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Hi all.
with the 6800-
I flash nexvisions rom and the new radio. After reading ppcgeeks tutorial, I thought I needed to run IOTA.cab to get my data settings even though I'm on Verizon. Well, after doing a *228 and calling verizion to get my calls to go though, my data is now screwing up.
The problem is- when I run internet explorer (with google mobile as my homepage) it chokes after about 50 K downloaded and wont finish. The data connection is lousy. If I try to close out my data connection using the connection manager it comes up with a warning about IOTA data errors.
Now I know that vzw users do not need IOTA. Is there a way to reset what IOTA does to your data connection settings without doing a hard reset? I can't find a 'unintstall' IOTA.cab anywhere.
Anyone have any ideas?
Cook ROM as Verizon, not Sprint?
Maybe just run the ROM again
I can not think of a good way to get it all out but maybe someone has an idea. I am on VZW and it worked perfectly.
You should reflash.
Perhaps you shouldn't use Nexvision's ROM since it obviously has Sprint "parts" in it that seem to be interfering.
Here is what worked and is still working very well for me. I have no data or voice issues at all right now:
Geckotek said:
In fact, all is well.
I flashed back to the stock VZW ROM (third time I think), I made sure all of my provisioning issues with Verizon were worked out (finally had the tech "kick the switch").
1) Then I proceeded to load the 2.4 bootloader,
2) then the 3.16 Unauthorized Sprint ROM w/ radio,
3) then finally installed a cooked DCD 2.3.2 ROM.
Things to note:
1) I never let the Sprint ROM boot up (this is VERY important!!)
2) I had no signal so ran *22802 then hit End as soon as it connected
3) Still no signal after reboot
4) No A key, MSID, or MDN issues, but I did re-enter the MSID and MDN as discussed in other threads
5) After re-entering MSID and MDN then after reboot I had signal (even though they are there and correct, type re-enter the information anyway)
6) never had to run *228 to OTA program (in the past programming with *228 has reversed the effect of re-entering the MSID and MDN)
In general, I feel that the OTA from VZW sends down some programming that conflicts with the 3.27 radio...but I have nothing to prove that.
GPS is running great (I just loaded the AstroGPSLauncher)
Not sure about Rev A. It does seem snappy. What's a good site to test from the phone?
I'm happy and not re-flashing until a solid radio for Verizon arrives.
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Thanks everyone for your feedback.
First- I'll try a hard reset first and see if that clears it up.
Then if that doesn't work, I'll try reflashing nexvisions rom and see if that clears it up.
If that doesn't work, I'll reflash trying the dcd rom.
spreeway said:
Thanks everyone for your feedback.
First- I'll try a hard reset first and see if that clears it up.
Then if that doesn't work, I'll try reflashing nexvisions rom and see if that clears it up.
If that doesn't work, I'll reflash trying the dcd rom.
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If that doesn't work, you should do like I did and start with a clean slate. All the reflashing of ROMs and radios did me no good. Whatever issues I had were not going away with just another flash from one ROM to another.
Hard resetting fix everything.
ever since I installed the rom, my wifi stopped catching signals completely. now I just added the data plan on my phone, and the data isnt working either. Any idea what the problem could be?
EDIT: ALSO I have a verizon phone, yet when I soft reset, Alltell shows up instead of the Verizon Logo. Maybe this has something to do with it
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What radio are you using?
Have you tried hard resetting and skipping the customizations? I don't see why Alltel would be displayed if you did a fresh ROM flash, as there is nothing associated with AllTel unless you installed the wrong CAB.
Best bet would be: Go to the Radio 3.40.30 thread, download the Unlocker for Olipro 1.2 and most recent Radio...flash the Unlocker, let it get into Boot Loader mode, then flash the Radio. Then it will boot up again, and flash your phone with Olipro 2.4, then flash the 3.2.3 DCD rom. Install carrier cab, and the Arcsoft one if you need it....then you're done.
The data connection may be another story...but I'd first get the ROM up and going, with the ability to make phone calls / send texts.
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What radio are you using?
Have you tried hard resetting and skipping the customizations? I don't see why Alltel would be displayed if you did a fresh ROM flash, as there is nothing associated with AllTel unless you installed the wrong CAB.
Best bet would be: Go to the Radio 3.40.30 thread, download the Unlocker for Olipro 1.2 and most recent Radio...flash the Unlocker, let it get into Boot Loader mode, then flash the Radio. Then it will boot up again, and flash your phone with Olipro 2.4, then flash the 3.2.3 DCD rom. Install carrier cab, and the Arcsoft one if you need it....then you're done.
The data connection may be another story...but I'd first get the ROM up and going, with the ability to make phone calls / send texts.
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Actually that's the funny part, I CAN make calls and texts. I didn't brick my phone or anything, GPS works fine too. The only problem is the WIFI and data connection - should I still go ahead and try that new rom?
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I would definitely suggest the whole procedure, from Radio flash and then further to the ROM reflash.
If after you've done all those things, and your WiFi is jacked, at least in my mind, the things probably broken.
Data connection could just be a matter of password being incorrect, or needing a DMU reset. See if you can do the flash to get the WiFI working first.
scotcha12345 said:
I would definitely suggest the whole procedure, from Radio flash and then further to the ROM reflash.
If after you've done all those things, and your WiFi is jacked, at least in my mind, the things probably broken.
Data connection could just be a matter of password being incorrect, or needing a DMU reset. See if you can do the flash to get the WiFI working first.
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Do you have aim/msn or something? I updated to DCD 3.2.3 and the wifi works great now. But the data network keeps saying I have the wrong username and password. I even called up verizon for that and they dont know what the problem is. I bet it's incredible simple :/ What is a DMU reset????
Thanks a bunch in advance
EDIT: Also my phone is RIDDLED with alltel settings when it should be verizon, even AFTER all these updates!! I went into the EPST and a bunch of things had alltel. need help fast :/
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I've upgraded and changed to:
NueRom v2.2
Chose Verizon, checked the EPST. Everything looked fine, but the m.IP Default Profile is still [email protected].
I was able to get an A-Key (and a password???) from the rep. The A-Key is pretty long.. does that sound about right? Anyway DATA still doesn't work. Any help is greatly appreciated, I'm trying to get this up and running as soon as possible
So I bought a phone that was branded qwest. It is the Mogul Titan 6800 I'm not sure of the point for all the different names but it looks like the Sprint or Telus Phone (circle instead of square navigation button) Anyways I paid someone to flash it to cricket. It ended up having a Verizon splash screen and a radio version of 3.37. The person who flashed it said GPS would not work with this particular flash, and if I wanted it to work he would have to do it on his own time because the guy he worked for had a certain ROM they liked and he could not flash a GPS ROM on his boss's time.
So I flashed to Gamedics ROM and then flashed To) V3 ROM. CI could not get GPS to work with either. I then upgraded the radio to 3.42.50. Still GPS does not work. I added GPS toggle and quick GPS but they did not help either.
I read somewhere about the Verizon MR1 update and how GPS would not work with it. Is there anyway that the original flash that I got was this MR1 and for some reason it has stuch through my other flashes preventing GPS from working? Is there anything I can do to make GPS work on this phone? I also have something QPST if that helps.
Thanks in advance.
My thoughts, and it's only my thoughts, this was probably flashed to MR1, which disables GPS, when your cricket dealer flashed it, he didn't flash it back to an older Verizon stock rom first to undo the GPS lock, you might try flashing an older Verizon stock rom, let it run customizations, then take it back to the dealer and ask him to flash it again, let them do whatever rom they want, but when you get it back home and go back to GAMedics, or whoevers rom, GPS should work.
You might call the cricket guy first, make sure they won't charge you to flash it again, and if not, then do what I suggested.
Or at least ask the tech guy who did the flash for you and see if maybe their rom uses the same verizon locks.
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BillThyCat said:
My thoughts, and it's only my thoughts, this was probably flashed to MR1, which disables GPS, when your cricket dealer flashed it, he didn't flash it back to an older Verizon stock rom first to undo the GPS lock, you might try flashing an older Verizon stock rom, let it run customizations, then take it back to the dealer and ask him to flash it again, let them do whatever rom they want, but when you get it back home and go back to GAMedics, or whoevers rom, GPS should work.
You might call the cricket guy first, make sure they won't charge you to flash it again, and if not, then do what I suggested.
Or at least ask the tech guy who did the flash for you and see if maybe their rom uses the same verizon locks.
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I now have the capability to flash it myself. Could you direct me to an approbriate ROM to undo the lock?Then I can flash it back to my current ROM.
Thanks for the reply.
The only rom that I know of is the original stock Verizon rom, it's windows mobile 6.0, it will do carrier customization, which I believe it has to do in order to unlock the GPS.
Hopefully your Cricket rom restores the Cricket customizations.
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Same problem here
Almost the exact same problem, but I have a Verizon branded refurbished (insurance) phone.
It had the latest Verizon ROM (6.1 - 3.37 radio) on it when I got it.
Am I able to put the Verizon 6.0 ROM on it?
I thought that would downgrade to a non-GPS radio , and that could brick the phone?
Here is my two cents... I Have xv6800 on VZW and Verizon users always had a hard time with GPS until GC figured out a GPS setting you had to apply with QPST. Its in the "HTC Titan Links/Information - PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING ANYTHING" section sticky in this forum. Since then I use Baf GPS toggle today screen plugin to toggle GPS on or off. It always locks in 2 or 3 seconds. It looks like you said you are on cricket and I don't know if there are similar settings to apply with QPST. This all assumes you haven't flashed the MR1 Verizon upgrade, you are on a 3.something radio and are using a GPS enabled ROM (most if not all in this forum are). I never messed around with the MR1 upgrade so i don't know about it. Flashing back to the original verizon wm6.0 ROM in my case has involved re-locking the phone, and flashing the original ROM (which includes the original Verizon radio), then un-locking again, flashing the latest radio, then a wm6.1 ROM.
If you do some searching on this forum you can find answers to most of your questions.
Thanks. I have searched, but it was unclear whether I should downgrade to a non-GPS rom/radio (I've read that it's dangerous).
The guide I read here was actually pre-GPS rom release.
I went ahead and did downgrade, and then upgraded radio and installed a custom rom.
Now I get super fast locks.
Thanks again.
For those who know me, I have flashed a zillion times and am no rookie. I want to verify that this GPS chip is toast before sending in the replacement phone to get another and want to make sure I am not missing something simple.
FYI here are the steps I did:
updated BL to 2.40, updated radio to 3.42.50, updated ROM to 3.2.6, did GC aGPS tutorial (QPST, location/GPS settings, cab), ephemeris data streams but no lock (using HTC GPS tool).
Rolled back to stock, started from scratch above and verified QPST persisted, still no lock but I am getting ephemeris data to start but it never has anything exciting showing, just empty lines after hours of running (see screenshot).
Any thoughts or do I send it back? This is the first time this has happened after receiving several xv6800s where it never locks. There is a white dot so I can use that as an excuse to get a new one sent.
Did the phone come with MR1 or MR2 on it? I've read you need to flash an older stock ROM before upgrading to have working GPS if it came with that.
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Did the phone come with MR1 or MR2 on it? I've read you need to flash an older stock ROM before upgrading to have working GPS if it came with that.
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That's new to me. Most of my previous replacements were pre MR1 and MR2. I will work on it and repost.
If anyone else has any thoughts let me know.
He's right. If you flashed to a ROM from MR1 or MR2, the aGPS fix doesn't work.
You have to flash back to a stock ROM, then flash to the custom ROM again. Once that's done, it'll work.
I made this mistake the first time I flashed a phone.
after you go back to a stock 6.0 rom make sure you go back and do the GC gps fix again
steps
roll back to 6.0 stock
install Custom ROM (dcd,Reloded)
GC fix again
GeLopez said:
after you go back to a stock 6.0 rom make sure you go back and do the GC gps fix again
steps
roll back to 6.0 stock
install Custom ROM (dcd,Reloded)
GC fix again
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Does this mean BL relocker 1.04 (see here) then 2.09.605.8 (Radio 1.30.00) for me on Verizon?
Why are there no tutorials or notes for GC? He is usually pretty good at that kind of thing.
I just received a refurb which has MR2 as well, so I'm going to have to do the same thing.
I'm going to use the Re-locker
Flash back to stock
Use NueSPL 2.47
Flash a Rom
Do DCD aGPS fix
See if it works
Now to go and find Stock Verizon Rom...
Ok, so the stock rom is in the Wiki. I really don't want to call Vzw for a new a-Key though....
hmm...does the gpsserver.cab work without doing the aGPS fix?
ok, the gpsserver.cab does no good, so I was forced to downgrade.
The good news is I now have aGPS back on the phone! The bad news is my aKey is wrong, and I need it reset by Verizon. So after calling customer support apparently they only offer in person customer support until 11pm
So I will have to call in tomo and get it reset. The good thing is, data works fine....
I tried to use the new *228 and option 3, but since I didn't switch phones a new aKey was not set. Oh well, no worries....
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ok, the gpsserver.cab does no good, so I was forced to downgrade.
The good news is I now have aGPS back on the phone! The bad news is my aKey is wrong, and I need it reset by Verizon. So after calling customer support apparently they only offer in person customer support until 11pm
So I will have to call in tomo and get it reset. The good thing is, data works fine....
I tried to use the new *228 and option 3, but since I didn't switch phones a new aKey was not set. Oh well, no worries....
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MrTek, please post your exact steps (if they are different from your prior post) and maybe we can update the wiki with the new instructions.
Do you mean that you needed to downgrade to stock vzw 6.0 because gpsserver.cab didn't work?
If anyone else wants to pitch in and help write the instrux, feel free.
If you start with MR1 and go custom the gps is locked by Verizon. You first must relock the phone and downgrade to a pregps Verizon rom. Then unlock phone and flash gps radio and custom rom. Then apply agps fix.
I did the steps in the Wiki as they are, so I don't think they need to change.
When I said the gpsserver.cab didn't work, I meant that it didn't work on a custom rom after I applied the QPST info. I didn't expect it to work, but it was just an idea to keep me from having to truely downgrade the radio.
The exact steps were:
1 - Use Nue's Re-locker to get back to SPL 2.07
2 - Use a SDcard to flash back to Stock VZW rom,reboot
3 - Use SDcard to flash latest Titan Radio
4 - Use RUUupdate to load your choice of custom ROM,reboot
5 - Use QPST to set aGPS ip settings in config
6 - install the aGPS.cab settings
7 - GPS works as expected now
8 - Call VZW to reset my Akey
9 - Phone is fully functional, with aGPS working correctly
I believe there should be a step between 2 and 3 to change bootloader to nue 2.47, right?
Otherwise this is great.
MrTek said:
I did the steps in the Wiki as they are, so I don't think they need to change.
When I said the gpsserver.cab didn't work, I meant that it didn't work on a custom rom after I applied the QPST info. I didn't expect it to work, but it was just an idea to keep me from having to truely downgrade the radio.
The exact steps were:
1 - Use Nue's Re-locker to get back to SPL 2.07
2 - Use a SDcard to flash back to Stock VZW rom,reboot
3 - Use SDcard to flash latest Titan Radio
4 - Use RUUupdate to load your choice of custom ROM,reboot
5 - Use QPST to set aGPS ip settings in config
6 - install the aGPS.cab settings
7 - GPS works as expected now
8 - Call VZW to reset my Akey
9 - Phone is fully functional, with aGPS working correctly
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That is correct after the stock rom install you need to unlock the phone with 2.47
So here is updated with links, I will put in main forum to make it easier for people who are searching with a better thread title.
1 - Use Nue's Re-locker to get back to SPL 2.07
2 - Use a SDcard to flash back to Stock VZW 6.0 rom,reboot
3 - Use nueSPL-2.47 to update bootloader
4 - Use SDcard to flash latest Titan Radio
5 - Use RUUupdate to load your choice of custom ROM,reboot
6 - Use QPST to set aGPS ip settings in config (use GC tutorial)
7 - install the aGPS.cab
8 - GPS works as expected now
9 - Call VZW to reset my Akey
10 - Phone is fully functional, with aGPS working correctly
Oops, I missed that in the list, sorry. yes, I had used nueSPL 2.47
I just flashed the the 6.5 B2, and everything works great so far...
Just got my refurb (2nd one cause first replacement had a white dot out of the box) and followed the steps and my phone is better than ever. Thanks again for your help guys.
Actually, what might be a good recommendation is to Do the unlock, and Flash BEFORE you switch to the refurb phone.
When you receive your refurb, you dial #228 on the refurb phone, and choose option #3. This walks you through moving your service to this new phone.
During the process, a new A key is also set I believe, so if you unlock and flash before you do the process you won't need to call VZW for the aKey.
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Actually, what might be a good recommendation is to Do the unlock, and Flash BEFORE you switch to the refurb phone.
When you receive your refurb, you dial #228 on the refurb phone, and choose option #3. This walks you through moving your service to this new phone.
During the process, a new A key is also set I believe, so if you unlock and flash before you do the process you won't need to call VZW for the aKey.
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Or if you have not yet sent back the other device , login to the website at verizonwireless.com and activate your old phone again. Wait 10 minutes, activate the new phone.. and the Akey should be fine.
Verizon will update your phone 24 hours a day. If you listen to the message on their 800 number "If you cannot make phone calls from your phone, please press" and you can get customer service after hours.
I've done it two times by screwing with my phone late at night.
ok so i have the HTC Droid Eris and it is rooted, i put this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944430 on my phone via flash zip. i upated my connection stuff via *228 and yet the connection is not picking up from local towers. the only question is how do i access my SID number? ive tried multiple program numbers like ##778 and ##7764726 but nothing seems to work so i can change my SID number to what it should be and i know its wrong. Please help
Is your phone prepaid?
Sent from my ERIS GSBv2.0 using XDA App
No its not prepaid
Ronoriot said:
ok so i have the HTC Droid Eris and it is rooted, i put this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944430 on my phone via flash zip. i upated my connection stuff via *228 and yet the connection is not picking up from local towers. the only question is how do i access my SID number? ive tried multiple program numbers like ##778 and ##7764726 but nothing seems to work so i can change my SID number to what it should be and i know its wrong. Please help
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Are you unable to make or receive calls? What ROM were you running before flashing GSB? Did you do a full data wipe before flashing GSB?
Ronoriot said:
ok so i have the HTC Droid Eris and it is rooted, i put this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944430 on my phone via flash zip. i upated my connection stuff via *228 and yet the connection is not picking up from local towers. the only question is how do i access my SID number? ive tried multiple program numbers like ##778 and ##7764726 but nothing seems to work so i can change my SID number to what it should be and i know its wrong. Please help
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FYI if this helps, or even if it doesn't, you can see the MEID number underneath the battery. I find that you usually have to use the HEX version on Verizon's website. I don't know if this will help you, however, because flashing ROMs does not affect activation status.
Is this the number you're looking for?
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Are you unable to make or receive calls? What ROM were you running before flashing GSB? Did you do a full data wipe before flashing GSB?
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i was running the factory default phone, i wiped everything and flashed the rom i linked on it, i can receive calls, voicmails, texts, mms, the internet is fine, but its not connecting to the towers near me, its picking up off different towers and the person at verizon said i need to change the SID number to 30730 which i know what one to change and i know where it is, i just cant access that part of the phone to change it because i dont know what program number to use.
flash the official RUU and start fresh possibly can fix the problem and re-root then flash new rom
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FYI if this helps, or even if it doesn't, you can see the MEID number underneath the battery. I find that you usually have to use the HEX version on Verizon's website. I don't know if this will help you, however, because flashing ROMs does not affect activation status.
Is this the number you're looking for?
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everything is active, thats not the issue and no i did not need the MEID number i can find that in the info on my phone, but thanks for the reply
dragon1018 said:
flash the official RUU and start fresh possibly can fix the problem and re-root then flash new rom
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ive dont this twice, once last night and once today, still cannot access programming menu
Ronoriot said:
i was running the factory default phone, i wiped everything and flashed the rom i linked on it, i can receive calls, voicmails, texts, mms, the internet is fine, but its not connecting to the towers near me, its picking up off different towers and the person at verizon said i need to change the SID number to 30730 which i know what one to change and i know where it is, i just cant access that part of the phone to change it because i dont know what program number to use.
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To my knowledge, the ROMs do not alter any activation state of the phone* - that stuff is held in a hidden partition (the "mfg" partition, I suspect) in the flash memory chip that are never touched by any of the usual ROM flashing operations. That's why you can change ROMs and maintain the same activation and PRL data from ROM to ROM. So, I don't know why your phone's tower association would have changed if was working correctly before flashing a developer ROM.
*The only exception to this is if you perform a factory reset with the stock recovery on the phone - that does clear the activation state of the phone. The "factory reset/wipe data" menu entry of the custom recovery doesn't touch activation data or PRLs, though.
If that's what happened, then you might have to temporarily revert to a stock ROM - just don't use the factory reset procedure on the stock ROM before you re-root the phone. (BTW, you could certainly use the March 2011 OTA stock ROM - installing it won't overwrite your custom recovery, so you can simply do a nandroid backup/restore to get back to your current setup - no need to "re-root" if you do that.)
There's probably something I don't understand about the situation you are describing, unless it has something to do with towers that were acquired from a different carrier (Alltel?) by Verizon - under normal circumstances, your phone would prefer to connect to the best signal within it's home network, assuming that there are not other problems that prevent that from happening (such as call congestion through a certain tower). Perhaps the towers you want to connect to are actually considered to be "roaming" by the PRL you have on your phone, and that's why the more distant VZW towers are chosen?
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To my knowledge, the ROMs do not alter any activation state of the phone* - that stuff is held in a hidden partition (the "mfg" partition, I suspect) in the flash memory chip that are never touched by any of the usual ROM flashing operations. That's why you can change ROMs and maintain the same activation and PRL data from ROM to ROM. So, I don't know why your phone's tower association would have changed if was working correctly before flashing a developer ROM.
*The only exception to this is if you perform a factory reset with the stock recovery on the phone - that does clear the activation state of the phone. The "factory reset/wipe data" menu entry of the custom recovery doesn't touch activation data or PRLs, though.
If that's what happened, then you might have to temporarily revert to a stock ROM - just don't use the factory reset procedure on the stock ROM before you re-root the phone. (BTW, you could certainly use the March 2011 OTA stock ROM - installing it won't overwrite your custom recovery, so you can simply do a nandroid backup/restore to get back to your current setup - no need to "re-root" if you do that.)
There's probably something I don't understand about the situation you are describing, unless it has something to do with towers that were acquired from a different carrier (Alltel?) by Verizon - under normal circumstances, your phone would prefer to connect to the best signal within it's home network, assuming that there are not other problems that prevent that from happening (such as call congestion through a certain tower). Perhaps the towers you want to connect to are actually considered to be "roaming" by the PRL you have on your phone, and that's why the more distant VZW towers are chosen?
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i will try this but before i do i'll try to explain a bit more, when i call the normal eris programming number, it tries to actually make a call instead of giving me the option to go into edit mode, now when im on the stock rom i can do it but as soon as i flash any other rom on it, it doesnt allow me to do so. i had a rom from a droid 2 on it and when i used the droid 2 programming number it worked just fine and i could edit the info. hope this helps clarify a bit, and thanks for the help
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To my knowledge, the ROMs do not alter any activation state of the phone* - that stuff is held in a hidden partition (the "mfg" partition, I suspect) in the flash memory chip that are never touched by any of the usual ROM flashing operations. That's why you can change ROMs and maintain the same activation and PRL data from ROM to ROM. So, I don't know why your phone's tower association would have changed if was working correctly before flashing a developer ROM.
*The only exception to this is if you perform a factory reset with the stock recovery on the phone - that does clear the activation state of the phone. The "factory reset/wipe data" menu entry of the custom recovery doesn't touch activation data or PRLs, though.
If that's what happened, then you might have to temporarily revert to a stock ROM - just don't use the factory reset procedure on the stock ROM before you re-root the phone. (BTW, you could certainly use the March 2011 OTA stock ROM - installing it won't overwrite your custom recovery, so you can simply do a nandroid backup/restore to get back to your current setup - no need to "re-root" if you do that.)
There's probably something I don't understand about the situation you are describing, unless it has something to do with towers that were acquired from a different carrier (Alltel?) by Verizon - under normal circumstances, your phone would prefer to connect to the best signal within it's home network, assuming that there are not other problems that prevent that from happening (such as call congestion through a certain tower). Perhaps the towers you want to connect to are actually considered to be "roaming" by the PRL you have on your phone, and that's why the more distant VZW towers are chosen?
bftb0
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i did what you suggested, put the stock rom on my phone, then used my back to my custom rom and it changed all my connection settings in my ESPT menu, which i cant access for some reason
Ronoriot said:
i did what you suggested, put the stock rom on my phone, then used my back to my custom rom and it changed all my connection settings in my ESPT menu, which i cant access for some reason
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^This sentence confuses the crap out of me. I read it 5 or 6 times, and have no idea what sequence of operations you performed. I only have a vague idea that you can't get something to work.
If you can't access the EPST menu, how can you see what the settings are?
Here is what everybody has said so far (basically the same thing, but in different ways) :
- The EPST menus are generally not available in custom ROMs, especially any of the AOSP (Froyo/Gingerbread) ROMs. You need a stock, or near-stock ROM to be guaranteed that they will be available
- The same thing is true of "secret dial code menus". They don't exist in custom ROMs, unless those custom ROMs are nearly identical to stock ROMs (that is, directly derived from a stock ROM).
If you want to try it, you can flash either a RUU or PB00IMG.zip file - these operations flash a "nvram" file (*.nb0), which conceivably resets PRL and other non-ROM settings. After doing that, and fooling with EPST using a stock ROM, you will need to re-root.
As I mentioned, you should not run a "factory reset" procedure on your phone after you have configured what you want (with EPST) when there is a STOCK recovery on the phone.
Beyond that, I'm sort of mystified why you are unsatisfied with a phone that appears to be working normally. (What application are you using to determine cell phone tower? Are you inferring that from location services (Google Maps) with GPS and WiFi location services turned off?)
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