Guys,
I just bought a used Orange SPV M3100. After a bit of use (5-10 mins) the screen keeps blanking - all the colours keep running down (sort of pixelating) and then the screen goes white. Is the unit defective? It's still on as the green light keeps blinking and also I can receive calls. Is this just some problem with the orange rom? should I try the standard tytn rom?
I've also applied the unlocker successfully but the above happened before the update as well.
thanks for any advice!
Fred
some more info
ok, just a little more info - I keep getting white screens where the device appears to function, but it is only showing a white screen. I have to fix it following solution 1 every time:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_UpgradeProblems I ca
does anyone else get a white screen in the middle of using the device? Please let me know if it's normal or if u think mine is defective. Thanks!
I'm on my fourth SPV-M3100 in four weeks, but I've never had that...
Sounds suspect to me.
Really? what happens to yours? What hardware version(s) have u had?
All straight from Orange UK...
First one camera didn't work
Second one wasn't recognised on Orange Internet (WAP) said I wasn't an Orange user
Third kept cutting out calls after 30 seconds and wasn't connecting on GPRS
Now I'm on my fourth, which occasionally cuts out, and occasionally has connection trouble, but far better than the first three efforts.
All,
I had to send my unit into HTC to get it repaired. now that it's been "fixed", looks like they've loaded an american ROM onto it (region settings after hard reset say US):
Operator version: 14.123.1.614
ROM version: 1.23.61.4
ROM date: 07/13/06
Radio: 1.06.00.00
If anyone is interested in the EXT rom dump, pls let me know and I'll get it and post it here.
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When I turned on my QTEK 1010 900/1900 MhZ No Radio.
Any Advice??
Ampi
ampi said:
When I turned on my QTEK 1010 900/1900 MhZ No Radio.
Any Advice??
Ampi
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Take out SIM. Go to bootloader (hold power while soft-resetting), then press calendar button after "WAIT" disappears. Select GSM 900/1800. Insert SIM again (close cover well). soft-reset.
Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately "I receive GSM turn ON fail !!"
No matter which option I select...
When I go into Device information, there is no info regarding Radio version or protocol - used to be info there before...
The last thing I did before this happened was making a call, and the next thing when I picked it up there is no phone any longer...
SO, what would next step be? Can I reload the phone software somehow?
I have the exact same problem
NO RADIO
TRIED TO BOOTLOADER AND GET A GSM ERROR
I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED.
HELP, WHO CAN FIX THIS?
THANKS,
FERNANDO
Problem Solved!
Dont ask how - but the phone went completely out of charge as I left it for dead a few days.
When I plugged the charger in, just to check my calender, it started to charge and Radio was back again...
Amazing product...
Well, I guess you got lucky!!! I am happy for you. So you left it for dead:
a) how many days?
b) sim card in or out?
Thanks,
Fernando
There was a sim card in
I think about two days.
(The Qtek was turning on/off itself, blinking with backgroud light now and then until it went completely dead. I of course lost all data etc. bit thats OK
Why not try to remove the battery in the unit? To really reset it...
Hi:
I did it. Cracked it open, took the battery out. Put it all back together, and still have the same problem. This is a tough one to solve.
Any other ideas?
Fernando
I looked all over these forums for evidence of this problem, apologies if the solution is here and I'm asking a redundant questions!
Just got an XDA II from a friend and have 2 problems:
:arrow: 1) On a hard reset or simply after removing the battery, I just get the O2 splash screen for about 15 minutes (no button presses or screen taps will affect it), then poof, stuff starts installing and suddenly I have a working PDA.
:arrow: 2) If I put my SIM card in the device, this "poof" never happens, the device stays on the splash screen indefinitely. I've used XDA Unlock which as told me that the device is ALREADY unlocked.
Thoughts? Do I need to install a new ROM or am I simply missing something else? I'd love to be able to use this with ATT here in the US if possible.
Device status is:
ROM: 1.52.OOWWE
Date: 10/23/03
RADIO: 1.05.13
PROTO: 1337.13
EXTROM: 1.03.27
Thanks!
Did this start happening before you used xdaunlock. That program is for the xda1, the unlock for xda2 is a totally different application, when you run the xda2 unlock it gives you the sid number to enter when you put in a sim from a different provider. I think your phone is still locked and it is probably the sim that is hanging it. You need this.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/wiki/xda2unlock
I did use xda2unlock
Oops, I should have been clearer, this WAS the application I used (It's very clear that it's for unlocking the 2, not the 1). It "worked" in terms of talking to the device, but no results given that it figured it had no work to do.
Is my other other option to unlock this to go to O2?
...and no, the behavior has been consistent...
...before and after using the ap. The other thing the Sim card seems to do is lock the device up, whereas without it the device EVENTUALLY unlocks and lets you use the PDA features. Rather annoying.
Sounds like a faulty unit to me, no way should you be waiting that long for a boot, yes the sim seems to make it worse but its bad to begin with, it should be sent for repair I think. I am sure the xda2 does some hardware checks on boot and maybe its having a hard time getting past one of them, do you have an sd card inserted in the slot? And how does it function once it gets past boot? Does it survive a soft reset ok? Are there any error messages when it begins its install procedure?
It's WORKING!!! It's WORKING!
I'm not sure whether this is SUPPOSED to be a problem or not, but LOCKING the Sim card door down causes this unit to go into this wierd state I've been experiencing...just letting the batttery press it down in place (but not securing it by pulling that little tan lever to the left) makes ALL the difference.
HOW ODD! Or did I miss something that should have told me that this would screw things up?
The phone indeed was already unlocked, picked up my network beautifully. Thanks for your input!
Hi guys/girls
Have a XDA which has a very strange problem, I have signal, can send and take texts (Vodafone and Orange networks tested) but can not take or make a call, sometimes the phone will ring and then after about 5 sec's it will cut off and I will have missed call, I have tried to take the call but it say unable to take the call (have not yet got it to call out), now the Orange sim I use has GPRS and I get the little G up for about 2 sec's then it's gone again, so anyone had this problem before and can point me in the right place to get this fixed.
Also I got the phone like this so I know no histroy.
Info on phone
Rom 3.17
Radio 4.21
I'm guessing this is a hardware problem so any link's or pic's of the radio side of the XDA might help me to see if something has come loose or might need resoldering.
Many thanks
I too have a simlar problem
The XDA I have came with the Special Edition Rom v1.2 on it
I put in a vodaphone sim I know works and it allowed me to dial out - only to cut off as soon as it seemed to make a connection. So I tried to diel to it to get a message about a system error.
I tried an O2 new pay as you go sim and had the problem of the G2 symbol appearing and disappearing on me.
Anyone out there got any clues ?
Owlfandbg, this sounds to me like a blocked phone, I have been sold 2 phones in the past that did the same and found out they had been subject to insurance claims and blocked from all networks.
any ideas how I find out if the phone is blocked
and is there anything I can dan do about it?
If your radio stack is before 4.21 you can use xda manipulator to "manipulate" the imei which will then give you network access. I must qualify this by stating that interfering with the imei in the UK renders you liable to 5 years in jail plus a huge fine if you get caught.
afternoon all, bit of a newbie here but will try and get my problem accross.
I have an orange M3100 with whatever rom that comes with as standard, to make it except a t mobile sim i used the free unlocker from here, version 2. this all worked fine until 2 months later my phone locked up on me and i had to hard reset. this went ok until when it was loading the rom. it got to the orange2006.tsk and always froze. after many many attempts i noticed on the boot screen it said NO GSM. i looked around here and realised i had a corrupt radio or no radio at all. confused i downloaded the radio only 1.35 and installed. finally success my phone loaded the rom which by now i had the xda live 0.20 and the radio worked fine. the problems i am having now are that whenever the phone looses signal, it won't in the conventional sense try and search or show the icon saying no signal. it just shows the last known signal strength before it was lost and then when i do want to make a call or send an sms it says "Phone operation failed" and looses signal and then tries to lock on again. this is extremely annoying as my girlfriend has reminded me on many occassions when trying to contact me, she just cannot get through. it gives her a dead tone.
i have tried flashing the device with the proper orange rom off the site thats from romania or somewhere to get an offical orange radio rom on again and then i flashed to xda live 0.20 and its still doing it.
is my radio just buggered or is there a simple flash solution i can do to fix it.
the phone is currently using XDA live 0.20 with radio 1.35.00.11 and bootloader 1.4 super CID (i think, as i can load any rom on it)
also to point out the phone never did this loosing signal and not changing thing before i had to hard reset.
thanks all and sorry for the long post.
it seems the problems seem to stem from Edge here in the uk on orange. i never saw the E icon before i upgraded the radio shack and now its coming up and errors. i never get the hanging problem with that.
anyone suggest anything? as i know edge is faster gprs i dont think i can disable it
thanks all
Consider changing your radio
I would start by changing to an older stable radio, perhaps 1.27. 1.27 is a very stable radio (in my experience), and it seems very tolerant. If that does not help, I would try to upgrade to the latest radio, 1.38. I am using it with the WM VI Black Ed. ROM without any problems here in the United States.
Good Luck! (Gotta keep the girl friend happy!)
Help please!
I have just received a refurbished HTC HD2 back from Vodafone after complaining about loss of signal. Now I have noticed that replacement phone has Vodafone logo on start up which original one didn't. Is there anyway to get rid of this.
Have spoken to Vodafone who would not remove it and quite happily told me that there is a problem with the network in my area and not the phone now. I am moving to a different network, this phone is not locked but the Vodafone start up logo has to go.
Thanks in advance.
I apologise if this resoultion is on another thread but I have spent the last few hours trying to find something but to no avail.
yes just search for a boot screen app on xda and install what you want.
if it pops up immidiately after you start the phone, you need to flash an official unbranded HTC ROM (needs HSPL or SSPL).
If you mean the bootup screen, then do what malkrae said.
Hi Guys
The vodafone logo pops up after the main HTC logo when the phone is switched on, please advise which is the best way to rid my phone of this
Donskie