BB Passport on Project Fi

[Drew Oswalt]

It works for calls. And probably texts. No data. Good to know I can stick the Sim card into one of my BlackBerrys and calls will work. Not sure if it will work if there are no T-Mobile towers around.

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[achiquitachaser]

It works for calls. And probably texts. No data. Good to know I can stick the Sim card into one of my BlackBerrys and calls will work. Not sure if it will work if there are no T-Mobile towers around.

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I am using a passport SE with Google fi and everything is working including data except voicemail notifications just send a broken text message. What about you?

 

[Drew Oswalt]

Data wasn't working for me. Do I need to change APN settings?

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[achiquitachaser]

Mine is set to fast.t-mobile.com and it works

 

[achiquitachaser]

Does your voicemail notification work? Can you use visual voicemail?

 

[Drew Oswalt]

Honestly, all I did was pop in the Sim card, made a call and took it out. I will do more testing when I have time.

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[Drew Oswalt]

Why not. Lol!

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[achiquitachaser]

Lol that's not a passport

 

[anon(20964)]

Interesting .. why? Project Fi is a Google offering. Google specifies Nexus devices and for good reason - the all band radios incorporated in the Nexus devices.

Oh well... have fun. While you at it try Facetime on your non-Apple phone.

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[Drew Oswalt]

I have to see if the service works on other devices just in case my Nexus is damaged or battery dies. You never know.

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[Drew Oswalt]

Lol that's not a passport

Haha. It's good to know I can put the sim into pretty much any device and it will make calls. Back ups are always good.

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[libra89]

I am using a passport SE with Google fi and everything is working including data except voicemail notifications just send a broken text message. What about you?

I find this to be very interesting. What phone did you launch Fi with and how long was it until you tried this?

 

[mikewolfsonmikewolfson]

It would be so easy for Google to block this, as they only have 2 or 3 phones on the approved list.

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[mikewolfsonmikewolfson]

Is interesting though.

 

[achiquitachaser]

Any GSM phone can use fi after its been activated on one of three eligible nexus devices. You just end up with some issues with other GSM devices, like no WiFi calling, sms/mms issues, no network switching, voice-mail issues. So yes it is definitely crippled. But besides the voice-mail issue it seems to work great in my passport

 

[libra89]

Any GSM phone can use fi after its been activated on one of three eligible nexus devices. You just end up with some issues with other GSM devices, like no WiFi calling, sms/mms issues, no network switching, voice-mail issues. So yes it is definitely crippled. But besides the voice-mail issue it seems to work great in my passport

Good to know. I think I'll pass then, but thank you. I already have voicemail issues with one of my phones.

 

[anon(55900)]

Try this out and let us know if it fixes everything, If it works then I'll be buying a Passport. Please let me know how it goes!

 

[anon(55900)]

Data wasn't working for me. Do I need to change APN settings?

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Maybe? https://apn.gishan.net/settings/1114_40_project_fi_apn_settings_for_blackberry_passport.php