I realize that this is a know problem and have searched countless threads. Has anyone managed to find a fix. I'm trying to switch from Sprint to Simple Mobile and as a lot of others have seen, the Sprint APN setting is grayed out (locked). I'm running a V50 and yes I know it's a long shot. BTW, for those wondering, Sprint doesn't have 5G in my area yet so I see no reason to pay Sprint for 5G service that they're not providing. And yes Sprint is a scumbag company! LOL
Thanks in advance.
Just a heads up on grayed out apn. I slip an old Google Fi sim into my v50 an went to APN setting dialog screen. Low and behold for first time all Sprint apns weren't there and 4 new entries, all for Fi were. Unfortunately, I couldn't complete the activation because my Fi sim card is bad, which I all ready knew was a problem, it's too old. Have since ordered a new sim which I should have next week. If this works, F*** Sprint!
Oh, btw the cards free.
Should be able to get into the hidden menus through dialer codes and add it. Root may be needed for short cut master
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I have a weird issue, and was hoping that maybe someone could shed some light on what I am seeing.
I just got a used G1 on ebay, which I want to unlock. When I put an ATT GoPhone sim in and boot the phone, I am not prompted for a sim unlock code. It is not unlocked, I know the this as I do not connect to the ATT network at all and cannot modify any of the APN settings on the phone. I know that I need the prompt for sim unlock to actually unlock the phone. Fortunately, I just found an old international sim laying around and that one seems to trip the prompt for the sim unlock. My questions - why does the GoPhone sim not cause the phone to prompt me for an unlock code?
Thanks for your time.
Hmmm that is a good one. I used a normal att sim and it asked for the code, is it a older sim? Maybe one from the cingular days? To weird man.
the gophone sim is a new sim, just purchased and activated. I know the sim is okay, because I can use fine in another phone.
I have an unlock code on order. Hopefully, using my other sim to trigger the code request, I will be able to do the unlock. Hopefully, then, the gophone sim will work fine. I hope to post positive results back later.
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Yea you can unlock it with any sim and switch to another and it will work. I know a few people on here use att gophone sims so you should be fine.
so I was able to sim-unlock the phone using a different sim.
I still have a real problem though - when I put the gophone sim in, I still find myself unable to connect. I even go to settings>wireless controls>Mobile Networks>Network operators and try to manually select at&t. When I do, it says "registering on at&t" for a while and then says "Your SIM card does not allow a connection to this network". Again, I know this sim works - I have been using it in another phone.
What do you think I am doing wrong?
Thanks
It sounds like something is ****ed up with the sim, even though it works for the other phone. Do you have any friends with att sims? Something really sounds off here and if it isn't sim related then I don't know what it could be.
will try to find someone with an AT&T sim, but I don't know what the deal is. I even tried an international sim (that should roam on t-mobile here), but I could not get that to connect. I have tried putting in a tmboile sim and that seems to be the only thing I can to talk to a network
As a side note, no APNs show under settings>wireless controls>Mobile Networks>Network>Access point names when I put non-tmobile sims in. When I add one, it still does not show up on the list.
arg
no more advise? any where else I can ask for help?
Thanks,
Ryan
uiucryan said:
no more advise? any where else I can ask for help?
Thanks,
Ryan
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what rom are you using?
cyanogenmod 4.0.4, but the initial problem was being seen with multiple roms
thats odd because i thought he had the large apn file in his rom
david1171 said:
thats odd because i thought he had the large apn file in his rom
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from what i read that is true - but I do not see them
to note I just loaded "The HTC ADP 1.5 CRC1 ROM" from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538456 and still I cannot seem to connect to at&t
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from what i read that is true - but I do not see them
to note I just loaded "The HTC ADP 1.5 CRC1 ROM" from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538456 and still I cannot seem to connect to at&t
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i'm sorry i do not know more about the apn side of things i have a tmobile contract so i don't have to worry about that. sorry
I will open a new thread as the thread title no longer accurately reflects the issue.
Thanks,
Ryan
There is a thread for ALL APN's in one of these dream forums. try that one, make sure you save the APN when you enter it to, dont just hit home or whatever.
crpercodani said:
There is a thread for ALL APN's in one of these dream forums. try that one, make sure you save the APN when you enter it to, dont just hit home or whatever.
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I do click save and it does not show up on list.
FIXED!!!!
To note, I finally got connected to the At&t network.
Please see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4469651 to see how I finally got connected.
Thanks to those who helped
Hello,
I feel like this has probably been covered before, I have tried to search a bit, but the options that I have been finding (here and other places) either don't work or confuse me.
I recently bought my phone from Best Buy. They did not have a verizon note 8 in stock, but did have an unlocked one in stock. I was told that there was no difference and that it would be better ie. no verizon bloatware.
I thought that this would be a great deal and bought the phone, best buy swapped everything over for me (did not transfer apps and such as I wanted to go through and pick what I wanted to keep). Phone has worked great until 2 days ago (I've had it for just over a week now). I bought it when I was on the road down in Wyoming. Everything functioned like it should.
I travel home to North Dakota and try to send some pictures through text message...MMS? It had been a few days since I had tried it but I get an error. It says "Service not activated on network" and then "server response error". After spending an hour in the verizon store trying to solve this on the phone with a level 2 tech at verizon, they concluded that they weren't able to figure it out because I was running different software than they were used to. They are currently investigating it and will get back to me. I feel that chances are that since I did not get a Verizon phone they will probably just tell me not our problem and good luck!
Anyways, I feel that this is probably an issue with the APN settings, however my phone has them greyed out, I cannot do anything with them. I have researched a few different options, including rooting (don't really want to do) and none of them seem to work. I was hoping that you guys could help me out! I apologize if this isn't the correct forum, I just saw that there seems to be a great wealth of information on here and figured I'd ask.
PS. Mobile data,hotspot,phone calls, regular text,etc all work. It strictly seems to be MMS.
Thanks!
There is an add button in the apn settings. If the greyed out are not correct, you can add your own and then use them.
Sent from my Galaxy Note8 using XDA Labs
Thanks for the response!
Unfortunately even that is greyed out as well. Clicking it doesn't do anything. Also their are three little dots next to the add button and that brings up a greyed out "restore to default" clicking that doesn't do anything either.
On the apn screen it says something along the lines of "current user profile does not have access". I'm starting to think this is something verizon built into the phone or sim card, any other issue I've found similar to mine all seems to be related to Verizon.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks!
Apn setting
Check this out.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/how-to/guide-enable-hot
Try the steps here
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This is strictly related to apn settings, so you might be able to fix this issue
Thanks! I haven't had time to try these but I hopefully can this evening.
Thanks for the responses!
Hey, did you find a solution for editing the APN?
No I didn't...it's all locked by the Verizon sim card. I had to get Best Buy to swap me over to a Verizon phone.
Very unfortunate that they decide to do this.
Well I have a unlocked note 8 on metro and I can edit the apn. You can try to update phone see if th that works. Pr a factory reset.
download quick shortcut maker, search for lte, select com.test.LTEfunctionality, scroll down to LTE APN Setting, Edit APN @heepo18
This topic is covered here and there in forum replies/other sites (credit to this Android Authority writeup on the same issue with the 6T for its phrasing that finally got the point across to my Verizon tech support) but I don't think anyone's made a dedicated thread yet for steps on Verizon, CDMA-less activation of the OP7P.
This is for if you're having issues swapping SIMs from a prior phone. In my case, I received my Verizon signal, could place calls and send texts, but incoming calls all came from "Restricted" and no texts came through. I didn't do much other testing because knew CDMA-less wasn't activated.
1. Get your IMEI and ICCID ready (phone & SIM IDs)
- Dial *#06# on your OP7P and log the IMEI1
- If you don't have access to a phone that can show you your SIM ID (the ICCID) you can sign into your Verizon account, navigate to the phone line/activation info, and see the 19/20-digit ICCID there (starts with 89). Log this too.
2. Make sure your SIM is in the OP7P & get in touch with Verizon support
- Start mentioning CDMA-less activation right away, if you're lucky you'll get someone who knows what it is already
- I used their Facebook chat, worked all right (lots of different techs reply to you)
- They will need the IMEI and ICCID info from you once you verify your account info
- If they tell you your phone seems activated on their end, but it clearly isn't, send them this exact message:
Are both the billing and network profiles on the line the same, i.e., they both say I am using a OnePlus 7 Pro? The CDMA-less option might not show up unless those are synced.
- Shortly after I sent that message, someone got it figured out and everything started working fine--visual voicemail, HD call, incoming/outgoing SMS/MMS, etc.
I just took it to Verizon store and they popped in a Sim. It picked up the network right away but they had to go on verizions bring your own device page to activate
This can all be done online easily. All I did was pop in my old SIM from GS8+, added new device on my account, and there's an option for no CDMA. Took 5 min, no issues
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I just took it to Verizon store and they popped in a Sim. It picked up the network right away but they had to go on verizions bring your own device page to activate
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I chopped my own microSIM, it has sentimental value to me and I want to keep it. And I'll do anything to avoid having to go to brick & mortar Verizon.
ktimque said:
This can all be done online easily. All I did was pop in my old SIM from GS8+, added new device on my account, and there's an option for no CDMA. Took 5 min, no issues
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Fwiw I also started on the "bring your own device" page and got through the first couple steps, but when I entered my ICCID, it told me my SIM was not compatible and that I'd need a new one. I could not find anything mentioning CDMA on my end--do you remember what step that happened at for you? Once I ran into that wall, I got in touch with Verizon support, and I think it's why they were thinking I was already activated (since I had done some of the steps already online). I just skipped that part of my journey in the guide because I think it was ultimately irrelevant to it working out for me.
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Fwiw I also started on the "bring your own device" page and got through the first couple steps, but when I entered my ICCID, it told me my SIM was not compatible and that I'd need a new one. I could not find anything mentioning CDMA on my end--do you remember what step that happened at for you? Once I ran into that wall, I got in touch with Verizon support, and I think it's why they were thinking I was already activated (since I had done some of the steps already online). I just skipped that part of my journey in the guide because I think it was ultimately irrelevant to it working out for me.
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Unfortunately no it was awhile ago, but I remember not having to call VZW or even talk to support. I think once I entered my IMEI it picked up the fact that it was CDMA-less
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Unfortunately no it was awhile ago, but I remember not having to call VZW or even talk to support. I think once I entered my IMEI it picked up the fact that it was CDMA-less
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Maybe the age of the SIM has something to do with it/is yours newer? It knew I had a OP7P too once I got through IMEI but it was the SIM it didn't like. I've had this SIM since the Galaxy S4 (maybe even in an iPhone 4S? but I'm thinking they swapped me when I got the S4) and it was last in a Pixel.
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Maybe the age of the SIM has something to do with it/is yours newer? It knew I had a OP7P too once I got through IMEI but it was the SIM it didn't like. I've had this SIM since the Galaxy S4 (maybe even in an iPhone 4S? but I'm thinking they swapped me when I got the S4) and it was last in a Pixel.
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Yeah that's possible, I think mine was new as of my S8+
Yes each Sim is registered to spefic device. If you want swap out old Sim u need find way to deactive Sim first and then activate it with the new imie
I have a Sprint flavored V40 on Cricket's network. It was bought from Amazon Renewed and it was advertised as a carrier free phone, but on first boot that Sprint logo slapped me in the face. I contacted the seller and he offered me a full refund, but since the same sim card from my V30+ (US998) received better signal by far than ever before, I decided to keep it. I input Crickets APN settings and it stuck but the Sprint settings are grayed out and cant be deleted or edited. I can receive MMS messages but can't send one at all. I can be in and receive group messages but can't send a reply. I assume it's because of the Sprint APN settings conflict. I'd like to flash a different firmware but am lost with the countless vague and confusing tutorials. I knew my way around the V30+ better than Joe Biden knows his way around his basement. But with this V40 I feel like Sleepy Joe does when he tries to make a complete sentence. Any help would be very appreciated.
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I have a Sprint flavored V40 on Cricket's network. It was bought from Amazon Renewed and it was advertised as a carrier free phone, but on first boot that Sprint logo slapped me in the face. I contacted the seller and he offered me a full refund, but since the same sim card from my V30+ (US998) received better signal by far than ever before, I decided to keep it. I input Crickets APN settings and it stuck but the Sprint settings are grayed out and cant be deleted or edited. I can receive MMS messages but can't send one at all. I can be in and receive group messages but can't send a reply. I assume it's because of the Sprint APN settings conflict. I'd like to flash a different firmware but am lost with the countless vague and confusing tutorials. I knew my way around the V30+ better than Joe Biden knows his way around his basement. But with this V40 I feel like Sleepy Joe does when he tries to make a complete sentence. Any help would be very appreciated.
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You sound like the kind of person that would call others losers and suckers? Why would they help you?
Look, I'm just trying to make my phone great again. If some sucker or loser is against that idea then I don't want their help anyways. I'm needing to Trump this one problem I have on an otherwise great phone. I'm determined to build this mobile device back bigger and better than ever before. So good you just wouldn't believe.
Well good you don't want their help, cause u ain't gonna get it.
Just like any other rumster, always thinks is smart but at the end it always shows how dumb it is ...
Political nonsense aside, I've got the same issue - but with a Sprint locked phone on Tello. Phone works fine on stock ROM but I'm unable to use a custom ROM because I lose 4G. Any attempt to change APN is unsuccessful, it reverts to default and I lose 4G. Is there any way to get APN to "stick"?
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Political nonsense aside, I've got the same issue - but with a Sprint locked phone on Tello. Phone works fine on stock ROM but I'm unable to use a custom ROM because I lose 4G. Any attempt to change APN is unsuccessful, it reverts to default and I lose 4G. Is there any way to get APN to "stick"?
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The only thing I can think of is to flash the USA unlocked rom, it will not sim unlock the phone but it will open some other options (Like the APN).
Not sure how much help there is for such an old phone but I have a Note 5 (SM-N920V) that I use with Pageplus. I had check and been told by numerous reps and websites that the phone would be fine to use and handled VoLTE. When Verizon shut the towers a few days ago my text and calls went down too. I still have data but that's it. According to Pageplus, they are aware of the issue but have no ETA (keep getting told 24 hours and that was 5 days ago) According to other techs there's a firmware issue but I can't seem to figure out what is needed to fix this. It seems like the phone is capable of VoLTE but it isn't activated and there isn't anywhere to do so. I found someone who was flashing Note 8s with the same issue but they only handle 8 and up so I'm hoping maybe someone here can help. Thanks in advance!
In settings under network configuration.
While this phone supports 4G VoLTE it may not be whitelisted by Verizon. Their side needs to be configured to accept it.
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In settings under network configuration.
While this phone supports 4G VoLTE it may not be whitelisted by Verizon. Their side needs to be configured to accept it.
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Thank you for getting back to me. How would that be handled? I can't do anything on my end as nothing is there or greyed out. Pageplus tech support is useless and there's no way to get Verizon on the line when you don't have an account with them so I'm not sure how to proceed. I can't afford to replace the phone at this time which is why I'm trying to find a way to get this to work.
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Thank you for getting back to me. How would that be handled? I can't do anything on my end as nothing is there or greyed out. Pageplus tech support is useless and there's no way to get Verizon on the line when you don't have an account with them so I'm not sure how to proceed. I can't afford to replace the phone at this time which is why I'm trying to find a way to get this to work.
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I don't know. I have AT&T, they list their white listed devices. Couldn't find Verizon's whitelist.
Sim card may need to be updated and phone's hidden settings reconfigured.