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October 2018
As you can see by the screen shots if I want to receive picture messages I have to choose the 3G APN
I can select lte and get 4G but then MMSC doesn't work.
Why has Android blocked the ability to update APN settings?
FIDO update the APN settings so we can use MMSC on our Android 8.1 devices with 4G/LTE!
Google/Android blocking this feature of editing APN is something Apple would do (after being a long time frustrated iPhone user I am very dissapointed to come across this option blocked...)
Solved! Go to Solution.
October 2018
Hello @dGio,
Did you try taking the SIM out of the phone and see if it will allow you to edit the APN?
I personally experience this issue with a few phones where it was not letting me edit the APN what I did was tap on the burger menu (the 3 dots) hit save went back out then tap on the APN again and I was able to edit it now.
A few times I have to do a network reset first then reboot and did the same steps above in order to edit the APN.
October 2018
Hello dGio,
Welcome to the community!
Hmm, that's strange. The ltemobile.apn should have the proper settings for MMS. Are you able to delete the fido internet (ltemobile.apn) from your phone. If possible, you should be able to create a new ltemobile.apn using the settings here.
Do you have a older SIM? It used to be that Fido phones used two APNs: one for internet - fido-core-appl1.apn, and the other for MMS - mms.fido.ca. However, most phones can now manage to use a single APN for both internet and MMS (specified in APN Type).
**edit** Where did you find the fido internet (ltemobile.apn) settings? Fido's ltemobile.apn does not require a username nor password.**
Hope this helps :Smiley:
Cheers
October 2018
October 2018
Android Oreo 8.1 does not allow editing or creating APNs
The SIM is about 2 years old I believe.
October 2018
I cannot create or edit APN on my phone running Android Oreo 8.1
October 2018
Settings > Network & Internet > Mobile Network > Access Point Names
October 2018
Hello again,
After a bit of Googling, it seems to be an added feature of Oreo (see here)? This forum thread provides a method solve the issue. However, if you are unfamiliar with debugging, you should do more research before attempting any such method.
Alternatively, since your SIM is about 2 years old, you might consider trying a new SIM. A new SIM might be able to push the proper APN settings to your phone.
Hope this helps :Smiley:
Cheers
October 2018
Installed SDK, opened a command shell etc...
went to apn settings but still was unable to edit/create apn settings.
October 2018
October 2018
Hello @dGio,
Did you try taking the SIM out of the phone and see if it will allow you to edit the APN?
I personally experience this issue with a few phones where it was not letting me edit the APN what I did was tap on the burger menu (the 3 dots) hit save went back out then tap on the APN again and I was able to edit it now.
A few times I have to do a network reset first then reboot and did the same steps above in order to edit the APN.