Support ipv6 mobile connections
Bug #1331813 reported by
Pat McGowan
This bug affects 11 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
network-manager (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
ofono (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Medium
|
Tony Espy | ||
ubuntu-download-manager (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Medium
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
My new T-Mobile SIM only has Apn contexts using IPv6 so cellular data is not working
Purchased the SIM a couple weeks ago.
The output of the /usr/share/
[ /ril_0 ]
[ /ril_0/context1 ]
Type = internet
Password =
Active = 1
Username =
Settings = { }
Name = T-Mobile GPRS
Protocol = ipv6
Changed in ofono (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Confirmed |
description: | updated |
tags: | added: avengers |
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Hey I use MetroPCS and this affected me, here's the isntructions I used from Tony to workaround this and eventually get 3G working.
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this broke after our first utopic landing for 14.10 which switched the provisioning db used to configure the phone from an ubuntu-source db to an android-based db. unfortunely, we failed to notice that t-mobile had upgraded all the apns to IPv6. ;(-
i believe an easy workaround is to modify your context so that it has "ip" instead of "ipv6".
i've attached an updated gprs settings file for you <jfunk has attached MetroPCS version to this defect for anyone else who needs>
adb into the phone and as root run this command:
# stop ofono
exit out of adb, and push the attached gprs file onto the phone:
% adb push gprs /var/lib/ ofono/< IMSI>
where <IMSI> is your SubscriberIdentity. If you've only used one SIM card in the device, there should be only one directory in /var/lib/ofono ( note, ignore any of the directory with a -[1-9] suffix ).
if you're still unsure about SubscriberIdentity, you can find it by running the following command on the device, as root:
# /usr/share/ ofono/scripts | grep SubscriberIdentity
after pushing the new gprs settings file, reboot the device:
$ adb shell reboot
this should get you working internet.
either way, can you please add a comment to the bug if your provider is indeed t-mobile?
also, this may not give you working mms ( receive-only ). if you want to test, we may need to do some more manaul configuration, hopefully the ui to do all of this will be landing soon.
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