My phone won't find a network. it just says searching where the "T-Mobile" should be.
-I've odin, been to stock, gb, and ics but that doesn't seem to be wrong.
-I tried all different modems but nothing.
-Manually added a VPN, nothing.
-Simcard doesn't seem to be the issue either because I've been using it on an old samsung slider phone perfectly fine contacts and all.
- I searched the forums and found similar cases, but those were all old threads and dead.(I know some are touchy on reviving dead threads.)
So my issue is getting my phone to have service to be able to text and call, everything else is working superb, except for that.
This wasn't bought at t-mobile, no warranty, if it is dead then it is just spare parts.
Any body have any suggestion. I miss my smart phone and just started college so I need this thing running..
Thank you, anyone.
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Hi guys,
i know this has probably been asked a 100 times and i was searching for it on the forums and on google for 2 hours, but i couldnt find a fitting guide to it (i found tons of guides how to root it per se, but not how to save/backup the stock rom in case i would need to restore it to stock one day.
thanks in advance
crnkoj said:
Hi guys,
i know this has probably been asked a 100 times and i was searching for it on the forums and on google for 2 hours, but i couldnt find a fitting guide to it (i found tons of guides how to root it per se, but not how to save/backup the stock rom in case i would need to restore it to stock one day.
thanks in advance
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This phone just came out. It takes time for developers to start developing. Saying that, there is no way to back up your current ROM as of now. That requires a custom recovery which has not yet been made for the Atrix.
OH, and about rooting, it won't brick your phone. I'm can't think of one phone that has got messed up from the rooting process. And if you need to unroot to "return it to stock" just unroot it. It's one of the features in SuperOneClick.
ok great thank you very much. just on a second thing, maybe if you know? i have a terrible problem with the phone. i got me a sim unlock code, that worked (can put any sim in as i l ike) but the thing is if i put a sim that is active (so it gets signal bars of my carrier) the wifi connection instantly stops working in goes into what seems to be some sort of scanning/disconnect loop. i can repair that only by hard resetting it with an old sim that doesnt get any reception, so that the wifi works than. oh and i can do calls and stuff with the working sim. so im terribly nervous right now. i found some things while googling that the wpa_supplicant is bugged on the stock 2.2.1 (what the phone is running apparently), so i tried to change the file (just did the things) and it didnt help, still the same issue. and i sort of have a problems since im now in europe and well cant really return the phone oh and otherwise the wifi works perfectly .. and another thing wifi wont work ever after inserting the working sim, even with the nonworking sim wifi still has the same problem.
My mom's Optimus One started acting weird last night: it's connected to Vodafone IT (as usual) but wont' connect to Mobile Internet, won't place calls and won't send texts but it CAN receive both perfectly. It connects to Wifi with no problem.
I am using rooted stock ROM but I installed some kernel modifications but I can't remember which (I think the multitouch lag fix, and I have SetCPU installed but can't go over 600Mhz).
Any help/ideas appreciated (I tried rebooting, removing SIM card and battery with no luck)
I really, REALLY am trying not to be rude here, but this kind of problem begs the question: did your mom paid her phone bills? Because this looks exactly like a subscription having its services suspended.
Wow I feel really stupid. They usually send you about 50 texts when that happens, so I didn't consider it, but there must be a problem on their side, as I checked her balance and she's in dept.
Well, I'm happy it was something so stupid as I bet she lost the reciept and warranty
Thanks a lot for your help
You are welcome. At least this is easy to sort out.
Hi
Recently my S2 just stopped reading my SIM when I was going to call someone. Since then it has refused to read my SIM, or any other SIM for that matter.
To fix this problem I've tried resetting the phone to factory settings (in 3 different ways ( hard-reset.com/samsung-i9100-galaxy-s2-hard-reset.html )) with no luck.
I've also tried installing alternative ROM's, but with the same result.
The phone was already rooted with an insecure kernel when this happened, so warranty is long gone.
Though, one thing I did realize was that even though I did hard-reset the phone several times, some of the settings on the phone remained untouched, like my locking pattern and a few other settings. Does this mean that hard-resetting the phone isn't really an actual hard-reset? If that's so, is there any way to properly 100% reset the phone?
In short; I'm running out of options on how to fix this. I refuse to believe it's hardware related, just because I'm stubborn like that.
Any help would be greatly appreciated (really).
Habitats said:
Hi
Recently my S2 just stopped reading my SIM when I was going to call someone. Since then it has refused to read my SIM, or any other SIM for that matter.
To fix this problem I've tried resetting the phone to factory settings (in 3 different ways ( hard-reset.com/samsung-i9100-galaxy-s2-hard-reset.html )) with no luck.
I've also tried installing alternative ROM's, but with the same result.
The phone was already rooted with an insecure kernel when this happened, so warranty is long gone.
Though, one thing I did realize was that even though I did hard-reset the phone several times, some of the settings on the phone remained untouched, like my locking pattern and a few other settings. Does this mean that hard-resetting the phone isn't really an actual hard-reset? If that's so, is there any way to properly 100% reset the phone?
In short; I'm running out of options on how to fix this. I refuse to believe it's hardware related, just because I'm stubborn like that.
Any help would be greatly appreciated (really).
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You can refuse to believe in gravity too, but falling from high distances will still hurt.
If you tried more than one SIM in the phone and none work, but those same SIMs work in other phones, than more than likely, it is hardware related.
Did you check you imei?
078gregory brings up a good point. So if it's not missing IMEI info, THEN it's likely hardware.
Isn't it funny how everything suddenly works itself out once you cry out for help?
Today I've been trying around 10 different ROM's on the phone. Custom and stock. As one last attempt I gave a random ICS 4.0.3 march ROM a last try, and guess what. I got the SIM prompt. I can not believe it. So yeah, it's working now. I have no idea what caused it, but I believe the phone was stuck in flight mode somehow, and just needed an extra push to get out.
Either way, it's working like a charm now. Thanks for the replies though.
Habitats said:
Isn't it funny how everything suddenly works itself out once you cry out for help?
Today I've been trying around 10 different ROM's on the phone. Custom and stock. As one last attempt I gave a random ICS 4.0.3 march ROM a last try, and guess what. I got the SIM prompt. I can not believe it. So yeah, it's working now. I have no idea what caused it, but I believe the phone was stuck in flight mode somehow, and just needed an extra push to get out.
Either way, it's working like a charm now. Thanks for the replies though.
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Don,t forget to press THANKS button on ctomgee
Hi people. I have the same problem Habitats decribes. Mi s2 is stuck in flightmode and cant get out! i have reset the phone in every kind of way but no succes. Now i read here on this forum that flashing my phone to ICS 4.0.3 can help solve the problem. I'm on 2.3.6 now. This flightmode thing happened al over sudden. I have done nothing strange with the phone. Its not rooted either. I was planning to go to a samsung servicepoint and let them check whats wrong. But now i read this thread and see that i can relate to this problem of Habitats. I think a also will try to flash ICS 4.0.3 and watch what happens. But theres another problem. KIES don't recognize my phone anymore so what can i do? Can someone please help me out? Thanks in advance
I'm having the exact same problem, could you please tell me which rom worked for you Habitats? Thanks in advance!
Update:Last tuesday i went to the vodafone store were they have a samsung service department also. I explained my problem to them but they don't seem to recognize the problem. Although i read that many people here at xda's and over the internet have similar issues with this phone.Strange! So they sent it to the repair centre. Yesterday i could see in the track and trace menu of the repair centre that my fone was ready and send back to the vodafone store. Status: Boardswap. So they swapped the whole board! Didn't know that the problem was that serious! So i hope i can pickup my galaxy s2 soon this coming week!! I can't wait!I'm on my old HTC Touch HD now. Its ok with the windows but on Android....Arggghh!! Whatsapp is a pain and more. Its so laggy!. I will give an update soon again!
Hi guys,
It's been a while since I last posted, but still understand protocol before starting a new thread.....I've searched many places for this answer and come up short because there's a mixture of issues, so here goes:
* Phone purchased second hand by bro-in-law, bought it already rooted, but on a BTU ROM. IMEI in About section is different to that which is displayed on the back of the cover. He only knows how to message, browse and call, so he didn't check these details.
* Don't know the previous stock ROM(i.e., T-Mobile, Voda, 3G or BTU). It is currently on a ROM of I9300XXAELLA and baseband of I9300XXBLFB.
How I find out what the orginal firmware was?
* Phone worked fine for more than 4 months without any hiccups, but recently having signal issues(intermittent disconnections), even with different networks(sim cards). So can't be provider issue. Or can it? Tried the Vanir ROM, issue(s) still persists. Seems to me like a software issue as there's been no physical damage, but can't be sure.
* I can access the mobile network signal settings when the signal is functioning, but not when it goes off. Can't make any calls when this happens or send any messages. Toggling between Airplane modes does the trick on the odd occasion but quite often it won't make any difference, it seems to have a mind of its own.
I'm leaning towards a baseband issue or radio/modem, if these aren't the same things. I'd like to revert it back to stock to see if it that works, but I have no idea which firmware to use because I need a way to find out what would work best in this situation.
That's about all I can think of right now...oh and one more thing, there's nothing backed up i.e., EFS folder or IMEI because nothing came with the phone. If you need any more information, feel free to ask.
Thanks in advance
RJ
RootJunkie said:
Hi guys,
It's been a while since I last posted, but still understand protocol before starting a new thread.....I've searched many places for this answer and come up short because there's a mixture of issues, so here goes:
* Phone purchased second hand by bro-in-law, bought it already rooted, but on a BTU ROM. IMEI in About section is different to that which is displayed on the back of the cover. He only knows how to message, browse and call, so he didn't check these details.
* Don't know the previous stock ROM(i.e., T-Mobile, Voda, 3G or BTU). It is currently on a ROM of I9300XXAELLA and baseband of I9300XXBLFB.
How I find out what the orginal firmware was?
* Phone worked fine for more than 4 months without any hiccups, but recently having signal issues(intermittent disconnections), even with different networks(sim cards). So can't be provider issue. Or can it? Tried the Vanir ROM, issue(s) still persists. Seems to me like a software issue as there's been no physical damage, but can't be sure.
* I can access the mobile network signal settings when the signal is functioning, but not when it goes off. Can't make any calls when this happens or send any messages. Toggling between Airplane modes does the trick on the odd occasion but quite often it won't make any difference, it seems to have a mind of its own.
I'm leaning towards a baseband issue or radio/modem, if these aren't the same things. I'd like to revert it back to stock to see if it that works, but I have no idea which firmware to use because I need a way to find out what would work best in this situation.
That's about all I can think of right now...oh and one more thing, there's nothing backed up i.e., EFS folder or IMEI because nothing came with the phone. If you need any more information, feel free to ask.
Thanks in advance
RJ
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refer to the thread IMEI PROBLEMS under my signature and for further questions, post in that thread as this thread will be closed shortly.
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I have seen a lot of posts about this on the internet but after 2 days of searching I still havent found the answer. The only thing i found out is that it may or may not have something to day with a corrupted EFS folder.
I'll describe the situation: when I came home from a night out I suddenly had no signal. The status bar showed no signal, an x above empty bars. Then I checked my settings, It said airplane mode was turning off, but however long I let it be it never does. When I remove/replace the sim card it doesn't detect anything. The IMEI number is displayed as unknown. I've tried a lot of things like reset, hard reset, restarting with the sim card halfway up, turning of fast boot etc., about anything i could find on the internet accept flashing roms and boot.img or something like that.
The things I can tell is that i can still see the IMEI in the barcode option when hold the power and volume down button. I have always used an IPhone and don't yet have experience with manipulating android or loading something else.
My question is if anyone has ever solved this and can tell me how, if this involves thins like flashing things to the phone a little extra 'how to for dummies' instructions would certainly be appreciated. I hope there is a solution, for me and other people reading this with the same problem as there doesn't seem to be anyone who has figured this puzzle out yet.
Nobody?
Nobody?
If restoring with the RUU doesn't help, there's not much else you can do. The phone is 3 years old, if there hasn't been a solution yet, not likely there is going to be one. Developers have moved on to newer devices.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2593037
That's the ATT version. If you have the International version, you must use the appropriate RUU. You can only use one that has the same software version (not just the Android version) as what is currently on it.