This is a little weird. I last flashed my SPV M3100 months and months ago, with Elf 2.1, and that was also when I last changed the radio ROM to (IIRC) 1.40. Hard SPL is on there too. It's been fine for six months.
On the weekend, I started getting persistent lockups and "no signal" errors. Whilst rebooting it today I noticed it's reporting "No GSM" on bootup. This would certainly explain my problems Googling the No GSM error turns up a lot of stuff that relates to corrupted flashes, but no indication of why this could happen by itself? A hard reset hasn't solved anything, nor has leaving the battery out for a min then hard resetting (repeated a few times).
What should I do? Do I need to be reflashing to WM5 and doing a warranty swapout? Or will a radio re-flash solve the problem?
Possible Hardware problem !
hi,
Maybe your xda phone fell on the floor ? If this was hapened then maybe you have trouble with hardware not with software. Think again how many times your phone fell on the floor. I try this once and the phone had the same simptoms like yours. The xda service center will be a good solution.
Best Regards,
Darhtman
I have dropped it, twice, but not for months and months. That's not going to be related to this problem.
Orange have now swapped my SPV for a replacement, so at least I have a working phone again. I swear this one's speaker is buzzing though, in-call sound quality isn't very good.
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Hi
Just got off the phone with Orange as the replacement phone they sent me also has the "no sound in call" bug (can not hear other party without soft reset)
They said, that as far as they are aware, there is no known fault with this Phone and no inherrent fault.
The Phone was supplied to me in working order and must have developed a fault after.
Their technicians are not aware of any known issues with "no sound in call" and the manufacturer is not aware of any issues with the SPVM2000.
I said itis well reported on this site, to which they said this is not an XDA it is a SPVM. so it is not relevant.
I said it is the same phone!!
I told them that I was surprised at their repsonse, but I would ask others to see if I am alone in having a Orange SPVM phone that about once a week needs a reset becuse the other party can not be heard.
Please help me. If you are another SPVM2000 user, that has suffered with this fault at any time, please reply, as I will then present them the information, that they can not deny.
Hi,
I have two SPV 2000 from Orange UK and *both* exhibit this problem with the ROM's they were shipped with (one had 1.40 the other 1.31). The one phone has been abandoned by it's user as it's just too unreliable, whilst my phone now has the Wizard WM5 port, and that does work OK (although WM5 has it's own problems).
As we all know this is the most common problem with the BA device - funny how Orange have never heard of it!
Yeah - this happens to me. It happens consistently when you turn bluetooth off. If you do a soft reset all works fine.
great, thats what I needed.
Pity no one else replied.
Ill give it another couple of days.
After this I will present them all the results and maybe a letter from Small claims, as they should not be selling phones they know will fail in service.
my htc p3300 started to give me random crashes, hanging spontaniously without any reproducable scenario.
Sometimes it happens when the device is in power-saving mode, sometimes during connection to PC while being charged, once it gave me during the phone conversation.
The About shows:
CE OS 5.2.1238 (build 17745.0.2.3)
I can't remember which ROM it was exactly, but I downloaded it from these boards. I hate using original French versions hence I started to look for English one. Oh, and when phone boots it gives T-Mobile boot screen.
Anyways, I did a hardware reset, and it was running without a single crash for a whole day. Till this moment. It crashed again, software reset didn't work, had to do it hard way.
I contacted the vendor, and they are OK to send it for repairs, but it's gonna take around 3 weeks, plus I am not sure that they will be able to reproduce the problem, and what I am also not sure in, is that they may simply reflash the ROM with standard French version and be done with it.
So I am trying to get some help and opinions while downloading Mesche's vanilla v2 ROM to give it a final try.
Any ideas and comments are welcome
d3sp
no ideas, anyone?
I flashed with vanilla custom rom, and I only got 1-2 crashes so far..
Also when it crashes, sometimes the screen goes gray or dirty white-ish
and I can see vertical stripes on it..
I have exactly the same problem. I think the problem has to-do with cpu temprature. When its a hot day, I get it all the time. I think I am going to open it up, and check if the problem is with dirt inside.
sounds like a over heating problem, the screen usually goes dodgy if it gets too hot (same with most LCD screen products).
Do u have a program to show the temperature? (i use BatteryStatus, so get the temp from there).
thats really strange, i doubt it's a temperature that makes him sick
for example, it went dead last night, it was not hot inside my house, but the phone still went dead, so I had to hard reset it
I am facing the three weeks of horror without my artemis (( since I am out of ideas and going to send it to repair to manufacturer
d3sp said:
thats really strange, i doubt it's a temperature that makes him sick
for example, it went dead last night, it was not hot inside my house, but the phone still went dead, so I had to hard reset it
I am facing the three weeks of horror without my artemis (( since I am out of ideas and going to send it to repair to manufacturer
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Time for a new ROM!
d3sp said:
thats really strange, i doubt it's a temperature that makes him sick
for example, it went dead last night, it was not hot inside my house, but the phone still went dead, so I had to hard reset it
I am facing the three weeks of horror without my artemis (( since I am out of ideas and going to send it to repair to manufacturer
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Time for a new ROM!
Seriously.
It may be some software you have running on it. What all to you have? And, are you running the original ROM or a cooked ROM? You may have to warranty it if everything is stock.
shawndh said:
Time for a new ROM!
Seriously.
It may be some software you have running on it. What all to you have? And, are you running the original ROM or a cooked ROM? You may have to warranty it if everything is stock.
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Well, i just reinstalled fresh new vanilla something ROM that I took on these very boards.
The original ROM is in French, so that's not an option for me.
And yeh, my artemis is still in warranty, so I'm going to exercise that option, I'm afraid
I've currently got an issue with my Dash that is making it nearly unusable. On a regular basis the phone will turn off and then right back on and reconnect to the T-mobile network. The device doesn't turn off, just the phone as though I put it in flight mode. Also, the device does sometimes reboot in my pocket. I also get Call Failed errors and sometimes SIM errors when making calls and sending SMS. I had this issue once before a couple months ago and replaced the SIM which did not fix the issue, but installing the new WM6.1 corrected it until just a couple days ago. Tried reinstalling the OS again, but this time the issue persists.
Here's the odd part.... I'm sure it's just a coincindence, but both times this has happened now has been right after taking a flight. The device was powered off both times, but that is when the issue came up last time and again this time. Any advice or possible ways to correct the issue would be HUGELY appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Jory
Ummm do you still have warranty on the phone cause if you do just ask for a replacement
jdoggraz said:
Ummm do you still have warranty on the phone cause if you do just ask for a replacement
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Unfortunately I believe the phone is out of warranty. If I'm not mistaken the phone only has 1 year and I purchased it back in December of 2006. Am I to assume this phone is just gone and needs replacing?
I am faced with the exact same issues & my phone is from Dec 2006 as well. I ordererd a new battery to see if anything changes but I am lost as to what to do next. I flashed my phone to Ricky's (Old was TMO) and even then the issue still persists.
That would definitely be a manufacture issue.
Hi,
For two days I have had a serious problem with my HTC P3300 Artemis:
There are actually 3 different things that happen:
1. The phone freezes while working. No idea what causes it. Happened at different occasions.
2. The phone doesn't wake up when I hit the wake-up-button.
3. Often while rebooting the screens whites out or whites out and gets green or purple vertical lines.
In each case only removing the battery helps.
I use Mossisrom as my OS.
Can anybody tell me how to fix the problem? Is it a hardware or software problem? Please help me!!!
mfg
Ilu
iluvatar1 said:
Hi,
For two days I have had a serious problem with my HTC P3300 Artemis:
There are actually 3 different things that happen:
1. The phone freezes while working. No idea what causes it. Happened at different occasions.
2. The phone doesn't wake up when I hit the wake-up-button.
3. Often while rebooting the screens whites out or whites out and gets green or purple vertical lines.
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I get the problem about waking up too. Sometimes it won't for a while. I leave it a couple of seconds and then try again which usually works.
Have you checked how much free internal memory you have. WM seems to still be very sensitive to low memory.
Hi,
I am rather sure that it's not a memory issue. The system freezes completely, not just for some seconds. I can't call the phone either. I think its either a SW or a HW problem and hoped, someone could tell me what to do.
mfg
Ilu
I can only suggest resetting the ROM back to a standard one and seeing if you still get the problems. If you do, it is probably a hardware problem and you should get the phone replaced.
I had the exact same problem with my P3300. It's a malfunction in the Motherboard. I've called the dutch helpdesk and because a hard reset didn't do much good the PDA was picked up later that day to be sent to Eurotwice, the repair station in Belgium. I got my phone back 2 weeks later, I started it and it froze again! So I immediatly called HTC Netherlands and again, the P3300 was picked up by UPS that afternoon. The second time I wrote a letter to the repair station and sent it with my phone. In another topic on another website I read that some other phone with the same problem had been fixed by replacing the motherboard. I got my phone back today and it works great! It hasn't crashed today, and I have confidence it won't in the future. So my tip to you and anyone who experiences this problem: Call the HTC helpdesk in your country and ask them to sent your PDA to a repair station. It might take a while but they fix it well! By the way, you have 2 years full garantee so it didn't cost me anything! Great service from HTC!
Wow, you had a great experience from HTC . I didn't. I had the exact same problem as posted. HTC claimed I broke the phone myself and wanted to charge me. They claimed something broke behind the screen and that I must've pressed it too hard, despite the screen still being intact. After three months of phone calls to the UK and a lot of empty promises (promised to get a manager to call me back, never got them. promised to discuss with repair dept and call me back, never got them) I finally got my phone back , fixed. No explanation as to why they changed their mind. I had asked them to take a picture for me of what was broken and to how they came to the conclusion that I was the one who broke it. Maybe they were too lazy to do it.
why my dopod 838pro sometime it cannot detect a radio rom and show a NO GSM, but if detect it a radio rom and it will hang about and half hours and reset will turn back to NO GSM, is hardware or software prob, anyone can give me a solution?
Provide more information - OS version and Radio version. Its probably a hardware problem but you may try to reflash to a manufacturer's shipped version and retest.
I had the same problem basically. Phone would freeze up, get repeated NO GSM messages, drop the radio even when it finds it after several minutes of use. I did buy the phone off eBay used and it did freezeup in WM5 ALOT.
I took the phone apart and cleaned all the contacts - same problems. Reflashed manufacturer's rom again and it took. Before it sometimes would hang up - looking for GSM radio. Took it apart again FULLY and put everything back together. It is now working for the past week. No freezeups or drops. Seems to always find GSM on bootup.
last time using a official rom wm6 also freeze up, then flash it to manila2d rom, it also got a same prob, try reflash a radio rom, but always get stuck at 6%, but try and try then 100% done, but also same prob.
so ur solution is try Reflashed manufacturer's rom again?
Thats what I did but the flash alone didn't fix the problem. I don't think a rom flash will bring your phone back but you may get lucky. I had to open it up and clean and reposition things. For some reason it worked. I still get screen fade to white and the directional pad on the front sometimes doesn't work - you move the scroll wheel and it will work again. Might have to replace the dPad circuit board or flex cable. The HERMES seems to have MAJOR problems with quality control and the radios. I personally think the battery presses against a backing plate which rests directly against the chipsets. The silver plate behind the battery does flex and it shouldn't. It probably should be a little thicker to prevent flexing. The heat from charging and the pressure from the battery I think causes the radios to fail. Bad soldering also may be a problem but any pressure on a motherboard and chipsets isn't a good thing. Also screws that are too tight also may contribute to the problem.
My phone has been working for about a week. Prior to that it was getting constant NO GSM errors on bootup and dropped calls. Today the phone was out of the house for the first time in weeks and it worked without any problems - no freezes (did a lot before) and no dropped radio. It has been sitting on my desk for two weeks without any problem. Will try it a few more days and see.
herm200 no GSM
Hi! I have read all thread about no GSM from here.
I have already do many many tests, tried to flash any radio rom extracted, hard reset, mtty with set 1e 1... I have already dissasemble and reassemble it
but no one fix the problem No GSM.
I have the same probleme, sometime no gsm and sometime ok.
So please, if anyone find everything which can fix this problem please post it!
Sorry for my english!
Thanks a lot for all jobs and helps.
Hello all, my hermes had this problem too!
Sometime it works, " 1.56.70.11" and sometime no! "NO GSM"
i have done about twenty flash thinking it will resolve this problem...
After reading a topic on this problem, i have understand it was an hardware problem. Something unsolde.
I have buy "double face scotch", i have disasemble the phone completely.
And on every chip and on the "battery"( little round and flat) i have put a little piece of scotch. it will do a pression on every chip to keep chip connected on the motherboard.
From this moment, the phone has never freeze, no more "no gsm" message!
ALL IS GOOD
Sorry for my poor english.
Many things can affect the radio
Try this...
Un plug your batt... insert a big piece of aluminium under the batt over the gsm chip... it wil not work properly... Magnetic issues... the batt do this things too i prove it on a Nokia... the batt without the stick = radio problem no signal...
Abd here i got the same trouble no gsm sometimes i realized that has been a lot flashes but noup, was a dialer that makes this issues 3G phone canvas,.... back to touch dialer 3G or 2G and its good now... think the CPROG and some other is not so compatible.
Desperately please help me, my Dopod 838 Pro has No GSM!
hey dude try another rom... the roms with HTC phonecanvas 2g or 3g do this issues on my hermes dunno why... thats th reason i dont cook anymore phoncanvas on my roms.
Update Radio ROM to 1.47
I had same problem just recently, and the recommendation that I got was update your Radio ROM ONLY...I upgrade to Radio 1.47 as all the time I was loosing service connection as well as No GSM...after this, my Hermes took live again.
I had 1.16 Radio...!!! and that issue came up after upgrading to one of the so many cooked ROM...I don't remember which one...
Check this link for more info, it saved my life!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=295751
Cheers,