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[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zowwie:
I think the block is at the network level, I'll know more after this weekend. This is the test I did - I have an active Telcel SIM from Mexico that roams just fine (in other phones) on AT&T here in Phoenix. I cut the Telcel SIM to the smaller size (already have the plastic adapter to make it larger when necessary), and re-tested it in my known good phone to rule out complications from the surgery.

I shut my US-version (Verizon) Droid Razr Maxx HD off and put in the Telcel SIM. The phone complained that the SIM was invalid and I ignored that... switched the phone from "Global" to GSM mode and scanned for networks, ignoring other prompts saying it couldn't do it. The phone eventually gave me a list of AT&T 2g, AT&T 3g, and T-Mobile's MCC-MNC but not by name - which is normal behavior for a Telcel SIM, they have no roaming agreement with T-Mobile. I attempted to register on AT&T 3g and something started to happen - but then the phone said "Emergency Calls Only."

Telcel SIMs have a built-in SIM toolkit application and that worked fine even though the phone said emergency only - or you could navigate within the menus, but when you did anything (like check your balance, which is possible roaming in the US, for a small fee) it reported an error.

Pretty much every time you power up a Telcel SIM in a different phone than the network last saw, you get the welcome SMS inviting you to buy an expensive data plan. So here's the kicker - when I powered up (in my known-good unlocked GSM phone) after it had been in the Razr Maxx HD there were TWO such text messages waiting for me, the first one being sent at approximately the same time I selected AT&T 3g while the SIM was in the Razr. That makes me think there was some brief communication before the phone realized it was trying to use AT&T.

This weekend I'll be far enough into Mexico that the phone won't see US signals and I'll test it out. The next challenge will be to get it to take the APN information for internet.

The result of the exercise wasn't quite what I expected, I've heard of other Verizon global phones roaming on US networks with foreign SIM cards, but the Razr Maxx HD doesn't seem to do that.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdithug:
Thanks for the information here guys, as I was debating buying a razr maxx hd and using it with Fido (or attempting to at least). Maybe Ill call motorola tomorrow and ask them what would happen if I put a Fido sim card in their razr maxx hd.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zowwie:
The Verizon version of the phone worked just fine in Mexico with a Telcel SIM on Telcel's network. It will not roam on US networks with a foreign SIM.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdithug:
Thanks. Didnt you still get error messages though?
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zowwie:
Yeah it throws one error saying the SIM is from an unknown source each time the phone is restarted, but you just dismiss it and that's that.

You need to manually enter APN information for the network once to get data, then it works great.

It just won't roam in the USA.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdithug:
I spoke with a gentleman from Motorola this morning and he told me I would need to unlock the phone using an unlock code. Would that get rid of the error message and/or allow me to roam in the US (when I do eventually travel back)?

I was under the impression the phone is unlocked as is, so why would an unlocking website advertise they can unlock this phone?
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cpudan80:
I also spoke with Motorola about this and they said I would need to call VZW for an unlock code -- so I did. The VZW rep who I spoke with (a 2nd tier Global services tech) told me no unlock code was necessary for this device (RAZR HD). He seemed quite knowledgeable about the whole thing (I explained I needed to put a foreign SIM in to get a foreign phone number). He even offered some tips for traveling (bring case for all the SIMs, etc etc)

I tried putting a foreign SIM in and my experience mirrored zowwie's. You do get a warning when you startup "this SIM is from an unknown source" but that is easily bypassed. There is no prompt for a PIN, but you can't figure out if your foreign SIM works while in the US because the phone won't roam to ATT/TMobile.

My SIM is from Virgin Mobile Australia, and I would try it out if I could -- but seeing as Australia is quite far away..... Seeing as zowwie has repeatedly said it works fine in Mexico (on a foreign carrier), I think that should put the nail in the coffin. The phone is unlocked, no code required.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imeem:
just wondering, did anybody get it to work in canada?
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ValtheBatman:
Someone make it work on gsm networks in the USA please. Verizon is great service but darn expensive. I know the old version of DROID razr maxx is available unlocked and will work on carrier like straight talk. I can buy one on Amazon, but I really rather use my hd version which is not capable of it yet :(
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] camcrobe:
Just returned from a trip to Ottawa and my VZW Razr HD worked just fine - - 3G connection on highways and in the city. Recognized as global roaming (both voice and data) so make sure you are aware of the costs or get the global plan.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smfiou:
I bought a Verizon razr MAXX hd through a online retailer, the phones comes already unlocked from verizon. I put in a virgin mobile sim card (bell), it says Virgin and I am able to send and receive text and able to connect to 3g network but no data goes through even with data mobile set to ON . At this point maybe i should have set the APN ?!?

A few days go by, now it won't connect to any network at all and I am unable to see any 3g network. The option to select a network operator is greyed out. I used to be able to select WDCMA only but not anymore. Now it says the sim card is from an unknown source, im unable to select the network mode GSM UTMS, only global and LTE CDMA are selectable but it won't connect. The option in GSM UTMS to select the network operator is greyed out (this is where i could see 3g virgin network).

Did a factory reset, no change. the only thing that happened during thoe days that went by is i used phone info, did the update of google security patch and used a task killer. I think im stuck returning the phone and getting a samsung S3 :crying:

So out of the box, data did not work unless maybe I had to set the APN even though I was 3g connected. Any help would be appreciated as I am returning the phone soon. I did not get jelly bean update yet.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pfak:
You need to set the APN.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smfiou:
ok thanks!

i had to wipe my phone with RSA lite because of a software glitch that would not let me connect to gsm network.

then i entered virgin mobile canada APN's, got the 3g icon and now i get data, my razr maxx hd works in canada.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] kinfauns:
At long last, a Q&A section has been added to this forum! Hopefully this will help to reduce the clutter in the General section.

In the next few days, the moderators will be moving some threads around. Most of the movement will involve taking threads out of General and placing them into Q&A. This is going to be a long process of determining what belongs where, so please do not report these types of threads during this time. It will take some time for everyone to get adjusted to the new section, so the regulars members around here should provide gentle reminders to others to use this section.

I've posted a reminder here...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1945344

to let everyone know what types of posts belong in General and what belongs in Q&A. Everyone should take a quick minute to read it over.

While we are cleaning up around here, if the members who regularly frequent this forum (RCs in particular) want to make suggestions, I'd appreciate your comments. If there are old or outdated sticky posts or newer posts that should becoming sticky. Also, I'd like some suggestions about what to do with this very long Q&A thread...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1483052

I've closed the thread in favor of having new questions posted as new threads, but does it have good information that it should remain sticky in the Q&A section? Is it mostly outdated material that can fade away?

Post all of your comments, suggestions, gripes, and concerns here.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] The-Droidster:
Much needed! Much appreciated! Thnx a bunch!:) This will clear up a lot of mess. Contributors will have to be more vigilant now.:good:

EDIT: @kinfauns: I just gave you your 1000th thanks in this thread.:good:;)
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] vbz89:
great sign.. shows that our forum is getting more attention.. thank you for the much needed new section..
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] 'cooleagle':
Oh finally !! :D

Thank you very much to the Admins, SMODs & MODs for this; specially to Red5, juzz86, siberian tiger & kinfauns. :good: :thumbup:

Cheers ! :)
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] vipul12389mehta:
Thanks Mods and and SMODS...

so finally Galaxy R is gaining attention, traffic too...

we now have two mods to manage the forumm....its grt...!!
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] chandrus1983:
No, you shouldnt close this thread!! now i have a small question which is related to one simple issue (Yes i am noob :silly: and i dont knw to solve simple issue on my own, PROBLEM ???? lol)

For that simple issue there is no need to create a NEW THREAD, right ???

so where should i post that,

So, in my view that thread should be opened and stickied as it is now !!!

P.S. ; I have read that instructions post which you have posted above in the OP...

Thanks :good:
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] kinfauns:
Thanks to everyone on this forum for making a successful transition and using the Q&A section for help and troubleshooting threads. I got done reviewing the General posts about a week ago and moved a few hundred threads over into Q&A. I'm very pleasantly surprised at the small number of new posts I've had to move into Q&A. For whatever reason, you guys seem to do a much better job (than some other fora) of using the Q&A section and keeping General free of clutter. :good:

There will always be some misplaced posts from time to time, so please use the "Report Post" button to have one of the moderators move a post if you see one out of place.

Now that the General section is free of most of these question posts, I believe it's time to continue the cleanup and move onto the Development section. Specifically, I believe the guides and howto's are a better fit in General so the Development section can just hold actual development threads... ROMs, tools, utilities, etc. I'll take a look at some of these when I find some free time.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] 'cooleagle':
We'll are always here to help you in making our section a better place. :)

There's one request I would like to make, could you please leave the guides which have information related to development of ROMs / make CWM flashable packages / dev related guides / etc in the Dev section ?

It would be really hard to find the guides in the General section with the number of threads we already have there & more to come in the future.

We do have a thread by Fenix in the General section which lists all such guides which could be made a sticky.

Let's us know your thoughts on the above.

Cheers ! :)
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] Siberian Tiger:
We hear you ;)
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tOrNadO™:
Hi.. i have flashed my phone many times.. never cared for data lost like msgs n contacts.. but suddenly i have a need for my old msgs.. 1 thread means life for someone.. i wish to help wit it, but i don know whether we can restore deleted data from a phone like in system? My question is Can we restore deleted msgs and contacts? Anybody have an idea pls reply??
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
Contacts can b as they sync with ur gmail ids bt dont have any idea abt msgs. Do have search over google.

Sent from my Samsung® Galaxy Royale(i9103)® with PAC Rom
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tOrNadO™:
I did bro.. Many of them have no idea just like us.. Few ppl admit we cannot restore msgs..!!!
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] mj.vikram:
You can use SMS backup app from play store and restore it afterward .....
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
is it possible to restore deleted msg..??:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tOrNadO™:
No bro.. oly backed up msgs...
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] emanoj.i9103:
Do you have made any kind of backup with those messages? A Nandroid etc..
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tOrNadO™:
Nope.. tats the thing here.. i thought we might hv a solution like in pc for completely deleted things.. :(((
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
Try this link, it may help you & you can try finding the solution from Search GOD GOOGLE -> http://androidforums.com/htc-hero/475143-recovering-deleted-text-messages.html
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tOrNadO™:
i did google n den i posted d question here.. anyways u can retrieve msgs only frm SIM card.. :(
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
Need Help Guys

Guys,

I need help now, I was sending file from my mobile using BT. suddenly phone restarted & when soft keys blink(like before at the time of booting) bt now its not booting at all. softkeys are blinking bt not able to go in desktop.

WIped cache & dalvik cache. Starts booting, Applications updating but again got restart & stuck at bootanimation.

I m on CM10 now. what to do..?? should i break my phone.?? Lols kidding..please suggest something guys..
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] mj.vikram:
If you have any backup restore to it and check buddy it should work.... then you can again flash CM10...
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
pufff...Yes buddy. Restored the previous backup & lost my settings & msgs. :mad:
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tOrNadO™:
Hi guys, i was having a look at SGS2 Dev thread.. Lots of ROMs are based on XXLSJ baseband.. Ppl say ROMs based on XXLSJ are very stable and awesome.. Isn't it possible for us to implement it on our SGR??? I mean is it possible to build a ROM on that baseband?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] venkatraman:
Just try to find out which region does it belong?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] mj.vikram:
Buddy its like our XWL4 Base band differs from Mobile to mobile and country to country so we can not use it on our Mobile.....
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tOrNadO™:
Are there any chances we can just build firmwares like them... ROMs like Neat Rom, Biftor Rom, DiLiDroiD Rom.. I mean just go and see the screenshots n features bro.. I mean SGS2 and SGR have very similar performance.. I thought it would be kool if good DEVs like urself, Adam, Selva and others can form a group and develop ROMs like these.. I am sorry if i am asking too much from u guys.. Just thought if it were possible for porting those ROMs or might be even just take the idea from them and develop a similar ROM.. :)
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
Have you tried Vanilla ROM..??
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tOrNadO™:
Not yet.. These mediafire links aren't stable nowadays.. Download speed varies.. And sometimes broken.. Although camera aint working in it.. I need camera mainly bro.. Photography is my hobby.. But i cannot carry my camera with me always know, so atleast its better to have a good camera with me.. Hence shifted back to ICS itself after facing too many problems with CM10.1... :(
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tOrNadO™:
Screencast not compatible with SGR??

Screencast app is not working in my SGR.. It says Tegra 2 devices aren't compatible with the app.. Is there any other app similar to this.. Plz.. It is very important app for me.. I need it for some personal use.. Can anybody suggest any alternative for this app??
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] venkatraman:
Think u can't record screen in tegra 2 devices..
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
yes buddy, its already discussed in App section. Check out there.;)
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
HEY DEVS, wanna ask u something.

Pls give me link for good xml editor. I want to change something in ics stock phone.apk. May b I can edit it and make call recording enabled with ICS or who may know, in CM10.

Pls, let me know the same.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] The-Droidster:
Notepad ++...give it a try buddy...it has syntax highlighting!
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] Adam77Root:
I recommend Notepad++ or you can try Virtous Ten Studio. It has everything you need. It's the AIO Android dev tool. :good:

Anyways, we already have call recording by vrajan in BlueBerry rom and wanansmile in Angeeks rom. They enabled it and set the audio source to microphone. Enabling it has nothing to do with xml files. Here is the solution (by vrajan, all credit goes to him):

I have tried this and rebuilt the apk, but it didn't work. I'm sure I did something wrong. :D You can try it and revert.

I don't know how this recording goes in CM10, will have to test. I can enable it in the libaudio source.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
Hey Buddy, I tried it using Wanam buddy APK tool for modding or extracting the APK. but not able to find the same. I think, if possible please make enable call recording for CM10 / ICS thread so that can b discussed this one in Brief.

Also, WHen I edit any XML file, it shows me weird characters. which is unusable.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] The-Droidster:
Did u decompile it first?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
yes buddy, but after that shows like I m alien or something.:p
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tOrNadO™:
Hey guys, which is the best ROM for SGR? With less bugs, good battery backup, fewer lags, more features..?? I am on Angeeks Extreme..
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
U r on right path buddy.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] The-Droidster:
Lolzz...good one!:D
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] grv2:
mirrorlink and samsung drive link app

is there anyway we could install/enable the "mirrorlink" feature as well as the "drive link app by samsung". i wish to get a new a/v system for my car and to fully utilise the head unit, our device need to have the aforementioned features.

thanks...
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tOrNadO™:
Hey guys, it might be too much to ask for.. But i am merely curious.. Is it possible to develop a ROM like this? I mean similar features.. Like UI, Multiwindow and others.. I think our phone specs might support them right..?? Do we need a base tree source to develop this?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1569686
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] mj.vikram:
That's Custom ROM based on Stock ROM buddy with some improvements, until unless we receive Stock JB ROM we can not port this to our Royal Mobile....
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] vbz89:
if we managed to get a stock JB rom made to run on a tegra 2 AP20H chipset would it help??
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tOrNadO™:
I don think so bro.. base tree differs from every model, nt jus chipset.. And also for same phone, baseband differs for diff countries.. if we need project butter n other features of jb without errors, then we need them to release a source for the devs, which right nw is highly impossible.. :( correct me if i am wrong..!!!
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tOrNadO™:
Hey guys, is the Official Indian ICS faster than Angeeks? I am facing lags in Angeeks.. Or is there anything like a fix or any app to resolve this issue?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
Can u upload build.prop file of extreme angeek rom here??
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tOrNadO™:
Bro i am on Angeeks 1st ROM.. I faced battery issue in tat ROM, so shifted to this ROM itself.. Here's the build.prop file of this ROM anyway.. hv put it in a rar file to upload, extract it.. hope u already knw it.. :P
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tOrNadO™:
So vikesh, did u get anythin frm dis build.prop buddy?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
nup buddy. I have tried but not found anything new in it.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tOrNadO™:
Has the baseband version got anything to do with battery backup issues or somethin related to battery??
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] The-Droidster:
AFAIK, NO!
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] DeepankarS:
You shouldve probably charged your phone till 100% and then in cwm cleared battery stats.

Then turn the phone on..then in dev options tick force gpu rendering.

Again restart your phone..

I hope this removes the lags and solves the battery issues. :)

It is always recommended to clear battery stats whenever you flash a new BATTERY saving rom :P
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tOrNadO™:
Bro, i am on a battery saving ROM.. Probably til date, most stable ROM.. Angeeks ROM.. And yeah i had faced battery issues with few other ROMS.. But i already know wt u told, about CWM n all.. No offense, but please see d question properly and reply next time.. My question simply was to get proper knowledge about baseband version, not battery backup issues.. :)
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
Guys, i m feeling a strange problem.

While connecting to play store, gmail my connection of wifi and data always shown fail. Even downloading were running side by side but always shows network error No connection.

I have wiped data and also flashed the gapps but nothing happened. What to do now??
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] The-Droidster:
Working fine for me, just checked. :rolleyes::confused: From when is it happening bro. Maybe temporary google hiccup. Remember when Google TTS was down?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tOrNadO™:
i had a prb wit play store once, i jus factory reset once.. everythin was kool.. try it once.. :cowboy:
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
Check this out.. I did fresh installation now..but error while login. Also, tried from other gmail account but same happened again.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] The-Droidster:
Buddy, did you try flashing back to ICS or GB, check if the problem continues. Try with some other sim card and check. Since it is not getiing solved even after reflash/reset, I highly suspect it is to do with either your connection or maybe google problem in some parts. What sim are you using? Is the problem occurring with wifi too?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tOrNadO™:
Even i have the same question, if its the case with Wifi too, then i think u need to Downgrade once and see.. Also try this it might help with Data.. Delete the saved configuration given by Service provider and call them and ask for manual configuration and see if its working..

With Wifi thing, try forgetting the n/w and again add it, if it still doesn't work try once with any other wifi connection.. If that's working, then we atleast know Wifi is proper.. As Droidster told, u can also try any other SIM with diff n/w like Airtel or Docomo..

Buddy i don understand 1 thing, is this only with Google or aren't u able to connect to internet or Wifi at all??
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
Thanks Both of you guys for paying attention towards the problem faced by Me.Unfortunately my last thanks was pressed to THe-Droidster buddy, Next will be sudhindrakv.:D

I solved the problem. As I wasn't able to post through My Note 2 as well.

I have done all thing, like -> Reseting all setting, delete data, wipe data & cache using CWM. Flashing the ROM again with Gapps.

But problem was there. I knew why it does happen also.

Now, How it happened & what is the solution is here below:

How it happened:

I installed an application Named "Pimp My ROM" & wanted to change density. So, I need to wipe all data of Play store & I did also. Then suddenly it start giving me error of "No connection" with every Gapps.

I mentioned above what I did for this problem but no success. Last I deleted Data using Titanium backup of Play Store & store services. In the end, NO success.

Solution:

There may be many, like flashing GB / ICS manually using ODIN & more. but for me what works is " Flashing My Last backup of CM10.1"

It recover my all setting of Gapps. So, I though it wasn't problem of My Android phone, Google nor "My Mobile's SIM". it was the problem of deleting data using any untrusted applications.

So Guys, Next time don't wipe any data like I did & hung your self in such bad issue.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] tOrNadO™:
So bro, some files related to GAPPS might hv got deleted.. Is that wt u r sayin?