No mobile data access on PPP
04-15-2022, 11:53 AM
I've been using my PPP for a few weeks now and have not been able to get mobile data to work consistently. Actually, it's randomly worked at most four times for about 5min each time. I'm using Mobian, which I recently moved to the eMMC along with installing tow-boot to the SPI flash. I replace the sim card with a new sim card (both t-mobile). Mobile data worked fine using the old sim card in my beta PP and in a Samsung tablet, but did not work in my PPP. However, it was heavily scratched, so I got a new one to use in the PPP, hoping that it might help. So far the new sim has not made a difference.
Phone calls work well, as does text messaging. I read in a wiki that providing the carrier's APN was required in order to have mobile data working. For T-Mobile that is: Fast.t-mobile.com. I configured that using the Settings app under Mobile Network/Access Point Names. At this point I noted a difference between the PP and the PPP. When I edited an APN, the Settings app created a new "Broadband/mobilenet" APN. It does this every time I edit an APN. So now six APNs are listed, one of which is the T-Mobile APN (which is selected) and five of which are "Broadband/mobilenet" APNs . I would like to remove the other APN entries, but there is no provision for this in the UI. Does someone know of another way?
I also configured the SMS and MMS in Chatty.
I've spoken at length with t-mobile representatives. While they try to be helpful and understanding, they are not knowledgeable regarding non-supported phones and can only provide help via check lists that they are given. In addition, because the old sim works in my PP, it's very unlikely that it is a carrier issue.
If anyone else has had this issue or heard of it happening with other PPPs I'd appreciate any information that you can pass along. The PPP is a major performance improvement over the PP, yet if I can't get the mobile data working the performance improvements become unimportant. Mobile date is a core feature for me.
Phone calls work well, as does text messaging. I read in a wiki that providing the carrier's APN was required in order to have mobile data working. For T-Mobile that is: Fast.t-mobile.com. I configured that using the Settings app under Mobile Network/Access Point Names. At this point I noted a difference between the PP and the PPP. When I edited an APN, the Settings app created a new "Broadband/mobilenet" APN. It does this every time I edit an APN. So now six APNs are listed, one of which is the T-Mobile APN (which is selected) and five of which are "Broadband/mobilenet" APNs . I would like to remove the other APN entries, but there is no provision for this in the UI. Does someone know of another way?
I also configured the SMS and MMS in Chatty.
I've spoken at length with t-mobile representatives. While they try to be helpful and understanding, they are not knowledgeable regarding non-supported phones and can only provide help via check lists that they are given. In addition, because the old sim works in my PP, it's very unlikely that it is a carrier issue.
If anyone else has had this issue or heard of it happening with other PPPs I'd appreciate any information that you can pass along. The PPP is a major performance improvement over the PP, yet if I can't get the mobile data working the performance improvements become unimportant. Mobile date is a core feature for me.
