I have been loading ROMS on my phone regularly lately and having to reset the APN manually all the time is a pain. Is there a way to backup that setting and just push it back to your phone? Is it possible to change these settings from within an application, that way I could build a custom app to set my apn?
I can't remember the name of the thread in this sub forum but it was started by mikey1022(not sure on digits but one of the site mods) that has a solution for the apn's not sticking. I will edit this post when i get home and it is easier to find it and post the link.
edit: here is the link to the thread i was taking about. only had go back like 20 something pages lol.
Thanks, I will be sure to give this a shot tonight after I add my apn settings for Rogers.
Okay looks like the cyanogen rom already has the apns-conf.xml file, after taking a look it also has the Rogers APNS in it. But when I do a restore defaults I still end up with no APNS.
Any suggestions?
Back-up for root users (in the market) has an option to back-up and restore your apn settings
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I am using an N1 and set it up with Tmobile web2go using the internet2.voicestream.com apn for data and epc.tmobile.com for mms. Now on my G2, I am able to toggle data enabled on and off. On the N1 however, that option is not even available to me. Is there an APN setting I have to have if I'm using web2go or something? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have the data on off option on my nexus one. Though I am using cyanogen ROM but I thought the option was always there...
That is what I thought too but does not seem to be the case. I have the option on my G2. It had micromod's 2.3 on there before and same thing, had no option to toggle data on off, reverted back to stock, still no option. I am assuming its something with APN settings, just not sure what.
Does turning off the mobile data or background data option turn it off? Think its under accounts in main settings.
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Does turning off the mobile data or background data option turn it off? Think its under accounts in main settings.
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That option *should* be in Settings --> Wireless & network settings --> Mobile networks.
codesplice said:
That option *should* be in Settings --> Wireless & network settings --> Mobile networks.
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Yes I know it should be there but it's not. I've also noticed this same exact think on my friends Captivate. There has to be a fix for this.
The option is there on my stockish FRG83D:
Hmm, in that case you could perhaps try one of the various applications available that will toggle your APN settings. I use JuiceDefender; you could use it to create a widget to toggle your data connection from your homescreen.
It's my brothers phone. I'm going to take a look at it later, he said he bought it rooted, had gingerbread on it before hand but asked the guy to revert it to stock before selling it. We'll see.
Ah, so it may or may not actually be stock. If he's looking for a stock experience, I'd suggest following the instructions found in the wiki for reverting back to stock. Otherwise, I'd highly recommend a CyanogenMod ROM for maximum speed and utility.
If it was reverted back to Eclair then it won't have the option, it was added in Froyo.
It could be that, I'll take a look at his phone if I get a chance to go home today. He is a n00b, he is a former iPhone user (not the good kind btw).
He is running Android 2.1-update1 with build EPE76. His phone is rooted, when booting I see the lock icon at the bottom. I've search the forums, can't find the original OTA update.zip file to update it to latest version. Help please?
Download the FRG83 system image from http://developer.htc.com
Use fastboot to flash system.img and boot.img from it to the phone and it will do the rest via OTA.
You are being great help Rusty, thank you. I'm following instructions here (http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Fastboot) and my phone has S-On. Since these files are straight from HTC, do I have to go through and make it S-Off?
You can't make an N1 S-OFF, as long as you see a padlock on startup you're good to go.
Thank you Rusty!, you've been great help.
Have rooted TMo version with the latest update. The built in AT&T settings are acting up. Does anyone have a way to delete them? All options to edit are greyed out for me.
When I add the APN I need, the phone uses it for a while and then defaults to the wrong setting.
herzzreh said:
Have rooted TMo version with the latest update. The built in AT&T settings are acting up. Does anyone have a way to delete them? All options to edit are greyed out for me.
When I add the APN I need, the phone uses it for a while and then defaults to the wrong setting.
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do you use the stick sms app
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here is another thread with the same kind of issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2607476
Why? a bit of background: With the arrival of Cyanogenmod 12.1 I noticed I could not send or receive MMS messages anymore. This turned out to be the case with all Lollipop 5.1x ROMS Cyanogenmod and AOSP and now on Marshmallow and Nougat. Something had changed in the way it was built that didn't work with my carriers APN. I figured out it was because my carrier uses a double APN so I thought i would try to merge them together and it worked, I now have to do this on every 5.1x ROM i flash so hopefully it will work for you too if your carrier uses a double APN . This seems to work for Telstra users but has worked for other telco users too I can't guarantee it will work for you.
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Thanks to @erosco :good: for all his hard work, determination and troubleshooting to come up with a solution for all User's of the GT-I9305, and more than likely other Galaxy models (and possibly other devices) out there that use a separate APN for Internet and MMS. erosco has stated that he added
ro.telephony.mms_data_profile=5
to his build.prop and he was able to get MMS working. @rodman01 has stated he will add this fix for user's in the future rom releases for his roms to have it "out of the box" :angel: :good: ,also I can't thank @erosco enough for finding a proper solution, please hit his thanks button http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help-i9305/enable-mms-5-1-aosp-roms-t3183220/post69843704 for solving this for us. Also attached is a screenshot erosco took to show what the build.prop should look like.
The app used in the screen shot is BuidProp Editor by JRummy you can download it here from playstore --> BuildProp Editor .To make it easier to give support please use that app if you are experiencing issues.
Ok so Basically I have by default a APN for data and another for MMS like in the first screenshot, but the way my APN is set by default it turns 4g to ! (on Marshmallow data doesn't break but just keeps saying sending MMS) When I send a MMS . So what I did was copy the APN information in MMS APN to the MMS section which was blank in the data APN like in the screenshots. The 2 and 3 screenshot is my default MMS APN so I copied that to the MMS section of the data APN like you can see in 4 and 5 screenshot to merge it .leave it as is but just add the MMS stuff were it applies and add MMS to APN type for instance my APN type now looks like this default,supl,mms also don't forget to add MMSC address and do not delete MMS APN ( thanks to @Fritly for the info) or it won't work. If you are still unable to use MMS read and try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67711840&postcount=4063 thanks to @noc.jfcbs :good: and @Wood Man :good: If their posts help please hit their thanks button.
Hope this helps if anyone has anymore questions just ask I'll be glad to help. Thanks to @Anghirrim for testing :good:
This is only for people who has troubles with mms.I have no such problems so I don't need to do this ??
Sent from my GT-I9305 using XDA Free mobile app
winxuser said:
This is only for people who has troubles with mms.I have no such problems so I don't need to do this ??
Sent from my GT-I9305 using XDA Free mobile app
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Yes on optus a double apn works so you don't need to do it, its for people who can't send mms because of the way there telco (mine is telstra) uses the double apn.
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Do you have to keep the old MMS apn together with the merged APN? People only receive a link when i send an MMS
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Do you have to keep the old MMS apn together with the merged APN? People only receive a link when i send an MMS
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Hi, I didn't delete my mms apn but you could try, just make sure you write it down just in case you need it later. Could you post a couple of screen shots of your merged apn for me to look at? Is your data connection breaking? if it's sending than its working so it may be another problem.
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Hi, I didn't delete my mms apn but you could try, just make sure you write it down just in case you need it later. Could you post a couple of screen shots of your merged apn for me to look at? Is your data connection breaking? if it's sending than its working so it may be another problem.
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I attached a couple of screenshots, no my data-connection isnt breaking.
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I attached a couple of screenshots, no my data-connection isnt breaking.
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Thanks the settings in apn are right. Before I changed mine my data connection would just drop out when I send an mms, but with the merged apn it doesn't and the mms sends but I'm not sure why yours is just sending a link if I figure it out I'll get back to you.
I tried it about month ago on 3 different lollipops roms. Didn't work unfortunately. My friend said the same.
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I tried it about month ago on 3 different lollipops roms. Didn't work unfortunately. My friend said the same.
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Hi sorry only just came back on forum been away. Did you press save APN in the top right hand corner afterwards? cause I just tried and it didn't work till I did on bliss pop
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Hi sorry only just came back on forum been away. Did you press save APN in the top right hand corner afterwards? cause I just tried and it didn't work till I did on bliss pop
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No problem. I'm still working on CM11
And for your question - yes. I saved every time and I tried different combinations with APNs. I hope on Marshmallow it will work (or works yet, I haven't time to check it).
I tried it with CM12 and RR. Great ROMs, but those MMS... :/
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No problem. I'm still working on CM11
And for your question - yes. I saved every time and I tried different combinations with APNs. I hope on Marshmallow it will work (or works yet, I haven't time to check it).
I tried it with CM12 and RR. Great ROMs, but those MMS... :/
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OK. If you get sick of KitKat and you do want to use a lollipop ROM with working MMS try 5.0 ROMs like cm 12.0 instead of 12.1, MMS works on 5.0 the problem only started occurring on 5.1. My giude only works for 50% of people for some reason.
I just used this fix. I am also with Telstra. I had already tried using a single APN which fixed the 4G dropout issue however when going to the single APN I would delete the standalone MMS APN. Don't do that. Keep both APNs or else you still won't be able to send MMS.
Thanks
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I just used this fix. I am also with Telstra. I had already tried using a single APN which fixed the 4G dropout issue however when going to the single APN I would delete the standalone MMS APN. Don't do that. Keep both APNs or else you still won't be able to send MMS.
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I have to do this on every rom from 5.1x to 6x with telstra. could i ask you to thank my op just so people can see it works for some people :good:
EDIT: thanks already done :highfive:
@alias_z3d: Might this and the related conversations with @[I]FLooDW[/I] be useful information for your very nice guide?
Please allow me to place a link to your guide in "my" how-to.
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@alias_z3d: Might this and the related conversations with @[I]FLooDW[/I] be useful information for your very nice guide?
Please allow me to place a link to your guide in "my" how-to.
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Hi and thanks, i will add a link to your post that you mentioned to my OP later today with a mention to you for your info. Thanks for adding my guide to your "how to" thread i appreciate it i have thanked post 3 of it aswell. :good:
EDIT: just to let you know my username has a space between _ and z. That way i'll know when you mention me :good:
Thread updated and amended with @noc.jfcbs 's info :good: and added reasons why I came up with the guide by adding "a bit of background" section.
@Wood Man changed from FLooDW to your new username in op :good:
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@Wood Man changed from FLooDW to your new username in op :good:
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Yeah, seems to become good habit or best practise. Alexander_the_Boss did, and FLooDW followed.:laugh:
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Yeah, seems to become good habit or best practise. Alexander_the_Boss did, and FLooDW followed.:laugh:
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I also changed my name a while back :laugh:
Updated thread title with Nougat support (tested and working on Beanstalk). :good:
Hello,
I was hoping someone could help me with my issue. I'm trying to access my APN settings but my option is missing there's no way to access the setting. I was wondering if this issue is isolated to just me or all LG g4 sprint users. I was hoping to create a new apn. Please assist!
Edit: I'd like to specify I'm on lollipop ZV5 stock rooted.
Thank you!
I'd like to add this SS to show you it's missing. It should be under connection optimizer.
Weird....mine just has APN settings. Might want to update the rom to ZV6.
##3282#
What happens when you dial "##3282#" ?
Don't know why it wouldn't be there.
I'm trying to change my APN settings on my phone and the settings are ghosted/grayed out and will not allow me to change anything. Also new APN will not save.
Anybody know how to fix this?
Btw... I'm on stock ROM rooted with Franco kernel and T-Mobile is my carrier. Previous phone was a never 5x with same SIM. No problems.
Having the same problem here. T-Mobile support is asking me to change APN settings to troubleshoot network speed, but I'm unable to do so.
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I'm trying to change my APN settings on my phone and the settings are ghosted/grayed out and will not allow me to change anything. Also new APN will not save.
Anybody know how to fix this?
Btw... I'm on stock ROM rooted with Franco kernel and T-Mobile is my carrier. Previous phone was a never 5x with same SIM. No problems.
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Having the same problem here. T-Mobile support is asking me to change APN settings to troubleshoot network speed, but I'm unable to do so.
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Yeah, the default APNs are all grayed out but you can add APN for sure, I did it and it sticks too. see attachment.
When I inserted SIM card, the default APNis the one on top GPRS, I found data speed is slow. So I added one which is US LTE one.
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Yeah, the default APNs are all grayed out but you can add APN for sure, I did it and it sticks too. see attachment.
When I inserted SIM card, the default APNis the one on top GPRS, I found data speed is slow. So I added one which is US LTE one.
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Thanks Lancez. I also tried adding a new one. I tapped save in the menu, but it did not get added to the list. I wonder if it's a bug in the particular build we're on. I'm currently running ONEPLUS A3000_28_170208.
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Thanks Lancez. I also tried adding a new one. I tapped save in the menu, but it did not get added to the list. I wonder if it's a bug in the particular build we're on. I'm currently running ONEPLUS A3000_28_170208.
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I'm on the latest 4.0.3 build, should be same one as yours.
You can try to restore default APN from drop down menu then add new APN
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I'm on the latest 4.0.3 build, should be same one as yours.
You can try to restore default APN from drop down menu then add new APN
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I had also tried to restore default, but it didn't help.
I did just manage to get it to work. I added a new APN with the name "test" and was able to save. I was then able to go in and edit it to match the settings t-mobile had suggested to me.
Unfortunately the new settings did not help with my speed issue.
Thanks again for the help Lancez.
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I had also tried to restore default, but it didn't help.
I did just manage to get it to work. I added a new APN with the name "test" and was able to save. I was then able to go in and edit it to match the settings t-mobile had suggested to me.
Unfortunately the new settings did not help with my speed issue.
Thanks again for the help Lancez.
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There's another thing, after you edited your APN, go to phone app and dial *#*#4636#*#* > phone info > from the first drop down menu choose LTE/UMTS auto (PRL) > back out of settings > reboot, you should be able to get much better data speed.
And from SIM & network settings, there's Prederred network type, don't select anything in there, leave them all blank. otherwise above settings will be reverted back.
What APN settings did T-mo CS told you? care to share with us? it'll save us sometime over the phone.
Oh, I'd appreciate If you can click on the thanks button below my name
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There's another thing, after you edited your APN, go to phone app and dial *#*#4636#*#* > phone info > from the first drop down menu choose LTE/UMTS auto (PRL) > back out of settings > reboot, you should be able to get much better data speed.
And from SIM & network settings, there's Prederred network type, don't select anything in there, leave them all blank. otherwise above settings will be reverted back.
What APN settings did T-mo CS told you? care to share with us? it'll save us sometime over the phone.
Oh, I'd appreciate If you can click on the thanks button below my name
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I don't have that particular option in my drop down
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Here are the settings that t-mobile asked me to try.
https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-30273
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I don't have that particular option in my drop down
Here are the settings that t-mobile asked me to try.
https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-30273
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your screeshot is broken, can't see anything. attached my screenshot.
you have to scroll up and down to find such option
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your screeshot is broken, can't see anything. attached my screenshot.
you have to scroll up and down to find such option
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The embed option wasn't working. I created an attachment instead.
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The embed option wasn't working. I created an attachment instead.
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scroll down it's there. which one is your original setting?
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your screeshot is broken, can't see anything. attached my screenshot.
you have to scroll up and down to find such option
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Argh, I am a dummy. I tried scrolling down, but not up. Thanks again.
I changed the setting, but my speed is still about the same.
T-mobile is now telling me that they are making improvements in my area that should resolve this in the future. Though don't know if they were just saying that to get rid of me. I've gone from what used to be 50+Mbps in November to between 1 and 5 Mbps now.
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Argh, I am a dummy. I tried scrolling down, but not up. Thanks again.
I changed the setting, but my speed is still about the same.
T-mobile is now telling me that they are making improvements in my area that should resolve this in the future. Though don't know if they were just saying that to get rid of me. I've gone from what used to be 50+Mbps in November to between 1 and 5 Mbps now.
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That's not good, I tested my settings last night and I got close to 70mb and 36mb just now. I have the same APN settings as yours. I'm in LA area tho.
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That's not good, I tested my settings last night and I got close to 70mb and 36mb just now. I have the same APN settings as yours. I'm in LA area tho.
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I'm in LA as well. Playa Del Rey.
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I also have two different phones on the account. Which are both getting similar speed results. So seems likely it's got to either be an account or network issue. Though I figured it couldn't hurt to play along and try the updated APN settings to further rule it out.
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I'm in LA as well. Playa Del Rey.
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I also have two different phones on the account. Which are both getting similar speed results. So seems likely it's got to either be an account or network issue. Though I figured it couldn't hurt to play along and try the updated APN settings to further rule it out.
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I see, don't touch anything else in engineering settings tho.