yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Photon 4G] lroy:
i should be in Malaysia and Japan shortly. Ill post my results if those countries are not added by the time im there.

I love this idea! maybe we should start a google doc like excell to sticky so we can have a doc that new additions can be added by users when traveling?
[Motorola Photon 4G] lilrepo:
City, Country, Continent: Baja California Mexico

Carrier: telcel

Carrier Plan: pre-paid

Voice working: Yes

Data working: no

Sim Card Type: ???

Sim Card Memory Size: ???

Nothing special done, just pop it in and make calls. works lovely!
[Motorola Photon 4G] stu5797:
i am in Romania and I would love to try this out. If I buy a sim in Romania from orange and use it... How much is sprint going to charge me? I always thought if I turn on my phone overseas sprint will charge you so much just for turning it on and getting text and calls. I would love some guidance if anyone has time to post here. Thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] cornelious2:
as long as your calls and texts are using the phone number from the(non sprint) sim you will be charged nothing by sprint. if you somehow find cmda to roam on you will be charged out the wazoo.
[Motorola Photon 4G] stu5797:
thanks so much. Last question. How do I make sure I use the sim cards phone number and not my sprint phone number
[Motorola Photon 4G] diomark:
Worked just fine on base / Belgium and swisscom / Switzerland sim cards for me last week.
[Motorola Photon 4G] lilrepo:
Make sure your network settings are set to gsm/umts, once you put the foreign sim in, the phone will ise the identity of that sim and phone number...i have no clue as to setup the data...
[Motorola Photon 4G] darktranquility18:
City, Country, Continent: Bangalore, India, Asia

Carrier: Airtel

Carrier Plan: pre-paid

Voice working: Yes

Data working: Yes (3G)
[Motorola Photon 4G] kjones2k1:
Could you please edit your post with the format I mentioned in post 1?

Sent from my PHOTON cannon
[Motorola Photon 4G] caffeiNater:
City, Country, Continent: Santa Cruz, Bolivia, South America

Carrier: Tigo

Carrier Plan: prepaid

Voice working: Yes

Data working: Yes

Sim Card Type: Unsure

Sim Card Memory Size: Unsure

APN Settings: Unsure

When I bought the SIM card and registered my phone, calls and texts were working but data was not. I returned to the store later and an employee did some configuration of my phone which allowed the data to work. I don't know exactly what the changes were, but I did notice that he added a server name under APNs.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ianford10:
City, Country: Leicester, UK

Carrier: O2

Carrier Plan: Contract

Voice working: Yes

Data working: Yes (3G)

APN: mobile.o2.co.uk

Username: password

Password: password
[Motorola Photon 4G] kjones2k1:
Keep the info coming guys!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Funkym0nkey:
City, Country, Continent: Mumbai, India, Asia

Carrier: Airtel

Carrier Plan: Post-paid

Voice working: Yes

Data working: Yes (3G)

APN Settings : airtelgprs.com

Leave everything default in APN settings. No username or password needed.

(APN settings valid if you are subscribed to Mobile office / Airtel Internet Service. Same APN setting for 3G and 2.5G. You need to activate 3G by calling Airtel on 121 ).

Additional Info : Successful OTA update using 3G.
[Motorola Photon 4G] S2W:
Great job on this thread... helps alot of us who travel abroad.

Im also interested in what Cagtex posted on the info for Barcelona. My girl travels there in 2 weeks. TIA
[Motorola Photon 4G] jmrubel77:
City, Country, Continent: London/Birmingham, England, Europe

Carrier: Orange

Carrier Plan: pre-paid

Voice working: Yes

Data working: Yes (3G)

SMS/MMS: Yes/Yes

Data APN Settings: orangeinternet

MMS APN Settings: orangemms

Leave everything default in APN settings.

Password and username set automatically.
[Motorola Photon 4G] manojkreddy:
wifi hot spot works for you?

@darktranquility18 and @Funkym0nkey : Did Wifi hotspot work for you with Airtel's APN configured in the phone? thanks for the help
[Motorola Photon 4G] mHmmd123:
*** Do you mean I don`t have to unlock my Motorola Photon simcard, to use it on GSM in other country?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Cagtex:
Be there next week will update as soon as I get a local SIM card.
[Motorola Photon 4G] S2W:
thanks... will be checking back to see the update. I appreciate the effort.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jorjitoc:
I just got back from a ten day trip to Greece. I used a Wind sim card and it worked well all over Athens and in Mykonos. I used these APN settings:

Operator: - Wind

GPRS APN: - gint.b-online.gr

Username: - {blank}

Password: - {blank}

MCC=202

MNC=10

APN type=default

which I got from this site: http://androidgreece.gr/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=130&start=10

I couldn't connect until I manually added the above APN but then once I connected a second Wind APN showed up that I assume downloaded from the carrier automatically. I purchased a 7 day unlimited Internet package for 14 Euros and then a 2 day package for 7 Euros. I stopped at Charles de Gaulle in Paris and it worked there as well for a short time. I received an automatic message that I think said something about signing up for a cheaper roaming package with a French carrier but it was in Greek and I couldn't fully understand it.

The one thing I noticed was that battery life on GSM was about half of what I get here in the US on CDMA. My phone would be at 30% or less battery by 5 in the afternoon and that was with very light use as I was on vacation and with the foreign sim almost no one knew my foreign phone number and thus I received almost no calls or texts.

One other note - I have ported my Sprint number to Google Voice so while I was overseas I could send and receive texts to U.S. numbers using Google voice. Couldn't do MMS but it was nice being able to text friends, etc. wherever I was.
[Motorola Photon 4G] devilsshadow:
Currently using my photon in greece on vodafone. Didn't test data but calls are working flawlessly. Data's probably working on 3G but I don't dare test it since data costs are ridiculous over here.
[Motorola Photon 4G] HoboTheClown:
Am curious, would anyone know how international calling works while under Sprint? It says I have to call Sprint to activate international roaming to use the phone. But what's the point of getting a foreign sim card to use locally at the foreign country? I thought that's what getting the foreign sim card was for. So you wouldn't have to use Sprints network. Anyone can confirm, I just need to get a sim card from the foreign country to use that local network?

TIA.
[Motorola Photon 4G] devilsshadow:
Yes I can certainly confirm that. I just popped my greek vodafone card in, some sprint crap popped up but I firmly **** it off and continued on my merry way. Just make sure to select the proper network settings (gsm mostly) for europe. Phone tents to want to use 4G and all that bull so you just disable any 4g settings, set the phone on GSM only and you're good to go.
[Motorola Photon 4G] HoboTheClown:
Thanks Devilsshadow. I was using the Sprint Chat and the CS insisted that I had to use sign up to their International Roaming. She kept on saying in order to use the phone, I had to sign up as the phone was based in the US. I'm going to be in Southeast Asia for over a month and plan on using their network as a backup for internet usage.

I'll definitely provide an update since the only other person that said they were going to use it in Malaysia and Singapore hasn't posted an update yet.
[Motorola Photon 4G] xenkato:
City, Country, Continent:Europe, Greece,Tripolis

Carrier: Wind GR

Carrier Plan: 12 months contract

Voice working: Yes

SMS/MMS: Yes/Yes

Data APN Settings: NO(dont care-dont use-ridicoulous prices here in Greece)

Using my Photon us my prime phone for my personal calls, etc.Bought it from eBay.

No problems here, good signal & voice quality.

Manually can add Data settings to work
[Motorola Photon 4G] beartrap:
I just got back yesterday from Malaysia, Singapore and Japan. After not getting a signal in Singapore, I got on Sprint international chat and she activated my SIM card. I was assured it was activated when i got the phone, but evidently not. Once that was done, I got very good service and GSM signal strength. I only turned on 3g data for a short time in Japan, so i can't comment about that because I had wifi at my hotels for data.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Cks69:
City, Country, Continent: Baja California, Mexico

Carrier: Iusacell (Using CDMA)

Carrier Plan: Contract

Voice working: Yes

Data working: Yes (3G) will play with 4G but dont know how

Sim Card Type: Telcel, Movistar & Iusacell

Sim Card Memory Size: ???

With phone being active on CDMA, a sim will work too on the phone.......Will play some more and try to add some additional info....

P.S. Iusacell has both CDMA and GSM.
[Motorola Photon 4G] nizaamh:
Hey guys. I am in South Africa and I am able to get a Photon from the US.I am using Vodacom which is basically Vodafone.I dont want to buy something that will only half work - sometimes.Please advise.

Thanks

Nizaam:confused:
[Motorola Photon 4G] thestallion:
I know how to fix it in some places

I purchased a Sprint/US Photon, intending to use it here in JAPAN for an extended period of time. I was surprised by how hard it was to get MMS working using a Softbank Prepaid SIM card. Turns out, as far as I can tell, APN settings alone are of no use. There's another problem, and surely this must be affecting users outside of Japan as well (perhaps all the people stuck in AUS/Vodaphone with this same problem?).

There a file on your phone here: / system / etc / ppp / peers / pppd-Ril.options

It contains two lines for the Username and password, which you must change to correspond to the same username and password in your APN settings. Otherwise, it never seems to use the right one, and therefore your MMS or data will not work. You'll need to root your phone and figure out how to edit or copy an edited file onto your phone. So, change those two lines to look like this:

user yourusername

password yourpassword

for me, that's:

user softbank

password qceffknarlurqgbl

BTW here are APN settings for Japan softbank prepaid (some are probably unnecessary):

APN: mailwebservice.softbank.ne.jp

Proxy: sbwapproxy.softbank.ne.jp

Port: 8080

Username:softbank

Password:qceffknarlurqgbl

Server: <censored by XDA forums for containing a URL>

MMSC: <censored by XDA forums for containing a URL>

MMS Proxy: sbmmsproxy.softbank.ne.jp

MMS Port:8080

MCC:440

MNC:20

Authentication: PAP

APN type: mms

You can thank the Japanese bloggers for helping me find a little info about that pppd-Ril.options file
[Motorola Photon 4G] nik29:
in italy works perfectly!

Carrier 3

Data ok voice ok

Name: 3 APN : tre.it Proxy: not set Port: not set Username: not set Password: not set Server: not set MMSC: http://10.216.59.240:10021/mmsc MMS Proxy: wsb.treumts.it MMS Port: 8799 MCC: 222 MNC: 99 APN Type: not set
[Motorola Photon 4G] leomaxi:
I live in Italy and I have a photon with operator Hutchison 3, and I disabled apk sprint account, my apn is valid and also work for mms
[Motorola Photon 4G] thestallion:
some other Photon quirks

This may be useful info for Photon users in other regions, but here are some more issues I've had using Softbank prepaid service in Japan.

1. For some reason, whenever I first turn on the phone, the messaging only receives a header for each message, but refuses to download the actual message body. Even if I click 'download' on the message in the message app, it will not work, and will give me an error. The solution for this is to go into Settings->Battery/data manager->Data delivery and turn "Data Enabled" off, and then back on again. It must be left on for mms to work, but for some reason after booting the phone it must be toggled off then back on for my mms service to begin functioning properly.

2. I also found that it would work with the APN type set to blank instead of 'mms' in my APN settings. HOWEVER, with it set to blank, it was CONSTANTLY, I mean non-stop, using my 3G connection (as indicated in the status bar). It was trying to connect to the internet I presume. My Softbank prepaid service includes messaging but not internet service, nor do I have the APN for internet in my settings. But, without specifying my mms APN as 'mms' type, it trys to use that APN for internet as well. Anyway, that drained my battery very quickly! Set it to 'mms' so your 3G radio isn't working overtime to no benefit.

P.S. for other Softbank users, if you don't already know, unless your phone is from Softbank, you'll also need the Softbank mail app or some other mail app that allows a proper user agent to be set for softbank. Even with proper APN settings, you can't do MMS without that being correct.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Koala Kid:
Works great here in Israel, i'm pretty happy with the phone.

City, Country, Continent: Israel

Carrier: Rami Levy (a mobile virtual network operator based on Pelephone network)

Carrier Plan: no plan

Voice working: Yes

SMS/MMS: Yes/Yes

Data APN Settings:

Name: Rami Levy 3G

APN: internet.rl

Username: rl@3g

Password: rl

APN type: default
[Motorola Photon 4G] ascanio1:
@ thestallion

Thanks... appreciate the help!

I have a DesireHD, GB2.3.5 CoreDroid9.2 (w/ root access), and SB contract.

I followed EXACTLY the instructions in:

ht tp : / / w ww .howardforu ms.com/showthread.php/1724703-Using-another-SMS-MMS-app-on-Sharp-Android-phones-with-Softbank-%28Go-SMS-Pro%29?p=14700055

and copy/paste:

Vodafone/1.0/V802SE/SEJ002 Browser/VF-NetFront/3.3 Profile/MIDP2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1

In the UA menu (GoSMS).

Still NO MMS!

So I looked up your post and applied your fix too.

I only had / system / etc / ppp / ip-up-vpn

So I created and copied

peers / pppd-Ril.options.txt

(inside I had 2 liknes:

user softbank

password qceffknarlurqgbl)

I then renamed "pppd-Ril.options.txt" into "pppd-Ril.options"

Still no MMS!!!

Going mad!

I think that I need a specific UA for my DesireHD...

Can you help me? Pls help!

Thanks,

Tommaso

---------- Post added at 04:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:57 PM ----------

@thestallion

I forgot to say that WITH the Softbank Mail app I CAN send and receive MMS. I want to do it with GoSMS and then delete the Softbank Mail App!!!

Pls help!

Tommaso
[Motorola Photon 4G] HoboTheClown:
Hmm, I thought I had updated when I got back from Indonesia. In any case, I was in Indonesia for 2 months from Oct to Dec. I never really took the time to test/setup the phone. What I was only able to do was test if voice worked. I took my wife's sim card from her blackberry and inserted it into the photon. After a couple tests, the voice worked. I was able to call out and receive calls. Again, the only thing I did was just insert the sim into the Photon and was able to get it to work. Wife didn't have data plan so missed out on testing that. If I'm out there again. I'll post an update with more details.

My apologies for not getting all the details.

It's a prepaid sim

Carrier: Xd ( or something similar Xt?)

Data: ?

APN: ?
[Motorola Photon 4G] BrianInfo:
Thank you for the info.

I will use open.softbank.ne.jp APN settings since mine is silver SIM card. Report back if I can get MMS working properly.
[Motorola Photon 4G] 3050:
I have sprint unlimited international data on my plan and currently use a touch pro 2 while traveling. Data works great everywhere I go.

If I buy a Photon will it automatically, while using the sprint sim connect to foreign GSM networks like the TP2 does?

I have the .cab file with the international settings for the TP2; would that be of any use?

Thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] dito33:
It's gonna be very costly to use sprint sim you are better off to buy local sim card and use it since photon comes unlocked from the box already.
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron1981:
Hi there,

Do you have instructions for how to edit the pppd-ril.options file? I am having the same problem with getting my Photon running on a Japanese SIM card. I was able to see the file on my phone but whenever I try to remove it or push an updated version I get a "Read-only file system" message.

Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.
[Motorola Photon 4G] DestroyerMTL:
This is interesting! Am I correct in interpreting that this file change makes the APN finally stick?

Any idea what I would put in for username and password if both are blank (Vodafone Australia)?
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrgaret87:
Claro Dominicana

Photon Works perfect.

City, Country, Continent: Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, America

Carrier: Claro Dominicana

Carrier Plan: Contract

Voice working: Yes

Data working: Yes (3G)

Sim Card Type: N/A

Sim Card Memory Size: N/a
[Motorola Photon 4G] kbrn:
I was looking at the OP and I can confirm that DATA using Telcel from Mexico works, even better than Sprint's 3G .

You just have to have the right APN settings.

I used APN Global App. and it works beautifully.
[Motorola Photon 4G] DestroyerMTL:
Yes, I realize that. My problem is that I cannot get my APN settings to save. Any ideas? I tried to download APN Global and was told it wasn't compatible with my device.

I've just rooted and installed Joker's skinny rev1 - no luck. I figured I would stay with a stock based rom as I use the webtop.
[Motorola Photon 4G] DestroyerMTL:
Updates

Hi all,

So I've been digging into this all day as I don't want my MoPho to sit useless on Vodafone AU.

I learned from another website that the carrier APN data is stored in a .db in /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/carriers/telephony.db

Turns out the APNs for Voda are being added to this file when you input them in from the settings menu. I used eStrongs File explorer to copy the telephony.db file to my internal sd and then accessed it with Sqlite editor.

I entered the vodafone APN correctly and then copied the file back to the aforementioned directory and rebooted the phone (hoping for a miracle) but no luck. I've hit a wall, so I'm back to PLEAD for help from those more knowledgable on this sort of thing than me.

If this helps: The headings in the telephony.db file across the top are (in order Left to Right):

_id, name, numeric, mcc, mnc, apn, user, server, password, proxy, port, mmsproxy, mmsport, mmsc, mmsc2, authtype, type, inactivetimer, enabled, class, current, spn, protocol, roaming_protocol, preloaded

For completeness, here are the vodafone APN settings I've been using:

Name: Vodafone Internet

APN: live.vodafone.com

Proxy: 010.202.002.060

Port: 8080

Username:

Password:

Server:

MMSC: http://pxt.vodafone.net.au/pxtsend

MMS Proxy: 010.202.002.060

MMS Port: 8080

MCC: 505

MNC: 03

APN Type: LEAVE THIS EMPTY

I've attached 4 screenshots from Sqlite editor, viewed in order, they cover the whole database across.

For what it's worth, I also tried editing the stock sprint APNs to voda data. No dice.

Thanks very much in advance for any help!
[Motorola Photon 4G] guilzom:
City, Country, Continent: Bogota, Colombia, America

Carrier: Tigo Colombia

Carrier Plan: Contract

Voice working: Yes

Data working: Yes (3G)

Sim Card Type: full size

Sim Card Memory Size: 64
[Motorola Photon 4G] onslaught86:
Hmmm. Might be a red herring, but this is remarkably similar to the issues RAZR owners had with converting CDMA ROMs to GSM - Same situation, everything worked but APNs wouldn't save, so no data. It was eventually fixed with build.prop edits and lib file swaps.

Now, my Electrify works fine with my carrier, so I'll not be a lot direct use here. However, it could be worth downloading the a RAZR GSM patch, comparing the files to the Photon, and then seeing if you can source similar files from a GSM device with similar hardware (Atrix would be the logical choice). Some serious danger of soft bricking, but can't hurt to try if you've got backups.

Sent from my Motorola Electrify
[Motorola Photon 4G] DestroyerMTL:
SOLVED!

Hi all,

So this issue has been SOLVED!

I found some information in another thread about the Defy and how after an update it wouldn't save APNs. Turns out it is a SIM CARD ISSUE.

Updating the sim to the newest version (128K) with a different chip pattern (see attached photo on right) completely solves the problem. Apparently, the newest sim models store APN data from the carrier as well (or something to that effect).

Anyway, I hope this information proves useful! When travelling make sure you get a 128K sim, often they're only available as micro sims (the case with Voda AU) so I've got mine in an adaptor and am up and running 100%.

Cheers!
[Motorola Photon 4G] kbrn:
No wonder I never had a problem saving APN's even after several reboots I never lost the APN's..

The SIM card I bought in Mexico is a 128K.. :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] levman:
City, Country, Continent: Birmingham, UK

Carrier: Vodafone UK

Carrier Plan: Paygo with data/text Freebee

Voice working: Yes

Data working: Yes

Sim Card Type: Unsure

Sim Card Memory Size: Unsure

APN Settings: apn pp.vodafone.co.uk; userid web; password web

Finding out your phone number is a bit tricky as USSD codes don't seem to work on the Photon, so when you enter *#100# to retrieve your phone number, the Photon sends the code, but the response back is "Network Message/MMI Complete" with no phone number. I used my HTC Touchpro 2 (which I brought with me in case of problems like this) to retrieve my number, I suppose I could have called vodafone for it as well.

One issue I am having: data works fine as long as the symbol at the top of the screen is 3G. In some areas, I am seeing an E (EDGE) and data doesn't seem to work on EDGE. If anyone knows how to fix this, please advise.

UPDATE: I take it back... EDGE works.

One interesting feature vodafone offers is their Text & Web Data Freebee. With a 10£ topup, you get 300 UK text messages and 500MB data, which is a good deal for a heavy data user on a short trip. They also offer international data roaming of 25mb per day for 2£ in the EU and 5£ elsewhere; I will be testing this next week as I travel to Amsterdam and China. I am considering getting a local SIM when in China, but as I will only be there for three days, 15£ seems like a good deal for data relative to going thru the hassle of setting up a new SIM all over again. If it works as advertised...

One other "surprise"... Vodafone UK won't let you top up with a non UK credit card as they require you to have a UK postcode. So you need to purchase a topup voucher instead, which are easy to find as many stores sell them.
[Motorola Photon 4G] asuh:
This is an add-on to levman's comment.

City, Country, Continent: Durham/Newcastle, UK

Carrier: Vodafone UK

Carrier Plan: Pay as you go - data/text Freebee

Voice working: Yes

Data working: Yes

Sim Card Type: default Vodafone SIM

Sim Card Memory Size: Unsure

APN Settings: apn pp.vodafone.co.uk

userid - wap

password - not sure but it's 3 digits

I get 10£ @ 25p/min, 300 text, 500MB data for 30 days.

When I initially activated my Vodafone plan, it was inconsistent, slow and data kept dropping. The guys at the local Vodafone thought my phone was at fault and couldn't figure out how to fix it.

I have a problem that requires me to shut off wifi if I want to use 3G. Thus, when I'm at a place with wifi, turn it on. Elsewhere, turn off wifi to try to pick up 3G signal. This is sad because it's just fine in the states.

Finally, when going to Vodafone in Newcastle, the shop assistant knew how to fix the problem. Apparently, by toggling 4G on (which makes no difference there's no 4G anyway) threw the phone into gear and allowed it to pick up the faster 3G signal from Vodafone's towers. Apparently, Vodafone upgraded their network to have faster 3G (I don't remember exactly what he was calling it but it was a hardware upgrade I think). The 4G trick has worked brilliantly and speedtest.net comes up with ~2Gbps/~135Kbps speeds.

When I initially arrived to the UK, my phone instantly picked up O2. This guy also told me that Vodafone and Verizon have similar networks and thus Sprint will pick up any other random network that's not Vodafone for that reason. However, Vodafone had the best value for 10£ and that's why I went with them.