First off, this happened when I got the phone when it was fully stock.
Now it's rooted, unlocked bootloader, s-off running carbon aosp.
Randomly my phone will shut down/off and will NOT power back on until I plug it into a charger (house charger, car charger sometimes works).
I;ve tried getting into recovery when it does this and it does nothing at all.
It's a PITA like today I was riding my mountain bike on trails miles away from my car and I was supposed to give my buddy a ride to work and my chain decided to snap (and of course I forgot my multi tool in my garage) so I had to walk back and had no way to call him and let him know.
I've read it's happened to other people and they had their phones replaced and it still happened, is this that common? what can it be
There is some instability with the new 3.4 kernel on certain AOSP ROM's from what I've read (not sure if Carbon is one of them). First thing I would do would be to flash a stable Sense ROM and see if the problem persists. If so, you may have a hardware issue. At that point you can take it in to Sprint and let them look at it. If you're concerned about the phone being rooted & S-off you can run Viperboy's RUU tool, which will restore your phone to totally stock condition.
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FinZ28 said:
There is some instability with the new 3.4 kernel on certain AOSP ROM's from what I've read (not sure if Carbon is one of them). First thing I would do would be to flash a stable Sense ROM and see if the problem persists. If so, you may have a hardware issue. At that point you can take it in to Sprint and let them look at it. If you're concerned about the phone being rooted & S-off you can run Viperboy's RUU tool, which will restore your phone to totally stock condition.
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Do you think it could be a SD card issue? My card is a few years old. I took my catf out and put it in I guess only half way and the phone shut off and did the same thing. I put it back in and un mounted it and so far its fine. I formatted it before switching from my epic 4g touch.
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Do you think it could be a SD card issue? My card is a few years old. I took my catf out and put it in I guess only half way and the phone shut off and did the same thing. I put it back in and un mounted it and so far its fine. I formatted it before switching from my epic 4g touch.
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It's possible I suppose. I've seen people post before about issues with their cards. Try a different one and see.
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Haven't had a chance to buy a new SD card, but I removed mine and have not had a reboot since.
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r916 said:
Haven't had a chance to buy a new SD card, but I removed mine and have not had a reboot since.
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i have seen cards cause issues like this. your best bet dont format it form pc. back it up to pc. flash a sense rom.formatt card from phone then transfer things back over. try that.
kaos420 said:
i have seen cards cause issues like this. your best bet dont format it form pc. back it up to pc. flash a sense rom.formatt card from phone then transfer things back over. try that.
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the card is oldddd. i formatted it twice via my pc.
I'm backing it up to my pc and then buying a new card, 16gb's are $15-20 nowadays lol this one is like a class 2 or some low one, it's back when they were $30-35 a card. Thinking of a Sony or PNY class 10 at Fry's it's like $15-20 the sony is supposed to be up to 40mb/s
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the card is oldddd. i formatted it twice via my pc.
I'm backing it up to my pc and then buying a new card, 16gb's are $15-20 nowadays lol this one is like a class 2 or some low one, it's back when they were $30-35 a card. Thinking of a Sony or PNY class 10 at Fry's it's like $15-20 the sony is supposed to be up to 40mb/s
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formatting in pc is the problem. but hey you eanna buy a new card go for it lol
Similar problem with random reboots
I was on vacation and in the middle of the trip my phone just started going insane by rebooting on its own. Most of the time it would only get half way though the boot screen then shut off again. It varied how far through the bootscreen it would last then shut off. Occasionally the phone actually made it through the entire boot process, once i was at my home screen it would pop up the power menu and ask if i wanted to power off, reboot, or airplane mode. Then the three hard buttons at the bottom of the phone would flash and then it would shut off. This happened all through vacation. Also, the phone did not always recognize a charge, however, sometimes it did. Once I got home the problem stopped and the phone is not having the random reboots. I went to Gulf Shores, Alabama if your curious..
However now my sd card will not mount to internal storage and I cannot take pictures, use spotify, watch videos i have saved, etc. When I try to pull up these apps, the phone says no external storage available. The thing is, if I go to file manager, I can see the sd card and all of the files, its just when i try to open them from file manager, it loads the gallery app and then it tells me no external storage.
When I go to setting>storage, the option to mount sd card in the sd card spot works. But when I try to mount sd to the internal storage, it does not work. Im seriously confused as I did not download any new apps, or download anything at least within a week prior to going on vacation.
Im running..
CM10
S-On
Hboot 1.15.000
OpenDSP-v25.1.0.32.0405
eMMC-boot
If Im in the fastboot menu, and I click bootloader, it says
SD checking..
Loading [PJ75DIAG.zip]
No Image!
I have done a factory reset and the problem still persists.
Any help would be great.
anyone have recommendations?
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anyone have recommendations?
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If you can, backup your sd internal and external, boot into recovery and mount as usb, then format both...
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jocarog said:
If you can, backup your sd internal and external, boot into recovery and mount as usb, then format both...
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thanks for response, sorry for being late to the party.
I cannot mount as usb. the loading circle just spins. when i try to do it in TWRP, it wont let me either.
also when i go to wipe cache or whatever else, it said failed to mount sd card in the console log and it wont let me wipe anything.
when i go to storage in settings, the problem seems like it is with internal storage. under internal storage, it says "mount sd card", when i do this, i get a notification saying preparing sd card but then it goes away after about 2 seconds. then the internal storage area says "mount sd card" again.
I am willing to wipe everything because I got all my photos off the sd card so im okay with wiping it all and starting over. i already did a factory reset but it didnt help. unfortunately i cant wipe cache and other things so i dont know what to do. thanks for your help!
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Could be my card but only after I performed my 1st reset, this Houdini act started.
The content is still on the card but the Music & Gallery application will randomly decide you don't have any. Of course I panicked at 1st, even with a backup on the PC but looking in Astro file manager, it was all still there.
A little annoying.
Edit:
WTF, only Astro sees the content. Google Music didn't either.
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I have a somewhat similar problem in that the phone reads the card but not the music.
Mine was after a restart as well (though it wasn't by choice, I was out Saturday night and pulled my phone out to see that it had reset and recovered from an error and wanted to send a report to HTC).
I assume you haven't made any headway on yours without a post, I tried removing and reseating the SD card but it didn't help. It reads the space correctly and everything, but nothing will read the MP3s on there.
Kind of annoying, really liked rocking out with the Beats on this phone.
U guys using the HTC app and what not? My phone has yet to have pics or music disappear.... Have you taken everything off your sd card did a scan for bad sectors on it and then did a full format on windows then on the phone...
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It does come back eventually but it could be either bad sectors, the way the OS scans the new SD location or the card speed is slow. Like right now, everything is working fine. I might clean the card & keep the mp3s & pics on the root of the card.
I was going to get an 64GB sxdc card before the month is out.
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It does come back eventually but it could be either bad sectors, the way the OS scans the new SD location or the card speed is slow. Like right now, everything is working fine. I might clean the card & keep the mp3s & pics on the root of the card.
I was going to get an 64GB sxdc card before the month is out.
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Yeah I know on the 3d and what not the card had issues often with things disappearing unroll I formated it and scanned it... Then eventually I had to swap it out lol I used it as a USB stick basically always transferring files...
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Try this app out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.addz.mediascanner&hl=en
It'll force the OS to rescan the memory for media files.
If all else fails, try this. I had to do this when running into a similar issue.
Are you guys using quality sd cards or knock-off! I ran into similar problems with cheap eBay knock-offs.
I buy genuine SanDisk now and never have sd trouble anymore!
aliwho said:
Try this app out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.addz.mediascanner&hl=en
It'll force the OS to rescan the memory for media files.
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It'll give that a shot
fachadick said:
If all else fails, try this. I had to do this when running into a similar issue.
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I'll try this if the other fails.
gutrrob said:
Are you guys using quality sd cards or knock-off! I ran into similar problems with cheap eBay knock-offs.
I buy genuine SanDisk now and never have sd trouble anymore!
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The card in my case is a 32GB SanDisk (no class listed) from Verizon.
Tried both & still getting a headache over it. Pissed that Astro has no problem seeing it but Gallery & Music play peek-a-boo with my content.
I seem to be the only one having this issue so I guess it's the speed of the card maybe? I hope anyway.
For now I moved my Photos & Music to the phone's 9GB.
I am having a similar issue. I've had my EVO LTE for 7 days and bought a new 32GB microsd card for it as well. After almost every restart or power off my sd card will unmount and I have to go into settings to remount it.
This also sometimes happens after the phone has been sitting for several hours, such as when I woke this morning (this is rare).
In my case it is either mounted and all date intact or NOT mounted and therefore inaccessible. The same card works fine in my EVO 3D so i'm thinking this is a bug in the ROM or perhaps the port for the card.
I'm LOVING this phone... getting great battery life, can't keep it out of my hands but there are a few annoying minor bugs so far but I do not regret purchase at all.
I have hardware version 003 and also suffer from the WiFi sleep bug even though I have it set to never sleep and have dedicated it to a single frequency (it sleeps whether on 2.4 or 5GHZ dedicated).
Beginning to wonder if this ROM has some issues managing services after prolonged idle times.
Via Settings>Storage
I formatted my card through HTC's Storage options in settings (done by 1. UnMount & 2. Earse Storage Card) & moved my music & photos from Phone Storage to Storage card.
I noticed Android will auto create folders so hopefully this act means things will work as intended.
So far so good.
I used this option exclusively to move the files rather than moving them by other means.
So far so good. Expecting the worst every 15 minutes, lying with the claim that I have nothing.
I had an issue with Google music not seeing mp3s on my sd card. Going to settings and erasing the cache/data fixed it.
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If all else fails, try this. I had to do this when running into a similar issue.
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This worked great!. thanks for the help
Still doesn't work for me :'( I guess no music for me
Happened to me with my music and some photos after a reset or fresh flash..I noticed that for.some reason the files moved to internal storage ..I just copied and pasted the whole file where the music and photos were located to where the they were on my sd card..and it worked..I'm not used to having internal storage..taking a little while to get used to
Sd Card
I had this happen yesterday. Music and gallery disappeared. I am using the 8 gig card from my ogevo4g. I believe the problem is the card slot. If you push the card all the way down into the slot the intermittent disappearing of gallery and music happens. I pulled the card and put it back in but not pushing it all the way to the bottom of the slot and no more issues.
I love the phone but I'm not sure the htc build quality is there on this one like it was with the original evo?
Hello everyone, I seem to keep having an issue with my desktop (no sure if that is the right word to describe the main pages where you icons and widgets are) icons will change to images of the android guy. It seems to happen randomly and frequently when I reboot my phone. It never happened on stock but I am currently running Team Perfection's Objection #2 with its RC1. I have flashed it twice and still have the same problem. Both times I flashed, I did a clean install. I flashed the dalviek cache, wiped the partition, fixed permissions...... This issue has also come when I tried Goldie 5 rom also. So far to remedy the problem, I delete all the icons and then I add the shortcuts back. Not a deal breaker, just annoying and I am curious as to why. I have tried searching on the web and in the forums here but having no luck. I think it may be the way I'm typing in the search. Any help or suggestions will be much appreciated. I have included a screenshot of my issue.
p.s. this is my first question post so please tell me if I need and how to improve my posting skills.
Go into settings/applications, and move the apps from sdcard to phone.
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They will show like this when the OS has lost connection with your sd card. You can.go thru setting unmount and then remount your sd card and they should show up. Not to be a doomsayer, but there is a possibility that your sd card is getting ready to go out on you. Mine exhibited the same thing and then died 2 weeks later.
Cosmo D from outer space!
I came to rock the human race!
I can't seem to thank either of your guys posts. I just wanted to say thanks for both suggestions. Totally makes sense, kicking my self for not thinking of it. This is why I love this site and flashing roms. Thanks to both of you again!
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They will show like this when the OS has lost connection with your sd card. You can.go thru setting unmount and then remount your sd card and they should show up. Not to be a doomsayer, but there is a possibility that your sd card is getting ready to go out on you. Mine exhibited the same thing and then died 2 weeks later.
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I came to rock the human race!
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Please dont say that! This has been happening to me too, and I figured it was because the apps were on the SD card....so if the card dies, I will loose everything wont i?
Unmounting the SD card and remounting didn't work but moving the apps back to the phone worked. I may invest in a new sd card with a higher class. I am currently using a san disk 4 class. I want to keep my apps on the sd card because the partition seem so small on the phone and I find it easier for backing up purposes.
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Please dont say that! This has been happening to me too, and I figured it was because the apps were on the SD card....so if the card dies, I will loose everything wont i?
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Not saying it is absolutely going to happen, but that is what happened to me. New card, no crazy icons.
Would at least back up everything important from the sd card.
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I came to rock the human race!
This has happened to me as well. I just go into app manager and clear the ram then all my icons return.
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Please dont say that! This has been happening to me too, and I figured it was because the apps were on the SD card....so if the card dies, I will loose everything wont i?
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I mean its possible. I learned from loosing over 500 pictures and videos how important it is to back up SD cards. There are many apps that can back it up for you. I personally use Google+ for backing up pictures and videos only when connected to a charger.
When my SD crapped out, it put my phone into a boot loop, which made me panic since I was an avid flasher on my atrix. Not sure every SD card acts that way. Of course, once removed, phone booted up normally
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ILuvRice said:
Unmounting the SD card and remounting didn't work but moving the apps back to the phone worked. I may invest in a new sd card with a higher class. I am currently using a san disk 4 class. I want to keep my apps on the sd card because the partition seem so small on the phone and I find it easier for backing up purposes.
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This phone has almost 2GB of storage memory for apps. And that is about the most I have seen for about any phone. So if you are using it up you must have alot of apps. Maybe too many as the phone is having issues keeping them alll in memory. Had similiar issues to this on previous phones when they were simply over loaded.
Also, I don't believe it is your SD card going bad. The phone doesn't save/move apps to your external (physical) sd card. It saves them to the built in internal/usb memory which is about 11GB. Even the EA/Gameloft extra downloads are saved on the internal/usb memory. You can connect your phone to your computer and see this. However when you unmout the external sd card the apps disappear. So how the 2 are linked is unknown to me. But that link may be the issue.
Got a 32 gb card just to be safe. I need a larger card anyway so I'll throw this older one on my camera. LOL
Thanks for saving me time
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This has happened to me as well. I just go into app manager and clear the ram then all my icons return.
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Thanks for the simple but effective tip. Don't know why I spend hours reading the non-geek forums, xda is the only one that has real, expert answers. Rather than "well if u press vol sideways and spin around three times while chanting gnusmas " or something like that.
i updated my phone to ICS about an hour ago and since then, my phone keeps rebooting and doesn't seem to recognize the micro SD card (the same one I've used in the phone since I got it on release day). The card is listed in the Storage menu in settings with the correct total and free space, but it doesn't recognize it otherwise. Trying to unmount it does nothing, no pictures are showing up in my gallery and the apps that are on my card are showing on my home screens with the default Android logo instead of the actual app logos. Anyone know how to fix this? The phone is not (and never has been) rooted.
The phone is working better without the card, but I can't view texts. It just says Loading... and the message never comes up.
Is there something I have to do to get ICS to recognize the micro SD card? Or do I have to do a factory reset and/or format the card (two things I don't want to have to do)?
Having the same issues here. I'm wondering if it could be something on the SD card itself that could be causing the problem. Like an app that is installed on the card or something. Thinking about clearing the card and trying it again.
Do a factory reset. With OTA updates an unrooted phones, a lot of people have problems. This is why rooted users wipe everything (factory reset) when flashing roms, because updating rom's without wiping usually causes random issues like this.
Benknot said:
Having the same issues here. I'm wondering if it could be something on the SD card itself that could be causing the problem. Like an app that is installed on the card or something. Thinking about clearing the card and trying it again.
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That's what I did last night (formatted the SD card) and my phone hasn't rebooted since then. Probably an app on the card that wasn't working with ICS.
I finally found it!
After hours of looking it up, i found the biggest issue I have ever had with my phone. Maybe second, after my down volume button broke (didnt fix that, ICS kinda did). Or maybe third, after my Micro SD card crashed, and when I went to repair it, it somehow wasnt the one the phone comes with...
Lets get on with this. I have waited so long, and thinking that they had a whole year to develop a perfect update, they screw it up.
I want to know why the hell the Micro SD keeps crashing my phone. I try to transfer the stuff, but it doesnt allow it. Should I buy an adapter and transfer the stuff to my pc? What will happen to all my game data? How do I restore that? Do I factory reset the phone only, the SD card, or both? I really need a perfect explanation what to do, and as much technological I am, I dont want to mess anything up.
And another thing, which might be irrelevant, but those other Googlers or HTC EVO 3D owners might have this same issue. Why is there a thick red border around the screen of my phone ( sometimes, it flashes periodically). I think its a developer option, but im not 100% sure. I really hate buggy software.
Oh, and if you guys didnt notice, or it might be just for me, but my computer doesnt detect my pc, and even the red charging light takes 5 minutes to turn on. If HTC doesnt do anything about this, im going to root, and believe me, I tried.
If HTC cant,help you guys can. Happy typing your response!
I want to know why the hell the Micro SD keeps crashing my phone
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Could be a bad card.
Should I buy an adapter and transfer the stuff to my pc?
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Can't hurt.
What will happen to all my game data? How do I restore that?
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Well if the card is bad/failed, you probably lost that. Backups are very important in today's world.
Do I factory reset the phone only, the SD card, or both?
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You don't factory reset the SD card, you format it. It's worth a shot, but if the card is bad it won't help.
Guys I don't know what to do.. My phone is telling me my sd card is damaged and it would like to reformat it but I have allot of stuff on it
its a 64gb micro sdxc sandisc
even my computer is saying the card has an I/O error I'm really hoping there's a way to fix this as I haven't backed up the card.
don't know if this helps either but I dropped my phone last night..worked fine after..then this morning without rebooting it claimed sd card error?
tyvm
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You're probably screwed but...
turn off phone, pull battery, pull SD card and reinsert it. Turn on phone and see what it tells you about the card. If it's still wonky you have to resort to trying to save it on a PC. Good luck but that's why back-up is so important. The card is probably OK but the data might be hosed. Sorry.
Yeah I think I'm screwed there was so much music..like 3 years worth lmao all transferred from my old ass windows 2003 xp
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ugh.....very sorry....
PC backups of that much material are soooo helpful...g
Actually saw this. Worth a try. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1355528
There was a freeware tool I was thinking of, but cannot think of the name. It would fall under data recovery, there are some great software's out there.
I had the same issue once or twice, what I did was boot into my linux box and try to see if it would mount, so I could get the data off. Then format it to ext4. Next I booted into Win7 and formatted it to ntfs. Popped it into my device and it said it had to format the sd for android, lol, and it worked.
So my phone turns on fine, connects to wifi no issues but my phone does NOT get ANY reception any signals at all!!!! No matter where I go, I've 3 lines and the other two get full reception where as my amaze gets none! It's practically unsusable. There's no physical damage or water damage at all, it's so weird it just stopped working!!!! I tried flashing all the roms I could find, they are all the same, I just simpley can't get any reception! My sim card works though as I'm able to use my sim for other phones so it's not sim card unfortunately. I called TMobile who told me to upgrade with 2 yr contract. I'm 4 months away from my contract and don't want another 2 yr with T-Mobile. PLS PLS PLS PLS help!!!!
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ngtmobile said:
So my phone turns on fine, connects to wifi no issues but my phone does NOT get ANY reception any signals at all!!!! No matter where I go, I've 3 lines and the other two get full reception where as my amaze gets none! It's practically unsusable. There's no physical damage or water damage at all, it's so weird it just stopped working!!!! I tried flashing all the roms I could find, they are all the same, I just simpley can't get any reception! My sim card works though as I'm able to use my sim for other phones so it's not sim card unfortunately. I called TMobile who told me to upgrade with 2 yr contract. I'm 4 months away from my contract and don't want another 2 yr with T-Mobile. PLS PLS PLS PLS help!!!!
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Need to know what rom you're running. what kernel, are you s-on or off?
Another thing...
If you remove the battery often, the back of your phone case has contacts that can corrode or get dirty.
Take a pencil with a rubber eraser, orjust an eraser and rub ot on all the gold contacts on the case and the phone main body.
the antennas are in the back case. make sure you dont get any rubber in the phone.
get it cleaned and put back together and see how it does!
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Need to know what rom you're running. what kernel, are you s-on or off?
Another thing...
If you remove the battery often, the back of your phone case has contacts that can corrode or get dirty.
Take a pencil with a rubber eraser, orjust an eraser and rub ot on all the gold contacts on the case and the phone main body.
the antennas are in the back case. make sure you dont get any rubber in the phone.
get it cleaned and put back together and see how it does!
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Ohh yes, off course - forgot to add that info. I'm S-OFF (jopuntubear) and perm rooted was still on stock rom when this happened. After that I've tried every single rom - viper amaze, cm 10.1, pretty much every single rom with over 4.5 rating, no luck. I also did factory reset, deleted cache and dalvik cache, also deleted all partition except SD card, backed up and formated sd card as well.... did all that i could. And oh I'm on the default kernel (haven't flashed the custom kernel yet).
I'll try the cleaning contacts and pray to god it works
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Ohh yes, off course - forgot to add that info. I'm S-OFF (jopuntubear) and perm rooted was still on stock rom when this happened. After that I've tried every single rom - viper amaze, cm 10.1, pretty much every single rom with over 4.5 rating, no luck. I also did factory reset, deleted cache and dalvik cache, also deleted all partition except SD card, backed up and formated sd card as well.... did all that i could. And oh I'm on the default kernel (haven't flashed the custom kernel yet).
I'll try the cleaning contacts and pray to god it works
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Nope, tried that, didn't work. Also, found a stock rom and flashed it, still didn't work - god this is frustrating!!!! How can it literally just not work, without any kind of damage at all?? Is there any way to troubleshoot? I mean it's not bricked so to speak. It boots up, and loads whatever rom I throw at it, connects to wifi as well just simply no network/signals!! Help please!!!! Arggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
ngtmobile said:
Nope, tried that, didn't work. Also, found a stock rom and flashed it, still didn't work - god this is frustrating!!!! How can it literally just not work, without any kind of damage at all?? Is there any way to troubleshoot? I mean it's not bricked so to speak. It boots up, and loads whatever rom I throw at it, connects to wifi as well just simply no network/signals!! Help please!!!! Arggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Just run a ruu and see if it solve your problem??
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ravike14 said:
Just run a ruu and see if it solve your problem??
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nope, didn't help, still no reception - I've ordered a new back cover to see if that helps (antenna is in back cover for amaze) and keeping my fingers crossed.
One more thing, when i put my PH85img.zip file on ROOT of sd card and when i boot into recovery (4-ext); it does NOT recognize it. I've to go into ext_SD folder and then manually select PH85img.zip which is weird.
ngtmobile said:
One more thing, when i put my PH85img.zip file on ROOT of sd card and when i boot into recovery (4-ext); it does NOT recognize it. I've to go into ext_SD folder and then manually select PH85img.zip which is weird.
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Lol I think your doing wrong
1.a ruu can't be loaded from 4ext it only works on bootloader when you name it PH85IMG.zip
2.the zip has to be in the EXT SD card to load ruu cuz it wipe the internal sd in the process
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ravike14 said:
Lol I think your doing wrong
1.a ruu can't be loaded from 4ext it only works on bootloader when you name it PH85IMG.zip
2.the zip has to be in the EXT SD card to load ruu cuz it wipe the internal sd in the process
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Hmmm that's what I'm saying that for some reason the RUU (named as PH85IMG.zip) does not get recognized at all by 4-ext recovery (still on ROOT of sd-card). the same file PH85IMG.zip when i go into ext_sd folder from 4-ext recovey; i can run it by selecting it manually. Isn't it weird? recovery should be be automatcally recognizing the PH85IMG.zip file :-S
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Hmmm that's what I'm saying that for some reason the RUU (named as PH85IMG.zip) does not get recognized at all by 4-ext recovery (still on ROOT of sd-card). the same file PH85IMG.zip when i go into ext_sd folder from 4-ext recovey; i can run it by selecting it manually. Isn't it weird? recovery should be be automatcally recognizing the PH85IMG.zip file :-S
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Noooooo it doesn't recognise the ruu only the bootloader recognised the PH85IMG.zip to run a ruu you have to be in bootloader NOT YOUR RECOVERY AKA 4EXT
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ravike14 said:
Noooooo it doesn't recognise the ruu only the bootloader recognised the PH85IMG.zip to run a ruu you have to be in bootloader NOT YOUR RECOVERY AKA 4EXT
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ha! I think I'm losing it!!!! :cyclops: :crying: Okay, I'll try that as well, although I remember 4ext giving an option for reboot in bootloaded and don't think my phone still recognized the RUU but still, now I can't be too sure on what the heck was I doing so I'll re-test
This same thing happened to me. Restoring didn't help either. Such a weird bug... I wonder if tmobile still does exchanges for amazes?
realitysconcierge said:
This same thing happened to me. Restoring didn't help either. Such a weird bug... I wonder if tmobile still does exchanges for amazes?
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Nope, I used TMobile chat and phone help and then also went to a T-Mobile shop. They offered me a one-time $30 credit but that was it. No exchanges unless you have their protection plan (insurance)
ngtmobile said:
Nope, I used TMobile chat and phone help and then also went to a T-Mobile shop. They offered me a one-time $30 credit but that was it. No exchanges unless you have their protection plan (insurance)
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Oh man that is bonkers. I am not looking forward to paying for a new phone :/
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Well, I just let my phone sit off for a few hours and now it's working again. This is exactly what I did: I took the sim out, left it off for a while, turned it on, turned it off for a while again and then stuck the sim card back in. I hope it helps ngtmobile
realitysconcierge said:
Oh man that is bonkers. I am not looking forward to paying for a new phone :/
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Well, I just let my phone sit off for a few hours and now it's working again. This is exactly what I did: I took the sim out, left it off for a while, turned it on, turned it off for a while again and then stuck the sim card back in. I hope it helps ngtmobile
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Nope it didn't - I've been doing it for last 3-4 days. I flashed roms, ruus, formatted phone, sd card, boot, cursed HTC, amaze, T-Mobile. I kept the phone turned off, stared at it from some distance for a few hours, prayed different lords and chanted "buzz buzzz buzzz buzzz buzzzz" standing on just one leg - none of it helped :silly:
Oh Amaze, why did you do this to me 4-5 months before my contract end date? God damn it!!!!
I'm sorry man. Funny post though!
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ngtmobile said:
Nope it didn't - I've been doing it for last 3-4 days. I flashed roms, ruus, formatted phone, sd card, boot, cursed HTC, amaze, T-Mobile. I kept the phone turned off, stared at it from some distance for a few hours, prayed different lords and chanted "buzz buzzz buzzz buzzz buzzzz" standing on just one leg - none of it helped :silly:
Oh Amaze, why did you do this to me 4-5 months before my contract end date? God damn it!!!!
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I feel bad for all the time you lost lol but tbh the fix takes less than half an hour only problem is your not listening to anyone nor read anything properly :beer:
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Turn on the phone while holding volume down with ph85img.zip on the root of the card.
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HORiZUN said:
Turn on the phone while holding volume down with ph85img.zip on the root of the card.
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Okay so here's what I'm doing
1) Place PM85img.zip to the root the external SDcard.
2) Reboot into recovery (power + Vol down)
3) It doesn't recognize PM85img
4) select install zip file and navigate to ext_sd folder where I do see the PM85img, when manually select it; it did take me to Android 2.3 factory reset (Note: the ICS RUU I flashed errored out by saying some build file missing - I'll post the screenshot later).
5) Still no luck with the signals.
NEXT: I'll try to connect the phone to computer and place the file to internal sd storage (root) and see if it picks up the PM85img.zip automatically.
Please let me know if I'm doing anything wrong.
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I feel bad for all the time you lost lol but tbh the fix takes less than half an hour only problem is your not listening to anyone nor read anything properly :beer:
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Hmmmm Okay jokes apart; what am I doing wrong? I'm not being ignorant; perhaps I'm missing something simple and not able to realize it 'cos I'm too frustrated with this situation. I've listed the steps to flash stock RUU above.