3G Signal Loss on and off - Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is there a main reason why this might be happening im rooted on evil fascinate rom ED01 kernel

I think I know what happened, reason; I had the same issue not 48 hours ago 3G for about 1-8 sec then nothing, 1X for about 1-10 sec then nothing, over and over, kept hoping it would come back but did not, trust me bra, I feel ur pain.
I went to commrom for the first time and did not flash a kernel or the new radio. (I WAS a total noob, now as you will see, I think I got this...)
So, guess what? back to stock for you!
( i know you've done it like 100 times by now just go with it, trust me!)
Once back to 2.1 (odin!)
Use the Guide somewhere on here to get your "spanking new radio", I cant remember the post, someone might link it below here once I get them rolling.
Then go to the stock 2.2 ROM on here
I think the Post author's name was Adrenalyne or something, seemed like an über admin type, perhaps Ill get to say thanks some day, anyway...
Follow the 2 old guides (sorry no links! XP) once you are at 2.1 to install the new radio and then the 2.2 stock bloated rom....
Once you have your new radio flash in CWM, move up to 2.2 stock rom, pick an aftermarket ROM ( I use the new EF) and an OC Kernel (I use OTB, its nice, google it) , flash ROM then Kernel before you boot into the new Custom Rom (EF) and here is the kicker....
You need to use your "My VZW" account online, move your phone service to another VZW phone, activate it then move it back to your fascinate, i know, it sucks...
This SEEMS to kick your new radio in the arse and get it working correct again.
I got lucky and a friend at work had an old phone he let me use for 5 min.
Beg, borrow, steal, whatever, once you xfer back to your fascinate, reactive using the menus, turn on mobile data after a reboot and hope!
Should fix ya!
If you are old hat and knew all of this except the last step, sorry for the long winded reply!
You want Baseband S:1500.04V.ED01
Kernel 2.6.32.9
Build SCH-I500.ED01
If any site admins have advice on this feel free to post those links I spoke of, I'm sure you have sent many people to them in the past.

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Have a few questions about...everthing

So i waited for Verizon to do and OTA update for my Droid Eris beause i didn't want to take the chance of rooting it. However i'm tired of the little lag i get with this phone and i want to overclock it, too bad i need to root it. So i have a few questions.
1. What roms will work my Droid Eris. (I know they're everywhere but some people say they don't work, bugged, etc. Which one is the most dependent)
2. Is there a video guide anywhere that can show me how to root. (Again i know there's guides but i prefer a visual guide if I'm gonna take the risk of bricking my phone)
3. If anyone has overclocked their Droid Eris what is a safe GHZ and what ap works the best with this?
4. I've been reading that i will most likely have to downgrade my Droid Eris to 1.5 stock from 2.1 OTA update. Is there a way to do such a thing. There is a guide but it says something like it doesn't work anymore, unless im reading it wrong.
5. Just a question i've been wondering since recently, When could i be expecting a Froyo Rom if at all.
Yes, i know these are noob questions but i just recently got a Droid Eris and i want to take full advantage of this device. Thank you for your time reading this and Thank you again if you respond nicely and don't call me a noob.
1. Any of the ROMs. Choosing one is a matter of personal preference. The two I've been using lately are EvilEris 3.0 and CyanogenELB 2.5 (ErisLightningBolt). EvilEris is a Sense rom and looks a lot like the standard HTC OS you're used to. CyanogenELB is based off the standard android sources. CyanogenELB takes a little extra work to get it really workable (adding the google apps and installing the MMS fix with for 2.5) but it's pretty darn good.
2.Video: youtube.com/watch?v=_brg2NbBmx8 Can't post links but you can copy and paste. Any guide for 1.5 will work with 2.1 OTA.
3. Overclocking is dependent on your phone. Numerous reports say staying at or below 768MHz is safe for all phones. Just about everyone uses SetCPU which you can find in the Market for pay or on this forum for free.
4. You do NOT have to downgrade to root. Use the same 1.5 procedure to root a 2.1 OTA phone.
5. Read the KaosFroyo thread. It's a work in progress and loads, but doesn't function as a phone. He's busy with work, so kaos will work on it when time allows.
Thank you so much, Just helped me out alot. I really hope this goes well and i don't have that lag anymore(Extremely annoying). Thank you, seriously
So i have EvilEris on my phone now, works great and everything however i want to try the CyanogenELB 2.5 rom but I'm not sure what i have to download from the site...pretty noobish i guess. The thing im trying to say is a the download site he gives theres about 7 files and im not exactly sure what to download. I don't wanna flash the wrong thing and brick my phone. If you could point me in the right direction it would be appreciated.
dl CyanogenELB2.5.zip, CyanogenELB-GoogleApps-v2.zip, CyanogenELB-MMS-fix.zip, 5MPcamera.zip, and ClearVM.zip.
flash CyanogenELB2.5.zip and then flash CyanogenELB-GoogleApps-v2.zip (do NOT reboot in between those 2 flashes).
then, reboot phone... after you setup (google account, etc), shutdown and then flash the CyanogenELB-MMS-fix.zip, the 5MPcamera.zip, and ClearVM.zip (no need to reboot in between those either). then restart again.
should be good to go from there
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dl CyanogenELB2.5.zip, CyanogenELB-GoogleApps-v2.zip, CyanogenELB-MMS-fix.zip, 5MPcamera.zip, and ClearVM.zip.
flash CyanogenELB2.5.zip and then flash CyanogenELB-GoogleApps-v2.zip (do NOT reboot in between those 2 flashes).
then, reboot phone... after you setup (google account, etc), shutdown and then flash the CyanogenELB-MMS-fix.zip, the 5MPcamera.zip, and ClearVM.zip (no need to reboot in between those either). then restart again.
should be good to go from there
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MMS doesn't work with the installed SMS app; the dev's notes say "must use Handcent".
Also, I can't get the IME_mod keyboard to do anything but FC ... do you have the same result?
Thanks Tenzo it works and everything but i think im gonna go back to EvilEris since i get a lag every now and then for some reason and sometimes it just reboots on itself. Thanks for the help though

[Q] Can Any1 tell me about this screenshot?

My Vibrant dropped a couple days ago and went on the frits. USB wont stop flashing and then it would freeze when it slept for more that 5 min. Took it to Tmo and they ordered a replacement. So while its in the mail I decided to root and try and fix the prob. Flashed Bionix 1.6 via Rom Manager after the 1click root method. Now Im trying to get everything back to stock b4 I have to send this phone back to Asurion. I tried using eugene's Stock JI5 & Jack's Stock OC/UV Kernel but for some reason Clockwork was being a pain. So I Moved the file to the external sd and renamed it update.zip. Hit "Flash update.zip file from sd card" and then rebooted. Looks to be stock now but I want to be sure so I took a screenshot and I was wondering if any1 can tell me wether or not its all the stock info before I Unroot and send it to Asurion. Oh in case ur wondering I tried looking up all the stock info or at least for a stock "About Phone" screenshot and had no luck. any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Looks stock to me. (you edited and added the picture, i was being a smartass)
so i edited too...
They won't look that far into it.
dude will glance at it and throw it in a box... if you UPS it back they will never hunt you down, even if you sent them a rooted one.
but a stock phone probably won't have JI6 / JI5 on it yet.
use the original ODIN to go back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
You know everybody is going to tell you that you should have posted in the QnA section especially when you gonna put a [Q] in front of your title. Anyways, here is the link that will get you back to how your phone was shipped to you.
Stock will look like T959UVJFD in baseband version
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
If you don't understand anything in that first post then ask somebody for help in the QnA section before you post in the Dev section again.
dont know much about odin but i get the impression it needs to be hooked up via usb which im still having problems with. I figured they wouldnt look much into it because I sent them a bricked G1 b4 and never heard anything back about it. Just tryin to cover my ass cuz u never really know i guess.
as the as asking a question in the dev section ur probably right. i just figured i get a quicker more educated answer here. Plus I wasnt event thinking about that when I posted it. I'll be sure to post in the right section next time. Thanks for the help.
ok so I'm trying to use odin with no prior experience and this is what I got. I did what the thread said and now odin is stuck on file analysis. I ended up pulling the plug and retried it twice with about 20min between each pull. I read on a few threads that odin 1.00 likes to hang. does this sound like its what its doing?

[Q] Help with Showcase

Some background on my phone first. I thought that I bricked it a few weeks ago when I flashed a kernel for it that went to a fascinate. I thought that the showcase was and is a twin to it. But my phone would not boot up. Did some more research and ended up flashing CWM 3.0 and then PnP 3.0 and eb11 build and had a phone again. Well had no problems till yesterday when my phone just did a reboot by itself and then I had no service and under about phone several of the categories said unknown. I took it to cellsouth and left with a phone that would not even boot up! All I can do is boot in CWM but if I try flashing a anything it says either error with restoring boot image or something about updating sript and binary files. Can somebody help me out?
Check out this thread, second post after original op, it has files and process to odin the Showcase. This is most likely your best option. GO HERE
just found a link with the showcase stock file..im downloading now and will let you know if it works. had the same problem as you. now im using fascinate bases and cant get my 3g
Well I got it to where I can at least talk on it!... I flashed it back to a stock DL09 with odin. Which it now looks and acts just like a Verizon phone. So I can talk and text but has NO data of any kind unless I connect to wifi. I think that I need to flash a DJ20 or EB11 radio to it but not sure, Maybe somebody could lend there knowledge again. Thanks so far.
i was just like you...had to use that verizon rom. however i did find a c.south stock rom and got to normal.YES!! but still working on getting 3g back up. i think it messed up when i flashed another modem or somthing. i'll post link in a sec.
rooferman said:
Well I got it to where I can at least talk on it!... I flashed it back to a stock DL09 with odin. Which it now looks and acts just like a Verizon phone. So I can talk and text but has NO data of any kind unless I connect to wifi. I think that I need to flash a DJ20 or EB11 radio to it but not sure, Maybe somebody could lend there knowledge again. Thanks so far.
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here is the link. first post has instruction and downloadhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1121576.html

Need Pro Help Here, HW Issues or SW issues with this Phone

OK, Heres the scenario, This is a replacement T-959 vibrant, sent from either TMO or Samsung, really not sure! My 1st phone never had any issues with modding, and always cooperated! Until I used KIES to update one day and It bricked, because of primary and SBL corruptions. [I know!!, found out 5 mins too late about using KIES] Anyway, since Ive had this replacement phone its done nothing but fight me from the start, never has acted right I think and I feel there's something wrong HW wise with it. My problem with it now, is it wont accept any other custom ROM I try to install, and only works with either 2.1 or 2.2 stock OEM ROM's. Meaning, Anything else ROM wise, It wont go past the last part of boot sequence, and just keeps looping, and does it over and over again! Ive tried all of Simple Honeys, Toxic 8's Roms, and each time it goes thru the loading successfully, and then starts it boot-up, but every single Flash Ive done, ROM wise, it hangs up and loops at the very last part of booting up. Ive come to realize now, it isn't the ROMS, but the phone " I THINK" Each time I tried a Custom ROM install, I started with stock fresh JFD install, and wiped and cleared out everything before starting another ROM install, but with each attempt that I try to go past anything other than Froyo stock, It does this boot loop problem at the final part!! It seems like who ever sent it to me, did something to the phone to prevent this. Modding it I mean. like right now I'm on Eugenes Froyo, with the 2E RECOVERY, It was working fine, until I upgraded the Eugenes kernel, which is suppose to work with this ROM, technically the phone still runs, but as soon as I did this, I now cant get into the two drives as mass storage to tranfer files, says insert disk, like as if its a CD Rom drive, WTF!! And like I said, this phone wont accept any other ROMS now, past stock Eclair or Froyo OEM and kernels as well. I don't understand what the problem is, My guess is they flashed something to prevent modding or its just a corrupted HW issue, anybody ever seen this before. I wish I had just JTAG'd my first phone with Josh over at Mobile Tech, and saved myself all this heartbreak and frustration, but its too late for that now! So anyway, I need to determine for sure if this phones screwed, HW wise or if there is SW to get this phone straighten out, to where it'll work right like my first one used to, and begin to accept custom ROM's like it should be able to do!! I'm at my last end with this phone, and I'm desperate to get a solid reason/answer for whats happening here, because Ive followed all the instructions and standard procedures to insure that all the attempted installs of the ROMS I mentioned go correctly. And its boiling down to either HW issues or a SW issue they created before they shipped it to me, or last but least hopefully a SW fix here, that can get the HW/phone to act right again, and maybe salvage this phone, otherwise I'm thinking I need to buy another brand new phone and hope for the best. I just don't want to be stuck and limited with Froyo stock, for the rest of my time using this phone, I want my freedom to choose again, like I had before, and also It ran so much better than OEM anyways!
Go back to stock using the sticky on the q&a then root using that same methOd and when you flash a custom room make sure you wipe dalvik and cache and delete user data
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Quote" Go back to stock using the sticky on the q&a then root using that same methOd and when you flash a custom room make sure you wipe dalvik and cache and delete user data"
If you had picked up on it in my post, have already done this dozens of times!! Oh and BTW, when at JFD = 2.1 Eclair, it wont allow the 2 drives access to in Cabled USB mass storage, and therefore unable to CWM flash with zips, then I must go to 2.2 Froyo next to be able to get past that problem, but again when I go from there to any custom ROM, it fails to boot at the very end, and starts its looping. Again, the 1st phone I had, never ever, behaved like this!! Same phone but, different dates of manufacturing and also this one came from either Samsung or TMO in Plano,TX where that's all, they do is send out phones for replacement, and this one wasn't in a original box, something they worked on, grabbed off the shelf, and sent to me!! Its just a shame that 99% of all the ROMS are in zipped form, instead of TAR files, at least then I could've tried flashing some of them from, Eclair to see if that made a difference, but when they are zipped, you must use CWM recovery to flash, and thus again presents another problem as far as what I'm going thru here!
Got any thing else, Idea wise, that actually hasn't been tried yet, that makes sense??
OK, Ive made some progress, It seems for whatever stupid reason, that unlocking my phone, [jailbreaking] was the culprit of this phones renegade behavior, I simply restored it back to a locked status as a TMO provider, and Wholla, the phones now acting right!! And I have been able to get it to the ROM I wanted and flash a better kernel as well with 0 defects!!! And then I jailbroke it again, and its working flawlessly.
Personally I don't understand why that had a bearing on its behavior, but nun the less it did. And has cause me a few extra wrinkles around my eyes in stress trying to figure this out by myself, especially when all the suggestions and procedures I did was for nothing, until this phone was restored to a locked condition again!!
Go figure Right???? Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!! Anyway I hope mentioning this will prevent someone else in losing their hair or sanity!!
hello i think we have the problem, i also have openline my vibrant to be able to use here in our country.. i have 2.1 eclair, i just want to know what 2.2 ROM did you used coz you've said that it's ok to upgrade it to 2.2, but not other ROM, where did you get it.. can you pm me the link
thanks

Phone is bricked, I've spent 7 hours reading posts on here

Ok so I've been unhappy with the 4.0.4 official ATT update and its caused my phone once or twice a day to shut off and I have to pull the battery out. So I got the bright idea to root it. I'm not a stranger to this I had the captivate and infuse before this phone. I had roms on those with no issues. Now I followed this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746181 and the phone crashes on bootup saying google account manager has stopped and wont even let me get past it. Then I tried another kernal SGH-I777-ATTGalaxyS2RootStockZedomaxKernel.tar and that just has a yellow ! up and never even gets any further
I've spent 7 hours now in a row reading posts, to be frank, the attitude here SUCKS. Instead of people answering the question they point you off to some post you already read 10 times before, already tried and it doesnt work. I've also tried just putting it back to factory with I777UCKH7-CL503881-No-BL.exe and that doesnt work either
Put your phone in download mode. (power it off, hold down the volume down button and insert the usb cable)
Flash this with Odin in the PDA slot, auto reboot the only thing checked:
http://d-h.st/UWm
So I'm assuming seven hours is a lot for you? I've been reading here for over a year and I'm still learning. Really to root all you would have had to do is flash a kernel in .tar format with Odin (our kernels come with cwm built in remember) obviously you would want one that's compatible with the version of android you're using. There is a lot of information here. But to say the " attitude here sucks" like you did..... Yer wrong. I know sometimes it seems harsh, but we're just trying to get people to do things for themselves and thus learn even more, positively influencing them in the end.
I think I see your problem. Perhaps if you drop the entitlement attitude you might get more help. No one here is obligated to help anyone. The people that do are unpaid volunteers willing to share their expertise. This is NOT the Help Desk. Remember that before you consider making another ungrateful post like this one.
XDA-dev's are free volunteers, first of all.
We are here for the last someyears and we had providing the best help for anyone related to the phones, eventough devs always repeat that dont mirror us, many people do mirror thier works and someone claims tgat they had done it and yet this site is considered as the best resources for android fanboys.
The another thing is that we are professionals who spare our minute free time for the betterment of phones and to.unlock the hidden capabilities of phone.
I could say to you that have patience and patience never makea you sad.....
BE GOOD
Sent from my GT-S5360 using xda app-developers app
If I was a moderator, the last 3 posters would be banned, permanently. Don't you guys have something better to do then to pick at the frustration comments of user who's phone is not working at the moment?
rodimus_prime said:
I've spent 7 hours now in a row reading posts, to be frank, the attitude here SUCKS. Instead of people answering the question they point you off to some post you already read 10 times before, already tried and it doesnt work. I've also tried just putting it back to factory with I777UCKH7-CL503881-No-BL.exe and that doesnt work either
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Ever hear the expression "you catch more flies with honey than vinegar" ?
Everyone on this forum has been able to load custom firmware using the posts you've been linked to -- everyone except you. So, instead of getting upset with everyone else, take a deep breath and try again.
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r00t4rd3d said:
If I was a moderator, the last 3 posters would be banned, permanently.
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Thankfully you're not a moderator.
rodimus_prime said:
Ok so I've been unhappy with the 4.0.4 official ATT update and its caused my phone once or twice a day to shut off and I have to pull the battery out. So I got the bright idea to root it. I'm not a stranger to this I had the captivate and infuse before this phone. I had roms on those with no issues. Now I followed this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746181 and the phone crashes on bootup saying google account manager has stopped and wont even let me get past it. Then I tried another kernal SGH-I777-ATTGalaxyS2RootStockZedomaxKernel.tar and that just has a yellow ! up and never even gets any further
I've spent 7 hours now in a row reading posts, to be frank, the attitude here SUCKS. Instead of people answering the question they point you off to some post you already read 10 times before, already tried and it doesnt work. I've also tried just putting it back to factory with I777UCKH7-CL503881-No-BL.exe and that doesnt work either
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Use the return to stock guide to go back to stock GB. Never go to another site other than ours as the other sites have ad kernels which break wifi or brick phones. Once you flash the GB stock go into 3e recovery and wipe by holding power and both volume buttons. Use the volume keys to move up and down and power to select. If power doesnt work then use home. Once you boot up you can set up or whatever. Next follow the Flash Custom Firmware Without Incrementing Flash Counter. Make sure to use a GB kernel in Mobile Odin. Now you can flash custom roms using CWM if you did it right. If you flash an ICS rom you can use Triangle Away to remove that triangle at boot up. You can also use a jig which is safer and able to be used on any version.
r00t4rd3d said:
If I was a moderator, the last 3 posters would be banned, permanently. Don't you guys have something better to do then to pick at the frustration comments of user who's phone is not working at the moment?
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You need to be here more than a month to understand where those 3 posters are coming from.
7 hrs wasted. If you want help, shoot me a pm and I'll help you before I get hammered tonight. You have 4 hrs and counting....
jthatch12 said:
7 hrs wasted. If you want help, shoot me a pm and I'll help you before I get hammered tonight. You have 4 hrs and counting....
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Or PM me cause I won't be hammered. Also reference the guide I posted as well.
I managed to get Serendipity 9.4 loaded on it and its seeming to work however I dont seem to be able to get anything else to not boot loop or fail
I'd be happy with a rooted ICS, dont really need all the fancy stuff but when I try to use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746181 I cannot get it to load stable, I get bootloops, non stop force closes.
I did seem to fix the power button issue, took it apart and swapped the button with a damaged i777 I had laying around here and thats working now, so really I just need the stock ICS on it and thats the extent of any tinkering I ever want to do with this phone again.
I picked up a Optimus G today as a replacement, god I hate it, the music sounds like garbage and the camera is worse. Theres about zero cases made for it. I have 13 days now to return it so I'm hoping I can resurrect my GS2.
It says to If flashing this from another base, you should perform a wipe data/factory reset before you flash this package, should I flash the package first? Seems like after that I only have 3E recovery instead of clockwork mod, which I need to flash the kernal, or should I do the kernal first? These things are not really detailed
rodimus_prime said:
I managed to get Serendipity 9.4 loaded on it and its seeming to work however I dont seem to be able to get anything else to not boot loop or fail
I'd be happy with a rooted ICS, dont really need all the fancy stuff but when I try to use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746181 I cannot get it to load stable, I get bootloops, non stop force closes.
I did seem to fix the power button issue, took it apart and swapped the button with a damaged i777 I had laying around here and thats working now, so really I just need the stock ICS on it and thats the extent of any tinkering I ever want to do with this phone again.
I picked up a Optimus G today as a replacement, god I hate it, the music sounds like garbage and the camera is worse. Theres about zero cases made for it. I have 13 days now to return it so I'm hoping I can resurrect my GS2.
It says to If flashing this from another base, you should perform a wipe data/factory reset before you flash this package, should I flash the package first? Seems like after that I only have 3E recovery instead of clockwork mod, which I need to flash the kernal, or should I do the kernal first? These things are not really detailed
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If you wish to be on stock ICS go ahead and reboot into recovery and factory reset. Next turn off the phone and remove the battery. Plug in the usb to the phone while it's connected to your computer while holding both volume buttons. You should be in download mode now once you press the correct volume button. Now you can use Odin/Heimdall to flash Stock ICS. Note this does contain the EMMC Superbrick bug which is why you factory reset prior to flashing it. If you want a custom rom PM and I can tell you
rodimus_prime said:
It says to If flashing this from another base, you should perform a wipe data/factory reset before you flash this package, should I flash the package first? Seems like after that I only have 3E recovery instead of clockwork mod, which I need to flash the kernal, or should I do the kernal first? These things are not really detailed
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Seems like your answer is in there already. Kernels can be flashed after with Odin. Use a kernel with CWM if you want that.

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