Hiya...
I have an unlocked Mytouch 4g (HTC Glacier). When I put my Virgin Mobile Canada (same network as Telus and Bell) SIM card in, none of the above three networks are available -- only AT&T, T-Mobile and some mystery network show up. I've tried various ROMs, including the latest MIUI, CM7 and CM9. I thought the Bell bands were supported. Do I need to flash a different radio, perhaps? Any leads greatly appreciated.
SsshirazzZ
ps. the SIM card is good. I can see the Bell network with the same card on an unlocked Samsung Skyrocket.
The bands don't seem to be the issue. GSM bands are 100% supported, and one of the 3G bands is supported (2100).
Thanks for your reply.
I just can't seem to get it it see the Telus/Bell/Virgin Mobile Canada network. It can see Rogers, AT&T and T-Mobile (I'm near the US border), but not what I want. I've tried flashing the Panache radio, as well as different ROMS (including T-Mobile's stock Gingerbread as well as stock Froyo). I've tried several different SIM cards just to see if any of them would show the network. I remembered that I had my phone only foreign-SIM card unlocked by T-Mobile so I purchased a proper unlock code cellunlocker.net, but I can't get the phone to prompt me for an unlock code since it wasn't on stock. That's why I tried flashing to stock, hoping that I could get a SIM card unlock prompt, to no avail. Perhaps that has something to do with the T-mobile foreign card unlock already having been done, irrespective of ROM? Anyhow, I somewhat suspect this might be the issue, as it's the only thing I can think of besides unsupported bands, which you say is not the issue, or radio, which I've already tried. (Panache runs on the Telus/Bell network too).
I'm at a loss. I've put in about 8 hours to salvage my $150 phone. Virgin Mobile is the only real well-priced option here on Vancouver Island offering 3G or better. Funny thing is, if I were to buy a new phone, I'd probably want the same one (it's for my wife), but I don't know if the issue is specific to my phone or if I'd get the same problem.
Any further thoughts or input would be *greatly* appreciated... this has been one of those truly hair-pulling experiences.
Shiraz
Turns out they *are* incompatible bands. I didn't read the specs properly enough.
Just got a Note 3, 900V. I put in my SIM and it shows 3G. Toggling airplane mode will result in temporary 4G. I've tried various combinations mobile network settings. What's the deal? I need a new SIM?
AR501 said:
Just got a Note 3, 900V. I put in my SIM and it shows 3G. Toggling airplane mode will result in temporary 4G. I've tried various combinations mobile network settings. What's the deal? I need a new SIM?
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Yeah well it ended up being the SIM. My old SIM wasn't NFC capable, which caused the problem. Probably doesn't happen when you buy the Note 3 new at the store, which I didn't.
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Yeah well it ended up being the SIM. My old SIM wasn't NFC capable, which caused the problem. Probably doesn't happen when you buy the Note 3 new at the store, which I didn't.
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Sweet. Very happy u figured it out. And thank you for giving your solution!
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I have a Vzw LG G2 VS980 that I currently use with Red Pocket on the Vzw network, and I previously used it on Tracfone, also on the Vzw network, and everything worked normally.
I also successfully used it with Red Pocket on the AT&T network as well as with an old Lycamobile legacy SIM, using the T-Mo network.
The problem I'm having is that I can't get cellular data to work using a Piranha Mobile or FreedomPop Global SIM card.
There are no error messages displayed, and I'm able to make voice calls with the Piranha Mobile SIM card. The FreedomPop Global SIM card doesn't come with traditional voice service, but there are bars of service showing.
The APNs are correct:
For Piranha Mobile, I'm using openroamer.com .
For FreedomPop, I'm using freedompop.foggmobile.com .
The Vzw LG G2 VS980 is rooted, but running stock 5.0.2. I rolled it back to stock 4.2.2, but cellular data still wouldn't work with the above SIMs. I also tried a custom ROM, and still nothing.
Can anybody suggest something to try to get cellular data to work with the above SIM cards? I'd greatly appreciate it!
I should also add that I DID enable global roaming in settings, and I did play with all of the System select>>Network mode settings, to no avail.
Also, even if people reading my question don't have an answer, if you could suggest some way to contact someone that could help, I'd be very grateful. Thanks again!
Isn't there any help available for my issue? Thanks.
I sure could use some help in figuring out how to fix this problem. Thanks!
Did you ever figure this out? I am experiencing the same problem
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Did you ever figure this out? I am experiencing the same problem
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Unfortunately, no.
My LG G2 also was difficult to get activated on Vzw MVNOs. I used it on 2 Vzw MVNOs, and both times, it wouldn't activate the SIM card properly. Both MVNOs had to do quite a bit of work to get it to activate properly. There was no issue with the ESN/IEMI, it was just that the hardware wouldn't activate the SIM card properly.
Not only that, my LG G2 VS980 developed dead spots on the touch screen in March, 2017. It's still usable, but the dead spots make it difficult, so it is mostly retired now.
Oh, well...
I'd try getting into your G2's phone "diagnostic" menu (or whatever it's called), and doing a manual band set. That seemed to help me when I put in an AT&T SIM in my vs980.
It could also be that FreedomPop or whomever you're trying to use doesn't support the network bands that the vs980 uses.
I just "upgraded" to Android 7.0 today. My carrier is Verizon.
I'm not sure what's up with it or how to troubleshoot it, however I need my phone back up as soon as possible.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! This is kind of a big deal for me.
Under Dual Sim Settings->Network mode it says the following:
Card 1: LTE/WCDMA/GSM
Card 2: missing or error
However, it's not connected to Verizon's network at all.
I've tried popping the sim in and out, along with restarting the device.
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A SOLUTION HAS BEEN FOUND
aijorgenson said:
I managed to get a hold of a friend's active AT&T phone. Put his sim into slot 1, rebooted and put the Verizon sim back into slot 1 once the AT&T sim was recognized.
This resolved my issue. I just did it so I don't know if it's a permanent fix or not.
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I had to remove both my SIMs, put my GSM (T-Mobile) SIM in slot 1...wait for the phone to recognize the SIM...then reboot a few times...then turn it off...put my Verizon and T-Mobile SIMs in slot 1 and 2 respectively...and then reboot. It's worked fine ever since. An old, inactive GSM SIM or a friend's will work fine for this procedure.
But yeah lots of people are having this issue with Verizon SIMs after the update. Really annoying...but it does seem fixable in most cases.
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I had to remove both my SIMs, put my GSM (T-Mobile) SIM in slot 1...wait for the phone to recognize the SIM...then reboot a few times...then turn it off...put my Verizon and T-Mobile SIMs in slot 1 and 2 respectively...and then reboot. It's worked fine ever since. An old, inactive GSM SIM or a friend's will work fine for this procedure.
But yeah lots of people are having this issue with Verizon SIMs after the update. Really annoying...but it does seem fixable in most cases.
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Thanks, I have a friend with a GSM sim. I'll try this out tomorrow night.
@flyer_andy has helped me too with this problem. I had to buy a straight talk sim from Walmart for $50 to get this thing working. I had to do it because i updated on the way to work. Once got to work i had no phone :crying: lol
I had to use my sisters sim card. I turned off the phone, put hers in, once it saw T-Mobile, I took the SIM out while the phone was on, swapped and was good to go. Boots just fine with Verizon data.
I managed to get a hold of a friend's active AT&T phone. Put his sim into slot 1, rebooted and put the Verizon sim back into slot 1 once the AT&T sim was recognized.
This resolved my issue. I just did it so I don't know if it's a permanent fix or not.
Just had a similar issue, running dual SIM. My T Mobile SIM which I use for the mobile data lost its data connection and would not reconnect, showed full Signal but no data. I eventually had to swap the 1 and 2 positions and now it is working.
tolymatev said:
I had to buy a straight talk sim from Walmart for $50 to get this thing working.
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I hope a phone came with it for that price.
I picked up a SimpleMobile (T-Mobile MVNO) SIM at Family Dollar for $1.
I also had the unexplained automatic reboots after installing B15 last night. It also wasn't recognizing the SIM. It wasn't even recognizing the GSM SIM. I did a couple factory resets and reboots with the GSM installed. I t looks like it needed the radio reset like back in the old A20 days. It eventually recognized the GSM SIM. I then switched out the PagePlus SIM, and added the Tracfone APN.
Everything I looked at seems to be working. Speedtest is showing 5.46 mbps down, but only 100 kpbs up. I think that's about normal for me.
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Everything I looked at seems to be working.
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I wrote too soon. I'm back to no service. I'm not sure when service disappeared
I tried putting in the GSM SIM and rebooting a few times.
I put my PagePlus SIM in my old Galaxy S4 to try to have that recognized on the network.
I powered off the Axon and replaced the SIM with the PagePlus one.
It starts up and shows No SIM card, then No Service, then Verizon Wireless for a few seconds, then back to No Service.
It looks like the problem I had when going to A29, but the solution to fix it then isn't working.
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I did a factory reset with the PagePlus SIM inserted. It came up with phone service. I had to add the TRACFONE.VZWENTP APN.
It then showed an LTE connection. I shut off Wifi, and it started to load a web page. It then stopped loading, and went back to No Service at the top.
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I wrote too soon. I'm back to no service. I'm not sure when service disappeared
I tried putting in the GSM SIM and rebooting a few times.
I put my PagePlus SIM in my old Galaxy S4 to try to have that recognized on the network.
I powered off the Axon and replaced the SIM with the PagePlus one.
It starts up and shows No SIM card, then No Service, then Verizon Wireless for a few seconds, then back to No Service.
It looks like the problem I had when going to A29, but the solution to fix it then isn't working.
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Do you have a Verizon phone that you can stick your PP SIM into, to verify that the SIM correctly works?
i'm having similar data connectivity issues with my Axon 7 and at&t after the Nougat update. Axon 7 is rooted with B15, using 1-sim and a microSD, here's my issue description
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day 1-3: 4G/LTE connection working, no data issues
day 3: 4G/LTE connection working, can connect to web pages, but could not connect to Google Play, Youtube,Google News and none of my 3 Exchange email accounts. Switch to Wifi and no issues connecting to any Google Play, Youtube,Google News and none of my 3 Exchange email accounts
day 4: Same issues as day 3, factory reset manually reinstall all apps, email accounts, etc. after a couple of reboots, could not connect to Google Play, Youtube,Google News and none of my 3 Exchange email accounts. tried Lineage OS and 4 hours after fully setup, problem is back. with Lineage OS, signal bars showed no signal with each connection attempt and after 30 seconds, connection timed out and signal bars would return.
Troubleshooting:
- swapped sims from two working devices into the Axon 7 and same no-connection/time-out connectivity issues with Google Play, Youtube,Google News and my 3 Exchange email accounts
- all 3 sims tested work in every device except the Axon 7
- at&t re-provisioned my account and confirmed there are not issues on their end.
i'm stumped. any suggestions would be appreciated. otherwise, i'm in my 14-day window and my have to return the device. thanks.
When the verizon sim is installed, is global mode an option under settings, network settings (not the 4636 menu)? If so, try that.
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Do you have a Verizon phone that you can stick your PP SIM into, to verify that the SIM correctly works?
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I should have been clearer. The PP SIM works fine with my old Galaxy S4. I miss a lot of incoming calls with it, but that isn't configuration related. It's always done that.
Thank you for the reply.
Can't recognize ATT sim either..
Pull the sim and factory reset, reset network settings also. Then put the sim in and keep factory resetting until it's recognized. Took 3 tries on my phone and 5 on my friends.
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Are you all able to use HD Voice & video calling with the native dialer on the Verizon network? Some phones have an option under settings called 'Advanced Calling'. This is where you can turn on HD Voice & Video Calling for Verizon.
I have a factory unlocked S8 I just recieved that I've been using on Straight Talk(verizon network) and that's been working fine but I wanted to test the reception of t-mobile in some places and I can't get anything to work. I have a Flash Wireless sim that I've used to at least see if I have service on other phones but I get nothing on the S8.
In Network Mode I only have the option for LTE/CDMA or CDMA. No Global or GSM options are even listed. Does this have to do with the SIM card not being properly registered? I would think I would have a Global option regardless of SIM I put in it.
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I have a factory unlocked S8 I just received that I've been using on Straight Talk(verizon network) and that's been working fine but I wanted to test the reception of t-mobile in some places and I can't get anything to work. I have a Flash Wireless sim that I've used to at least see if I have service on other phones but I get nothing on the S8.
In Network Mode I only have the option for LTE/CDMA or CDMA. No Global or GSM options are even listed. Does this have to do with the SIM card not being properly registered? I would think I would have a Global option regardless of SIM I put in it.
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I have the same problem. I'm on MetroPCS and I bought a Galaxy S8 used on Straight Talk before. I can't make any phone calls, but I have LTE and SMS works just fine. Does anyone else experience the same issue? I really appreciate any help. Thank you.