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Hi folks, due to an unfortunate incident involving my much-loved Samsung Galaxy S3 and a swimming pool, I have had to buy a new phone. As funds are tight, I have opted to try out a Star U9501 (Chinese phone) from Ebay. The phone looks and feels lovely - very similar to the Samsung Galaxy S4, but I cannot seem to get the internet working.
Basically, calls and SMS work fine - and signal strength is good, but no matter what I try, it will not connect to the internet. I have visited a Vodafone store, who have confirmed the APN settings are correct, but were unable to suggest a solution. I have also tried an Android app called Tweakker to manually set the APN, but with no luck.
I have just tried the phone with my missus' phone SIM (Giffgaff) and also an Orange PayG SIM, with the following results.
Vodafone SIM - I get no mobile data, no matter what I try to enable the internet. I have reasonable signal strength - and the signal bars are blue on the phone (Android 4.2 - Jellybean).
Giffgaff SIM - Phone identifies the carrier as O2 (which is correct), and signal bars are Orange - but again, cannot get phone to connect to the internet.
Orange PayG SIM - Signal bars are Green - and it connects to the mobile internet (get H internet)!!!
So it would appear that the hardware is working OK, but I cannot seem to get the APN configured correctly on either Vodafone or Giffgaff (O2). I have even tried disabling 3G to force the phone to connect via 2G, but same result - cannot connect.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what the problem may be, and how I can get this working. I don't really want to send the phone back (was a UK seller - so shouldn't be a problem), as it looks and feels really nice. But without mobile data, my commutes to work will be very boring 
Cheers
Bcfaigg
P.S. I note that this phone is WCDMA 850/2100Mhz - whereas most UK phones are WCDMA 900/2100. Could this be relevant? My understanding is the phone still should work.
