Observing a peculiar problem with (probably) Radio Stack.
ROM Version 3.17.03 (Jeff's ROMKitchen) or 3.16.52 ENG (Qtek Upgrade) or 3.14 (Original Qtek when I bought it)
Radio Version 3.23.01 (Qtek)
Problems: XDA suddenly stops responding to all the phone applications. No calls, no sms, no gprs connection. Backlight flickers, or shut off completely. Other applications work but infinitely slowly.
Bootloader observations: upon entering into the bootloader (ver 5.15), it takes long time to settle and I get a message GSM Failure instead of GSM OK. If I try to switch band, or reset GSM, I get the same message after a long wait.
Everything gets restored perfectly well after hard reset.
What could be the possible problem?
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Hi,
I have an 18 month old XDA1 that I believe has developed a hardware fault.
It has recently demonstrated the following faults (no new software added for several months):
1) Most common - It fails to alert me to appointments when the unit is turned off and reboots to the splash screen when turned on.
(I’ve seen this even with no user data or third party apps loaded).
2) Occasionally the XDA doesn’t know how much charge it has and doesn't charge when connected to a supply (I have to turn the battery off and on again).
3) SD card gets erased.
4) Running incredibly slowly (for example the start menu takes 10-20 seconds to scroll down, and switching between applications takes ages).
5) Sometimes the backlight flashes on briefly every 15-20 seconds, until the unit is reset.
I have tried numerous resets, and several complete power downs (which mean the unit needs a lot of setting up afterwards).
ROM Version: 4.00.11 ENG
(from Jeff's Kitchen, worked fine for 6 months)
ROM Date: 06/23/03
Radio Version: 4.21.00
Protocol Version: 32S54
Has anyone seen these problems before?
Is it a hardware fault or ROM / software?
Could it be that the backup battery is failing?
Any help appreciated, thanx in advance,
Muddy.
I could think it's ROM related issues especially with such outdated beta release. I would recommend flashing 4.01.00 or 4.01.16 which has fixes for both the slowness (clear_notify.DB) and the wake up bug.
Thanks,
I've upgraded to 4.01.16.
I've had it 'crash in its sleep', and reboot to the splash screen when turned on, about once a day (3 times in total) since then.
Also, writing to the SD via ActiveSync is problematic, and I have to reset the XDA to gain write access.
I've not seen the other faults so far.
Rgds,
Muddy.
I have problem with my XDA II which is just been upgraded to 1.66 Chinese ROM. The problem is the machine will freeze right when I turn it on. It only shows the last screen when it shuts down with the automatic shut down setting. No buttons will work at all. This happens about once per day. I was not able to softrest or hardreset. Only if I take out the battery and put it back again, the PDA will hardreset by itself. I had no such problem with the old 1.52 Chinese ROM version. Is anyone experincing the same problem as my? Does anyone know how to stop it from happenning again?
I did a quick search and didn't find anything on this.
Anytime I normally lose radio signal (elevator, etc), my radio no longer goes into search mode (animated dots) an an attempt to re-establish connectivity, it immediately goes into a stop state (the regular signal antenna icon with an exclamation point). Even after I re-enter an area that has signal, it will not re-establish connectivity in this state. After a period of time, I get the error:
"Phone - There is a problem connecting to the GPRS service in your registered home network."
The only way to fix this is to toggle in and out of flight mode, or softboot.
I didn't have this issue until I SIM/SCID'd unlocked and upgraded my Tytn to the 1.35 ROM (1.18 radio/1.09 BL). In an attempt to fix it, I downgraded the bootloader to 1.04 and then downgraded the radio to 1.16. Although the downgrades were successful, it did not fix the radio problem.
Anyone have suggestions?
cruiserman said:
I did a quick search and didn't find anything on this.
Anytime I normally lose radio signal (elevator, etc), my radio no longer goes into search mode (animated dots) an an attempt to re-establish connectivity, it immediately goes into a stop state (the regular signal antenna icon with an exclamation point). Even after I re-enter an area that has signal, it will not re-establish connectivity in this state. After a period of time, I get the error:
"Phone - There is a problem connecting to the GPRS service in your registered home network."
The only way to fix this is to toggle in and out of flight mode, or softboot.
I didn't have this issue until I SIM/SCID'd unlocked and upgraded my Tytn to the 1.35 ROM (1.18 radio/1.09 BL). In an attempt to fix it, I downgraded the bootloader to 1.04 and then downgraded the radio to 1.16. Although the downgrades were successful, it did not fix the radio problem.
Anyone have suggestions?
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Use an earlier radio version like 1.13 or 1.11. I used to have this problem with 1.16 as well.
Ever since I upgraded to the new cingular rom and 1.27 radio, I've had great success with the phone, with a few issues.
1) The radio sometimes doesn't respond to 'hang-up'... I've once had to reset the phone to actually disconnect the call!
2) My SD Card will sometimes show no content. When I go to run a program that is installed to the card, it will not run and I get a 'file may not be signed' error. When I load up a file manager, it shows the directory structure of the card, but, not the files. Removing and re-inserting the card fixes everything and I can go on my merry way. Very annoying.
3) The phone will often not turn itself off. When I set the backlight timeout for 1min, and the power-off to 2mins (battery), I will get the backlight to turn off, but the phone itself doesn't turn off... Even stranger, if the device is doing activesync and I manually push the 'power' button, the device will *turn itself back on* within about 1 second.
Also, I had purchased "Ultimate Theft Alert", and for some strange reason it's decided that I'm using a different phone and runs only in non-registered mode. I'm guessing the change of radio threw off the serial # check. Just a warning for those who have the UTAv3.... Upgrading the radio *will* cause you to need to get a new activation code.
Otherwise, very happy with the new radio, and OS. On another note, the new radio shows 'E' for Edge correctly now (instead of a 'G'). I haven't gone to a 3G area yet to know how to works, but, the radio was upgraded after the OS, and with the old radio, I'd get the 'G', as soon as the new radio was installed, I got an 'E'. So, the radio has something to do with the G, E and 3G graphics.
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Also, I had purchased "Ultimate Theft Alert", and for some strange reason it's decided that I'm using a different phone and runs only in non-registered mode. I'm guessing the change of radio threw off the serial # check. Just a warning for those who have the UTAv3.... Upgrading the radio *will* cause you to need to get a new activation code.
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I use UTAv3 and I've changed the radio version a several times without problems....
I have upgraded to the cingular rom and it seem to reformat my sd card, I tried tor recover it.
I have now gone back to the HTC Test rom to see if I get the same issues
Hi
Ive been lurking for a while, about time to have my say! Upgraded to the test rom a couple of days ago and all seems fine. I have experienced the same behavior from my memory card too (1gb sandisk) but a soft reset sorts it. I havent noticed many other differences but everything runs fine, have yet to get things working with my Parrot in car handsfree and gps receiver.
Upgraded last night to the 1.27 radio, so far so good - I am now getting an "H" for hsdpa which is cool. Signal seems about the same as previous (1.18), waiting to see about battery life.
Thanks to all the "experts" that gave me the confidence to do the upgrade via the 1.01 bootloader and saved me from ending up with my radio rom stuck with 1.08!
I just love playing with this thing!
I have WM5.0 and few programs installed on my qtek8500 (CeleTask, AudioNotes, Oxios, ClearVue). After restart GPRS works for several minutes, then - cannot connect. Did anyone face similar problem?
i get this sometimes on my cingular 3125, and not just with gprs. it does it with mms as well. it happened with winmo5 and winmo6, i just re-did all my settings and it worked for a short period of time. it has now gone back to not working... reboots fix it sometimes but why the hell should i reboot this phone to download a picture....