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Old Mar 17, 2013 | 5:31 am
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ponder
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Originally Posted by RichardInSF
And I bought a micro SIM for my Droid Razr Maxx. It doesn't find a signal. I think this phone, which I now notice is not on the list of known approved phones buried deep on the bMobile site, doesn't transmit/receive on DoCoMo 3G frequencies.
This is a known issue with most Android devices - they show no signal but if you have configured the APN settings correctly they will still get a data connection. It gets a mention in the comments of this site.

Sadly I can't find the site I read this on, but apparently this is caused by the bmobile SIM having no voice capability, which is very unusual. Failure to register with the voice part of the network causes Android to show no signal no matter what.
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