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hello ,
suddenly my s2 won't read any sim card and it's always on flight mode ! i tried to restart the phone and it didn't work , also tried to take the battery and the sim card off for a while and it didn't work also , i did factory reset still nothing.
- the sim card worked normally on another phone
- the phone is running on android 2.3.5 because we didn't get the ICS in the middle east for some reason.
- the phone is not rooted.
- kies doesn't recognize the phone anymore .
so how do i make it work ?
and sorry for the bad English because I'm not a native speaker .
kak2a2 said:
- the phone is running on android 3.5.5 because we didn't get the ICS in the middle east for some reason.
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I'm impressed that you managed to get Honeycomb working on it.
oinkylicious said:
I'm impressed that you managed to get Honeycomb working on it.
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sorry i mean 2.3.5
I'm pretty sure you EFS folder is messed up. There is a guide in general to recover it altrough most likely it won't. Other way is to contact xda member odia, I think he can recover it.
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Do one more factory restore but this time without Sim card and SD card.
Use the dial code to wipe.
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Check first your IMEI is correct .
What do you mean by not read sim card network or you cannot read the data on the sim contacts etc .
jje
atifsh said:
Do one more factory restore but this time without Sim card and SD card.
Use the dial code to wipe.
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didn't work , thanks for trying
JJEgan said:
Check first your IMEI is correct .
What do you mean by not read sim card network or you cannot read the data on the sim contacts etc .
jje
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the network doesn't work and i can't show the data , it basically tells me to "insert the sim card" so it's like the sim is not even in the phone at all.
kak2a2 said:
the network doesn't work and i can't show the data , it basically tells me to "insert the sim card" so it's like the sim is not even in the phone at all.
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Then it may not be you efs folder (IMEI!) becoming corrupted after all! Try cleaning the contacts on your sim & inside your phone & make sure none of the pins are bent or broken internally also, then try somebody elses sim card in your phone first before replacing your own! If your sim works in another phone then it's got to be something to do with the contacts/pins, as you haven't flashed your phone or anything to corrupt stuff in the first place!!
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Then it may not be you efs folder (IMEI!) becoming corrupted after all! Try cleaning the contacts on your sim & inside your phone & make sure none of the pins are bent or broken internally also, then try somebody elses sim card in your phone first before replacing your own! If your sim works in another phone then it's got to be something to do with the contacts/pins, as you haven't flashed your phone or anything to corrupt stuff in the first place!!
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my friend fixed it for me and he said yes the problem was in the IMEI . thanks for the help guys
Annoyed with Android
I have the exact same symptoms except I did not play around with any software updates or “internal settings”. The memory on my phone was filled with photos I took over the weekend and some apps refused to start up because of the lack of memory. Probably the mistake, I took the SD card out to try to read it from my Win 7 notebook, because the “Gallery App” did not want to open to allow me to delete of some images to free up memory. (Well why not, most other equipment allow their SD cards to be read by Windows.)
Whatever the reason the phone is completely stuffed; the SD card is not recognised and that result in no phone connection!! The phone can't be used. This is absolutely ludicrous. One cannot sell equipment that can be made unusable this easily. I can understand maybe losing image/data on the SD card if I took it out, but now the entire phone is useless, and it seems (from other forums too) that it is quite a process to get the so-called IEMI folder back. I am really frustrated at this point and have a real annoyance with Android. Judging from the amount of hits returned after a Google search, this SD card problem is a fairly common one. I am not going to fix this; will rather get a new phone, one that works, and it will not be an Android phone. Yes I know hardcore Andriod followers will be all over my post, but just think a bit, this kind of problem should not happen and is really nonsense
(PS: People that moan about multiple postings, can't you just answer the question, even if there is another similar thread, do you have to nit pick on everything.)
Pierre9 said:
I have the exact same symptoms except I did not play around with any software updates or “internal settings”. The memory on my phone was filled with photos I took over the weekend and some apps refused to start up becayse of the memory. Probably the mistake, I took the SD card out to try and read it from my Win 7 notebook, because the “Gallery App” did not want to open to allow me to delete of some images to free up memory. (Why not most other equipment allow their SD cards to be rad by Windows.)
Whatever the reason the phone is completely stuffed; the SD card is not recognised and that result in no phone connection!! The phone can't be used. This is absolutely ludicrous. One cannot sell equipment that can be made unusable this easily. I can understand maybe losing image/data on the SD card if I took it out, but now the entire phone is useless, and it seems (from other forums too) that it is quite a process to get the so-called IEMI folder back. I am really frustrated at this point and have a real annoyance with Android. Judging from the amount of hits returned after a Google search, this SD card problem is a fairly common one. I am not going to fix this; will rather get a new phone, one that works, and it will not be an Android phone. Yes I know hardcore Andriod followers will be all over my post, but just think a bit, this is really nonsense
(PS: People that moan about multiple postings, can't you just answer the question, even if there is another similar thread, do you have to nit pick on everything.)
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- There is no need for you to start spamming this thread.
- Ask questions with common sense, that will help you get the much needed assistance.
- There no need for you to threaten anyone. If you are not going to buy Android device again, million more people will still buy it.
- You must understand that, people who give assistance here on XDA, do so without any monetary benefit. It's not your right to be given assistance, it's a privilege.
- Xda just like any other forum/organisation has rules and regulations, you must follow them.
- stop spamming around, it will only make things worse for you.
Peace
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Pierre there is a trading forum on here.Im sure someone could give you £20 for your phone.....since its faulty lol.
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Apologies for the double messages. I tried to fix it numerous times, but it does not seem to take effect.
Jokesy, the fact people don’t get paid for commenting here is completely irrelevant; I also have a day job and don’t have 6 hours in the evening to get a phone to make a call. Pointing out severe problems with a product is not spamming.
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Apologies for the double messages. I tried to fix it numerous times, but it does not seem to take effect.
Jokesy, the fact people don’t get paid for commenting here is completely irrelevant; I also have a day job and don’t have 6 hours in the evening to get a phone to make a call. Pointing out severe problems with a product is not spamming.
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Posting the same thing 3 or 4 times within 3 minutes and again in another person's thread is indeed spamming.
I'm not if I'd reported you already
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Jokesy you sure are not very observant. You should have noticed the multiple messages were due to an editing problem. Report my post; hopefully an administrator can clear up the extra messages as sure as tax this editor cannot. Do you think for one moment I value membership of a site where some rude one-eyed geeks hang out?
To the $20 guy; the phone is not worth that much. I will probably not come back to this site, so it is pointless, but I would even mail the phone to you in its original box, free of charge, if I could.
could you please tell me how did he fix it? Because I apparently have the same problem!:crying:
Try reflashing stock ROM
And theres ICS for middle east
Go to samfirmware.com and download it
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Interesting...
I am in a similar situation with a t989 phone that doesn´t recognize my simcards.
Some days ago I tried to upgrade my phone to the latest official ICS using ODIN as KIES
was always giving disconnection errors before finishing the upgrade.
Finally I got my phone stuck at the download mode with an error message and a yellow warning triangle.
I thought I had a bricked phone, but fortunately I managed to recover it using an old
official ROM. The problems is that now it doesn´t recognize any simcard inserted.
The current installed software versions are:
Android 2.3.5
Base band: T989UVKID
Kernel version: 2.6.35.11
Compilation number: GINGERBREAD.UVKID
Makrilli said:
I'm pretty sure you EFS folder is messed up. There is a guide in general to recover it altrough most likely it won't. Other way is to contact xda member odia, I think he can recover it.
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my S2 doesn't recognize my sim card
kak2a2 said:
my friend fixed it for me and he said yes the problem was in the IMEI . thanks for the help guys
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Hello please i just read your post and would need your advice, my S2 just stopped recognizing my Sim card yesterday night, i was playing a fast action game on my phone and the phone suddenly went off, when it came back on it did not recognize my Sim card any longer. I tired putting the same Sim in another phone and it worked but when i returned it to mine it still did not recognize my Sim, please can you tell me what to do with regards to this issue?
Good Morning All,
I'm wondering if anyone would be able to assist me. I recently installed CM10.1 on my I777 and all was fine until this afternoon when it suddenly began losing mobile network connectivity. One minute I have full bars, the next, nothing; it happens every few seconds or so. I thought that maybe it was the rom causing issues or the modem (had UCKH7 installed at the time), so I decided to revert back to Stock ICS (the build compiled by AJ Newkirk, normal, rooted stock), but the problem still remained. I tried flashing a different modem other than the UCLE5 that comes as default in the ICS build (flashed UCKH7), but that didn't work either. Finally, I decided to use creepyncrawly's guide and revert back to stock Gingerbread but still the problem remains. At this point I'm wondering if there is anything else that can be done to get the phone fully functional again; maybe it needs to be opened or something? Getting it replaced via warranty is out of the question due to my location so if anyone has any ideas or suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated.
Xander_25 said:
Good Morning All,
I'm wondering if anyone would be able to assist me. I recently installed CM10.1 on my I777 and all was fine until this afternoon when it suddenly began losing mobile network connectivity. One minute I have full bars, the next, nothing; it happens every few seconds or so. I thought that maybe it was the rom causing issues or the modem (had UCKH7 installed at the time), so I decided to revert back to Stock ICS (the build compiled by AJ Newkirk, normal, rooted stock), but the problem still remained. I tried flashing a different modem other than the UCLE5 that comes as default in the ICS build (flashed UCKH7), but that didn't work either. Finally, I decided to use creepyncrawly's guide and revert back to stock Gingerbread but still the problem remains. At this point I'm wondering if there is anything else that can be done to get the phone fully functional again; maybe it needs to be opened or something? Getting it replaced via warranty is out of the question due to my location so if anyone has any ideas or suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated.
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I would highly advise you that it's your network provider, not your phone. Had the same problem traveling over here in Afghanistan suddenly. Called the provider and they fixed it. So I suggest waiting a day if you can, then calling customer support.
MaxRabbit said:
I would highly advise you that it's your network provider, not your phone. Had the same problem traveling over here in Afghanistan suddenly. Called the provider and they fixed it. So I suggest waiting a day if you can, then calling customer support.
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I'm not so sure, because I tried my wife's sim in the phone and still had the same problem, but both our sims work fine in her S2 and an old Blackberry 9300 I had laying around. I'll still give it a try though... thanks for the response.
Another possible thing to try that has worked wonders for me is to go to recovery. Advanced. Fix Permissions. I had my signal cutting out in the middle of calls and that fixed it for me. Hope it helps.
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I'm not so sure, because I tried my wife's sim in the phone and still had the same problem, but both our sims work fine in her S2 and an old Blackberry 9300 I had laying around. I'll still give it a try though... thanks for the response.
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Just to be clear, there was no physical impact to the phone, right?
Flashing new modems can make a difference, but it's pretty marginal; it won't create signal.
eddies92 said:
Another possible thing to try that has worked wonders for me is to go to recovery. Advanced. Fix Permissions. I had my signal cutting out in the middle of calls and that fixed it for me. Hope it helps.
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Tried that... didn't work
NegativeSpace said:
Just to be clear, there was no physical impact to the phone, right?
Flashing new modems can make a difference, but it's pretty marginal; it won't create signal.
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Nope, no impact to the device whatsoever.
FWIW, I tried swapping the rear of mine and the wife's S2's since the antenna is located at the base of the device along with the loudspeaker. I got the same problem when I did. I placed the rear of mine onto hers and her device gets full signal strength. Therefore, I have to conclude that there is something wrong with the board itself on mine. I'll probably try and see if I can get an I777 off of Ebay for parts and make the necessary changeouts. If it's too pricey, I'll just abandon it and get a new phone. Thanks all for the suggestions/assistance guys. :good:
I'm having similar issue actually. I didn't think much of it until you posted up. I wonder if there is a correlation
I'm also running CM 10.1
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I'm having similar issue actually. I didn't think much of it until you posted up. I wonder if there is a correlation
I'm also running CM 10.1
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So what you're suggesting is that there may be a remote possibility that something in CM10.1 is triggering this issue? If someone else chimes in with the same issue, then we could say for sure, but otherwise we just look like two random cases. Did you try any of the stuff I did? Maybe you might have more luck than me.
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So what you're suggesting is that there may be a remote possibility that something in CM10.1 is triggering this issue? If someone else chimes in with the same issue, then we could say for sure, but otherwise we just look like two random cases. Did you try any of the stuff I did? Maybe you might have more luck than me.
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I didn't try anything besides switching modems. I've been too lazy haha.
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jthatch12 said:
I'm having similar issue actually. I didn't think much of it until you posted up. I wonder if there is a correlation
I'm also running CM 10.1
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It would appear so.
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Simba501 said:
It would appear so.
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You can't assume though. There is a Huge difference between correlation and coincidence
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jthatch12 said:
I didn't try anything besides switching modems. I've been too lazy haha.
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Lol... I hear you man... I think I've tried everything I can think of except throwing it against the wall or dropping it a couple feet off the ground.. lol.
Just an update.... I did some more flashing between returning it to stock rooted GB, then ICS, then I decided to flash ShoStock 3. Afterwards I put the phone to charge since the battery had run down to about 20% and when I checked back a few minutes later, it was super hot.. so hot in fact, that the phone refused to charge the battery stating that it was too hot to do so. So I unplugged it, removed the rear cover to allow it to cool down and left it alone for a while. Later on when it was much cooler, I checked it and noticed that the cell reception was no longer cutting in and out, but I was still skeptical. However, after a couple hours, as of this post, it still works as it should, even after rebooting. I plan to flash a different rom tomorrow to see if it holds out which may be kinda risky, but after what happened today, I'm confident that it will.:fingers-crossed:
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Just an update.... I did some more flashing between returning it to stock rooted GB, then ICS, then I decided to flash ShoStock 3. Afterwards I put the phone to charge since the battery had run down to about 20% and when I checked back a few minutes later, it was super hot.. so hot in fact, that the phone refused to charge the battery stating that it was too hot to do so. So I unplugged it, removed the rear cover to allow it to cool down and left it alone for a while. Later on when it was much cooler, I checked it and noticed that the cell reception was no longer cutting in and out, but I was still skeptical. However, after a couple hours, as of this post, it still works as it should, even after rebooting. I plan to flash a different rom tomorrow to see if it holds out which may be kinda risky, but after what happened today, I'm confident that it will.:fingers-crossed:
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...you've got one messed up phone.
I know right? It didn't hold out anyways and is still giving the problem, but I finally figured out after doing some serious googling, reading and part swapping that it's the board that is causing all the problems. I was thinking of ordering a replacement board I found on ebay, but it would make more sense to just put the extra and buy another s2 on auction.... They're pretty cheap now anyways.
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I was using AJ Newkirk's Semi 18 and I experienced occasional loss of the cell radio - no calls or texts. A reboot would fix. I think it also happened when I used a different ICS ROM but it never happened when my S2 was stock. I'm now using ShoStock3, a JB based ROM, and haven't had any occurrence. In fact, this is the fastest and most stable ROM I've ever used.
Just wanted to chime in. My network loss is fixed now. Turns out I had a dying sim card! It fully died today overnight so I woke up with no network at all. I thought my phone ****ted out but bam! New sim card and I'm golden
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Just wanted to chime in. My network loss is fixed now. Turns out I had a dying sim card! It fully died today overnight so I woke up with no network at all. I thought my phone ****ted out but bam! New sim card and I'm golden
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Good deal!
jthatch12 said:
Just wanted to chime in. My network loss is fixed now. Turns out I had a dying sim card! It fully died today overnight so I woke up with no network at all. I thought my phone ****ted out but bam! New sim card and I'm golden
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Nice... glad to hear your issue is fixed!! I'm getting a GT-I9100 next week for a good deal from a friend that wants to buy a Galaxy Nexus and I've swapped phones with the wife so she'll get the one I'm buying. All she ever does is go on facebook anyways....
Helo,
my sisters HTC One X+ often went offline and then online. It is like activating the Flyngmode and deactivate it by it self.
If it happens she need to insert her SIM Pin and it is so annoying.
It is just since the last little update 1-2 weeks ago. It is not rooted or something else.
Does anyone have an idea, what i could do?
Greetings.
I've had a similar problem twice. What seems to have helped is removing and reinserting the SIM card. Maybe she dropped her phone and the card got a bit loose.
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you better to root it and install custom rom then see if it will happen again
PinguBene said:
Helo,
my sisters HTC One X+ often went offline and then online. It is like activating the Flyngmode and deactivate it by it self.
If it happens she need to insert her SIM Pin and it is so annoying.
It is just since the last little update 1-2 weeks ago. It is not rooted or something else.
Does anyone have an idea, what i could do?
Greetings.
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It's likely a SIM card problem, just like me. I changed the SIM card and viola, it worked fine. Do try this option out. If that doesn't work, then please quote this and we'll help you out! :fingers-crossed:
Hello,
thank you for your answers. We cleaned her SIM Card and the slot. I hope that this was the problem.
Otherwise we should try to buy an new crad?
To root her HOX+ is not sense full. You never get back the original configuration and she cant flash ROMs by her self.
PinguBene
Hello,
after we cleaned the SIM Card and the slot, it gets a little bit better but the problem is still there. I think we will wait for the next update which maybe fix it.
Thank you all, for your answers.
PinguBene said:
Hello,
after we cleaned the SIM Card and the slot, it gets a little bit better but the problem is still there. I think we will wait for the next update which maybe fix it.
Thank you all, for your answers.
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It seems to be a problem with the SIM - try another SIM and see if the problem goes, or get the SIM replaced from Service Provider...
No point in unlocking and rooting the device for the heck of it
Addicted2xda said:
try another SIM and see if the problem goes
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Good idea. We will try it.
Try putting some tape on the back of the SIM card. It will make it fit the slot a little more snugly giving better contact with the connections.
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i am facing a strange touchscreen issue for over 2 months, my screen keeps on auto touching itself, & the strange thing about it is that it only happens whenever mobile packet data connection is on, if it is off, every thing works fine,& one more thing which is more strange is that there is one sim card with which everything works fine, no problem at all, if i put any other sim besides that sim card, it comes back again,,,,,any ideas about it,,& what i am really confused about is that is it hardware or software issue, because if it was hardware issue, it was supposed to do the same thing all the time, why is that one SIM working fine while others are not????
Have you formatted phone?
RishiChhikkara said:
i am facing a strange touchscreen issue for over 2 months, my screen keeps on auto touching itself, & the strange thing about it is that it only happens whenever mobile packet data connection is on, if it is off, every thing works fine,& one more thing which is more strange is that there is one sim card with which everything works fine, no problem at all, if i put any other sim besides that sim card, it comes back again,,,,,any ideas about it,,& what i am really confused about is that is it hardware or software issue, because if it was hardware issue, it was supposed to do the same thing all the time, why is that one SIM working fine while others are not????
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Try to format the phone with backing up necessary data and apps...
sureshkadiri said:
Try to format the phone with backing up necessary data and apps...
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already did 3 times...
RishiChhikkara said:
already did 3 times...
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you should consider claiming hardware warranty. No point in wasting time. Get it replaced, or in case warranty expired, get it repaired.
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you should consider claiming hardware warranty. No point in wasting time. Get it replaced, or in case warranty expired, get it repaired.
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I was just thinking about it, still under warranty but this thing is rooted..
Well you could take a chance by locking your bootloader, running a RUU to back to stock and using this method to changed the "RELOCKED" status in the bootloader to "LOCKED"
oddoneout said:
Well you could take a chance by locking your bootloader, running a RUU to back to stock and using this method to changed the "RELOCKED" status in the bootloader to "LOCKED"
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This method you linked to is not permanent, just temporary... if you you reboot the device, it will be relocked again. At least that's what I understood...
That's too bad.
@RishiChhikkara Have you tried running an RUU? Perhaps your radio is faulty which an RUU could fix.
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That's too bad.
@RishiChhikkara Have you tried running an RUU? Perhaps your radio is faulty which an RUU could fix.
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RUU's are for ICS only, Where I can Find One For JB?
Could it be Kernel related ?. Also I seemed to get it less on Certian Roms but alot more on ICS Roms
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RishiChhikkara said:
i am facing a strange touchscreen issue for over 2 months, my screen keeps on auto touching itself, & the strange thing about it is that it only happens whenever mobile packet data connection is on, if it is off, every thing works fine,& one more thing which is more strange is that there is one sim card with which everything works fine, no problem at all, if i put any other sim besides that sim card, it comes back again,,,,,any ideas about it,,& what i am really confused about is that is it hardware or software issue, because if it was hardware issue, it was supposed to do the same thing all the time, why is that one SIM working fine while others are not????
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Hi,
I had the same problem. Started when I put a new sim in my phone. I tried all means to figure out the problem.
Finally gave up.
The connection b/w sim and display is still a mystery.
navmad
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I know people have been having this issue with their DNA's from the beginning. But these past few weeks, I am getting the undetected sim card warning over 5 times a day and im starting to get pretty annoyed by it. Does anyone know if this is a ROM, Kernel, or radio issue? I was on the new Viper Sense 5 and now have gone the the GPE to see if that changes anything and it doesn't look like it does.
tape
I had the same problem on my old DNA. I read somewhere that you get a peice of masking tape and put it on the back of your SIM. Cut the excess off and put it.back in your phone it should help. It worked on mine. Before I cracked it anyway
So its not a software issue? Interesting. I will give that a try
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I can't say for sure. Back when they released the 2.06 update it was supposed to have fixed the SIM problem. I remember taking the update and lost the abilitky to s-off. But it still did not help. That's when I came across that little hint on the tape and I tried it. It never messed up again.
That worked for me anyway.
If you call HTC and ask for a new sim tray then they will send it out for free. I did it and I compared the new and old one and the new ones look thicker and since putting it in I have not had one error.
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