Phone buggy...hardware or software? - HTC Excalibur

We have 3 Tmobile Dash phones. One of them is very buggy, both on Kavana 6.1 and still after updating to 3volution 6.5. It reboots, crackles, freezes requiring battery pull, it's getting impossible to use. I'm thinking it's a hardware problem since the other 2 are fine running the same rom. We've switched batteries and sim cards to see if that was the problem. It appears to be the phone. Anything else I should try before giving up on it? Are there any utilities that might help?

I may have screwed up... I downloaded and flashed the official Tmobile rom and now it won't boot.

winda said:
We have 3 Tmobile Dash phones. One of them is very buggy, both on Kavana 6.1 and still after updating to 3volution 6.5. It reboots, crackles, freezes requiring battery pull, it's getting impossible to use. I'm thinking it's a hardware problem since the other 2 are fine running the same rom. We've switched batteries and sim cards to see if that was the problem. It appears to be the phone. Anything else I should try before giving up on it? Are there any utilities that might help?
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Did you try to hard reset? If not try that and see if that can help.

winda said:
I may have screwed up... I downloaded and flashed the official Tmobile rom and now it won't boot.
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No you haven't if they are T-mobile branded. Try to get in bootloader and flash one of the official roms here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=381726.

I have it flashed to the latest official T-Mobile rom now (yes, it's a T-Mobile Dash.) I can get it to boot maybe once out of 10 tries and then it only stays on for a couple of minutes before shutting off. Most of the time it displays the T-Mobile logo as it's booting then makes a weird sound (like the start-up sound in a fast loop) and shuts off immediately. As bad as it was, it was more stable under 6.5. I'm afraid to try flashing now because it won't stay on long enough to load the rom.

Sounds like you need a new battery.

stylez said:
Sounds like you need a new battery.
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That's what I thought too... but since we have 3 of these phones it was easy to switch batteries, and it doesn't appear to be the case because this phone has problems regardless of which battery is in it, the others are fine with either battery. Now that you mention it though... this phone was fine for a few hours after switching batteries, so maybe there's something wrong with the charging port?

winda said:
That's what I thought too... but since we have 3 of these phones it was easy to switch batteries, and it doesn't appear to be the case because this phone has problems regardless of which battery is in it, the others are fine with either battery. Now that you mention it though... this phone was fine for a few hours after switching batteries, so maybe there's something wrong with the charging port?
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Full charge a battery in other phone then place in problem phone now run it see if you get a problem and if @ a certain percentage, now when @ 10% battery turn phone off place the phone on charge "full charge".. Test phone.

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Runaway CPU process and/or battery overheating for an unknown reason?

A few things:
- running kavanna's WM6.1 080408 ROM
- the phone is pretty much idle (I'm not actively using it when this happens)
- I am *not* overclocked (stock cpu clock)
- the phone/battery is probably 2-3 months old
- no strange processes other than the stock ones that come with the ROM that run on startup
- I carry my phone in my pocket, so it typically happens when I am carrying it like that.
Every once and a while, my phone suddenly gets very warm (on the battery side). At that point, it typically becomes un-responsive/freezes and I have to take the battery out to reset it. During this time, while the battery/phone case is hot, I can drop 20-30% battery charge in a manner of minutes.
Since I have to do a hard reset typically, I can't tell what process is stuck (if there is one) and/or what else might be happening behind the scenes. I take the battery out, reset it, power back up and all is fine.
This doesn't happen often, but it happens enough to where I would like to see if anyone else has this strange gremlin pop up every once and a while.
ruinertt said:
A few things:
- running kavanna's WM6.1 080408 ROM
- the phone is pretty much idle (I'm not actively using it when this happens)
- I am *not* overclocked (stock cpu clock)
- the phone/battery is probably 2-3 months old
- no strange processes other than the stock ones that come with the ROM that run on startup
- I carry my phone in my pocket, so it typically happens when I am carrying it like that.
Every once and a while, my phone suddenly gets very warm (on the battery side). At that point, it typically becomes un-responsive/freezes and I have to take the battery out to reset it. During this time, while the battery/phone case is hot, I can drop 20-30% battery charge in a manner of minutes.
Since I have to do a hard reset typically, I can't tell what process is stuck (if there is one) and/or what else might be happening behind the scenes. I take the battery out, reset it, power back up and all is fine.
This doesn't happen often, but it happens enough to where I would like to see if anyone else has this strange gremlin pop up every once and a while.
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I had this exact same issue beginning of last year. Come to find out, it was the battery
pudgedaddy said:
I had this exact same issue beginning of last year. Come to find out, it was the battery
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Yeah, I did a search but I couldn't find any definite answer given that my battery/phone were basically brand new.
Hopefully the solution is that simple. What's odd is that when this doesn't happen, my battery holds a good charge for days. Go figure. I wonder if I can convince T-Mobile to send me a new battery...
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Yeah, I did a search but I couldn't find any definite answer given that my battery/phone were basically brand new.
Hopefully the solution is that simple. What's odd is that when this doesn't happen, my battery holds a good charge for days. Go figure. I wonder if I can convince T-Mobile to send me a new battery...
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i had only had my phone for about 2 months when this started happening. Since i did not know what the issue was, i naturally called them to troubleshoot, they ended up sending me a battery as a replacement, no charge.
pudgedaddy said:
i had only had my phone for about 2 months when this started happening. Since i did not know what the issue was, i naturally called them to troubleshoot, they ended up sending me a battery as a replacement, no charge.
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Yeah, looks like I am going to have to BS a little being that I have a cooked 6.1 ROM on it. I doubt that they will support that given that they only have 6.0 out right now (officially that is, yes?).
ruinertt said:
Yeah, I did a search but I couldn't find any definite answer given that my battery/phone were basically brand new.
I wonder if I can convince T-Mobile to send me a new battery...
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You shouldn't have to get them to "send" you one. Just go to your nearest T-Mobile Store and tell them that you've been having trouble with your battery overheating. After enough banter, they should be willing to give you a new one free of charge. I got a new one out of them last year with hardly any effort.
ruinertt said:
Yeah, looks like I am going to have to BS a little being that I have a cooked 6.1 ROM on it. I doubt that they will support that given that they only have 6.0 out right now (officially that is, yes?).
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how are they going to know which ROm you are using? just tell them that the phone locks up and when it does, you feel the phone getting very warm, also tell them that you've already done a hard reset and let the phone set after the hard reset without any 3rd party software and it still locks up
pudgedaddy said:
how are they going to know which ROm you are using? just tell them that the phone locks up and when it does, you feel the phone getting very warm, also tell them that you've already done a hard reset and let the phone set after the hard reset without any 3rd party software and it still locks up
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Just called and here is the status:
- The battery is only warrantied by T-Mobile for 3 months (I've had the phone for 3.5 months, so they cannot warranty it). However...
- The battery is warrantied by HTC for 1 year, so I have their number.
- T-Mobile is sending me a new phone in case this is a hardware issue (does not come with a new battery, however).
So, I'll try the new phone with the original battery. At least I will get a new phone with no scratches on the screen (can put my screen protector on). If the problem still persists, I'll then contact HTC (have their support #) and have them replace my battery.
So, all should be well 'cept for the fact that I have to reload my ROM again along with all of the settings. Oh well...
ruinertt said:
Just called and here is the status:
- The battery is only warrantied by T-Mobile for 3 months (I've had the phone for 3.5 months, so they cannot warranty it). However...
- The battery is warrantied by HTC for 1 year, so I have their number.
- T-Mobile is sending me a new phone in case this is a hardware issue (does not come with a new battery, however).
So, I'll try the new phone with the original battery. At least I will get a new phone with no scratches on the screen (can put my screen protector on). If the problem still persists, I'll then contact HTC (have their support #) and have them replace my battery.
So, all should be well 'cept for the fact that I have to reload my ROM again along with all of the settings. Oh well...
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make sure that you re-install the original t-mobile ROM on the phone you're sending back. otherwise they may end up billing you later on, for "non warranty" part
pudgedaddy said:
make sure that you re-install the original t-mobile ROM on the phone you're sending back. otherwise they may end up billing you later on, for "non warranty" part
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*noted*
I figured that might be an issue. I'll do a search for it (I think I remember a thread that had it a while back).
ruinertt said:
*noted*
I figured that might be an issue. I'll do a search for it (I think I remember a thread that had it a while back).
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Or...you can just go to T-Mobile.com and download the original ROM.
Rip Syntaxx said:
Or...you can just go to T-Mobile.com and download the original ROM.
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That's too much work. Found it in Mikey's repository instead.

[Q] Major problem with my stock ATT E980

Okay, I originally got this phone as an upgrade over my HTC Inspire in July. It worked great, minus a few random reboots every once in a while (if I left it in my pocket for a long time or if it was really hot in my car it would do this, but that was it). Then, about a month or two ago, I rooted it and installed a custom ROM. I noticed that a bunch of my files were missing from my internal SD card, but I wasn't too worried about it. Then my phone started acting really weird and got stuck in a bootloop. I was able to boot into recovery, but I ended up using the LG Flash Tool and went back to bone stock. Still had the issue, except I noticed that my signal would drop, and then it'd get stuck in the bootloop. So, I contacted AT&T warranty and they sent me a replacement. Now the same thing is happening to this one. It gets warm, loses cell signal, then reboots, sometimes a bootloop. This phone hasn't been rooted at all, it's been left stock. So I contacted AT&T and the guy in warranty said he thinks it's the battery, but he didn't have any in stock so he couldn't send a replacement. So I was thinking it was the battery and called LG after it seemed to get worse. They told me that they could replace the battery free of charge if I send in the one I'm using first. Since this is my only way of communication, I contacted AT&T again, and they're sending me another replacement. (Said if this one screw up too, they'll give me a different phone all together). The guy had me download some AT&T remote support app and he looked at the battery health and said it's reading fine, and that because it's reading fine, he didn't think it was the battery. :|
Here's the weird thing, about two weeks ago, it went into a bootloop. I took out the battery for a minute an tried to put it back in. Nothing. I plugged the charger into it and it basically told me that it didn't have enough juice to power on. (battery was at ~40%). So I took the battery back out and tried again. This time it came on.
Then last friday, I was jammin out to music while I was working, it would reboot when I unlocked the phone. (battery was in upper 90%'s). I plugged the charger in while it did this and everything came up as it should. But after taking it off the charger and trying to do more work, it happened again and again.
Like I said, this phone is straight from AT&T and has not had anything flashed onto it by me, hell I never even disabled all the AT&T bloat this time. I've tried a hard reset, and it didn't help. Does anybody know what would be the cause of my problems? I really like this phone and really hope I can get this figured out.
EDIT: Forgot to mention, the phone still has its IMEI number and it has the value pack update.
Got the second replacement in the mail today. It hasn't screwed up yet, but only time will tell.
-SeCra- said:
Got the second replacement in the mail today. It hasn't screwed up yet, but only time will tell.
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Wow hope this works for you. I just got 3 Optimus G Pro's on 12/30/13 and all 3 of them to date have not had any issues. 2 black and 1 white. 2 which are running stock. 1 stock which has had a bunch of the bloatware yanked (that we could get off of it). 1 stock which has had nothing pulled, everything left the way it is. And the 3rd one (which is the one I use) which I rooted to CyanFox 4.4.2 and later to CM11 4.4.2 Nightly and haven't had any issues like the ones you've explained.
Good luck though hopefully your issue is gone. Seems like a nice reliable phone (minus LG not wanting to support it furthermore ).
mattverg89 said:
Wow hope this works for you. I just got 3 Optimus G Pro's on 12/30/13 and all 3 of them to date have not had any issues. 2 black and 1 white. 2 which are running stock. 1 stock which has had a bunch of the bloatware yanked (that we could get off of it). 1 stock which has had nothing pulled, everything left the way it is. And the 3rd one (which is the one I use) which I rooted to CyanFox 4.4.2 and later to CM11 4.4.2 Nightly and haven't had any issues like the ones you've explained.
Good luck though hopefully your issue is gone. Seems like a nice reliable phone (minus LG not wanting to support it furthermore ).
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I really hope my issues with this phone are done too, I really love this phone. If I don't have any issues, it's going to get rooted and updated to KitKat. Otherwise, I'll try to get AT&T to give me a MotoX or a HTC One.
-SeCra- said:
I really hope my issues with this phone are done too, I really love this phone. If I don't have any issues, it's going to get rooted and updated to KitKat. Otherwise, I'll try to get AT&T to give me a MotoX or a HTC One.
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Yeah I like this phone with KitKat. Looks like a larger Nexus 5
Only problems i'm having with CM11:
1. ATT Visual Voicemail will install but upon playing voicemails program will freeze and crash
2. Tried Google Voice however you can only hear the voicemails through speakerphone, headsets, or bluetooth. Voicemails will no play through earpiece.
3. CM11 doesn't have Screen Recorder yet (Which CyanFox did although CM11 is still fairly fresh).
4. I would like to have the LG Camera app back! Dual video recording and some of those other features are gone with the android stock Camera app. Need to look into porting that back over to KitKat (if I can).
That's bout it though...
mattverg89 said:
Yeah I like this phone with KitKat. Looks like a larger Nexus 5
Only problems i'm having with CM11:
1. ATT Visual Voicemail will install but upon playing voicemails program will freeze and crash
2. Tried Google Voice however you can only hear the voicemails through speakerphone, headsets, or bluetooth. Voicemails will no play through earpiece.
3. CM11 doesn't have Screen Recorder yet (Which CyanFox did although CM11 is still fairly fresh).
4. I would like to have the LG Camera app back! Dual video recording and some of those other features are gone with the android stock Camera app. Need to look into porting that back over to KitKat (if I can).
That's bout it though...
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Haha yeah, this phone is beautiful with stock Android, I just end up missing certain touches that LG puts in their overlay.
BTW, this phone is doing the same thing as before. I strongly believe it's the battery b/c when it went into a bootloop, I took out the battery it was warm, so I put it in front of the AC for a minute to cool it down and it's been working fine since. So, I'm going to call AT&T and see if they will send me a battery, and if they can't, I'm going to have to send this one in to LG and be without a phone for a week...:'(
UPDATE: AT&T told me "since we have tried everything else-hard resets, replacement phones- and nothing worked, we will send you a battery since it's the only thing that has stayed persistent through this ordeal. We just got some in stock and are sending one your way. If the problem continues to persist, we will replace the phone again." IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!
Just curious, but what if I continue having this issue after I get my new battery? Should I try a similar mah zero lemon battery or just have att give me a different phone altogether?
Sent from my LG-E980 using xda app-developers app
-SeCra- said:
Just curious, but what if I continue having this issue after I get my new battery? Should I try a similar mah zero lemon battery or just have att give me a different phone altogether?
Sent from my LG-E980 using xda app-developers app
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i think there is an issue with the battery and whatever cable you use to charge the phone.I had to Lge980 when I used a thin cable I have in my room sometimes it did not charged at all and or shut down itself even when the battery had half charge ,sometimes it showed full charged but if I plugged the phone to a thicker cable connected using the oem charger or a usb 3.0 port at my laptop it showed the real charge level at 1/4 charge.I myself could't do anything since I got the phone second hand but as long as I used thick cable connected to a oem charger usb 3.0 or eben 2.0 I had no had any issues.
how'd it go?
-SeCra- said:
Haha yeah, this phone is beautiful with stock Android, I just end up missing certain touches that LG puts in their overlay.
BTW, this phone is doing the same thing as before. I strongly believe it's the battery b/c when it went into a bootloop, I took out the battery it was warm, so I put it in front of the AC for a minute to cool it down and it's been working fine since. So, I'm going to call AT&T and see if they will send me a battery, and if they can't, I'm going to have to send this one in to LG and be without a phone for a week...:'(
UPDATE: AT&T told me "since we have tried everything else-hard resets, replacement phones- and nothing worked, we will send you a battery since it's the only thing that has stayed persistent through this ordeal. We just got some in stock and are sending one your way. If the problem continues to persist, we will replace the phone again." IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!
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I've had the exact same problem with my E980 and the refurb they sent me. Contemplating a battery replacement now. Did a new battery fix your boot loops?
-SeCra- said:
Okay, I originally got this phone as an upgrade over my HTC Inspire in July. It worked great, minus a few random reboots every once in a while (if I left it in my pocket for a long time or if it was really hot in my car it would do this, but that was it). Then, about a month or two ago, I rooted it and installed a custom ROM. I noticed that a bunch of my files were missing from my internal SD card, but I wasn't too worried about it. Then my phone started acting really weird and got stuck in a bootloop. I was able to boot into recovery, but I ended up using the LG Flash Tool and went back to bone stock. Still had the issue, except I noticed that my signal would drop, and then it'd get stuck in the bootloop. So, I contacted AT&T warranty and they sent me a replacement. Now the same thing is happening to this one. It gets warm, loses cell signal, then reboots, sometimes a bootloop. This phone hasn't been rooted at all, it's been left stock. So I contacted AT&T and the guy in warranty said he thinks it's the battery, but he didn't have any in stock so he couldn't send a replacement. So I was thinking it was the battery and called LG after it seemed to get worse. They told me that they could replace the battery free of charge if I send in the one I'm using first. Since this is my only way of communication, I contacted AT&T again, and they're sending me another replacement. (Said if this one screw up too, they'll give me a different phone all together). The guy had me download some AT&T remote support app and he looked at the battery health and said it's reading fine, and that because it's reading fine, he didn't think it was the battery. :|
Here's the weird thing, about two weeks ago, it went into a bootloop. I took out the battery for a minute an tried to put it back in. Nothing. I plugged the charger into it and it basically told me that it didn't have enough juice to power on. (battery was at ~40%). So I took the battery back out and tried again. This time it came on.
Then last friday, I was jammin out to music while I was working, it would reboot when I unlocked the phone. (battery was in upper 90%'s). I plugged the charger in while it did this and everything came up as it should. But after taking it off the charger and trying to do more work, it happened again and again.
Like I said, this phone is straight from AT&T and has not had anything flashed onto it by me, hell I never even disabled all the AT&T bloat this time. I've tried a hard reset, and it didn't help. Does anybody know what would be the cause of my problems? I really like this phone and really hope I can get this figured out.
EDIT: Forgot to mention, the phone still has its IMEI number and it has the value pack update.
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If you want to stay on stock i recommend going to jellybean TOT 10k and rooting and installing a custom recovery back up the rom, and flash hkfriends kernel, and see what happens if you raise or lower your phones voltage, that might be the problem with it rebooting.
THE NEW BATTERY SOLVED THE ISSUE, BUT ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME. I upgraded to an HTC One M8 since, and haven't had hardly any problems with it, aside from the death star's BS
-SeCra- said:
THE NEW BATTERY SOLVED THE ISSUE, BUT ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME. I upgraded to an HTC One M8 since, and haven't had hardly any problems with it, aside from the death star's BS
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Thanks for the response. I talked to the techs at an AT&T direct service center and they told me it's a common problem with the Optimus Pro. I'm on my third one in 8 months now and this one started randomly powering off within 15 minutes of when I took it out of the box three days ago.
zhirrad said:
Thanks for the response. I talked to the techs at an AT&T direct service center and they told me it's a common problem with the Optimus Pro. I'm on my third one in 8 months now and this one started randomly powering off within 15 minutes of when I took it out of the box three days ago.
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Yeah. My issue was the battery for sure. Make them replace the battery and it should temp solve the issue
From what I read on the first e980 i had these phone tend to have a hardware problem where the power button is creating the same issues as OP. Some refurbished e980s have the hardware problem solved.

[Help] Battery has died?

Hello guys
I have a problem, device and maybe a ? problem
Well, my battery has been acting a little weird lately but, I ignored it
But tonight I decided to try again the Fulmics 5.1 and his friends (heheh), suddenly after completing the process, I experienced a bunch of Reboots, then I found out that, my phone can't stay alive alone without a charger connected
It doesn't even boot without a charger...
Now I'm back to Fulmics 4.1 and... Still the same
I have read some reports here that warned me about this "issue"
So, guys, maybe it's the battery?
Shiningb said:
Hello guys
I have a problem, device and maybe a problem
Well, my battery has been acting a little weird lately but, I ignored it
But tonight I decided to try again the Fulmics 5.1 and his friends (heheh), suddenly after completing the process, I experienced a bunch of Reboots, then I found out that, my phone can't stay alive alone without a charger connected
It doesn't even boot without a charger...
Now I'm back to Fulmics 4.1 and... Still the same
I have read some reports here that warned me about this "issue"
So, guys, maybe it's the battery?
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yup it's definitely the battery ? I've gone through like 5 since getting this phone
Still_living714 said:
yup it's definitely the battery ? I've gone through like 5 since getting this phone
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What bothers me is the fact that it was working normally before I tried that New Fulmics thingie..
I even had close to "full" battery strength (lasting a lot)
And now I can't even try one of the official firmware procedures, because the phone can die on the USB!!
Here in this damned country that I live (and that I hate so much!!) It's very hard to find "original" batteries...
Shiningb said:
What bothers me is the fact that it was working normally before I tried that New Fulmics thingie..
I even had close to "full" battery strength (lasting a lot)
And now I can't even try one of the official firmware procedures, because the phone can die on the USB!!
Here in this damned country that I live (and that I hate so much!!) It's very hard to find "original" batteries...
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yeah the battery won't give you any signs it's dying, it just dies lol. I got the deal that I got a free charging cradle and extra battery so I've always had backups. Why don't you get them from eBay? I've bought like 4 from eBay. I rotate all my batteries so I always have them charging ready to go

CM 13 SIM Card Issue

Hi, I installed the 8/20 CM 13 release on my S4 using CWM and it will (about 2-3 times a day) not recognize my sim card and tell me to restart. When it does recognize it, everything works well. To get it to recognize it again, I have to power off, pull the sim, power on, then power off again, and restart with the sim in. I searched and read that changing the modem/radio (modem.bin) drivers will usually fix it. Can someone please point me to the correct drivers and install instructions?
Does the phone do the same thing when running the latest stock ROM? If it does, there could be a problem with the sim card reader.
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Does the phone do the same thing when running the latest stock ROM? If it does, there could be a problem with the sim card reader.
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No, it doesn't. I thought it was the reader first and replaced it anyway.
This tells me it's a software perform. The phone is running the latest bootloader and modem?
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This tells me it's a software perform. The phone is running the latest bootloader and modem?
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No. That's what I need to know how to update. I loaded CM 13 and that's it. I didn't change the bootloader or modem. Honestly I don't know what a bootloader is.
I have baseband version M919UVUFOK3
If you flashed the latest stock ROM from sammobile.com, the phone would have the latest bootloader and modem installed.
A bootloader is similar to the BIOS of a desktop or laptop computer.
audit13 said:
If you flashed the latest stock ROM from sammobile.com, the phone would have the latest bootloader and modem installed.
A bootloader is similar to the BIOS of a desktop or laptop computer.
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So was i supposed to flash the latest stock rom before installing a custom ROM?
I suggested flashing the latest stock ROM because that is the easiest way to ensure the phone's modem and bootloader are up to date and should be done just before you start flashing custom ROMs. It doesn't have to be done every time you want to flash a custom ROM.
Same here..
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Hi, I installed the 8/20 CM 13 release on my S4 using CWM and it will (about 2-3 times a day) not recognize my sim card and tell me to restart. When it does recognize it, everything works well. To get it to recognize it again, I have to power off, pull the sim, power on, then power off again, and restart with the sim in. I searched and read that changing the modem/radio (modem.bin) drivers will usually fix it. Can someone please point me to the correct drivers and install instructions?
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Apparently this is a common hardware issue with S4, something to do with the battery fluctuating voltage to the sim card reader, I recently found out from a repair shop, whose only solution was to downgrade to stock. Heck no, I got Nouget and ain't turning back! Mine doesn't ever have an issue while it is charging. I flashed over a dozen different roms, tried using a few different modems (even stock), read somewhere that you can press a thin cardboard against the back of the sim card against the holder, that didn't work, tried to blow air into the holder, didn't work either, used different bootloaders, nope, preyed to god that I would not miss a call while I slept, nada, don't rely on wake up calls! Tried a new battery, that might have worked for abt a week.. but the dreaded "SIm card removed" message returned!! So I had some drinks and it got some too.. and I watched it get thrown at me and skip off a table, felt it burn up in the summers, in my pocket on many occasions, this phone has been through many adventures in the past couple years and still works great, never even cracked the screen! < knock on wood > This phone can take a beating, compared to many other phones I've had. Other than the fact the reception isn't amazing, I really love my S4 model 919, its fast, compact enough, great display, good bat life, but like every phone it has it flaws. I'm sure that they wouldn't purposely f with their phones so once its modded it gives you an annoying random bug that would make you want to buy a newer S.
The question is how long you can endure the pain of rebooting every few hours, so why not upgrade??
Samsung want you to UPGRADE TO NEW IMPROVED S5,S6,S7,S80..!!
UPGRADE OR NEVER LEAVE AC OUTLET!!! hahaha
.. Personally, I probably will buy a S7 soon as it drops price ( I have a really active life) but for now I just deal with it.
>>> I'm more worried about when someone is gonna fix the video camera for Nouget !! Big up to ResurrectionRemix and XDA!! <<<
ps.. I don't ever remove the sim card, just a full reboot is all mine needs. GL
Jason Maze said:
Apparently this is a common hardware issue with S4, something to do with the battery fluctuating voltage to the sim card reader, I recently found out from a repair shop, whose only solution was to downgrade to stock. Heck no, I got Nouget and ain't turning back! Mine doesn't ever have an issue while it is charging. I flashed over a dozen different roms, tried using a few different modems (even stock), read somewhere that you can press a thin cardboard against the back of the sim card against the holder, that didn't work, tried to blow air into the holder, didn't work either, used different bootloaders, nope, preyed to god that I would not miss a call while I slept, nada, don't rely on wake up calls! Tried a new battery, that might have worked for abt a week.. but the dreaded "SIm card removed" message returned!! So I had some drinks and it got some too.. and I watched it get thrown at me and skip off a table, felt it burn up in the summers, in my pocket on many occasions, this phone has been through many adventures in the past couple years and still works great, never even cracked the screen! < knock on wood > This phone can take a beating, compared to many other phones I've had. Other than the fact the reception isn't amazing, I really love my S4 model 919, its fast, compact enough, great display, good bat life, but like every phone it has it flaws. I'm sure that they wouldn't purposely f with their phones so once its modded it gives you an annoying random bug that would make you want to buy a newer S.
The question is how long you can endure the pain of rebooting every few hours, so why not upgrade??
Samsung want you to UPGRADE TO NEW IMPROVED S5,S6,S7,S80..!!
UPGRADE OR NEVER LEAVE AC OUTLET!!! hahaha
.. Personally, I probably will buy a S7 soon as it drops price ( I have a really active life) but for now I just deal with it.
>>> I'm more worried about when someone is gonna fix the video camera for Nouget !! Big up to ResurrectionRemix and XDA!! <<<
ps.. I don't ever remove the sim card, just a full reboot is all mine needs. GL
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Same issue here..
Just a thing I observe. When my sim card shows is disconnected or sometimes after reboot is even showing that my sim card is not inserted, I cannot turn on my mobile data and the sim card app is missing from app drawer and from application manager.
I really don't know if its a software or hardware issue.
Sometimes I get this error randomly, even when my phone is standing still on a table and I don't use it.
Thanks for the replies. So, I got a new SIM card and it seems to be working much better than before. My old SIM had a huge scratch on it, so I suspect part of the issue might have been that. I've also kept it in balanced power mode, and I noticed it happens more in battery saving mode. I've also been trying to keep it plugged in as much as possible, and I have extra charged batteries I swap in. It will also start working after a reboot and I don't have to pull the battery and card like I described before. I still haven't tried to change the boot loader or modem.
Edit: I'm also having an issue with not being able to download MMS unless I'm on WiFi
Are the apn settings correctly entered?
firstorbit84 said:
Hi, I installed the 8/20 CM 13 release on my S4 using CWM and it will (about 2-3 times a day) not recognize my sim card and tell me to restart. When it does recognize it, everything works well. To get it to recognize it again, I have to power off, pull the sim, power on, then power off again, and restart with the sim in. I searched and read that changing the modem/radio (modem.bin) drivers will usually fix it. Can someone please point me to the correct drivers and install instructions?
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This is a known issue (not CM related); contact your carrier for a replacement.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using XDA-Developers Legacy app
Just an update: I'm still having this issue, but have just been living with it and trying to keep the phone charged. It seems to happen less on WiFi and when I'm actively using cellular data. Some apps seem to make it worse. I'm probably going to try a different release.
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Lg G3 constant shutdown

Hey there im turning to the community for a bit of help...
First of all here is my phone info... Bone stock non-rooted
Lg G3 D-852 canadian version with Bell
Running android 6.0 kernel 3.4.0
Build number mra58k soft version d85230h
here is my issue, lately when i do random things on the phone it shuts itself down and goes into a bootloop.
in order to get the phone back on i actually have to plug it in and for some reason seems to short it back out of loop and into boot.
At first when it started it was booting up completely then shutting down 4 times. after that 4th time everything was good.
now it just stays stuck in a look until i shove a wire up its hole.
ive come to notice that most times whe it shuts down it seems to be when i try to do many things at once or load up a video...
sometimes even opening a picture will shut it down... it almost feels like when an overclocked system just ticks off.
im not quite sure where to go from here, phone is 2 years old but id love to figure this problem out
edit: yes i already tried a factory reset
edit 2: i just tried another factory reset.... now it wont even load up. itll boot all the way to the os (if plugged in) then shuts down and just says its charging... completely out of a phone now ffs
Its battery related problem.
Pls check your battery
matuszp said:
Its battery related problem.
Pls check your battery
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what should i need to check on my battery? terminals? voltage?
Morngkilr said:
what should i need to check on my battery? terminals? voltage?
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just change it, battery is a known problem for this behaviour
Snoob25 said:
just change it, battery is a known problem for this behaviour
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perhaps ill try a friend's battery to see if it stops this behaviour before ordering a 40$ battery
Yes, try it and let us know later
Morngkilr said:
perhaps ill try a friend's battery to see if it stops this behaviour before ordering a 40$ battery
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Try an Anker battery, worked perfect on 2 G3's I had, while both the stock batteries bootlooped.
rowlin said:
Try an Anker battery, worked perfect on 2 G3's I had, while both the stock batteries bootlooped.
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im almost happy to hear its not an isolated bootlooping problem lol
sorry for your battery as well but heck ill give it all a try
well sunofagun.... i poped the new battery in and she booted right away like nothing ever happenned.....
have i ever told anyone i love the community thank you so much everyone
Very common. Batteries usually last a little less than 2 years for these then you need to get a new one. Thank God these have removable batteries.
i remember i had once gotten a new battery for my sgs2 but it was crap lol
I'm having problems with my screen, it gets dark and I do not know why, it can be without disturbing half an hour or maybe an hour, please someone who tells me why this may be this fault, I'm in MarshMallow

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