topic Re: Xperia Z3 D6616 on Att no MMS texting, "No cellular Network" in Z Series

Xperia Z3 D6616 on Att no MMS texting, "No cellular Network"

back4now2 — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 22:20:50 GMT

I switched from iPhone to Xperia

I got the Xperia Z3 D6616 Unlocked.

I turned off iMessaging on the iphone and at apple.com

I put my micro sim in from my Iphone 5.

called AT&T they addd my IMEI

We set up the APN, and every thing works except I dont get the MMS pictures with the texts.

They sent me to the sony Xperia support.

I get the error No Cellular Network, hook to WiFi for network

Im on a WiFi network

under Settings >> About Phone >> Status >> Mobal network state. disconected

any one have any ideas as to how to fix this?

Re: Xperia Z3 D6616 on Att no MMS texting, "No cellular Network"

Thommo — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 22:40:22 GMT

Settings - More - Internet settings then select Accept then from the list choose your network provider, This should install Mobile data and MMS settings and if this fails then your Sim is at fault or your provider

Re: Xperia Z3 D6616 on Att no MMS texting, "No cellular Network"

back4now2 — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 23:20:23 GMT

Settings >> More >> Internet settings .... doesnt exist, sorry i wish it did

Thanks for trying

bruce

Re: Xperia Z3 D6616 on Att no MMS texting, "No cellular Network"

Uliwooly — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 01:01:30 GMT

It does, click on settings, more, scroll down, Internet settings

Re: Xperia Z3 D6616 on Att no MMS texting, "No cellular Network"

Uliwooly — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 01:06:57 GMT

Do you get 3g and lte coverage? Bc your phone might not support certain frequencies

Re: Xperia Z3 D6616 on Att no MMS texting, "No cellular Network"

back4now2 — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:26:40 GMT

Im telling you id doesnt have the internet settings option

I went through this with the sony rep and I think its a TMoble thing

Re: Xperia Z3 D6616 on Att no MMS texting, "No cellular Network"

back4now2 — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:30:10 GMT

Thanks for trying to help guys and Sony and the ATT reps, but i give up, sellint it now

Any one want a 2 month old Xperia Z3 D6616 T-Moble ( Unlocked ) Flawless Phone in original box with all the docs and charger.

Let me know

Re: Xperia Z3 D6616 on Att no MMS texting, "No cellular Network"

Thommo — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:41:58 GMT

Maybe it's the firmware that's on it that's preventing the connection, From what I can see the D6616 is only for the T-Mobile network

Re: Xperia Z3 D6616 on Att no MMS texting, "No cellular Network"

Thommo — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:50:22 GMT

You could try creating and manually flashing the D6603 USA generic firmware - See here for details on how to create and flash - Not sure if it will work

Re: Xperia Z3 D6616 on Att no MMS texting, "No cellular Network"

back4now2 — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:26:54 GMT

yeah i think so, I tryied it like 5 times and it just wont get any thing but the T-Moble Updates, i was told the only way to get rid of T-Moble was to root it,

I have done it before on a different device and its not always a good idea so i decided to go back to my Iphone till ATT gets an Xperia designed for them...

thanks for all the ideas and help

Re: Xperia Z3 D6616 on Att no MMS texting, "No cellular Network"

Uliwooly — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 16:19:31 GMT

You haven't debranded nor unlocked the phone?

Re: Xperia Z3 D6616 on Att no MMS texting, "No cellular Network"

Uliwooly — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 16:20:38 GMT

Flash the global generic firmware for the D6603

/t5/Xperia-Z2/How-to-manually-update-downgrade-root-2014-Xperias/td-p/593459

@back4now2

Re: Xperia Z3 D6616 on Att no MMS texting, "No cellular Network"

Thommo — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 16:46:30 GMT

Yes the D6616 is only for T-Mobile USA so that model variation will not be used by any other network or country

Re: Xperia Z3 D6616 on Att no MMS texting, "No cellular Network"

back4now2 — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 16:48:21 GMT

I have decided to keep it, and figure it out, so im going to try tio get the unbranded Android software to load in to it

wish me luck, also after reinstalling the Sim and putting in the APN again i started getting the 3g ignal so maybe Im close ti figuring it out.

thanks for the help

Bruce

Re: Xperia Z3 D6616 on Att no MMS texting, "No cellular Network"

Uliwooly — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 18:09:10 GMT

Make sure to unlock the phone from T-mobile, what I've used is unlock 4 cheap, or you can ask T-mobile for the unlock code; keep in mind that flashing other software won't unlock the phone.

Re: Xperia Z3 D6616 on Att no MMS texting, "No cellular Network"

Serophia — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 22:28:01 GMT

Hi, Flashing a different Brand will not work on the T-Mobile Variant Z3. A member from the XDA community has tried it and bricked his phone while flashing the generic D6603 brand. So it is best if you do not attempt to flash any brand other than D6616

Re: Xperia Z3 D6616 on Att no MMS texting, "No cellular Network"

Uliwooly — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 22:00:44 GMT

@Serophia

I hardly doubt that, post the source link, I've flashed multiple Xperias and they work just fine

Re: Xperia Z3 D6616 on Att no MMS texting, "No cellular Network"

Serophia — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 22:11:11 GMT

http://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/giefroot-rooting-tool-cve-2014-4322-t3011598/page81

http://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/giefroot-rooting-tool-cve-2014-4322-t3011598/post58664483#post58664483

Here ya go, hope this sort things out

Re: Xperia Z3 D6616 on Att no MMS texting, "No cellular Network"

Uliwooly — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 01:28:36 GMT

@Serophia

If you read his other posts, it seems that he was flashing custom ROMs and attempting to root the phone, perhaps that's why it bricked his phone. I'll keep checking that thread/post

Re: Xperia Z3 D6616 on Att no MMS texting, "No cellular Network"

back4now2 — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:37:59 GMT

Solution found, lol i bought a D6603 from Sony and it works like a dream....

Also i found the problem i had with the 6616 and it worked but not on all the ATT frequency's,

the APN settings were wrong on the phone, after checking them and talking to ATT Rep.

we found a setting that was set to "Not set", should have been set to "None" lol it had a check box for None,

Evidently "Not set" is note the same as "None"

so thanks for all the help and possible solutions

Bruce