NOTE4 - APN settings are not available for this user

I have seen meany forums ignore this one please help.

Device is T-mobile note 4
Rooted - I am using cyanogen mod - (trltexx) trltetmo does not work for my device.
( cm-12.1-20150808-NIGHTLY-trltexx.zip )
I get an MD5 error? but it installs anyway
There is no cellular service.

Everything works except my sim card. It wont detect it and my APN settings page says.
"APN settings are not available for this user"

Things I tried repeatedly as suggested by google searches
I tried each one with a clean rom install

1. - manually input APN settings (it wont save them)
2. - Reboot 5 times
3. - Remove the sim card before first boot
4. - Use wifi first to "warm up network"
5.- Wait 3 days for cellular tower to send me signal
6. - Wait 5 min
7. - Try a different rom (same problem with apn settings)
8. - let phone cool down with full battery
9. - Dial *#*#4636#*#* turn off radio?
10. - cry

I remember back when I had an HTC evo 4G everything was so simple...
I installed ROMs like crazy with no errors.

can anyone help me get my cellular service working?