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Hello guys. I bought a used dell streak which worked before I flashed streakdroid 2.4.4. I flashed the amss and dsp1 and everything matches when I check the phone information. I tried searching for mobile networks and AT&T appears but when I select it, it says "unable to connect to network please try again later" or "unable to register". Whats confusing is that I get a voicemail notification letting me know I have voicemail but when I click on it, I get "mobile network unavailable"
I rarely ask questions because when I'm stuck on something it is usually a simple fix. I've flashed every custom rom and matching baseband on the front page of the android development section and the Official PKG (351, 353, 206). I've done multiple system wipes etc. Im not sure what else I need to do. I've never worked on a phone for more than 4 hours and Im currently on my 11th on this damn dell streak
So is there a way to find out what region this dell streak came from to make this process easier, I dont want to have to try flashing every single update.pkg and baseband.
Or is there a general solution to this issue hidden in the archives of the internet?
Im soooo confused so any help would be greatly appreciated
liquidburns said:
Hello guys. I bought a used dell streak which worked before I flashed streakdroid 2.4.4. I flashed the amss and dsp1 and everything matches when I check the phone information. I tried searching for mobile networks and AT&T appears but when I select it, it says "unable to connect to network please try again later" or "unable to register". Whats confusing is that I get a voicemail notification letting me know I have voicemail but when I click on it, I get "mobile network unavailable"
I rarely ask questions because when I'm stuck on something it is usually a simple fix. I've flashed every custom rom and matching baseband on the front page of the android development section and the Official PKG (351, 353, 206). I've done multiple system wipes etc. Im not sure what else I need to do. I've never worked on a phone for more than 4 hours and Im currently on my 11th on this damn dell streak
So is there a way to find out what region this dell streak came from to make this process easier, I dont want to have to try flashing every single update.pkg and baseband.
Or is there a general solution to this issue hidden in the archives of the internet?
Im soooo confused so any help would be greatly appreciated
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Do a cache wipe
dalvik cache wipe,
"DELL" factory reset
Re-Flash gs244, then straight away do the first 3 steps again.
This time, flash without the simcard inserted.
When it first boots up after the factory reset, turn it off, put your sim in and power on.
I had the same prob as you with a uk network sim, after doing the above, it worked fine, im pretty sure it will sort your issue.
graemeg said:
Do a cache wipe
dalvik cache wipe,
"DELL" factory reset
Re-Flash gs244, then straight away do the first 3 steps again.
This time, flash without the simcard inserted.
When it first boots up after the factory reset, turn it off, put your sim in and power on.
I had the same prob as you with a uk network sim, after doing the above, it worked fine, im pretty sure it will sort your issue.
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I have tried this step 3 times to no avail. When I go into settings>Wireless & Network Settings>Mobile Networks >Network Operators then select Search Networks two networks appear related to my phone company. When I select one option it says
Your sim will not register to this network
The second options gives me this response
Unable to connect to the network at this time. Please try again later.
Isnt the error code for a bad radio blinking lights? So why am I getting this particular error code.....
Is there a deeper menu within the dell streak to access more radio settings?
Is there a way to find out what region this phone is from so I can flash the original update.pkg?
Will the packers win the superbowl.......
Thanks for the help so far, this seems to be a common problem. I searched through several pages of Google, I even resorted to using bing and yahoo but I haven't found one consistent solution. Lets make one guys.
Also after dell factory reset I get this error Default NV checked #2 which doesnt allow me to go straight into the update.zip streakdroid menu then it resets the phone.
Do yourself a favor and don't install GingerStreak. Development has essentially stalled on that ROM, leaving it in a very buggy state compared to other ROMs. I recommend DSC, but with the GKernel that's available in Android Development instead of the kernel that comes with the ROM. The combination has been rock solid stable on my device, without any screens of death or problems with WiFi.
Ive flashed every single update.pkg from this list and have my Dell Streak 5 currently on 1.6 At&t retail 106 rom
http://mirror2.streakdroid.com/manii/
None of the packages work. On the Rodgers I would get a
Emergency Calls only status
Other than that I just have 4 bars with an x over them
I even erased all user data via fastboot
Ive used QDL at least 8 times
Does anyone else have any suggestions?
Is there a key code via fastboot menu to get further into the mobile network settings?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Does your Streak still boot after using fastboot -erase? That's a big no-no. Usually results in a brick that only can be cured by disassembling the Streak and flashing an image of the internal MicroSD onto the card.
I am assuming that you flashed the recovery for the ROM you wanted to put on the Streak before trying to flash the ROM? You likely will have to search for some ancient posts, but if flashing the desired ROM's recovery image and then flashing the ROM doesn't work, you have to prepare the Streak to accept newer ROMs. Those ancient posts I mentioned detail the method to get units like yours to run newer versions of Android.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Does your Streak still boot after using fastboot -erase? That's a big no-no. Usually results in a brick that only can be cured by disassembling the Streak and flashing an image of the internal MicroSD onto the card.
I am assuming that you flashed the recovery for the ROM you wanted to put on the Streak before trying to flash the ROM? You likely will have to search for some ancient posts, but if flashing the desired ROM's recovery image and then flashing the ROM doesn't work, you have to prepare the Streak to accept newer ROMs. Those ancient posts I mentioned detail the method to get units like yours to run newer versions of Android.
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I know fastboot erase is a bad idea but at this point not having a mobile signal makes this device useless to me anyways. I did that twice actually.
I am currently running official rom update package 360 or Android 2.2.2 the latest from retail. I am still having the same issue.
I have spend a good portion of my day for the past 4 days reading archives of discussions both here and on madaco. No on seems to have a consistent solution to this problem. Ive read that sticking a business card under the battery works, the order of flashing should fix it, I mean the solutions are all over the place and I tried all of them but I still have the same problems.
I haven't read every single Q&A post but I have read almost everything under the Dell Streak 5 XDA board pertaining to this issue. I've also flashed every single available update package with match recovery and baseband with no results.
I feel like I've failed at this project and I am never going to get the time or the effort I put into this device back unless I can get it to work so this is just beyond frustrating.
Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Have you tried using a different sim card? Every now and then there's a sim that wont work on it but will work on a different device.
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Have you tried using a different sim card? Every now and then there's a sim that wont work on it but will work on a different device.
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I've used a good variety of sim cards, none of which work.
Any other suggestions?
sim
Sorry your still having this issue.
Ive googled and found nothing consistent apart from the obvious that already been mentioned.
Daft question i know but, are you absolutley 100% certain that this phone has not been blocked by your network via IMEI?
Sounds daft i know but people using phone / Tablets are reporting on consisten problems with networks and IMEI.
I would not attempt QDL anymore, if it didnt fix it the first time then that wont help your cause.
I think going back to ground zero is the place to sart, can you gain access to internal memory card, mine i can, i cut away the piece of plastic in the guide to allow easy access, i replaced the internal 2gig card with an 8gig class 10, just to note, the 2gig card was shot and was nothing more than a standard generic unbranded card, i do still have it sat around.
That would be my next step, wipe the phone, stick a diff card in and start again with STOCK 360 and matching recovery, i agree with the quote of avoiding gs, too damn buggy and problematic.
Let me know how youre getting on with it.
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Sorry your still having this issue.
Ive googled and found nothing consistent apart from the obvious that already been mentioned.
Daft question i know but, are you absolutley 100% certain that this phone has not been blocked by your network via IMEI?
Sounds daft i know but people using phone / Tablets are reporting on consisten problems with networks and IMEI.
I would not attempt QDL anymore, if it didnt fix it the first time then that wont help your cause.
I think going back to ground zero is the place to sart, can you gain access to internal memory card, mine i can, i cut away the piece of plastic in the guide to allow easy access, i replaced the internal 2gig card with an 8gig class 10, just to note, the 2gig card was shot and was nothing more than a standard generic unbranded card, i do still have it sat around.
That would be my next step, wipe the phone, stick a diff card in and start again with STOCK 360 and matching recovery, i agree with the quote of avoiding gs, too damn buggy and problematic.
Let me know how youre getting on with it.
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I ended up just liquidating the phone and cutting my losses. I dont think it was blocked from the network because I tried several SIM cards from different networks. For all I know it it could have been a bent SIM connection or something wacky. I am leaning towards the idea of it being hardware related but I gave it my best shot
Friends, I am also in the same state now. I bought the dell streak from one of our members, and it worked for few weeks. After that, I am getting that signal bar with X mark on it. I have tried all the options, but of no luck.
I spent almost my 6 months savings on this phone and it's really making me sleepless. Request your kind suggestions to address this.
hi
i had same problem about a month ago, i just kept restarting phoning, pulling battery out and i gave up, then after leaving it for a couple of hours it was working......
^^ Thanks friend for your reply. I have been doing the same, doing the factory resetting and trying the various options. But, of no luck.
Any concrete solution for this problem? I appreciate all your inputs.
What I would suggest for all of you is to go back to Froyo by flashing stock Dell update packages for your respective regions and see if you regain signal
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^ Thanks for the suggestion. I did that try that, but didn't work
tech4pk said:
^ Thanks for the suggestion. I did that try that, but didn't work
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If you flashed a stock Froyo ROM for YOUR SPECIFIC region, did a factory reset and still can't get a signal then your problem is hardware related...
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^^ Yeah, that's my big worry!! It seems to be a hardware related. I got this phone from one of the our members, and it has already having some hw issues like the buttons are gone inside, right side bezel is very loose, and all (unfortunately, the seller has not mentioned all these issues in his post)
Can the dell warranty applies internationally?
tech4pk said:
^^ Yeah, that's my big worry!! It seems to be a hardware related. I got this phone from one of the our members, and it has already having some hw issues like the buttons are gone inside, right side bezel is very loose, and all (unfortunately, the seller has not mentioned all these issues in his post)
Can the dell warranty applies internationally?
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It applies only in the country it was purchased if it hasn't expired and with a valod letter of release from the original owner
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^^ yeah, checked my local dell service guys and they are not supporting this. I think that this is now turning into an expensive brick!
So last week I bought an unlocked optimus g from amazon, the At&t e 970 model. At the time I received the cell phone, I didn`t have a sim card to test with it, so I just started doing the usual procedures to install custom roms, like rooting unlocking the bootloader etc. I`ve done that, made a complete wipe, and got stuck with a phone with no rom and I couldn`t find the custom rom I had transfered to the internal Sd. After I managed to transfer the custom rom to my external SD, I flashed it with clocworkmod. The phone seemed to be working well in all aspects, but when I finally got my hands on a sim card, the phone was not recognizing it. I thought it could be the rom I have, so I tried different custom roms, and ended up flashing the stock JB rom from At&t. That did not solve the problem either, I thought it could be the sim card that was causing the problems, but after trying a friend`s sim card that is working, the phone still had the same problem with not detecting the sim card. Now my question is, could I`ve possibly screwed the cell phone`s radio/firmware because of all the custom roms I`ve installed, and if so where can I find the original JB image, as i can`t find these anywhere. I`m pretty sure my EFs partitions are OK, as I can retrieve the IMEI from the cellphone through the dialer. I`m sorry if this information is available elsewhere, but I`ve been looking around and haven`t found everything I need.|
Thanks
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So last week I bought an unlocked optimus g from amazon, the At&t e 970 model. At the time I received the cell phone, I didn`t have a sim card to test with it, so I just started doing the usual procedures to install custom roms, like rooting unlocking the bootloader etc. I`ve done that, made a complete wipe, and got stuck with a phone with no rom and I couldn`t find the custom rom I had transfered to the internal Sd. After I managed to transfer the custom rom to my external SD, I flashed it with clocworkmod. The phone seemed to be working well in all aspects, but when I finally got my hands on a sim card, the phone was not recognizing it. I thought it could be the rom I have, so I tried different custom roms, and ended up flashing the stock JB rom from At&t. That did not solve the problem either, I thought it could be the sim card that was causing the problems, but after trying a friend`s sim card that is working, the phone still had the same problem with not detecting the sim card. Now my question is, could I`ve possibly screwed the cell phone`s radio/firmware because of all the custom roms I`ve installed, and if so where can I find the original JB image, as i can`t find these anywhere. I`m pretty sure my EFs partitions are OK, as I can retrieve the IMEI from the cellphone through the dialer. I`m sorry if this information is available elsewhere, but I`ve been looking around and haven`t found everything I need.|
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2584981
Ye did not looketh hardeth enougheth, seek and ye shall find. Jokes aside, I screwed up my radio by flashing the E977 radio, had the same issue as you. I tried some of the radios on that link and managed to get the sim recognized, problem is my phone worked flawlessly with the 1900 band but had trouble with the 850 band(got no signal or very weak signal). Read through the thread, my issue was mencioned there and someone asked me to test something to get the 850 band working again(thing is i gave my phone to my mom and she uses the 1900 band so i couldn't test).
luisoman2000 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2584981
Ye did not looketh hardeth enougheth, seek and ye shall find. Jokes aside, I screwed up my radio by flashing the E977 radio, had the same issue as you. I tried some of the radios on that link and managed to get the sim recognized, problem is my phone worked flawlessly with the 1900 band but had trouble with the 850 band(got no signal or very weak signal). Read through the thread, my issue was mencioned there and someone asked me to test something to get the 850 band working again(thing is i gave my phone to my mom and she uses the 1900 band so i couldn't test).
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Thanks for the reply first of all. I`ve followed your advice and tried different radios, but with no luck, I still get the no sim card inserted icon on the notification bar. I`m worried this may be a hardware related problem, maybe something wrong with the motherboard. I want to know for sure that it is a hardware problem, so I can restore the phone to factory specs and return it to amazon. Could this be a firmware related issue? I don`t know what else could be causing this.
gustamk said:
Thanks for the reply first of all. I`ve followed your advice and tried different radios, but with no luck, I still get the no sim card inserted icon on the notification bar. I`m worried this may be a hardware related problem, maybe something wrong with the motherboard. I want to know for sure that it is a hardware problem, so I can restore the phone to factory specs and return it to amazon. Could this be a firmware related issue? I don`t know what else could be causing this.
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Here is an excellent return to stock guide by @ShoaibAhmed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50775936
gustamk said:
Thanks for the reply first of all. I`ve followed your advice and tried different radios, but with no luck, I still get the no sim card inserted icon on the notification bar. I`m worried this may be a hardware related problem, maybe something wrong with the motherboard. I want to know for sure that it is a hardware problem, so I can restore the phone to factory specs and return it to amazon. Could this be a firmware related issue? I don`t know what else could be causing this.
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Seems like a hardware issue then since any of those radios should have worked. Follow the guide to return to stock.
luisoman2000 said:
Seems like a hardware issue then since any of those radios should have worked. Follow the guide to return to stock.
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I am following the procedure to install back to stock, I have LGNPST installed, but when I connect the phone in download mode, my computer does not recognize the phone, and therefore nothing shows up in LGNPST. I have tried fixing the drivers automatically, but windows fails to do so, and I have also tried to update it manually, with no luck. whenever I connect the device in download mode, it shows that there is driver problem. Is there another way to flash the .bin image?
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I am following the procedure to install back to stock, I have LGNPST installed, but when I connect the phone in download mode, my computer does not recognize the phone, and therefore nothing shows up in LGNPST. I have tried fixing the drivers automatically, but windows fails to do so, and I have also tried to update it manually, with no luck. whenever I connect the device in download mode, it shows that there is driver problem. Is there another way to flash the .bin image?
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I have that issue with my laptop with win 7, try another pc, preferably one with xp, that worked for me.
Hello everyone,
I am using Samsung galaxy ace gt-s5830i, and suddenly the phone has lost its IMEI number that I can not recover for days. I am not very knowledgeable about Android OS and would really appreciate your help.
I updated it OS to Jelly Bean, to see whether it will solve the problem. However, it did not.
1. I would like to know how I can re-install its official version Android v2.3.6 without Kies or ODIN (may be by using sdcard, but how?), since the SIM card is not found on the phone due to no IMEI, I can not connect it to my computer.
2. How can I recover IMEI.
I would be very grateful for your help.
Thanks.
Sannchezz said:
Hello everyone,
I am using Samsung galaxy ace gt-s5830i, and suddenly the phone has lost its IMEI number that I can not recover for days. I am not very knowledgeable about Android OS and would really appreciate your help.
I updated it OS to Jelly Bean, to see whether it will solve the problem. However, it did not.
1. I would like to know how I can re-install its official version Android v2.3.6 without Kies or ODIN (may be by using sdcard, but how?), since the SIM card is not found on the phone due to no IMEI, I can not connect it to my computer.
2. How can I recover IMEI.
I would be very grateful for your help.
Thanks.
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Really depends on what caused it to happen, whether it is recoverable or not. If it did it on it's own, that's pretty much gonna be a paperweight unless you can find a reputable shop that has some special tools like SPT, Octopus box, BST dongle or something along those lines. It's not common (around here anyway) and less common that someone would know what to do in that situation since it is not that common in the grand scheme of things. If you lost it after trying to install a custom rom, kernel, update the radio/modem or something along those lines (typically your baseband version would also say: Unknown if this happened), you can try this http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-ace/718242-lost-my-imei-number.html#post5849945
Hello members hoping I can get some guidance.
Damaged my old phone in a accident the other week so I used my wife's old spare (unlocked) Galaxy Ace GT-S5839I.
As you all know it's a bit dated and slow so I decided to read (a lot) of this forum and decided a rom update was in order.
Looked at the CynagenMod roms. Read the tutorials and downloaded necessary files for the update from SD Card.
Started with CM9_cooperve_Beta_05, excellent rom, used it for 24 hrs but it's unsupported and has a few bugs.
So I decided to go for cm-11.0.0-GT-S5830i-cooperve, again excellent rom but it wouldn't boot with my sim card installed which defeats the objective of having a phone for communication.
I read about installing the modem file to overcome this sim problem and so installed MODEM_S5360_XXMK1.
This did not solve my sim boot issue, so the decision was made to revert back to CM9_cooperve_Beta_05 till I found something withy less issues.
This is when I started having an issue with the rom, though I can't remember the exact phrasing but it was something like Encryption Error when the rom booted, my only option was to reboot and wipe cache etc, which I did, however this did not solve the the issue. It just booted again, every time, with the same encryption issue.
So I came back to these forums and read many threads, some advice was that the intenral sd card was now unreadable, which I guess is real bad.
Other suggestions were to flash a stock rom to the phone, using odin, this could solve the issue, so I have, except now the phone is in a kind of boot loop. Showing a brand logo (used vodaphone and orange roms amongst others) then the Samsung logo then brand logo and so on, stuck in a boot loop I guess.
I have also read that to overcome this boot loop, if the internal sd is damaged, is to use my sd card as an external sd replacement for the internal sd.
This is as far as I got as its 6.15am and I haven't been to sleep yet.
Now most advice on the internet is a little flaky at best so im hoping any members here may be able to give me some good solid advice as to how to best rescue this phone as I really don't want to give up yet.
I can still enter download and recovery modes with the phone.
So please, someone throw me a bone here.
General section is not a proper place for technical assistance, Use Help section instead to get some real help .
In an attempt to switch custom ROMs I wiped my previous ROM and went to install my new ROM through a zip file in TWRP and it said the installation failed twice. When I restarted my phone it will not pass the LG logo screen (looks like a bootloop but I don't think that is it) as well as the original combination of buttons I used to start TWRP is not working either. I have been trying to manually install a ROM through a flash tool on PC but my PC isn't detecting the phone as a removable device even though an SD is inserted as well. Completely lost and bought a really bare bones phone over a month ago but I want my better and higher quality phone back and it's sooo frustrating. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I need a lot more info. Phone model? I know log but what kind. Android os? The ROM in question? It's highly unlikely you erased a recovery by flashing a ROM from recovery. The only time I've ever had an issue like yours was when I tried to downgrade my bootloader on an old s3 years ago. And that was a nightmare to fix. If lg is like Samsung you can take a SD card the same size as your devices internal and build a replica of your internal on the SD, and like a PC failing to boot from the HDD it might default to the SD to boot. Samsung does.
LG D851. LG G3 T-Mobile Variant.
I was using CyanogenMod before and I was trying to flash Lineage OS.
What would be the steps to build it on the SD? If you'd be willing to tell me or just link me to something.
If you need any more info on anything just let me know. Thanks!