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There have been multiple cases of Radios suddenly stopping to work lately. This is not related to NO GSM error as these occur while phone is in use and not while flashing.
Symptoms are as follows:
- Radio suddenly ceases to work (no signal with any SIM), or its condition deteriorates over the time.
- While trying to flash a different Radio ROM, the upgrade stops at 0% and bricks the device
- Devices can be recovered to operating state, however only OS is intact and GSM radio does not work.
- MTTY gives no feedback
- Information about device resembles these symptoms:
Radio Version : Nothing
Protocol Version: Nothing
IMEI : Nothing
Possible causes of this problem:
- Hardware fault
- Radio ROM corruption
- Bad blocks in NAND
This phenomena seems to be the new source of bricked Hermes devices and the number of occurences is growing.
Threads of people with this kind of bricks:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=346315
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=345230
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=347145
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=346894
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=338413
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=322587
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=325018
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=343260
There also were some threads with this issue in the Hermes WM6 forum.
What we do not know is:
- What was the last radio version those people used?
- Did they use custom ROMs or did it happen with official ROMs too?
- What do these cases have in common?
- Is it really a hardware fault (no results from the service centers so far)?
- Can something be done to prevent this kind of bricking?
- Anything that might help those people recover the phone capability of their devices.
Please share your knowledge about this problem so we can know what kills our device's radio.
Common symptoms:
ROM with radio (both official and unofficial) - flash stops at 12% (magic number?)
Radio ROM stops at 0%
After reading a lot about flashing - upgrading the Tytn, i think the first question to be answered is:
Has anyone with an official untouched device had the radio death situation??
(i.e never had any cooked-baked-boiled rom or radio other than the official flashed on the device)
On every incident i have read, there was at least one mentioning of "Unlock, SuperCID, HardSpl, cooked XXXX-WM6 rom, and so on.
Is it a coincidence?
Dont get me wrong, i my self love this forum and have used tools and roms many times (previously on my MDA Pro and now on my Tytn).
my unit started the NO GSM syndrome just 3 days after i upgrade to 1.54.00 radio..
ROM without radio - flashes 100% working
ROM with radio (both official and unofficial) - flash stops at 12% (magic number?)
everyone else has thier rom + radio flash stop at 12%
I would add: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=343260
First post updated with your comments&link.
I opened mine this week, cleaned the inside and also taken the metal covers inside off. One very small chip looks like it has a little brown spot on it, like it has gotten too hot.
Don't know if this is the problem or not, but i think it has to do with the radio and that it's fried
my radio rom was 1.54 something i believe.
and before it broke my phone started to hang short times for a few weeks and when it got back the radio signal was also lost,so i guess it was starting to break down
now it is just a pda, i connect it to internet through my old phone, but it takes 5 minutes after turning on before it will use bluetooth, some programms also refuse to start in the first 5 minutes.
I have been seeing what I think is the beging of this issue. It started about a week or so ago, my phone locked up on a call so I soft reset it. IT cam back and I was able to use the phone again. About ten minutes later it locked again and this time when it came up my passcode would not work. After trying to log in 8 time it hard reset itself. I let it reset and then I upgraded my radio from 1.48 to 1.54.07.00 as I thought the radio was hanging the phone. A few days went by and everything was fine. Then I started to notice the radio was completely loosing signal and seeminlgy locking the phone. The only fix seemed to be a soft rest (at the time) This went on for a few days and eventually my password died again after a soft reset. and it hard reset me. At this point I upgraded from vp3G 3.0 to schapps 4.20 and 1.54.30.10 for the radio. Again it helped for a day or two maybe but it has not started to loose radio signal completely (no service and modem disconted error etc were I always have signal) I have tryed a few diffrent rom and radios in additon to all of these and still get the issues. Last night I got some more clues after installing the new google maps with the my location "soft gps". I was playing with it on my ride home folling my trip etc and about 25 min in my radio started acting up. This time the only thing that fixed the issue was to remove the battery and sim card and put them back in. I am startign to think this is a heat issue in one of the radio components. I also have a ruberized cover which could contrinute to a heat issue. Also for the record I have IPL-1.04 and SPL-2.10-0lipro.
Can anyone comment on ROM botloader etc AT&T would want to see on the phone if I got them to replace it? It is only like 3 months old.
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Great idea to open this post. Here's my experience of 2 issues I had this week:
First, I changed the ROM to HC Lite, and the Radio to 1.54.30 last week-end.Before that I never had an issue with GSM.
3 days later I operated a clean-up, using Oxios Close-Apps and Hybernate.1 or 2 hours later, the GSM signal disappeared, and the green button stopped responding. I also noticed I was unable to open "Contacts". Nothing would make it come back, not even a soft reset.
What I did is a Sprite backup, in case, then a hard reset. Everything was then back to normal, so I restored the backup, and it kept working! Now the sad part is that the exact very same event occurred today.
I'm a bit confused whether the issue is hardware related, or is it to do with the radio, the rom..? Anyway, I will right now change the Radio so as to see if any improvement. Your comments will surely be appreciated.
It seems to be related to the newer radio versions. I am running the 1.47 that came with the official Dutch WM6 Rom and have had no problems what so ever with Schaps Rom. So my guess is that it is related to the 1.54 versions of the Radio.
Anyone had these problems with the older radio versions?
Just thought I'd add some info to this topic. I have been running Radio 1.54.00.10 for about 1.5 months with Schaps 4.20 and vp3G's 3.62.3 and have not had any problems with reception, phone use, etc, but I ran 1.54.07.00 radio for 2 days and it was terrible.
It would hunt forever for a signal. If I went into a building and lost reception, I would have to soft reset to get a signal (after I left the building). I figured something was gonna get damaged(too much heat).
I don't know if anybody's experience with that version was as bad as mine, but I hope this problem can be narrowed down to a particular radio rom.
sbrown138 said:
I have been seeing what I think is the beging of this issue. It started about a week or so ago, my phone locked up on a call so I soft reset it. IT cam back and I was able to use the phone again. About ten minutes later it locked again and this time when it came up my passcode would not work. After trying to log in 8 time it hard reset itself. I let it reset and then I upgraded my radio from 1.48 to 1.54.07.00 as I thought the radio was hanging the phone. A few days went by and everything was fine. Then I started to notice the radio was completely loosing signal and seeminlgy locking the phone. The only fix seemed to be a soft rest (at the time) This went on for a few days and eventually my password died again after a soft reset. and it hard reset me. At this point I upgraded from vp3G 3.0 to schapps 4.20 and 1.54.30.10 for the radio. Again it helped for a day or two maybe but it has not started to loose radio signal completely (no service and modem disconted error etc were I always have signal) I have tryed a few diffrent rom and radios in additon to all of these and still get the issues. Last night I got some more clues after installing the new google maps with the my location "soft gps". I was playing with it on my ride home folling my trip etc and about 25 min in my radio started acting up. This time the only thing that fixed the issue was to remove the battery and sim card and put them back in. I am startign to think this is a heat issue in one of the radio components. I also have a ruberized cover which could contrinute to a heat issue. Also for the record I have IPL-1.04 and SPL-2.10-0lipro.
Can anyone comment on ROM botloader etc AT&T would want to see on the phone if I got them to replace it? It is only like 3 months old.
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I had the same kind of behavior with mine. Radio was 1.47
After a few days of similar misbehavior... the radio died
sdemon said:
It seems to be related to the newer radio versions. I am running the 1.47 that came with the official Dutch WM6 Rom and have had no problems what so ever with Schaps Rom. So my guess is that it is related to the 1.54 versions of the Radio.
Anyone had these problems with the older radio versions?
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Nope, I had it with 1.47 back 6 months ago...
By the way
To me it is obviously hardware related: if I try to flash the radio 5 or 10 times I end up managing in flashing it (I have to try, retry, etc...) with another radio. However... I still have the No GSM issue, even after the new radio has been flashed
It's the best proof soemthing is broken inside, not just the radio
Alcibiade said:
I had the same kind of behavior with mine. Radio was 1.47
After a few days of similar misbehavior... the radio died
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I've had this issue with every radio after 1.47, and multiple cooked ROMS, I've tried every radio newer than 1.47 with a bunch of different ROMS. My phone hasn't died....yet but I wouldn't count on it in an emergency or any urgent situation.
I haven't even had this phone 1 year, no way I'm going to spend 300+ AGAIN because of a ****ty HTC product.
What error messages are you guys getting?
I get (not verbatim) the following very often:
phone not ready, wait 15 seconds
answering modem has disconnected
(not a message) searching for signal
(not a message) no signal, just a ! in the signal meter
call not completed
(not a message) phone hangs when dialing a call
(not a message) received calls sent straight to voice mail when I have full signal, either a soft reset or attempt to make a call fix the problem. The attempt to make the call fails and the phone reconnects to the network.
I have noticed lately that I have less problems in 3G areas.
eagercrow said:
I've had this issue with every radio after 1.47, and multiple cooked ROMS, I've tried every radio newer than 1.47 with a bunch of different ROMS. My phone hasn't died....yet but I wouldn't count on it in an emergency or any urgent situation.
I haven't even had this phone 1 year, no way I'm going to spend 300+ AGAIN because of a ****ty HTC product.
What error messages are you guys getting?
I get (not verbatim) the following very often:
phone not ready, wait 15 seconds
answering modem has disconnected
(not a message) searching for signal
(not a message) no signal, just a ! in the signal meter
call not completed
(not a message) phone hangs when dialing a call
(not a message) received calls sent straight to voice mail when I have full signal, either a soft reset or attempt to make a call fix the problem. The attempt to make the call fails and the phone reconnects to the network.
I have noticed lately that I have less problems in 3G areas.
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I have the EXACT same problem as eagercrow. The only difference is that I HAVE NOT *repeat* HAVE NOT mod, or use any cooked ROMs. When i'm using WM5 and radio 1.04, the problem did happen very often. Then when the official WM6 witn radio 1.47 release by HTC, i flash it straight away. It clears all the problem for a few month but some of the problem start to appear since last month:
answering modem has disconnected
call not completed
(not a message) phone hangs when dialing a call
(not a message) received calls sent straight to voice mail when I have full signal, either a soft reset or attempt to make a call fix the problem. The attempt to make the call fails and the phone reconnects to the network.
It happen in any area with weak network (less than 4 bar/full), either 2G, 3G or 3.5G.
For answering modem disconneted, i have to shut down the phone and remove the battery to solve he problem. I must say that the problem may be due to heat. Since when i using it as a modem, the phone gets pretty hot.
I wonder why since i'm using the official ROM only (i've never use any cooked ROM). Even HTC servrice center can't really solve the problem. (my phone board controller was faulty and HTC changed it for me. After that all those problem just vanish for a few month). HTC says its normal!. I paid almost USD600 for the phone. I'm thinking of getting O2 but my friend says he had almost similar problem.
Wonder why......
I forgot to add one more problem to the list, phone sometimes will not disconnect from a call, I have to soft reset
eagercrow said:
What error messages are you guys getting?
I get (not verbatim) the following very often:
phone not ready, wait 15 seconds
answering modem has disconnected
(not a message) searching for signal
(not a message) no signal, just a ! in the signal meter
call not completed
(not a message) phone hangs when dialing a call
(not a message) received calls sent straight to voice mail when I have full signal, either a soft reset or attempt to make a call fix the problem. The attempt to make the call fails and the phone reconnects to the network.
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I get most if not all of these 'errors'.
eagercrow said:
I forgot to add one more problem to the list, phone sometimes will not disconnect from a call, I have to soft reset
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I get this one alot! But first it drops the actual call then just hangs the dialer.
two more to the list:
- long error message about the number not being right or something
- call not completed
sbrown138 said:
I get this one alot! But first it drops the actual call then just hangs the dialer.
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Yeah that is what is happening with mine, the phone call is ended but you wouldn't know it by looking at the phone.
Well i didn't do my searching right, so i posted my issue in a new thread...
My issue is almost the same...It all started with BT getting disconnected from headset, and only soft reset will connect again...and then, radio started to act up. Phone went to sleep one night, and the next stay when i tried to wake it up, it wont wake up. Had to reset it to wake it up...it came back up, but when i plugged it to the puter, the puter wont recognize it. Here is what has happened so far...
1. GSM works after soft reset, and when on phone the phone freezes. Soft reset is the only option...(call is continued until soft reset)
2. BT will disconnect and will take forever to start up
3. Phone will not be recognized by PC (USB device not recognized error)
3. Can flash OS, Splash screens, ext ROM using SD flash method, but will not flash OS with GSM...hangs about as soon as it starts GSM (about 12%)
4. GSM, protocol numbers are still intact
My phone is less than 2 months old and i didn't get my phone through AT&T, so no warranty...kinda screwed eh I think this is a hardware problem...
a month ago i bought a brand new Sprint TP. And i was amazed by its GPS, it's the fastest mobile phone GPS i ever met. it only need 5 second to lock satellite. but yesterday suddenly it stopped working. with identical rom and identical radio. it's so weird. i try it to flash back to factory default and yet it still didn't worked. try also to update the radio but no hope. Do anyone have a solution for these weird problem?
are you using the stock rom & radio? you say you tried flashing radios but to no avail, which part failed? you were able to flash a new radio but it didn't solve the problem or you weren't able to flash a new radio period? we need a lot more information to help you
vince_wonk said:
a month ago i bought a brand new Sprint TP. And i was amazed by its GPS, it's the fastest mobile phone GPS i ever met. it only need 5 second to lock satellite. but yesterday suddenly it stopped working. with identical rom and identical radio. it's so weird. i try it to flash back to factory default and yet it still didn't worked. try also to update the radio but no hope. Do anyone have a solution for these weird problem?
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If you have already reflashed the rom, it could be that you have a damaged unit in your hands. If I were you, I would relock it and run to a Sprint store asking for a replacement. Just my two cents...
Good luck!
[SOLVED] here are the solution:
hello friends, recently after i upgrade my Sprint TP ROM into several different type of ROM, my TP GPS can't lock and view the satellite anymore. i got frustrated and hopeless about it. i already tried almost every single method until i find these one:
http://www.smartphonejunkie.com/gps-still-cant-t183417.html?t=183417
so i matched the IP between QPST and the IP server and port number on HKLM/Software/HTC/SUPL AGPS. After i match both of it, suddenly it start working again and the result is superior. i can lock 8 satellite even indoor on my private room. when i got outdoor it only need around 3-5 seconds to lock. so it even faster than before that need around 20-30 second with QuickGPS. sorry for my bad english, i just want to share a GPS problem that actually very tricky and have various problem.
Note: i never changed any settings on my QPST and i set the SUPLAGPS to follow my QPST value.
it's interesting that each time i changed the ROM, it also changed the IP and Port inside that registry.
hope this tricks helps. thank you
I just had that happened too...
If the above suggestioon does not work, I had applied this fix which worked for me when my GPS suddenly stopped working for no reason. My stoped working just a day before yours did. This of course happed just as I REALLY needed my GPS to work.
Here is the Fix.
Using a registry editor .....
HKLM/Comm/ConnMgr/Providers/{7C4B7A38-5FF7-4bc1-80F6-5DA7870BB1AA}/Connections/Phone as Modem
Change the value AlwaysOn=1 to AlwaysOn=0
Soft Reset..
Worked for me.
If I helped send a thanks.
Hi guys,
I wanted to post this in the development thread but since I'm new in here this wouldn't happen
So, here's the problem - my Samsung I9100 phone loses signal and cannot reconnect to the network unless rebooted. You can see the kernel and ROM state from the screenshot.
Every now and then the phone loses signal and unsuccessfully tries to reconnect to the network. I cannot make outgoing calls but am able to receive incoming (but only sometimes, in some cases it wouldn't receive incoming neither). Only a reboot solves the issue but this loss of signal happens at least several times a day and this is quite irritating.
Other problem is when the phone is at a state of no signal, it writes some logs in the system partition in \data\logs which quickly take up all the free memory.
I've been using this ROM since v 3.7. I've updated it twice to get to v 3.91. Through all the releases the issue persisted. I haven't had these problems with other ROMs.
I read somewhere in here that this might be a problem with misplaced or worn-out SIM card. So I put the same SIM in my old Nokia phone and tested for several days - no loss of signal observed in that period.
So any help or advise would be appreciated.
Could this be a ROM issue or a hardware problem? Maybe a kernel problem?
Would be glad if more advanced users give some ideas.
That's it for now, if you got any questions regarding the problem or I missed some information let me know.
Cheers!
Could it be this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2162374&highlight=signal+loss
or this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2178090&highlight=signal+loss
Have you tried other modem firmwares?
OK, seems like the easiest solution is to just change the modem...
I changed it to XXKI4 from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277593
I'm starting to monitor whether the problem will reoccur.....
Hi have you solved the problem, as I'm having the same problem ?
hi :cyclops:
when I changed the modem to XXKI4 I experienced the same issue almost immediately after reboot....
then I flashed XXLPX (on random), rebooted again. Since then no problems observed, signal strength is high and 3G speeds are OK....
will keep monitoring for several more days and update you on the issue (I'd be really glad if this simple fix solves it )
the_psycho said:
hi :cyclops:
when I changed the modem to XXKI4 I experienced the same issue almost immediately after reboot....
then I flashed XXLPX (on random), rebooted again. Since then no problems observed, signal strength is high and 3G speeds are OK....
will keep monitoring for several more days and update you on the issue (I'd be really glad if this simple fix solves it )
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Hey, having the same issue... Anything new with this modem?
I've got signal lost almost every day, sometimes few times a day, every few days the signal drops and not back (when I'm clicking on 'mobile networks' I've got the message: "insert sim card - insert sim card to access network services") and only reboot fix this problem (airplane does nothing).
Tried to clean the SIM card, the sim housing, Its not happening in specific place...
I know people who have this issue and uses a different ROMs/Kernels/Modems ROOT/NO ROOT...heres a little list:
Im using right now STOCK 4.0.3 LPG, modem: LQ6 with Siyah kernel 3.4.1
Others using other stock 4.0.3 / 4.0.4 with modems: JHLP9, LPS, ...
Someone mention [not here] about lpx modem that fix it...
If someone else tried it would be great if you share.
thanks!
I had this issue and replaced my battery with another genuine original battery which fixed it totally.
awojtas said:
I had this issue and replaced my battery with another genuine original battery which fixed it totally.
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Well, sounds weird...I doubt if its the battery... how long you using the new battery? sometimes its just comes and goes....
Signal lost - log screenshot
Ok, I took a screenshot from alogcat at the same time I've lost the signal... (I export the whole log but seems this app is not that smart and its export only after the signal lost so its irrelevant)
At screenshot - only the 'error messages'
Can anyone analyze this error messages? why is it happens?
Suddenly the signal lost sometimes while call sometimes not, at this time I had to reset the device to get the signal back (its happens once per few days), sometimes its lost and back after ~1 minute...
Don't know if this device has a problem (all the problems that i've heard are from this device, no matter what modem each one use) or its something else....
Would like for some help with this log, and the guy who tried the LPX modem - if its works fine now....
Thanks!
no, it doesn't work.
was OK for a few days then the problem started again.
1-2 times a day I have to reboot due to signal loss.
and the irritating part is that while with no signal the battery drains a lot and the don't-know-what-are-these-for logs keep on generating, filling the whole internal memory......
will continue to dig for a solution....
the_psycho said:
no, it doesn't work.
was OK for a few days then the problem started again.
1-2 times a day I have to reboot due to signal loss.
and the irritating part is that while with no signal the battery drains a lot and the don't-know-what-are-these-for logs keep on generating, filling the whole internal memory......
will continue to dig for a solution....
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Do you have a roaming enable?
Here I suspect its the reason for losing the signal, maybe its the problem...
Did you tried your SIM with other device (not S2)?
PsyOr said:
Do you have a roaming enable?
Here I suspect its the reason for losing the signal, maybe its the problem...
Did you tried your SIM with other device (not S2)?
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no, roaming is not enabled and I have tried using the SIM on another phone with no problems
one strange thing is that the disconnection happens absolutely random... at first it happened several times a day.. at recent times it is more rarely - every few days.. disconnections are not related to any location or certain conditions of phone usage... simply no idea
soon I will change the ROM (respectively the kernel as well) and see if this continues
Thats weird...a lot of people with other devices have this issue...at first I thought its only on S2 (modem/kernel/hardware) then I thought its a infrastructure issues in our area.... donno mate....
the_psycho said:
no, roaming is not enabled and I have tried using the SIM on another phone with no problems
one strange thing is that the disconnection happens absolutely random... at first it happened several times a day.. at recent times it is more rarely - every few days.. disconnections are not related to any location or certain conditions of phone usage... simply no idea
soon I will change the ROM (respectively the kernel as well) and see if this continues
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Need help with this also, same issue
posting an update on the situation...
I changed the ROM with full wipe of data as well as internal memory format. Installed the latest 10.1.3 stable ROM from cyanogen - this means different kernel, different radio and a stable ROM.
And it goes on.... if I had money right now I'd just change the phone cos I'm getting sick of this ****
Please HELP
Hi all
PLS help, I have NO signal network and wifi. I bought one i9100 with 4.1.2 (have not lost IMEI- I have it) and can´t have network signal and if I want on my wifi, there is problem it can be open, always icon wifi start and stop in one second. I have nit beckuped EFS, phone was rooted last man from who I have bought.
Now I have Stock I9100XWLSD_I9100VDCLSC_I9100BULS1_HOME.tar
Thanks
the_psycho said:
no, roaming is not enabled and I have tried using the SIM on another phone with no problems
one strange thing is that the disconnection happens absolutely random... at first it happened several times a day.. at recent times it is more rarely - every few days.. disconnections are not related to any location or certain conditions of phone usage... simply no idea
soon I will change the ROM (respectively the kernel as well) and see if this continues
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As per experience this is also due to battery getting weak. Monitor the % you get this problem the most. If it arises around tje same % level then its battery. Also check your battery by rotating it on table and note if it rotats easily and there is any bump in the battery
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
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Paul Koty said:
Hi all
PLS help, I have NO signal network and wifi. I bought one i9100 with 4.1.2 (have not lost IMEI- I have it) and can´t have network signal and if I want on my wifi, there is problem it can be open, always icon wifi start and stop in one second. I have nit beckuped EFS, phone was rooted last man from who I have bought.
Now I have Stock I9100XWLSD_I9100VDCLSC_I9100BULS1_HOME.tar
Thanks
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This is fault of efs in most cases.
Try jelly snap rom which i have most stable and see if it resolves the issue
Otherwise search how to repair efs if pissible
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
I suddenly had a wifi problem. It happened around two weeks ago. I suddenly was not able to connect to my home wifi when I was more than 2 or 3 meter away from my router.
I've had my S3 for a little over two years now. I upgraded to 4.3 early this year. All updates were done OTA here in the Philippines. But this just suddenly happened last week. There were no updates and I can't remember ever downloading a new app that may have caused this.
I have tried absolutely everything:
1. Tried flashing new modems and kernels.
2. Tried flashing CM11 then wifi fix patch - didn't work. I flashed boeffla kernel - it just made it worse, I could connect when I was near the router but couldn't use the internet - it just showed wifi was connected but with slow or no internet.
3. I tried flashing back to stock rom and even updating with kies but still the same problem.
4. I flashed Android Revolution HD v52. Tried different modems on it. Flashed wifi fix. This still didn't work so I tried boeffla again. No luck.
5. I tried the murata fix through terminal emulator and still didn't fix it.
Right now I'm running on Android Rev HD v52. I'm still hoping someone has a way to fix this.
I don't know what to do anymore.
Can anyone help me, please??
dorkvader96 said:
I suddenly had a wifi problem. It happened around two weeks ago. I suddenly was not able to connect to my home wifi when I was more than 2 or 3 meter away from my router.
I've had my S3 for a little over two years now. I upgraded to 4.3 early this year. All updates were done OTA here in the Philippines. But this just suddenly happened last week. There were no updates and I can't remember ever downloading a new app that may have caused this.
I have tried absolutely everything:
1. Tried flashing new modems and kernels.
2. Tried flashing CM11 then wifi fix patch - didn't work. I flashed boeffla kernel - it just made it worse, I could connect when I was near the router but couldn't use the internet - it just showed wifi was connected but with slow or no internet.
3. I tried flashing back to stock rom and even updating with kies but still the same problem.
4. I flashed Android Revolution HD v52. Tried different modems on it. Flashed wifi fix. This still didn't work so I tried boeffla again. No luck.
5. I tried the murata fix through terminal emulator and still didn't fix it.
Right now I'm running on Android Rev HD v52. I'm still hoping someone has a way to fix this.
I don't know what to do anymore.
Can anyone help me, please??
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If you really tried so much things, maybe your hardware is damaged, the wlan adapter in your smartphone or something
I had a similar thing yesterday, on stock 4.3. It started with the unstable internet messages for a week or so. Then yesterday, it would connect to wifi, but apps saw no internet. Cleaning cache did nothing, forgetting and reacquiring wifi did nothing. Factory reset did nothing. Flashing a different 4.3 did noting. Rolled back to 4.2.2, which used to work fine, and still had the problem. I had given up at this point, figuring it was a hardware problem. Flashed 4.3 again, and miraculously it started working again.
I am really getting pretty fed up with Samsung at this point.
i some problem i need very close to my router to my wifi working! show my very strong signal in my room 3 o 4 m. to my router but no connect
Quimicax said:
i some problem i need very close to my router to my wifi working! show my very strong signal in my room 3 o 4 m. to my router but no connect
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Faulty antenna, happened for me on my ex s2...
change my wifi ant.! :crying:some problem
I've replaced my S3 antenna and nothing changed. Haven't found any answer só far. I have a post asking for help on the same issue. I've evento got my S3 to see full power of WiFi access-points (changing drivers), but then its unable to connect
Change radio channel of wifi network.
Hi, I have the exact problem with S3. I did everything like flashing roms clearing cache. If someone found a fix then kindly share. Thanks.
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also have this issue
just got this issue, anyone fixed it?
Hello,
I am running a rooted Xperia z2 international version with 5.1.1 and a locked bootloader (used the downgrade method and all the files I flashed were found in that thread). Virtually everything works fine, except that the GPS intermittently loses signal, which has been causing a lot of issues.
It started in maps, so I reinstalled maps. Still there. I also tried it in the Garmin navigation that was included, but it still lost signal. I then used fastergps to rewrite my GPS configuration file, but it still does it. At this point, I'm unsure how to fix this. I heard that I might have to reflash 5.1.1, but that would be a huge pain, so I thought to post here and see if anyone has any ideas.
Thank you.
Update: I have narrowed down the issue. It appears that when aGPS is not on, my phone can view the GPS satellites, but cannot lock on to them. I have read some rumblings that this is related to the firmware, so I am going to try and downgrade to 5.0.2 to fix these issues. I will keep this thread updated as things develop, so that this can exist in case anyone else has this issue.
2nd update: rather than downgrade, I tried loading the. 232 firmware (I had the. 546 firmware before), but it appears that does nothing. I'm in he very of uprooting and calling in the warranty. Before I do, does anyone have a suggestion on something that could fix this?
i've noticed that my phone randomly disconnects gps satellites too. After half an hour of using it with location on, the gps signal goes down, so i need to deactivate and reactivate the location to reconnect to satellites. pretty disturbing when tracking my routes. Hope Android 6 will not have this bug
So, as an update. Over a month goes by while I am sending my device back to the place I purchased it from. They supposedly fixed it and shipped it back, but when i got it today...still no GPS. I know I'm not the only one that has had these issues: (https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-Z2/Problems-with-GPS-on-Z2/td-p/702261, https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xper...ter-lollipop-update-in-Z3-compact/td-p/967188), but those threads didn't lead to any answers that have worked. I have tried everything, so I am just seeing if anyone has had this issue, has had any success with fixing this GPS fix issue, or can do anything to help me. Thanks.
I rarely use gps but I've never experienced issues with it, however last time I had also some problems.
While traveling in Germany the phone lost it's gps signal every few minutes for couple of seconds. However after I've passed the border with poland the gps was working fine.
So maybe it really has to do sth with the carrier or even country ☺ (I had no agps turned on).
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Luckily not from an iPhone = Yesterdays technology at tomorrows prices