I have a strange problem!
I have an O2 XDA II, (unlocked), original ROM (1.03 USA), which I'm using with a UK Vodafone SIM. This works fine in the UK, however I am currently in the US trying to roam, without any luck. The automatic network selection does not connect to any network. Using manual network selection, I can select the T-mobile network, which it connects to, with good signal strength, but if I try to make or receive a call it does not work. It also loses the connection altogether after a few minutes. (This SIM works fine in the US in my Motorola tri-band phone). However, if I use my wife's US T-mobile SIM in the XDA II instead of mine, it works fine!
Any ideas?? All help would be gratefully appreciated!
Paul
phone networks must have agreements to let users roam
Vodafone certainly have a roming agreement with T-mobile in the US - I've been using this SIM in a triband phone in the US for years.
Paul
well are you talking about roaming of grps ?
because there are not as many agreements when it comes to grps as there is when it comes to std phone
No, just roaming GSM voice!
Paul
Please help! I moved to Australia and cant use any data functions on the Optus network. Optus uses 900/2100mHz for both the 2G and 3G networks. They utilize UMTS and HSPA...the same as T-mobile (the folks I intentionally bought my phones from). I know the Glacier doesnt do data at 900mHz, but I can't even get a connection at 2100mHz. I called HTC customer support and Virgin Mobile Australia. Both companies are stumped and say it should work, but it doesn't. 2 phones, 2 sim cards, no data. Voice and SMS work fine. I added the Virgin Mobile APN per their settings, still nothing. Ideas? Is there a patch required to be Aussie compatible?
Second issue, my wife's phone is very weak when it comes to WiFi, I have seen this is a known issue. Is there a fix now that mailing it back isn't an option?
Please help. I have two great smart phones that aren't so smart right now.
Thanks in advance and Happy Holidays.
Resolved. Don't input the APN settings, just enter the APN name and the phone figures out the rest. No luck with wifi.
jkubacz said:
Please help! I moved to Australia and cant use any data functions on the Optus network. Optus uses 900/2100mHz for both the 2G and 3G networks. They utilize UMTS and HSPA...the same as T-mobile (the folks I intentionally bought my phones from). I know the Glacier doesnt do data at 900mHz, but I can't even get a connection at 2100mHz. I called HTC customer support and Virgin Mobile Australia. Both companies are stumped and say it should work, but it doesn't. 2 phones, 2 sim cards, no data. Voice and SMS work fine. I added the Virgin Mobile APN per their settings, still nothing. Ideas? Is there a patch required to be Aussie compatible?
Second issue, my wife's phone is very weak when it comes to WiFi, I have seen this is a known issue. Is there a fix now that mailing it back isn't an option?
Please help. I have two great smart phones that aren't so smart right now.
Thanks in advance and Happy Holidays.
Resolved. Don't input the APN settings, just enter the APN name and the phone figures out the rest. No luck with wifi.
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So it is definitely working for you? I wanted to get the HTC Glacier as well (i.e. mytouch 4G). If I got it unlocked, would it work on the 3 Australia network? Specifically, are you getting 2G speeds for data usage on your phone, or are your getting 3G speeds. I want to be able to use it in Australia as well. It's a lot cheaper than some of the other phones available with similar specs in Australia.
Sorry for slow reply. Yes, I am getting 3g speeds on Optus/Virgin network. I do not get MMS though or video calls. I only get internet and SMS. Good luck.
Cool thanks for ur help, managed to get it to work in Australia on 3 (dunno about other networks), although from what I've heard the 3G won't work in rural areas because they use a different frequency.
I have an unlocked motorola Droid pro. Im using it with a vodafone sim in Egypt.
voice calls and sms are working fine, the problem is that there is no Data.
I added the Apn Settings manually but it won’t work.
in the Info Screen it reads:
"GSM Service: In service
GPRS Service: Disconnected
State: Dcinactivestate
Disconnected with last try at 1:20 pm
Fail because Unknown data error."
The reason is because the only radio Band is USA,
On other android phones i have they have more than one band.
Can I flash another radio band on the droid pro?
any advise please
You can't. I have the same problem in Kuwait.
Other users are having the same issue in other countries (Netherlands) and one user did not even get calls or SMS in Hong Kong.
I'll supply you later with a link to my problem on the Motorola support forums, you can then report your problem, maybe Motorola will take an action.
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There u go:
https://supportforums.motorola.com/community/google-android/droidpro?view=discussions
My thread is called No data connection abroad.
Thread for the Hong Kong dude: "Sim Unlocked Droid Pro does not work with China Mobile sim card or in Hong Kong".
(P.S. I'm from Egypt too. I'm really pissed the Vodafone data aint working. Try Etisalat and Mobinil too and tell me what you'll get).
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Ive already sent to Motorola they haven't replied yet.
I tried an etisalat sim and it actually worked! Only edge no 3g
i hope Motorola can provide a new radio band that will resolve this issues
Does the Etisalat SIM give you 3G speeds on other Android phones?
This could be configuration issue.
Did you make sure that the Network Type is Auto?
Go to Settings -> Wireless -> Mobile Networks -> Select Network, and make sure the selected option is "Automatic Default".
Uncon, check this thread: https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/43887?tstart=0
I already mentioned your case there.
Update: You can also try to flash the SBF file & hard reset afterwards, that solved the problem for some people.
Yes it the etisalat sim was in my old hero and it has 3G speeds.
I will change my Vodafone sim today maybe it will be a sim issue.
Thanks for your support.
uncon1978 said:
Yes it the etisalat sim was in my old hero and it has 3G speeds.
I will change my Vodafone sim today maybe it will be a sim issue.
Thanks for your support.
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OK fine, please PLEASE keep me updated I can live with no data in Kuwait, but when I get back to Egypt I'll kill myself if my Pro doesn't work properly
dont put your hopes up for a fix from motorola
here is there reply:
Thanks for reaching out to Motorola. I’ve reviewed your e-mail and I’m ready to help.
If you could not connect to the internet by manually adding the APN of the Service Provider on your Motorola DROID Pro, it might not be compatible with the network. You have to use the WiFi feature of the phone instead. I'm so sorry for that inconvenience.
We hope that you find this information useful and look forward to assisting you in the future.
For information about Motorola products and services, please visit us at http://www.motorola.com/
Thank you for contacting Motorola e-mail support.
uncon1978 said:
dont put your hopes up for a fix from motorola
here is there reply:
Thanks for reaching out to Motorola. I’ve reviewed your e-mail and I’m ready to help.
If you could not connect to the internet by manually adding the APN of the Service Provider on your Motorola DROID Pro, it might not be compatible with the network. You have to use the WiFi feature of the phone instead. I'm so sorry for that inconvenience.
We hope that you find this information useful and look forward to assisting you in the future.
For information about Motorola products and services, please visit us at http://www.motorola.com/
Thank you for contacting Motorola e-mail support.
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The issue is turning out to be quite common, so we're yet to see about their response.
Keep me updated about your trials with the new Vodafone SIM and the Etisalat SIM, thanks
Uncon,
I tried with a Wataniya SIM card (some other provider here in Kuwait) and data connection was successful once I defined the settings, with the H icon showing and all, indicating the maximum possible connection speed. My stupid Zain card is still not working though.
How about you?
Mine is working fine at china unicom, some of my friends use china mobile, they have no problem with sms or data,too. Just few can't unlock.
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Vodafone, Mobinil No data. Etisalat very slow Edge i doubt its even Edge speeds.
uncon1978 said:
Vodafone, Mobinil No data. Etisalat very slow Edge i doubt its even Edge speeds.
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wow.. that's bad. Did you contact Etisalat about this? Maybe they can do something from their side.
Hello, Having the same problem with my stupid Zain Kuwait sim card, and now Im stuck with a 1 year contract with them !
Whereas Wataniya and Viva works flawlessly!
Guess Zain should change their name to something like MO Zain !
JayQ8 said:
Hello, Having the same problem with my stupid Zain Kuwait sim card, and now Im stuck with a 1 year contract with them !
Whereas Wataniya and Viva works flawlessly!
Guess Zain should change their name to something like MO Zain !
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lol, I already switched to Wataniya one month ago
But actually during my trials Viva didn't work. How did you make it work?
I tried to get answers from T-Mobile's forum to no avail so I will post here.
I was driving between Milwaukee and Green Bay a couple of weeks ago and lost all service on my phone. When I got back I looked at T-Mobile's coverage map and they had the area listed as roaming on their "partner network". Presumably my phone should have been able to make/receive calls on this network but was not.
I had my settings correct with Data Roaming enabled and whatnot so I can't figure out why I couldn't get on the roaming network.
Some background - I've rooted the phone and am using Enom's pre-Christmas ROM release with the associated kernel that comes with it.
Any help on this?
I know data wouldn't work on any net but tmob, voice should work for sure if u were sim unlocked
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Hi!
I recently switched my mobile provider to Three Austria (Drei) and since their network is not perfect on the countryside they are allowing us to use another provider in there areas (T-Mobile Austria)
But since it is a different provider my Nexus 4 thinks that I am roaming and deactivates the data connection.
Is there another way than activating data roaming for all networks, so something like national roaming on stock rom?
Regards,
tailorian
tailorian said:
Hi!
I recently switched my mobile provider to Three Austria (Drei) and since their network is not perfect on the countryside they are allowing us to use another provider in there areas (T-Mobile Austria)
But since it is a different provider my Nexus 4 thinks that I am roaming and deactivates the data connection.
Is there another way than activating data roaming for all networks, so something like national roaming on stock rom?
Regards,
tailorian
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I'm on Drei too and I'm using the app "Roaming Control" which works perfectly (there is a trial version too). Seems to be the only solution so far since the "national roaming" option doesn't exist in the stock rom.
DerFremde said:
I'm on Drei too and I'm using the app "Roaming Control" which works perfectly (there is a trial version too). Seems to be the only solution so far since the "national roaming" option doesn't exist in the stock rom.
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This is very annoying since the function for national roaming is included in CM.
I just wonder why this hasn't been pushed up to the android source code...
i also use 3 in austria.
is roaming control the only way until now?
my problem is that my phone sometimes connects to hungarian networks even if A1 is available.
remote control stops data roaming => this is good
but why did my phone not stay on the local provider?
how can i tell my phone that it should not connect to another operator aslong a national operator is available?