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Been running CM 10.2 nightlies for a few weeks and everything has been smooth except the phone is stuck on 3g. If I go into mobile networks and network mode it was set to "CDMA + LTE/EvDo". Tried "Global" and still the same thing. The only way I can get it to work is if I choose "LTE" (and I did confirm it was running at full LTE speeds) which then makes calling impossible.
Not sure what to do, have played around with APN's but haven't found anything that works yet.
Also, tried updating to the latest radio and that didn't help.
Any ideas?
Follow my thread . I just went through the same thing. Short answer: new sim card
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2551181
Can't keep 4g/LTE and voice calls at the same time
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I saw your thread but I don't understand how I would be able to get LTE service (through forcing by selecting LTE only) if my SIM card was somehow fried. You would think if it was a bad SIM it would be more than just that. Also, both our cards "failing" in the same way.
I do remember dialing *228 a while back as I was having some connection issues but can't remember if I saw LTE before doing that. Almost think its Verizon's way of sticking it to those that unlock and flash roms (when you *228 you have to come replace your sim and get "outed").
atison said:
I saw your thread but I don't understand how I would be able to get LTE service (through forcing by selecting LTE only) if my SIM card was somehow fried. You would think if it was a bad SIM it would be more than just that. Also, both our cards "failing" in the same way.
I do remember dialing *228 a while back as I was having some connection issues but can't remember if I saw LTE before doing that. Almost think its Verizon's way of sticking it to those that unlock and flash roms (when you *228 you have to come replace your sim and get "outed").
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One possibility is if you ever messed with *#*#4636#*#* & did anything to 3 dot menu band, you can have a hosed radio partition. Rsd restore is only fix.
Vzw does indeed want us not rooted as (edit)a lot rooted users cause them BIG headaches.
atison said:
I saw your thread but I don't understand how I would be able to get LTE service (through forcing by selecting LTE only) if my SIM card was somehow fried. You would think if it was a bad SIM it would be more than just that. Also, both our cards "failing" in the same way.
I do remember dialing *228 a while back as I was having some connection issues but can't remember if I saw LTE before doing that. Almost think its Verizon's way of sticking it to those that unlock and flash roms (when you *228 you have to come replace your sim and get "outed").
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Read through the whole thread. You may find some similarities and answers.
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atison said:
I saw your thread but I don't understand how I would be able to get LTE service (through forcing by selecting LTE only) if my SIM card was somehow fried. You would think if it was a bad SIM it would be more than just that. Also, both our cards "failing" in the same way.
I do remember dialing *228 a while back as I was having some connection issues but can't remember if I saw LTE before doing that. Almost think its Verizon's way of sticking it to those that unlock and flash roms (when you *228 you have to come replace your sim and get "outed").
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When my sim went from 4g on boot to 3g in 2 min, I just called & they mailed me one.
just ordered a new sim (NFC sim). We will see if this fixes it.
SIM problem with i9505
I have an s4 which was on Tmobile, i upgraded in a shop to a note 3 om EE and had my number ported to the note 3, ever since the s4 will not take an EE sim card, it just says there is no sim inserted, strangely though there is signal showing but when you try to dial out it says not registered on network, i have spoken to Tmobile, EE and taken it into numerous shops, essentially they are useless and dont want to know, i dont think the SIM socket is damaged as it takes every other sim and works fine. I just flashed an EE stock firmware to it but still it doesnt seem to accept the EE sim.
I have also put root checker on the phone which is saying the unit is not rooted properly, if that is so then surely i wouldnt have been able to flash the firmware to it ?.
Not sure what steps i should take now to try to sort this out, the carrier is denying that the problem was caused by them, some have said that it is locked from the EE network, if that was so i would have no service, not an uninserted sim error.
Is there something that will unlock it if indeed it is a lock problem (which i dont think it is)
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Hi guys,
I bought the unlocked firmware phone back in December 2016. The phone is great, the problem is I am using EcoMobile MVNO. It's refusing to recognize the network with the MVNO's sim card. I've spent hours on the phone with them and they claim all is OK on their (and Verizon's) end.
The phone sort of works, so I've just been grinning and bearing it so far. Using 4G switcher, I can put it in CDMA only mode, in which case it connects to '123456' and I can receive and make calls, and receive texts, but have no internet. If I put it in full LTE/GSM/CDMA auto mode, it connects to LTE, so I have internet, but it claims I'm not connected to Verizon network and in fact it's not available. So in this mode I can't receive calls or texts. Can't send texts under any mode. I've done a full factory reset at the MVNO's behest, of course that did nothing. The phone seems to connect fine to Verizon's network if I borrow someone elses's Verizon sim. My MVNO sim also works in my wife's iPhone5 without a problem. So it really seems to come down to the firmware on the phone. I'm holding out against hope that when Nougat comes to the G935U firmware, this problem is magically solved... but just in case decided to post here.
Please help, any ideas would be appreciated.
-Frustrated G7E user
galaxy7user said:
Hi guys,
I bought the unlocked firmware phone back in December 2016. The phone is great, the problem is I am using EcoMobile MVNO. It's refusing to recognize the network with the MVNO's sim card. I've spent hours on the phone with them and they claim all is OK on their (and Verizon's) end.
The phone sort of works, so I've just been grinning and bearing it so far. Using 4G switcher, I can put it in CDMA only mode, in which case it connects to '123456' and I can receive and make calls, and receive texts, but have no internet. If I put it in full LTE/GSM/CDMA auto mode, it connects to LTE, so I have internet, but it claims I'm not connected to Verizon network and in fact it's not available. So in this mode I can't receive calls or texts. Can't send texts under any mode. I've done a full factory reset at the MVNO's behest, of course that did nothing. The phone seems to connect fine to Verizon's network if I borrow someone elses's Verizon sim. My MVNO sim also works in my wife's iPhone5 without a problem. So it really seems to come down to the firmware on the phone. I'm holding out against hope that when Nougat comes to the G935U firmware, this problem is magically solved... but just in case decided to post here.
Please help, any ideas would be appreciated.
-Frustrated G7E user
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Flash the vzw firmware or go through the steps for the hybrid rom with vzw modems implemented.
Thanks. I was really hoping for something less intrusive, maybe some CSC edit fix, or some such.
galaxy7user said:
Thanks. I was really hoping for something less intrusive, maybe some CSC edit fix, or some such.
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Welp, the 7.0 update is here, and it didn't fix my issue, in fact now I can't even get LTE data as I used to get. :crying:
So I had this issue when I first got the nougat update. When I got my S7 I put in my brothers sim card to made sure it worked on Verizon cause i was buying it from someome and anyway I activated my straight talk verizon SIM and everything was great until I got the update and my service was weird and I didn't know what to do and then it dawned on me, I put in an actual verizon SIM card, doesn't need to be active let it register and then put your SIM back in and everything was great! Hope this helps...
Switched to TotalWireless, phone works now. They first sent me a SIM which didn't work, then had to send a different, post-paid one.
I now suspect if ECO also sent me a postpaid based SIM it would start working. Things are always way too complicated when Verizon is involved.
S7 U with Verizon MVNO
skater95 said:
So I had this issue when I first got the nougat update. When I got my S7 I put in my brothers sim card to made sure it worked on Verizon cause i was buying it from someome and anyway I activated my straight talk verizon SIM and everything was great until I got the update and my service was weird and I didn't know what to do and then it dawned on me, I put in an actual verizon SIM card, doesn't need to be active let it register and then put your SIM back in and everything was great! Hope this helps...
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I'm tempted to try this as I'm having the same problem with my 935U and Xfinity Mobile (Verizon MVNO) SIM, instead of connecting to the Verizon network, it connects to network 123456. I did load the 935V firmware, which worked fine, but I'd prefer to return to the U firmware if this would work. Is this still working for you, and if so, do you just need to put the regular verizon sim in once and from then on the MVNO sim will work, and continue to work including after a reboot?
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I'm tempted to try this as I'm having the same problem with my 935U and Xfinity Mobile (Verizon MVNO) SIM, instead of connecting to the Verizon network, it connects to network 123456. I did load the 935V firmware, which worked fine, but I'd prefer to return to the U firmware if this would work. Is this still working for you, and if so, do you just need to put the regular verizon sim in once and from then on the MVNO sim will work, and continue to work including after a reboot?
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I put in a Verizon SIM in it once and that was after the nougat update. But every time the phone restarts, I have to make a phone call for it to connect to the service or it will just stay stuck in "searching for service" but once the phone call connects, I hang up and everything works as it should.
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I put in a Verizon SIM in it once and that was after the nougat update. But every time the phone restarts, I have to make a phone call for it to connect to the service or it will just stay stuck in "searching for service" but once the phone call connects, I hang up and everything works as it should.
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Thanks, strange problem. I'll probably just stick with the 935V firmware for now as that's working fine (just have the Verizon bloat and failing the hotspot check). I also have a dialog going with Samsung support to see if they're aware of the problem and have a fix.
After emailing essential about the update role out process. I was informed that sprint has to approve the new update. They did tell me that with for sprint you can simply switch to another carrier sim card and then do the update and switch back to your sim card. I don't have any sim cards laying around. Can anyone confirm this actually works.
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After emailing essential about the update role out process. I was informed that sprint has to approve the new update. They did tell me that with for sprint you can simply switch to another carrier sim card and then do the update and switch back to your sim card. I don't have any sim cards laying around. Can anyone confirm this actually works.
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I don't see why this wouldn't be true. I can tell you this is the case when other unlocked phones I've used in the past. I would swap with the wife's t-mobile sim to get an update before Verizon would push lol. Of course I'm assuming you have the unlocked model and that the sprint model does not differ in any way. I've read that if you bought the sprint model and activated the sprint sim it would sim lock the phone. I don't know if that's true personally, but I bought my wife the sprint model and she put her t-mobile sim in before turning it on and it works fine.
Yes. I can confirm this works. I had an extra inactive TMobile sim, popped it in and immediately got the push update. Updated, switched back to Sprint sim and all good to go.
aquizon said:
Yes. I can confirm this works. I had an extra inactive TMobile sim, popped it in and immediately got the push update. Updated, switched back to Sprint sim and all good to go.
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I found an old at&t sim card and tossed it in and it didn't prompt me. Did you buy from Sprint on a flex lease? That's what I did and I'm thinking that might be the issue for me.
Yeah I'm on a flex lease. The update didn't immediately pop up, I actually did a network settings refresh with my TMobile (inactive prepaid account) sim and as soon as I did that, I got the update. Best of luck bro.
I already SIM unlocked my T-Mo McLaren 5G (and waiting the 7 days for bootloader unlock) but I don't have any other carrier SIM on hand. Can anyone test the McLaren 5G with other carriers and let us know if it is working fine/how well/how it compares to original carrier phones? (SIM Unlocked McLaren 5G of course) Thank you!
probably not much help, but my LOCKED T-Mo McLaren 5G ran a mint sim exactly like the t-mobile sim. so, t-mobile mvno's should work.
cheaper plans same 5G coverage.
My phone was granted unlock by TMobile but I don't have the TMobile unlock app . How did you unlock it
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mr pnut said:
My phone was granted unlock by TMobile but I don't have the TMobile unlock app . How did you unlock it
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Here's a screenshot of where I unlocked phone after it was granted the unlock from the reps! Hope this helps
Ok I did that but I got a failed and I hit up TMobile they told me that's wired because on there side it's eligible for unlock. They can't pin point why it's getting that error
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Edit: I finally got it unlocked [emoji1360]
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I finally got it unlocked
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How? I tried the network unlock from settings as shown above and I get "Unlock Failed" Error Code=255
I bought the phone online and I live in Canada so I can't even make a T-Mobile account and they wouldn't do anything regarding a network unlock over the phone when I wasn't a customer.
Tried a few websites but they all say the IMEI registers as CDMA yet the phone has a SIM card slot and the specs say GSM so I'm very confused as to how to get his unlocked so I can try and use it on Bell.
mine worked on freedompop att, on mint now, same 5g as t-mobile
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How? I tried the network unlock from settings as shown above and I get "Unlock Failed" Error Code=255
I bought the phone online and I live in Canada so I can't even make a T-Mobile account and they wouldn't do anything regarding a network unlock over the phone when I wasn't a customer.
Tried a few websites but they all say the IMEI registers as CDMA yet the phone has a SIM card slot and the specs say GSM so I'm very confused as to how to get his unlocked so I can try and use it on Bell.
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You should check and see if it has been blacklisted. If not you can possibly use Mint Sim. Mint Sim is an MVNO of T-Mobile which you can use without sim unlock I believe.
It will NOT work on Verizon at this time. I've spent hours on the phone with Tier 2. The farthest I got was " I filled out a form to have yours added to our DB and I'll call you back in a week either way". Needless to say, that call never came. I can get Data using my VZW SIM but no calls or texts.
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It will NOT work on Verizon at this time. I've spent hours on the phone with Tier 2. The farthest I got was " I filled out a form to have yours added to our DB and I'll call you back in a week either way". Needless to say, that call never came. I can get Data using my VZW SIM but no calls or texts.
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Just a quick thought... Did you try installing the Google Dialer and Google Messages to see if it was the Oneplus apps preventing the calls and texts.
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Just a quick thought... Did you try installing the Google Dialer and Google Messages to see if it was the Oneplus apps preventing the calls and texts.
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Unfortunately, unless the IMEI is in the VZW DB, you won't get SMS and I'm unable to make calls. I read a few people were able to make calls but no SMS/MMS or RCS messaging. From what I've read, calls should not work due to the IMEI issue. I honestly don't understand how anyone could make calls with a VZW SIM.
As of software version .25 today, Verizon CDMA-less sims now work. Previously only data came through, now talk/text/volte are all functioning. You'll need to have the SIM provisioned CDMA-less with a different CDMA-less phone before swapping the sim card in. Note that as of software version .16 however, band 13 support has been removed.
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As of software version .25 today, Verizon CDMA-less sims now work. Previously only data came through, now talk/text/volte are all functioning. You'll need to have the SIM provisioned CDMA-less with a different CDMA-less phone before swapping the sim card in. Note that as of software version .16 however, band 13 support has been removed.
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I thought 13 was the primary band for VZW LTE? If it's gone after .16, wouldn't updating to .25 be an issue?
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I thought 13 was the primary band for VZW LTE? If it's gone after .16, wouldn't updating to .25 be an issue?
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It is their main band, but VZW has a lot of band 5 around and thick cell density so it would still be usable, just not the best experience possible. Version .13 had band 13 enabled, but I never tested .13 to see if VoLTE was working.
As of last night. Still no go for me. I had one of my VZW Sims put into another CDMA-less phone, called VZW and had them make that SIM CDMA-less. That phone worked for calls and SMS. Shut down that phone and the McLaren, swapped SIM but same problem. No calls and no texts. Called back and was again told my IMEI is not in the VZW DB.
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As of last night. Still no go for me. I had one of my VZW Sims put into another CDMA-less phone, called VZW and had them make that SIM CDMA-less. That phone worked for calls and SMS. Shut down that phone and the McLaren, swapped SIM but same problem. No calls and no texts. Called back and was again told my IMEI is not in the VZW DB.
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I have a Verizon tracfone line tied to a Oneplus 7 Pro, moving that sim to the T-Mobile 5G McLaren works after a reboot for calls/text/VoLTE. Maybe something is happening on postpaid VZW causing CDMA-less to be removed when you're moving the sim, I'm not sure.
VZW finally added the 7T Pro McLaren to their DB. I put my VZW SIM in and booted it. I was able to make and take calls and send texts outbound. I called VZW and had my line setup as CDMA-LESS and started getting texts. Data is working fine.
I tested a Verizon prepaid SIM. It connected to LTE and data, SMS and phone call all worked with no problem.
I'm on build 10.0.25.HD61CB
I've never contacted Verizon about this and I'm not provisioned in any special way. When I ordered the Verizon service I signed up with a BYO Pixel XL.
I have to pay my t-mobile one plus 7T pro mc claren phone completely off before I can get it sim unlocked by t-mobile right? Thanks In advance for any information on this topic. Thanks!!!
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