yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Droid 2 Global General] War-Rasta:
I'm not sure how but I now have 3G data!! Woohoo!!

I had tried with leaving MCC and MNC as they come by default but it didn't work. I had stopped using the D2G and had gone back to my HTC Fuze but after seeing your post I put the sim card in with the TurboSIM again and it's working pefectly!! I had already left an APN created with the default 001 and 01 values for MCC and MNC and as soon as I turned the phone on it started working.
[Droid 2 Global General] jonnydominican:
wowwwww

it worked for me too wohoooo 3g and everything, by the way i am using fission rom so i will be posting updates
[Droid 2 Global General] War-Rasta:
Great to hear it worked for you too jonnydominican.

For anybody that wants to get a TurboSIM for a D2G but don't want to wait for one to come in from Hong-Kong I got mine on this eBay listing http://cgi.ebay.com/I-smartphone-UN...0543956258?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item3a55956122

It's one of these http://www.i-smartphone.com/ so you can also buy them from anywhere else if you find them and I can assure you that it worked for me.

Please be aware though that even though the eBay item says that you don't need to cmodify your Sim card you do have to cut a gap at the top of it like XtriFe showed on his picture on a previous post here.
[Droid 2 Global General] iruloide:
u need a special sim?, because my d2g stops receiving signal when it changes the network from gsm to utsm :(

then i have to activate the sim in another phone to get signal back.

:confused:
[Droid 2 Global General] XtriFe:
these are great news. jonnydominican how did you get yours running ?

THIS.

Happens to me almost everyday. Phone loses signal and only way to get it working again is by putting the sim in another (unlocked) phone and waiting a little while.
[Droid 2 Global General] War-Rasta:
I don't have the signal problem (THANK GOD!!). I don't think I would be able to stand more problems with this phone than i already have.

Ever since I finally got the TurboSIM working with voice and data yesterday I've been using it without any issues.
[Droid 2 Global General] the-light:
can u explain the functionality of APN MCC MNC and where they locate on phone? got no idea what this r...
[Droid 2 Global General] War-Rasta:
The Light,

These only apply if you're using a GSM sim card. APN stands for Access Point Name which is basically what enables your phone to connect to your carrier's Internet server so you can have data on your phone.

The APN values will be different for each carrier in each country. To set them you need to have your phone set on GSM mode by going to "Settings > Wireless and Networks > Mobile Networks > Network Mode> GSM/UMTS". Once you do that you go to "Access Point Names", press the manu button on your phone and tap on "New APN". Enter the relevant values according to your carrier, press the menu button again and then hit "Save".

Again, this would only apply if you're using a sim card and the APN values will be different for your carrier than what XtriFe posted.
[Droid 2 Global General] jonnydominican:
update

1st day with my d2g

calls work perfectly

data work OK, it kept changing between 3g and HSPA, but working

battery very good

by the way i got it working by installing fission rom, with this same turbo sim, it did not work while on the original ROM, PS i think we should all take a picture of our turbo SIM to get the one that suits us better.
[Droid 2 Global General] XtriFe:
Phone going from 3G and HDSPA is, as far as i know, completely normal. It will idle on 3G and go on HDSPA when you're using your data connection (ie. loading up a webpage, etc)
[Droid 2 Global General] leobg:
Affirmative!
[Droid 2 Global General] jonnydominican:
2nd day

ok understood the changes, well second day with fission 2.4.3 still no problems running smoothly, this is my second best phone ever, only the n900 is superior on my vast experience, i change phones every month or so, but D2G with turbo sim so far a pleasent experience, but i still want my code :(
[Droid 2 Global General] haroldz123:
D reception n signal r stil x dtrong
[Droid 2 Global General] jonnydominican:
question

is everyone else unit working fine, internet, data and everything with turbo sim??? i have no problems so far
[Droid 2 Global General] War-Rasta:
Yes, mine has been working flawlessly so far. I couldn't be happier :-D
[Droid 2 Global General] the-light:
im having issues with the gsm only. i cant hear well while talking on phone. the sound is scrambled. and when im using wcdma\gsm i can only call and not receive calls, but the sound is good.

will u check how it goes for u?
[Droid 2 Global General] KaedeKun:
What version of the SBF do you have?

@the-light

@War-Rasta

@XtriFe

could be the version?
[Droid 2 Global General] the-light:
using fission, if sbf means rom..
[Droid 2 Global General] leobg:
How is your incoming calling - does phone ring every time when you call it? It seems there is something not quite good - yesterday when I was testing with turbosim in my phone to check if APN's save I noticed phone inbound calls are sort of hit an miss - tried calling myself from a landline and in 5 out of 7 tries call went into voice mail without my phone ringing.

XtriFe, War-Rasta, hows your incoming calls? The turbosim i am using is not the same as the ones you ordered, I used the link that Ukrainian guy provided. (later I ordered another turbosim from the ebay seller XtriFe got his. I will test with that one once it arrives (Hong Kong shippments usually take a month here now).

But certainly I had trouble with incoming calling yesterday with the TurboSIM in, which went away as soon as I removed the turbosim (my phone is unlocked).
[Droid 2 Global General] leobg:
Fission is based on 2.4.29. But it does not replace all files (radio firmware for example stays whatever it is). So if you had 2.4.330 before you installed Fission, you have some sort of a hybrid (which isn't really good idea). If you want to use Fission, flash 2.4.29 SBF first, then install Fission.

For the fact - I am using 2.4.330 stock (with most Verizon apps disabled). I used to have issues with phone going "radio silent" before, but about 3 weeks ago, I was going thru data directory and deleted some temp and core-dump looking files there, which I decided are not required and since then phone has not been acting up. It might be plasebo though, we'll see.
[Droid 2 Global General] the-light:
probably had the 2.4.30, not sure though..

is it safe sbfing? will it erase everything on phone?
[Droid 2 Global General] leobg:
I would call it safe.

SBF-ing won't delete your data, but I highly recommend you do hard reset after SBF or you risk some wired behaviour.
[Droid 2 Global General] War-Rasta:
I'm using Fission too but I have no clue which SBF I have. How can I check?
[Droid 2 Global General] leobg:
You should be able to tell by kernel version.

If you have 2.6.32.9-g9e2c63d xrpk47@il93lnxdroid25 #1 you should must have had 2.4.330 before you flashed fission.
[Droid 2 Global General] War-Rasta:
Yup! That's exactly what I have.
[Droid 2 Global General] leobg:
I would recommend you to start over- flash back 2.4.29, then erase data, then install clockwork, then fission- this way fission stuff will be consistent with the base software on the phone

Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL
[Droid 2 Global General] the-light:
my kernel is 2.6.32.9-g7000focf

does that means its he old version?

can i install clockwork after flashing fission?
[Droid 2 Global General] War-Rasta:
@leobg: I'll probably look into doing that but it'll need to wait until the end of next month or so. I'll be rather busy up until then. I haven't had any issues so far though. Is there anything specific that might happen because of the missmatch?

@the-light: If you installed Fission you already have Clockwork.
[Droid 2 Global General] War-Rasta:
I just had the worst weekend because of this thing! My phone lost data connection on Thursday afternoon. I thought it was an issue with the carrier because they had been having problems with their internet service on land lines so I thought this was probably more of the same. Then on Friday morning I see that everybody else that has the same carrier has data except me so I try my sim card on a friend's phone and it works perfectly.

I then try my sim on my boss's phone (a Samsung Captivate) with TurboSIM and all (his phone is unlocked so I didn't really need it but I wanted to try it out) and it worked fine there too. I then put it back in my phone but still no data. I restart my phone and now I have no data and no voice so I basically have an expensive android PDA at this point. I try my sim on another phone (a Motorola Backflip) and still no connection to anything. Finally I try it on the most basic phone I could find (an Alcatel of unidentified model) and it works right away and I even made a phone call.

I then put the sim back on my phone and it works perfectly for a little while. It eventually lost voice and data again so I go and ask for the Alcatel again but this time it only restored my voice connection. I had been to my house a little while ago and I picked up my HTC Fuze so I put the sim card in it and it works and has data. I then put the sim back in the D2G and it all worked fine once again. This was around 6PM and it stayed ok 'till Saturday morning around 10AM when the phone shut down because I forgot to charge it. When I plug it in it has no data or voice one more time. At this point I'm seriously considering whether I should jump of a bridge or throw the phone off of said bridge.

Since the Alcatel belongs to one of my coworkers and it was Saturday I didn't have access to it at the moment but I tried on a few other phones with no luck (I still had no voice or data). The worst part is that I tried using the sim card on my Fuze but even there it didn't work. I left the sim card in the Fuze for hours and it never connected.

Eventually I stumbled into a Motorola phone (don't remember the model number but it's not a smartphone) which made the sim card work once again. I put the sim card on the D2G and it stops working. Back to the Motorola and everything's fine. Put the sim in the Fuze and it's still fine. Back to the D2G and no nothing... So, basically the best I could achieve was to put the sim card in the Motorola and it at least fixed it so that I could use it in the Fuze but as soon as I tried it on the D2G (either with or without the TurboSIM) the sim card would stop working and I had to put it back in the Motorola again before I could even use it on the Fuze.

Today I come back to work, get the Alcatel from my coworker again and it all works great. Put it back on the D2G and it's happier than a fat kid in a candy store.

Does anybody know what's going on? I can't make any sens of this and it's driving me insane. I believe that at some point it will lose connection again and I will have to kill myself out of frustration.
[Droid 2 Global General] iruloide:
im waiting for a soft unlock or something like that, turbosim doesn't work as i expected :(
[Droid 2 Global General] vip7070:
Hi, folks!

What do Verizon Wireless is asking in order to process unlocking code request (step-by-step conversation, please). I'm living outside the USA and have D2G, works with sellers on eBay and they sold me 2 invalid code, so the only one way for unlocking is to contact VZW.

BTW, have a VZW account holder right now with me, only need Code Request routine talk and special instructions they do ask from customers. English isn't my tongue so need to be well-prepared in order to communicate with VZW staff.

Will be pleasant for info sharing.
[Droid 2 Global General] iruloide:
http://phandroid.com/2011/03/28/mot...gerbread-2-3-3-roms-leak-how-to-install-them/

i think, it'll work with global too...
[Droid 2 Global General] War-Rasta:
@iruloide: It should work with the D2G I guess but you would need to flash Rommer as with the rest of the Roms meant for the D2 instead of the D2G. Keep in mind though that Rommer has some limitations on what will work and what won't.

@vip7070: You basically need to tell them that you want to unlock your phone because you're going to be out of the country or something like that. Supposedly they will require you to have the phone activated with VZW for 6 months or so before they give you the unlock code but you can usually get a representative that's a little more lenient on that. If you get a rep that won't give you the codes just hang up and try again with another rep. Keep in mind though that you might not be able to unlock your phone anyway if you're outside the US at the moment. I got the unlock code straight from VZW also but since I'm outside of the US it didn't work either.

Give it a shot anyway and come back and post your results afterward.
[Droid 2 Global General] XtriFe:
THIS keeps happening to me. Its frustrating, i dont even have enough time to worry about the phone's horrible battery life when im having these signal problems.

Sort of wish i could get my money back and buy a milestone for $200 on ebay or something
[Droid 2 Global General] leobg:
War-Rasta, XtriFe,

I suspect your operator is trying to push a SIM command(s) (SIM updates) which cannot pass the TurboSIM. Communication gets messed up when passing the proxy sim and this causes troubles. Those usually happen in background without user even noticing it. This would explain why your SIM stops working until you put it in a phone where it will be able to process the push. Since you both are on the same operator (Claro I assume), you are both getting it.

Yes - this is one of the disadvantages of those unlocking methods. Not everything is compatible. I guess it totally depends on how often your operator pushes such updates. Shouldn't happen that often though!

We really need to get somebody knowledgeable (GSM shop) to look into one of those locked Droid 2 Globals...
[Droid 2 Global General] jonnydominican:
problem

I lost my data after a reset, any ideas I've try everything
[Droid 2 Global General] War-Rasta:
@jonnydominican: All I can tell you is get another phone and try putting your Sim in it. I recommend you try the simplest phone you can possibly get as these are the ones that seemed to work for me.

@leobg: Yes, XtriFe and I are both on Claro. I also thought it might be something with the phone operator trying to push something but the thing that doesn't quite make a lot of sense to me about this is that once I get it to work on the Fuze it will stop working as soon as I put it back in the D2G. So far I've only been able to make the D2G work again after I put it on the Alcatel. I mean, if this was the caes then if it's working on the Fuze it would mean that everything has been updated/pushed so it should work on the D2G but it doesn't.

I even called Claro during the weekend trying to get maybe a clue on what could be happening but I couldn't really get a lot of information because this is my work number so it's not in my name (the company I work for pays for it) but they said that probably the sim card was faulty and needed to be replaced (which wouldn't make much sense given everything we've discussed here). I would have changed the sim card anyway just for the sake of the argument but that would involve getting a signed letter from the company and I didn't want to get into all that when I'm not really expecting that to be fix the issue.
[Droid 2 Global General] the-light:
@war rasta, xtfire have u sbfed ur phone ?

it is frustrating' besides this issues(which didnt happen to me yet, am on cellcom IL)i cant keep vpn saved' so no mms for me.

sometimes i just wanna throw this phone away. next buy' wont b motorola, thats for sure..(as much as far as can promise, lol), but still, i cant go back to my previous HTC.

i know there is an unlocking solution by boxing the phone and unlock it, it is expensive though. maybe i gotta do that.
[Droid 2 Global General] War-Rasta:
I haven't SBFed mine. I did flash Fission though. The only reason I'm puting up with this is because I'll be in the US in a few weeks and will hopefully be able to unlock it while I'm there. It's frustrating because this phone as everything I was looking for (android, a keyboard, a fast CPU and a decent size screen) but I'm starting to think I should have gone with the Samsung Captivate even if I had to sacrifice the keyboard.
[Droid 2 Global General] XtriFe:
I actually went to claro and bought a new simcard the first time it happened. I had no idea the issue was part of the whole turbo sim/D2G thing, i just thought my simcard had stopped working. But yeah, thats definitely not the case.
[Droid 2 Global General] the-light:
same here, this phone has everything i wanted..

still hoping some1 somehow, will find a solution.
[Droid 2 Global General] jonnydominican:
crap

@xtrife, I remember u lost data connection too, were u able to fix it? Was getting a new sim the solution???
[Droid 2 Global General] XtriFe:
no, getting a new sim did nothing for me. I just did what i have to do almost more than once daily, putting my sim on another phone then putting it back on my D2G. Had to do it twice today, one thing i noticed though, is that both times it lost signal were after finishing a call.
[Droid 2 Global General] War-Rasta:
For me it doesn't seem to be related to anything in particular. Everytime it has done it it has just been sleeping in my pocket or just face up charging on my desk at work.
[Droid 2 Global General] KaedeKun:
sorry for the noob question

locked bootloader has some relevance to the simlock? or are things different?
[Droid 2 Global General] War-Rasta:
No. The bootloader and the simlock are two different unrelated things.
[Droid 2 Global General] KaedeKun:
ahhhh ok, thanks you
[Droid 2 Global General] jonnydominican:
depress

Lost Data try putting sim on alcaterl cheapest g1 iphone try 2 different turbo sims nothing reset rom nothing any ideas???
[Droid 2 Global General] War-Rasta:
I don't know man... I noticed that on most phones I tried the sim card wouldn't work but I just ran into a couple where it did. After those then you can put it back on any phone without the TurboSIM and it works forever and ever but if you use the TurboSIM again it will eventually happen again.

I'm at a point where I'm sick of the inconvenience and I've actually stopped using the D2G as of noon today because of that. I'll try to unlock the phone when I'm in the states. If everything goes well I'll be one happy guy, if not then it's going back on eBay where it came from. If i have to sell it I'll probably buy another D2G but this time it'll be one that's already unlocked.
[Droid 2 Global General] jonnydominican:
i think i found solution for turbosim

look i have a g1 as my backup phone, i realize it has an app call, sim toolkit, i started that app and it gives all of claro options, so i open the one that said roaming, i realize it said manual i place it on automatic, put my sim back in the D2G and VOILA, its alive again :) , try it
[Droid 2 Global General] War-Rasta:
I guess it was a coincidence or something like it 'cause it didn't work for me. I have a menu like it on my Fuze (but on the Fuze it's called "Vive Tu SIM"). Anyway, I did it there but it still didn't work. What I did notice though was that after I put the sim card back in the Fuze (after trying it in the D2G) it still worked fine. I would have usually had to put the sim card in one of the "magic phones" that make it all better (like my coworker's Alcatel) but this was not the case this time so I think there's actually something to it, I'm just not sure what it is...
[Droid 2 Global General] XtriFe:
Im thinking ill be buying the Xperia Pro once it comes out, Sony Ericsson Android 2.3 gingerbread + physical qwerty keyboard + unlockable Bootloader. I just hope its not too expensive once its out.
[Droid 2 Global General] jonnydominican:
crap

its stop working....sadness.....well i think we need to look for a solution i really like this phone i can have the game gripper on it besides all its specs, i went to claro today they have data for cdma but is too expensive, tomorrow i will check on viva, besides there must be a way to get the code the good one maybe we can all look for a solution, who knows, i also heard about mr. sim 2.1 and also i was thinking the gevey turbo sim for iphone 4
[Droid 2 Global General] XtriFe:
really? theres data for CDMA phones ?? last time i asked them they said there was none. how much does it costs?
[Droid 2 Global General] jonnydominican:
data

2500 unlimited high speed
[Droid 2 Global General] jonnydominican:
updates

any updates on how to get d2g working back on turbo sim, i had a glorious week when it worked :(
[Droid 2 Global General] XtriFe:
i just keep doing what i mentioned which is putting the simcard on my other phone for a couple of minutes then back on the D2G.

On a different note, i have a Droid 1 game gripper and if would work perfectly fine with the D2G if it wasnt because of the left arrow on the Directional pad >.>
[Droid 2 Global General] War-Rasta:
I just stopped using mine as I mentioned before. Maybe if my Fuze made it work after a few minutes like XtriFe's but I've left my sim in it for hours and it never picked up a signal again after being in the D2G.
[Droid 2 Global General] jonnydominican:
update

i dont know if it was casualty, but i call CLARO yesterday i told them i internet,data connection kept disconnecting and that i tried various phones, not true, they told me it will be solved in 6 hours, i waited the 6 hours put my sim back in droid 2 global, after a week of not working and trying everything i was told, it worked last night and is still working, will post result, but this time i aint leaving my G1, just in case
[Droid 2 Global General] War-Rasta:
Lucky you! When it first started happening to me I called them and they just said everything was ok and that I should go to one of their offices.
[Droid 2 Global General] XtriFe:
yeah, do keep your G1 around. Its the same with me and my fuze. Today though, today im giving the D2G to my girlfriend and getting myself one of those Cybershot sony ericsson dumbphones. Those work as they should :P

Apparently, even when my D2G has signal + data working ok, theres many calls i dont receive, people tell me calls keep going straight to voicemail. I can make calls ok in these situations though. Weird, but it just seems like you never know if your phone is actually working or not.
[Droid 2 Global General] jonnydominican:
Any updates

Any updates on unlocking this??? I am using it CDMA in the meantime
[Droid 2 Global General] War-Rasta:
Still nothing. I'm in the US now and was trying to get the phone on my sister's account but now the darn thing won't even get a a signal in CDMA so I haven't been able to activate it.
[Droid 2 Global General] ankitmania:
Hi I am from India. Bought D2G and the turbosim. I see the that phone is latched to Vodafone India and I am able to make/receive calls and sms. However after sometime I loose network and the phone says "service not available".

The ebay activation codes dont work, turbo sim doesnt work. D2g is my first android and i am tired of making it work.
[Droid 2 Global General] joy_rostie:
Hey everybody. Can someone call vzw support to ask unlock code? I have trouble with it cuz ima outside the US and cant reach verizon network.
[Droid 2 Global General] War-Rasta:
You need to be a Verizon customer for them to give you the unlock code. If you don't have an account with them they won't help you.
[Droid 2 Global General] arturocr:
Hi guys,

I just received the Turbo SIM but that thing just doesn't work, instead of solve my unlock problem now I have to manually connect to the network on any phone using the SIM card I used with the Turbo SIM.

Any ideas about how to unlock the phone without calling Verizon?
[Droid 2 Global General] Zachary droid:
Does simple mobile Sims work, I was looking into it Idk if its the same as turbosim...but its supposed to work in phones with Sims and a vzw rep said it wood work but before i drop money I wana know if anyone knows it it'll work in the Droid 2 global