Samsung Focus On Straight Talk w/ Working MMS
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Can't thank you enough fatclue
I have a Samsung Focus and for 4 months since I've been using NET10 $50 unlimited plan, I have basically had half a phone. That straightalk.xml just made my phone whole again. Today I was able to send and receive pictures with mms again.
Thank You, and all that gave suggestions.
Homeryz
Can't thank you enough fatclue
I have a Samsung Focus and for 4 months since I've been using NET10 $50 unlimited plan, I have basically had half a phone. That straightalk.xml just made my phone whole again. Today I was able to send and receive pictures with mms again.
Thank You, and all that gave suggestions.
Homeryz
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This has yet to work for me. I just came from Android with T-Mobile and switched to Straight Talk at the end, but my phone quit working. I've been through every step, but it simply doesn't work for me. Do I need to change the apn? By the way, I don't know if this is why, but the sim card I'm using was compatible with T-Mobile phones. It's not the AT&T sim card. Straight Talk assured me all I needed to do was set the APN settings as if it was an AT&T compatible sim, but I find their customer service to be total morons. They had to call and ask someone and I think they told me something just to get me off the phone. I asked them how to handle the situation before I ever purchased this phone and that's how they told me to go about it. Just put in the APN settings like it's an AT&T compatible sim. Anybody know if I've done something wrong or if I need to buy a new sim?
Sorry dude, this only works on the AT&T SIM. The T-Mo card has completely different settings, trust me I have both types of cards. Don't call those idiots at ST, go straight to their website and buy the SIM.
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18This is a reprint of a working solution I posted on WPCentral.com
Okay, I'm going to try to list the steps to get internet sharing and MMS working with Straight Talk, Please bear with me since I've only been playing with WP7 for a couple of weeks, I'm a webOS refugee and I seek asylum within the Windows world. A couple of props need to be handed out first. To Heathcliff74 at XDA for the terrific WP7 Root Tool and to the wonderful folks at the Windowbreak project for the interop unlock that allows us to do these fine things in Mango. Please note that the WindowBreak only works on Samsung devices. If you have an LG Quantum you can unlock by reg edit without having to do any additional downloads, hacking, etc. Last, but not least, the folks at MS for their Windows Phone SDK 7.1 which allows us to side-load XAP's.
1. Get the Windows Phone SDK 7.1 if you don't already have it. It's a large DL so be patient. The prog you will need to run from here is the "Application Deployment" to side-load the XAP's you will be using.
2. Go to WindowBreak by WindowsPhoneHacker.com ON YOUR DEVICE!! Click on the "windowbreak me" link and follow the instructions. Trust me, it's quick and works perfectly.
3. By now you should have an unlocked device and internet sharing available to you. If MMS is not a big deal to you, quit now and forever hold your peace. If you need it, continue with the sideshow.
4. Fire up Zune and make sure you sync.
5. Now the fun begins, go to the SDK app "Application Deployment and install the WP7 Root Tool from Heathcliff74 from here http://xdaforums.com/atta...4&d=1325517854
6. If you get an error message that your device is pin-locked, go to your phone's app list and hit "interop unlock" because Zune will re-lock your phone at every sync.
7. Now that you have WP7 Root Tools installed, you will notice that you have a file explorer tab. This will become your best friend.
8. Extract the Straight Talk XML from the zip file below and email it to your phone. Tap on the download and save.
9. In the file explorer find the folder called "Application Data> Volatile> Email Attachments> Attachments and find the XML. Cut and paste to the "provxml" folder in the root directory. If the folder is not there, click on the "+" icon at the bottom and create a provxml folder. There should be some XML's already in there that you would have seen when you were doing the windowbreak earlier. Another user told me that he didn't have the provxml folder so I instructed him to find the folders which have these existing XML's. They have names like "Gumi Test Bed, Suwon 2G Test Bed" and so forth.
10. Now go to diagnostic (##634#) and enter *#9908# to get to the GPRS settings. This is the same step you had to do during the windowbreak part of this program except now you will select the "StraightTalk" XML you put in at step 9. Save, reboot and Voila! You should have working data and MMS. Send a test message to another phone and reply with another MMS to make sure you're receiving.
Please note that I've recited these steps from my diminished memory of close to 50 years old and I may have forgotten a step. The most important things to consider are that you have to unlock with windowbreak and you have to get that Straight Talk XML in the proper folder. Once you can get step 10 out of the way you're golden. I won't ask for PayPal donations because others have done the leg work, all I've done is consolidate some files and info and put them together. For that, a simple "Thank You" is all I need. God bless you and God bless our troops overseas.
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Just wanted to revise by saying that this same procedure has netted me the same results with a Euro-version Omnia 7. Of note to those who have this wonderful piece of hardware, there are some extra settings that need to be played with for the optimal experience. The Omnia 7 is a tri-band phone for its 3G data. I was pissed beyond belief when I first got the phone and noticed a T-Mobile splash screen and only EDGE speeds. Luckily, there is a key in engineering mode that enables "all WCDMA" and Bam!! I have a beautiful 3G+ icon sitting on my header bar.
After you're in the diagnosis app (##634#) punch in *#2263# to get you to "Test Mode" for band preference. Select option "2" and on the next screen select option "6" for "WCDMA ALL" and exit. That's it! I wish it were more complicated than that.2Just Tryin' To Help
Simple. There is a mountain of posts from people who hadn't figured out how to get MMS and/or internet sharing on their Focus phones. I stumbled upon a solution and decided to share it with all who could use it. I don't personally know anybody who would use this nor am I in it for the money or the glory. It's the least I could do since Heathcliff74 and others are the ones who have made the tools to accomplish this. Some of us don't bother to stream video or music, but I'm sure there are far more of us who send pictures to their friends and family or need to send/receive data on their tablets when away from a hotspot. In the end I did it out of a sense of community, and that's what XDA is, a community. Peace, love and soul.1The xml should be in Application Data> Volatile> Email Attachments> Attachments as an xml file. From there you cut & paste to the provxml folder in root. Read step 9 carefully and start all over again if you have to. Get up, walk away and have a cup of coffee if you have to. As I mentioned, I'm a noob to this OS as well so don't feel bad. I nearly gave myself kidney stones and lung cancer from all the times I had to walk away for coffee and a smoke. Hang in there, a few more technically savvy people than myself have had difficulty but made it work.1
You're supposed to let it download and open on the browser. Once it has completely loaded on the browser you can find it in the email attachments folder in volatile. Patience is king when messing with these things.1
I have a DVP now as well. Getting MMS is such a breeze. Get the EM (##634#) and open the bottom option (MMS Settings). From there you'll just enter the appropriate settings (apn - att.mvno, Name - Straight Talk MMS, apn - att.mvno, MMSC - http://mmsc.cingular.com, MMS proxy - 66.209.11.33, port - 80). Keep "PAP" checked for both sets of settings and hit "apply". You're done! Don't forget to enter the correct apn in settings>cellular>add apn first and reboot. If you need a guide for USB tethering, I have one in the Dell Venue Pro section here. Good luck!
