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Old 13-08-2013, 11:00   #9
BenMcr
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Re: Virgin APN settings anyone

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq View Post
Actually it can't. The SIM can only report the true network code (234-30) which equates to T-Mobile, and it can also report a text substitution for the network name. That however is not used for determining APN settings, as there is no provision in the standard for doing so. The firmware knows nothing about MVNO names, it's the SIM card that tells it what to do.
I was mainly going off my experience with an Symbian Nokia phone, where where it had a non-UK firmware, would insist that Virgin was T-Mobile, for the network name and APN.

As soon as I put a UK firmware back on it, back came 'Virgin' as the network name.

I'm also pretty sure a T-Mobile Pulse phone, which was locked to T-Mobile, also didn't show 'Virgin' as a network name with the SIM in it.

Oh and according to Wikipedia, Virgin Mobile have their own MNC codes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_country_code#U
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MCC MNC Brand Operator Status Bands (MHz) References and notes
234 31 Virgin Mobile UK Virgin Media Operational GSM 1800 / UMTS 2100 Virtual network using EE's network
234 32 Virgin Mobile UK Virgin Media Operational GSM 1800 / UMTS 2100 Virtual network using EE's network
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Originally Posted by Exorcist74 View Post
There is nothing wrong with the Rom that was flashed to my Note, it see every UK provider except Virgin?????
It does look like it can be an issue with custom versions.

For instance, these people over on XDA has a similar issue with Cyaogenmod
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1599259
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...ostcount=24371

Although I'm not sure what the solution is - probably to contact the people who made Stunner 2
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