have 2 ATT Arias and have not inserted SIM or activated yet.
Using home WiFI and enabling Google location and GPS it does find my location correctly but does not allow me to select my current location from the list of cities.
The main menu shows "My Location" and GMT timezone code offset is correct.
Is this a function of unlocking the phone or something only the SIM chip accomplishes?
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Really strange case:
I got a RAZR M that I hacked to work with US GSM carriers using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2166542
I am using my corporate ATnT card with it.
I am currently in roaming (Russia first, now Kazakhstan). Only GSM/UMTS networks here.
I have another simcard with me which is from Russian operator (Beeline). This network is present in Kazakhstan, however simcard is Russian, so in Kazakhstan this Beeline simcard is also in roaming.
Status:
On ATnT card, my RAZR wont connect properly to local cellphone networks. To explain better - it will occasionally connect to one of local operators (KCELL, MCC/MNC 40102), but it takes A LONG time to connect, easily disconnects, and it is very unreliable and erratic.
Moreover, in Mobile Network Settings menu there is NO OPTION to select operator (i do have GSM/UMTS mode enabled, not global).
On BeeLine card, my RAZR happily connects to any of chosen networks, AND operator selection option is available in Mobile Network settings.
I have another phone in my pocket - old Nokia S40 based. This one works perfectly with Beeline simcard. With ATnT simcard it wont automatically connect to a network, but manual operator selection dialog is accessible, and I can select any network and connect to it.
So, for some reason, with ATnT simcard in my RAZR, mobile networks settings menu disbles (completely removes!) operator selection dialog.
Any way to get around this? I have scraped around every possible search criteria, but I cant find any way to force that menu item to appear!
However, I accidentally stumbled upon a weird workaround:
I put Beeline card in
Manually select operator (Beeline)
Turn off the phone
Put in ATnT simcard
Turn the phone on
In this case on startup phone throws in notification (from motorola phone app) saying "selected preferred network not available".
If i click that notification, it takes me directly to network scanning menu, happily displays available networks and allows me to connect. From that point on, it stays fixed to the network I chose.
This means that this is not a problem of simcard or radio or ROM directly. It is some weird trigger built into ROM that reacts to ATnT simcard and removes "operator selection" option from setting.
Any idea how to force Operator Selection option to appear, or invoke it otherwise? Or maybe solve the issue alltogether? My workaround is really inconvenient.
I've got a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 that was with Sprint and has a good ESN but not sure if it is unlocked. In fact I'm fairly unclear about that as I do have an MSL utility which gave me an MSL code for it but that doesn't mean it is unlocked or does it? I installed a new activated micro SIM from Ptel Mobile in it and have been trying to change APN setting per their directions but .... I can't find APN settings where
they should be under Settings > Connections > More Networks > Mobile Networks. APN setting are simply not there as all the screenshots show that I've seen.
I also installed the app 'Change APN' and while I could type in all the need settings it would not save them and nothing showed up after hitting 'Save'. I've searched here and everywhere and everything seems to be about how to change the settings or what to change them too but I can't even see them in the normal settings.
Is it possible the new SIM card is bad? I have changed the settings for CDMA to GSM/UMTS
When checking around in Service Mode for SIM info I see this:
Slot1 Information
Slot 1 No SIM -sim phase
Slot 1 No SIM -app type
Slot 1 No SIM -voltage
??? bad SIM ? or Incorrect SIM ?
Some more info I just found in Service Mode from QMI UIM STATUS:
Active Slot: SLOT 1
CARD_STATE: Error
CARD_ERROR: SIM_Lock
APP_TYPE: NONE
APP_STATE: Unknown
APP_STATE ILLEGAL ?: NO
PERSO_STATE: Unknown
PERSO_FEATURE: NW
Also on the SIM Info screen it says "Card Lock: NOT Happened"
there was more but probably not relevant. Any one who can interpret what these are telling me I will very much appreciate it. So far
it sounds like a bad SIM or is this phone Locked ? and that is causing this issue? I've gotten the MSL code for it if that's relevant.
Lost in a sea of info ...
I guess I should have guessed it. I dug around for days trying to find if this was SIM locked and could never find out for sure but finally found a place in the hidden service menu that states SIM lock is enabled. Found my way to that info in OP of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2593305
Now how to Unlock. Seems that thread seems to say you need Sprint to International Unlock before you can go through that extensive process to Domestic unlock.
I'm having a bit of a weird issue with my Moto X Play folks.
I bought this carrier-locked (it's the only way we can do it in Canada), and then bought and unlock code and unlocked it. Ezpz.
It's been working fine for over a week now, but suddenly last night I notice that despite having signal bars and LTE data working, I don't have any actual cell phone service (I can't call or text anyone, it says mobile network not available).
My phone is still completely stock, haven't changed anything or fiddled around with apn settings or whatnot, so I have no idea as to why it's suddenly doing this.
I have tried restarting the phone, pulling out and re-inserting the sim card, etc. but nothing is helping so far. I notice that upon starting up the phone it detects that it is Rogers for a split second and then just reverts to No Service.
Anyone know what the issue is?
Waybe try with another sim card?
Envoyé de mon XT1563 en utilisant Tapatalk
I don't have any other sim cards, unfortunately.
Try this:
See screenshots (in case you missed the drill)
1. From drop down setting menu pick "more"
2. From "more" pick "cellular networks"
3. From "cellular networks" pick "network operators"
4. From there let it finish scanning
5. It should give you everything it can see (network wise inc other networks Bell, Telus, etc)
6. Pick "choose automatically"
See if that does the trick. If not come back to #4 and pick appropriate network (the ones with -Ext suffix are roaming partner network and usually don't connect if you are getting a signal from your home network.
If that doesn't work then come back to #4 again and repeat choose automatically again and that might just do the trick.
It's not a exact science just something I have used over the years to tame the beast (not with this phone)
If no difference then it might just be the SIM card.
Do the steps in the order listed.
Check apns
So far trying that hasn't changed anything for me... still displaying no service.
APN has nothing to do with actual call/sms services. My data/LTE works fine too.
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I want to see Phone Information for SIM 2 (*#*#4636#*#*). How do I open it? My main goal is to just set LTE Only mode for SIM 2 sometime (This is not possible in Mobile Networks page).
How do I add this option in mobile network page or open phone information for SIM 2.
I know I can manually select a 4G network. For some reason I don't want this.
(I live and bought it here in Turkey)
Cleared data/cache, flashed successfully, warnings gone, but no network at all, this is what I have:
- Only emergency calls with any SIM in any slot, already tried different carriers
- Checked IMEI in national blacklist database turkiye.gov.tr/imei-sorgulama, they're both clean
- When trying to make a call "not registered on network"
- When going into Mobile Networks - Select Network - Select Automatically is ON, if I try to turn off it instantly says "Error searching for networks" and the switch stays on, so no "Manual Search" button.
Which rom?