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[Focus General] p0gsss:
Hi guys, for those of u who have used the rogers samsung focus with fido, are you guys having the same issue as with the galaxy phone where the sms time stamp is off by 5hrs or not??
[Focus General] malik2k1:
Not having any time stamp issues on the Rogers Focus on Fido.

I think it's another one of those small issues created by the unlocking process.
[Focus General] gthompson75:
sms timestamp is not from unlocking its from the rom and the way the network does sms, telus/bell handle sms different than fido/rogers thats why bellus phones usually have timestamp issue on fido. I understand the deal with mms but its no deal breaker.
[Focus General] AngelSpirit:
It's just a shame, because for some reason we can't access the root menu on the rogers samsung focus to changed the mms settings :(

I no it's not a deal breaker, but buying a cellphone fullprice would be great to have all the functionality working in some way :P
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
Hey... I'm looking to get a Focus now (had the HTC HD7). Any quirks with Focus on FIDO ? Looks like SMS might have time stamp issue. MMS not working no big deal. Tethering would be great if anyone has the settings. Anything else as a known issue or quirk? I'll post any if I come across them but if there are any others I don't want to repeat them. Over all does 3G work correctly (fast) ?
[Focus General] AngelSpirit:
No quirks as far as I know. In fact I was surprised, I just poped in my sim in it, it work right out of the box, no unlocking, nothing. I just had to specify the APN. No timestamp issue. MMS doesn't work I can't get to the root menu to change the settings.

As for tethering, you'd just have to go in the diag menu and change the setting for it. Haven't tried it, but got to the menu where I saw the option for it.

And yes, 3G is pretty darn fast. I mean IE isn't AS good as the browser in android or iphone (yet) but still very good!.

I'm really glad I chose this phone instead of an iPhone!
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
Okay.. going to BestBuy now as I called and they say they are selling for $550. Where is the diag menu you speak of and then once there what are the FIDO settings?
[Focus General] AngelSpirit:
Cool good luck :)

I had no luck at futureshop!

Anyway!

You can see all the codes there (some aren't working for some reason...):

http://www.win7phones.org/forum/samsung-focus-faq/145-samsung-focus-diagnosis-codes.html

And you can use the following procedure to tether (just use the fido or rogers credentials):

http://pocketnow.com/windows-phone/samsung-focus-does-tethering-after-all-on-windows-phone-7

and the apn settings for Fido are:

fido-core-appl1.apn

(no user or password)

Enjoy!
[Focus General] malik2k1:
Best Buy wouldn't let me buy the phone off contract for some reason so hoepfully you'll have better luck then I did.

Also, Samsung just updated their Network profile app which lets users configure the whole phone automatically to their carrier provided the phone is unlocked. Can anyone confirm that this has worked for them and all functions such as MMS and what not are working on the phone?

I can't try it out yet as my phone is still locked and I'm waiting for my unlock code by email. As soon as it arrives i'll test it out and let you guys know!

One weird thing about the app, it blocks the app from working if you're on a contract with your provider. Not sure if this is due to the phone being locked or if it's read through the IMEI. Eitherway, I hope it works.
[Focus General] AngelSpirit:
Let me (and us :)) know when you unlock your focus how it goes. As mine I didn't had to unlock to so that it works with my sim.

If that app solves the MMS issue and so on I don't mind spending the fee to unlock the focus! :)

(where did you get yours unlocked?)
[Focus General] malik2k1:
Hey Guys!

So I used the website www dot theunlock dot ca to get my unlock code which cost $10 US. It was quick and the code was available on the site a few hours after payment. I entered the unlock code in the phone and it is now fully unlocked.

I ran the network app provided by samsung and it opened (Finally). This was already a good sign as the app originally wouldn't open on a locked phone. Anyways, I went to switch the profile and the only profile available on the damn app was Rogers. I'm not sure why this has happened but Samsung needs to input a profile for other carriers for the Canadian market.

This app hasn't really solved the unlock issue for users in Canada which kinda sucks but I hope they will soon enough!
[Focus General] AngelSpirit:
Well thanks for the heads up!

now that it's unlock are you able to go in the root menu by any chance?
[Focus General] malik2k1:
Hey,

Tried the Root Menu code in Diagnosis but it didn't work and nothing came up. Not sure if I put the right code in but the one i found (*#197328640#) didn't work.
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
Okay same issue at Best Buy they would not sell just the phone. They wanted to but their system doesn't allow a phone to be sold without a contract. So over to the Rogers store (3 minute walk). Asked for the price and they said $549. I said I'll take it! Then when she actually scanned it it came up as $599. Plus tax was about $679. Little steep but it's a treat for me cause I worked very hard this year.

Anyway got home, popped the FIDO SIM card in and it worked ! No unlocking required. I was happy about that for sure. Data connection reads 3G+ so I would say I'm getting a very fast connection.

I will fiddle with the tethering some time this week or on boxing day. I really can't stand the crazy people at the stores that day so it will be a good time to really check this phone out thoroughly.

For the tethering then I'll follow those links. The APN that was posted seems to be a new one. The one I knew about was internet.fido.ca and the FIDO for the password. Are you guys actually suceessfully tethering ?
[Focus General] AngelSpirit:
Well that sucks :(

It's they only way so far that I've seen where you'd be able to edit the actual MMS settings manually.

The APN I gave u, is the one I had in my acer liquid E and it's the same one I think in the iphones.
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
I have entered that in the phone APN Edit area. When I am on my laptop and I need to connect to a modem it asks for credentials. So far so good but in the instructions it's the one for AT&T.

a. The number to dial is: *99***1#

b. The user name is: WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM

c. The password is: CINGULAR1

Are there settings to use for FIDO ?
[Focus General] AngelSpirit:
yep

internet.fido.ca

login: fido

passwd: fido

That should do it.
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
Didn't work. Sigh.... :-)

I'm doing this on a Vista OS if it makes any difference. So in the APN settings on the phone I should use fido-core-appl1.apn and then for the dial up info to populate on the laptop should be this:

a. The number to dial is: *99***1# (for FIDO use internet.fido.ca)

b. The user name is: WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM (use fido)

c. The password is: CINGULAR1 (use fido)

Any other procedures ?
[Focus General] AngelSpirit:
the number to dial is still *99***1# for fido, the rest (login+pwd) are okay.
[Focus General] AngelSpirit:
this thread supplies several other different settings too if u wanna try in case this one doesn't work:

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r24652964-Fido-tethering.~start=20
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
Hmmm.. well I did figure this out for me. Vista 32bit OS. Check it out here...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=845457
[Focus General] malik2k1:
That's awesome that you got it off contract. I'm assuming the $50 dollar difference is the mail in rebate they've been advertising except they haven't been giving out rebate paperwork which is a bit shady. Nonetheless, welcome!

Unfortunately, the root menu access only works on the LG compared to the Samsung. They've really locked their phone up which baffles me as to how they think people will let this slide.

I'll continue my search for a solution today!
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
Is this any good? I am tethered to Samsung Focus (from Rogers) and using fido-core-appl1.apn setting. Here is result of speed test on the laptop while tethered...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1077306865.png
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
Why did you need to unlock the phone? It should work fine with FIDO Sim Card right out of the box. In fact you state that it did. Unless you want to use the phone with another carrier later on ?
[Focus General] AngelSpirit:
Maybe he wanted to be able to choose the network profile from the tool :P But as we recently discovered the fido profile isn't available in the app!
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
Yes I found the root menu code and the code for volume control do not work with Rogers Samsung Focus. If anyone has another code or other steps to follow, please post. The volume definately needs to be increased on this phone.
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
Success found from another thread. I take no credit for this. The code for volume control is ##634# press the call button, and then once in diagnostic mode *#0002*28345#

Again I take no credit for this.
[Focus General] AngelSpirit:
But that's not the root menu though!
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
No but at least you can boost the volume on the phone.
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
Question about the "January Update" ... My understanding is the update is ready but the carriers need to sign off on it. How will this affect us owners of the Rogers Samsung Focus using FIDO as the carrier? FIDO would not be signing off since they don't have this phone in their offering. Are we going to be left out in the cold ?
[Focus General] sfvancouver:
I got a question - after I get my focus (I'm on Fido too :) ) what's with the tinkering with the volume settings?

I mean if I unlocked it would that make digging in the root settings unnecessary.

P.S. any of you guys consider warranty issues. I've visited 2 Rogers store and got difference opinions on how/if I could get warranty service.
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
unlocking will not change volume settings. The volume on this phone is set low for some reason. The ring tones and sound from the built in ear piece is way too low even on he highest setting. So the tickering helps crank up the volume. And I will say it does work. Now I can hear my phone ring or have a conversation with someone even if there is lots of back ground noise (cars, trucks, or in busy coffee shop).

As for warrenty, that's a slight risk. The manufacturer would have to honour it. Rogers does have a 14 days return policy or if phone is under certain amount of hours/data used.
[Focus General] sfvancouver:
Thanks! My sisters on Rogers so I'll register it under her account, that way I can circumvent any warranty issues.
[Focus General] sfvancouver:
I got another question - should we be worried about updates being on another carrier.

- Yes, I'll register my phone under my sisters name initially but it'll be my Fido SIM in there.

Also, is there a difference between buying a phone of old stock (bought in Jan) or newer stock (bought recently.

- Looking on craigslist for a BNIB phone w/receipts, wondered if phone manufacturers do minor revisions & internal improvements like car manufacturers. A little bit here, a little bit there, etc.
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
The updates are coming through. I am on FIDO and received pre-NoDo update and I just got the NoDo update after to connecting to Zune with phone connected via cable to laptop.

As for hardware differences, it's possible I suppose. The changes would be ever so slight as they are not about to re-engineer the same model phone. They only way they would make a big change on the hardware if there was a major flaw (defect), or they come out with a new model.
[Focus General] morpheus.dreaming:
NoDo Update on Samsung Focus with Fido

Tonight, finally, my Samsung Focus told me there is an update available. I started the update and all went smoothly.

On rebooting the phone I found the triangular "Roaming" icon lit. I assume this was because the system restarted fully and checked the SIM but found no matching profile. I did the following:

1. Network Profile

I started the Network Profile application and selected Rogers

2. Checked APN

I went to Settings | Cellular and confirmed Fido was the active network, then selected "edit apn" and found that the APN field was blank. I entered fido-core-appl1.apn and saved the setting.

3. Rebooted Phone

After a reboot, the roaming icon is still lit.

Now, I'm not sure what this means - will it use the Fido data network and not have an issue? At the moment I have "don't roam" turned on, and when I'm not connected to WiFi the phone will not connect to the net (as it thinks it is roaming).

Any ideas?
[Focus General] gwoo_ca:
Just did the Nodo upgrade on my focus as well.

Wasn't expecting it to change the network (or whatever) and now have that triangle on my Fido sim.

Have been trying to figure out if there is a way to downgrade but can't find much info.

hoping someone can give me some help or at least tell me how to get rid of the triangle

thanks in advance

wish i didn't do the Nodo upgrade, who could possibly have guesses?
[Focus General] morpheus.dreaming:
I have selected to restore to the previous version for now until we can determine what the triangle implies. As far as I can see it means one of two things:

1. Rogers on Fido

A phone that is carrier locked to Rogers is complaining that it is on another network (Fido), so it displays the roaming icon. The Fido SIM doesn't care because you pay the bills.

2. Fido on Rogers

A SIM that is for Fido is being used on another network, the SIM assumes it is a different enough network to trigger roaming fees. The Fido SIM racks up the amount of data used and gives you a big hefty bill at the end of the month.

The trouble is, which of these will it be... In the mean time, the restore is running.
[Focus General] gwoo_ca:
Hi, how did you downgrade?

I have done the downgrade thing in Zune - it downgraded but still getting the triangle

thx
[Focus General] morpheus.dreaming:
I restored via Zune and I am still getting the roaming icon.
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
Yes I have the darn triangle too.. I posted a solution in another thead... if I was to set the phone on a concrete floor, then if I was to get a 10lb sledge hammer and gave the phone a good "whack" would that remove the triangle ?
[Focus General] majics:
Can anyone please help with this damn triangle problem? I did the restore and the triangle is still showing up..
[Focus General] St. Jimmy:
Same for me. I'm wondering if I should unlock the phone to get rid of it.

I'm mostly concerned I'll get hit with a huge bill at the end of the month that has bogus roaming charges on it.
[Focus General] majics:
No don't bother unlocking it. I just bought an unlock code, I put in a Bell sim card, it asked me for the unlock code, I put it in and it worked. The phone was unlocked. But then I put my Fido sim back in and the damn Triangle is still there.

I am worried about the bill as well, I called fido and told them to make note on my file so that I brought up this issue and that I am not really roaming.
[Focus General] AwkwardHero:
I think if you unlock, then restore, the triangle will disappear. I'm trying this when I get home tonight. I unlocked using a code/Bell sim as well and the triangle is still there. Hopefully a restore afterward will help.
[Focus General] gwoo_ca:
Hi, wondering if anyone has tried modifying the network locks through the diag code:

*#7465625# -Shows status of the Network, Service Provider, SIM or Corporation lock

I have tried but I can't figure out the corred "keys" to make modifications.

This triangle is really annoying, thinking of just selling this Rogers focus and buying an AT&T to use with Fido
[Focus General] majics:
Let us know if it works, I have a feeling it will still be there..
[Focus General] AwkwardHero:
It is, damn. What about doing a hard reset? That may work.
[Focus General] gwoo_ca:
Have you tried using the unlock code (NCK) through the diag. method?

Don't think it will make a difference but worth a try

the *#7465625# -Shows status of the Network, Service Provider, SIM or Corporation lock
[Focus General] AwkwardHero:
My firmware version seems to still be the updated one, perhaps that's what's doing this.
[Focus General] AwkwardHero:
I'm not sure how to access that menu, I'm a little new to WP7
[Focus General] gwoo_ca:
Copy from the wiki page:

Samsung Focus Diagnostic Mode To access the diagnostic program you will need to dial ##634# from the phone pad.

Diagnostic Commands:

*#0*# - LCD Test

*#0002*28345# - Focus Audio Control Utility

*#0011# - Power and Temprature settings

*#0228# - Battery Information

*#0289# - Melody Test\Test External and Internal Speaker

*#03# - SMDInfo

*#05# - Simple test menu

*#06# - Show IMEI #

*#0673# - MP3 Test Menu\Shows Audio sound tests

*#0782# - Shows Clock & Alarms settings

*#0842# - Vibrate test menu

*#0987# - Multitouch test

*#1111# - Show FTA software version

*#1234# - Shows the PDA and the Phone version number

*#197328640# - The Root Menu

*#2*# - Battery Information

*#2222# - Show FTA hardware version

*#2263# - RAT Selection option is resricted

*#232337# - Bluetooth MAC Adress

*#2580# - Integrity Control

*#3*# - Test Brightness

*#32489# - (GSM test) Shows the ciphering status and options to enable or disable it.

*#7284# - USB Path control

*#745# - Operation (2): Ril log done

*#7450# - Operation (99):Error Report off done

*#7451# - Operation (99):Error Report off done

*#7465625# - Shows status of the Network Service Provider SIM or Corporation lock

*#770# - Operation (99):Vphone 770 done!

*#771# - Operation (99):Vphone 771 done!

*#772# - Operation (99):Vphone 772 done!

*#773# - Operation (99):Vphone 773 done!

*#774# - Operation (99):Vphone 774 done!

*#775# - Operation (99):Vphone 775 done!

*#776# - Operation (99):Vphone 776 done!

*#777# - Operation (99):Vphone 777 done!

*#778# - Operation (99):Vphone 778 done!

*#779# - Operation (99):Vphone 779 done!

*#780# - Operation (99):SR Test done!

*#9090# - Diag Config\UART/USB settings

*2767*3855# - Full Reset (Caution every stored data will be deleted.)

*#1472365# - Location Service (GPS test app)
[Focus General] AwkwardHero:
All the locks are already disabled, including the network lock.
[Focus General] gwoo_ca:
Well, I'm all out of ideas.

Looks like it is related to fido sims only, anyone know if an ATT locked i917, unlocked and using a Fido sim has the same triangle issue?
[Focus General] AwkwardHero:
Post NoDo as well, as before I did the update I'd never seen the triangle.
[Focus General] gwoo_ca:
Think the problem is the NOdo upgraded our Radio software version to 2124.10.12.2

now if only someone had any ideas how to downgrade that?

I am thinking of trying to downgrade, through ZUNE (radio stays the same)

then upgrading through the Chevron hack; hoping it will upgrade it to an ATT radio or something...

anyone know if this will work or if I am just wasting my time
[Focus General] St. Jimmy:
Is there any way to test if we are actually roaming according to Fido? I can live with the triangle if I'm not charged for roaming.

Is anyone near the end of their billing cycle and will be able to soon tell if they were charged extra? My billing cycle doesn't end until the 19th.
[Focus General] majics:
Mine is also around the 19th.

It definitely is an issue with the 2124.10.12.2 firmware, is there no way of going back to the 2124.10.10.2?
[Focus General] AwkwardHero:
My billing period ends today, but who knows how long it'll take for Fido to post the E-bill.
[Focus General] St. Jimmy:
Let us know as soon as you get it!!
[Focus General] AwkwardHero:
If we have been roaming for the last few days, how much in overage charges are we lookin at?
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
At least a $1000 ! :P
[Focus General] phoneguy 4567:
Copying my comment from another thread :)

I get the same triangle & had to allow data roaming, for data to work. I don't think we're getting charged for roaming, just that Fido uses the Rogers network so to the phone it's roaming. I remember WM5 & 6 had the triangle when SIM unlocked & using Fido.

Where would you roam anyways Bell/Telus? Is that even possible to do? Roaming would not only apply to data but to voice as well & Fido's billing department would have to get the usage details from Rogers :)
[Focus General] gwoo_ca:
I asked about this issue on an official microsoft form

someone suggested downloading a program called: Samsung Network Profile and editing the network manually to Fido

Didn't work for me, I doubted that it will work but thought someone who has already bought an unlock code could try it out as well, maybe have better luck.
[Focus General] AwkwardHero:
Will do, I'll let you know the result
[Focus General] AwkwardHero:
Useless application, no options to change anything.
[Focus General] majics:
Anyone with an update/solution? anyone get their Fido bill? :confused:
[Focus General] morpheus.dreaming:
I installed NoDo on the 5th, and my billing cycle was on the 6th. Gah. It shows no roaming, though - and my usage pattern from fido.ca shows no roaming charges either... Hmm.
[Focus General] AwkwardHero:
I think were okay, my bill hasn't been posted but my balance owed has been updated by $68, which is my standard monthly cost..
[Focus General] AwkwardHero:
Confirmed, my bill has no roaming charges on it. Looks like we just have to find a way to hide that ****ty triangle
[Focus General] majics:
Great news! at least we are stuck with just a triangle, not a triangle and a fat bill..thanks for the update!
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
Okay.... so I paid for an unlock code. The phone is unlocked. I still have the triangle.

Anyone know how to get the MMS to work with an unlocked Samsung Focus? I tried the Network Profile but FIDO does not appear in the list to select that network. Only Rogers and ATT show up (I had an ATT sim card for the unlock process).

Any other way of getting MMS to work ? via diagnosis menu ? I don't want to get into developers apps (chevron or microsoft) to do this.

Any and all help is much appreciated.

Edit: I did try to get latest version of Samsung`s Network Profile Tool. Seems I can only get an older version from the market place ? I need v1.9 ?
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
Any FIDO people out there with a Rogers Samsung Focus ? Are you able to get MMS to work without Chevron ?
[Focus General] AwkwardHero:
No, Samsung has locked down the mms settings.
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
Is anyone on FIDO and you have used the Chevron Tool and has MMS working now ?
[Focus General] dwbobby:
MMS and Roaming triangle

I am with FIDO - I used the following post to get MMS to work :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=924497

Now, if I can just find a way to get rid of the the darn roaming triangle...

Also, I went to the US last week and the phone could not connect to another cellular network - seems like the phone really thinks it's on Rogers even though a Fido sim is in it and probably gets confused when trying to find a cellular network with which Rogers has roaming agreements with...
[Focus General] geoken:
Ok, this is weird.

Tonight my phone just ditched the roaming icon. I didn't do anything. I just looked at my phone and something looked off but I couldn't put my finger on it. Then it dawned on me, the roaming triangle was gone. I went to the home screen to make sure I was still on Fido and I was. I just shut off data roaming and data is still working.

The only thing I can think of is that Rogers/Fido made a change on their end.