Internet Sharing + MMS now working on AT&T 920 w/ USA T-Mobile SIM

[kurtd]

So just got an Nokia 1520 unlocked for T mobile but the app Access Point is no longer available in the store for my phone. Is there any other way to download that app?

You can't find it in the store just by searching, you need the link. Use the app called sysapp pusher to get it.

 

[Dallan Anderson]

You can't find it in the store just by searching, you need the link. Use the app called sysapp pusher to get it.

Hey thanks man i was able to get the app with your help.

 

[Dallan Anderson]

So did all the steps and my pictures messages are now working. However now my 4g internet is not working. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this problem?

 

[kurtd]

So did all the steps and my pictures messages are now working. However now my 4g internet is not working. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this problem?

Not sure other than checking settings>cellular and making sure it's set to lte and reboot. I'm not having that problem on the 1020 with t-mobile.

 

[Corey Roth1]

I confirmed this works. I bought a Vodafone UK SIM card from Amazon. Costs a little more than the Orange one, but it doesn't have the $25 minimum requirement. The only down-side is that it's not a Micro SIM so I had to cut it down (carefully) to fit into the phone. Some quick scissor work and following the instructions exactly and I am up and running. Thanks for going through the effort to figure this out!

 

[mfmkhatri]

I was able to make this work using Aljawal (AKA STC) SIM from Saudi Arabia.
Also, I am using simple mobile, not t-mobile, on unocked AT&T Lumia 920, flashed with Rogers Canada firmware.

 

[heywhitmarsh]

I had the Verizon htc trophy a while ago and that phone shipped with a Vodafone/Verizon labelled sim.
I cut that sim down to micro size, put it in my unlocked at&t 920 with rogers rom and the internet sharing workaround worked as it should.
It also worked worked fine on an unlocked at&t lumia 1020.

This leads me to believe that any of the Vodafone/Verizon sim cards that Verizon used to ship with international capable phones before they had LTE will work.
If anyone else is successful with these Verizon sim cards let us know, those may be easier to come across in the US than foreign sims.

Let me clarify that a plain old Verizon sim WILL NOT WORK! it must be an international gsm sim that Verizon used for international phones before they needed sim cards for their own network.

 

[aLeeQad]

Just wanted to tell you i have been using lumia 920 for year and half never was able to use MMS or Internet (NOT TETHERING) for all this time. Recently I installed access point and now everything is working perfectly fine except internet tethering, now your steps asking me to uninstall access point (KEEP IN MIND I HAVE THAT CELLULAR APN SETTINGS FOR OVER YEAR AND NEVER WORKED FOR ME) i just don't wanna risk it because if it doesn't work i need access point back and its NOT available on store anymore and they took it out with black update!!! so my question is if its worth it or can you get access point back once uninstalled??

 

[heywhitmarsh]

Just wanted to tell you i have been using lumia 920 for year and half never was able to use MMS or Internet (NOT TETHERING) for all this time. Recently I installed access point and now everything is working perfectly fine except internet tethering, now your steps asking me to uninstall access point (KEEP IN MIND I HAVE THAT CELLULAR APN SETTINGS FOR OVER YEAR AND NEVER WORKED FOR ME) i just don't wanna risk it because if it doesn't work i need access point back and its NOT available on store anymore and they took it out with black update!!! so my question is if its worth it or can you get access point back once uninstalled??

SysApp Pusher | Windows Phone Apps+Games Store (United States)
this app will let you push access point to your phone.
Access point is available in the store it just can't be found by searching.

Also, this workaround will only work if your phone's firmware let's you change APN settings in the cellular settings menu.

 

[sadude69]

Thanks for the help here. For my Rogers Lumia 1020 unlocked, I used a PAK uFONE sim and was able to do everything as instructed. My MMS and Internet Sharing is working on T-Mobile now.

Let's hope I don't have to install access point again but I know I can always get it via sysapp.

 

[FourT2]

Wow this worked on my 1020! I joined the forum just to say thank you!

OP, please add MTS (Ukraine) SIM card to the list of known working SIM cards for this procedure.

I got a 1020 recently and SIM unlocked it. Everything (internet, text, SMS) worked fine after just putting my T-Mobile SIM card. Except internet sharing. I called T-Mobile to add internet sharing to my account, and checked on my T-Mobile branded 8x that internet sharing indeed works before trying this. But internet sharing still didn't work. Then I found this thread.

At first I tried with the few SIM cards that I had without success. I ordered Orange micro SIM but a coworker kindly lend me his MTS SIM from Ukraine, and the steps worked without fail!

Getting 19 Mbps down, 12 Mbps up through LTE in Seattle, WA right now!

 

[koopiskeva]

I updated my ATT (unlocked) Lumia 1020 to Windows 8.1 Developer Preview for use on T-Mobile USA.

This procedure no longer works to enable internet sharing. MMS works ok though. I'm using the same Orange UK sim card that allowed it to work previously on WP8.

 

[inteller]

That makes no sense.

 

[pankaj981]

This process is working on the Rogers 920 on T-Mobile USA after installing 8.1

 

[silvertonesx24]

I updated my ATT (unlocked) Lumia 1020 to Windows 8.1 Developer Preview for use on T-Mobile USA.

This procedure no longer works to enable internet sharing. MMS works ok though. I'm using the same Orange UK sim card that allowed it to work previously on WP8.

Same here. ATT unlocked 920, updated to 8.1, MMS works but internet sharing doesn't. "there's no cellular data connection to share right now"

 

[pankaj981]

Same here. ATT unlocked 920, updated to 8.1, MMS works but internet sharing doesn't. "there's no cellular data connection to share right now"

I had the same issue after factory reset without access point installed . To rectify it i had to install access point and then repeat the steps as mentioned by the OP and now it works. Tested it on my tablet and i get about 20 down 8 up.

 

[inteller]

now THAT doesn't surprise me.

Wish people would be thorough before posting BS.

 

[koopiskeva]

I had the same issue after factory reset without access point installed . To rectify it i had to install access point and then repeat the steps as mentioned by the OP and now it works. Tested it on my tablet and i get about 20 down 8 up.

On the 1020 (with WP8.1), I followed the steps exactly from the beginning as I had previously with WP8. Once I reach step 3 though, I notice that the T-Mobile US APN info is already in the cellular+sim settings. It seems that despite having access point try to overwrite the APN, once the T-mobile sim card is placed back in, all that info is re-populated.

Anybody else with an unlocked ATT 1020 that can confirm? I have not done a factory reset yet, that may be what I will try next.

 

[sequoia464]

can you get access point back once uninstalled??

Here is a direct link in case you still need it. I reset my 920 yesterday and just repeated this procedure, still works fine for me.

Access Point .. access point | Windows Phone Apps+Games Store (United States)

 

[Runamok81]

Using an AIO sim worked just fine for me on my Nokia 1520. I followed the instructions on the first page.

Foreign sim: Three Ireland sim
Local sim: AIO (trimmed down from full size)
APN settings: Official AIO APN settings from (https://www.aiowireless.com/support...ice-BYOD/customer/Bring-Your-Own-Android.html)

Internet sharing is up, working, and tested. Thanks OP!