My eris no longer recieves SMS messages (sending works) and no longer works for GPS. I toggle GPS on and off and on however maps or navigation or any other app dont connect to it. I have flashed multiple roms to try to solve this and its the same problem with each rom (is something wrong with the hardware). Ive tried KaosFroyo v39, 38, 35, 32 and KaosGingerbread v6. Same problems with all.
Any ideas? Thanks for help.
carbon111 said:
My eris no longer recieves SMS messages (sending works) and no longer works for GPS. I toggle GPS on and off and on however maps or navigation or any other app dont connect to it. I have flashed multiple roms to try to solve this and its the same problem with each rom (is something wrong with the hardware). Ive tried KaosFroyo v39, 38, 35, 32 and KaosGingerbread v6. Same problems with all.
Any ideas? Thanks for help.
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Two things to try:
First, download and install off the market two apps: "APN OnOff" (exactly like that) and "GPS Status".
Run APN OnOff, choose "Show APN list", press Menu and choose "Reset to default". If this doesn't help, let me know and I'll offer another suggestion.
For GPS Status, press Menu and choose Tools and then "Manage A-GPS state". Then press Reset and then Download.
Note that from Menu you can choose Settings then "GPS & Sensors" and from there you can "Auto-download APGS data", and select how often it will automatically download fresh data. Ever since I used this, I have a lot less trouble with the GPS under any ROM with working GPS.
Thanks for the suggestions, I appreciate the help. APN OnOff did not seem to do anything, nothing is fixed after trying that. GPS status force closes everytime i try to open it so i cant do anything with that.
Any other suggestions?
carbon111 said:
My eris no longer recieves SMS messages (sending works) and no longer works for GPS. I toggle GPS on and off and on however maps or navigation or any other app dont connect to it. I have flashed multiple roms to try to solve this and its the same problem with each rom (is something wrong with the hardware). Ive tried KaosFroyo v39, 38, 35, 32 and KaosGingerbread v6. Same problems with all.
Any ideas? Thanks for help.
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Try something besides Kaos just to rule out something in KF (I wouldn't base anything on whether things work in KG yet - it's way too early.)
In fact, try xtrSENSE - something close to stock. If that works, it's obviously not the hardware; if you still want to try Froyo, try another Froyo build to see if one of them works better. If it doesn't, you may want to unroot with Flashback21 and bring it to Verizon, to see if they can fix it or will replace the phone.
Are you doing a full data wipe and testing on a clean ROM install when you do all of these installs? Sorry to ask an obvious question, but you didn't mention it.
Yes I am doing a clean wipe before i flash each rom. I didnt just switch to kaosfroyo ive been using it for many months and all of a sudden it stopped working. I will try xtrasense to see if that fixes anything. Unrooting and taking to verizon is my backup choice. Is there a link to a thread on how to unroot and return to stock?
Thanks for the help
To return back to stock, I'd use the ROM Flashback21, here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=792026
You should be able to just flash it and it will remove Amon's Recovery and install stock Eris 2.1.
carbon111 said:
Thanks for the suggestions, I appreciate the help. APN OnOff did not seem to do anything, nothing is fixed after trying that. GPS status force closes everytime i try to open it so i cant do anything with that.
Any other suggestions?
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So far as I can remember, the GPS Status app has worked correctly on every "stable" ROM that I have used (but it has been a while since I had a KF ROM on my phone).
If it doesn't work on a near-stock ROM, that might suggest that you have a hardware problem. I don't know why SMS/1x would be at all related to the GPS issue, though.
I would take doogald's advice - unroot the phone, perform a factory reset (so the phone gets deactivated), and then re-activate it and see if the problems persist. If they do, then your phone is already set up for a return.
I have been running CELBFroyo 4 since it came out. I also had the same thing happen with messaging. I restored to an earlier nand, still nothing. I have tried tazz and kaos today. I will look for the apn on off. Thanks!
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I used flashback Rom and that fixed my sms problem. Was going to use Xtrasence but couldn'tget my phone to dl it. Had flashback on phone, works great. ReRooted already and going to hang with sence for a wile.
Thanks everyone!
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Kruby said:
I used flashback Rom and that fixed my sms problem.
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ReRooted already and going to hang with sence for a wile.
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That is an interesting observation. Is this the sequence you used:
- Flashback21
- Factory Reset (to deactivate)
- Activate
- ( manual PRL update w/ *228 ?)
- Verify SMS working using Factory ROM
- Flash custom ROM & verify SMS working there also
I'm wondering (out loud) if what you were experiencing was a problem with an outdated PRL.
What about GPS? Did it start working again as well? I suppose that could also be a PRL issue - for instance if an outdated PRL was preventing aGPS initialization from the carrier.
If you have Nandroid backups of the KF ROMs you were having trouble with, you would be doing the Eris community a service by restoring one of those ROMs and then reporting whether your SMS/GPS service was fixed. (Obviously, you would want to make a Nandroid backup of whatever you have on the phone now, so you could reload it if you want.)
bftb0
Kruby said:
I used flashback Rom and that fixed my sms problem. Was going to use Xtrasence but couldn'tget my phone to dl it. Had flashback on phone, works great. ReRooted already and going to hang with sence for a wile.
Thanks everyone!
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Just out of curiosity, in case you check back on this thread, did you install the Flashback ROM with or without the radio? If so, I wonder if updating the radio was part of the fix.
I will nandrestore to Kaos and let you know what it does.
I used flashback without radio, then went through the setup process. Didn't deactivate, just did it like any other flash.
I did not check gps before.
Did not use 778.
Will nand now.
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Kruby said:
I will nandrestore to Kaos and let you know what it does.
I used flashback without radio, then went through the setup process. Didn't deactivate, just did it like any other flash.
I did not check gps before.
Did not use 778.
Will nand now.
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Hmmm, strange. I don't know why that (the procedure you used) would cause a behavior change - unless you were overflashing KF ROMs one over the next (no wipes), and something got messed up along the way.
If that is the case, reloading a (corrupted) KF ROM from a nandroid backup won't prove much - unless you do that and also a fresh (wipe + new install) of the same KF ROM you last used, to prove that the problem had little to do with the ROM itself.
cheers,
bftb0
Ok naned back to a celb4.0 not kf, sorry everything still works.
I had been on celb4.0 for a wile(the day conap released) and haven't changed anything when sms quit. Heard it could be apn and going to stock may fix it.
Let me know if I can get you any other info.
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LOL, brain fart on my part - activation is *228, not *778
(I'll correct the earlier post.)
Glad your phone is working.
(BTW, GPS does not work in KGB V8 - I just re-read your OP)
Doesn't work at all for V8?
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Doesn't work at all for V8?
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GPS does not work on my phone w/ KGB v8; I suspect it doesn't work on anybody else's Eris either.
KGB @ V8 is still a development ROM - it shows tremendous promise, but I doubt that many folks are using it as their daily ROM.
several of the kf roms have had gps issues fixed by later updates. did the browser fc when you tried to open it? try something like froyoshedyo and see what happens, but nandroid your current setup first. not sure about the sms. the gps fix for kf39 is posted in the kf thread
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GPS does not work on my phone w/ KGB v8; I suspect it doesn't work on anybody else's Eris either.
KGB @ V8 is still a development ROM - it shows tremendous promise, but I doubt that many folks are using it as their daily ROM.
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I thought GPS was working in kgb v8. well at least not fc. location is still questionable on some phones. not sure though i haven't personally flashed it yet, just been following the thread.
mjb413 said:
I thought GPS was working in kgb v8. well at least not fc. location is still questionable on some phones. not sure though i haven't personally flashed it yet, just been following the thread.
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I tried a fresh install of kgb8+gapps12/28.
GPS Status app FCs, and Google Maps shows my location at the cell tower with a giant 1mi error circle, even though GPS is enabled. That's my definition of "doesn't work"...
ever since gingerbread I haven't been able to send out MMS messages; however, I recieve them just fine.
Im unlocked, rooted, alien v4 with fauxs 1.3 kernel.
Im using stock apn settings, and I've even gone into message center(*#*#4636#*#*) to try fixing it but it doesn't do anything.
I've had this problem since I upgraded to gingerbread when I was still stock.
I use GoSMS, but the stock sms has this problem as well.
Anyone have any ideas as to what I can do to fix this? I've done full wipes at least 10 times since gb.
Update:
Found out the source of the problem.
It was the GoSMS app I use which I've used since I installed gingerbread.
The problem was I had preserve image resolution checked on, and had the max size set to 1.2mb for any MMS. So I assume my MMS was timing out because it was trying to send 1.2mb.
I changed the max size to 300kb, and now everything is sending.
Never thought that would've been the source of the issue. I guess poking around helped a lot.
Milenko2121 said:
ever since gingerbread I haven't been able to send out MMS messages; however, I recieve them just fine.
Im unlocked, rooted, alien v4 with fauxs 1.3 kernel.
Im using stock apn settings, and I've even gone into message center(*#*#4636#*#*) to try fixing it but it doesn't do anything.
I've had this problem since I upgraded to gingerbread when I was still stock.
I use GoSMS, but the stock sms has this problem as well.
Anyone have any ideas as to what I can do to fix this? I've done full wipes at least 10 times since gb.
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have you tried installing the froyo fruit cake from samcripp? if it's a gingerbread problem, that might fix it.
How would that help at all after I've already flashed multiple times?
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How would that help at all after I've already flashed multiple times?
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you stated the problem started with gingerbread, if it's a problem with gingerbread the froyo framework might fix it.
other than that, you could try to flash a different radio. which one are you using right now?
Im currently using 1.77.30p.
And I did that fruitcake when I did my unlock a few months back.
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Im currently using 1.77.30p.
And I did that fruitcake when I did my unlock a few months back.
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have you tried the 1.97.00R leaked radio here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=112896
it has the one bar issue, but you can find the fix here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1222426
Whats good about that radio?
also, that link is gone.
Also, i noticed that my bar turns from Blue to White in the middle of sending an mms
Have you tried sending mms without the faux kernal installed on the phone?
Just thinking of ideas here.
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I haven't been able to find a 1.97 radio yet.
Is it cwm installable?
Do u have juice defender installed?
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Update:
Found out the source of the problem.
It was the GoSMS app I use which I've used since I installed gingerbread.
The problem was I had preserve image resolution checked on, and had the max size set to 1.2mb for any MMS. So I assume my MMS was timing out because it was trying to send 1.2mb.
I changed the max size to 300kb, and now everything is sending.
Never thought that would've been the source of the issue. I guess poking around helped a lot.
Hi
I just recently installed CM 7.10 on my fascinate. I was coming from MIUI. Everything appears to be working well except I can't make outgoing calls 95% of the time.
When I attempt to make a call the signal bars all go white and it shows the contact like its trying to call, but nothing happens. Every now and again I'm able to make call, but there seems to be no consistency to when.
The strange thing is that I get incoming calls seem to be working consistently, and data and texting work as well. I've tried a few different modems and they all behave the same way. Any idea on what would cause this? It doesn't make sense to me because isn't MIUI based off of CM7?
Thanks,
Nick
try reflashing the modem/radio
I have flashed several different modems. No luck.
lukin36 said:
I have flashed several different modems. No luck.
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sounds like you do a full wipe and start over then. You can try *228 but not sure if that will work.
Wiped and the issue is still there.
I don't understand what could be causing it.
Whats modem/radio does CM7.10 use?
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Wiped and the issue is still there.
I don't understand what could be causing it.
Whats modem/radio does CM7.10 use?
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it uses whatever you were on before... odin back to dl09 w/ pit and repartition checked then reflash cm7.1
So i updated my phone to CheckRom and kernel to NEAK and then Syhia.
For some reason, some of my calls keep going straight to voice mail since then. I thought maybe it was an issue with some app, so i did a wipe install of Checkrom and installed the NEAK kernal. But still same issue.
I then changed the kernal to Syhia and still some calls go straight to voicemail.
Anyone have any clue why? Any suggestions? Would greatly appreciate the help.
I had a similar problem. go to menu, settings, call, and turn off call rejection.
Hopefully its a similar issue u are having.
Whatever the issue is it's not kernel or rom related. It's purely a network setting issue. And these vary from carrier to carrier. Call your carrier.
Thanks for the reply guys. Sorry took me this long to post back.
Well i wanted to stay on the custom rom, so i did try installing it again, and i thought that since it is a full wipe, it will fix the issues. I also did a wipe cache/dalvik chache manually.
Any hows getting no where, i resotred using my original backup and everything seems to be fine. No one has complained about it, so i am guessing its all well now.
I had restored it before mrwarlock43's suggestions, but i do remember making sure that the blacklist was empty. So i never turned call rejection off.
All running now i guess. Just going to wait until ICS or the next rom before i reflash again.
Cheers and thanks for the help guys.
So I recently flashed OctOS on my LG-LS990 and I am having this very annoying thing happening where I keep getting notifications that I have 1 voice mail when there aren't any. I've gone into the phone app and cleared cache, which makes the notification go away but then it comes back within a few minutes. This seems to happen quite frequently when I am at work and the signal is spotty. I've also called myself from a different number, left a vm, and then checked it from my G3 and deleted it and the icon doesn't clear. Also rebooted the phone numerous times, but it still comes back.
I was using youmail after I flashed the ROM, but have deleted it hoping it would resolve this issue. Which it has not.....
I was using Resurrection Remix ROM prior to this and initially had the same issue, but it cleared up when I did what I listed above. Anyone out there have any other ideas for how to fix this problem?
I have had the same issue and have asked but no answers yes. It is not a huge issue but really annoying. I have flashed Resurrection and OctOS and never could get it to stop showing up. I would get the VM notification EVERY time I got off of a phone call.
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Go back to stock. Fix it. Then you might need to reflash CM instead of restore.
That's probably your best option
I have gone back to Stock several times using the Flash tool. When I do I have no more Phantom VM's. Root and flash a stockish ROM and still no phantom VM. But Everytime I flash any CM based ROM and get off of a phone call it comes back. after EVERY call. Aggravating more than anything.
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Go back to stock. Fix it. Then you might need to reflash CM instead of restore.
That's probably your best option
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reedsammy7 said:
I have gone back to Stock several times using the Flash tool. When I do I have no more Phantom VM's. Root and flash a stockish ROM and still no phantom VM. But Everytime I flash any CM based ROM and get off of a phone call it comes back. after EVERY call. Aggravating more than anything.
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Same here. May look at trying a different ROM. Such an annoying issue.....
Maybe try to just hide the notification. That is what I did. This is an old issue with sprint. If you really want to get rid of it, you have to find an old flip phone or something before android. Activate it and then go and clean out old voicemail's. I have been dealing with it since HTC EVO days. I have never gone back and done the real fix. If you really searched google there is info on this annoying issue.