No APN Settings Menu in new Android firmware

SendItJerry · January 13, 2023, 8:39pm

Which Khadas SBC do you use?

Vim3 with M2X and EM06-A

Which system do you use? Android, Ubuntu, OOWOW or others?

Android

Which version of system do you use? Khadas official images, self built images, or others?

Have tried November and December official Android firmware

Please describe your issue below:

When I go to configure APN settings through Mobile Networks>Advanced and tap/click on Access Point Names the screen refreshed like its trying to open the menu but nothing opens, its like the page wasn’t added to the settings app.

@goenjoy

SendItJerry · January 20, 2023, 7:47pm

Anyone able to respond to this? The apns-conf.xml doesn’t have the correct APN for T-Mobile US and I don’t have a way to change it.

xiong.zhang · January 29, 2023, 12:57am

@SendItJerry

The firmware that worked fine before was the one you used

SendItJerry · January 31, 2023, 10:40pm

I don’t think I have found one that works, I just got the LTE modem this months and tried the 5 or 6 most recent versions and didn’t find one that works. Also the APNs in apns-conf.xml file are listed as epc.tmobile.com it should be fast.t-mobile.com for LTE devices.

xiong.zhang · February 1, 2023, 6:11am

Thank you for your feedback. I will add the functions you need in the next version.

paul_at_go · February 8, 2023, 3:06pm

I need this as well for the VIM3L. When I try to access to the APN names it simply seems to crash.

Need AT&T broadband but ideally the ability to set whatever APN I need.

SendItJerry · April 15, 2023, 8:31pm

The new firmware does the same thing.

xiong.zhang · April 18, 2023, 9:52am

This problem has not been solved in the new firmware, we will solve it in the next version as soon as possible, and we will inform you of the latest news

SendItJerry · August 8, 2023, 1:22am

I downloaded the recent July 20th firmware and am still having the issue. was the fix supposed to be added?

xiong.zhang · August 9, 2023, 11:38am

Sorry, we don’t have the APN function on our VIM3, because we use the SDK of the TV section, and the APN function is not supported on TvSetting

SendItJerry · August 10, 2023, 12:34am

I was able to change APNs by pulling the apns-conf.xml file, updating it with the correct apn then replacing the file on the device. I’m still running into an issue where I am getting less than 1 megabit bandwidth using cellular.

xiong.zhang · September 25, 2023, 6:24am

Sorry for replying to you so late. Recently we thought about how to use the APN function on VIM3.

Because APN is an exclusive function of mobile phones and our TV settings do not support it, I have tried to compile the Android native Settings into the VIM3 system in the past two days and retain the TvSettings settings. I found that the APN function can jump to the native setting normally. Settings’ com.android.settings/.Settings$ApnSettingsActivity service, so this method is feasible. I will post the places that need to be modified below.

Just add Settings under the device/khadas path and compile it.

diff --git a/common/products/mbox/product_mbox.mk b/common/products/mbox/product_mbox.mk
index 1e930fe..3b5e63b 100755
--- a/common/products/mbox/product_mbox.mk
+++ b/common/products/mbox/product_mbox.mk
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ endif
 
 #Tvsettings
 PRODUCT_PACKAGES += \
+    Settings \
     TvSettings \
     DroidTvSettings \
     SchPwrOnOff \

When there are two settings in the system, a selection box will pop up at startup to let you choose one as the main setting. If you don’t want to see this selection box, follow the modifications below to remove LAUNCHER and FallbackHome.
Under the device/khadas path

diff --git a/kvim3/overlay/packages/apps/Settings/AndroidManifest.xml b/kvim3/overlay/packages/apps/Settings/AndroidManifest.xml
index aca050a..a620916 100644
--- a/kvim3/overlay/packages/apps/Settings/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/kvim3/overlay/packages/apps/Settings/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
-                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
             </intent-filter>
             <meta-data android:name="android.app.shortcuts" android:resource="@xml/shortcuts"/>
         </activity-alias>
@@ -2404,18 +2403,6 @@
             </intent-filter>
         </activity>
 
-        <!-- Triggered when user-selected home app isn't encryption aware -->
-        <activity android:name=".FallbackHome"
-                  android:excludeFromRecents="true"
-                  android:screenOrientation="nosensor"
-                  android:theme="@style/FallbackHome">
-            <intent-filter android:priority="-1000">
-                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
-                <!-- <category android:name="android.intent.category.HOME" /> -->
-                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
-            </intent-filter>
-        </activity>
-
         <activity android:name=".CryptKeeper$FadeToBlack"
             android:immersive="true"
             android:launchMode="singleTop"
diff --git a/kvim3l/overlay/packages/apps/Settings/AndroidManifest.xml b/kvim3l/overlay/packages/apps/Settings/AndroidManifest.xml
index aca050a..a620916 100644
--- a/kvim3l/overlay/packages/apps/Settings/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/kvim3l/overlay/packages/apps/Settings/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
-                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
             </intent-filter>
             <meta-data android:name="android.app.shortcuts" android:resource="@xml/shortcuts"/>
         </activity-alias>
@@ -2404,18 +2403,6 @@
             </intent-filter>
         </activity>
 
-        <!-- Triggered when user-selected home app isn't encryption aware -->
-        <activity android:name=".FallbackHome"
-                  android:excludeFromRecents="true"
-                  android:screenOrientation="nosensor"
-                  android:theme="@style/FallbackHome">
-            <intent-filter android:priority="-1000">
-                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
-                <!-- <category android:name="android.intent.category.HOME" /> -->
-                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
-            </intent-filter>
-        </activity>
-
         <activity android:name=".CryptKeeper$FadeToBlack"
             android:immersive="true"
             android:launchMode="singleTop"

Under the packages/apps/Settings path

diff --git a/AndroidManifest.xml b/AndroidManifest.xml
index 27132165b9..6e5e526fff 100644
--- a/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
-                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
             </intent-filter>
             <meta-data android:name="android.app.shortcuts" android:resource="@xml/shortcuts"/>
         </activity-alias>
@@ -2346,19 +2345,6 @@
             </intent-filter>
         </activity>
 
-        <!-- Triggered when user-selected home app isn't encryption aware -->
-        <activity android:name=".FallbackHome"
-                  android:excludeFromRecents="true"
-                  android:label=""
-                  android:screenOrientation="nosensor"
-                  android:theme="@style/FallbackHome">
-            <intent-filter android:priority="-1000">
-                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
-                <category android:name="android.intent.category.HOME" />
-                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
-            </intent-filter>
-        </activity>
-
         <activity android:name=".CryptKeeper$FadeToBlack"
             android:immersive="true"
             android:launchMode="singleTop"