe and upgrade to a newer ROM. I've got a little note in my phone that I backup with this post to steer me right back to working again.
EDIT to say that I spoke too soon and upon a full, cleared flash of LOS 15.1 for VS995 the APN settings weren't able to be changed. I figured out a fix, though. You have to find your carriers APN settings. For Xfinity Mobile it's located https://www.moneysavingpro.com/carriers/xfinity-mobile-apn-settings/
Found it in this thread here - https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75157321&postcount=14
deskjet390 said:
This Works for 8.0 and 8.1 Devices
I came up with a new way that solves this issue.....no root required
I have confirmed this working on two Android 8.1 devices that use Verizon MVNO's (Pixel XL and Pixel 2 XL)
1. Turn phone off
2. Take out sim card
3. Boot phone up
4. Enable usb debugging and connect to PC
5. open up an ADB shell (if you dont know how to do this then do some research)
6. enter the command
Code:
am start -a android.intent.action.INSERT content://telephony/carriers --ei simId -1
7. This will open the "Add new APN" activity.
8. Fill in all the APN info you need to and name it whatever you want and then click save in the the menu options up top.
9. Once you save the APN...turn the phone off
10. Insert SIM again
12. Turn phone on and let it boot up.
11. Go to Access point names in settings and select the new APN you added.
Have a good day
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Question 5G re-enabling on reboot / at random. Changing from LTE/3G/2G to GLOBAL network mode. Cannot control.

Hi all,
I noticed this recently, biggest potential thing I can think of was the February software update.
Long story short 1) I have no use for 5G service for battery / data reasons as I pay by the gig. 2) I'm on GoogleFi so there's potential carrier aggregation woowoo going on.
I do the standard Mobile Data>Network Mode> Select LTE/3G/2G and the phone sticks with that for a time. However it will, seemingly at random, revert to the GLOBAL network mode which has 5G. It will 100% trigger this change if I reset the phone.
Would just like to confirm this behavior with any other user and figure out how to make it stop as it is pretty infuriating that I have to keep manually making this change, in addition to the fact that it's really, really not great from a security standpoint that the phone can be induced somehow to alter specific user settings.
Thanks for the help.
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Quick edit: I have already gone into safe mode and changed network and reset, didn't hold. Also went into the dialer menu *#*#4636#*#* and changed the network mode, and it still reverts.

Same here.

valyvis10 said:
Same here.
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Can I ask what carrier you're on?

Orange, esim.

I was having the same issue, this seems to work
https://www.reddit.com/r/S21Ultra/comments/stebvi