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Verizon wifi texting

Is there a way to wifi text from a rooted Verizon phone and keep your normal phone number?

there was another member asking this question in another thread that was long and i cant remember where it was located but the short answer is no. there are options like Google Voice and other messaging apps that will easily work with Wifi only reception but not the phone app. i know Tmob offers this function but Verizon does not yet.

fletch33 said:
there was another member asking this question in another thread that was long and i cant remember where it was located but the short answer is no. there are options like Google Voice and other messaging apps that will easily work with Wifi only reception but not the phone app. i know Tmob offers this function but Verizon does not yet.
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Thats kind of what i thought. The reception on the note 3 is no where near as good as my droid razr. My business is in a fairly weak cell area and i normally can't get a text to send from my normal indoor spot with my note. People can be sitting right next me with their other brand phones and send and receive text any time they want.

jjewell said:
Thats kind of what i thought. The reception on the note 3 is no where near as good as my droid razr. My business is in a fairly weak cell area and i normally can't get a text to send from my normal indoor spot with my note. People can be sitting right next me with their other brand phones and send and receive text any time they want.
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i have had the complete line of DROID phones from Motorola since the first DROID for Verizon and stopping with the Ultra and agree they have and have always had the best radio's for reception but i have not found any issues with my N3 that didnt match my Moto phones.
I also find GV texting to be great and allows me to receive and respond from my phone, tablet, and laptop which leaves more options than phone reception.
good luck

I wish!!!!! I really wish! I had a problem with my Verizon account one time where I lost all 3G access - and it wasn't my phone's fault. But funny enough, I could receive SMS but I couldn't receive MMS - regardless of connection to WiFi or not. After a week of talking to Verizon tiered support, I finally got to the highest support (some guy in the USA) who I was able to talk to. MMS goes through 3g and there's no changing how that works no matter what you do. I had always thought MMS went through WiFi.
Anyway, turns out someone had accidentally turned off 3g access on my account (iPhone 4s at the time). Soon as this guy figured it out, he flipped a switch and I started getting 3g again, lol.
Either way, I'm a big fan of iMessage, WhatsApp (was a big fan), Hangouts, and Telegram means of communication. They're 5x faster, usually more reliable, and cost $0 to use - and yes, they work on WiFi. Hard to get everyone I know to use one means though... so I end up doing a fair bit of texting even today.

I think the Verizon messaging app actually works on Wifi. I can be in a dead zone and still receive sms and mms with wifi connected.
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icemike557 said:
I think the Verizon messaging app actually works on Wifi. I can be in a dead zone and still receive sms and mms with wifi connected.
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The Verizon messaging app sends SMS/MMS? I thought it was a Google Hangout type thing. Cool

jjewell said:
Is there a way to wifi text from a rooted Verizon phone and keep your normal phone number?
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I use the GV Phone app when traveling outside of the US. You need a Google Voice number if you want to call real phones and not just app-to-app (like Groove IP or many other chat-based apps). Talkatone is another app which integrates with Google Voice, but I haven't had any luck with it.
Voice calling with GV Phone works pretty well if you keep one thing in mind...WiFi quality matters. Low WiFi signal or a congested network will increase latency and jitter to the point that calls will drop/fragment/stutter. Conversely, with a good quality WiFi signal you can talk for free from anywhere!
I cant post a link...check Google Play for GV Phone.

I use the Google voice app for texting and calls. I gave my Google voice number to everyone and as far as they know, it is my only number now.
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DieHappy said:
I use the Google voice app for texting and calls. I gave my Google voice number to everyone and as far as they know, it is my only number now.
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I did this too, and still do for the most part --- just really sucks that I can't get MMS with Google Voice. If I could get MMS with Google Voice - I'd be giving this number out to everyone - including Family. But I'm seeing rumors of Google Voice saying something about finally offering MMS at the start of next year.

BigMcGuire said:
I did this too, and still do for the most part --- just really sucks that I can't get MMS with Google Voice. If I could get MMS with Google Voice - I'd be giving this number out to everyone - including Family. But I'm seeing rumors of Google Voice saying something about finally offering MMS at the start of next year.
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I'm curious to see if they ever fully integrate voice and hangouts. I wonder if the voice app will keep voicemail/phone calls and hangouts takes over SMS/mms or if they are going to cram it all into one app.
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Whose up for enabling WiFi Calling?

Sprint released an update yesterday for their S5's which enables WiFi calling. That got me thinking and after poking around in settings.db to see if the toggle existed in our notification panel, i found it is - "WifiCalling". Im wondering if anyone is up to digging into the code of the Sprint phone and seeing if it could be modified to work on the VZW.
Forgive the improper use of "Whose" in the title, it should be "Who's"

ArmedCitySlicker said:
Sprint released an update yesterday for their S5's which enables WiFi calling. That got me thinking and after poking around in settings.db to see if the toggle existed in our notification panel, i found it is - "WifiCalling". Im wondering if anyone is up to digging into the code of the Sprint phone and seeing if it could be modified to work on the VZW.
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im sure those without unlimited minutes might benefit from this
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I know I'd benefit. I still have old plan with unlimited data. I don't talk on the phone much, but I'd still like to have it
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I have a feeling some of this will be server-side reliant and we won't be able to use it until Verizon says so.

Is this the same as ASOP VoIP account in dialer?
Id like to to add my SIP account to my phone, which is in stock CM11 Dialer

elliwigy said:
im sure those without unlimited minutes might benefit from this.
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Those who find themselves in areas with weak cellular reception would as well.
joderme said:
I have a feeling some of this will be server-side reliant and we won't be able to use it until Verizon says so.
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Correct. WiFi calling isn't something we could simply activate on our phones. Verizon has to support it in order for the calls/texts to be properly routed, and as far as I know they don't (outside of using a network extender).

The Verizon messages app supports texts over wifi so this feature must already be partially enabled
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joshua.justice said:
The Verizon messages app supports texts over wifi so this feature must already be partially enabled
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I use Google Voice, paired with a free pbxes.org account and Sipdroid on my phone. Calls work just fine this way using my google voice line. Incoming and outgoing. It's like having a second line that just uses data. Sipdroid allows me to specify usage by placing a + in front of the phone number. This prevents me from needing to switch back and forth between default dialers or wait for it to prompt me, which messes up handsfree calling in the car.

What did you ask Verizon to do in order to get sms working

My 6t is arriving tomorrow and I'm hoping when I pop my Sim in everything will work. But sounds like most people are having to call Verizon.
My question is, for those of you who've done this successfully, what did you ask Verizon to do? Sounds like most of the techs don't really know about this phone so I wanted to see if there were any key words or phrases to try and get everything working.

I did online chat. Explained that I had rebooted, factory reset, deleted app cache and cache partition. They sent me to tier 2 (actually had to call). On hold there now. Told them all my trouble shooting and told them that I needed CDMA-less provisioning. He said that sounded right and is supposed to be working on it now. It's taking forever though.

natypes said:
I did online chat. Explained that I had rebooted, factory reset, deleted app cache and cache partition. They sent me to tier 2 (actually had to call). On hold there now. Told them all my trouble shooting and told them that I needed CDMA-less provisioning. He said that sounded right and is supposed to be working on it now. It's taking forever though.
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I've seen some people say that they dialed into the phone info and set network type as LTE only and it worked. Did you try that??

No, but I need to. They told me it would be fixed in 3 business days.

Well currently I'm on v20 RN mine 6t will be here tomorrow...hope it work right out box without issue but if not then got to fight with verizon :'))

Textra isn't working either. Any suggestions for 3 days until they get it fixed? My Pixel 2 XL is on swappa and my Pixel 3 XL needs to go back to Google for refund.

natypes said:
Textra isn't working either. Any suggestions for 3 days until they get it fixed? My Pixel 2 XL is on swappa and my Pixel 3 XL needs to go back to Google for refund.
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What exactly isn't working with Textra? Is it just because of the issues with SMS through Verizon or is there a problem specific to the app?

So what exactly is the issue ? Do I need CDMA- less provisioning ? Or for it to be removed?

handman29 said:
So what exactly is the issue ? Do I need CDMA- less provisioning ? Or for it to be removed?
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Most of the issues is one plus screwed up. They never gave vzw imei #'s for their Network. Either that, or vzw screwed up, and just didn't do it. Here I have a non working phone, and I'm supposed to wait up to 3 days, for Verizon to HOPEFULLY enter my imei into the system. Not happening, I am sending phone back. What a disaster. I wonder why I'm still on vzw. Nothing but headaches.

Here it is in a nutshell:
The 6T only supports LTE on Verizon's network. Verizon still uses CDMA for things like SMS on most phones. In order for their systems to use LTE for your SMS messages you have to have the "CDMA_LESS" provision added to your SIM card. In order to do this your phone must be registered correctly as a "ONEPLUS 6T" in their systems. It seems that either Verizon or Oneplus goofed and not all 6T's are in their system. If you phone registers as a generic device, they will not be able to add the "CDMA_LESS" provisioning.
For some, like myself, it was a simple call to tech support to add the CDMA_LESS provisioning since my phone registered properly on their network as a "ONEPLUS 6T 8/128". Those who's 6T's do not register properly due to their IMEI not being in Verizon's database will have to wait for it to be added.

clabern said:
Here it is in a nutshell:
The 6T only supports LTE on Verizon's network. Verizon still uses CDMA for things like SMS on most phones. In order for their systems to use LTE for your SMS messages you have to have the "CDMA_LESS" provision added to your SIM card. In order to do this your phone must be registered correctly as a "ONEPLUS 6T" in their systems. It seems that either Verizon or Oneplus goofed and not all 6T's are in their system. If you phone registers as a generic device, they will not be able to add the "CDMA_LESS" provisioning.
For some, like myself, it was a simple call to tech support to add the CDMA_LESS provisioning since my phone registered properly on their network as a "ONEPLUS 6T 8/128". Those who's 6T's do not register properly due to their IMEI not being in Verizon's database will have to wait for it to be added.
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Unfortunately we are at their mercy. Alot of Imei number will get lost in the shuffle. I am just returning my 6t. Not worth the aggravation.

What happens when you go back to another phone with CDMA? Do you lose the provisions for it forever or do you gain access back?
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Verizon will be shutting down their CDMA network sometime in 2019. So in a year, this won't be an issue anymore.

oneandroidnut said:
What happens when you go back to another phone with CDMA? Do you lose the provisions for it forever or do you gain access back?
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Well, cdma does dtill work, but texts will not work if you only have cdma. Calls do though.

Had the no sms issue on one of my lines called tech asked them to provision cdma less feature they did and within a few second all my texts started flooding in. Been using it all day with zero issues.

Ok here's what I did;
Switch the verizon Sim to sim2 slot.
Call Verizon at 8009220204
Get to customer service option
Tell them about the sms issue and have them add cdma_less option
They will add in 5mins, then they will send sms to test.
All works now. Also, the visual voicemail is intergrated into phone app. No more another app like in Samsung.
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I contacted Verizon today and told them "about the sms issue and have them add cdma_less option" like previously posted. She flipped the switch and had me reboot. Texts are working perfectly. Pretty easy fix. As always thanks for the info.

Had zero issues, followed the portion of the article here like a normal upgrade
https://www.droid-life.com/2018/11/06/oneplus-6t-verizon-sms-issues/
"My Verizon>My Device>Activate or Switch Device>Activate On an Existing Line"
punched my 6T imei in, swapped sim from note 9 into 6T and sms/mms sending and receiving working and over 100 mbps on first speedtest! Needless to say I am pretty happy so far!

Yamvmax1 said:
Unfortunately we are at their mercy. Alot of Imei number will get lost in the shuffle. I am just returning my 6t. Not worth the aggravation.
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Seems I found an easy solution - I enrolled in Verizon Integrated Messaging. After 3 day's I got an SMS (and before that SMS did not work!) :
ZW Free Msg: Welcome to Integrated Messaging! Starting now, your messages will be synced across your Verizon Messages devices-including phone, web & tablet access! Visit www.vzw.com/vzmessages for more info.
And all SMS started to work over LTE!

Phone no longer ringing when the network is 4G LTE

Using the phones on Sprint.
Since three weeks or so, while on LTE, the incoming voice calls are going directly to voice mail.
Sprint looked at it and changed the Network to 3G and now getting a ring for the incoming calls.
Basically, I am forced to run the phones on 3G service.
Need to go to a service center (which is very far for me) to have the phone looked at.
Anyone facing similar issue?
PS: 2 of the 3 PH-1 phones I have, are having the issue.

Tom23824 said:
Using the phones on Sprint.
Since three weeks or so, while on LTE, the incoming voice calls are going directly to voice mail.
Sprint looked at it and changed the Network to 3G and now getting a ring for the incoming calls.
Basically, I am forced to run the phones on 3G service.
Need to go to a service center (which is very far for me) to have the phone looked at.
Anyone facing similar issue?
PS: 2 of the 3 PH-1 phones I have, are having the issue.
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Google have updated the dialer recently several times, could it be a bug that shows on Sprint, or do you have spam settings on, which I know has caught other people out. Check/play with spam settings in her dialer app.
(other areas I might check (if not dialer or network). I assume all phones were working before correctly, right? Are they different sims or the same sim in different phones? New sims, ie not old one you have cut down hat are old spec. Do lte settings match on different phones?)

Tom23824 said:
Using the phones on Sprint.
Since three weeks or so, while on LTE, the incoming voice calls are going directly to voice mail.
Sprint looked at it and changed the Network to 3G and now getting a ring for the incoming calls.
Basically, I am forced to run the phones on 3G service.
Need to go to a service center (which is very far for me) to have the phone looked at.
Anyone facing similar issue?
PS: 2 of the 3 PH-1 phones I have, are having the issue.
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Same issue. Did you get it fixed?

I also have this problem on Sprint.
Sometimes restarting the phone fixes the issue, sometimes it doesn't.
Between this and no longer being able to use Google Voice without using a separate number, I think it's time for me to bail on Sprint.

My wife had this issue a bit back. Only happened when the phone was using VoLTE (verified by a debug menu, *#*#4636#*#*, showing both voice/text and data marked as LTE).
Fix was to disable the Enhanced 4G LTE communications option, which forced the phone too fallback to nonVoLTE while still using LTE for data. Again confirmed using the phone information menu which showed voice as 1xRTT and data as LTE.
Hope this help and that we can get a better fix soon.

serenesilence said:
My wife had this issue a bit back. Only happened when the phone was using VoLTE (verified by a debug menu, *#*#4636#*#*, showing both voice/text and data marked as LTE).
Fix was to disable the Enhanced 4G LTE communications option, which forced the phone too fallback to nonVoLTE while still using LTE for data. Again confirmed using the phone information menu which showed voice as 1xRTT and data as LTE.
Hope this help and that we can get a better fix soon.
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Has this fix worked for anyone?

jhill110 said:
Has this fix worked for anyone?
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Dude... His post says this fix worked for him... And it has worked for others...
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rignfool said:
Dude... His post says this fix worked for him... And it has worked for others...
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Didn't work for me.
I turned off the advanced and re provisioned everything is good.
You are the type that likes to belittle people.... Thanks for your non help post.

jhill110 said:
Didn't work for me.
I turned off the advanced and re provisioned everything is good.
You are the type that likes to belittle people.... Thanks for your non help post.
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Any time...
I love sharing my time with ungrateful idiots that can't bother to read or need the red carpet rolled out for them...
Good luck with your device... Hope you drop it in the river
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rignfool said:
Any time...
I love sharing my time with ungrateful idiots that can't bother to read or need the red carpet rolled out for them...
Good luck with your device... Hope you drop it in the river
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Frustrating isn't it.

autosurgeon said:
Frustrating isn't it.
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Nah...
I just wish him ill and send him on his way...
Maybe he will learn to read... And realize his device is no more valuable than anyone else's...
But probably not...

Google Voice Essential Phone NO Ring Ring Fix
jhill110 said:
Didn't work for me.
I turned off the advanced and re provisioned everything is good.
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Didn't work for me either but I figured it out... what I had to do is change a setting under Google Voice in Settings under the tab CALLS change to "Use carrier only" and I did have to turn VoLTE off. I left the Preferred network type as LTE. Phone is working well now, with T-mobile and Google Voice I have been testing it all morning.
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OP 8 Pro Unlocked - No Incoming SMS - Verizon Wireless

Hello,
I know this has been touched on before but I have not seen anything recent about it and I just got this phone today and I have no incoming SMS. I have everything that uses data working fine (email, etc), and outgoing SMS, and incoming and outgoing calls are fine, but I am not getting ANY INCOMING SMS.
Used the SIM from the Google Pixel 2 XL that I had before this phone, went to the Verizon store, they put the OP 8 on my account with the correct IMEI from SIM slot 1 and it was able to pull my number over and everything else was working including 4g, but incoming SMS was/is not working.
Does anybody know why this is still going on, and how to fix it. Do I need to get a new SIM from a VZW corporate store? Do I need to tell them anything special like CDMA-less provisioning, and if so, do I tell the store employee that, or do I have to call tech support?
Also just so you know I also tried another sim from another phone number on my account and it also does not receive incoming SMS, everything else works fine on that sim and number also.
Thanks guys, really don't want to have to take this phone back!

I had the exact same problem with my one+ pro on Verizon as well. I ended up going back to a corporate store and they just gave me a new sim card with a 5g logo on it and all seems to be well again. I can finally receive text messages again.

You need them to put CDMA-LESS on your account. It basically makes all your SMS and not just voice, etc to go across LTE instead of defaulting back to CDMA for incoming txt messages. Once you do that, BOOM, it'll work. I've had more success chatting with support than going to the stores to get it done. If the person you're talking to doesn't understand CDMA less, disconnect and try again.

Hey everybody, just wanted to let you know that I got it figured out by calling support and getting someone who knew what CDMAless was and they provisioned that and it works now. Although what is weird is that it only works with googles messaging app, not the default app.

This should be stickied
LiquidHonesty said:
You need them to put CDMA-LESS on your account. It basically makes all your SMS and not just voice, etc to go across LTE instead of defaulting back to CDMA for incoming txt messages. Once you do that, BOOM, it'll work. I've had more success chatting with support than going to the stores to get it done. If the person you're talking to doesn't understand CDMA less, disconnect and try again.
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I spent at least an hour on the phone with two levels of Verizon support trying to resolve the problem of not receiving texts. Verizon supports has to add the "CDMA-less" tag to your account and device. After this is done, the phone and texts work flawlessly.
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wdarea51 said:
Hey everybody, just wanted to let you know that I got it figured out by calling support and getting someone who knew what CDMAless was and they provisioned that and it works now. Although what is weird is that it only works with googles messaging app, not the default app.
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it works for the default messaging app as of yesterday

I just went through all of this with Verizon. Because of the pandemic getting through to customer support is quite difficult. The only way I can get through was with Facebook messenger, and the link that they sent so I could verify my account was broken. Finally they called me and it took a whole 10 seconds to fix this. Too bad it took 2 days to get ahold of somebody so I can get it fixed..........
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Lmao. Now go enjoy that badboy
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I just went through all of this with Verizon. Because of the pandemic getting through to customer support is quite difficult. The only way I can get through was with Facebook messenger, and the link that they sent so I could verify my account was broken. Finally they called me and it took a whole 10 seconds to fix this. Too bad it took 2 days to get ahold of somebody so I can get it fixed..........
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bkrickles said:
Lmao. Now go enjoy that badboy
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I am. Lol
Updated to 10.5.13, just waiting for the kernels to catch up. [emoji16]
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LiquidHonesty said:
You need them to put CDMA-LESS on your account. It basically makes all your SMS and not just voice, etc to go across LTE instead of defaulting back to CDMA for incoming txt messages. Once you do that, BOOM, it'll work. I've had more success chatting with support than going to the stores to get it done. If the person you're talking to doesn't understand CDMA less, disconnect and try again.
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I just tried this, and the person claimed they had added it, but it definitely did NOT work, at least not while I had the 4G SIM installed. However, my OnePlus 8 5G UW had come with a new Verizon 5G SIM in the box, so we had them activate that new 5G SIM, at which point yes, everything started working. So Verizon really wants you to switch to a 5G SIM.

brillb said:
I just tried this, and the person claimed they had added it, but it definitely did NOT work, at least not while I had the 4G SIM installed. However, my OnePlus 8 5G UW had come with a new Verizon 5G SIM in the box, so we had them activate that new 5G SIM, at which point yes, everything started working. So Verizon really wants you to switch to a 5G SIM.
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Big red must have changed tactics. I had this problem last September I think it was, it took a couple of phone calls to Verizon but they added CDMA less to my account and then they said they had to send some data to my phone or reactivated or something like that, but anyway I have not had this problem since then.