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Long story I'll make it short. My friend ask for my help on his Samsung galaxy s from t mobile original.
his wife had it and she got the s2 and sold the phone to a family member in Brazil. they couldn't get it to work with there network and sent it back to them. So he kept it for himself. Now when he starts the phone it say telsa (something like that) Instead of t mobile. he can only make and receive calls maybe text but he gets no 3g internet at all. I looked in the apn and a t mobile apn is there.
Can anyone help. He knows nothing about how to do this. I have a motorola atrix so I have an idea. If anyone can tell me how to get this back to t mobile it would be great.
Thanks in advance
cesone said:
Long story I'll make it short. My friend ask for my help on his Samsung galaxy s from t mobile original.
his wife had it and she got the s2 and sold the phone to a family member in Brazil. they couldn't get it to work with there network and sent it back to them. So he kept it for himself. Now when he starts the phone it say telsa (something like that) Instead of t mobile. he can only make and receive calls maybe text but he gets no 3g internet at all. I looked in the apn and a t mobile apn is there.
Can anyone help. He knows nothing about how to do this. I have a motorola atrix so I have an idea. If anyone can tell me how to get this back to t mobile it would be great.
Thanks in advance
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Is the t-mobile apn selected? Check if the settings are correct for your carrier.
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apn was selected. checked the setting in the apn and matched it to couple i saw online. But I saw one difference. MMS Protocol: WAP 2.0 is not on the apn thats on the phone. I tried to make a new apn but MMS Protocol is not there. Also I just found out that even though it says galaxy s on the back of the phone he told me its the 3g version which is the vibrate from t-mobile. So I might have posted this in the wrong section.
could they have put a different baseband like one for telsa maybe thats why it doesn't work for t-mobile
Hi all. A friend of mine was looking to get an Android on Straight Talk. Before picking up one of the abominable offerings, I noticed that Straight Talk takes unlocked AT&T and T-Mo phones. I wanted to double check if anyone could confirm that it works. Can anyone fill me in?
YamiYaiba said:
Hi all. A friend of mine was looking to get an Android on Straight Talk. Before picking up one of the abominable offerings, I noticed that Straight Talk takes unlocked AT&T and T-Mo phones. I wanted to double check if anyone could confirm that it works. Can anyone fill me in?
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it doesnt have to be unlocked... i havent tried the vivid, but i did sell my inspire to a co-worker and he had no issues using it on straight talk.
Tell him to order the sim for att...from st8talk... and it will work no problem
Straight Talk is actually an MNVO (mobile network virtual operator) that runs on the AT&T towers, so any AT&T device is compatible on a basic level. You will need to change the apn for data access. I think it is att.mnvo or something similar. I have read that your data speeds will likely be throttled to a lower speed. If data speed is important, you may also want to check to see if you will have access to LTE and/or HSPA+ networks.
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Straight Talk is actually an MNVO (mobile network virtual operator) that runs on the AT&T towers, so any AT&T device is compatible on a basic level. You will need to change the apn for data access. I think it is att.mnvo or something similar. I have read that your data speeds will likely be throttled to a lower speed. If data speed is important, you may also want to check to see if you will have access to LTE and/or HSPA+ networks.
MM
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yea exactly... i just set a phones apn up with st8talk and their website has a lot of info on what they require
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Straight Talk is actually an MNVO (mobile network virtual operator) that runs on the AT&T towers, so any AT&T device is compatible on a basic level. You will need to change the apn for data access. I think it is att.mnvo or something similar. I have read that your data speeds will likely be throttled to a lower speed. If data speed is important, you may also want to check to see if you will have access to LTE and/or HSPA+ networks.
MM
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Thanks for the EXCELLENT reply. That was extremely helpful. I do have a couple followup questions.
Straight Talk is accepting T-Mo phones as well. Would those also run off the AT&T network still?
Also, she alleges that she doesn't have AT&T service where she lives. She is currently using a Wal-Mart purchased Straight Talk flip phone. Can someone explain that???
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Thanks for the EXCELLENT reply. That was extremely helpful.
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You're welcome!
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Straight Talk is accepting T-Mo phones as well. Would those also run off the AT&T network still?
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Yes, so they would have to be network unlocked. Also, since T-MO and AT&T have some differences in frequency bands and data transmission protocols for high speed, most T-MO phones won't be able to access high speed data.
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she alleges that she doesn't have AT&T service where she lives. She is currently using a Wal-Mart purchased Straight Talk flip phone. Can someone explain that???
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I have read that AT&T and T-MO have roaming agreements for voice (not sure about data) and that these agreements only apply for monthly plans, not pay as you go. It could be that the monthly plan MNVO users also have the benefit of the roaming? If you are curious, ask her to check her network settings and it should indicate if she is connected to at&t/smart talk or if it is t-mo. Since it is covered under agreement, I don't know if it shows up as a roaming status on the main screen. Assuming she is correct about the AT&T thing to begin with...
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Right now, she's just using an old dumb phone her parents picked up from Walmart, so information is limited at best. Doubly so since I'm in Tennessee and she's in Alabama.
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Do you have the model and brand of the phone she is using?
If it is AT&T Sim from Straight Talk will operate on ATT towers. If it is TMO sim will operate on T-Mobile towers.
If her area is not covered by T-MO or ATT, then she may be using a Straight Talk CDMA phone which could run on another provider like Verizon.
I have the Vivid with Sraight Talk and no problems. I do have an issue sending MMS messages, which is an issue with my phone (I switched the SIM to a Galaxy and to HTC Inspire and I was able to send MMS).
Does anybody know why? (I'm using the APN recommended by Straight Talk).
To clarify a few things: I too have Straight Talk on my brothers Vivid with. Att SIM. I do NOT suggest getting a Tmo SIM. Reception is awfull if you aren't in a large city. Also you can NOT roam the ATT towers with the Tmo SIM. Data Speeds are NOT throttled at all and I regularly hit 700-1000KB dl or 6-8megs however you calculate. Straight Talk will throttle you if you repeatedly use over 2GB of data a month buy for 45$ a month you can't lose. Hope this helps
Vivid and MMS?
Nate,
Are you able to send MMS messages with your Vivid?
I'm able to connect to Internet and make calls. I configured the APN correctly and I still can't send MMS. If I switch my SIM to any other phone, I'm able to send MMS. Any idea on this?
Thanks!!
PS. And yes, $45 per month is awesome!
Hi gifr, yes mms works perfectly. It may be an issue with your Rom, your Texting App, or an apn setting. That's the only thing I think it could be.
I have been thinking of doing this with NET10 which it is my understanding is the same thing as Straight Talk and works with both AT&T and T-Mobile towers.
Is the data really unlimited or are you slowed down after a certain amount?
Does Visual Voicemail work?
Can specified only for AT&T and T-Mobile apps be installed and used?
Visual voice mail doesn't work on my vivid but everything else does.
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Visual voice mail doesn't work on my vivid but everything else does.
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Please can someone share a link to the apn configuration where the most features work?
Like if I could get everything but VisualVoicemail working that'd be amazing...
The device is an HTC VIVID, currently running PACman ROM...
PLEASE, any/all help is greatly appreciated. He really needs his phone working again...
Thank you all...
Handcent SMS app now has the option to set APN specifically for MMS. That's what it took to get MMS working on my Vivid on Straighttalk. My setup is:
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
Proxy: 66.209.11.33
Port: 80
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rassawyer said:
Handcent SMS app now has the option to set APN specifically for MMS. That's what it took to get MMS working on my Vivid on Straighttalk. My setup is:
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
Proxy: 66.209.11.33
Port: 80
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That is a depreciated APN... You wanna use the 'phone' or 'pta'...
You'll have data drops and places where MMS won't send with that
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To clarify, those are the settings I use in Handcent. The screenshots are of my data APN.
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rassawyer said:
To clarify, those are the settings I use in Handcent. The screenshots are of my data APN.
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FWIW these are the settings currently supplied with the AT&T 4G enabled SIMs that Straight Talk has just begun selling. Work fine on a S4 Google edition.
Just before lunch today I lost all data, could make calls and text. I called straight talk. I got the normal run around. I asked if there was any outages in Alabama. Was told no. I called my local ATT store and they said they have no reports. So I looked up straight talks apn again just to make sure something didn't go crazy. There is a NEW APN. I put it in and I have data working again.
http://www.straighttalksim.com/support.php#
new settings
Field
Settings
Name
straight talk
APN
tfdata
Port
80
MMSC
http://mms-tf.net
MMS Proxy
mms3.tracfone.com
MMS Port
I deleted my old one and added this bone and got NOTHING. However when I added my old one back in, my speed went from 280kbps to 5.3mbps instantly! Wahoo! Never seen these speeds from ST AT&T!!
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I deleted my old one and added this bone and got NOTHING. However when I added my old one back in, my speed went from 280kbps to 5.3mbps instantly! Wahoo! Never seen these speeds from ST AT&T!!
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Same here. I got nothing with this new apn.
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Hmm not working for me either
Doesn't work for me. Strange they would use this now.
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Ok something fishy is going on here. I just got home and looked at my wifes phone. She still has the same APN settings I had. Her phone is working ok. I have tried ever APN setting I can find. Nothing else works but the one in the first post. I just done a factory reset and its still the same. I was wondering if it was a location thing but my wifes phone still the same, Something is going on with my phone or other Straight talk is screwing with me.
My data now keeps freezing up Wtf ?
My data is about twice as fast now.. But.
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Before & after .
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Doesn't work for my byod at&t sim. Maybe straight talk will start carrying new at&t sims that work w/ those settings. Those settings r the same as net10's.
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Create/save/select it for about a minute . then reselect the apn you were using. Do not delete the new one.
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I had totally lost data with the old apn and entered the new apn. Now it is working.
Its not makeing since, working on some and not others! Something that just hit me, yesterday was my renewal date. Not sure if thats haveing something to do with it or not.
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Its not makeing since, working on some and not others! Something that just hit me, yesterday was my renewal date. Not sure if thats haveing something to do with it or not.
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I just had the same experience. My AT&T Straight Talk Nexus 4 data stopped working yesterday, but my wife's phone, also on AT&T Straight Talk, continued working without a hitch. My renewal day was yesterday, too, but my wife has a different renewal date. My data stopped working at around the same time I got the email from them indicating my auto-charge was successful.
I called Straight Talk and was given the runaround that my data was disabled because I was violating their terms and conditions. I told them I categorically was not violating them, which is true - I use less than 1GB of data each month, and don't even watch Youtube on my phone - then demanded to be transfered to a supervisor. I was connected to a supervisor who was more helpful and gave me the new APN information, and I was soon back up and running.
The good news is that performance during my morning commute seem much better with the new APN. Perhaps AT&T started kicking Straight Talk customers off of att.mvno at the end of their monthly cycle and Straight Talk is scrambling to get them on their own APN? I have no problem with it if that's the case and the APN performance is OK, but it sure would have been nice to know in advance...
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Its not makeing since, working on some and not others! Something that just hit me, yesterday was my renewal date. Not sure if thats haveing something to do with it or not.
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I think you are on to something. My renewal date was today and I lost all data. Changed the apn and all is well.
Same
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I think you are on to something. My renewal date was today and I lost all data. Changed the apn and all is well.
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my end date was yesterday too... on two phones.. got off the phone today with ST with a new APN.. well SMS/Phone/Data are working, but no MMS i can send from the phone but its not reciving them. anyone checked this?
This may very well be the case. My wifes service ends about the middle of the month. Looks like they could have said something when i was on the phone with them for 30mins, or an email!!!
My mms is working
i can send MMS to my email [email protected] but cant recive them. i get a notifcation for Message Not Downloaded! any ideas
I'm trying not to panic, but it may be that Straight Talk is going to go downhill from here :^(
AT&T doesn't want to subsidize it's services anymore, I don't want a T-Mobile sim!
My renewal date was yesterday and my data went totally offline. I googled it and found the "new" apn settings on the ST website. I updated and everything works except MMS, I can send but not receive.
I spent hours going to dozens of websites, entered new apn settings at least 25-30 times to no avail, and spent an hour on the phone with ST support (they didn't help at all).
Hopefully this is just a transition that needs some time to resolve a few bugs. Clearly the MMS server/proxy is having forwarding problems.
Oh we'll, I've pinned this thread and plan on checking it often to see if there are any developments.
Same here... No warning, just lost data yesterday - coincidentally the same day as my subscription renewal. After fighting with settings all day, noticed new APN info on ST site. Entered and now working perfectly. WTF?
Hey all,
I'm having some issues trying to get my Tmobile moto x on ATT LTE. I called in and asked to provision my IMEI for LTE and they did. When I put my sim card in I could receive calls and texts but had 0 data not even 2g. So they switched my APN to wap.cingular which allowed me to get 4g but no LTE. Anyone have any tips to help through this process.
Thanks all.
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Hey all,
I'm having some issues trying to get my Tmobile moto x on ATT LTE. I called in and asked to provision my IMEI for LTE and they did. When I put my sim card in I could receive calls and texts but had 0 data not even 2g. So they switched my APN to wap.cingular which allowed me to get 4g but no LTE. Anyone have any tips to help through this process.
Thanks all.
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Could manually APN setting solve the problem:
Create new APN and save it.
Name T-Mobile US
APN epc.tmobile.com
fast.t-mobile.com (for LTE devices)
Proxy blank
Port blank
Username blank
Password blank
Server wap.voicestream.com
MMSC http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
MMS Proxy 216.155.165.50
MMS Port blank
MCC 310
MNC 260
Authentication type not set
APN Type default
APN protocol IPv4
Bearer Unspecified
Im on ATT not Tmobile. Sorry.
piskr said:
Could manually APN setting solve the problem:
Create new APN and save it.
Name T-Mobile US
APN epc.tmobile.com
fast.t-mobile.com (for LTE devices)
Proxy blank
Port blank
Username blank
Password blank
Server wap.voicestream.com
MMSC http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
MMS Proxy 216.155.165.50
MMS Port blank
MCC 310
MNC 260
Authentication type not set
APN Type default
APN protocol IPv4
Bearer Unspecified
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I work at At&t. I am using tmo moto x with att and lte is flying. All you have to do is program and imei of an lte phone. Since att wont recognize your imei it will put it as standart gsm. Send me a PM i can give you an att moto x Imei and after that you have to call them and just read them the imei
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Im on ATT not Tmobile. Sorry.
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So that is why I'm not getting lte..... I only get the 4g sign. What if now they already registered me when I took my phone to the store.. Is there a way for me to get lte now
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I had the same problem out of the box. After I rooted and installed Gravity Box I was able to enable LTE and it has worked great ever since. Still have no idea why it was off by default.
How did you root? Downgraded to 4.2.2 pre camera patch and slapmymoto?
Rocking the new Moto X
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How did you root? Downgraded to 4.2.2 pre camera patch and slapmymoto?
Rocking the new Moto X
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Unlocked bootloader, installed TWRP with fastboot, then flashed the SuperSU zip. Takes 5 minutes.
It is a pretty simple task just by calling att without messing with the software of the phone. I dont understand how you can enable lte when your register as umts in the att system?
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It is a pretty simple task just by calling att without messing with the software of the phone. I dont understand how you can enable lte when your register as umts in the att system?
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No idea how/why it worked, it could just be a coincidence. Since I got the T-mobile version for the unlockable bootloader, it was one of the first things I was going to do anyway.
I guess, thats good though
Can you post a speed test screen shot running on lte ?
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I guess, thats good though
Can you post a speed test screen shot running on lte ?
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So after a 30 minute chat with the AT&T support guy, he basically stated AT&T will not be able to put the phone as an LTE device on their network, that Motorola is listing it as GSM only. Told me to reach out to motorola (which I did already ) and let them know how they can enable it as an LTE device on their network. I tried telling him I had an ATT LTE phone IMEI available, but he said it didn't matter, once I switched the sim card back to my Moto, it would automatically go back to GSM only (HSPA+). Kind of frustrating, technically, the phone is LTE compatible with ATT, but they can't enable it, and motorola probably will tell me "you should've gotten an ATT version" lol :laugh:
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I guess, thats good though
Can you post a speed test screen shot running on lte ?
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I wanted to follow up for those that have the T-Mo edition and are using it on AT&T (I'm assuming the issue is the same with the developer one). After a huge chat with the AT&T rep, and the Motorola support, I still did not have LTE access on my phone. This fellow XDA'er, untyped, came out of no where with the solution. Not even the AT&T rep could get it to work for me, but he did. I know have LTE access, all thanks to this guy. You never know how far a person will go to help another one out. Very important for people to use the forums for what they are meant to be, helpful places for people to post and search for asnwer.
Untyped, thanks a lot again my friend. Everything is working the way it shoud :good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
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I work at At&t. I am using tmo moto x with att and lte is flying. All you have to do is program and imei of an lte phone. Since att wont recognize your imei it will put it as standart gsm. Send me a PM i can give you an att moto x Imei and after that you have to call them and just read them the imei
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Does this mean AT&T won't recognize this as a smartphone?
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I work at At&t. I am using tmo moto x with att and lte is flying. All you have to do is program and imei of an lte phone. Since att wont recognize your imei it will put it as standart gsm. Send me a PM i can give you an att moto x Imei and after that you have to call them and just read them the imei
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I can confirm the same. I had to go get a nano-SIM from AT&T. When the lady changed the IMEI in my account information she couldn't get data to work until she changed it back to my original phone. After that it worked fine!
They recognize as a smart phone but not a lte capable one. Just a hspa+ capable one.
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r_diaz13 said:
I wanted to follow up for those that have the T-Mo edition and are using it on AT&T (I'm assuming the issue is the same with the developer one). After a huge chat with the AT&T rep, and the Motorola support, I still did not have LTE access on my phone. This fellow XDA'er, untyped, came out of no where with the solution. Not even the AT&T rep could get it to work for me, but he did. I know have LTE access, all thanks to this guy. You never know how far a person will go to help another one out. Very important for people to use the forums for what they are meant to be, helpful places for people to post and search for asnwer.
Untyped, thanks a lot again my friend. Everything is working the way it shoud :good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
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Thanks for the warm words !!
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I am not on AT&T now but am curious what this solution is in case I should need to leave T-Mobile with my X. Thanks for this good work.
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I have LTE on the T-Mobile moto x
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Originally Posted by untyped
I work at At&t. I am using tmo moto x with att and lte is flying. All you have to do is program and imei of an lte phone. Since att wont recognize your imei it will put it as standart gsm. Send me a PM i can give you an att moto x Imei and after that you have to call them and just read them the imei
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I second what r_diaz13 said - BIG THANKS to untyped for the solution and hooking me up! :good::good::good::good::good:
I am currently on AT&T which primarily uses bands 12 and 17, which are both supported by Mi8, but I am still a bit unsure about using one in the US. Is anybody using the Mi8 in the US? Are you getting 4G? What carriers are you guys using?
I'm on MetroPCS and I'm getting 4G. I'm getting the same service and speed that I was on my Pixel XL if that's helpful at all.
I had to flash my phone from the Russian Global ROM it shipped with to the regular ROM, and that alleviated some issues and increased my battery life. You can't re-lock the bootloader without installing Magisk, and that looks a tad tricky at the moment, but I'm sure it will sort out soon. People are really impatient
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I'm on MetroPCS and I'm getting 4G. I'm getting the same service and speed that I was on my Pixel XL if that's helpful at all.
I had to flash my phone from the Russian Global ROM it shipped with to the regular ROM, and that alleviated some issues and increased my battery life. You can't re-lock the bootloader without installing Magisk, and that looks a tad tricky at the moment, but I'm sure it will sort out soon. People are really impatient
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Thanks a lot for the info. That is encouraging!
Hello I am living in Canada Victoria BC. The phone is working fine with 4g
omek07 said:
Hello I am living in Canada Victoria BC. The phone is working fine with 4g
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What carrier are you using?
AquaticPossum said:
What carrier are you using?
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Fido
Anybody using Tmobile and having issues with MMS? I can't get group messages/images and I've re-entered in the APN settings over and over. Even tried changing from sim1 to sim2 slot.
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Anybody using Tmobile and having issues with MMS? I can't get group messages/images and I've re-entered in the APN settings over and over. Even tried changing from sim1 to sim2 slot.
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Why do you still use MMS?
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Why do you still use MMS?
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just one particular group of people where we've used mms for group messaging many years ago. just easier to keep going with it.
I found the answer. Settings in apn are fine just gotta use a textster or other messaging app that will allow you to group message. Google messages and mi messaging on the phone don't work with group mms.
Using Verizon MMS works fine here No VoLTE though