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my desire died out of nowhere... :( please help!, rooted with R5, MCR 3.1 for 2weeks

dear all,
My Telstra branded HTC Desire 8183 died out of nowhere.
Here's what I did:
Rooted with R5
MCR 3.1 ROM (custom kitchen with A2SD+) and r17 froyo rom (mostly MCR3.1)
everything went well, and i was happy with it for 2 weeks (blasting fast HSDPA speed and runs perfectly fine)
i noticed the signal strength was really low two days ago, i thought it was my area having service outage. (called and confirmed) I had my girlfriend's Nexus One AT&T version side by side she's getting full bars.
now the phone will show Emergency Call Only all the time, sometimes even with signal, i wont be able to use the data connection (it's show H, but cant even load google.com with the browser)
Diagnostics that i had done:
unroot with generic WWE rom with goldcard (since the telstra rom that people posted on here have 0.75 bootloader and mine is 0.8 so i can only use 1.21 generic WWE rom)
root again with R5 method
update radio
install MCR 3.1 again
replaced my sim card at AT&T store just to make sure
called AT&T to inquire about service outage
none of them works, now i'm stuck with a phone that doesnt make phone calls and data connection.
did i do anything wrong that mess up the radio of the phone? are these rooting guide and custom rom don't support 8183?
please help me! i really like this phone and it's such a waste to let it sit there
best regards,
ted

The emergency calls only thing is usually associated with a sim problem - like invalid sim, unactivated sim etc.
Have you paid your account?

thanks for the advise
yes i did...same thing happened, sometimes when i get signal, i cant seem to use data connection...cant even make phone calls...if im lucky i can make 1 out of 10 times..
i suspected the sim card problem, that's why i went to AT&T store for a replacement.

Solved
I had the same problem, I also have the A8183
To solve it, I went fastboot mode with USB plugged.
then on Android SDK, I did :
./fastboot-mac enableqxdm 0
./fastboot-mac oem boot
just fastboot for pc
and the phone reboot, turn it off and insert your SIM.
I knew it was fix first boot because sdcard was now mountable.
Then SIM was recognized.
But then I have USB problem in recovery, I think I'll need to flash the misc partition.

blauze said:
I had the same problem, I also have the A8183
To solve it, I went fastboot mode with USB plugged.
then on Android SDK, I did :
./fastboot-mac enableqxdm 0
./fastboot-mac oem boot
just fastboot for pc
and the phone reboot, turn it off and insert your SIM.
I knew it was fix first boot because sdcard was now mountable.
Then SIM was recognized.
But then I have USB problem in recovery, I think I'll need to flash the misc partition.
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What you are describing is the fix for the usb brick issue. This is not the problem here.
To me this sounds like a faulty handset, as all the software fix options seem to have been done. I'm no expert though!

what is fastboot-mac
im using windows xp with androidsdk tools
i have fastboot command...how do i type that?

socktug said:
What you are describing is the fix for the usb brick issue. This is not the problem here.
To me this sounds like a faulty handset, as all the software fix options seem to have been done. I'm no expert though!
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is it really? i got my hopes up for a second...i really wanna get this thing fixed...

teddyonair said:
is it really? i got my hopes up for a second...i really wanna get this thing fixed...
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You can give the commands a go, but I doubt they will help with this. Have a look at the threads on usb brick.

socktug said:
You can give the commands a go, but I doubt they will help with this. Have a look at the threads on usb brick.
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tried the first command, it says "waiting for device"...no response from phone and command prompt at all
hey guys, keep the opinions coming...thanks in advance!

Try flashing to a different compatible radio version as the version you currently have may be causing the poor reception/signal strength issues.
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MasDroid said:
Try flashing to a different compatible radio version as the version you currently have may be causing the poor reception/signal strength issues.
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i did tried 3 different radio...its not just signal being weak...kept on showing X and whenever i tried to use the data connection when H shows up, it will just stuck there when loading google.com in browser.

teddyonair said:
thanks for the advise
yes i did...same thing happened, sometimes when i get signal, i cant seem to use data connection...cant even make phone calls...if im lucky i can make 1 out of 10 times..
i suspected the sim card problem, that's why i went to AT&T store for a replacement.
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Hmmmm - the rooting process does not affect the A8183 - cos that's what I've got and it works fine. Maybe try and flash the Telstra ROM? That's the one that would have come with the phone in the first place. Who knows, that might reset something? Probably a long shot but you sound desperate!
You can get that ROM in the ROM sticky in this topic.

Now i have 0.80 bootloader it wont let me install the telstra rom since bootloader version being different (0.75)
any idea how i can override that?
After the rooting process when i first got the phone everything was working fine til two days ago

teddyonair said:
Now i have 0.80 bootloader it wont let me install the telstra rom since bootloader version being different (0.75)
any idea how i can override that?
After the rooting process when i first got the phone everything was working fine til two days ago
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you could try this: http://android.modaco.com/content/h...-com/310186/mcr-telstra-8183-mod-version-3-5/
I think that will work with 0.80 bootloader.
I guess it's not easy to take the device for repair as I'm tippin you got it through eBay or similar, and HTC in the US probably won't support the warranty.

I believe that i had sort of the same issue as you are describing, sometimes my 3G connection died, and there was nothing i could do too get it back, and it sometimes failed to make a connection when i tried to make calls with full coverage.
I don't know how i got the problem, because the phone has been fine since i rooted it 1 week ago.
I decided to go back to the latest radio update I had before I rooted, and now it works fine again.
I used 32.34.00.28U_4.05.00.30_2 from the stock HTC radios thread. (new users not able to post links)
Hope this solves your issue as well, I have an unbraded Desire A8181.

JoakimCarli said:
I believe that i had sort of the same issue as you are describing, sometimes my 3G connection died, and there was nothing i could do too get it back, and it sometimes failed to make a connection when i tried to make calls with full coverage.
I don't know how i got the problem, because the phone has been fine since i rooted it 1 week ago.
I decided to go back to the latest radio update I had before I rooted, and now it works fine again.
I used 32.34.00.28U_4.05.00.30_2 from the stock HTC radios thread. (new users not able to post links)
Hope this solves your issue as well, I have an unbraded Desire A8181.
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im going to give the radio you mentioned a try...would u mind telling me where are you located and what network provider are you with?

Tried that radio already now it shows signal but the behaviors are the same, feels like its trying to establish connection but got stuck on upload (not sure if thats the case since only the up arrow stay lit but not the other one)

@teddyonair: did u drop down ur mobile by any chance ??? might be some hardware disconnection inside is giving u this trouble i guess.... otherwise with so many software reflashing & modding,ur mobile should have been working by now....
u better get a professional help either from the htc or from someone who deals with htc repairs.... this is my sincere advice if u wish to listen to me.... hope u have not screwed up ur mobile.... might be a hardware problem... just try this once... ok ????

i've managed to unroot the phone with telstra shipped rom. phone has been acting the same way.
so im not sure if it's the hardware issue. anybody has experience how to send the phone back to Telstra Australia for repair?
thanks!

It sounds to me like you may have a faulty antenna in your phone

SIM Shuts down phone

I've had my Desire since it came out but a problem has just come up: the phone will shut down whenever the SIM card is inserted. Without it it'll work fine, but if i put it in, when it boots, as soon as it tries to connect to the network it'll shut down. I've tried a different SIM card and the problem is the same.
This started by using MIUI but i've clean installed a CM7 based rom and the problem is still there.
My phone is out of warranty so taking it in is not worth it.
Thanks

Did you try to flash a new radio.img?

No i havn't, i, rather stupidly, hadn't thought of that..... i guess i thought that when i flashed a new rom i'd get a new radio!

When you run RUU you get a new radio, but ordinary custom roms don't have that option.

I flashed the latest radio and the problem remains the same.........:crying:
Any other ideas?!

Then it's probably a hardware issue. You can try to disassemble it and try to fix connectors.

I'm now completly los now; the phone switches off with 3 different sim cards but not witha forth!!! I'll have the SIM card replaced even though it does work fine in my HTC ChaChaCha........
Very strange!
Thanks for your help anyway, it's obviously got to do with the card and not the phone so i guess the solutions been found!!

I have had the same problem, until yesterday. I'm running a cooked ICS ROM, and the issue has gone as soon as I have switched to a newer RIL. So don't take it for granted that it's a hardware issue or SIM-related. Hope this helps.

For everyone who have this problem
if it still interests you, I have a simple solution that works for everyone

kaderlg said:
if it still interests you, I have a simple solution that works for everyone
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help us

My help
you just have to activate the pin code on security and location setting
but the SIM card must be inserted to activate the pin code
If you never activate the pin code, then the default code is usually 0000
if the phone is turned off before you have to get to the temp setting reply me and i'll tell u what to do
If it worked for u don't forget to hit thanks

[Q] Disconnected because service is unavailable

Guys I am using HTC One X and facing a very frustrating problem. My data connection disconnects after every 10-15 minutes. When I go to the settings option it says ""Disconnected because service is unavailable"".. If I tap it to make it switch off and then tap it again to turn it on, it keeps saying the same thing "Disconnected because service is unavailable". The only method to make the data connection work gain is to
a) Switch to airplane mode, and then switch it back again to normal mode, and data connection would connect
b) Change the network connection mode to WCDMA (as its not available in my region, network goes off) and then turn it back to GSM or WCDMA/GSM (and the network comes back again) and data connects automatically....
I am not the only one facing this problem.. Check out these links too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1929388
http://forums.att.com/t5/Android-Dis...s/td-p/3230023
http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/HTC-O...e/td-p/1522412
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2334591
Even if you go to google and type "HTC ONE X d" it will show the problem in suggestions too. My HTC One X is not rooted. Its running on JB and stock Sense ROM.
Can anyone help me out ??
1) I have checked other threads before creating this new thread because on other threads people are talking about rooting. I dont have a rooted and phone and I wont root it now.
2) I tried factory reset many times. It doesnt help.
3) I tried other SIM cards too. And face the same problem with other SIMs too.
4) I contacted my service provider too. APN are all correct. I dont face any problem with the same SIM and APN in my other handset (HTC Inc S)

That is very strange indeed.
Did you mess around with the kernels, as that seems to be, very often, messing with the radios.
If not then it might as well be factory error... I would recommend that you try flashing a custom rom like ARHD or if you are not on the WWE version, then you can download the newer WWE rom from the ARHD thread as well.
If that doesn't help, well then, you might wanna consider bringing it to a repair shop.

desmond1303 said:
That is very strange indeed.
Did you mess around with the kernels, as that seems to be, very often, messing with the radios.
If not then it might as well be factory error... I would recommend that you try flashing a custom rom like ARHD or if you are not on the WWE version, then you can download the newer WWE rom from the ARHD thread as well.
If that doesn't help, well then, you might wanna consider bringing it to a repair shop.
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I havent messes with kernels. I havent rooted it either.. Its just like brand new one. I just factory reseted it before using it. and the problem started to occur. I factory reseted it gain but the problem still occurs..
I dont want to flash a custom rom on it as I am not very much into this rooting stuff. what is this WWE version ?

desmond1303 said:
That is very strange indeed.
Did you mess around with the kernels, as that seems to be, very often, messing with the radios.
If not then it might as well be factory error... I would recommend that you try flashing a custom rom like ARHD or if you are not on the WWE version, then you can download the newer WWE rom from the ARHD thread as well.
If that doesn't help, well then, you might wanna consider bringing it to a repair shop.
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ok.. i installed a custom ROM (AOSP) and the problem disappeared. But i didnt liked the ROM so i came to Sense based ROM (ViperX) and the problem started again. So it seems that there is no problem with the phone itself. It shows this problem when running sense rom. Any help ??

Try ARHD

[Q] Network Unavailable After Flashing New Rom

I have a Note ii n7100
I flashed to Paranoid Android earlier in the year and thought I'd try out something else for fun again this morning.
I first went to monxdified (monxDIFIED-N7100-XXDME1-13-01.zip) and there was cell signal but I couldn't get onto a cell network (I'm a three UK customer). It would say registered on network but would never actually register.
I then tried selecting a different radio in the installer, the top one, rather than the 2nd one - I was guessing that this was the issue. Same problem.
I then tried going to cyanogen (what I saw as a more trusted/well known rom to try that out) - this time it finds the network but says there is no signal and that (3UK) is unavailable.
I've been reading and I may have wiped my imei number, at this point I got scarred and thought I'd check here before messing this up any further.
I hope I've put this thread in the correct place. Thanks in advance.
Note: I can still read a value for my imdi number in settings, hopefully this means it isn't lost?

Closing Thread
charlieegan3 said:
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I've gone right back to defaults now with odin and am beginning to think it's an issue with my SIM.
Just closing this thread.

Don't forget to take your EFS backup.
Maybe you will live that problem again.

no it is not a SIM problem, i have the same problem, i did a backup for the previous rom but there is no network signal at all.
it would be great if anybody will help.
thanks in advance.

bodii_91 said:
no it is not a SIM problem, i have the same problem, i did a backup for the previous rom but there is no network signal at all.
it would be great if anybody will help.
thanks in advance.
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try downgrade your modem..

Fataldose said:
Don't forget to take your EFS backup.
Maybe you will live that problem again.
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I didn't take an EFS Backup, the last time flashed a new ROM (Paranoid Android) I didn't need to. I assumed this would be the same story.
bodii_91 said:
no it is not a SIM problem, i have the same problem, i did a backup for the previous rom but there is no network signal at all.
it would be great if anybody will help.
thanks in advance.
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When you say you get no signal can you search for and find networks, only not connect? (That's my story)
hendry said:
try downgrade your modem..
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To what version, which file and how? Like I mentioned in my last post, I've gone back to absolute factory settings and now my phone counts as unrooted. I'm thinking of just sending it to samsung. I assume they'll fix the issue if I pay them?

After looking into the issue some more it seems my IMEI has been wiped. Not sure if there's anyway out of that one...

[Q] (RESOLVED) Slow 3G since installing Cyanogenmod

Hello,
I've just got a Nexus from my father.
Unlock and rooting are OK.
I've made a backup of my stock rom
Then I've installed a cynogenmod 4.4 and see that my 3G download speed is very slow (arround 5Ko/s)
Then I've returned back to my stock rom -> same issue.
I'm in France using Free Mobile (which is using roaming)
Please help me!
EDIT: RESOLVED
I've tryed a new SIM Card and the speed is OK.
Next I used my old sim card, the speed is OK too.
Strange...

I really need help because I am unable to get a good 3G connection.
Have reinstalled the last radio -> nothing
Have reconfigured APN -> nothing better

Really need help, take 1h to dl 20Mo
EDIt: The signal is full

Someone could help me ?

I've found that the issue happens only when I'm in roaming.
If I am connected directly to my provider antenna, no issue.

HeadQuaker said:
I've found that the issue happens only when I'm in roaming.
If I am connected directly to my provider antenna, no issue.
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Its probably just an issue with your operator, the ROM most likely doesn't have to do anything with it, especially as you said if you flashed the stock radio.

latenightchameleon said:
Its probably just an issue with your operator, the ROM most likely doesn't have to do anything with it, especially as you said if you flashed the stock radio.
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Sorry but no, like I said, it worked before the flash, and now, it is not working anymore.
In same time, it works really well with my 2nd phone, with the same sim card.