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[Q] Mobile Network within applications

Hello everyone,
I recently purchased the Nexus 4 directly from the Google website, had it shipped to Romania and here I bought a prepaid card and went away and activated it.
Everything works perfect, except I just noticed that some applications can't log on to the mobile network.
I installed Triple Town and since I already bought the item "Unlimited turns" on another device I wanted to Restore my purchases and have it on the Nexus 4 as well. I get some sort of "Network unavailable" error and I can't restore my purchases. Buying "turns" via the Play Store works, however.
I thought it was an application-only error until I downloaded Iron Man 3 via WiFi. When I try to launch it I get "A network error has occured. Do you want to try again?", even though I'm online.
Does any of you know what the issue might be here?
Thanks in advance,
Rob

What is blocking "Good For Enterprise" on my VZW S5?

Background: For various reasons, I use stock VZW S5 (not rooted). I have a grandfathered unlimited data plan. I use Good For Enterprise (GFE) to access work email. About an year ago, GFE stopped working on my S5. It would not work even work when I was on WiFi. However, if I tethered my Nexus 10 Tablet to my S5 (thanks to FoxFi) and accessed GFE on the tablet, it worked fine. I tried accessing GFE through a VPN on my S5 but it was still blocked. So, it appears that Verizon does not block GFE on their network end but on the device itself, through some software/security policy they manage. To further test this theory, I switched my VZW SIM to a Nexus 6 and GFE worked fine on the Nexus 6. When I switched back to my S5, GFE did not work. I tried to get VZW to unlock GFE (even willing ot pay $15 per month extra) but they said they could do it only if I was on a new limited data plan. They just mumbled some nonsense when I told them their device was blocking GFE even when I was on WiFI, which VZW has no business blocking. This was probably yet another way of forcing us to switch from unlimited data plan, which I refuse to do on principle, and though my average cellular data use is about 4GB, I have spikes of 8GB to 10GB when we go on road trips.
So, my question is: Is there a way to disable VZW from blocking GFE on my phone (it is some local setting, I am sure of that now)? This has to be done without rooting. I do not prefer to, but am open to using a Custom ROM as a lost resort, as long as it is GFE compatible and not rooted.
I tried switching to a Nexus 6P (the 6P is one of the few non-VZW phones that works on VZW and is not affected by VZWs device based restrictions) but it was too big, slippery (needing a case, which I hate to use), did not support wireless charging (which I am addicted to) and was not waterproof (which I actually use very often - my entire Bahamas photo album, including underwater shots and video, was shot on my S5). I would like to continue using my S5 (or perhaps get an S6 Edge but that too would come with the same VZW controls which would block GFE). I wish there was a non-VZW phone with features comparable to the S5 that worked on VZW but without all these stupid blocks and stuff.

What's the error when you try to use it? Does the app not open or does it say something along the lines of an incompatibility?

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What's the error when you try to use it? Does the app not open or does it say something along the lines of an incompatibility?
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GFE complains that it is not able to access the server. I don't remember the exact error code because it was a long time ago. And whatever is blocking it is on my phone because I cant even use GFE even on WiFi and/or VPN. VZW somehow provisioned that block on my phone through one of their surreptitious security policies that are specifically present on VZW provisioned phones with unlimited data.

Quick update: Verizon seems to have stopped blocking "Good For Enterprise" (GFE) after their recent $20 increase for grandfathered Unlimited Data Plans (UDP).
I am able to use GFE with UDP on my VZW Galaxy S5 (Stock OS). Tethering is still blocked but FoxFi takes care of that. If you use your UDP with a pure Android phone (Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X and Moto X Pure Edition are the ones that I am aware of that support VZW network), GFE and native tethering work without any issues but Basic Visual Voice Mail may be crippled.

900V on ATT- SIM Card Error message

My dad recently purchased a 900V from Ebay that was on Verizon. Got the phone activated on ATT just fine and he can make phone calls and send text messages. However, he is unable to get rid of the message that pops up saying that its not a Verizon SIM Card. Any ideas? Thanks!

Your dad should have bought an att or T-Mobile S5. LTE won't work right on a Verizon S5, and I don't think there's a way to permanently remove the SIM card message without root.
I believe this should work temporarily:
Go to settings >> applications >> application manager >> all
Then find an application called "activation agent".
Click on it, then click force stop.
This should suppress the message until the phone gets rebooted.

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Your dad should have bought an att or T-Mobile S5. LTE won't work right on a Verizon S5, and I don't think there's a way to permanently remove the SIM card message without root.
I believe this should work temporarily:
Go to settings >> applications >> application manager >> all
Then find an application called "activation agent".
Click on it, then click force stop.
This should suppress the message until the phone gets rebooted.
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Thank you sir! I told him to get a ATT or Tmobile phone but he was convinced that the verizon S5 would work due to it being advertised as a GSM phone. He was also having an issue not being able to access the internet without WiFi but someone at the ATT store fixed that for him. Now hes not able to receive MMS messages

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Thank you sir! I told him to get a ATT or Tmobile phone but he was convinced that the verizon S5 would work due to it being advertised as a GSM phone. He was also having an issue not being able to access the internet without WiFi but someone at the ATT store fixed that for him. Now hes not able to receive MMS messages
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Sounds like he needs to adjust his APN and MMS settings.
http://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/wireless/KB424489

Yes, there IS a fix!
I'll never understand why people reply when they don't actually have an answer. Fact is, your father didn't buy an AT&T phone and it's unlikely he's going to go sell his and buy an AT&T phone, so why introduce such a non-answer??
Now that I'm done ranting...
If you root the phone and install xposed framework, you can block status bar notifications using Gravity Box (>Status Bar Tweaks > Notification Blocker) or there is another module named NotifyClean which will also allow you to remove the SIM card nag.
I am using a Verizon phone on Cricket Wireless, which uses AT&T towers and have personally used the above solution.
By the way, my reception with Cricket is EVERY bit as good as it was on Verizon, even while traveling across country in some sparsely populated towns. Furthermore, my bill dropped from $420 to $200, taxes included! I also have 50 GB of hi-speed dafa (10 for each line) vs a shared 15 GB across all 5 lines with Verizon. There is only one minor disadvantage. With a Verizon phone, you will be limited to 4g speeds (~5 m/s), and will not be able to take advantage of LTE speeds (~20-25 m/s), but really, I'm incredibly doubtful anyone is actually gonna notice a difference on a mobile device.
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VooDoobie said:
Thank you sir! I told him to get a ATT or Tmobile phone but he was convinced that the verizon S5 would work due to it being advertised as a GSM phone. He was also having an issue not being able to access the internet without WiFi but someone at the ATT store fixed that for him. Now hes not able to receive MMS messages
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Great app with copy/paste functionality for fixing APN settings for nearly any carrier.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.thenatureweb.apnsettings

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Google Fi

Anyone currently using this on Google Fi? How do you like the service and how is the phone performing?

LG G6 (VS988 Verizon Variant BOOOO) but on Google Fi
The service is awesome. I switch back and forth between T-Mobile and Google Fi SIMs. My phone is a bad example because even though I paid for it outright and I left Verizon only after my contract ended, I cannot install an unlocked bootloader or root my device and as far as I know this is a Verizon thing only, (meaning Verizon special crafted the Android OS before putting it out so as to prevent people from actually having that 100 percent ownership feeling.) However the data and everything is good. Start out slow, order your SIM through Google Fi (if they ask say you have the LG G7, trust me, they'll refuse to activate the G6 so I had to call back and lie and sure enough it worked. After I got my SIM in the mail (all over the web via the Fi website,) I popped it in, my phone asked for a restart because it has a new SIM, restarted phone and installed the Google Fi app from Play Store, a few seconds later and one more restart and the APNs all changed themselves, phone was in Global mode and zooming away. And...tsk tsk...I haven't paid for service yet but maybe it's because my phone is all locked up to Verizon but they are not recording any data usage for me neither so I have free service through Fi. THAT BEING SAID, I am a huge fan and patron to Google and their services so I'm going to call and get this issue resolved. I'm sure it's just that they need my IMEI or something of that sort. If you have any other variant of the LG G6, first off, congrats for not going through Verizon like I did and never being able to root/ADB bloatware and etc., and two, give it a shot. You can get your SIM and start using the service (talk/text at least) before paying anything and of course it's month to month so no commitment.
Oh ya! I also noticed, rather this is intentional on Google's part or not, that my Mobile Hotspot feature works as well If you have anymore specific questions feel free to let me know!

Thanks for the reply. I'm guessing that you started before November as they have now opened the program up to other phones including the G6. (Mine is an unlocked T-Mobile one, which I am on now, so should work fine as I will still be using T-Mobil's towers.)

I realize this is an old post, but wondering if you are still using fi with the LG G6. I am wondering if root will give me the ability to auto-switch between the 3 networks. It's a deal breaker for me if I'm stuck with just TMobile's network. I have the US Cellular variant.
Thanks.

Anyone successfully activate device in US

I received my launch day one plus 8 pro, model IN2025. I am currently with sprint but they refuse to activate the device. They insist it is carrier locked and they can't activate it. I have put my sim in there and it works for a few minutes until I get a sim locked error, then it doesn't work. I wanted to switch to tmobile but, for whatever reason, my BYOD order was flagged as potential fraud and I am required to go into a store to complete my order - which isn't really possible as there are only 3 stores in my state that are still open, none of which are near where I live. I have checked AT&T and Verizon and their sites both say the phone isn't compatible. I have a google fi sim on the way but I am curious if anyone in the states has successfully activated an 8 pro and if so, what carrier they have.
Thanks!

CA, T Mobile, no error at all

samyuan9826 said:
CA, T Mobile, no error at all
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Well that gives me some hope. This is why I wanted to move back to tmoblie but there is literally nothing I can do. I have spent hours upon hours on the phone, chat, and even on DM with their twitter support. The only way for me to activate service is to go into a store which is impossible. There are no stores open in a 75 mile radius of me and I don't think it is wise to be driving all over for what is definitely not an essential service. I guess I will hold out hope for Google Fi because Sprint is just awful.

Tmobile here too no issues. Works perfect

berdo said:
Well that gives me some hope. This is why I wanted to move back to tmoblie but there is literally nothing I can do. I have spent hours upon hours on the phone, chat, and even on DM with their twitter support. The only way for me to activate service is to go into a store which is impossible. There are no stores open in a 75 mile radius of me and I don't think it is wise to be driving all over for what is definitely not an essential service. I guess I will hold out hope for Google Fi because Sprint is just awful.
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Could it be they are merging at the moment?

samyuan9826 said:
Could it be they are merging at the moment?
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If it is, then you would have thought one of the 8 or so people I spoke with would have said something. I do know that Sprint told me they could not activate the phone because it was carrier locked and even after I had a chat with One Plus support per Sprint's request and copied and pasted one plus's response that the phone was not carrier locked and compatible with sprint, the sprint rep from the advanced support team still insisted the phone was carrier locked and that I should return the phone.
I have no idea what the issue is with T-Mobile. They ran my credit, took my payment, setup my order and then a bot automatically canceled my order and booted me off the chat. The canned message said I couldn't complete the order over chat or the phone, that I would have to go to store. After 3+ hours on chat and phone last night I finally gave up. The rep on twitter event sent me a DM basically saying that my best option was to use screen shots of our conversation and dispute my credit and try again once I can actually go to a store.
It is just one giant cluster F.

berdo said:
If it is, then you would have thought one of the 8 or so people I spoke with would have said something. I do know that Sprint told me they could not activate the phone because it was carrier locked and even after I had a chat with One Plus support per Sprint's request and copied and pasted one plus's response that the phone was not carrier locked and compatible with sprint, the sprint rep from the advanced support team still insisted the phone was carrier locked and that I should return the phone.
I have no idea what the issue is with T-Mobile. They ran my credit, took my payment, setup my order and then a bot automatically canceled my order and booted me off the chat. The canned message said I couldn't complete the order over chat or the phone, that I would have to go to store. After 3+ hours on chat and phone last night I finally gave up. The rep on twitter event sent me a DM basically saying that my best option was to use screen shots of our conversation and dispute my credit and try again once I can actually go to a store.
It is just one giant cluster F.
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RIP - my order was from OnePlus.com back to the launch day - I really don't think they have any kind of carrier locks. I would say returning/exchange the phone is the best option

Mine Activated fine on T-Mobile

https://www.androidheadlines.com/2020/04/oneplus-8-5g-networks-compatibility
"Sprint users are basically completely out of luck. As the OnePlus 8 doesn't support its 5G network, nor its 4G LTE or its voice (CDMA) network."

I just got mine today and works perfect with Tmobile prepaid, wifi calling and everything works

T-Mobile Ohio with no issues here.
Sent from my IN2025 using Tapatalk

I grabbed a Google Fi card today and so far so good. I'm connected to LTE with speeds that were comparable when I had TMobile. Pretty pumped to be living that 120hz life and not using Samsung's garbage skin.
It's funny, there is a mod to turn on WiFi and VoLTE which 100% works fine on Sprint. I can normal service for about 5 minutes and then Sprint shuts it down. I could reboot and work again, and then they'd shut me down again. So yeah, no CDMA but VoLTE worked just fine.

I'm on T Mobleand it was a snap. No issues at sll

anyone activate on verizon in us?
TIA

bkrickles said:
anyone activate on verizon in us?
TIA
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Yes i activated mine on verizon and had no issues at all. The one problem im running into is we dont have an option for wifi calling. Benn on chat with verizon and oneplus, verizon tried to get it to work for 2 hours where oneplus said its something wrong on verizon end because wifi calling is a default feature....

berdo said:
I received my launch day one plus 8 pro, model IN2025. I am currently with sprint but they refuse to activate the device. They insist it is carrier locked and they can't activate it. I have put my sim in there and it works for a few minutes until I get a sim locked error, then it doesn't work. I wanted to switch to tmobile but, for whatever reason, my BYOD order was flagged as potential fraud and I am required to go into a store to complete my order - which isn't really possible as there are only 3 stores in my state that are still open, none of which are near where I live. I have checked AT&T and Verizon and their sites both say the phone isn't compatible. I have a google fi sim on the way but I am curious if anyone in the states has successfully activated an 8 pro and if so, what carrier they have.
Thanks!
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Sprint is a PITA with unlocked devices. They have different SIM cards for different unlocked devices and you can’t use one SIM in every device normally. I had that issue as well and they always sent me SIMs based on the phone. I have T-Mobile now and use my SIM in Pixels, iPhones, and my OnePlus with no issues. Always had to call sprint to switch between my devices as well it was terrible. T-Mobile you just switch the SIM and it’s good.

The OnePlus model sold by OnePlus should have worked good on US TMo.
However, has anyone over here gotten a global model from banggood to work on TMo ? Their posted frequencies look like 41 and 71 are missing, and possibly some others.

kng60ft said:
Yes i activated mine on verizon and had no issues at all. The one problem im running into is we dont have an option for wifi calling. Benn on chat with verizon and oneplus, verizon tried to get it to work for 2 hours where oneplus said its something wrong on verizon end because wifi calling is a default feature....
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Have you tried enabling the switch via logkit?
1. Dial *#800#
2. Go to Oneplus logkit
3. Go to function switch
4. Check on Vowifi switch
5. Reboot your phone
6. go to settings -- wifi & internet -- sim & network
7. Turn on WIFI Calling
8. Reboot your phone

berdo said:
Have you tried enabling the switch via logkit?
1. Dial *#800#
2. Go to Oneplus logkit
3. Go to function switch
4. Check on Vowifi switch
5. Reboot your phone
6. go to settings -- wifi & internet -- sim & network
7. Turn on WIFI Calling
8. Reboot your phone
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Yes. I followed those steps and when I select function switch, there is nothing on the screen that says VoWIFI.

Has anyone got it working with AT&T? Mine arrives tomorrow, hoping to just switch my sim card from my Pixel 3 XL into 8 Pro seemlessly.