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Data not working on ZenPhone 4 (ZE554KL)

jab
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Became a PM customer on October 10th and self ported from Freedom.  Pay period renewed on October 22nd and have been having data connection issues since.  Dynamic autopay is enabled.

 

Followed the instructions (both versions of APN setttings) on the following post and data is still not working:

 

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Phones-Hardware/No-data-on-new-phone/td-p/245708

 

Have also tried toggling air plane mode, removing sim card, and restarting the phone.

 

Data is sitting around 200MB with the following plan:

 

 

  • - 1GB at 3G Speed
  • - Unlimited Canada-wide Talk
  • - Unlimited International Text

Any other suggestions for getting data working?

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

11 REPLIES 11

Zz
Great Citizen / Super Citoyen

Oh it's just a setting in the SIM card area of the settings menu where you can click on the SIM card and actually deactivate it and then reactivate it manually. For me this actually worked to activate the data and I can't tell you why because I'm not a technological expert but that's just what worked for me.


@Zz wrote:

I'm not saying that the APN thing wouldn't work I'm just saying that I don't think that's the problem in this specific case because I did have two set up my APN properly but even after doing that still needed to deactivate SIM card and then reactivate it in order to get the internet working. Not sure what typos you're speaking of.


What is deactivating the SIM card?  If there are multiple APNs, I believe the phone defaults to one or the user can manually select one for use. 

Zz
Great Citizen / Super Citoyen

I'm not saying that the APN thing wouldn't work I'm just saying that I don't think that's the problem in this specific case because I did have two set up my APN properly but even after doing that still needed to deactivate SIM card and then reactivate it in order to get the internet working. Not sure what typos you're speaking of.


@mpcdesign wrote:

@jab, It sounds like you may have changed your plan mid-stream. And if you did, what funds that you had for the previous plan is now gone, and your new plan + new costs will be updated on October 22nd. Which means,  you only have partial funds in your account, or if you do not complete payment after changing your plan, you may be left with no or partial service...ie no data. 

 

Maybe look at your account. For example, in my account, it says I have $31 available funds, but I owe $89. Come January 19, 2019, if I don't have enough available funds, my account will be suspended

Screen Shot 2018-10-29 at 9.54.51 PM.png

 

Have you ever experienced frustration from not being able to change your plan in Self-Serve when your account was in suspend? Well, we’re excited to let you know that, as of today, you’ll be able to do this without having to contact our Moderator Team!

 

Public Mobile thought share some helpful pointers:

  1. Changing your plan is a 2-step process, so be sure to complete both steps. Step 1 initiates the change, and step 2 reactivates your account via making a payment (if necessary).
  2. Make sure to review your details carefully before changing your plan. Once you’ve selected “Yes, change my plan”, all features from your current plan will be lost and the plan change will be completed, even if you do not make a payment in the second step.
  3. Top up your account with sufficient funds to cover the remaining amount owing. Since we are a prepaid service, you need to have the funds available for the plan change to fully take effect. If you only have partial funds in your account, or if you do not complete payment after changing your plan, you may be left with no or partial service. We have introduced several warnings to ensure you don’t leave the page without topping up, but figured we should mention it here as well.Note: If you have sufficient funds to cover your new plan, you won’t be taken to the payment menu.

 

What happens if I don’t take into account the above pointers? What should I do?

In this scenario, your account could still move from suspend to active, re-starting your plan cycle and potentially only reactivating a portion or none of your services.

 

If you find yourself in this situation, simply make a one-time payment from the “Payment” tab in Self-Serve and opt to pay the “Amount Due”. This will cover the new plan cost less any partial payment that was taken. After successful payment, your services should be fully reactivated.

 

If your services aren’t restored, please reach out to our Moderator Team ASAP and they will help get things sorted out.

 

Never changed your plan before? Learn how to here.

 

I am not a mod. Do not send me a private message with your personal info.

New Here? - Check out Knowledge Base Articles to learn more about Public Mobile.


I respect your attempt to help others, but a wall of words and off topic discussion is not helpful.  Try to lean down your post and stay on topic.

will13am
Oracle
Oracle

Strange that adding the APN worked for one zenfone 4 user and not another.  The think I would concentrate on is typos. 

Zz
Great Citizen / Super Citoyen

I have a zen fone 3 and encountered a data problem early on. i dont think it has anything to do with porting, removing or placing sim card back in, turning phone on or off or airplane mode. nothing to do with adjusting apn settings, youve already done all this. for me what worked was when i went to the settings on my phone, and went to the sim card settings, deactivated the sim card via the settings in the phone and turned the sim card on. only at this time did my little 3 or 4g symbol at the top of the phone begin to work as everything else already checked out. youve also paid for your account i might add so this is also not a problem. try doing what i suggested if youre still struggling with data issues. it cant hurt unless you need your phone to be on 24/7 and only takes about 30 seconds if you do it properly.

Anonymous
Not applicable

 @mpcdesign:

You're prolific in your posts and very helpful but I'm not sure everything you wrote here is correct. I'm not going to parse it out line by line...I just think it's not entirely correct. Or of course I don't grasp all the minute details.

And...the OP has found their answer...they were over their data alotment.

 

Edit: I see you copy/pasted from the announcement post. So I probably don't understand the ramifications.

 

To @jab: You appear to use a pretty good amount of data in short periods of time. I would suggest moving up to a larger limit of data. Or buy the expensive add-on and conserve your data until you can renew with more data.

that is right. once you meet your data limit. it stops altogether.  Forgot about that one! 

 

Btw, you pay $35 for 1 Gig of data. For an extra $5 bucks you could have gotten 4.5 Gig of data!

mpcdesign
Mayor / Maire

@jab, It sounds like you may have changed your plan mid-stream. And if you did, what funds that you had for the previous plan is now gone, and your new plan + new costs will be updated on October 22nd. Which means,  you only have partial funds in your account, or if you do not complete payment after changing your plan, you may be left with no or partial service...ie no data. 

 

Maybe look at your account. For example, in my account, it says I have $31 available funds, but I owe $89. Come January 19, 2019, if I don't have enough available funds, my account will be suspended

Screen Shot 2018-10-29 at 9.54.51 PM.png

 

Have you ever experienced frustration from not being able to change your plan in Self-Serve when your account was in suspend? Well, we’re excited to let you know that, as of today, you’ll be able to do this without having to contact our Moderator Team!

 

Public Mobile thought share some helpful pointers:

  1. Changing your plan is a 2-step process, so be sure to complete both steps. Step 1 initiates the change, and step 2 reactivates your account via making a payment (if necessary).
  2. Make sure to review your details carefully before changing your plan. Once you’ve selected “Yes, change my plan”, all features from your current plan will be lost and the plan change will be completed, even if you do not make a payment in the second step.
  3. Top up your account with sufficient funds to cover the remaining amount owing. Since we are a prepaid service, you need to have the funds available for the plan change to fully take effect. If you only have partial funds in your account, or if you do not complete payment after changing your plan, you may be left with no or partial service. We have introduced several warnings to ensure you don’t leave the page without topping up, but figured we should mention it here as well.Note: If you have sufficient funds to cover your new plan, you won’t be taken to the payment menu.

 

What happens if I don’t take into account the above pointers? What should I do?

In this scenario, your account could still move from suspend to active, re-starting your plan cycle and potentially only reactivating a portion or none of your services.

 

If you find yourself in this situation, simply make a one-time payment from the “Payment” tab in Self-Serve and opt to pay the “Amount Due”. This will cover the new plan cost less any partial payment that was taken. After successful payment, your services should be fully reactivated.

 

If your services aren’t restored, please reach out to our Moderator Team ASAP and they will help get things sorted out.

 

Never changed your plan before? Learn how to here.

 

I am not a mod. Do not send me a private message with your personal info.

New Here? - Check out Knowledge Base Articles to learn more about Public Mobile.

jab
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Account status is active on my account.

 

Haven't tried the lost/stolen trick, but just discovered it was a configuration issue on the data usage/billing cycle setting... sigh  Maybe this will help someone else!  I was indeed over the data limit.

Anonymous
Not applicable

 @jab:

Great to see you've done some reading.

So the service says active?

Have you tried the lost/stolen trick?

I'm not understanding why you started on the 10th but have a new cycle on the 22nd. Did you do an immediate plan change?

 

Edit: I'm not 100% sure of all the LTE bands but according to gsmarena, this phone MAY not be compatible with PM LTE. If you could try to connect it to 3G bands and not LTE then you might get somewhere albeit apparently slower.

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