SIMCOM SIM7100E Raspberry PI 4

Hi All,
I have my modem working with openwrt and just cannot get it to connect to my operator.
I run through the following
qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 -w
wwan0
ip link set wwan0 down
echo 'Y' | tee /sys/class/net/wwan0/qmi/raw_ip
Y
< qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --dms-set-operating-mode='online'
[/dev/cdc-wdm0] Operating mode set successfullyqmicli -p -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --device-open-net='net-raw-ip|net-no-qos-header' --wds-start-n
etwork="apn='internet.dito.ph',ip-type=4" --client-no-release-cid
error: couldn't open the QmiDevice: QMI protocol error (70): 'InvalidOperation'>

Always fails at the network start, my Modems firmware is on v4.5
Manufacturer: SIMCOM INCORPORATED
Model: SIMCOM_SIM7100E
Revision: SIM7100E_V4.5
IMEISV: 866802021870821
+GCAP: +CGSM,+DS,+ES

In luci I get an error from modem manager
Protocol: ModemManager
RX: 0 B (0 Pkts.)
TX: 0 B (0 Pkts.)
Error: Unable to set preferred mode.

If I set it to QMI protocol I get an error of

** Protocol: QMI Cellular
RX: 0 B (0 Pkts.)
TX: 0 B (0 Pkts.)
Error: Unknown error (NETWORK_REGISTRATION_FAILED)**
Logs:
Sat Feb 3 06:50:12 2024 daemon.notice netifd: 4gModem (6265): Waiting for SIM initialization
Sat Feb 3 06:50:12 2024 daemon.notice netifd: 4gModem (6265): PIN verification is disabled
Sat Feb 3 06:50:13 2024 daemon.notice netifd: 4gModem (6265): Waiting for network registration
Sat Feb 3 06:50:14 2024 daemon.notice netifd: 4gModem (6265): Network registration failed (reason: 'registering_denied')
Sat Feb 3 06:50:14 2024 daemon.notice netifd: 4gModem (6296): Stopping network 4gModem
Sat Feb 3 06:50:14 2024 daemon.notice netifd: 4gModem (6296): Command failed: ubus call network.interface notify_proto { "action": 0, "link-up": false, "keep": false, "interface": "4gModem" } (Permission denied)
Sat Feb 3 06:50:14 2024 daemon.notice netifd: Interface '4gModem' is now down
Sat Feb 3 06:50:15 2024 daemon.warn odhcpd[1760]: No default route present, overriding ra_lifetime!

Apart from my firmware possibly being out of date, if anyone can confirm or give me any pointers to what could be wrong.

checked my signal quality and can see it goes from 90% to 0% when trying to connect. Also found a profile that I modified. Hopefully firmware will fix it.


Status | unlock retries: sim-pin (3), sim-puk (10), sim-pin2 (3), sim-puk2 (10)
| state: searching
| power state: on
| signal quality: 0% (recent)