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EDGE Menu Just Disappered !!!!!

redshovel

redshovel

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After several days of going great guns, tonight my iphone started to operate really slowly taking an age to do anything. I switched of and rebooted. Its back to normal apart for the fact that now my EDGE menu is GONE and of course I get a PDP error each time I try to browse in Safari.
Any ideas on what has happened or how to fix this??.
 
If it helps I got a pdp authentication error regarding edge tonight...which is strange because a) i can't get edge here at home and b) i have no cause to use edge as my wifi network does the job at home and work.
 
moel said:
If it helps I got a pdp authentication error regarding edge tonight...which is strange because a) i can't get edge here at home and b) i have no cause to use edge as my wifi network does the job at home and work.
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I got the pdp authentication error tonight (as have other owners on 02) also just after the phone started to get really sluggish in doing anything. That prompted to restart the phone then to go into Settings>General>Network to find that my EDGE settings and indeed the fields to enter them were gone.
Just wanted to know if everyone has now lost their EDGE menu?
 
With all the problems that people seem to have, do I really want an iphone? Is it really worth the money that you spent on it?
 
savanahrose said:
With all the problems that people seem to have, do I really want an iphone? Is it really worth the money that you spent on it?
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To be as brief as possible;
iphone is a great device and moves certain aspects of the 'mobile phone', such as interface, ahead leaps and bounds. It must be said that it also takes a step back in same places, the main gripe for me being a very poor camera by todays standards. Its really done to what you want from a phone.
iphones main problem is that it marketing has been a disaster! All this jailbreaking and hacking and unlocking need not have happened. It should have been sold through all the networks and on PAYG for a higher price if need be.
 
redshovel said:
Its back to normal apart for the fact that now my EDGE menu is GONE and of course I get a PDP error each time I try to browse in Safari.
Any ideas on what has happened or how to fix this??.
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I'm running 1.1.2 and this happened to me after I installed and ran the iWorld app. The original hacker of my iPhone created a network specific plist file (eg. VFONE.plist) to make the phone and sms apps work with my network. Since I'm running iWorld, I don't need that file anymore.

That plist file is conflicting with the iWorld settings that it created when I choose my country, that's what's causing the menu to disappear. I knew his because when I inserted another sim card from another network, the EDGE menu re-appeared.

All I did was delete the plist file, re-booted, ran iWorld again and the EDGE menu re-appeared. 🙂
 
savanahrose said:
With all the problems that people seem to have, do I really want an iphone? Is it really worth the money that you spent on it?
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I have an iPhone, signed up for O2 (UK) and all is fine. No problems.

However it does look like the Jailbroken iPhones have a large amount of issues.
But that is related I would think to the OS being "hacked".
 
no EDGE menu

fendushi said:
I'm running 1.1.2 and this happened to me after I installed and ran the iWorld app. The original hacker of my iPhone created a network specific plist file (eg. VFONE.plist) to make the phone and sms apps work with my network. Since I'm running iWorld, I don't need that file anymore.

That plist file is conflicting with the iWorld settings that it created when I choose my country, that's what's causing the menu to disappear. I knew his because when I inserted another sim card from another network, the EDGE menu re-appeared.

All I did was delete the plist file, re-booted, ran iWorld again and the EDGE menu re-appeared. 🙂
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Sounds promissing. I have the same problem to solve but would need some advise how to "just delete the plist file" 🙂

Thanks!

Joe
 
jomo2000 said:
Sounds promissing. I have the same problem to solve but would need some advise how to "just delete the plist file" 🙂

Thanks!

Joe
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Are you running 1.1.2? Did you unlock/activated the iPhone yourself? If you (or whoever hacked your phone) created a NETWORK SPECIFIC plist file to make it work with your network settings, that's the file to delete AFTER installing iWorld.

I'm running 1.1.2... so if you're running 1.1.1 or older, THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU. Install "Services" app so you can turn EDGE on/off

1. Access your phone from your computer (SSH) IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THIS, DO NOT CONTINUE READING. GET SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO DO THIS WHOLE PROCESS FOR YOU.

2. Go to /system/library/frameworks/coretelephonyframework/support

3. Find the network specific plist file that MAY OR MAY NOT be in your iphone and DELETE the file. ( I backed mine up first just in case ) As I've mentioned in my previous post, the original hacker of my iPhone CREATED a VFONE.plist file so my iPhone would work with Vodafone IN MY COUNTRY. DO NOT DELETE ANY OTHER FILES. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH FILE OR YOU'RE NOT SURE.... STOP!! DO NOT DELETE ANYTHING. Dunno if you can just copy the file back if it's the wrong one.

4. Make sure you have iWorld installed and pick your country. If not, your phone and sms apps will crash and will not work.

5. Re-boot ( I ran iWorld again for good measure )


Check your network settings. Your EDGE menu should re-appear.

😉
 
Was going to follow your guide so I installed iWorld first just to check it out. But I found that United Kingdom (UK) is not one of the countries listed. As I am located in the UK and have a UK iphone I am worried this might screw things up now. Any suggestions.
 
fendushi said:
Are you running 1.1.2? Did you unlock/activated the iPhone yourself? If you (or whoever hacked your phone) created a NETWORK SPECIFIC plist file to make it work with your network settings, that's the file to delete AFTER installing iWorld.

I'm running 1.1.2... so if you're running 1.1.1 or older, THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU. Install "Services" app so you can turn EDGE on/off

1. Access your phone from your computer (SSH) IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THIS, DO NOT CONTINUE READING. GET SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO DO THIS WHOLE PROCESS FOR YOU.

2. Go to /system/library/frameworks/coretelephonyframework/support

3. Find the network specific plist file that MAY OR MAY NOT be in your iphone and DELETE the file. ( I backed mine up first just in case ) As I've mentioned in my previous post, the original hacker of my iPhone CREATED a VFONE.plist file so my iPhone would work with Vodafone IN MY COUNTRY. DO NOT DELETE ANY OTHER FILES. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH FILE OR YOU'RE NOT SURE.... STOP!! DO NOT DELETE ANYTHING. Dunno if you can just copy the file back if it's the wrong one.

4. Make sure you have iWorld installed and pick your country. If not, your phone and sms apps will crash and will not work.

5. Re-boot ( I ran iWorld again for good measure )


Check your network settings. Your EDGE menu should re-appear.

😉
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Thanks for the detailed response!
Yes, I run 1.1.2 upgraded from 1.1.1 which was unlocked w/ SimFree. The upgrade must have placed the iPhone partner specific plist files which seem to cause trouble if you don't run an official iPhone plan.
I installed the Finder on the iPhone and checked the directory. As I live in Germany and use a t-mobile SIM (without the official iPhone tariff) I found TMobile_Germany.plist and emailed it (nice Finder feature) to my Mac opened it in Textedit and found interesting content:

1. different from the Unknown_Carrier.plist file there is no
<key>AllowEDGEEditing</key>
<true/>
I assume that's why there`s no EDGE menu item, right?

2. in another section I found APN settings:
<key>apns</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>apn</key>
<string>smartsites.t-mobile</string>
<key>password</key>
<string>tm</string>
<key>username</key>
<string>t-mobile</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>apn</key>
<string></string>
<key>password</key>
<string></string>
<key>username</key>
<string></string>
</dict>
</array>

The APN smartsites.t-mobile seems iPhone tariff specific. The regular APN for them is "internet.t-mobile.de" with "tm" for both Username and PW.

--> So I installed OpenSSH, connected to the iPhone via Terminal and edited (vi) the plist file adding the 2 lines for AllowEDGEEditing, saved it, removed and re-inserted the SIM and ... yeah .. .had the EDGE menu back and could then configure the correct APN (overwriting the default iPhone plan specific APN that didn't work for me)

Fendushi, thanks for pointing me into this direction! I could have deleted the TMobile plist file, but would then have lost all the nice extras which the plist file puts under settings-phone-"t-mobile services", i.e. Account check, t-mobile operator, toggles for messaging options and a link to their online account page...
 
This worked for me. Just used cyberduck on a mac to sftp to the directory

system/library/frameworks/coretelephonyframework/support

opened up the 'O2_UK.plist' file in text edit, put in the two lines

<key>AllowEDGEEditing</key>
<true/>

overwrote the original file and hey presto - the edge menu is back! Still can't use it though as I only have a PAYG O2 sim.🙄
 
dickovski said:
This worked for me. Just used cyberduck on a mac to sftp to the directory

system/library/frameworks/coretelephonyframework/support

opened up the 'O2_UK.plist' file in text edit, put in the two lines

<key>AllowEDGEEditing</key>
<true/>

overwrote the original file and hey presto - the edge menu is back! Still can't use it though as I only have a PAYG O2 sim.🙄
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Been trying this method but with no luck. Where abouts in the 'O2_UK.plist' did you add the extra two lines etc and do you have to reboot with sim card etc??
 
redshovel said:
Been trying this method but with no luck. Where abouts in the 'O2_UK.plist' did you add the extra two lines etc and do you have to reboot with sim card etc??
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I didn't have to do it in mine... but I would imagine this is where it should go:

</array>
<key>AllowEDGEEditing</key>
<true/>
<key>CarrierName</key>
<string>AT&T</string>
<key>IntlDataRoamingSwitch</key>
<true/>
<key>MyAccountURL</key>
<string>https://www.wireless.att.com/my-account</string>
<key>MyAccountURLTitle</key>
<string>AT&T MyAccount</string>
<key>Services</key>
<array>

Can anyone confirm this?

@jomo2000 & dickovski
Nice work guys!! 😎
 
fendushi said:
I didn't have to do it in mine... but I would imagine this is where it should go:

</array>
<key>AllowEDGEEditing</key>
<true/>
<key>CarrierName</key>
<string>AT&T</string>
<key>IntlDataRoamingSwitch</key>
<true/>
<key>MyAccountURL</key>
<string>https://www.wireless.att.com/my-account</string>
<key>MyAccountURLTitle</key>
<string>AT&T MyAccount</string>
<key>Services</key>
<array>

Can anyone confirm this?

@jomo2000 & dickovski
Nice work guys!! 😎
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OK a little update

I put the 2 lines where Fendushi suggests, rebooted and everything worked fine for a few minutes. Then I got a text message from O2 saying 'I now had 300 UK texts & 1MB of data to use this month' and the hack stopped working. Bugger.

So I reverted back to the original 'O2_UK.plist' and changed 'UnknownCarrier.plist' to the following


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>AllowEDGEEditing</key>
<true/>
<key>CarrierName</key>
<string>Carrier</string>
<key>IntlDataRoamingSwitch</key>
<true/>
<key>ShowCallForwarding</key>
<false/>
<key>ShowCallForwarded</key>
<false/>
<key>ShowDialAssist</key>
<false/>
<key>SupportsNITZ</key>
<true/>
<key>VisualVoicemailServiceName</key>
<string>ACDS</string>
<key>apns</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>apn</key>
<string>payandgo.o2.co.uk</string>
<key>password</key>
<string>password</string>
<key>username</key>
<string>payandgo</string>
</dict>
</array>
<key>voicemail_context</key>
<integer>1</integer>
</dict>
</plist>


Rebooted and I could now browse using GPRS again (still can't check emails though). I don't know about Edge yet cos I can't get it where I am but it's back in the menu with these settings:

APN payandgo.o2.co.uk
Username payandgo
Password password

So I'll have to wait and see.

Now my understanding of what I've done (and I'm no expert by the way) is I've told the phone to use the O2 Edge settings when available as outlined in the 'O2_UK.plist' but when Edge isn't available to use the settings from 'UnkownCarrier.plist' which allows me to browse using GPRS.

Of course that might be a load of bollocks but it works in my world!😛
 
I got my edge pane back following the above.

but cannot access gprs/edge, i get a nusrlerrordomain 1005 error in safari.

someone please help
 
I have the same problem. I got my Iphone yesterday version 1.1.2 with Stealth Sim. My provider is Orange (Dutch).

In my general settings >> network the isn't an option to activate edge (gprs). I tried connecting through Cyberduck and it worked, but I'm not sure whick plist I have to edit to get Edge to work... (There isn't a file with orange NL.) My phone "thinks" it's an AT&T sim, so should I edit that file? And what code should be added?

thnx!
 
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