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I have recently bought a MDA Compact II of a mate of mine. It used to be on T-mobile but has been unlocked and currently has an o2 sim. I have had some problems though. I cant seem to use my o2 GPRS settings in the device, or send MMS messages. When i take a picture using the camera, then go to send in a MMS the device freezes and i can not get back to the main screen. Also, when i try to send a file through MMS using the file manager, nothing comes up.
When i go to send a new message, i click on the menu button and the Insert Item field is greyed out. Does anyone know the problems i am having and how to fix them?
Thanks in advance for any help.
PS: Not much of a problem but wonder if it can be fixed anyway. Is there a way i can change the boot screen picture? It has the t-mobile design at the moment.
Hi. First of all, i'm not tiny bit as knowledgeable as the gurus on this board, but this seems to be solvable by my bird brain, so here goes.
First of all, I think you should do a hard reset and before the T-mobile customisations begin, you should soft reset to prevent T-mobile gprs and mms settings etc from getting installed.
Then you can install or configure O2 settings.
For boot screen, you need to CID unlock your device and then splash the required boot screen. There was quite a discussion in the Charmer forum about this. You might want to check the Charmer threads. Loads of information there.
Hope some of this helps. Cheers.
Just trying to help:
Vildar said:
I have recently bought a MDA Compact II of a mate of mine. It used to be on T-mobile but has been unlocked and currently has an o2 sim. I have had some problems though. I cant seem to use my o2 GPRS settings in the device, or send MMS messages. When i take a picture using the camera, then go to send in a MMS the device freezes and i can not get back to the main screen. Also, when i try to send a file through MMS using the file manager, nothing comes up.
When i go to send a new message, i click on the menu button and the Insert Item field is greyed out. Does anyone know the problems i am having and how to fix them?
Thanks in advance for any help.
PS: Not much of a problem but wonder if it can be fixed anyway. Is there a way i can change the boot screen picture? It has the t-mobile design at the moment.
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1.- Settings: Delete all the T-Mobile connections, and create your own according to carrier of the SIM you are using. Doesn´t take much to figure out how to I wouldn´t recommend to stop the customisation where the extended ROM is deployed, you may find useful settings in your Ext ROM.
2.- Splash screen: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=253308
Good luck!
I have done a soft reset before customization begins, but my o2 details do not seem to want to work when i test them. The splash screen thing looks a little complicated and i will read up on it sometime.
Now for my other problem. Does anyone know why when i click "Send to MMS" after taking a picture the device locks up and i need to soft reset to use the device again. And also why is the "insert item" field greyed out in the menu when creating a new SMS?
By the way thank you for the other advice. I will be reading up on it very soon.
moved to charmer.
since soft and hard resets have proven futile, you may want to try a rom upgrade to see if it makers any difference.
rgds
jim
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I have a mda compact 2 mobile and when I try to connect to gprs it says:
no modem at above number.
and to let u know I'm not using T-Mobile network , and I tried to do soft rest befor the T-mobile settings downloaded and it still the same problem
please help
thanx
thx guys ..my phone is back to life ..lot of thanx love ya
I was confused... I cannot dial out any phone number... only can receive..
I try to install my sim card in another handset, it is work.
who can help me?
thanks.
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What happens when you try to dial out (any messages given)? Have you run through the Connection setup (under settings) for your country and operator (I assume it's a TyTN II we're referring to since we're in the Kaiser forum)? More information about your phone/ppc, sim, country and network may help.
Hate to ask the obvious: did you try a soft reset?
Where I dial out, the phone will alert "Bi Bi Bi Bi". Of course Tytn II... What you mean by "Connection setup"? in my Connection session, I only can find Tasks and Advanced but not country and operator.
I using Orange UK.
And soft-reset many times.
thanks.
bwqipzbpd said:
Where I dial out, the phone will alert "Bi Bi Bi Bi".
thanks.
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Had the same symptoms occasionally when connected to 3G on my P3600. Turned out it was a network problem. Network hardware was upgraded a couple of months later and no more problems since (P3600 and P4550).
Try disabling 3G, maybe it helps....
how can I do that...
bwqipzbpd said:
how can I do that...
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Read the manual or (translating from a German device): Phone -> Menu -> Options -> Band -> network type : select GSM.
This may or may not help, but it´s worth a try.
Good luck!
I have followed your guideline but still not work...
And I cannot access to 3G, GPRS now... Crazy...
My mistake......you should of course select GSM - typo in above post.....
If it still doesn´t work, I´m afraid I´ve no more ideas
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I have quite the opposite problem on my elf - Outgoing calls are possible, but no incoming calls. This sim card works fine on another phone, but does not work on another touch. Other sim cards work fine.
Any ideas anyone ?
( I know it's the wrong forum, but am desperate .
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My mistake......you should of course select GSM - typo in above post.....
If it still doesn´t work, I´m afraid I´ve no more ideas
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Cool man. It is work. But Do you know why I cannot set as Automatic? is that mean I cannot use 3G now???
Looks like it is indeed network specific. You might want to contact your provider and see if they are aware of any problems. As I said, my network did have the same issues occasionally and I believe Orange in France had some troubles as well about a year ago or so.....
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Where I dial out, the phone will alert "Bi Bi Bi Bi". Of course Tytn II... What you mean by "Connection setup"?
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Well with my (HTC branded and non network customised) TyTN II, Connection Setup is the name of an icon in Settings, Connections Tab. It allows me to select the country and network and the program configures the rest.
I using Orange UK.
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Ah that may explain it. If you have an Orange provided version of the TyTN II, they may have customised the options on your phone to remove that program/function. Connection Setup is explained in my manual immediately after the section on Comm Manager (pg 163). I'll be interested to hear what your network provider has to say about the problem.
My girlfriend just bought me a att tilt/kaiser/8925 and I have Tmobile. I have unlocked the phone and am now having trouble getting it to connect to the internet, I have tried the settings from my old mda to connect through wap but I get an error every time. Also I dont know if I need to change mms setting or anything else, please someone help, I have been reading these boards for years and I cant find anything about usa tmobile settings
Look at the thread for the q-mobile rom in the upgrading section and theres settings there. theres also a cab that automatically sets up the settings which worked for me but its said that they are wrong.
Ok I have the AT&T Tilt obviously and I have been trying to get the operator names that I entered to show up. It still says AT&T on the "Home" Tab and on the "Wirless" tab. But when I set the phone to manually let me search for a tower and it shows the networks available it shows the names I have entered into the OperatorNames folder. Also when I change AT&T(310-410) to say sucks after restart it will swith back to AT&T in the registry. I also tried changing the registry HKLM\Software\OEM\PhoneSetting ONSDisplayRule to 0,1,2,3 originally it was on 4. and still no luck. Am I missing something. And yes I am positive the registry edits are done correctly(did it on the Cingular 8125). And no the phone is not unlocked. *Update* the operator names folder was there already with the registry AT&T(310-410) if deleted it still shows AT&T and returns upon restart. Maybe somebody knows something I don't or I just happen to have a lemon.
Nobody have anything, no idea, well has anyone else had a problem when changing there operator name and it keeps coming back, that could be a start???
Sounds like ATT is your operator. I don't think you can just change that.
Not trying to switch the "Operator" from AT&T to say T-Mobile, just trying to get the Name AT&T changed to say Cingular. But each time I change the registry 310-410 from AT&T to Cingular, it only shows Cingular in the Manual Selection box, but not on the Today Screen. So what I am saying is that it does work, but does NOT show different on the Today Screen. And Resets back to AT&T in the registry on soft-reset. There must be some edit somewhere in the registry to keep it from changing names on the today screen and change back on reset. The Personalizer cab worked, but what I am really looking for is the phone to show me which network I am using and not just AT&T all the time.
What I'm saying is I don't think you can do that.
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I thought the phone read the operator from the cell tower.
Yeah, but ATT/Cingular devices are setup to override that and show every network as ATT/Cingular. There is a setting in the phone to read the network name from the phone, or from the SIM, by default ATT phones read the network name from the SIM, and all of their SIM cards are programmed to show all networks as either ATT or Cingular for the older ones. Its not a big deal though, its just the network name. My unhacked phones all read AT&T, most of my hacked phones all read Cingular.
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Maybe Jay can shine some more light on it.
Yea that makes sense I kinda wondered that. Ok then maybe you might know a little bit more why I can take that same sim card and put it in my Cingular 8125 and yes it does say Cingular for the network, but it will also show, for instance in my area, iWireless when it does roam over.
Maybe that phone isn't as locked down as the tilt???
So there probably is a way it just hasn't been found.
So does unlocking the phone change anything?? Or what about non AT&T Tilt Kaiser's do they have the same issue?? Its obviously something that AT&T installs on the setup of the device and puts some settings in the boot registry to block it. Where does the "Home" tab get the Provider Name from because I can get the "Wireless" tab to change, but am unsuccessful on the Home tab unless you use the personalizer.
Hello everybody, I'm writing you from UK, where I bought a second-hand G1 (absolutely perfect!!! really good). The phone is T-Mobile branded and factory-default cleaned. Once I got it, placed my italian H3G sim inside, and (of course...) it told me that it was locked. I purchased a key (...I know may I could do without it... but very few time to spend, these days) and it was succesfully sim-free. Then I reebot it, and start the acrivation... that doesn' run!!! I insered the correct APN parameters, I also tried with a UK O2 and Vodafone sim, but, problem is that the gsm segnal level (small icon on the top with 4 vertical bars) is not giving signs of life, and it has a small "cross" on the left side. Of course I can't get the registration... I can't get the line!!!! why does it happen??? all the sims are correctly recognized (ask for the pin and the "no sim" messages and icons are off), but no way to go over...
Please, help me in any way, just 1 more day here, then I'll go back to Italy... far from the shop!!!! HEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!!!!!!!!!
If you type:
reboot
and press enter. If the phone reboots you can have a chance, if the phone does not it means its on a updated version which you will have to downgrade. While downgrading i recommend going up to Rooted versions of android. Although you might not need it.
You should look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
and/or here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=452316
You can get through your problem, if its just the registration. by simply following a few of the instructions in the first link combined with some of the instructions in the second link.
@elmejor: He didn't even mention rooting. His problem is he can't get his phone to associate with the networks on his sim.
@tony_m78: You should probably post what apn settings you are using. Also, this is NOT A DEVELOPMENT ISSUE and should not have been posted in this forum.
thanks gor your answer.... I have been to those links THOUSANDS of times, within yesterday night and today... but I really can't get a solution. I can't go over the "error connecting to server" page :-(
The worst problem is that I really don't have time NOW, but I'll have it at the end of the week; I know I'd get a solution, working on that... but really I can't. But whay do you think about the absence of segnal? is it normal?!?
Tomorrow morning I'll find the way to buy a T-Mobile original sim and try to see what happen. . . . . . but that's strange!!!!!!!! not normal... i insered a correct code (generated from the IMEI), the answer was "unlocked", free for others carriers.... BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!! :-( tic tac tic tac. . . ..I don't have time!!!!!!!! :-( nobody experience this strange problem?!?
jashsu said:
@elmejor: He didn't even mention rooting. His problem is he can't get his phone to associate with the networks on his sim.
@tony_m78: You should probably post what apn settings you are using. Also, this is NOT A DEVELOPMENT ISSUE and should not have been posted in this forum.
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...oooooops... really sorry, I was wrong. Can you link me to the correct place??? I'll move there immediatly...
jashsu said:
@tony_m78: You should probably post what apn settings you are using.
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...I don't think the problem is the APN, I set the correct one (from Wiki) for H3G Ita and for O2 UK (these are the sim I tried with); the problem is that the segnal is ZERO, like the sim is not present... BUT IT IS, it ask me for the pin and accept it....
Can you manually select the network to connect to? Settings>Wireless controls>Mobile networks>Operator selection
Are you sure radio is working on this phone? Maybe it has some physical problems (like bad gsm chip)... Or - maybe you have sim cards not acceptable in UK.
Try with T-mobile sim first. If not working:
I would try to factory reset device some times, if it don't help I would try to reflashing it (firmware and radio). But in your case I think you should ask about this situation in shop where you bought it (if you have warraty) first.
Data plan?
I had a similar problem when I got my APD1 phone in the US. When I returned to the UK, I put in my Tesco SIM and the phone signal strength icon had an 'x' indicating not connected or no signal. Eventually I used my home wifi to activate the phone. After the phone was activated, the same SIM was able to connect and the signal strength icon worked normally.
BUT, it turned out that all I probably needed to do was to have a SIM with a data plan (which mine didn't at the time) <<BLUSH>>
Have you confirmed that your SIM has data turned on?
Of course ensuring that the APN settings are correct is also necessary. (But it sounds like you did that)