So last night I updated twrp to 2.6.3.0. After updating, I flashed carbons latest rom. Everything went smoothly until it booted. Once it booted up, I noticed I did not have any signal. So I went back into twrp and restored my beans 22 rom. Booted back up and still no service. When I go to the mobile network in settings and try to switch it to lte/cdma, it just searches for lte signal for a few minutes and then a pop up that tells me to switch to global mode pops up. Any ideas on whats going on???
Oh..I also noticed that my bluetooth wont turn on on my phone as well.
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Also, if I have my screen off for more than a couple minutes, it wont turn back on and I have to do a battery pull
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Anyone have any idea??
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please check the baseband and imei values of your phone....
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They both say unknown
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This means the you're partitions are lost where all such key file are lost. ... hope you have the backup of emm folder
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You flashed Carbon for another carrier (T-mobile or AT&T), which changed your baseband radio and now you can't access the Verizon network. Odin back to bone stock and you should be good.
Lessons of the day:
1. ALWAYS verify what you downloaded and are about to flash before swiping "do it" in twrp
2. ALWAYS make a nandroid before flashing anything, including mods
The carbon I downloaded was for my phone. I'm gonna try to go back to stock and see if it helps. Thanks everyone for the help!!
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sublimaze said:
You flashed Carbon for another carrier (T-mobile or AT&T), which changed your baseband radio and now you can't access the Verizon network. Odin back to bone stock and you should be good.
Lessons of the day:
1. ALWAYS verify what you downloaded and are about to flash before swiping "do it" in twrp
2. ALWAYS make a nandroid before flashing anything, including mods
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I have a back up of beans ROM, the ROM I was using prior to updating tarp and flashing carbon. When I restored it, I still don'thave service and the phone is wonky. Constant freezing, bBluetooth not working and won't wake up when locked for a couple minutes
Ok. i just restored my phone to stock through ODIN. when it boots up, its stuck at the activation screen. It still doesnt have service and i cant do anything with the phone. what should i do now?
Hi,,,, I had the same problem with my handset too and was able to fix it. Suggest you to read xda for the same....
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I also had a similar problem. it was only my lte though. 3g worked. My sim was faulty. Try someone elses sim card in your phone.
johnwaynegacy said:
I also had a similar problem. it was only my lte though. 3g worked. My sim was faulty. Try someone elses sim card in your phone.
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I havent tried another sim card yet, but whem i lock my screen, it doesnt wake up. It just stays off and i have to either hold the power button down or a battery pull. Any ideas on whats causing this?
Jaybenosa said:
I havent tried another sim card yet, but whem i lock my screen, it doesnt wake up. It just stays off and i have to either hold the power button down or a battery pull. Any ideas on whats causing this?
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I would go with the other guy and say odin back to stock. At least this way you can be sure all your software is as it would be when you take the phone out of the box for the first time. Look into hardware problems from there.
johnwaynegacy said:
I would go with the other guy and say odin back to stock. At least this way you can be sure all your software is as it would be when you take the phone out of the box for the first time. Look into hardware problems from there.
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Yeah, i already odin'd back to stock and still have no data and screen not turning back on after i lock it
Jaybenosa said:
Yeah, i already odin'd back to stock and still have no data and screen not turning back on after i lock it
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take your sim out and see if the problem with the screen goes away. I don't see why they would be related, but stranger things have happened.
johnwaynegacy said:
take your sim out and see if the problem with the screen goes away. I don't see why they would be related, but stranger things have happened.
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Still freezing up on me...no sim card. Im starting to think my phone is broke
Jaybenosa said:
Still freezing up on me...no sim card. Im starting to think my phone is broke
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Yeah probably;. try taking out the sd card as well. if that isn't it, it might be time to think about getting a new phone lol. You are probably still under factory warranty.
It's not the sim or the sdcard.... It's the files which are missing and causing trouble
Thanks,
nikhil dhand
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nikhil.kdhand said:
It's not the sim or the sdcard.... It's the files which are missing and causing trouble
Thanks,
nikhil dhand
email\chat: [email protected]
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Can you point me in the right direction on where to the missing files and how to install them. Thanks in advance!!
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So yesterday i bought a vibrant on craigslist (stupid) checked it out for a while and everything worked perfect.... after paying and going our ways i went to make a call but it just said dialing for about a minute then hung up, then i went to send a txt and the sending failed. It says it has a full signal and it says 3g/edge (internet wont work either). i found if i restart the phone or turn airplane mode on/off i can place a call or send a txt or two before it starts failing again.
Its on 2.1update1, baseband t959uvjfd, kernel 2.6.29.... Any ideas on how to fix or am i screwed???
Well, that's a stock rom so either he never flashed anything or reverted back to the stock rom when he started having problems. I don't have any definate answers, but all I can suggest is to try flashing a new modem and/or rom and see if that fixes it. Realistically you're not under warranty, so you've got nothing to lose.
The sticky at the top of this thread can help direct you on how to do it.
Okay ill try a new rom and see if that helps. Any suggestions on a good one? also when i hit check for an update it says no firmware dont know if that helps anything or not.
mykalstark said:
Okay ill try a new rom and see if that helps. Any suggestions on a good one? also when i hit check for an update it says no firmware dont know if that helps anything or not.
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Nope, there's no official updates past what you're running. I personally use Eugene373's Ginger Clone R2. Runs very smooth. Everything's about personal preference though
I suggest using odin to see if it fixes the problem.
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Are you using your own sim card?
Edit: Nevermind just saw that you can call after a restart.
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Okay i tried a new rom and its still doing it ill now try a new modem and odin...
Well the rom should have included a different modem, so I doubt that will help. Sounding more and more like a hardware issue unfortunately
Yeah thats what i was afraid of
mykalstark said:
Yeah thats what i was afraid of
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Well.....I guess what I would do is hold out for a day or two to see if you get in additional (hopefully better) help. If nothing comes along, call T-Mobile and try to talk them into a replacement.
Hmm.... so i was playing around with settings and it seems that when i put it to gsm only network mode everything works its just on edge... its been 15 min so far and its still working. If i switch it back to use both or wcdma only it stops working again. Any thoughts?
Been a couple days and ive tried a couple different roms/modems and it will still only work in gsm only mode. Any thoughts or does it sound like a hardware problem?
I've had this problem when there is a network outage. Did you ever have good 3g in your area?
The weirdest thing is when I'm traveling, and 3g drops off, it auto switches to gsm no problem. If I'm at home and there is a 3g network issue it will not auto switch, but I switch to gsm only and edge works fine.
I've had that issue on two vibrants now. And luckily, it can be fixed but you need to odin to fix it.
First, make a back up of your efs partition (using a computer is easiest, adb pull /efs). This will make a backup of the files needed to do any future unlocking.
Next, odin to jfd. With reparation checked as well as "clear phone efs". Then, you won't have that issue (at least for quite a while).
"if you amplify everything, nothing is heard"
Follow this exactly to get back to stock 2.1, this will reset your baseband, kernel, modem and you'll have a functioning phone:
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
Then you can root your phone and download a new rom!
No theres no outage my hd2 gets 3g perfectly fine... and i tried to odin jfd and all that but still only works when on edge only...
mykalstark said:
No theres no outage my hd2 gets 3g perfectly fine... and i tried to odin jfd and all that but still only works when on edge only...
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Did you also check the clear phone efs?
"if you amplify everything, nothing is heard"
geoffcorey said:
Did you also check the clear phone efs?
"if you amplify everything, nothing is heard"
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What does clear phone efs do, or rather, what is EFS?
SamsungVibrant said:
What does clear phone efs do, or rather, what is EFS?
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/efs is your radio control partition. And every once in a while, stuff gets messed up there and you need to clear (reset) it using odin. The only thing is, if you don't make a backup of it, you'll lose your unlock code.
"if you amplify everything, nothing is heard"
You have the correct plan on this line? Long shot but might help. Regardless of warranty I would flash it to bone stock and call t mobile and see what they can do. Maybe they can boost the signal or send a new sim. Could be that simple.
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Hi there,
I have a T-Mobile Vibrant running CM7 stable. When I try to switch on the WiFi radio, it pauses for a moment, then just writes "error".
This also happened with the stock t-mobile ROM so it's not a CM issue.
Any ideas on what may be the problem? Do you think the actual hardware may be broken?
Cheers.
Reboot?
If that doesn't fix it then reflash
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This happens on mine too. Wifi will take up to 30 seconds to turn on and then fail with Error. Sometimes I have to do it multiple times for it to work.
I also have messages (texts) that fail to send with full bars. Completely stock btw.
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XDcdn said:
This happens on mine too. Wifi will take up to 30 seconds to turn on and then fail with Error. Sometimes I have to do it multiple times for it to work.
I also have messages (texts) that fail to send with full bars. Completely stock btw.
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for you, sounds like you need to do an efs clear using odin. First, make a backup of your /efs contents (this will allow you to unlock your phone later and keep you IMEI). Then, odin to whatever build you want, but make sure you select the box "clear efs data". this should fix that.
As for the op, sounds like a hardware issue. You can try the clear efs data, but i doubt that will help. i'd suggest a warranty exchange.
Ive yet to do any rom flashing, ironically to prevent things like this from happening. I figure that an obvious problem such as consistant wifi failure would have been caught in Bell/Samsung testing. Would you stil recommend a reflash? Ive been on the latest froyo update ever since it came out. Maybe the upcoming gb will fix it.
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XDcdn said:
Ive yet to do any rom flashing, ironically to prevent things like this from happening. I figure that an obvious problem such as consistant wifi failure would have been caught in Bell/Samsung testing. Would you stil recommend a reflash? Ive been on the latest froyo update ever since it came out. Maybe the upcoming gb will fix it.
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i had 3 vibrants (tmo-us) that had faulty modems. it got to the point where i couldn't get anything from calls to texts (i don't have a data plan) until i restarted my phone, it would get stuck in between airplane mode on and off, and even after reboot i had usable signal for 3 minutes. it's part of hardware failure, and the best thing to do is use your warranty to get it fixed for free right now.
Thanks guys, I appreciate your help.
No vendor warranty I'm afraid -- I got the device off ebay (I knew about the issue, but thought it might be software-related).
Is this something I could get fix in a lab, you think? Or only by Samsung?
ezuk said:
Thanks guys, I appreciate your help.
No vendor warranty I'm afraid -- I got the device off ebay (I knew about the issue, but thought it might be software-related).
Is this something I could get fix in a lab, you think? Or only by Samsung?
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Rey Odin back to jfd with clear efs checked and try that.
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geoffcorey said:
Rey Odin back to jfd with clear efs checked and try that.
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Oops, lost you there, sorry. I know of Odin, but not where to get it or exactly what it does. I also know what "Clear EFS" means but not sure what JFD is.
I'm not a total noob; I'm familiar with ADB and have reflashed my own kernel using heimindall fronted.
Many thanks, again.
ezuk said:
Oops, lost you there, sorry. I know of Odin, but not where to get it or exactly what it does. I also know what "Clear EFS" means but not sure what JFD is.
I'm not a total noob; I'm familiar with ADB and have reflashed my own kernel using heimindall fronted.
Many thanks, again.
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Oooohhhh.... heimdall. I don't use it and I don't think heimdall has clear efs option.
But jfd is the stock build with all the basic info needed for your phones to come back from different filesystems. There are a lot of tutorials/links around here to help you out with that though.
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Well, my galaxy s2 is hanging calls, after I've flashed a official Samsung ROM. The calls hang after 30 seconds or less, sometimes it lasts more, but always hangs. The phone was with MIUI when I got it, but I don't like this ROM, so I'vs flashed an official ROM for my country, and then updated with KIES to ICS, and the problem started. I've tryed flashing CM7, CM9 and get back to MIUI, but the problem persists. Any idea of what can I do to solve this? Could it be a modem issue?
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I observe two points
1. WRONG SECTION!!
2. Call hangs probably of two reason one is software or a buggy power key. U told u flashed CM series but still problem persists means u must hav device wit buggy key.. Is the key working properly??
3. Sometimes The signal drops also cause call hangup.. So try different modem. Is it a network locked phone?
Prashanthme said:
I observe two points
1. WRONG SECTION!!
2. Call hangs probably of two reason one is software or a buggy power key. U told u flashed CM series but still problem persists means u must hav device wit buggy key.. Is the key working properly??
3. Sometimes The signal drops also cause call hangup.. So try different modem. Is it a network locked phone?
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1. Sorry about the section, what's the right one for problems? Could someone move this thread to the right place, please?
2. The key is fine, working normally.
3. The phone is unlocked. My 3G connection works fine, but the calls hangs.. which modem you suggest me to use? I've tryed a few ones, but without luck..
welty said:
1. Sorry about the section, what's the right one for problems? Could someone move this thread to the right place, please?
2. The key is fine, working normally.
3. The phone is unlocked. My 3G connection works fine, but the calls hangs.. which modem you suggest me to use? I've tryed a few ones, but without luck..
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Best section is Q& Aask the mods. they ll move it.
DId u try with stock ROM i meant NO ROOT pure stock
Prashanthme said:
Best section is Q& Aask the mods. they ll move it.
DId u try with stock ROM i meant NO ROOT pure stock
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No, I didn't. I will try one of the stock. Thanks!
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Well, I've flashed an official stock ROM, it worked for a while, but the problem is back... Any suggestion???
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welty said:
Well, I've flashed an official stock ROM, it worked for a while, but the problem is back... Any suggestion???
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Hmm interesting.. Check the golden contact points of the sim card and try removing the External SD if any.
My friend had a similar issue and the Android OS was freezing just because of the External SD card which was over heating. Later we found that the SD card was faulty and removing it fixed the problem.
smasher007 said:
Hmm interesting.. Check the golden contact points of the sim card and try removing the External SD if any.
My friend had a similar issue and the Android OS was freezing just because of the External SD card which was over heating. Later we found that the SD card was faulty and removing it fixed the problem.
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The phone is already without SDCARD, maybe that's the problem!
I'll try to make call with the SD card, maybe the phone is missing the SD, who knows?
Do exist a better modem to a specific region?
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Tryed with and without sdcard, nothing. The calls still hanging. First it becomes mute, and then, the call drops.
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Maybe this is a silly question but, did you try calling from different places? I mean, it happens to my girlfriend, but only when she's calling from here home. She has great signal, but the calls hangs, just like you described, at first it becomes mute, and then the call drops. But if she calls from anywhere else the problem is gone, even with worst signal.
masual said:
Maybe this is a silly question but, did you try calling from different places? I mean, it happens to my girlfriend, but only when she's calling from here home. She has great signal, but the calls hangs, just like you described, at first it becomes mute, and then the call drops. But if she calls from anywhere else the problem is gone, even with worst signal.
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Yeah, I tryed this. Today I was on an open place, with good signal, and the same thing happend...
Did you ever wipe your phone between these flashes?
Save your pictures and videos stuff
Dial *2767*3855#
Check with some other SIM if that thing happens with that SIM.
Flash a GB stock Rom after wipe and check
atifsh said:
Did you ever wipe your phone between these flashes?
Save your pictures and videos stuff
Dial *2767*3855#
Check with some other SIM if that thing happens with that SIM.
Flash a GB stock Rom after wipe and check
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Yeah, I always wipe data and cache after a flash. I've tryed 2 SIM from different operators, same issue...
I've just flashed a stock ROM, and it doesn't seem to be better...
I've tryed some different SIM's today, from another operator (ClaroBR), and the calls haven't droped, but with mine, and other SIM's from other operators, the problem persisted. Any idea? Should it be a base band issue?
Well after all this, I'll say flash a GB Rom from your region using Odin, after full wipe and see what happens. Do not sign in, do not restore any accounts and apps.
atifsh said:
Well after all this, I'll say flash a GB Rom from your region using Odin, after full wipe and see what happens. Do not sign in, do not restore any accounts and apps.
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Tryed today. Issue persists..
I've tested my SIM with another cellphone, and it's fine.
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I can't think of anything else! Sorry
Does anybody knows what is this issue? If it has a solution? I'm getting crazy with this...
Hi guys. I was thinking, could it be a board problem? I mean, with the SIM adapter?
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I was thinking, a ROM flash could damage a hardware? Because when this problem started, I've changed the ROM again, to CM9 to see if the problem stops. The first flash could've damaged anything?
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!
chevycowboyusa said:
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
ngtmobile said:
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.
ravike14 said:
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.
I installed the latest RUU from HTC (4.13.651.4) Phone is S-OFF.
Immediately, upon first boot, the phone keeps saying "Preparing SIM card..." There is nothing that seems to stop it. I have reflashed the firmware, ran the RUU several times, ##72786# reset, but the phone keeps going in this endless loop of "Preparing SIM card", which drains the battery and even turns off the cellular radio at random times.
Sprint support has no clue and I am basically left with no options at this point.
What can be done -- do I need a new phone??
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I installed the latest RUU from HTC (4.13.651.4) and have TWRP and SuperSU v. 1.94 running. Phone is S-OFF.
Immediately, the phone.apk app keeps asking for superuser privileges to chmod 666 a sys file of some kind. I tried doing fix permissions from within TWRP, granting/denying the request, reflashing the RUU, but nothing seems to work.
I don't know why all of a sudden it decided to do this. It drains the battery really fast, too and interferes with the normal operation of the device.
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grant permissions or use another superuser app, this has been a bug in superSU for quite a while.
Sinistertensai said:
grant permissions or use another superuser app, this has been a bug in superSU for quite a while.
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As I said in my original post, I tried granting it permissions and it still does it even though it has permission.
Also, it did not do this before. It just started doing it overnight one time and drained the phone until it died. I thought that reflashing the RUU would fix it, but apparently not...
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As I said in my original post, I tried granting it permissions and it still does it even though it has permission.
Also, it did not do this before. It just started doing it overnight one time and drained the phone until it died. I thought that reflashing the RUU would fix it, but apparently not...
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try another superuser then. and odd it's repeatedly asking. you running any mods, tweaks, xposed?
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try another superuser then. and odd it's repeatedly asking. you running any mods, tweaks, xposed?
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There are no modifications. I simply flash the RUU 4.13.651.4. Flash TWRP. Problem occurs. In fact, I don't even have to have SuperSU installed. I know it is trying to do something because it keeps cycling through saying "Reading SIM card..." and there is an icon on the top left that has a picture of a SIM card with an exclamation point on it.
Do a data reset from dialer ##72786# and when it loads (you may have to wait a few seconds) select reset from upper right corner. You may need to switch to CDMA Only to get it to work--I did. This solved the problem for me. I was having almost identical SIM card problems after running the RUU.
ElMadre said:
Do a data reset from dialer ##72786# and when it loads (you may have to wait a few seconds) select reset from upper right corner. You may need to switch to CDMA Only to get it to work--I did. This solved the problem for me. I was having almost identical SIM card problems after running the RUU.
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I tried this already and it did not fix it.
I tried a different ROM, but it still happens. I don't have the TEP from Sprint. I don't know what I should do. I can't have the phone like this...
I updated my first post to reflect everything that I have tried and I am basically left with a messed up device.
Any ideas?
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I updated my first post to reflect everything that I have tried and I am basically left with a messed up device.
Any ideas?
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I would consider using VipeRUU or using the official HTC RUU for 3.17 firmware. Since you're S-off, you can revert back to older software.
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RChris173 said:
I installed the latest RUU from HTC (4.13.651.4) Phone is S-OFF.
Immediately, upon first boot, the phone keeps saying "Preparing SIM card..." There is nothing that seems to stop it. I have reflashed the firmware, ran the RUU several times, ##72786# reset, but the phone keeps going in this endless loop of "Preparing SIM card", which drains the battery and even turns off the cellular radio at random times.
Sprint support has no clue and I am basically left with no options at this point.
What can be done -- do I need a new phone??
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Preparing sim card is a normal process and always happens at boot. It's part of 4.3 update and it's also present on the HTC One. It just basically preparing your data services. But if it's continuously doing it throughout the day and not just boot up something is not right. Usually the fix would be to reprovision using ##72786# and let it do a hands free activation but you already stated that didn't work so I'm stumped.
Edit: Maybe it's your coverage that's draining your battery. Did you ask the Sprint rep if there was work being done in your area?
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RayTrue04 said:
Preparing sim card is a normal process and always happens at boot. It's part of 4.3 update and it's also present on the HTC One. It just basically preparing your data services. But if it's continuously doing it throughout the day and not just boot up something is not right. Usually the fix would be to reprovision using ##72786# and let it do a hands free activation but you already stated that didn't work so I'm stumped.
Edit: Maybe it's your coverage that's draining your battery. Did you ask the Sprint rep if there was work being done in your area?
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It was doing it in multiple places (work, gym, home) and they are not all in the same area. Takes about ~15-20 minutes to get to each place from another.
I'm assuming that the process of it constantly saying "Preparing SIM Card" is draining the battery because I don't know what else would drain it. It gets a good signal, at least from the indicator of the signal bars.
This morning, the phone did not show that it had the cellular radio off. I'll leave it unplugged today and see if it drains and see if I observe the Preparing SIM Card loop.
It's doing it again
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It's doing it again
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Here is the 3.17 official RUU:
http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-evo-4g-lte-sprint/news/
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Evolution_Freak said:
Here is the 3.17 official RUU:
http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-evo-4g-lte-sprint/news/
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I tried installing that...it puts the old HBOOT firmware on the device, but then it gets stuck at the white HTC screen. I had to reflash the latest firmware via PJ75IMG.zip to be able to boot properly. Upon booting, it's back to the same ROM.
I've tried VipeRUU and it flashes the firmware, but then computer says "Unrecognized USB device" when it tries to flash the rom the second time.
I'm installing Windows 7 on another computer to see if I get any success with it on there.
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I tried installing that...it puts the old HBOOT firmware on the device, but then it gets stuck at the white HTC screen. I had to reflash the latest firmware via PJ75IMG.zip to be able to boot properly. Upon booting, it's back to the same ROM.
I've tried VipeRUU and it flashes the firmware, but then computer says "Unrecognized USB device" when it tries to flash the rom the second time.
I'm installing Windows 7 on another computer to see if I get any success with it on there.
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I was able to successfully flash an older ROM using Windows 7.
Now I can't get the device to activate properly. Did a ##72786# and turned on WiFi to activate, but no go
EDIT: Got it to activate, but can't get it to get a data connection at all.
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I was able to successfully flash an older ROM using Windows 7.
Now I can't get the device to activate properly. Did a ##72786# and turned on WiFi to activate, but no go
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Did you try the "activate device" option in settings?
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Evolution_Freak said:
Did you try the "activate device" option in settings?
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Yes... I was finally able to get it to activate, but it would not get a data connection.
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Yes... I was finally able to get it to activate, but it would not get a data connection.
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You could call Sprint and have them reprovision from their end.
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Evolution_Freak said:
You could call Sprint and have them reprovision from their end.
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Sprint is closed now. I tried putting another ROM on it (4.13.651.3) and it doesn't get data either. Will Sprint be able to get it to have data again? This is becoming a major pain now. I don't understand why the Preparing SIM card loop issue happened in the first place.