[Q] CM9 Roaming issue - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi All,
Here's my roaming dilemma. There's an R beside the signal frequency and it won't go away.
Relevant information;
I have recently switched from CM7 to CM9 for the captivate. i'm using the latest version (14). from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363760
I'm on a Canadian network with a company called Fido, which is owned by Rogers. My APN is set to "Fido Default" and my network is Rogers. this would NOT be roaming since it's the same company.
i ran the phone info using *#*#4636#*#* and it says "Roaming: Roaming" essentially the roaming is ON.
After this i downgraded back to CM7 and tried running the same options. the result was identical. APN is "Fido Default", network is Rogers BUT in phone info it says "Roaming: not Roaming". Essential the roaming is OFF, which is correct, there was never an "R" beside the signal strength in CM7.
Can anybody please help me, i'm not sure if there's a setting that i'm missing or dont know about. or this could possibly be just a bug with CM9.
Since i'm new to this forum i don't have my min 10 posts to post in the development side so i've had to post here.
If there's any more details that you need me to check to give you the relevant info plz let me know and i will get hat asap.
thx
EK

I wonder if it is just a quirk in how it recognizes the network. I have an AT&T Microcell and, while it shows my carrier as "Microcell" on Samsung-based ROMs, it just shows "AT&T" on CM7 and CM9. Not the same issue, of course, but there is apparently some control in the ROM or kernel on how networks are displayed. If you don't get any hits here, report it in the CM9 forum once you have enough posts and see if anyone has any ideas.

well my phone is originally AT&T, and when it turn on the AT&T logo and everything is still there. so it could be still a weird way it recognizes it.

fixed. figured out all i needed was a new modem.

Ujeank said:
fixed. figured out all i needed was a new modem.
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Care to share which modem you found that works with CM9 and the ATT Microcell?

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Can't find 3G network

I need a little help. I'm making the jump from unlocked iphones to the Nexus One and have a newly acquired nexus one that has already been rooted and set with the 2.2 Froyo rom, and what I am told is the most popular Cyanogen HTC rom. The 2.2 Froyo rom seems to work perfectly, but my preference is the HTC ROM listed under my back up as BOS-20100531-0408. When I am running this ROM, I am unable to connect to 3G, or edge for that matter. (wifi connects fine) I have attempted the simple steps of dialing *#*#4636#*#* and changing the setting from WCDMA preferred to WCDMA Only, but this has had no effect. I lose signal for a second, then my bars come back, but no 3G and no edge. I am certain this is a T-Mobile model Nexus and I have the appropriate internet package as well. If anyone can help, I would appreciate it. Thank you.
update: The 3G works fine under Froyo, just not the HTC incase that wasn't clear. Thank you.
You need to enter your APN settings on the HTC ROM.
Okay, I have gone into settings, wireless & networks, mobile networks, Access Point Names, and the screen is an empty black. How do I add an APN? Is this the appropriate location? Thank you for your help.
3G issues
Okay, so I went into the APN blank screen, selected the menu on the phone and added the APN info I found on a website after a quick google search. I was going to post the link here, but I am apparently restricted from doing so because I am new. Now I have an H with arrows under it next to my service bars. Is this the same as 3G? I am unfamiliar with the H with arrows under it, but it seems pretty quick. I believe there is another page on xda that states it is as good, or better than 3G, is this correct? Thanks again.

Why im Roaming with AT&T phone + BELL / TELUS SIM

Hi,
I would like to be able to modify my AT&T radio and change the default Mobile Network Code for my carier, is there any software to make easy to modify the ROM file ?
Thank
I'm not quite sure I understand what you're asking, but a radio will work on various different networks, depending on which SIM card you have in the phone. So I'm not sure that it's in the radio that you need to look.
What is it that you're trying to achive exactly, why do you want to change this code ?
Well, here is my problem;
I bought a Tilt 2 on ebay, and I also get an Unlock code for it. I have inserted my Bell SIM and the phone work correctly. I have configured the APN setting correctly and now I have internet without any problem.
The only bad thing is that the phone always think i'm in roaming, but that's not true. I have to deactivate all setting about roaming check, it's not a big thing but If I got to USA I will be charged for real roaming. and another downside is that many application pup info about roaming and data charge.
I'm searching since couple days to found a solution, and I'm pretty there is one but I have not enough knowledge on programming stuff. I've look all every registry in my phone and no one can't correct this ''roaming'' situation.
That's why im turning to Radio, since this phone is an AT&T, it's propbably seaching to compare SIM network provided and ROM network. I've found an interesting site about MMC/MNC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Network_Code
and found that the default network for AT&T is 310-410. Here in Canada We have bell and telus that use same technology then AT&T (UMTS 850 / UMTS 1900).
I would like to change the default ''home'' network code to 302-880. because my Sim Provided IMSI is 302-610 (Bell).
So to make it short. I want to change the default ''HOME'' network 310-410 to 302-880 so the phone will not be in a roaming profile.
Hope that someone can help me, and I'm pretty sure many people will appreciate this fix.
Thank You.
I don't know much about this, but surely it's your SIM card that is providing this code ? Since I could buy an unlocked Tilt 2 and put my own SIM card in it, and use it fine here in the UK on a UK network.
I can't believe that your phone thinks it's roaming just because it's a Tilt 2.
Yes, I found in my registry ProvidedIMSI="302610" that is the SIM registred network 302610 Bell HSPA network. So my SIM is telling the phone to use this network, but there is something in the phone that say it's roaming and not a home network. and I need to find and change this.
I'm not the only one in this situation and i would like to find a fix.
i have no knowledge about this only thing i can think of at the moment is just change the current radio version and flash a new rom. the latest version for radio is
4.49.25.95
and is found here ------> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549939
follow the right steps. [:d]
best of luck
Yes, I've updated the Radio to the latest version and still have the problem of ROAMING. i've try 2 old radio and always got the roaming icon.
Any other input will be accepted!!
Thanks
BiOs2k said:
Yes, I've updated the Radio to the latest version and still have the problem of ROAMING. i've try 2 old radio and always got the roaming icon.
Any other input will be accepted!!
Thanks
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I read somewhere that roaming starts when you are out of your area code range.
But you can try this too
go to ------> setting ---> personal ------> phone -------> Network (in the bottom tabs)
In the network tab click Find Network and make sure it is the same network you are using.
Network selection should be "Automatic".
Now in next tab BAND
select network type to "GSM" and GSM/UMTS band to "Auto".
Try this and let me know if this work else i will ask somebody knowledgeable like Sir Phunkee
the show stopper said:
I read somewhere that roaming starts when you are out of your area code range.
But you can try this too
go to ------> setting ---> personal ------> phone -------> Network (in the bottom tabs)
In the network tab click Find Network and make sure it is the same network you are using.
Network selection should be "Automatic".
Now in next tab BAND
select network type to "GSM" and GSM/UMTS band to "Auto".
Try this and let me know if this work else i will ask somebody knowledgeable like Sir Phunkee
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I've play with these setting and nothing seem to work.
But maybe I found something interesting.
I've just test the phone with a ROGERS SIM card and I get 3G signal and i'm NOT in roaming mode..
Now, What that mean ? Rogers 3G is UMTS/HSPA 850/1900MHz same as BELL.
Why it say Roaming when phone is connected to BELL with BELL Sim and not on ROGERS SIM??
Could someone help me with that ? fix, cab, anything ?
Thanks
rooming
Hi
I do not know think you want to do with your tilt 2
Why you don't do a hard SPL and install a cocked rom !! as energy
I am using a tilt purchased from AT&T without contract
I get a unlock cod from the internet then I do a hard SPL it and install the energy rom in, is work like a charm with Rogers, without any problem( only the gps wish I never try
Perhaps this is can resolve your problem you should try
thanks
Already done Cjoco My Tilt 2 is Unlocked and Hard-SPL with latest EnergyROM.
Like I said before, SIM ROGERS work like a charm in my phone, No roaming warning. but with BELL and TELUS SIM I get the Roaming notif but it's not true, Im connected to BELL and VOICE,DATA,etc. work #1.
People say that it work with ROGERS because this carrier have a fallback signal if 3G is not available, with BELL if I lose 3G signal my phone doesn't work.
BiOs2k said:
I've play with these setting and nothing seem to work.
But maybe I found something interesting.
I've just test the phone with a ROGERS SIM card and I get 3G signal and i'm NOT in roaming mode..
Now, What that mean ? Rogers 3G is UMTS/HSPA 850/1900MHz same as BELL.
Why it say Roaming when phone is connected to BELL with BELL Sim and not on ROGERS SIM??
Could someone help me with that ? fix, cab, anything ?
Thanks
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then i think problem is with your sim card not with your phone. Just get your sim card replaced and i am sure the problem would be resolved.
the problem may be with his sim card, but im not sure replacing it will fix anythibng. im also with bell and have the same problem on my fuze.
bios2k, how old is your sim card?
bobzero My SIM card is 2 Week Old. so, i'm not sure it because my SIM is old.
I'll give a call at tech support @ BELL to see if they know why it doing this. I'm not sure if they will be enough good to explain this situation.
I've read last night on many forums the RILPHONE.DLL could be a possible cause of our problem.
In my config I can select GSM(850,1700) + UMTS(850,1700) but there is no option to select UMTS only. so maybe the phone is searching for GSM first (rogers) that's why when I insert a ROGERS SIM my phone is not roaming.
Is there a way I can extract RILPHONE.DLL for our EnergyROM or Stock Tilt 2 rom. Maybe I can ask a Programmer to take a look at this DLL to see the code.
I'll let you know.
I've just talk with BELL technical support and they have no idea why I'm the phone say it's in ROAMING. I've talk to the billing department and they say I don't have any ROAMING fees, so nothing to worry about..
Now, I'm still at the same state = no solution
Same here.
I was checking around and found many got this problem, including BBs. Now, some claimed that after upgrading the O/S for his BB, it went away. Another person with different device upgraded his O/S and started having that problem, and it wasn't there with stock ROM.
Make me think it has to do with the software side of thing and nothing to do with SIM or radios. To pinpoint what is causing it, can be a tough task though.
scooper True, Hard task for people that don't know much about programming ROM and files, but maybe we can have help from other that wanna look at our problem.
I'm available to test if someone want to Help us .
BiOs2k said:
scooper True, Hard task for people that don't know much about programming ROM and files, but maybe we can have help from other that wanna look at our problem.
I'm available to test if someone want to Help us .
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You should try to change the radio and rom of your phone. Make sure to Task 29 b4 flashing. Another thing to make sure is you use the right radio, i mean the specific radio for telus, t-mobile or att.....
Wrong radio can also cause such problems.
I have the same issue with my Unlocked Tilt2 on Telus. I found a lot of people with unlocked winmo devices on bell/telus complaining of this problem and never have seen a solution. People say that a Fido sim will do the same thing. Only Rogers sims seem to not show roaming. PLEASE post if you find the solution or even cause of this.
I just did task29 and reflash ROM. I soon as I have the main menu Roaming Icon appear on top just beside or 3G.
Damn!! still stock with this roaming issue
anyone have Q's ?

[Q] no 4g or lte on stock or custom rom

So I've had this phone for almost a week now and I used to he able to get 4g LTE. But ever since I rooted it, I no longer get more than 3g. I now have bananacakes Holiraider 1.6 but I still don't get any higher than 3g. So my question is how do I get 4g and 4g lte. Oh and if anyone is using that custom Rom, is it possible to get faster than 1512? In his thread it shows you can clock it to 1566. Thanks a bunch I'm kinda new to this!
try dialing *#*#4636#*#* and see what your modem is set to, it should be GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto
you also may have an APN issue, verifiy that your APN is correct, perhaps contact your carrier for the correct APN settings for you phone and plan.
Well I'm now running a custom ROM. The apn is the same as other users and it does say the above. And yes I am in a 4G LTE area
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Try doing the above and change to LTE only.
Then once you have 4G change it back. It should stay on 4G. I had to do this to get 4G on official rom.
Ok I just tried that but it wouldn't let me to switch it to LTE only. When I did, it switched it back to GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto. I'm just gonna relock my phone and set it back to the original stock rom and format my phone (yes I have the apps and stuff backed up). Because my actual mobile connection fluctuates on and off as well
the phone should be locked into the GSM/WCDMA/LTE setting. If you try to change it from that setting it just returns back. The phone will get instructions from the carrier's base station to tell it whether to be on LTE or just 4G/3G. Using *#*#4636#*#* under phone information, what is listed as the Network type?
bangorang said:
Ok I just tried that but it wouldn't let me to switch it to LTE only. When I did, it switched it back to GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto. I'm just gonna relock my phone and set it back to the original stock rom and format my phone (yes I have the apps and stuff backed up). Because my actual mobile connection fluctuates on and off as well
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It is locked in GSM/WCDM/LTE auto.
above that option it should tell you the network type. it is about half way between the "run ping test" button and the "Set Preferred Network type" option. Need to know what it says there.
Oh ok I see what you mean, it says HSDPA
make sure that you are in a active LTE area. toggle the radio off and on. the network type should change to LTE if it is available. remember that if you make a phone call your phone will drop back to just 4g/3g and it might take a second for it to switch back to LTE.
I live in Los Angeles so I'm like in the center of the LTE center in Southern California. But for some reason my phone won't get anything higher than 3G, and my actual cellphone reception toggles on and off randomly too.
It worked before. For the first 3 days atleast. And now all of the sudden it wouldn't work, so I rooted it and installed a custom ROM
Try one of WildChilds custom ROMS. LTE works on both and they're tailored to US users.
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if the problem arised before you rooted and rom'd the phone I doubt the rom is the problem. there is always the chance that you have a bad radio.
rft3ch said:
if the problem arised before you rooted and rom'd the phone I doubt the rom is the problem. there is always the chance that you have a bad radio.
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That's what I'm thinking... What would I do about this?
i would verify your sim with another 4gLTE phone and vice versa.
Hrm... So it could be a Sim card problem eh? Unfortunately there are no other LTE devices for me to get a hold of... Would this be the only way?
it could be. i hope you have pulled battery/sim and then rebooted already. you can verify your phone with a known good sim and verify your sim with a known good phone. I would try your local at&t store. they might be able to help.
bangorang said:
Hrm... So it could be a Sim card problem eh? Unfortunately there are no other LTE devices for me to get a hold of... Would this be the only way?
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rft3ch said:
it could be. i hope you have pulled battery/sim and then rebooted already. you can verify your phone with a known good sim and verify your sim with a known good phone. I would try your local at&t store. they might be able to help.
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I have done it many times . Yeah I'm actually going to head over to the at&t store in a few minutes, I'll keep you posted. Thank you so much for your help! rft3ch!
I will be replacing my phone. I replaced the sim card and that wasn't the problem . The rep said that someone else came in with the same problem as well.

[Q] Bionic on GSM in India - Tata Docmo

Hi All,
I am starting a new thread for India specific networks on the Bionic.
I am new to this so please don't mind if i write anything stupid which i may haven't understood yet.
I got my Droid Bionic running on Stock ICS from States to India and inserted a couple of GSM sims which worked fine for a while without any tweaks. I used my device for one whole day(made calls didn't test data) and when in the morning i woke up there was no network. At that time in *#*#info#*#* it was showing as detecting network but as soon as the location updated, GSM would show out of service.
What i have done so far:
1. I flashed Eclipse ICS v 1.2 ROM and got network though very weak but couldn't make no calls.
2. I got ICARUS HD - 1.6.1 and applied the tweaks as mentioned in phone and got network stength increased but still no calls but a strange thing happened when i tweaked with build prop editor running ICARUS HD, when i changed to WCDMA Preferred and turned radio off and on it registered on the network gave full strength and GSM: showed in service as well, though this was only for 10-15 seconds and i couldn't test call.
3. Now I'm running CM 10 - released on Jan 18th and to my amaze I can use 2G Data though GSM state is Emergency Calls Only.
Following might be helpful to understand:
Current Network: TATA DOCOMO
Signal Strength: -99 dBm 5 asu
Neighboring CID: Unknown
Cellinfo: Blank
Roaming: Not Roaming
GSM Service: Emergency Calls Only
GPRS Service: Connected
Network type: EDGE(Also shows EDGE2 at times)
Message Waiting: False
Call redirect: false
Call Status: Idle
Preferred network type:
WCDMA preferred
I have changed to gsm only, gsm auto and all others applicable to no help.
I am trying to run my phone in India on network: Tata Docomo which probably operates on 1800 or it could be 1900 on 3G.
One thing which i am sure of now is that this phone certainly has all GSM capabilities and its some tweak which is required which i cant figure out. I have personally seen my phone making calls and now its running data as well.
Please help me on this!
Seems like settings changed with build prop to run on T-Mobile or AT&T dont seem to work for networks in India. Tmobile operates on 1900 and Tata Docomo on 1800
One thing which wont let me sleep is that why did it run perfectly at first and why did it fail if i did nothing to it. Can the network block the IMEI or something of that sort happened. It's been two sleepless nights for me now, now praying to the Radio God!! LOL!
Did you manage to get it to work? You might be right in thinking that it might be related to IMEI. Did you try and find out if the IMEI is considered valid by your operator since this is not a true worldphone its IMEI might not be in their database?
uhm said:
Did you manage to get it to work? You might be right in thinking that it might be related to IMEI. Did you try and find out if the IMEI is considered valid by your operator since this is not a true worldphone its IMEI might not be in their database?
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Didn't work. I had to give up on it. There was actually no way in which i could get it checked with the network.
I sold it off on Craigslist last July!
I now have bought another one to test. Waiting to get back to India to test it again.
Not all bionic works with gsm, only wcdma. It's HW A after 36/11 and HW B
texan_mirage said:
Didn't work. I had to give up on it. There was actually no way in which i could get it checked with the network.
I sold it off on Craigslist last July!
I now have bought another one to test. Waiting to get back to India to test it again.
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It's quite interesting that it did work perfectly initially and then with CM10, the data worked. Did CM10 rom include its own radio as well?
I found something interesting in this thread (not related to Bionic):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=945312
Good luck with your new Bionic! Does it work okay with GSM carriers in the US?
I finally got to try it and unfortunately it didn't work for me. Mine is HW A '12 Bionic and I am on ICS. If I go outside my house and search for networks, I get to see only one network(not mine). I see extremely weak signal in the phone info screen and also it shows gsm out of service. I tried 3 sims from different operators. Inside my house, nothing ever shows up. In other phones, I get to see many operators. Seems like it's definitely a signal strength issue if the gsm 900/1800mhz and wcdma 2100mhz bands are not locked. I'm not sure at this point what is the real cause. I even tried flashing just the radios from GB versions as complete downgrading is supposed to brick the device. Needless to say it didn't help. I'm still investigating and experimenting.
uhm said:
I finally got to try it and unfortunately it didn't work for me. Mine is HW A '12 Bionic and I am on ICS. If I go outside my house and search for networks, I get to see only one network(not mine). I see extremely weak signal in the phone info screen and also it shows gsm out of service. I tried 3 sims from different operators. Inside my house, nothing ever shows up. In other phones, I get to see many operators. Seems like it's definitely a signal strength issue if the gsm 900/1800mhz and wcdma 2100mhz bands are not locked. I'm not sure at this point what is the real cause. I even tried flashing just the radios from GB versions as complete downgrading is supposed to brick the device. Needless to say it didn't help. I'm still investigating and experimenting.
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Hi,
I have now tried everything possible with the Bionic to run it on GSM network in India but it has failed to respond. I tried both hardware versions and can confirm that it is not registered as a world phone like most of new Verizon devices.
The worst thing which still bothers me is how and why did it work once(Yes, I made and receive calls on Docomo network in India). It will still show network strength , detect network but not register. I cant find no answers to it and have given up on this. The model is now obsolete and is clearly not a world phone in my dictionary but I won't deny it having GSM capability having seen it work personally. I have finally dumped the other bionic as well.
Good luck with your experimentation though!

[Moto G] Can not access AT&T cellular network with CM13

Hi All,
I have a Moto G 2014 (titan) and have been using CM for a while. Last month I just moved to USA and joined T-mobile. It was good but expensive. So I switched to a family plan of AT&T last week. However, I can text and call, but could not access internet through AT&T cellular network. Custom services only tried to change SIM card and change APN settings (we tried a lot of APN settings). But none of them works. (Of course it works when you put the SIM card in another phone). So after googling for a while I guess the problem is with the "modem" firmware? I am not sure though, 'cause I am able to set APN. I hope you guys can direct me to the right direction. I was using a version of CM13 last month when I am with T-mobile. It worked fine. I did not do any updates when I switched to AT&T. However I just updated to cm-13.0-20160906-NIGHTLY. The problem persists. BTW it now just shown the signal but no sign of 3G, however, I do not remember if it is suppose to shown that. Does that mean I am not connecting to the 3G network at all?
It would also be real helpful if you can direct me to learning resources of cellular networks and how to troubleshoot such problem. For example, I found myself have no clue of the answer to the following question (excuse me if they are silly questions) and could not find an answer by google,
Is the APN settings related to the type of hardware of firmware that I am using? Does a specific hardware/firmware works in one APN but not another?
Thanks a lot!
Hey guys! I solved the problem by just erase modemst1&2 without install new modem firmware. Could anyone tell me why?

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