I bought a Dev phone, had it shipped to my parents' place in Virginia, and then brought it back to Germany with me. However, I can't get it to pick up a GSM signal in Germany, and can't get past the initialization wizard. Based on the fact that I cannot get it to reboot from the keyboard by typing "<ENTER>reboot<ENTER>", I assume that the phone is RC30 or later. So, I assume I can't use any sneaky tricks to get past the initialization wizard. Here's what I have tried:
I uncrated the phone in Virginia, and plugged in my "T-Mobile D" pre- paid SIM card from another phone, just so it had some sort of SIM card to work with. It got a signal in Virginia, but couldn't initialize after I had plugged in my username and password. The menu options allowed me to select several different providers, and toggle roaming features, but still no luck. I figured it was a long shot anyway. I crated the phone back up, and brought it back to Germany with me yesterday. In Germany, I plugged my "T-Mobile D" pre-paid SIM card back into the phone, but this time the signal meter showed no signal. The menu allows me to edit and add APNs, but does not allow me to choose from any providers or toggle roaming like it did before. I tried removing all pre-configured US-based APNs and rebooting, but no luck. I tried adding a T-Mobile D1 APN using information from http://www.quickim.com/support/gprs-settings.html#Germany but no luck. I tried a friend's SIM on a T-Mobile D contract that was provisioned for data services, and another friend's SIM on Vodaphone, but no luck. Each time, I had no signal shown on the meter in the upper-right corner, and the initialization wizard fails after entering the username and password with the error "There is a problem communicating with the Google servers. This could be a temporary problem or your SIM card may not be provisioned for data services. If it continues, call Customer Care." Several possibilities for the problem come to mind. Perhaps the phone's Euro-frequency electronics or antenna are defective. Perhaps the phone got locked onto US frequencies while I was in Virginia, and now refuses to try Euro frequencies. Since the phone is still stuck in the initialization wizard (which is a very unfortunate design defect, but that's another story), I don't know what else I can do to debug or test. Any ideas, or should I just call Brightstar? Thanks, Dave --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
