Nexus 7 3g will not connect to 3 network but Wifi is ok help!!!

[Andy malton]

As tiltle says my new Nexus 7 3g will not connect to 3 network,I have a good signal 4 bars ,but nothing.On WiFi it's great,but dead on 3g nothing, am I missing something ?.Don't know much ,but the basics so be easy on me!. I even took it to the shop that supplied the mico sim and they couldn't do anything with it, the tablet knows the card is there and the 3 symblom is displayed at the bottom of the screen!!.Any ideas before I send it back???Cheers Andy

 

[anon(847090)]

As tiltle says my new Nexus 7 3g will not connect to 3 network,I have a good signal 4 bars ,but nothing.On WiFi it's great,but dead on 3g nothing, am I missing something ?.Don't know much ,but the basics so be easy on me!. I even took it to the shop that supplied the mico sim and they couldn't do anything with it, the tablet knows the card is there and the 3 symblom is displayed at the bottom of the screen!!.Any ideas before I send it back???Cheers Andy

worth checking the APN, also how are you seeing icons on bottom of the tablet. Nexus 7 has phone like interface and icon will only appear on the top.

 

[Dubg]

Have you activated the card with your wireless provider? You didn't mention in your post what company you are using. I just wanted to make sure that you have done that.

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[Lee_Bo]

Have you activated the card with your wireless provider? You didn't mention in your post what company you are using. I just wanted to make sure that you have done that.

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Ditto to what Dubg asked.

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[Andy malton]

I have checked that it is up and running when I took it back and they said yes !! and I have just checked APN !! and it says 3connect thats who I am with !! anything else to check ???

 

[Steve Gibbs]

Andy, I have exactly the same issue except I'm with giffgaff network.... I've got signal bars but but no internet connection
Did you find a solution to your problem yet ? if so please share it...
Thanks Steve

 

[Shaun Hooton]

Same issue here with ee (T-Mobile), they couldn't sort it in the shop either. Now on 2nd registered sim & still no connection. Any ideas?

 

[k0uf0]

i know it sounds silly but when i had the same problem the solution was to put in the field apn type "default"
At least it worked for me, I hope this helps
Nexus 7 3g 32GB

 

[chandra1975]

How on earth you could figure it out that by entering 'default' it works? It worked for me too. Thanks a million. Worth trying: Go to mobile network settings--->Access point names---->click + sign on top, and enter default for name and next field. Good luck everyone.