i apologise for being a noob, i am from india and i recently purchased a droid 3, when i unlocked my droid 3 i was able to make calls and send text messages with all the GSM sims but none had data available in them, after some research i got to know that xt862 rom doesn't provide gsm data support internationally and i will have to install a Chinese xt882 rom for it to work. well at the start i didn't any idea of whatsoever ROM or root or safestarp ment but after a lot of research and reading i was able to root and safestrap my phone but when i tried installing xt882 rom using safestrap it came with an error. can any one please help me with this as i would really love to use my phone daily. i don't want it to end up as expensive music player
shantan said:
i apologise for being a noob, i am from india and i recently purchased a droid 3, when i unlocked my droid 3 i was able to make calls and send text messages with all the GSM sims but none had data available in them, after some research i got to know that xt862 rom doesn't provide gsm data support internationally and i will have to install a Chinese xt882 rom for it to work. well at the start i didn't any idea of whatsoever ROM or root or safestarp ment but after a lot of research and reading i was able to root and safestrap my phone but when i tried installing xt882 rom using safestrap it came with an error. can any one please help me with this as i would really love to use my phone daily. i don't want it to end up as expensive music player
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You have to get the correct APN (Access Point Name) for your provider to make data/MMS to work, you should not require the XT883 firmware. Just try google with your SIM provider followed by APN settings.. such as "Orange UK APN Settings" or check their website, or give them a call for the correct APN settings. Some SIMs have the APNs locked into the SIM, some of them do not include APNs (You might check a phone from the SIM provider for the APN).
When you find the correct settings, go to Settings > Wireless & Network settings > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names
Create a new APN and enter the info you found. Also check Battery & Data Manager > Data delivery to ensure data is enabled.
Skreelink said:
You have to get the correct APN (Access Point Name) for your provider to make data/MMS to work, you should not require the XT883 firmware. Just try google with your SIM provider followed by APN settings.. such as "Orange UK APN Settings" or check their website, or give them a call for the correct APN settings. Some SIMs have the APNs locked into the SIM, some of them do not include APNs (You might check a phone from the SIM provider for the APN).
When you find the correct settings, go to Settings > Wireless & Network settings > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names
Create a new APN and enter the info you found. Also check Battery & Data Manager > Data delivery to ensure data is enabled.
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i got the access point name from my provider but when i go in to Settings > Wireless & Network settings > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names the APN screen shows up blank with no functions to create or edit APN
shantan said:
i got the access point name from my provider but when i go in to Settings > Wireless & Network settings > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names the APN screen shows up blank with no functions to create or edit APN
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Tap the menu softkey at the APN screen and tap add APN.
Skreelink said:
Tap the menu softkey at the APN screen and tap add APN.
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cheers for the help, one last favour as i am new to ROMs can you suggest a good and easy ROM that i can put in to an sd card and install it with safestrap without any hassle
shantan said:
cheers for the help, one last favour as i am new to ROMs can you suggest a good and easy ROM that i can put in to an sd card and install it with safestrap without any hassle
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I personally use MavRom (Maverick Rom) version 4.0, as version 4.5 has a battery drain issue with the overclock script. It's based on 906 with modifications and tweaks.
Skreelink said:
I personally use MavRom (Maverick Rom) version 4.0, as version 4.5 has a battery drain issue with the overclock script. It's based on 906 with modifications and tweaks.
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so i was going through this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406812 for flashing xt883 radio on my phone as the reception is very bad i had a few doubts
1) do you connect your phone to the pc while doing this
2) do you download root explorer on your phone from the app store and are there any free ones
3) and how do you go about doing this ( Use root explorer to push the build.prop into the system folder )
i am very sorry for being such a noob, its my first android phone
shantan said:
so i was going through this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406812 for flashing xt883 radio on my phone as the reception is very bad i had a few doubts
1) do you connect your phone to the pc while doing this
2) do you download root explorer on your phone from the app store and are there any free ones
3) and how do you go about doing this ( Use root explorer to push the build.prop into the system folder )
i am very sorry for being such a noob, its my first android phone
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On Stock and Blur based roms, there's a little line in the build.prop that Verizon snuck in.. that makes any GSM network appear to have bad reception (only 1~2 bars) but if you check under status, the reception is actually good. You can fix that by editing this line in build.prop;
ro.mot.phonemode.vzwglobalphone=1
Change the 1 to 0 and save, then reboot, this should fix the 'reception issue'
A free root browser would be JRummy's Root browser lite, or ES File Explorer (you can enable root browsing in settings).
Build.prop is in /system
IF YOU INSIST ON FLASHING XT883 (Only required for using AT&T/T-Mobile/Other USA GSM networks)
Open a root browser; copy the build.prop you have to the SDCard or somewhere safe. Copy the build.prop (after you edit the line I mentioned before on the PC, you can use notepad). After you put it in /system MAKE SURE YOU FIX THE PERMISSIONS. Most root browsers just long-press build.prop, then tap permissions (ES is Properties > permissions) Check only Read (on all three, user, other, etc) and Write on Owner ONLY.
Then use the fastboot instructions to flash the XT883 radio. THIS WILL BREAK VERIZON CDMA.
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Where are the APN settings stored? I mean the file or whatever. Can I backup them?
Thanks.
They are not in the phone. You should add it manually. You can contact your network operator to configure it correctly or you can find the settings on your network operator web page.
y_n_t said:
They are not in the phone. You should add it manually. You can contact your network operator to configure it correctly or you can find the settings on your network operator web page.
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Actually, they are In some database, or something...
You can backup and restore them using an app on the market ("APN backup and restore", or something like that, not using it personally...)
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Actually, they are In some database, or something...
You can backup and restore them using an app on the market ("APN backup and restore", or something like that, not using it personally...)
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But is more easier to add them manually.
y_n_t said:
But is more easier to add them manually.
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Mine are set up automatically, I don't have to do anything
well, thx for that I will have a look in the market ... I thought they are stored in a file or whatever, on the phone.
cause I need to enter them after each flash
Edit: got the app --> http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.riteshsahu.APNBackupRestore
File with APN is stored on "apns-conf.xml" somewhere, i dont know exactly where, sdcard or root (cannot serch, charging my galaxy with power off, right now). I have same file from cyanogen firmware, but dont know prepare for our device, always have some error. This file have APN data almost from all world operators.
Best regards
miro666 said:
File with APN is stored on "apns-conf.xml" somewhere, i dont know exactly where, sdcard or root (cannot serch, charging my galaxy with power off, right now). I have same file from cyanogen firmware, but dont know prepare for our device, always have some error. This file have APN data almost from all world operators.
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yes I saw those APN of the other operators. after backing up with the app I looked into this .xml file which is generated by the app and I got 60 entries. but i see only mine in the settings pane on the phone, how come
That was me strange too. But i think, maybe when you etc. go in roaming or chnging SIM card from other operator, connecting with this other operator, we got other APN points in Settings panel. I was make this, and have APN , hanging from wich operater sim card is in my galaxy...(T-Mobile Croatia, VIPnet, and Tele2)
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For those who travels outside the country.
I upgraded to 4.2.2 on my phone. Now I'm deploying in Afghanistan, bought a Roshan SIM card from a local shop for $2. I couldn't get the phone to connect to mobile network, or internet and couldn't access APN mode from the settings. I've tried to upgrade different ROMs 4.2.2 with same issue.
Resolve:
Phone must be rooted
- open and edit file /system/build.prop
- look for these lines:
- telephony.rilV7NeedCDMALTEPhone ...... set = false, or disable the line with #
- gsm.current.phone-type ...... set 0=none, 1=gsm, or disable the line with #
- reboot the phone.
Addition note:
To edit APN setting file manually; /system/etc/apns-conf.xml
thanks a lot for that, i just use xt925's roms and it work, but this will give me the opportunity to try all roms , thanks again.
saranay said:
Phone must be rooted
- open and edit file /system/build.prop
- look for a line: telephony.rilV7NeedCDMALTEPhone
- set = false, or delete the line
- reboot the phone.
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I did this and nothing changed in the Mobile Network Settings. I've only tried this in the CM10 Nightly 4.2.2 by Skrilax.
What else is necessary to achieve an APN Settings section in 4.2.2? THANKS
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I did this and nothing changed in the Mobile Network Settings. I've only tried this in the CM10 Nightly 4.2.2 by Skrilax.
What else is necessary to achieve an APN Settings section in 4.2.2? THANKS
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on xenon hd rom, you will find the access points in settings, if you dont want try xenon, then download APN backup application from play store, most of them will open the APN settings for you
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I did this and nothing changed in the Mobile Network Settings. I've only tried this in the CM10 Nightly 4.2.2 by Skrilax.
What else is necessary to achieve an APN Settings section in 4.2.2? THANKS
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Can you open APN setting on Mobile Network Setting?
Also you edit APN setting manually /system/etc/apns-conf.xml
unsuccessfully
saranay said:
For those who travels outside the country.
I upgraded to 4.2.2 on my phone. Now I'm deploying in Afghanistan, bought a Roshan SIM card from a local shop for $2. I couldn't get the phone to connect to mobile network, or internet and couldn't access APN mode from the settings. I've tried to upgrade different ROMs 4.2.2 with same issue.
Resolve:
Phone must be rooted
- open and edit file /system/build.prop
- look for these lines:
- telephony.rilV7NeedCDMALTEPhone ...... set = false, or disable the line with #
- gsm.current.phone-type ...... set 0=none, 1=gsm, or disable the line with #
- reboot the phone.
Addition note:
To edit APN setting file manually; /system/etc/apns-conf.xml
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I tried to perform the procedure on my razr hd xt925, because my 4g is not working, and after making changes the cell did not. Did anyone have a build.prop Brazil retail that I can simply copy and paste in my razr?
Hello to everybody. I'm italian and I have a problem with my XT890 stock (booloader locked, android 4.1.2, system version 91.2.26001.XT890.Retail.en.EU) and sim card by italian operator Noverca. Noverca is a Full Mobile Virtual Network Operator, MMC 222 MNC 07, working in roaming with TIM (222-01).
When I enter my sim Noverca, on phone: menu> Setup> Other> Mobile Networks> Access Point Names> APN cannot find any access point. If I try to create one ... > New APN> Edit access point> (insert the parameters provided by my operator)> ... > Save, the new APN created by me is not saved and the list of APN available is always empty. Similarly if I receive a message from my operator self-configuring and save these settings, I see a pop-up that the configuration was successful but when I go to see the list of APN find it empty again.
I tried to configure it with the data on and off, data roaming , but always no results. The problem also doesn't occur with sim of other carriers.
The sim card is new and works fine on my other Android phones (RAZR XT910, Galaxy i5800), making right APNs.
In system/etc/ apns-conf.xml file there is written the configuration for my carrier but it's wrong (there is written MMC 222 MNC 01)!
I contacted Motorola XT890 but the answer is that it was not released in Italy and may have compatibility issues. (But in Germany, France and UK has been released and the gsm/wcdma networks are the same as in Italy!)
Thank you for helping.
Same happens to me. Try reseting apn to default and edit the config that should appear.
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Same happens to me. Try reseting apn to default and edit the config that should appear.
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Thanks but in my case doesn't work. Also at the reboot there isn't any apn saved.
I solved this problem unlocking the bootloader and making Root.
After I went to system/etc and renamed apns-conf.xml in apn-conf.bak (only to have a backup, i could delete the file and it was the same).
Then I went to menu> Setup> Other> Mobile Networks> Access Point Names and resetted APN to default.
Now I can write my carrier's APNs and they are saved without disappearing.
First of all, please tell me and I'll move this Thread if it is in the wrong section. This is a fix for the problem I faced many many times while changing ROMS, and it actually made me stay on Pillama for a very long time, this is because that was the only one where my APN settings worked/stayed.
So if you have recently changed to a different ROM and you don't have 3G and your APN settings won't stay, here's the fix.
This works providing you have a restorable backup of a ROM with Working 3G and you have an external SD Card.
Boot into Recovery. You can do this via Rom Manager (Downloadable from the PlayStore)
Restore to the Rom which your Mobile Data (3G) works on.
After you have rebooted and you're back on your ROM with working 3G download Root Browser. This is available from the PlayStore.
Navigate to your System Directory.
Look for a folder named 'etc', and go into it.
Scroll down until you see 'apns-conf.xml' hold down on it and select copy.
Navigate to your External SD Card and Paste the file somewhere memorable.
Go into Rom Manager and clear all your caches (Dalvik Cache, Wipe Cache, Format System, clear data) just basically remove everything.
Do a clean install of the ROM that you couldn't get 3G to work on.
Once you're up and running go into the PlayStore and download Root Browser.
Go onto Root Browser, and navigate to your System Directory/folder and into 'etc'.
Delete the 'apns-conf.xml' that is in there.
Navigate to the External SD and copy the 'apns-conf.xml' from there.
Go back to System/Etc and paste the file in there.
Reboot your device.
Go to Settings > Look under Wireless & Networks, underneath Data Usage you should see More... > now select Mobile Networks > Access Point Names > press the menu tab in the bottom right > select Reset to Default. Select your carriers one! Congratulations!
I'm just speaking from personal experience, this problem caused hours of trouble for me and I want to help you guys, so please don't hate if it doesn't work for you! Thanks guys
It's working but only in situation when APN setting disappeared after changing ROM. When phone can't read correctly MNC and MCC codes from the beginning even editing apns-conf.xml and changing codes wont help. I studied this issue few days and didn't find fix for it. There are few carriers in Europe which can't be used in our phones and for now only changing SIM Card for newer version can help.
Okay, just thought I'd give back to the community writing about my experiences with the phone, I'm only 13 though so my knowledge is pretty limited.
Don't worry, I'm not complaining. I just add little correct for Your tutorial cause it was pain in the a** for me and even what You described wont help if You have fu**** up SIM card.
1. For those wondering why this is posted in the T-Mobile section: MetroPCS is owned by T-Mobile and as you will see through this post is very influential in it working.
2. If you got it working some other way, more power to you. please do not confuse people (because lets face it alot of people looking at this havent been on here very long or just stumbled onto the thread) by posting your "fix"
THIS IS FOR HTC ONE M9 users who have taken their devices to MetroPCS. If you are not on MetroPCS then do not try this in any way because it will not work for you. If you are on metropcs and have a T-Mobile firmware installed then try changing the apn settings from step 6-12. This will also fix people having problems turning the wifi calling switch on
YOU MUST BE ON THE MARSHMALLOW T-MOBILE FIRMWARE (3.39.531.7) FOR THIS TO WORK, MEANING MAKE SURE YOU ARE RUNNING A MARSHMALLOW ROM (NOT AOSP ROMS). THE ROM CAN BE BASED ON 3.35 for its base, this is not to be worried about. Also make sure the rom cook has T-Mobile support (i.e. ViperOne 4.3.0 etc) THESE INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDE FLASHING TO THE 3.39.531.7 FIRMWARE. MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS POST AND ANY POSTS THIS ONE LINKS TO.
How to get wifi calling & sms over wifi working on MetroPCS on the m9
FIRST AND FOREMOST STEP IS TO MAKE A COMPLETE BACKUP OF YOUR DEVICE IN RECOVERY IN CASE THINGS DO NOT GO AS INTENDED!
1. Make sure you have registered an account on http://www.metropcs.com/account.html
2. Download the myMetro app from the play store here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nuance.nmc.sihome.metropcs&hl=en & download sqlite editor attached to this post and install it.
3. open the app and it should recognize you automatically, on the left upper corner of the app click the 3 lines to bring out the side menu. Click on E911 Address and follow the instructions.
4. Once you submit this information you will receive a text message saying you have filled out the e911 info for wifi calling.
5. Goto this post and follow the instructions for downloading and flashing the 3.39.531.7 firmware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/development/3-39-531-7-nowipe-noredtext-twrp-3-0-0-1-t3326861
6. Once your phone reboots go into airplane mode. open the sqlite editor app on your phone.
7. click the files tab. then navigate to /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/
8. click on telephony.db then carriers_cache. click on the 3 dots in the upper right corner and select delete all
9. click the back button and select carriers.
click the first line, then the little pencil and change the following exactly:
Code:
Name: MetroPCS
Numeric: 310260
mcc: 310
mnc: 260
apn: fast.metropcs.com
mmsc: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
type: default,supl,mms,hipri,dun
protocol: IPV6
roaming_protocol: IP
state: MAKE SURE THIS FEILD IS BLANK IF IT SAYS READONLY REMOVE READONLY
10. click save
11. Take yourself out of airplane mode and goto your apn settings and make sure that the apn selected is the one that says MetroPCS with the apn set as fast.t-mobile.com
12. Go enable wifi calling via the switch in call settings. Make sure you are connected to a wifi network, then once you are sure it is working, go ahead and turn airplane mode back on, then activate ONLY WIFI. Let it connect. (For a few seconds you MAY see an invalid sim error, ignore it it will go away once the connection is made. and try making a call and sending a sms. SMS may only work with the stock app while in airplane mode. im not sure if that has changed. Anyway hope this helps. Enjoy.
Must be in airplane mode to edit the databases?
No you don't HAVE to be but if you aren't then carriers cache can repopulate while you are editing
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I get no databases in telephony/databases, it's empty. Well I'm not trying to go metro but just be able to edit telephony.db. Not sure if it's one of those steps that allows one to be able to see the databases.
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Make sure you are at /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/
aestivalisakito said:
Make sure you are at /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/
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Yeah I am, you just can't see them in the latest T-Mobile marshmallow update.
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Can't see them in the latest tmo mm update? That is absolutely not correct. Is your system mounted read only by chance? If it is mount it read write then see if you can find it in sqlite editor
aestivalisakito said:
Can't see them in the latest tmo mm update? That is absolutely not correct. Is your system mounted read only by chance? If it is mount it read write then see if you can find it in sqlite editor
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Well how will I do that? Within the App it self? I know I'm able to edit system on ES File Explorer but that app gives you the option to make system read/write. Now I'm able to see the db files in ES but not SQ.
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