Not connecting to cellular network

[car46999]

Just bought a new Pinephone (non pro) and I am trying to get it setup and working. Out of the box with Manjero I tried my SIM and it would not connect to cell service, IIIRC it would give constant GSM error and a timeout. I then updated Manjero, with the same result of not connecting to cell service.

So today I switched to Mobian, the latest weekly build (mobian-pinephone-phosh-20221113.img). But I still appear to still have an issue with registering on the cell network.

My SIM is Puretalk, I am in the US. And it works in my Android phone. I checked before ordering the phone and saw several posts where people said PureTalk works fine. One said just slap the SIM card in and voice is good, setup the APN and mobile data is good.

I have tried the following:

• Cycling through all of the network types 2g-4g, and disabling and re-enabling the mobile network.
  
• Switching the Network (selection) from Automatic to off, most of the time this results in "Timeout was reached" or GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.libqmi...
  But after a several tires I usually get a list of carriers, and I select PureTalk.com. I can exit and go back in and it still shows PureTalk is selected. If I close the settings and re-open it it is back to Automatic.
• Multiple reboots, complete power off and battery removal
  
• Switching the modem hardware switch on and off.
  
• I am connected to WiFi and did update after installing.
  
• Tried disabling mobile data
  
• Tried a couple variations for APN (currently using PureTalk / RESELLER)
  
• Tried texting and calling. Texts to not send, calls just immediatly just say "call ended"
  
• SIM card has been in and out a few times, is installed correctly (since it sees my phone number)
  

Modem status:
Carrier (blank)
Network Type - Unknown
Signal - 20-55%
Network Status - Searching or Not registered
Own Number - ***-***-****  (Is Correct)



Any help on this would be great. I am liking Mobian, and would like to keep it.