This evening I unlocked my phone and upgraded to CM7 stable. However, as soon as CM7 booted, I saw that I had no bars, and was unable to place calls. Also, when I view the IMEI and baseband version, they both say "unknown". I tried CM7 nightly, as well as fruitcake 4.5.141. Additionally, I tried the 37P and 37P att 12dec2011 radio updates, which did not work either. The wifi works fine.
edit: The radios were flashed with CWM (I wasn't getting any signal pre-flash, FWIW). Also, I wasn't able to save APN's when trying to add them.
Is there anything else to try?
andretti_ said:
This evening I unlocked my phone and upgraded to CM7 stable. However, as soon as CM7 booted, I saw that I had no bars, and was unable to place calls. Also, when I view the IMEI and baseband version, they both say "unknown". I tried CM7 nightly, as well as fruitcake 4.5.141. Additionally, I tried the 37P and 37P att 12dec2011 radio updates, which did not work either. The wifi works fine.
edit: The radios were flashed with CWM (I wasn't getting any signal pre-flash, FWIW). Also, I wasn't able to save APN's when trying to add them.
Is there anything else to try?
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I would look at putting your APN again. If they aren't saving when you've put them in manually, then it's because you aren't putting them in correctly
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I would look at putting your APN again. If they aren't saving when you've put them in manually, then it's because you aren't putting them in correctly
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I tried this again, no luck.
Just to be sure everything work you can try to flash a known stable CM7 version like Neutrino or TopSmart after a full wipe. Nobody got radio problems on those rom
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Just installed CM7 from Rom Manager and I have no service. I tried turning on airplane mode and now its stuck in Airplane mode! Pulled battery and SIM, but still nothing.
Did you install the correct radio to correspond with the build of CM7 you installed?
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JBO1018 said:
Did you install the correct radio to correspond with the build of CM7 you installed?
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I guess not. How do I know what radio to install and how? Do I install new radio before CM7? TIA
Can I flash A radio with CM7 already installed?
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Can I flash A radio with CM7 already installed?
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Yes but it's flashed via bootloader.
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15765065&postcount=8
That includes a link to the OTA mr2 thread also
I am having a similar issue
After doing a backup of the stock rom and installing CM7 I had service but very little compared to the stock rom & radio that got full service in the exact same location. I tried to install the radio for 4g and followed those instructions but then it said my sim wasnt installed. I wiped again including cach and reinstalled CM7. I had to use the above link to get the radio somewhat working again but the service still sucks.
is there another radio out there that will work better?
sometimes when i install a AOSP ROM it'll show no service to. although after rebooting, then it works.
I tried rebooting over and over, never came back untill i pushed the above radio in from hboot. It still shows nearly no service although it does have some. I had the same problem with my inspire 4g untill i found the right radio that worked perfect.
I went across town to the area I get the best service and it still only shows 2 bars max
Im having the most annoying problems with my photon
all used to work well, signal bars were great.
then one day i had a fail to boot message, so i flashed this SBF
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1202666
And nothings been the same. It seems my radio/baseband is messed up
I have it set to GSM Only as usual
but every now and then it just loses signal ( i think when it switches towers) and wont come back till i reset it. and other times itll switch to 'Automatic' and think its a CDMA phone.
And the most annoying part is most of the time ill have 'signal' but little do i know no text messages are getting to me. and no phone calls. and if i try a phone call it hangs up a second in. These problems are all intermittent, itll suddenly just work after time, then stop after time. I thought it was my SIM Card but all is functional 100% in a different phone. I hope i dont have a sudden hardware problem in the phone itself.
I tried flashing to old SBFs, factory resetting nothing works
Ofcourse I skip the handset activation at the beginning as im in canada (GSM) and i cant seem to 'factory reset' the radio or use any of those codes because im in Canada and it asks for a passcode that i dont have
if ANYONE knows nething i can do pelase help, because its looking like i have to ditch the photon
I flashed my phone with that too, but no network problem after that.
I guess you have tried already to flash again. I'm also on gsm only.
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im thinking my phones radio is physically crapping out.. ah.
Perhaps that SBF borks GSM usage? Have you tried one of the very first SBF's that have been put out?
i tried 154_5, and 198_6, not sure if they are 'official', but both have this problem.
do u know of any other ones, or of some factory rom
id try those deblurred custom roms, but they have this wierd bug of not showing signal bars with GSM, aka no matter how good my signal is, the signal bar will always show 0 in those roms
I have been searching for crazy for the past week becuase i have had the same issue.
UMTS 3G radio stopped working, but i have not been able to find any 154 sbf files to flash.
I have to keep GSM mode only, and my battery life is terrible. Battery dies after 7 hours with NO usage. The only thing i have not tried, after flashing all kinds of software, is doing a nandroid backup on another Photon and flashing it on my phone. Will try it right now ad report back.
thats a good idea, especially if the nandroid u take is from a STOCK completely untouched Photon, i just wanna go back to how it was when i first got it
let me know how it works out! so we can upload it
i have the 154 sbf if u wanna try it:
http://www.multiupload.com/FNZKNV0T3G
ps: try flashing a rom from the dev section like that 'Home Base' one, i will try later
THANK YOU! I have been trying like crazy to find the 154 one. Im flashing the nandroid backup, but im doing it over the advanced settings, sine the /boot folder is giving me an error while checking "MD5 sums". It says error while flashing boot image. All other folders restore ok. I´ll post back.
ps. I´ve flashed HomeBase and Alien rom and apparently they do not touch the basebands.
considering that sbf that broke it for me is an official sprint update, it means sprint/motorola messed it up, knowingly or unknowingly, should we make it clear to them (to matt on those moto forums). not many users probably use gsm w sprint/photon so the problem isnt wide spread
i think the one that was working for me was soemthing even before 154, i cant remember if i updated my photon once, 194 is the third OTA right?
Im not very sure, but i work for Sprint, so i´ll check it out tomorrow and let you know.
Anyways, my friend with the Photon, the one i used for a nandroid backup does not have any issues connecting to 3G Gsm networks. It is very odd indeed.
[Edit] My friend´s Photon and mine do not have the same baseband version after the nandroid backup, so i guess it doesnt touch it. We need to figure out a way to get the sbf for the baseband,
whats ur baseband version?
ill check mine
if u work for sprint thats a bonus, dig around tomorrow!
my baseband is n_01.28.05s.fk i am currently doing an OTA update that has been ongoing for a week. im still only at 23%. so there may be a newer version.
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my baseband is n_01.28.05s.fk i am currently doing an OTA update that has been ongoing for a week. im still only at 23%. so there may be a newer version.
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Don't know if it helps at all, But I'm on CDMA and my baseband version is the same. n_01.28.05s.fk
I'm on GSM/UMTS in Italy and my baseband version is n_01.28.07R with update 45.3.6 and is ok
So, xda won't let me post this in the actual ROM post, but I was wondering if anybody else was having this issue (or new a work around). After installing the ICS Passion V4 ROM, I've completely lost all service (says emergency calls only in the notification tray).
I tried manually setting a couple things in network settings but nothing worked. I eventually flashed back to Froyo with odin and all is well (so it's not a hardware issue).
Any suggestions?
after flashing passion look in setting - about phone and see what's listed under baseband. It should be T959UVKB5. If it says unknown you need to flash the KB5 modem that is in the OP.
Ahh, duh! Now that you say that I remember reading that exact thing and making a mental note to try that if I run into problems.
Thank you so much! I'll have to give that a try when I get home tonight, I'll update if it works.
Yup, that fixed it. Thank you!
Now i have that problem
i have no service either and i did flash the KB5 modem. not sure if im doing anything else wrong. my baseband says unknown and and its been the same when i had cm7 running.
any help??
Hi,
I have a major issue with my WiFi and reboots.
Background: I am using an ATT phone within the UK on T-Mobile network.
Randomely, the other day, the WiFi turned off and when I turned it back on, it says Error....
I have tried everything I can think of; wiping and reinstalling rom, erasing everything in fastboot, updating the radio (further question on that) and also kernels! Finally I tried FruitCake to get back to stock, still no luck!!
Radio: Are radio's carrier specific, i.e. could I flash a radio meant for Europe to replace the ATT one? (I am on .36)
What can I do now, please. Thanks
benny6812 said:
Hi,
I have a major issue with my WiFi and reboots.
Background: I am using an ATT phone within the UK on T-Mobile network.
Randomely, the other day, the WiFi turned off and when I turned it back on, it says Error....
I have tried everything I can think of; wiping and reinstalling rom, erasing everything in fastboot, updating the radio (further question on that) and also kernels! Finally I tried FruitCake to get back to stock, still no luck!!
Radio: Are radio's carrier specific, i.e. could I flash a radio meant for Europe to replace the ATT one? (I am on .36)
What can I do now, please. Thanks
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If it helps, i accidentally formatted the PDS partition a while back and the reason for reboot is AP KERNEL PANIC
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I am having similar problems. Just last night my phone started rebooting frequently after having turl's v8 build of cm9 for probably a week and it was working great. However, now I have tried wiping everything, putting on different cm7 or cm9 builds and what I have come to the conclusion is anytime I turn the WiFi on, it reboots.
It is not even connecting to anything, just turning it on makes it reboot. I was on the .36 radio with this issue, I tried using the .37P radio and it did not fix it.
Does anyone have any other ideas to try and fix?
Benny,
Do you get the option to turn it on? I'm on cm9 and it'll show up like the attached after it reboots.
No. I dont have that screen. It just says wifi error and Bluetooth crashes as well....
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From the other threads I have read, I think we are boned. It seems like the Broadcom WiFi/Bluetooth chipset is borked and the only fix other people have gotten is through an actual repair. I hope you are under warranty - I'm going to revert to stock and hope they accept it.
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From the other threads I have read, I think we are boned. It seems like the Broadcom WiFi/Bluetooth chipset is borked and the only fix other people have gotten is through an actual repair. I hope you are under warranty - I'm going to revert to stock and hope they accept it.
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But, how come whenever I flash a new rom, the WiFi will work temporarily, i.e. it would connect, obtain IP etc for a few minutes then just not work until I reflash?
Surely that is not hardware?
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Did you use Titanium Backup, and restore apps like Maps, Music, and YouTube? People are saying this can cause issues.
Also did you restore call logs after flashing? I experienced my wifi and mobile networking dying after doing that on only some of the new roms out there lately. It's a bug with one of the base roms, that a lot of custom roms are based off of. It was fixed with a new base rom version, but some of the custom roms have yet to officially update. Updates are under way though. Try out Morrison's 0.7 and see if you get the same result. It's been updated.
Although, you could be having a completely different issue. If you mean you can just leave it running after flashing and the wifi dies, I don't know what to say.
Drakonas said:
Did you use Titanium Backup, and restore apps like Maps, Music, and YouTube? People are saying this can cause issues.
Also did you restore call logs after flashing? I experienced my wifi and mobile networking dying after doing that on only some of the new roms out there lately. It's a bug with one of the base roms, that a lot of custom roms are based off of. It was fixed with a new base rom version, but some of the custom roms have yet to officially update. Updates are under way though. Try out Morrison's 0.7 and see if you get the same result. It's been updated.
Although, you could be having a completely different issue. If you mean you can just leave it running after flashing and the wifi dies, I don't know what to say.
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Tried all of the above and still nothing unfortunately. Just want to update on symptoms of the phone if that helps:
Everything eventually gets more and more buggy, even recovery is really laggy and slow
Data will stop after a few days use, and only fix that i know of is to reflash
WiFi does not work, it connects for about 30 seconds after a reflash, but then nothing.
Logcat says - Failed to Load WiFi Driver (after reporting WiFi HUNG)
The phone can crash when I plug in the MicroUSB to charge, when it restarts it says AP KERNEL PANIC.
I have tried everything except for flashing via RSD lite, do you think that could work?
Thanks
BUMP,
Any help at all with this unique situation would be very helpful.
Thanks
Ever since I got a PRL update from my carrier, I have had no luck whatsoever with having data on any of the ROMs I tried flashing which include CM7 Nightlies and THS ICS. Even after following droidstyle's guide to key no luck. Anyone have any info as to just how important PRL updates are or what their connection is to my problem? Thanks.
normally the sd card is the culprit for issues with flashing cm7 & cm9 based roms... especially if your getting cant mount errors.
Would you recommend I try clearing my SD card of everything besides the ROM itself before installing? And would it somehow lead to broken data?
Could have been when your prl updated it updated something else along the way. Or just doesnt happen to work with your phone. For example i flashed a galaxy s and had to use a paygo prl as the latest i had on my phone wouldnt work for it. Its def a possibility that something with that update caused ill effects.
What exactly have you tried? Flash back to stock ? Data doesnt work still with new prl? ?
Yup...pretty much droidstyle's guide word for word as far as flashing back to stock and installing CM7 or CM9/ICS.
I looked up something that flashes through CWM called alt carrier data fix...apparently for cricket users...thought it would help for my phone...from the flashing on/off 3g it just basically went dead...so that didn't work...