Help Incredible, APN, Quick Settings Bug, and Mobile Data Switch Issue

Instructions to repair MMS damage caused by Quick Settings. I don't know why the Dev has not stepped forward with this information. The new Quick Settings version no longer causes this damage. But you still should not / can not use Mobile Data Switch in Quick Settings on the Incredible. Everything else in Quick Settings works fine on the Incredible.

Instructions:

Before you Begin: You must have a MicroSD card installed. You MUST have Windows configured to show extensions of known file types! Do not proceed until you're sure you can see extensions of files. See here for simple instructions on how to show extensions in Windows: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=193

1) Install APN Backup and Restore from the Market (free)
2) Run the App and select Backup. Name the file: apns-broken.xml
3) Plug Incredible into USB (or remove card) and copy the file on your phone's sdcard from folder called APNBackupRestore to your pc.
4) Open the file on your pc in a text editor such as notepad.
5) Remove the 2 occurrences of [disabled] - see below for example.
6) Save the edited file as: apns-fixed.xml
7) Verify your can see the file extension of the file as .xml
8) Copy the file back to your sdcard into the same folder called APNBackupRestore.
9) Run APN Backup again and click Restore. Select the file to restore: apns-fixed.xml - When prompted to search for all instances, answer: NO
10) Unplug your phone from USB and reboot your phone.

NOTE: In some instances, you will not see [disabled]. You may see a dash before the 1
(e.g., -1). You should remove the dash. Or, instead of editing the file, you may wish to just delete the contents of the file and copy and paste the text below marked "APN After Editing" so you're sure you have the text of file exactly correct. [Thanks to Zenman for this tip]



To Verify the repair, check your MMS. Also, you can open Quick Settings and check that Mobile Data shows as "enabled" and not ""No APN Configured". DO NOT click on the Mobile Data switch or you'll break it again! Now hide the Mobile Data Switch in Quick Settings by using Customize so you don't hit it by accident. You can also verify the repair by backing up / saving the apn again to another file name, like apns-verify.xml and checking it in a text editor. It should look like the apn at the bottom of this post: APN After Editing.

APN Before Editing
bolded entries will be removed
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes' ?>
<apns>
<apn name="Production" numeric="00000" mcc="000" mnc="00" apn="1[disabled]" user="null" server="null" password="null" proxy="null" port="null" mmsproxy="null" mmsport="null" mmsprotocol="2.0" mmsc="http://mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms" type="mms[disabled]" />
</apns>

APN After Editing
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes' ?>
<apns>
<apn name="Production" numeric="00000" mcc="000" mnc="00" apn="1" user="null" server="null" password="null" proxy="null" port="null" mmsproxy="null" mmsport="null" mmsprotocol="2.0" mmsc="http://mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms" type="mms" />
</apns>

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Note: If the word "null" is missing after your restore and check the apn again, that is ok. For example: password="null" and Password="" are both acceptable. Sometimes Android will remove the word "null" when restoring.

See related thread:
http://androidforums.com/support-tr...ure-texts-mms-culprit-quick-settings-app.html

ALSO SEE POST #19 and #20 below for a possible easier solution.

duplicate post removed

If you are unable to SEND an SMS Text Message and they get stuck in Unsent Messages, here is the solution:

Remove Call Back # Dashes: Messages, Menu, Settings, Call Back Number. Your Call back number can NOT contain dashes (or brackets). If you put in, for example 212-555-1212 it will break outgoing SMS Text Messaging. Remove the dashes to fix! The call back number must contain digits only: e.g.: 2125551212

SMS Only Settings Reset: If that doesn't work, you can also just reset the SMS Settings: Open Messages app, click on Menu, select Settings, click on Menu again, and finally select "Restore Default Settings" This will restore the default SMS / MMS settings only.

CurveFish APN OnOff mentioned above by nighlwing : http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.curvefish.widgets.apnonoff

I have not tested this but if it works it's easier than editing files for sure.
I also think the new version of Quick Settings will fix it too (again, I have not tested).

However, I would at least look at your APN first to see if anything is amiss as described above in post #3 before running this app that may break something that doesn't need "fixing".