why was the MR2 pulled? - Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Why did VZW pull the MR2 update? I have it and my phone works with no reboots.

When did it get pulled?

g00s3y said:
When did it get pulled?
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Oh, I thought it was pulled. My mistake.

they delayed it because the first RC didn't fix the reboot problem. That's what I've been told anyways.

Not all phones had reboot problems. Mine did and MR2 didn't help one bit. MR2.5 did fix my reboot problem and that's what I'm rocking now.

I haven't had any reboot problems unless I use the Freedom Pro keyboard (in SPP mode, of course). While using that I had two reboots in under 30 minutes though the reboot problem went away (and stayed away) as soon as I stopped using the external keyboard.

I had the reboot problem and flashed MR2. It's been extremely stable since. However, I am having some minor radio problems. It occasionally drops to 1X, or even no data (I live in a strong 3G area). However, the only real issue I've had with MR2 is that the market doesn't recognize my phone as compatible with all apps and won't let me install some of my purchased apps. Anyone else?
Will MR2.5 radio fix my data issues?
Anyone else experience the market problems? (My understanding the market issue is that MR2 is not an official VZW release and therefor not recognized by the Market)
I'm running stock, not rooted. Only mod is having flashed MR2.

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Nexxvision ROM & Telenav Issues???

Good evening all. I have flashed my Mogul succesfully with Nexxvisions ROM (thanks to him as well as DCD and Dogguy) and I have been running for about a week and a half and have had no difficulties. So I have been showing off to my collegues about how grreat my phone is and of course I get requests to flash their phones. So I flash three phones (against my better judgement) and within 24 hours 2 of them are having the same exact issues. They said they did a soft reset while attached to the charger, and when the unit reboots it freezes. The only way to get out of it, is to reboot and quickly go into comm mngr and go into airplane mode. Once they got out of airplane mode, the phone would go back to normal. This is odd, because as I stated, I have had no trouble in almost 2 weeks. Now I was thinking what is different about my unit and theirs, and then I realized that they are both using the ATT version of Telenavand Im not. So my question is, has anyone else had trouble with their Mogul like the issues I explained above.
I had the same issue with GPS today plugin, i had to remove the program to get it to work right again. I am not currently using the nexxvision rom but i am using a rom based on dcd 2.2.0.
rmancl said:
I had the same issue with GPS today plugin, i had to remove the program to get it to work right again. I am not currently using the nexxvision rom but i am using a rom based on dcd 2.2.0.
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Interesting. Maybe there is an issue with DCD 2.2.0 and some GPS apps.
blakksmiff said:
Interesting. Maybe there is an issue with DCD 2.2.0 and some GPS apps.
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actully just read the post on gps today and the developers have released an update addressing the issue i had. see the new download here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1945477&postcount=32
rmancl said:
actully just read the post on gps today and the developers have released an update addressing the issue i had. see the new download here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1945477&postcount=32
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Cool. I'll try that new one. GPS today seems like a cool app. Anyone having issues with Telenav though?

[Q] GPS signal lost on multiple roms

So I've done a lot of searching and haven't really found anything definitive. I've found that with some roms I'll lose GPS signal after a certain amount of time (say 10-30 minutes) and have to turn GPS off and back on or reboot the phone. I saw something about flashing a different radio may make a difference. Kinda just wanted to see other peoples thoughts on the issue or if maybe there is something else I can do before I go flashing a different radio.
Currently running CELB 4.1 and baseband 2.42.01.04.27 and I have the issue.. I've had it with most of Tazz's roms as well. KaosFroyo is the only one Ive used that I've never seen the issue with, but I'm really diggin CELB right now and this is the ONLY issue I've got with it.
Have you tried GPS status in the market? I know it will help you lock in a signal, so it would make sense that it would also help keep your GPS locked in.
Bayhill Jacket said:
Have you tried GPS status in the market? I know it will help you lock in a signal, so it would make sense that it would also help keep your GPS locked in.
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I have now.. I did the reset and download options in the program. Too bad this isn't something I can quickly test. I'll report back with the results. Thanks!
I have noticed this as well. Last time it happened to me it was 4:30 in the morning, and the "GPS lost" message came up about 180 seconds before I had to make two freeway changes in an area I'd never been before. (CELB 3.9 and same radio as your case). Fortunately for me I had reviewed the route, so I more or less knew what to do.
If I recall correctly, it has always happened after the Nav app had been running for a fair bit of time - at least 30 minutes or more.
However, I don't know if it is something about the root ROMs or not - I started using rooted ROMs back in March or so, so I really don't have a tremendous operating baseline on stock 2.1 ROMs to compare it to. Maybe it is a problem there, too!
If I recall correctly, the last time it happened, I just pulled up GPS Status and asked it reload the aGPS state (without exiting the Nav app), and the Nav app seemed to gracefully recover.
Annoying? Yeah. I don't know what can be done about it, though - like the "undead calls" problem, it happens so infrequently that it is hard to know whether or not a ROM change actually fixes the problem.
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I had the same problem with every 2.2 rom I used GPS with. I decided to go back to 2.1 because I have been needing GPS alot more often lately but I havent tested it out since I made the switch. I'll try it out today and report the results tonight.
This same thing seemed to happen on the 2.1, CyanogenMod 5 based ELB by Conap as well. If it is happening with all of the 2.2 ROMs, I wonder if it's just a CyanogenMod issue?
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6812308#post6812308 (this was not the only person reporting it, if you search that thread.)
I really don't think it's ALL 2.2 CM roms though. I've gone on 7 hour car trips with Kaos Froyo without a single drop.. to and from. I've seen another theory somewhere around here about it being certain hardware revisions that act this way with certain software builds. At lease we've got a thread dedicated to this issue now.. maybe we can get something figured out.
Still don't know if the GPS status program helps.. I left navigation turned on for a bit sitting in my house and it stayed connected for the half an hour I left it, just don't think that's gonna be an accurate test with not moving around and all. If it doesn't work I will try a different radio.. I saw somewhere one guy had good luck with a specific older version radio. If that's what it comes down to I'll try.
I have been having issues with the GPS working on both of my phones while using 2.2 roms. I switched to 2.1 a few days ago and I used the GPS on my way to work this morning and didnt have any issues. I also had to flash Senseable a couple of months ago while on a road trip because I was tired of loosing the GPS signal every half hour. It may be a CM thing.
Im having the same issues as well. Haven't found a fix yet..
I've had this issue, after I flashed KaosFroyo(v36), and XTR(4 i think). I recently unrooted using Flashback21 v1 and flashed with the radio included. I have gone back to xtr 5 now and have had no lost gps in over a week. Don't have a clue as to why. hope it helps someone.
deadbot1 said:
I've had this issue, after I flashed KaosFroyo(v36), and XTR(4 i think). I recently unrooted using Flashback21 v1 and flashed with the radio included. I have gone back to xtr 5 now and have had no lost gps in over a week. Don't have a clue as to why. hope it helps someone.
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give us another update. is the gps problem still fixed for you? Thanks!
I have flashed the radio directly with the verizon zip file that is around and I still get inconsistent results But it always drops a signal eventually in about a 1/2 hour
Jrocker23 said:
I have flashed the radio directly with the verizon zip file that is around and I still get inconsistent results But it always drops a signal eventually in about a 1/2 hour
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I've seen it on several ROM's as well. From what i've messed with, it doesn't seem to be dependent on the autokiller memory preset, radio firmware, or amount of overclocking i'm doing. It doesn't seem to be dependent on how many programs are running either. I usually have nav and pandora running while i'm in the car, and sooner or later, the gps poops out.
I feel like it seems to happen less, now that i'm back to using the on-demand governor. but that could just be in my head.
I've had to go back to a 2.1 rom because of it. Its very annoying when the goa signal gets lost right before the exit ramp.
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Im thinking of going back to a 2.1 rom as well...
I have also seen the same results on any 2.2 or higher rom. I have since returned to XTRRom 5.0 and have not had a single problem with GPS on any of my jogging runs. I definitely think it is a CM thing. At least on my phone.
Using kaosfroyo v39 and I flashed that sprint phone radio on my eris and haven't had any gps issues. In fact, just the opposite. Mine would lock up before the v39 and the radio flash
I flashed that radio as well and today not one issue at all. Will test more tomorrow
I'm using the 2.42.02.10.29 sprint radio and still seeing it drop out.
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haganme said:
I'm using the 2.42.02.10.29 sprint radio and still seeing it drop out.
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Today I even flashed back to the July 2010 version (2.42.01.04.27). the gps dropped out almost every 5 minutes while i was driving around. that's the worst i've seen. So i flashed back to the 2.42.02.10.29 sprint radio again. I haven't seen very good navigation performance on the v1.1 gingershedbread overall, actually. my position on the gps nav doesn't update very often, although it seemed like the voice instructions were still pretty well timed as usual.

[Q] New Radio - No Service

EDIT: remove thread, VZW network issues, radio is fine
I just had this happen to me this morning. I flashed the radio the day it came out and never had issues until now. Now my 3G is just stuck in a constant upload and I'm unable to download any data at all. I have my mobile data turned off for now until I figure out wtf it is..
I was streaming Pandora at the time it cut out. Hopefully it's just a glitch or a bad app or something..
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Nvm, just a glitch. My data is working fine now.
This has been happening since last night, thats when I flashed the new radio. I even flashed the stock RUU that jcase posted with hboot and recovery taken out, still same problem, no data at all. I think i''m just going to flash back to stock and see if I still have the problem, if so, its back to VZW for this TB.
All of these issues make me think mistakenly not flashing the new radio wasn't such a bad idea...
I'm currently running BAMF v.1.5 and I forgot/goofed up updating the radio. Everything seems to be working OK although I'm not in an LTE area right now and I only did it last night. If the radio leaks are anything like the old Droid 1 leaks, when the actual OTA is launched it often has a completely different radio than the leaks. I'll be waiting to upgrade the radio until I hear that these types of problems are rare.
lexxon87 said:
All of these issues make me think mistakenly not flashing the new radio wasn't such a bad idea...
I'm currently running BAMF v.1.5 and I forgot/goofed up updating the radio. Everything seems to be working OK although I'm not in an LTE area right now and I only did it last night. If the radio leaks are anything like the old Droid 1 leaks, when the actual OTA is launched it often has a completely different radio than the leaks. I'll be waiting to upgrade the radio until I hear that these types of problems are rare.
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Wasn't the new radio included? Or was it just built off of the new RUU?

When did random reboots start?

Hi.
I am about to unroot and go back to otb stock. I am wondering if anyone knows for sure when the random reboots that I, and several others encounter, first started because I need to know whether to do the OTA after I go back to stock.
From my memory....... :
Wasn't there 2 OTA's?
And the random reboots started after installing the 2nd one?
So should I just install the first one.......orrrr......does it automatically only give one OTA direct to the 2nd one released?
Or should I not install any OTA's at all and patiently wait for Gingerbread........
Thanks!
We have MR1, MR2, and MR2.5 but I think only MR1 was an official OTA (dont quote me on it tho since I have been rooted since I got the phone and have never received an OTA). I think the reboot issue has been a problem for a lot of people for the entire time and isnt a new thing. IIRC MR1 caused quite a few reboot issues but not for everyone. I personally ran w/o any reboots until I got to 2.5 and even then I have only ever had 1. Its just what works best for you.
You will be waiting patiently for quite a while for official GB from what I have heard on the boards but you can always try out some of the GB ROMs that we have already.
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We have MR1, MR2, and MR2.5 but I think only MR1 was an official OTA (dont quote me on it tho since I have been rooted since I got the phone and have never received an OTA). I think the reboot issue has been a problem for a lot of people for the entire time and isnt a new thing. IIRC MR1 caused quite a few reboot issues but not for everyone. I personally ran w/o any reboots until I got to 2.5 and even then I have only ever had 1. Its just what works best for you.
You will be waiting patiently for quite a while for official GB from what I have heard on the boards but you can always try out some of the GB ROMs that we have already.
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You are correct Beast there has only been one official OTA. My wife is not rooted but I am
Well I went back to stock because I was gonna try to go to Verizon today and swap it out.....
I find it funny this exactly what I was going to ask today myself. I'm also running bamf remix 1.8, have tried all the radios and even installed bamf 2.0 for GB with the Mr 2.0/2.5 radios. Still got reboots. Now I want to go back to stock and unroot so I can go back to the store and swap it
Just wonder if its worth it, maybe if they let me swap SD cards
I just un-rooted my phone about two days ago. After, I did the OTA update. I hadn't seen any problems until today. I live in a 4G area and work in a (up until Monday) 3G area. Since Monday they have been testing out a 4G tower. I have had 4G until this morning, I just figured that they were still testing it out and had switched it off. Well, about an hour ago I got my first Reboot. When the phone came back up I noticed that the 4G had just came back on. I'm pretty sure that's what triggered my reboot. So in short, as long as they keep the 4G going I don't have any issues.
Just curious is the update worth doing? And if i do it do i go ahead and install the GB bamf rom and radio? or just go back to my current 1.8 remix?
im curious what you guys have your phones overclocked at? I am rooted on the RC3 bamf 3.0 and the only time I have seen reboots is when i had my phone overclocked to high. now that im at 1.42 on the bamf cpu (I disabled my setCPU) and it has been solid.

CM7 Random Reboots

Is this happening to anybody else? My phone reboots several times a day and I cant seem to pinpoint the cause of the problem. I have tried various kernels and versions of CM7 (running latest RC now). My phone is not overclocked and is not having any heat issues. Does anybody have any ideas on how to fix the problem?
I have not had a single reboot since I put 1.5.2 on my phone. I did not wipe coming from 1.4 but I didn't have any issues on that build either. Have you tried wiping data and cache yet and reinstalling?
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You mentioned it isn't overclocked, but is it undervolted by your own modding at all? Other than that only thing I can think of are the reboots people were just experiencing in general (most likely due to the handoff between LTE and CDMA).
To answer the two previous comments. First, my phone is not undervolted. Second, I have erased everything and done a fresh install several times. Thirdly, I live in Richmond VA so I don't even have LTE enabled. I just enabled it yesterday and it seemed to decrease the number of reboots today. Yesterday I have about 4-6 while today I only had one. I think that all this began when I switched to the MR2 radio.
Is there a proper way to go from an earlier radio to the current or is it like flashing anything else?
Flashing the radio is pretty much just like anything else. Go into the bootloader and have the radio .zip on SD card named correctly and that's basically it.
You flash radios from hboot.
Pull battery, hold power and vol down
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Ya, that's how I've been flashing my radios. I just don't understand why the Mr2 and 2.5 radios would cause my phone to reboot.
Not too familiar with AOSP Roms, but have you tried the official OTA radio?
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