Wednesday, July 30, 2014

APNs

OK, so I'm sick and tired of visiting various sites to find the APNs for the carious 3G/4G providers our clients use at work and at home, so here's my own list...


Provider3G/4GAPNAccount typeCommentsURL
Aldi Mobile3Gmdata.net.auPersonalNo business use - see 1.4.1.d here.Aldi Mobile
Amaysim3GinternetAmaysim
ApexN3GOptus based plansApexN
Bigpond3G/4Gtelstra.bigpondUsername and password required
BoostMobile3Gtelstra.internet
Mainly personal use - see 1.1 here.BoostMobile
Exetel3Gexetel1PremiumOlder Optus-based plans
Exetel3GconnectStandardNewer Optus-based plans
Exetel4GyesinternetNew Optus 4G plans
Internode3Ginternode
Optus3Ginternet
Best optionOptus
Optus3Gyesinternet
Use if "internet" doesn't workOptus
Optus4GyesinternetOptus
Pacnet3GinternetStatic IPOptus infrastructurePacnet
Pacnet3GpacnetStatic IPOptus infrastructurePacnet
Telstra3G/4Gtelstra.internetBusiness accountThis is the Telstra 10. private NATted network. Code is "GPTCOMB3".
Telstra3G/4Gtelstra.iphAny account typeThis is their "iPhone" APN. Call and ask for the "GPDWLES3" code to be added to your account.Whirlpool
Telstra3G/4Gtelstra.extranetBusiness account (10 digits)This gives you a real, usable dynamic IP. Call and ask for the "GPTEXB3" code to be added to your account.
Telstra3G/4Gtelstra.corpBusiness account (10 digits)This is for Telstra Wireless IP WAN users. Call and ask for the "GPCORPB3" code to be added to your account.
Vodafone3G/4Glive.vodafone.comThis is NATted on the 10.0.0.0/8 networkVodafone
Vodafone3G/4Gvfinternet.auThis gives you a real, usable dynamic IP.  Or so it appears.  But it is NATted through 10.64.64.64 still.  Ggrrrr...
Voicetalk3Gsplns357Try getting any sense out of VoiceTalk!

There are some other sites out there with useful collections of APN configuration information:
Whirlpool APN - Access Point Name


Regards,

The Outspoken Wookie

Friday, July 18, 2014

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Factory Mode

OK, after trying everything I could find on the 'Net (unsuccessfully, obviously) I decided to do one final search before buying a new handset and came across http://www.444android.com/showthread.php?p=86539 which is the only thing I found that worked - my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 no longer continually boots into factory mode, which means that it is no longer as useful as a 80.5 x 151.1 x 9.4 mm, 182.5g brick!

Having then found this, I followed another too many hours and too many links to eventually get the LiquidSmooth 4.4.4 ROM installed (basically involving needing to use the TWRP Recovery environment to reset permissions and reformat the entire device (http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/115) and then the ClockworkMod recovery environment from https://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager to load the LiquidSmooth 4.4.4 ROM (http://galaxynote2root.com/sprint-galaxy-note-2-roms/liquidsmooth-rom-for-galaxy-note-2-android-4-4-4/)), I found that the phone still had no signal at all.  It looks like the phone chip really has died.  Oh, well - here comes a Note 3! :)

Regards,

The Outspoken Wookie