Hello I am new here and not sure if I am posting it in the correct section of the forum. Anyway, I just purchased an unlocked ZTE Primetime K92 tablet that was on the AT&T network.
The SMS messaging app which has an icon which says messages, when I launch it is AT&T messages and requires login or registration with the AT&T account info. I am now using this tablet on the T-Mobile network and trying to find an SMS messaging app that will use the phone number assigned to my sim card and hence to the tablet.
I have replaced my old device which was getting SMS messages because it would only attempt connection at 2G speed which is now no longer available from most carriers. I have also downloaded SMS apps that I found and were either incompatible or did not work. the tablet is running Android 7.1 and I was trying to update it but could not find how to do so.
Can someone help either to get the version of Android upgraded or a SMS app that will work, as I stated want to use the native number for my sim card and not register to get a new number.
Thanks in advance
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I have always wondered what the SIM toolkit application tool does. Whenever I try to run it ti says "Your SIM Card has no application installed." Uhm.. Okay.. Neither does my wife's SIM card on her XDA I.
Does this have any use at all?
Just wondering..
Some operators give SIMs which has applications installed in it.
SIM toolkit does nothitng else but shows you a menu. And you can use this menu.
In Pakistan most gsm operators have applications in their sim. Which allows you to check weather updates, news etc.
Basically what happens is, when you click on a menu the application will auto-compose and send an sms to server. And then you get a reply to that as a regular sms.
Thats all about sim toolkit, its nothing Fancy
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I think it depends on the services available from your provider. I have a uk orange contract and my sim toolkit has "call orange", "information" and "group text". (I have to say I have never used these).
There have been other posts on this subject so it may be worth searching the forums for more info.
SIM Toolkit applications are additional menus, that mostly contain SMS information services, that are ordered automatically without manually typing keywords into a SMS and sending it to a service number. One could also make a phone call a certain number by choosing an item.
All German operators have SIM applications on their SIMs. So when you enter you can choose from news/weather/stock rates/ordering logos and ringtones and such stuff. When you choose an item a request-SMS will be send automatically and as result you will receive a common SMS or ringtone or logo.
In my opinion this is a relic from the pre-WAP-times. I don't see a real use in it and I have used it maybe 3 years ago for the last time.
By the way, the SIM applications are able to update themselves - sometimes the menus are updated automatically to make new SMS info services available.
On Nokia phones SIM applications appear as the last menu called "Services", but only if available.
has anyone succesfully used viber on their note 10.1 from verizon? The main problem is that I cannot activate because the tablet cannot receive text messages or even calls.
I'm not a Viber user, but it looks like you can only call other Viber users on Android. I would suggest installing Groove IP after you set up a free Google Voice number and then you need only input you Google Voice account info without worrying about VOIP settings. In addition to being able to make phone calls, you'll be able to get free text messages via Google Voice. The staff at Groove IP went out of their way to solve a VOIP issue created when JB 4.1.2 rolled out, buying a Note to have the ability to resolve the problem. Here's a link to their post with a download link to the modified Groove IP program for the Note running JB. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2107867&page=5&highlight=groove+ip Here's their download link. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8eaPs_MnhKoS2tYV2NKWW9pYVU/edit?usp=sharing if you like the program, support the developer by buying their paid version and thanking them in the thread I've linked. They really went out of their way to quickly fix an issue they didn't create, which happens a lot with OS updates.
I don't know verizon device...
But I did activate my friend N7000 without simcard attached to it. The simcard was at another phone.
Basically it will just send msg to the number you registered. Where the simcard is, it doesn't matter.
I did this around 6 months ago, I m not so sure whether it is still working with current viber updates or not.
U can try.
Sent from my GT-N8000, from the corner of this rounded earth.
Hi,
I have a problem that someone here might be able to help me with. I have recently moved between countries (say from country A to country B). I keep WhatsApp under my phone line in country A, because the vast majority of my contacts use that number to contact me. I still pay a small monthly fee to keep the line. Initially I had no problems with WhatsApp, I simply inserted the new SIM card from country B into the phone I brought from Country A.
However, now I have bought a new phone (Moto X 2013 (=no SD slot) and I am trying to link WhatsApp to my usual number, in country A. Even though I still own that line, I can't receive any SMS/calls from it in country B. Unfortunately, WhatsApp doesn't let me use alternate methods of verification. I am stuck with using my old phone (Galaxy s3 mini) for WhatsApp.
Is there a way to move WhatsApp from my old to my new phone, in a way that no verification is required?
I have the same problem with Telegram, but (unfortunately) my contacts use WhatsApp the most.
Both phones are rooted. The new one has the bootloader unlocked. I am willing to tweak these features if necessary ( I will need proper guidance though, I have never played wit them before).
Thanks
Native text app didn't allow me to send texts, using Google messenger app - I can send but still Can't Receive texts. I can get texts sometimes if the person is next to me... Any one have a solution?
Anyone found solution for can't receive texts - love my x2..
And want to use it as primary phone again, but need texting for my job. Any one found new solution?
Thanks
Gary
Gary2017 said:
And want to use it as primary phone again, but need texting for my job. Any one found new solution?
Thanks
Gary
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Yo I got t-mobile service on my mediapad x2 texts are working fine, maybe check ur APN settings, and I have it sim slot 1
Thanks for reply
I have 703-L android 5.0
Last year: tried many texting apps, senior XDA member checked my APN settings, SIM in slot one (it worked in prior phone, and everything else working except receiving texts, once I moved the SIM to my new X2.
ANYONE:
I was curious if Marshmallow 6.0 upgrade could be a fix? or has a ROM come out that could fix this issue? Also wondering, should a non-developer, attempt rooting and adding ROMs? Or am I asking for trouble? I want to clean out garbage apps and have just a regular basic android OS! does anyone know X2 experts that can do these fixes (if so: contact details and costs if you know? I love this X2 phone and am willing to pay if someone can fix it.
Thank you in advance
Gary
If you have 2 Sim Cards for one phone number, SMS can only be received by one of them.
This can be changed by a phone call to t-mobile.
Hello all... I have a galaxy s6 sm-g920f international unlocked, using android 7.0 BTU firmware updated to newest.
I have been with Cricket for 3 yrs, but currently outside the US for 2 months and I allowed my account/phone number to become suspended. So, I am using whatsapp without an activated sim installed.
All previously working contacts in whatsapp are still working normally by wifi, however I am finding that there is now no way to message any new contacts that I add to the phone.
I mention the state of the phone and the sim since someone I know has suggested that maybe the lack of an activated sim/mobile account is the reason that the app is not recognizing new whatsapp contacts.
Anyone have any idea what is the reason for this?
Robert