My gyro sensor works on and off and its especially annoying. It usually works with a fresh ROM install or backup restore. I had this problem before I rooted as well. Anyone know of any fixes?
If I decide to get a replacement, does sprint actually check for rooted phones?? Or give you **** if you send in a rooted phone? When I had Verizon I sent back every phone rooted with tons of obvious giveaways and the never did anything.
There is no fix, unless you try to go into safe mode, and recalibrate gyroscope by going into settings, display, calibration...are you s-off? If so find lenaids guide in HTC EVO LTE android development section to get s-on and his writer to get rid of the tampered and change to locked on bootloader. Then sprint will give you an option to exchange for s-3 or wait two days to get a new EVO.
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Well with the new HTCDev unlocker tool. I am not so sure i want to root my phone just yet. From the videos i have watched you have to be connected to the net and have to receive a token during the root process. Could this possibly be a method that can void your warranty without a workaround? Would it be smarter to wait for a Dev community method?
I only ask this because, well i have the rooting/flashing itch. I am still funbling around with my phone and getting to know it. Yes people, i am one of those guys, the one who really misses the 4th menu button. So would it really be worth flashing while I am still getting used to the phone. Don't get me wrong the phone rocks even with 3 buttons, but is it worth rooting right away via the HTC Unlocker?
From what I understand, any root method will void your warranty. I have never had an issue getting a rooted phone replaced at Sprint. I always flashed a stock rom before taking it in.
Any root will void a warranty, HTC just has a way to track it with HTCdev. A community method just makes it easier to get away with..
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Kcarpenter said:
Any root will void a warranty, HTC just has a way to track it with HTCdev. A community method just makes it easier to get away with..
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Thx... appreciate the response, its exactly what was on my mind... Except my missing menu button..
Purchase insurance on your phone and you shouldn't have to worry about your warranty. I had my original Evo replaced after it had an unfortunate collision with a wall and the screen no longer worked. I took it into the Sprint store to try and get it repaired, but they told me they couldn't and to file a claim online. The next day, I had a 3D in my hands. My 4G was rooted with S-OFF, but of course they couldn't tell since the screen didn't work.
I am going to hold off for a while on Rooting. I have a feeling there will be a few OTA updates to fix minor things and don't want to have to go back and forth to get updates. I was 100% set on rooting until I found out that foxfi works out of the box! no need (for now) for me to root!
How did you install Foxfi? It says the app is not compatible with my 4G LTE and shows the phone greyed out.
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I am going to hold off for a while on Rooting. I have a feeling there will be a few OTA updates to fix minor things and don't want to have to go back and forth to get updates. I was 100% set on rooting until I found out that foxfi works out of the box! no need (for now) for me to root!
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Why would you have to go back and forth? Someone always releases a rooted stock rom within hours of it's release by HTC, all you would do is either flash that or wait for the developer of your rom to update to the new OTA. As for OTA's, if and when we have a root and s-off method it's not only possible but likely that you wouldn't be able to use it if you updated your phone. Within weeks of the s-off on the EVO 3D there was an OTA patching it. I haven't rooted yet but I wouldn't accept any OTA's just in case. I still may return my phone due to data issues.
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I am going to hold off for a while on Rooting. I have a feeling there will be a few OTA updates to fix minor things and don't want to have to go back and forth to get updates. I was 100% set on rooting until I found out that foxfi works out of the box! no need (for now) for me to root!
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You could still get the update even while rooted.
I'll probably give it 2 weeks to make sure the hardware is okay.
Need to root for some privacy apps.
I can hear Pandora/Facebook/Twitter sucking my contacts, web history, and phone number without my permission as we speak.
I used the HTC unlock method on my 3D and didn't hesitate to do it on my new Evo LTE. It was well worth it.
For what it's worth, I had to bring my 3D in to sprint to have the touch screen replaced when it randomly went bad and they never said anything about my phone having an unlocked bootloader... They don't care.
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How did you install Foxfi? It says the app is not compatible with my 4G LTE and shows the phone greyed out.
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You have to go directly to foxfi to get the APK a google search will bring you there. It is not in the market. It works fine on my phone, now I wait for second round LTE then I can get better speeds.
Edit: found this, may help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26554223
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My og evo was rooted and I was very flash happy with it. But the last 6 months I had it I actually got sick of flashing (gasp). I think the constant need to re setup my phone just got old. As of now I have no plans of rooting it. I like it the way it is. I've gone "iphoney" and just want it to work lol.
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I am going to hold off for a while on Rooting. I have a feeling there will be a few OTA updates to fix minor things and don't want to have to go back and forth to get updates. I was 100% set on rooting until I found out that foxfi works out of the box! no need (for now) for me to root!
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Devs here are usually pretty good at baking in the ota's into their roms in a quick manner though.
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I hate to just come here and ask for help, but I haven't found any solution over the past two weeks, and I didn't see any similar threads in this forum.
I have an HTC Evo 3D through Sprint. Two and a half weeks ago I downloaded the update. The update appears to have worked in the sense that the layout and many features are tweaked a little. However, since I updated it, whenever I turn it on it turns itself off and then back on every few minutes. The reason for this is that I am in Australia so it can't connect to the network to complete the update. I have been here for nearly two months, and won't be back in the US until mid-November. I have solely been using my phone with WiFi for email, internet, etc, and I would like to be able to use it for this purpose again. I called Sprint but they weren't able to help me because there is no Sprint service or Sprint stores in Australia.
Does anyone know of a way to fix the phone? If I factory reset it, will it come back without this issue, or will I just have a phone that doesn't work and lost its memory? Would there be a way to fix it by rooting it?
All help is appreciated. I'm not very knowledgeable on this kind of stuff, I apologize.
Thank you, have a great day.
Even in Airplane mode it does this?
Can't you install the latest sprint ics ruu? That should sort it. I'm gsm though so I never browse the cdma section but I think that should solve your issue.
Best of luck getting it working
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oohaylima said:
Even in Airplane mode it does this?
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I have had it in airplane mode the entire time for the last 8 weeks.
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Can't you install the latest sprint ics ruu? That should sort it. I'm gsm though so I never browse the cdma section but I think that should solve your issue.
Best of luck getting it working
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I'm sorry but I'm not sure what this all means. Are you suggesting that I root the phone using the newest Android version (ICS=Ice Cream Sandwich)? I have no clue how I would do this, or if it would actually solve my problem.
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I'm sorry but I'm not sure what this all means. Are you suggesting that I root the phone using the newest Android version (ICS=Ice Cream Sandwich)? I have no clue how I would do this, or if it would actually solve my problem.
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Here's a post with download links and some information about running the Sprint ICS 2.89 RUU. You didn't say if you are S-ON unlocked or S-OFF and the procedure is slightly different between those two states. If you have never HTC unlocked your phone and rooted your can just run the RUU.exe as if you were S-OFF.
ramjet73
I wonder if there is any way you can get an active Airave to connect to? Sprint obviously wouldn't issue you one in Aus, but perhaps you could have a friend or family get one, activate it, then send it to you in Aus.
Wait....are you saying as long as I have an Airave, I can get service all over the world?
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Wait....are you saying as long as I have an Airave, I can get service all over the world?
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Well, not sure. It does require GPS signal, so it may detect anything not in the US and refuse to work. It was just a thought. Anyone else try to use an Airave outside the US?
It sounds like you aren't rooted and haven't done anything outside of the normal update for the phone.
When you say that the it turns off and back on, do you mean that the phone is simply rebooting randomly? If so, then I think a custom rom might help you.
I don't think the factory reset will fix this for you btw. I also wouldn't try it unless I got a really good backup (which is pretty easy once rooted).
Thanks everyone for your help. I ended up doing an RUU flash using the info ramjet73 gave, and it appears to be working fine except that I lost all of my memory. I couldn't get it backed up before I did it, but I'd rather have a working phone without my old contacts and stuff than have it not work.
Log on to your google account and download them again.
Glad it's working. Be safe out there! Or try to be.
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Log on to your google account and download them again.
Glad it's working. Be safe out there! Or try to be.
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How do I do that?
The screen on my evo is freaking out (digitizer malfunction, top left corner randomly activating) and I need to take my phone into sprint to get it fixed or replaced. Unfortunately my laptop is beyond repairs and I am running CM10.1 while unlocked with S-off, with the customizer used so it still looks like s-on and locked. Is there a ROM or some sort of flash able I can use to get to a returnable state?
Flash the stock rooted rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2211138
They won't even know the difference. If it's a hardware issue, the fact that you're rooted/s-off shouldn't matter anyway, but I doubt they'll even check.
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Yea I think ur good with just a stock ROM since its a hardware issue software should have no effect on it unless there's a bug on cm which I doubt since I'm rocking it to lol
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A few days ago, i picked up a used EVO LTE. I didn't test thoroughly enough before I handed over the cash, and the cameras (front and back) are not responding. I bought it used, knowing it was rooted and emailed when I got home to see if I could get a history of flashes or something (obviously with no response)...
What happens is the default camera app force closes before an image is available, sometimes giving a "toast" error, sometimes not. I have tried other apps from the Play Store and none of them work, with many errors of "Cant find the camera".... The "mirror" app in my ROM shows only a black screen (which has been my only way of testing the front camera).
I'm wondering what sorts of things I can do to rule out software... I've tried restoring using the VipeRUU tool as well as 3 custom roms, two sense based and then CM 10.1... I'm thinking it might be hardware related, but for both cameras to go out would have to be main board related, correct?... Id think if one camera was broken, at least the other would work... Is there anything I can do before ripping it apart to try and fix a hardware problem I haven't Identified?
I saw some people saying that Kernels arent always compatible with one another, and someone that isnt flashing compatable roms with the kernel can bork things.... I have some experience rooting and flashing (all on a Samsung, other than 72 hours on this HTC) so most of this is pretty foreign to me. I've never tried flashing a kernel, and wouldn't even know where to start or where to check for compatibility.
I had this happen to my old phone. Camera randomly stopped working, nothing would fix it. Took it to sprint, they swapped the camera, nothing. Your best
bet would be to put insurance on it and replace it.
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It sounds like a hardware issue. If you ran VipeRUU and the camera still didn't work then the problem isn't the kernel or software, since VipeRUU puts the phone back 100% stock.
Can you do that on a used phone?... I guess I'd have to take it in since I don't see the option online.
Yeah, stock except after running VipeRUU I still had S-Off and an unlocked bootloader.
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Can you do that on a used phone?... I guess I'd have to take it in since I don't see the option online.
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Yes you can. I bought mine off eBay, had it for about five months before the camera failed. Took it Sprint, they failed to fix it and replaced it at no charge.
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I don't have insurance on it. I looked online to see if I can activate the total protection and it said my phone wasn't eligible.
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Huh, that's weird. Maybe the policy changed since I upgraded to the One. I guess take it in and see what they can do for you.
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Well they asked me where I got it from, I told them I bought it from craigslist, perhaps they flagged it when I activated at the store?
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I was able to call in and activate the insurance... Now to restore everything to factory.
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I picked up an EVO 4G LTE and was going to see if I can get it set up so i can give it to my son as his first smart phone but I am unable to access the phone. The ring does not pull up to unlock the phone. I am not familiar with sense as I have been on the note until moving to the lg g2. This phone is on 4.1, 3.16.651.3 710RD. I cannot even get the unlock token for the bootloader. I have not met a phone that I have not been able to root, unlock and customize yet and THIS PHONE!!! I am looking for anyone who might know a trick because I have been searching through these forums and others(which i normally never do). Please let me know if there is a fix or if this phone is scrap. Thanks
Your screen issue sounds like a bad digitizer. As far as getting the unlock token, hit the top link in my sig and look at the links regarding how to root the device and make sure you're going through all the steps correctly.
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Thanks, I've went through the process multiple times. I will try again. The ring moves, just does not go all the way up. If the digitizer is bad then I may be it of luck. I had read on another forum where there was the same issue and that flashing a ROM had fixed the problem. I'll look it up but I don't think I'll be able to post the link
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Hi you can try doing a factory reset in boot loader to see if that does anything about the lockring not going all the way up if it doesn't its the digitizer acting up
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