Hello folks:
Of course, if I ask about the problem, is because I have it. You are probably familiar with the story:
a) lost radio all of a sudden
b) can't get past the 1%
c) can't turn on the unit without it being plugged to AC
d) no LED light, and no way to know the status of the battery
I have tried many workarounds, including those posted here:
http://www.xda-developers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2793
http://www.xda-developers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2489&sid=8c1aea80a41318c77a50013b562fe4df
But I am still stuck at the 1%.
Is there a solution? If so, can anyone write a step-by-step?
Thanks, from a desperate XDAer.
Fernando
1% of what? Might help more if we know what you did and what the unit is trying to do that it is stuck at 1%
Just to clarify: this happen all of a sudden. The "1% problem" is characterized by the following two conditions:
a) The radio stack is gone: it does not appear during boot, and if you try to reload it onto the device (via bootloader or active sync), it will give you an error not being able to go beyond the 1% installation.
b) Can't turn on the device without power. However, the device will turn on while plugged to AC, and can be synchronized, and perform all the PDA functions (no radio though so no phone).
This problem has appeared in other discussions, but it seems that a satisfactory solution (one that works for anyone) has not been found. Some people have documented (see forum discussions cited above) having solved the problem individually, but other folks (like myself) have tried such solutions to no avail.
If this is a widespread problem, I am sure there is a fix. In the meantime, I have already asked T-Mobile to send me a replacement. That would at least solve my problem.
Thanks all in advance for your helpful suggestions.
FMW
I had a similar problem where it kept trying to re-install a radio stack, but would stop at "1%". However it never lost the radio stack version. It sounds like the "rom" where the radio stack is stored went bad. Best thing to do is what you are doing. Have T-Mobile replace it.
failing that why try upgrading with the SD and simcard in place you supposed to take them out so it doesnt slow the unit down.
also keep it plugged into the charger too
has anyone come across the problem that when you move to say 3g from gsm or back or you loose signal as your in a bad signal area and then get it back, the phone actually looses the radio says "operation failed" and relocks on to the signal?
mine will sometimes loose the signal need restarting and on the boot screen will show NOGSM when its clearly installed as it worked 20seconds ago. i have tried many types of radio rangeing from 1.07 to 1.41 and all their varients. i am at a loss why my phone just looses it and then forgets it has actually lost it untill i try to make a call or send an sms. no calls or sms's can be received by me whilst the phones done this and it does it a hell of a lot.
sometimes it also just looses the radio half way through a call or data call.
anyone got any ideas?
i have a m3100
IPL 1.04
bootloader 2.10oli
and the XDA live OS installed. however it does it on any OS i have tried so far. and thats alot of them.
Same for me.
Same problem for me.
Often I get the message "operation failed" or "the phone is not ready, wait 15 seconds and try again". Thought it was a problem with the new 1.38 radio, but it seems to be something different.
i also get all those error msg's. i have no idea how to fix it either and no 1 here seems to have a clue either :-(
i Had the same problem with mine it due to hardware i guess. Your phone might have fell down or something then this kind of problem starts I fixed mine by opening my phone up and fixed the arial part properly
torrentulla
is there a guide you follow for that or can you give me any tips to do it myself?
thanks
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torrentulla
is there a guide you follow for that or can you give me any tips to do it myself?
thanks
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I fixed my phone almost the same way as Torrentulla did. I'm my case it seems that something was damaged when I dropped my phone a few weeks back. I discovered that when I pushed at a spot right below the flashlight that the radio kept coming up all the time.
These are the steps I took to repair:
Remove all 4 screws (very small torx) at the back of your hermes
Remove back
Put a little piece of paper on the "pressure" spot
Put your phone back together
Turn it on and enjoy!
I hope you'll manage to fix yours aswell!
Phone sometimes shows No GSM, fails to ring
Hey guys, I posted this in the dead hermes thread, but decided to post it here as it's not really bricked. I think it may be a faulty component or something.
My phone was working fine this morning, then in the afternoon I noticed I would have to try to make a call 3 or 4 times before it would go through, it kept on giving me the error (Can't connect, or something along those lines).
Then, I checked my voicemail and found that I had 10 messages from people who had been trying to get in touch with me, but my phone hadn't been ringing.
The kicker came when I soft reset my phone and all of a sudden No GSM popped up! I soft reset it again, and it was gone, and worked fine for a couple of hours. Now its back to not ringing again.
I flashed radio 1.41.00.10 about a week ago, and have been running fine with no problems since. I haven't flashed any rom's in the past week, and this problem just started yesterday. No new software has been installed (except Pimp my black v0.1).
I don't know a lot about the radio, but I didn't think it could become corrupted during regular use, I thought you could only mess it up when you were flashing the phone. I wonder if there is something wrong with the radio? Could the hardware be faulty? This phone is about 8 months old and hasn't had any problems up to this date.
I'm going to flash radio 1.40.10.0 again and see if that makes a difference, but I'd like to know if anyone has any ideas as to what could be causing this.
Sorry this post was so long,
Thanks
-Kai
it seems i don't have a pressure point on mine as the radio is working as and when it likes. which is not alot
gotta sort it out somehow, will take it apart and see if theres anything obvious.
I have the same problem too, phone sometimes shows NO GSM on startup and sometimes it works. Here's where I posted : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=306073
Now its not even showing NO GSM it just says: NONE, NONE
Also, I noticed that it will only last about 6 hours on a full charge before the battery is absolutely dead.
I'm beginning to think that it may be my radio 1.41.00.10
It seems strange that all of these people are suddenly having this problem now.
Whats the warranty like on these devices? Is it a 1 years parts and defects warranty? Or is it some ****ty 90 day warranty?
As it is my phone is a piece of garbage, not worth using at all, I am very disapointed in it.
It's a hardware problem.
Hi guys,
I'm experiencing the same problems since two months and I've been struggling with all kind of OS, ROM, RADIO and bootloader, without even gettin close to solve them.
My phone randomly loads the RADIO (otherwise I get the "No Gsm" message), even when loaded, the connection is not suitable and my phone is often unreachable on the net. The battery life is very short because the phone always looses the signal and then seraches till he find it, before loosing it again.
So I disassembled my phone and did a lot of testing with hardware connections. I have found that the motherboard connection with the flash/scroll module isn't stable at all. You can easily move it and find that this affects the phone ability to load the RADIO. It seem strange but it's true. I can't solve the problem and I'm very upset with HTC because of their hardware components lack of quality. I would like to try to change the module to but I can't find a place where i can buy HTC hardware parts.
So I'm going to change my pda, I'll never buy HTC anymore.
Any help?
Has anyone figured out the problem? If it is hardware, what "pressure" spot is it? I tried, but wondered if I'm not in the right place.
In my case it was a spot right below the flash/scroll-part. As said earlier, i put a piece of paper on the spot and reassembled the phone. It still works excellent after a week!
My dopod can't connect to the mobile network as well, but only with the 3 network. It seems fine when being connected to an Optus network. Have you guys tried using a different network simcard?
I'm not sure if mine is a physical problem but maybe a setting which i need to configure so i can connect to a 3 network. Help anyone?
ROM version : Pro BLACK 3.0
ROM date : 01/04/07
Radio version : 1.41.00.10
mine also works just under the flash with the cover off, but if i hold it too hard then the screen goes all white and doesn't work, until i can get the case off its a hit and miss game at the moment.
thanks very much for the tips and help
Dan
Larrys said:
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So I'm going to change my pda, I'll never buy HTC anymore.
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I cannot agree with this more.
I am sick to death of this phone. I had one of the first in the country for normal sales and spent weeks arguing with HTC who flatly denied the screen alignment issue. EVENTUALLY I got them to fix this after referencing posts in this forum.
I continued to suffer the "coma" software issue - why is it so F*((&&^ dificult for a device to wake up when its auto-sleeped?
And finaly, to top it off, I have been suffering this problem. I cannot express how mad I am. Did I buy a cheap phone? NO. I have had nothing but problems with this phone and will NOT buy another HTC.
Oh and if anyone knows how to repair a failed Radio upgrade, please help me! I don't have any choice but to use it until the IMate Ultimates come out.
Due to seeing this radio problem I thought I would try downgrading the radio from 1.4.summint or other (the latest) to a slightly older version. This was of course before I saw this thread. During the downgrade the installer stopped at 15%. Now no matter what I do it sits at the IPL/SPL screen (3 colour bars+white). I have done the obvious i.e. follow the installers error procedure (remove the battery).
Device: HERM200
IPL-1.04
SPL-2.10.Olipro
Please help me be able to use this for another month or two at most - i hope!
Thanks guys
update:
OK Guys
thanks to this thread: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Unbrick
I now have it trying to boot the o/s. I get the message "No GSM" on the boot screen but when it boots up it asks me for my pin number and freezes. I guess its locking up because it has no "phone" part? According to the instructions in the other thread I am supposed to flash it again but I can't as the phone locks on boot.....
Any ideas?
*FINALY* got it back into pre-flash feck up situation. Sadly, this still leaves me with the hardware problem. HTC can go poke themselves until the cows come home. Im taking my money somewhere else.
Hello,
I am a new user of HTC phones, and bought a HERO after going through this website and reading the posts w.r.t. Android etc.
I have a few queries, which I am sure will appear quite basic to most of you, however, there are quite greek to me. I am in New Delhi, India and bought my phone a week ago.
1.
I have read about a firmware upgrade to Hero phones. However,the helpline here says that there is no firmware upgrade available. The India page on the HTC website also does not list any upgrade. My phone is unlocked, although it shows another carrier's logo in the first screen, but no other issue. My firmware version shows 1.5 and Build no. shows 2.73.720.5. Is this the latest version or is this upgradeable?
2.
There have been a couple of instances where my phone has frozen, and no button has worked. I have had to remove the battery and re-insert to get it to work again. Is this normal? I haven't had a smart phone before so I wouldn't know the actual behaviour.
3.
I dropped my phone from about 3 feet, and it opened up with its battery flying out and a few minor nicks and scratches on the body and not the screen. No other apparent damage, but could this cause performance issues?
4.
Is there a way to sync this phone manually without having to use Google or Windows? Can I directly access the phones contact list and messages etc, like a data stick?
Would appreciate answers.
Thanks in advance.
RK
Hi,
After several months of using my UK SIM Free SGS2 with no problems (Froyo and then Gingerbread) I decided to update to ICS. I did this via the phone itself (not using Kies) the other day when the firmware was released by Samsung for UK unbranded.
I used ICS for about 4 days before deciding to wipe the phone and reinstall a few things just for good measure. No immediate problems.
However, the following day I discovered that the Wifi will not turn on.
When I drop down the menu at the top and hit the Wifi button, it turns dark green instead of bright green and will not turn on.
After a while it goes grey again but simply will not turn on.
The issue seems to be affecting the operation of the phone in other ways.
Sometimes the phone won't wake up and I have to hold the power button in for 10 seconds.
Sometimes it operates sluggishly.
Sometimes the battery drains rapidly.
I believe all of these symptoms are linked to the Wifi issue.
Lots of people seem to have had the same issue here.....
(URL removed as I am a new member and until I have posted 6 times I cannot include URL's)...
It's a very long thread with many hundreds of SGS2 owners with the same issue as me after ICS update.
If you PM me I can provide the URL.
Anyway I have tried the following (in various orders) with zero success....
Removing the battery for 30 minutes.
Wiped cache.
Factory reset.
Flashed stock Gingerbread 2.3.4 (XWKI4/XEU UK Unbranded) using Odin.
Let Kies reinstall ICS (once I had Gingerbread back on).
Flashed stock ICS 4.0.3 (XWLP7 UK Unbranded) using Odin.
In the Settings>About phone>Status menu I have the following displayed....
IMEI number: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
IMEI SV: xx
IP address: Unavailable
Wi-Fi MAC address: Unavailable
Bluetooth address: Unavailable
Serial number: Unavailable
Should it display a serial number?
Should it display a MAC address?
I visited a Samsung authorised repair agent today.
They reflashed ICS and maybe some other things (I don't know what they did).
Now it is displaying a serial number but it is not the same serial number as that one under my battery. Should it be the same?
The Wifi still does not turn on and they say that it needs to go back to Samsung.
I can't do without the phone at present as I am working away and need to be contactable so didn't let them have it for now.
I don't know what else to try.
I don't want to root or increment my binary counter unless absolutely necessary - I don't want to invalidate my warranty.
Does anybody have any ideas what could be the issue?
Could ICS have upped the voltage on the Wifi circuitry to improve Wifi strength/distance and in the process damage it?
Remember that lots of others have the same issue (the thread which I couldn't post the URL to).
Surely ICS hasn't damaged the hardware of lots of SGS2's!
Is it more likely to be software related and I wonder why the repair agent was unable to fix it?
Might Samsung release an update to fix it?
If it sent back to Samsung what can they do that the agent couldn't?
What can I try next?
Please help, thank you.
Hi. First of all greetings to all, I am new around here.
Well, it turns out I bought a second hand J7 Prime a few months ago and everything was working fine. A couple of days ago I noticed that the system was giving me enough failures and I decided to change the ROM, I opted for Android 8.1 Binary 7. The flash was all OK, but when it turned on it was only emergency calls.
Doing a lot of research (I don't know much about cell phones) I discovered that the original IMEI is reported, and therefore, the current one had to be entered with a box or something. I also noticed that the cell phone was rooted before flashing it.
I have passed him some ROMs from different countries but it remains the same.
I would like to know what can be done to get the line back. I have tried a lot of things but I don't get anything, I don't know what else to do. I do *#06# and the IMEI of both chips remain the same (IMEI changed). Thank you in advance!