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Iphone 5 and AT&T Microcell?

sammo said:
I no longer have problems with connecting..

I went to the AT&T Micro Cell management page (https://www.att.com/3gmicrocell/unauth/login.do?target=FOAMM) and disconnected my Micro Cell. Once it was disconnected, I logged out of the management page and re-logged back in, but this time it took me to an activation screen. I then went through the steps of entering my Micro Cell serial and other misc. info, and activated. The whole process took about 15-20 minutes. Once the Signal symbol was solid and the status page said the Micro Cell was successfully reactivated, I powered on my iPhone 5 and it now gets the Micro Cell notification at the top. That seemed to have done the trick!

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I live in the North East USA, and can verify that I did have problems this morning. But now I'm good (see above)
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After call AT&T on another issue LTE they reset my 2 phones and I lost M cell again. So I said screw it and deactivated the whole Mcell as you did than activated it again. Everything is working now even my IPad
 
See my post above 4 posts. It worked! Try it and post back.

No one is reading the threads before posting
 

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jlake02 said:
FINALLY!

I think they're pushing out a fix because more people are having luck (myself now included).

I unplugged the MCell for 1 minute or so. Turned on Airplane mode during this time.

Turned the MCell back on. Waited until it was fully up and running. Turned off Airplane mode. At first, no luck. Waited ~2 minutes and BAM.. MCell on iPhone5.

Good luck!
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I live in SoCal and this did the trick for me. You just gotta be patient when it comes to the MicroCell rebooting up. If you want you can turn on your wifi while in airplane and do whatever you gotta do minus phone calls. By the way it also took about 2 minutes for my show to show M-Cell.

Thanks jLake
 
3G microcell

Just got off the phone with At&t tech support for 3G microcell, according to this guy the entire system crashed with all of the Iphone 5 registrations. They will be updating registrations throughout the night and should be able to connect shortly. He also said there is no incompatibility or problem with IPhone 5 or the microcell. No need to reboot or re register, also has nothing to do with the new sim cards.
 
I'm in the Southeast and my MicroCell just kicked in with iPone 5. I was fiddling with the Airplane mode as I've been doing all day and for some reason, it decided to connect this time. I'm convinced they're just now getting the updates pushed. Hopefully it'll be soon for everyone else.
 
My microcell & iPhone 5 are now playing together.

I did not:
  • tinker with the sim card
  • modify the network settings on my iPhone 5
  • login to the microcell administration settings online to re-register the device or remove my phone number from the list of approved numbers

Here's what worked for me.
  1. I unplugged my Microcell & powered it back on after 5 seconds
  2. I waited a few minutes for the Microcell to re-boot & confirmed that all of the status lights were back up entirely
  3. I powered down my iPhone 5
  4. I waited a few minutes & turned my iPhone 5 back on.
  5. After my iPhone 5 re-started it did not recognize the Microcell right away but after around 5 minutes it showed M-Cell.

My advice is to follow these steps & be patient. My next mission is to figure out the best shared data plan for my family which includes a 7-year old who won't ride in the car for 2 blocks without wanting to connect to Netflix. :eek:
 
Slog said:
Just got off the phone with At&t tech support for 3G microcell, according to this guy the entire system crashed with all of the Iphone 5 registrations. They will be updating registrations throughout the night and should be able to connect shortly. He also said there is no incompatibility or problem with IPhone 5 or the microcell. No need to reboot or re register, also has nothing to do with the new sim cards.
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They have no idea what's going on. Lol. I talked to a rep and she said that the Microcell and iPhone 5 are NOT talking together and they knew about this a week ago and were working on a fix. Hopefully it will be fixed by Sunday/Monday.

That's what she said. So, take it however you want.
 
kenrobin said:
My microcell & iPhone 5 are now playing together.

I did not:
  • tinker with the sim card
  • modify the network settings on my iPhone 5
  • login to the microcell administration settings online to re-register the device or remove my phone number from the list of approved numbers

Here's what worked for me.
  1. I unplugged my Microcell & powered it back on after 5 seconds
  2. I waited a few minutes for the Microcell to re-boot & confirmed that all of the status lights were back up entirely
  3. I powered down my iPhone 5
  4. I waited a few minutes & turned my iPhone 5 back on.
  5. After my iPhone 5 re-started it did not recognize the Microcell right away but after around 5 minutes it showed M-Cell.

My advice is to follow these steps & be patient. My next mission is to figure out the best shared data plan for my family which includes a 7-year old who won't ride in the car for 2 blocks without wanting to connect to Netflix. :eek:
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No dice.
 
Rebooted. Placed iPhone in airplane mode. Waited for Microcell to come back up. Turned off airplane mode. No change.

Tried de-registering with AT&T, but that didn't work either.
 
kenrobin said:
My microcell & iPhone 5 are now playing together.

Here's what worked for me.
  1. I unplugged my Microcell & powered it back on after 5 seconds
  2. I waited a few minutes for the Microcell to re-boot & confirmed that all of the status lights were back up entirely
  3. I powered down my iPhone 5
  4. I waited a few minutes & turned my iPhone 5 back on.
  5. After my iPhone 5 re-started it did not recognize the Microcell right away but after around 5 minutes it showed M-Cell.
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worked for me, back to 5 bars!!!
 
kenrobin said:
My microcell & iPhone 5 are now playing together.

I did not:
  • tinker with the sim card
  • modify the network settings on my iPhone 5
  • login to the microcell administration settings online to re-register the device or remove my phone number from the list of approved numbers

Here's what worked for me.
  1. I unplugged my Microcell & powered it back on after 5 seconds
  2. I waited a few minutes for the Microcell to re-boot & confirmed that all of the status lights were back up entirely
  3. I powered down my iPhone 5
  4. I waited a few minutes & turned my iPhone 5 back on.
  5. After my iPhone 5 re-started it did not recognize the Microcell right away but after around 5 minutes it showed M-Cell.

My advice is to follow these steps & be patient. My next mission is to figure out the best shared data plan for my family which includes a 7-year old who won't ride in the car for 2 blocks without wanting to connect to Netflix. :eek:
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I did this at about 10am. And it didn't work. But, will try it again monday (my microcell is at work).
 
Finally got the Microcell to deactivate and then re-activated and waited about an hour for the text to confirm.

Performed hard reset on iPhone 5 and........ FINALLY see the M-Cell.

Thanks!
 
Same as the post above. Finally got the Microcell to deactivate, reactivated it, got the email and my phone is now showing Microcell connectivity.
 
In Monterey Park, CA I was having all sorts of issue with my iPhone 5. It would not pick up Micro Cell, LTE, or even 4G data. I called and was transferred to tech support

She had me toggle the LTE on and off setting

Reset some setting on her end and the Micro Cell connected
 
Here is how mine connected. I'm in So cal as well. This is if you're using the same number.

1. Rebooted microcell.
2. Started restore from iCloud.
3. After restore completed and it came back from reboot I had MCell.

The restore process took a while so by the time it was done the microcell was back up.

Good Luck.
 
boltsfan71 said:
Finally got the Microcell to deactivate and then re-activated and waited about an hour for the text to confirm.

Performed hard reset on iPhone 5 and........ FINALLY see the M-Cell.

Thanks!
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This worked for me. Thanks!
 
jbachandouris said:
There are several people who have tried that and it doesn't work. Please read the thread before responding. It is a known issue with AT&T. They claim they are working on a fix, but we'll see...
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Worked for me.
Thanks for your advice. Now move along.
 
sammo said:
Not working for me either. Hoping it's an AT&T issue that will be resolved soon.
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I spoke with AT&T and they said because of all the activations it may take a little while for it to recognize the micro cell, once I rebooted my new iPhone it recognized it right away. it's funny when I called them they were like we are having trouble hearing you so I said Yeah thats why i am calling...
 
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