I have looked all over the forum for a reliable answer but have not found one. I have a Verizon Galaxy S5 that I am running on the Straight Talk Verizon 4G network. I would like to change the APN settings to reflect the Straight Talk settings rather than the Verizon settings but everything about the APN settings is greyed out and nothing can be changed or added. The + sign is also greyed out which does not allow me to enter a new APN. I am running Lollipop OS on the phone.
Any help on solving this problem would be greatly appreciated.
The straight talk service uses the verizon towers because you have a verizon sim, i dont understand what you mean by reflect the straight talk settings? Just curious what you're trying to do because I have APN issues on certain roms and someone just helped me to where i was able to get the right settings....
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Just bought verizon galaxy S 5. Changed SIM to AT&T from straight talk. First of all was that a mistake? When ever i leave a wi-fi area the phone goes to emergency calls only. Email and text stops as well. Can't get voice mail to work anywhere
Would appreciate any help.
Thank you
Just a thought, go to settings /more networks and make sure you have the correct network checked
New to verizon galaxy s 5
The network was correct . Wondering if im in a bad area. My Iphone 4 works fine. Might be AT&T
jokey321 said:
Just bought verizon galaxy S 5. Changed SIM to AT&T from straight talk. First of all was that a mistake? When ever i leave a wi-fi area the phone goes to emergency calls only. Email and text stops as well. Can't get voice mail to work anywhere
Would appreciate any help.
Thank you
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jokey321 said:
The network was correct . Wondering if im in a bad area. My Iphone 4 works fine. Might be AT&T
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Wait... you put an AT&T sim in your phone? This is a Verizon forum. If I misunderstood, please tell me.
Just to be clear because you didn't state it in your post, you must unlock your phone prior to using a non-Verizon SIM. You can sometimes get these unlock codes from Verizon but you can also buy them online. I've used GSMLiberty.net with success before. After that, you should be able to pop in your SIM from the new carrier and begin using it right away. In some cases, you may need to manually add the correct APN for your carrier. Find these settings under Settings > More networks > Mobile networks > Access point names. Click the little plus icon in the top right and manually enter AT&T's APN information. You may need to Google that as I don't know AT&T's APN info.
I use my Verizon S5 on T-Mobile's networks with absolutely no issues, I assume it would be a similar experience for AT&T as well. For me, I put my T-Mobile SIM card in and could make calls and receive texts, but mobile data and MMS was not working properly until I manually added the correct APN information. After that, MMS, 4G LTE data and everything is working flawlessly.
You do not need an unlock code for a LTE Verizon phone. These phones are already unlocked. One must set the correct APN.
Do not buy an unlock code!
I have used my Verizon S5 with att and t-mobile.
Good luck.
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thank you all
Thank you for your posts. Most of the phone works. When I leave a wi-fi area my phone goes to emergency calls only. When I go back to a wi-fi area the normal call service works again. I'm new to verizon and samsung. Wanted to use straight talk because i didn't feel like paying a fortune for service. I'll get it figured out some way.
Thank you again
I have a Sprint GS5 that is both unlocked and I have an MSL code. The phone is not rooted. I have been trying to change the APN for adblock plus on data network. Currently the settings are greyed out and I cannot create/delete/modify the APN. Is there a way to do this without rooting? I have seen many people ask this question before but no solutions work.
Help Please!!!
I purchased a used note 3 verizon n900v and a straight talk verizon sim.
it showed it would work on their website, and confirmed over the phone.
once activated the phone had 3g/lte depnding on where it was at, varying from 1 to all bars.
calls are fine but no data for internet, or mms.
I tried editing the apns, but they were grayed out.
i edited the files to enable apn changes but everytime it goes back to the default verizon.
i called st customer service and with their recommended settings now the phone has no signal or data, and to make matters worse i deleted the old apns, and when itry adding new i click save and they disappear.
what do i do?
thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Hi this is my first post on this forum but looks like we have a great supportive community here!
After fiddling around with the network settings on this OS I was finally able to get LTE working on the NexusOS 9.0 which is installed in my Samsung S6 Edge (not +). The way I did it was by going to
> Network & internet
then
>Mobile network
all the way in the bottom select
> Advanced
then select
> Access Point Names
Here is where the fun is
I selected using Straight Talk T-Mobile as the APN It seems to work the fastest out of all the ones listed.
I noticed that T-mobile US LTE && T-mobile IMS && Ting Data all block the LTE connection
While US mobile (super slow LTE) and StraightTalk T-Mobile (fastest LTE provider) both work, but please choose StraightTalk T-mobile. I haven't gotten to mess around with all the other ones but since I have T-mobile service I tried selecting the APN closest to that.
Ever since then I am now having LTE on my Zeroltetmo NexusOS 9.0 OS. Is a great bypass for now, also mobile hot spot works too as an added bonus
Give this post a thumbs up if you found this helpful, will try to be active on this forum but figured I had to register to share the love!
I just installed LineageOS 16 to my S6 (G920T) and was having the same issues as well. Your advice helped and now I have data working!
I went one step further and looked at the difference between the T-Mobile fast APN and the Straight Talk APN. It seems that the issue is the T-Mobile APN in Android 9 defaults to IPv6 on the APN protocol and APN roaming protocol compared to IPv4 in Android 7 (Nougat). In the Straight Talk APN, the default is IPv4.
I edited my T-Mobile APN to IPv4 and it works as well!
I have an old On5 that I rooted several years ago. I just got I an S10 and transferred my On5's plan and number over to it. Wanting to use the On5 as a backup phone, I bought a cheap, supposedly T-Mobile compatible $5 SpeedTalk pay-as-you-go sim card for the On5 and managed to get it activated online. The phone recognizes the activation, but SpeedTalk requires using it's own APN.
My problem is the 'T-Mobile US LTE' APN is fixed. In 'Mobile Networks > Access Point Names > T-Mobile US LTE > More' the settings are all grayed out and 'Discard' option does not respond to deleting the APN. I can add a new SpeedTalk APN, but I can't set it as default. Searching the forums on this only came up with an old related issue, but nothing specifically on a locked T-Mobile APN like this.
Would anyone know if this can be hacked or reset to new APN?
If it helps anyone, I found a post in the forums here that solved the problem by going to mobile networks/network operators/default setup and choosing manual before attempting to add a different apn. Also had to disable 'Select Automatically'