Hey everyone and before I start I would like to say thank you for everyone that helps and any help is greatly appreciated!
Ok, so I bought an unlocked T-Mobile G1 off of eBay and I plan to use it on the Rogers Canada network. I inserted my friends Rogers SIM and it works perfectly, just he has no data plan so I was unable to get past the enter your gmail account screen. I will get a Rogers SIM card for myself soon, but seeing as I just spent $450 on the phone I don't have much money left to pay for a plan right away, but I would still like to be able to use the phone for things like internet over WiFi and such until then.
I believe the phone has RC30 on it or higher because as I read here if I enter "<enter>reboot<enter>" and nothing happens I have RC30 or higher. Does this mean I am going to have to wait until I have a data plan with Rogers to begin using my new toy?
Thanks again for any help,
Brad
cant you skip the gmail account part?
bradtraver said:
Hey everyone and before I start I would like to say thank you for everyone that helps and any help is greatly appreciated!
Ok, so I bought an unlocked T-Mobile G1 off of eBay and I plan to use it on the Rogers Canada network. I inserted my friends Rogers SIM and it works perfectly, just he has no data plan so I was unable to get past the enter your gmail account screen. I will get a Rogers SIM card for myself soon, but seeing as I just spent $450 on the phone I don't have much money left to pay for a plan right away, but I would still like to be able to use the phone for things like internet over WiFi and such until then.
I believe the phone has RC30 on it or higher because as I read here if I enter "<enter>reboot<enter>" and nothing happens I have RC30 or higher. Does this mean I am going to have to wait until I have a data plan with Rogers to begin using my new toy?
Thanks again for any help,
Brad
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~sigh~ there's already a guide on how to activate your phone using WiFi without the data plan. Go search it up. Once you can access the phone, you can check your version by going into Settings>About Phone if its over RC30, then just downgrade to RC29 and root it using the guide. Also, you can look up the Roger APN settings and just manually add it in to temporarily use the data connection to activate the phone and then just turn it off when you're done. That's what I did. Once you get to the activate screen, just hit menu, APNs, then add APN and google the Roger Network APN settings and enter those in.
How do I downgrade from RC30+ to RC29? All the tutorials I have found say I need to change the settings (which I can not do because I can not get past the No Sim Card / Emergency Call screen).
Could I follow this tutorial (minus the unlocking) and put in the Rogers APN using the EDGE connection to activate it?
bradtraver said:
Could I follow this tutorial (minus the unlocking) and put in the Rogers APN using the EDGE connection to activate it?
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Yes, that's what I was trying to say above...
h.nocturna said:
Yes, that's what I was trying to say above...
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Ok, thanks. I just wasn't sure which tutorial you were refering to and if I could use EDGE instead of 3G to set it up.
Ok, so I got a SIM card, got it activated, got these apn settings (i found when i put 720 for mnc instead of 72 the EDGE logo showed up) and it shows 4 bars for signal and it shows the E logo with the up and down arrows but it still says my SIM card is not provisioned for data services, but it is. Any help?
Thanks,
Brad
*Edit*
I just realized that the up and down arrows even flash white every once in a while while it tries to communicate with google but it still fails. I really want to use my phone
bradtraver said:
Ok, so I got a SIM card, got it activated, got these apn settings (i found when i put 720 for mnc instead of 72 the EDGE logo showed up) and it shows 4 bars for signal and it shows the E logo with the up and down arrows but it still says my SIM card is not provisioned for data services, but it is. Any help?
Thanks,
Brad
*Edit*
I just realized that the up and down arrows even flash white every once in a while while it tries to communicate with google but it still fails. I really want to use my phone
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Try the WiFi method.
I can not figure out how to run the adb program. I installed RC29 and enabled adb on the G1 but I can not get the program to run on my computer..
bradtraver said:
I can not figure out how to run the adb program. I installed RC29 and enabled adb on the G1 but I can not get the program to run on my computer..
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What's wrong with the adb on your computer? Its hard to help when I don't know what's wrong.
Sorry, I didn't mean anything is wrong with it, just I can not figure out how to run it.. I read that I have to install eclipse and then update it with adb here, is this correct?
bradtraver said:
Sorry, I didn't mean anything is wrong with it, just I can not figure out how to run it.. I read that I have to install eclipse and then update it with adb here, is this correct?
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? Shouldn't be that hard. Just grab the SDK from somewhere, its everywhere, just use google. Then once you have it, you go under tools and you should see the adb.exe as well AdbWinApi.dll, take both of those, and copy them to c:\android (make a new folder). Then plug the phone into the computer, but do not mount it. Go to device manager and look for the Android Device (or whatever it may be called). Update the drivers to the ones found under usb_drivers from the SDK and you should have adb up and running.
To use it, go into command prompt (cmd) and type:
cd c:\android
then from there, run your adb commands.
It worked! I cant thank you enough!
bradtraver said:
It worked! I cant thank you enough!
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No problem, this is what this forum is for, could you do us a favor and added [SOLVED] to your title so others know?
Will do, one thing though.. How do I change it?
bradtraver said:
Will do, one thing though.. How do I change it?
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Edit your first post and change the title from there.
I would like to say, just to follow up I am now getting to know my way around ADB fairly well, I have updated my phone to Cupcake, realized I wanted a rooted phone, downgraded to RC29, updated to JFv1.41 because I couldn't find a working 1.51 build online, then am updating to 1.51 now. I would just like to say thank you so much, I have learned everything here so far and can not thank you enough!
-Brad
Again, you're very welcome.
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Hi Guys,
I just snagged a T-Mobile G1 off eBay in India and turning it on I found that pattern unlock thingy.Not knowing what the pattern was I did the wrong pattern 5 times and then got stuck on the username/pwd screen.I couldnot go anywhere after that.I consulted some guys on the net and they asked me to give it the alt+w treatment.An voila, now my phone is asking to be reactivated via google. I neither have a T-Mobile SIM, nor am I in T-Mobile coverage. How do i unlock my phone? Is there any way I can flash some unlocked ROM into it so I could get some actual service out of my device other than being a friggin' paper weight. Did I completely fry it?Is there any hope? Please help me....
Thanks
Its not fried... but you will need to flash a modified firmware. But in order to do this you need root access. So, you will need to borrow someone else's T-Mobile sim card. Change your APN at the login page to use the Edge network (there are guides on here on doing that) and then login. Gain root access with again, another guide we have written on that. Finally, flash a modified G1 firmware, preferably JF or Haykuro builds which allow you to skip all that. However.. what service do you even plan on using with your G1? Understand that likely only ATT/ Cingular will work minus the 3G coverage which abolishes pretty much half the functions on the G1, but either way thats what you need to do first.
You dont need tmobile to unlock it from that screen, you can enter apn settings for your area and connect to any local network.
I'm in norway and I could activate mine just fine, I just had to put in my carrier's settings in the apn screen. Also worth noting that you can only get to the data roaming screen if you restart the phone (it'll say "you have lost network connectivity <something>" and allow you to open that screen).
downgrade to rc 29 using dream img from how to downgrade. then look at how to activate without sim topic. activate and voila ur good to go
I have a weird issue, and was hoping that maybe someone could shed some light on what I am seeing.
I just got a used G1 on ebay, which I want to unlock. When I put an ATT GoPhone sim in and boot the phone, I am not prompted for a sim unlock code. It is not unlocked, I know the this as I do not connect to the ATT network at all and cannot modify any of the APN settings on the phone. I know that I need the prompt for sim unlock to actually unlock the phone. Fortunately, I just found an old international sim laying around and that one seems to trip the prompt for the sim unlock. My questions - why does the GoPhone sim not cause the phone to prompt me for an unlock code?
Thanks for your time.
Hmmm that is a good one. I used a normal att sim and it asked for the code, is it a older sim? Maybe one from the cingular days? To weird man.
the gophone sim is a new sim, just purchased and activated. I know the sim is okay, because I can use fine in another phone.
I have an unlock code on order. Hopefully, using my other sim to trigger the code request, I will be able to do the unlock. Hopefully, then, the gophone sim will work fine. I hope to post positive results back later.
thanks
Yea you can unlock it with any sim and switch to another and it will work. I know a few people on here use att gophone sims so you should be fine.
so I was able to sim-unlock the phone using a different sim.
I still have a real problem though - when I put the gophone sim in, I still find myself unable to connect. I even go to settings>wireless controls>Mobile Networks>Network operators and try to manually select at&t. When I do, it says "registering on at&t" for a while and then says "Your SIM card does not allow a connection to this network". Again, I know this sim works - I have been using it in another phone.
What do you think I am doing wrong?
Thanks
It sounds like something is ****ed up with the sim, even though it works for the other phone. Do you have any friends with att sims? Something really sounds off here and if it isn't sim related then I don't know what it could be.
will try to find someone with an AT&T sim, but I don't know what the deal is. I even tried an international sim (that should roam on t-mobile here), but I could not get that to connect. I have tried putting in a tmboile sim and that seems to be the only thing I can to talk to a network
As a side note, no APNs show under settings>wireless controls>Mobile Networks>Network>Access point names when I put non-tmobile sims in. When I add one, it still does not show up on the list.
arg
no more advise? any where else I can ask for help?
Thanks,
Ryan
uiucryan said:
no more advise? any where else I can ask for help?
Thanks,
Ryan
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what rom are you using?
cyanogenmod 4.0.4, but the initial problem was being seen with multiple roms
thats odd because i thought he had the large apn file in his rom
david1171 said:
thats odd because i thought he had the large apn file in his rom
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from what i read that is true - but I do not see them
to note I just loaded "The HTC ADP 1.5 CRC1 ROM" from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538456 and still I cannot seem to connect to at&t
uiucryan said:
from what i read that is true - but I do not see them
to note I just loaded "The HTC ADP 1.5 CRC1 ROM" from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538456 and still I cannot seem to connect to at&t
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i'm sorry i do not know more about the apn side of things i have a tmobile contract so i don't have to worry about that. sorry
I will open a new thread as the thread title no longer accurately reflects the issue.
Thanks,
Ryan
There is a thread for ALL APN's in one of these dream forums. try that one, make sure you save the APN when you enter it to, dont just hit home or whatever.
crpercodani said:
There is a thread for ALL APN's in one of these dream forums. try that one, make sure you save the APN when you enter it to, dont just hit home or whatever.
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I do click save and it does not show up on list.
FIXED!!!!
To note, I finally got connected to the At&t network.
Please see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4469651 to see how I finally got connected.
Thanks to those who helped
On my Phone(Andromeda 2.0 Themed), I get the indication of having 3g or any signal at all and the minute I attempt to send a message, make a call, or surf the web it is unable to send that message, unable to make that call, and unable to surf the web. Help on how to fix this?
NOTE: A flash back to stock DID NOT help this problem at all.
EDIT: Changing APN isn't really working(Cant leave the APN type as not set because it auto sets it to internet+mms when I save) and I am starting to get a little frustrated. The reception was really working fine earlier today but now its just weird all over. Please help me out you guys, I really need this working.
EDIT2: Please help guys, I really need my service up for tomorrow.
EDIT3: I am going to AT&T today to swap out my SIM card!!!! I am all Odin'ed out and I will check back if this works.
First try to enable airplane mode. Then turn it off.
If that does not work check your apn settings, under wireless and network, mobile networks, access points
mcord11758 said:
First try to enable airplane mode. Then turn it off.
If that does not work check your apn settings, under wireless and network, mobile networks, access points
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Doing that now.... The signal bar indicates no connected network.... Trying the second thing you suggested....
For the second option I am under Wireless and Network/Mobile Networks/Access Points.
My options from there are AT&T 310 410(the text under it says wap.cingular)
What do i do from there?????
That reads correct. Unless you are on rogers. Hmmm. I am on the same rom but do not have the same issue. You may want to manually configure you're apn. You may want to search the captivate forum for at&t apn settings. I think you can find them in one of the stickies
I am on att dude. Thanks for the advice. You are positive its the APN though? This happened to me on Phoenix Reloaded too.
steelechamp said:
I am on att dude. Thanks for the advice. You are positive its the APN though? This happened to me on Phoenix Reloaded too.
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No I am not sure, I have not had your problem but this is where I would start if it did. The apn settings are posted in the captivate development stickies, captivate directory
Okay, so I configured the APN settings to what was found in the thread. Problem is the only thing I cannot configure is the APN type. Hm. Any help?
I am sorry I hope someone who has done this reads this and has a suggestion but I have not had to do this
Read through the sticky, maybe yet has been discussed
Read through it and nothing. It wont let me keep the APN type as not set and it automatically sets it to internet+mms. Any ideas?
Have you posted in the andromeda thread? Maybe the devs may have some ideas
I just did, hopefully they have an answer and if they dont hopefully someone will post an answer here....
I had the same issue back a few weeks ago. I called att, got a replacement phone, and it did it again. Turned out to be a bad SIM.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA App
So do I just need a new sim card???
Well, this sim card JUST started doing this. So are you sure it is just the sim? I mean, if I go to the store to get a new sim, will they ask to see my phone? Will I have to flash back to stock before I get a new SIm?
steelechamp said:
Well, this sim card JUST started doing this. So are you sure it is just the sim? I mean, if I go to the store to get a new sim, will they ask to see my phone? Will I have to flash back to stock before I get a new SIm?
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Do you think the person in the store will have any idea what a custom rom is? Chances are they will change it no questions asked
Okay, do you think I should just play it safe and reset to stock though?
There is no harm in doing so.
mcord11758 said:
There is no harm in doing so.
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Well, thanks, I will head first thing in the morning.
I got the same problem at certain locations, such as my university. Haven't been able to get much help... Gonna try getting the SIM changed as it's a pretty old SIM. Weird thing is that it works fine on my Sony Ericsson G705/W715.
So almost two months of owning my Captivate that I got from Rogers (BNIB from Kijiji) and I noticed that at a certain area in my school, I have 3/5 bars of signal yet I can't seem to text/call and use the network. Is this a network problem or phone problem? Or can it also be my SIM? My SIM card is pretty old. However everything was fine when I use my Sony Ericsson W715 in the same area.
I should add that my friends on the same network beside me, they can text/call fine, which leads me to believe that this is a phone problem. A poster over at Howard Forums suggested network congestion, but it seems impossible because everyone else can use their phone fine.
I've tried different modems too, but it doesn't help. It's like my Captivate doesn't want to work at certain areas of my school.
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I am just going to change my SIM. It is about 4 years old now and I think that means it needs to be replaced. I actually worked fine at my home before and now it cant even find a network. I am going to head out for a new SIM in a little bit, I will get back to you on if it works then.
Success!!!
This is a step by step that I used and it worked(Tmobile) for official release ICS:
01. Update to ICS
02. Power off phone and wipe data in Stock Recovery
03. Power on phone and edit the hex values with Radiocomm see: post 29/30 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1297714&page=3
04. Power off phone
05. Remove sim card
06. Power phone back on
07. Connect to PC
08. Root
09. Delete STK.apk (edit: you no longer have to delete, just rename to stk.apk.bak)
10. Delete STK.odex (edit: you no longer have to delete, just rename to stk.odex.bak)
11. Modify Build.prop values as is:
ro.telephony.default_network=7
ro.mot.phonemode.vzw4gphone=0
telephony.lteOnCdmaDevice=0
and add this to the bottom:
ro.telephony.ril.v3=signalstrength
12. Power off phone
13. Insert SIM
14. Power on!
15. Dial *#*#info#*#* switch to WCDMA Preferred
Should be good to go!
I'm sorry, but I need to ask a question that is probably frustratingly obvious,
When I go to use the RadioComm tool, the instructions says to put the phone in PC mode. I can't find PC mode on the phone, and whenever I try to use RadioComm, everything is red... the blood-red of failure...
How did you get around this? I've only had the phone for an afternoon (I'm enabling TMobile for a friend) so maybe I just don't know where the button for PC mode is!
Thanks for this. I was about to give up. I thought it was required to downgrade to the last GB rom (which is, apparently, impossible). I'm glad to give this a shot.
Sompom said:
I'm sorry, but I need to ask a question that is probably frustratingly obvious,
When I go to use the RadioComm tool, the instructions says to put the phone in PC mode. I can't find PC mode on the phone, and whenever I try to use RadioComm, everything is red... the blood-red of failure...
How did you get around this? I've only had the phone for an afternoon (I'm enabling TMobile for a friend) so maybe I just don't know where the button for PC mode is!
Thanks for this. I was about to give up. I thought it was required to downgrade to the last GB rom (which is, apparently, impossible). I'm glad to give this a shot.
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Press the menu (at the left bottom corner), then system settings, choose developer options, then click usb debugging. Connect the usb cable to the pc. usb debugging connected displayed on the top left corner. Slide the usb icon down, tag the connected as media device, then click media device (MTP).
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DBoyFresh954 said:
Success!!!
This is a step by step that I used and it worked(Tmobile) for official release ICS:
01. Update to ICS
02. Power off phone and wipe data in Stock Recovery
03. Power on phone and edit the hex values with Radiocomm see: post 29/30 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1297714&page=3
04. Power off phone
05. Remove sim card
06. Power phone back on
07. Connect to PC
08. Root
09. Delete STK.apk
10. Delete STK.odex
11. Modify Build.prop values as is:
ro.telephony.default_network=7
ro.mot.phonemode.vzw4gphone=0
telephony.lteOnCdmaDevice=0
and add this to the bottom:
ro.telephony.ril.v3=signalstrength
12. Power off phone
13. Insert SIM
14. Power on!
15. Dial *#*#info#*#* switch to WCDMA Preferred
Should be good to go!
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Confirm it works on ATT. Thanks
wnandroid said:
Press the menu (at the left bottom corner), then system settings, choose developer options, then click usb debugging. Connect the usb cable to the pc. usb debugging connected displayed on the top left corner. Slide the usb icon down, tag the connected as media device, then click media device (MTP).
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Haha... It turned out to be just as stupid an error as I thought it would be... I didn't have the correct drivers installed -.- . I installed MotoCast, rebooted, tried again, and it worked! Yay.
Thank you!
Also, more notes for people who are as moto-clueless as me:
Stk.apk and Stk.odex are in /system/app
build.prop is in /system
It now accepts my Tmobile SIM, but it can't find any service. I've looked around, and it seems that lots of people with TMobile are having no luck with stock ICS, but ATT works fine. Any ideas? I changed ro.telephony.default_network=7 to =0 because that's how it appears in my TMobile MyTouch 4G Slide.
Sompom said:
Haha... It turned out to be just as stupid an error as I thought it would be... I didn't have the correct drivers installed -.- . I installed MotoCast, rebooted, tried again, and it worked! Yay.
Thank you!
Also, more notes for people who are as moto-clueless as me:
Stk.apk and Stk.odex are in /system/app
build.prop is in /system
It now accepts my Tmobile SIM, but it can't find any service. I've looked around, and it seems that lots of people with TMobile are having no luck with stock ICS, but ATT works fine. Any ideas? I changed ro.telephony.default_network=7 to =0 because that's how it appears in my TMobile MyTouch 4G Slide.
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Try using my build.prop file. Heres the link to my post. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33261067
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using xda app-developers app
Do you have it working on T-Mobile? I gave it back to him this morning, but I sent him idiot-quality instructions to replace the build.prop. He says it doesn't work. He's on prepaid, so he as decided to just switch to Verizon. (This is a great idea where we live, T-Mobile has 2G and Verizon has 4G...) I hope this is an isolated instance rather than a generic problem with T-Mobile on the Bionic.
If I'm walking with him past an ATT store, I'll see if they'll let me try a SIM, so see if it was just me or if it's locked (or something?)... Unfortunately, there aren't many ATT stores for hours of where we live
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Do you have it working on T-Mobile? I gave it back to him this morning, but I sent him idiot-quality instructions to replace the build.prop. He says it doesn't work. He's on prepaid, so he as decided to just switch to Verizon. (This is a great idea where we live, T-Mobile has 2G and Verizon has 4G...) I hope this is an isolated instance rather than a generic problem with T-Mobile on the Bionic.
If I'm walking with him past an ATT store, I'll see if they'll let me try a SIM, so see if it was just me or if it's locked (or something?)... Unfortunately, there aren't many ATT stores for hours of where we live
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Yes I have it working on T-Mobile here's a screenshot. The reason 3g/hspa+(4g) doesn't work for T-Mo everywhere with the Bionic is because they are in the process of switching bands to the standard 1900mhz band in the US. ATT users get full use of their band and 3g/hspa+(4g)
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DBoyFresh954 said:
08. Root
09. Delete STK.apk
10. Delete STK.odex
11. Modify Build.prop values as is:
ro.telephony.default_network=7
ro.mot.phonemode.vzw4gphone=0
telephony.lteOnCdmaDevice=0
and add this to the bottom:
ro.telephony.ril.v3=signalstrength
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that is the part i need explained a bit more.
also Don't T mobile and ATT run on the same Networkish...
I've got a ST(ATT) Sim card for my Droid bionic works fine, cept when i updated to ICS i can no longer send SMS/MMS. Been searching for about 10 days now. no fix.
scarocean said:
that is the part i need explained a bit more.
also Don't T mobile and ATT run on the same Networkish...
I've got a ST(ATT) Sim card for my Droid bionic works fine, cept when i updated to ICS i can no longer send SMS/MMS. Been searching for about 10 days now. no fix.
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Yes they have the same type of network but they work on different bands. ATT=1900mhz T-Mo=1700mhz(switching to 1900mhz by end of year) The reason SMS/MMS isnt working is because you need to modify the build.prop file in your root folder. Ive attached the 1 click root program for the Bionic, use this to root your phone. After you root your phone you will need to download some type of root explorer so that you can access the root folder. You no longer have to delete the STK files just rename them with .bak extensions. They are located in /system/app. Then access /system and switch to R/W mode. You have to edit build.prop with the values in the guide.
T-Mobile AND AT&T
DBoyFresh954 said:
Yes they have the same type of network but they work on different bands. ATT=1900mhz T-Mo=1700mhz(switching to 1900mhz by end of year) The reason SMS/MMS isnt working is...
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Works, but i'm only pulling 'Edge' Network. No 3g like before
Thank you VERY much. But i've got some information and a question...
I was too excited to try what you said to do so i didn't go back and read the instructions on post #1.
My phone had the SIM already still in it.
WCDMA was selected
Hex was still set to AT&T/Tmobile.
Then...
-- I Root it.
-- I edit files as given above.
NOTHING CHANGED! CANT SEND SMS STILL!!!
-- Powercycle.
NOTHING CHANGED! CANT SEND SMS STILL!!!
-- Reboot, wipe cache, wipe data/factory reset.
turn phone on: FULL BARS! (had to wait 1-2 minutes. and input SIM password)
Had Voice, but the calls kept failing
--Input APN for ST(att)
SMS/MMS work!!
Voice works
DATA works! ( Shows Edge2 )
My question is, Booted up on: GSM/CDMA Auto (PRL)
GSM = -80dBm
Network: home. ( i have never heard of this.)
IMEI: unknown
my phone number shows on *#*#info, and under phone information -unlikebefore it did not. Yet my IMEI isn't showing... It did before.
The network i had before i made these changes phone displayed ATT as network, not it is 'home'
network type before was HSPA/HSPA+/Edge, not it is just EDGE2.
So i'm not on ATT like before, i am on GSM?
When I send SMS/MMS to my other phone it takes 20 seconds to 5 minutes to show up on her phone.
When I am sent SMS/MMS it takes just as much time to show up on mine.
after about 20 minutes of running the phone SMS send normal speed.
I never did do the "then access /system and switch to R/W mode." Because I don't know what you mean.
when i switch to WCDMA preferred, it took about 3 minutes to load up a signal, The network type is still 'home' before all this it used to be 'ATT'
scarocean said:
Works, but i'm only pulling 'Edge' Network. No 3g like before
Thank you VERY much. But i've got some information and a question...
I was too excited to try what you said to do so i didn't go back and read the instructions on post #1.
My phone had the SIM already still in it.
WCDMA was selected
Hex was still set to AT&T/Tmobile.
Then...
-- I Root it.
-- I edit files as given above.
NOTHING CHANGED! CANT SEND SMS STILL!!!
-- Powercycle.
NOTHING CHANGED! CANT SEND SMS STILL!!!
-- Reboot, wipe cache, wipe data/factory reset.
turn phone on: FULL BARS! (had to wait 1-2 minutes. and input SIM password)
Had Voice, but the calls kept failing
--Input APN for ST(att)
SMS/MMS work!!
Voice works
DATA works! ( Shows Edge2 )
My question is, Booted up on: GSM/CDMA Auto (PRL)
GSM = -80dBm
Network: home. ( i have never heard of this.)
IMEI: unknown
my phone number shows on *#*#info, and under phone information -unlikebefore it did not. Yet my IMEI isn't showing... It did before.
The network i had before i made these changes phone displayed ATT as network, not it is 'home'
network type before was HSPA/HSPA+/Edge, not it is just EDGE2.
So i'm not on ATT like before, i am on GSM?
When I send SMS/MMS to my other phone it takes 20 seconds to 5 minutes to show up on her phone.
When I am sent SMS/MMS it takes just as much time to show up on mine.
after about 20 minutes of running the phone SMS send normal speed.
I never did do the "then access /system and switch to R/W mode." Because I don't know what you mean.
when i switch to WCDMA preferred, it took about 3 minutes to load up a signal, The network type is still 'home' before all this it used to be 'ATT'
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Some people reported having to wait anywhere from 5 mins to over an hour before the phone fully switched to GSM mode...
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Just follow everything step by step. I learned the hard way that if you deviate even just a little it wont work...
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DBoyFresh954 said:
Yes I have it working on T-Mobile here's a screenshot. The reason 3g/hspa+(4g) doesn't work for T-Mo everywhere with the Bionic is because they are in the process of switching bands to the standard 1900mhz band in the US. ATT users get full use of their band and 3g/hspa+(4g)
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T-Mobile is in the process of a complete "re-farm" mainly to make their network iphone compatiple. This means that everything on the network should be operating on the 1900mhz band by spring/summer 2013 which is when they are rumored to be getting the iphone. Regardless, if they still don't offer the iphone this refarm allows any unlocked iphone to be used on their network and get full HSPA+. You can bring an unlocked iphone into their store now and they'll put it on their network but if you don't live in an area where the re-farm is complete you'll only get EDGE access.
This update also applies to any other phone that operates on the 1900mhz band, not just the iCrap. T-Mo also just bought MetroPCS which, in itself, is not a huge deal as far as coverage goes BUT they also get all of Metro's spectrum (plus the spectrum they got from ATT and the failed merger) so they are actually lining themselves up to be the carrier with the most available spectrum as the FCC only has so much to auction off. I am seriously considering jumping ship for them even with my grandfathered unlimited data. They've got unlimited everything for cheaper but I have to see how service is.
I honestly was not aware the Bionic was HSPA+... probably just from not researching it as I have VZW anyway right now... My contract is up in March and even though I am grandfathered unlimited I might give them a shot. They actually charge less for "bring your own phone" and their deals are pretty good. Wife wants iphone and with the re-farm she could have one on T-Mo but her contract is not up till March 2014 so the ETF plus unlocked iphone... $1k... um no... Maybe when she sees how awesome ICS is vs GB she'll change her mind...
scarocean said:
Works, but i'm only pulling 'Edge' Network. No 3g like before
turn phone on: FULL BARS! (had to wait 1-2 minutes. and input SIM password)
Had Voice, but the calls kept failing
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can I ask what you mean when you say you input sim password? Im trying to get it to work on t-mobile... Well I have 2 bionics, one is mine and I got t-mobile working fine using the radiocomm edit, removing the apk/ and odex file listed by DBoyFresh954 and doing the build prop edit listed by him in the same first post. but the 2nd bionic is my friends and I cant get t-mobile working on it. The only thing thats not the same on the two bionics is my friends is HW B 43/11 while mine is HW A 34/11. If anyone might have a fix or can explane the sim unlock that scarocean was talking about please do post or pm me would be most thankful
HELP!!
Okay, so I got my T-Mobile SIM card in today. Followed everything perfectly and still nothing. No service or anything. I double checked my area for coverage and confirmed that T-Mobile does have service here. I'm on stock 246. I rooted, applied the gsm unlock zip, re-named the stk files, edited the build.prop settings, and switched to WCDMA Preferred. I have the HW B version if that matters. I've been looking everywhere and can't seem to find an answer. Could somebody help please?!
Edit: My phone is now showing AT&T as the network. Also noticed that my Signal is reading -81 dBm and 16 asu. Isn't that a good signal?
trulunacy said:
Okay, so I got my T-Mobile SIM card in today. Followed everything perfectly and still nothing. No service or anything. I double checked my area for coverage and confirmed that T-Mobile does have service here. I'm on stock 246. I rooted, applied the gsm unlock zip, re-named the stk files, edited the build.prop settings, and switched to WCDMA Preferred. I have the HW B version if that matters. I've been looking everywhere and can't seem to find an answer. Could somebody help please?!
Edit: My phone is now showing AT&T as the network. Also noticed that my Signal is reading -81 dBm and 16 asu. Isn't that a good signal?
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I followed post #1 exactly and my Bionic works on T-Mobile.
What do you mean where you said "applied the gsm unlock zip" --- Either I missed this part or do not understand what you are referring to.
Running rooted Bionic on Synergy ROM on T-Mobile.
I do have a question though....
How to prevent phone from going back to LTE when rebooting. Not the worst thing but have to modify the radio each time phone is rebooted???
Also the ones who got it to work as well, are you getting 3G??? I feel as though I am not....
Thanks again to the person who started Post #1 --- Saved me $$ from buying a new phone from T-Mobile.
huskersone said:
I followed post #1 exactly and my Bionic works on T-Mobile.
What do you mean where you said "applied the gsm unlock zip" --- Either I missed this part or do not understand what you are referring to.
Running rooted Bionic on Synergy ROM on T-Mobile.
I do have a question though....
How to prevent phone from going back to LTE when rebooting. Not the worst thing but have to modify the radio each time phone is rebooted???
Also the ones who got it to work as well, are you getting 3G??? I feel as though I am not....
Thanks again to the person who started Post #1 --- Saved me $$ from buying a new phone from T-Mobile.
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I flashed a zip that does what you did in Radiocomm. I finally got fed up with the problems and went to AT&T and got a SIM with prepaid. Works great! I just could never get the T-Mobile SIM card to work. Didn't go to waste though. Unlocked my wife's Torch and used it for that.
I have no idea how to make the settings stick for reboots. Odd, that your settings don't stay on WCDMA Preferred. Mine stays after reboot.
I think the Bionic can only get 2G until T-Mobile has finished their refarm. I think there's only a couple that have been set. Don't quote me on that though. Haven't really looked into it a whole lot.
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just a bit more about files and build prop
I have the droid bionic and I was attempting to get my at&t service on the bionic. I have made it as far as the root step. Where do I find the files to delete? I have a folder /system on my PC but I can't find /system on the bionic. Where is the /system/app folder? Do I need to use device manger find it? A few more details would be much appreciated. a list of files and programs needed would be a nice addition to walkthrough. Just a thought. Plz help thanks
semipro bionic said:
I have the droid bionic and I was attempting to get my at&t service on the bionic. I have made it as far as the root step. Where do I find the files to delete? I have a folder /system on my PC but I can't find /system on the bionic. Where is the /system/app folder? Do I need to use device manger find it? A few more details would be much appreciated. a list of files and programs needed would be a nice addition to walkthrough. Just a thought. Plz help thanks
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Download ES File Explorer. Hit the menu button once you open it and go to settings. Scroll down to root settings and select all options. Go back to the main menu and hit the Up button at the very top. Scroll down and click on "System." Once in you'll see the "App" folder immediately. Click on that and scroll down to the STK apk's. Once your done renaming go back once and scroll down till you find the build.prop. Click it and use the ES note editor to edit the settings.
As far as adding the signal strength to the build.prop goes just scroll all the way down and add it there.
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When you do this edit, can you switch back to Verizon's CDMA/LTE by switching sim cards or do you need to redo both the apks and Hex edit?
Ok, so I got everything done as per instruction on the bog thread about putting the XT883 radio on an XT862. Done. Every step done. exactly as stated. I have my straighttalk Sim in, and my phone doesn't do anything. got the red no smoking sign in the bars. no service. no phone calls.when I go to search networks. Networks unavailable.
When I go to *#*#4636#*#* set preferred network is set to unknown, and will not change and when I go to select radio band, USA in unsuccessful. well, they all are.
I flashed the radio, moved the build.prop and everything that is to be done. My phone reads as an 883 on my google play account, and all should be fine. Is there a reason the preferred network can't be set? I need to get my phone working because my job is an on call job, and if something happens to my work phone, my personal is kind of important. However, it currently does run N64 quite well, lol. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you and thanks for all your guys' work om getting this whole Droid 3 on ST as smooth of a process as it is.
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Ok, so I got everything done as per instruction on the bog thread about putting the XT883 radio on an XT862. Done. Every step done. exactly as stated. I have my straighttalk Sim in, and my phone doesn't do anything. got the red no smoking sign in the bars. no service. no phone calls.when I go to search networks. Networks unavailable.
When I go to *#*#4636#*#* set preferred network is set to unknown, and will not change and when I go to select radio band, USA in unsuccessful. well, they all are.
I flashed the radio, moved the build.prop and everything that is to be done. My phone reads as an 883 on my google play account, and all should be fine. Is there a reason the preferred network can't be set? I need to get my phone working because my job is an on call job, and if something happens to my work phone, my personal is kind of important. However, it currently does run N64 quite well, lol. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you and thanks for all your guys' work om getting this whole Droid 3 on ST as smooth of a process as it is.
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did you get the unlock code and unlock it?
PassingThruLife said:
did you get the unlock code and unlock it?
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Yes, phone is unlocked and everything should be right. I have it set to GSM/UMTS but I was a little confused on my unability to change it from unknown to GSM...
Redownload build prop, and replace, and/or fix permissions
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I tried the build.prop again. nothing. same thing. However, something completely stupid just crossed my mind. We live in a basement Apt out of town a ways. I'm going to check if, when we go to town tonight, I get service. May just be something that silly. I'm going in to look at my radio to ensure the flash was succesful considering I am having an issue with it all together. However my phone reads as an 883 on Google Play, when I hook up to PC, it says something about XT862 drivers are working correctly
Motorola Phones can be sim card sensitive/picky may need a new sim card. even if it works in another phone.
Did you check build prop permissions?
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Owner .....x ...... x
Group .....x
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I don't know how to do that, or what you mean. I am looking at the build prop now, but can you tel me where to look, SD Shadow?
Also, when hooked to PC, it reads as an XT883, just so it is known the radio was flashed.
Got permissions. However it just says
Owner, Group and Others, which I checked off the way you said. None of the other things. but the checks were way differant.Is there anything differant for the special permissions? none are checked.
I checked what was stated above. all is still the same. no service available.
which root explorer are you using?
I am using root explorer from Speed software. the one that cost 3.99
I also did a factory reset. kept the build.prop and all. Kind of debating to try the whole thing over. Or is there maybe a couple places to look to ensure everything is in its proper place?
CPLSeraphim said:
I am using root explorer from Speed software. the one that cost 3.99
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long press on build prop>Permissions
sd_shadow said:
long press on build prop>Permissions
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got that done. stilll the same.
I guess tomorrow I will buy another $60 kit from walmart with the straighttalk Sim and $45 monthly plan. A little discouraging since the last time I did, the $45 card didn't work because they checked it out wrong. What sucks is I got this new SIM from Straight talk CS because mine messed up, and now I get to blow more money and hope walmart doesn't mess it up this time. I guess I will see tomorrow if it was the Sim Card.
I am getting frustrated, moreso because this phone is pretty awesome, and does some amazing things. Never thought I could play N64 and PS1 on a phone. I just need to make calls. I'm not tech savvy, but these directions are right on the mark, and I know everything was done right, so it's gotta be the SIM. If it is not the SIM, I guess I will be back at square 1 tomorrow.
I did some testing, I think the radio is not getting changed.
Baseband should be n_16.18.16s with or without sim card
see Menu>settings>about phone>baseband
if it is saying unknown, reflash original .890 radio
copy to the fastboot folder from the unzipped unlock.zip file
then reboot phone to ap fastboot mode
and in command prompt
cd desktop
cd fastboot
moto-fastboot flash radio radio2.img
moto-fastboot reboot
baseband should be unknown
unless you still have 890/906 build prop, then it will be N_03.18.29P
then
reflash the XT883 radio
moto-fastboot flash radio radio.img
moto-fastboot reboot
you are getting
sending radio 14404 kb ... okay
writing .....okay
phone is rebooting, and it is showing a screen with a progress bar and it is taking a few to complete? before finishing booting?
Ok, I am going to try that. Baseband says unknown, even though model number says XT883
Ok, I flashed the old radio, thanks for that file, and it still said unknown. reflashed the new radio again
sending radio 14404 kb ... okay
writing .....okay
phone is rebooting, and it is showing a screen with a progress bar and it is taking a few to complete.
I'll be dammed. I got the roaming triangle and a box with a plus sign where the signal goes. says no sim as well... got the baseband number as well. must not have flashed right the first time...
UPDATE: Ok, so I reflashed the radio.. had some funky stuff go on... then remembered again the whole basement thing, so I went to a window. I am now able to make calls and revieve and txt either way. Now that it is all solved, I just have to do my APN.
Thanks you SD_Shadow. I never was going to figure out the radio did not flash... Thanks for your insights and patients, and the files to restore the other radio.
great, your welcome.
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