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For about the last 2 days I have been unable to receive text messages on my phone yet I can still send out. Regardless of what rom I use I am still not getting any. I even called sprint and they said it seems like a technical issue. I didn't realize it until someone from work called wondering why I hadn't responded, I just thought no one wanted to talk to me :/ haha
Come on XDA geniuses! Please save me! I don't want to get a new phone
Edit : the only weird thing that has happened in the past few days was I flashed what I thought was a CM kernel but CWM said "Updating boot " I freaked out fearing that I did something wrong (I know on a computer if you mess up boot you're introuble) and quickly restored a NAND knowing that it would restore any boot image
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happened to me as well, u have 2 update ur msid... if ur on a CM ROM, do a nandroid and flash the default evo rom, or any sense rom, i used the fresh rom...
then call sprint, n tell them you cant receive texts and you want to update your msid, and they will tell u 2 go 2 your dial pad, n dial ##2...# <<<--- some numbers, cant remember... jes enter those numbers, n dey'll tell u wat 2 do, its simple... once u update the msid, ur fone will reboot, then try 2 send urself a text from another fone or frm online, it shud work now....
once the texts start working, reboot into ur recovery again n flash ur nandroid backup 2 take ur fone back 2 how it was be4
if ur not on a CM ROM, u dnt have 2 boot into recovery or do nandroid or anything, jes call sprint straight up, n tell em about not receiving texts n need 2 update msid, same stuff as above...
This has been an ongoing issue for me for a few months now. For a time i was also unable to make calls as well. The phone would ring on my side but the other person's phone would not ring at all. I called sprint and they had me update my profile and some other things and that seemed to help initially as i started receiving sms again. But to this day, i still sometimes get messages that were sent hours late. Outgoing seems ok, but the incoming are delayed from an hour to 12 hours. I read this thread and it seems like this is a sprint issue.
http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/219489
Im rooted running netarchy's latest burnt droid rom and kernel
Thanks but I dont live in Chicago.
l8agin said:
This has been an ongoing issue for me for a few months now. For a time i was also unable to make calls as well. The phone would ring on my side but the other person's phone would not ring at all. I called sprint and they had me update my profile and some other things and that seemed to help initially as i started receiving sms again. But to this day, i still sometimes get messages that were sent hours late. Outgoing seems ok, but the incoming are delayed from an hour to 12 hours. I read this thread and it seems like this is a sprint issue.
http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/219489
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1) "Flashing boot" means "flashing /boot partition" which is where the kernel is stored. No reason to freak out about that.
2) To solve your problem, just Nandroid Backup your ROM, flash over to a stock rooted Sense ROM (You can get 3.70.651.1 from here) and from there, update your PRL and Profile. You should get a slew of texts that you hadn't been receiving, and after that you can just Nandroid Restore back to your previous ROM.
This was a bug that we on the Snap team first found while beta-testing Snap 7.6, and we also found that flashing over to Sense usually cleared it up, but updating PRL and Profile always fixed it.
Really? lol I feel like such a noob (even though i am not really one) most kernels I flash say "Updating Kernel" and etc.
Also I figured that out about an hour ago when I read that on an HTC Hero forum.
and it worked I got like 50 texts hahahaaaa!
But thanks because if I didnt find that out earlier then YOUD BE A LIFESAVER!
I'm curious though, what causes this to happen?
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1) "Flashing boot" means "flashing /boot partition" which is where the kernel is stored. No reason to freak out about that.
2) To solve your problem, just Nandroid Backup your ROM, flash over to a stock rooted Sense ROM (You can get 3.70.651.1 from here) and from there, update your PRL and Profile. You should get a slew of texts that you hadn't been receiving, and after that you can just Nandroid Restore back to your previous ROM.
This was a bug that we on the Snap team first found while beta-testing Snap 7.6, and we also found that flashing over to Sense usually cleared it up, but updating PRL and Profile always fixed it.
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I understand most of the main input from this thread here, and this is way aside from anything here but does it make a difference if I have a 1.77_003 PRI Version with 60674 PRL Version?
I see that they have 1.90_003 or something now? Is that updateable for my phone? Specs in my signature if that is any useful bit of info
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Really? lol I feel like such a noob (even though i am not really one) most kernels I flash say "Updating Kernel" and etc.
Also I figured that out about an hour ago when I read that on an HTC Hero forum.
and it worked I got like 50 texts hahahaaaa!
But thanks because if I didnt find that out earlier then YOUD BE A LIFESAVER!
I'm curious though, what causes this to happen?
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We never found out what really "caused" it, but my theory is that EPST (which only Stock-based ROMs have, not CM), "checks-in" with the radio, or keeps it in-check, and sometimes it gets a little messed up, and the EPST has to correct it.
One way to think about it I guess, is a vehicle travelling in a straight line; it won't always be straight, and needs to be corrected every now and then due to slight errors, or outside interference (wind, imperfections in the road, etc.). Random reboots, power-offs, bad updates, screwed up cell towers, and such might have a similar effect on the radio.
This is just speculation though, I have no real proof behind it.
Same problem. need help
Hi. I use this forum for a long time but it's the first time I comment. I have the same problem and it's really annoying. I am noob and I need help to do this:
1) "Flashing boot" means "flashing /boot partition" which is where the kernel is stored. No reason to freak out about that.
2) To solve your problem, just Nandroid Backup your ROM, flash over to a stock rooted Sense ROM (You can get 3.70.651.1 from here) and from there, update your PRL and Profile. You should get a slew of texts that you hadn't been receiving, and after that you can just Nandroid Restore back to your previous ROM.
I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S Plus with custom rom 4.3.1.
Thank you
Ever since the returning to stock EC05 I cannot get nor send MMS
Completely stock EC05 with some apps removed but not the MMS.apk, only mods i flashed were impaled's keyboard mod and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=891682&highlight=battery+mod
Snsprovider has no effect?
Sent from Snarf phone
http://forum.androidcentral.com/epi...imized-ec05-tar-4-7-2011-fixed-both-tars.html
This is the Odin flashable rom I'm using now and I haven't had any problems yet. Besides the other mumbo jumbo features it has, it is running good. It's stock, pre rooted, has clockworkmod 2.5.1.0, and has a couple of fixes and whatnot built in. I like it because of the previously stated features. I don't have to root or put recovery on it. Yeah its only the one click stuff, but when it is already baked in, that's one thing less I have to do. I haven't done a factory reset yet because I haven't needed to. I am assuming that a full reset (in cwm recovery) will already be rooted so you don't have to worry about that.
The only things I did was put my hosts file in and clear the multimedia proxies.
Yes this might not be the answer you are looking for but I wouldn't throw out the possibility that something got messed up somehow. Instead of pulling my hair out trying to troubleshoot, I think I would just start completely over.
It is possible you might have deleted something that should have stayed. The file churro was talking about, if I remember correctly, is a file that might need to stay.
sns?
10char
Update prl?
I had failed mms messages when I had an old prl I updated and fixed it.
Also it's pretty common for the sprint mom's server to fail so I would try a little later..
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im already at 60676
i odin'd to di18 and was able to send one off
hmm i wonder if that battery mod broke it?
If you use a task killer, stop. Or at the very least don't do a level 2 ram clear, this prevents both texts and mms from sending.
i do neither
I restored all apps and it came back
I was the sprintextension apk that did it
So i flashed my Desire with 'Reflex S v2.1.7 GingerBread 2.3.3 - Sense 2.1'
Everything works good, it's really fast, but i encountered 2 problems: (actually more, but i dealt with them..)
1. Email app (com.htc.android.mail) does not work. It Force Closes whenever i try to open it, or Sync All.
2. Contacts app (i think its HTC People in English; com.android.htccontacts) does Force Close when i do anything but watch them, or call. When i try to send message through this app it does FC, when i try to edit something, it also FC, same with creating.
Full wipe and re-flash doesn't solve it. (I restore apps and data through Titanium Backup, but it doesn't work even before i do.)
I'm new to forum, i hope i gave all info you need, in proper section, with proper title. I also hope my English isn't bad and you understood my problem.
Try posting in reflex s thread someone may know in there .... I use reflex and I don't have those problems mine has always worked well...
What else can you tell us?
I cannot post there yet i think.
I didn't S-OFF yet.
No idea what more useful info i could give you
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I cannot post there yet i think.
I didn't S-OFF yet.
No idea what more useful info i could give you
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You are right, you cannot post there yet.
Already searched the reflex s thread for your problem?
yeah, but no one else had similar problems, some ppl had problems with other apps, but reflashing usually helped. Doesn't work for me :|
did you check md5sum before you flashed?
What sd card partition set up do you have? What recovery do you use?
I didn't check md5.
16gb class 4 card.
1.5gb ext3 partition.
recovery is ClockworkMod i think
I know you have tried already but re-download the STOCK reflex rom....
Check md5sums
Full wipes as usual...
Neo said in the thread that Amon_ra is better recovery to use but I have never had problems with CWM
I'm a bit stumped, I did have to try 3 times on 2.1.6... no reason it just never flashed right.... 3rd time it was perfect
I'm gonna try tomorrow, cause i'm totally busy today
OK. Wipe and reflash didn't solve these problems. For some reason few hours after wipe, Mail app stopped crashing, and now works! But still problem with editing and showing contacts.. still gives me FC :|
It's strange but I've read something similar in other forums with the Reflex rom, as you can see in my signature is what I have. They have always solved these problems with full wipe, wipe cache, wipe Dalvik cache and flash again.
I really works great but it´s true that sometimes trying to change the Lock-screen I have to spend several times the files to finish doing what I want.
Messages Contacts
Messages app doesnt show contacts or their images.. just shoes the number...
My droid incredible has been having some major problems with any GPS-related functions when flashing to custom ROMs. I've tried CM7, OMGB, OMFGB, and MIUI so far. The GPS worked great in OMGB and OMFGB after updating the radio, but when I tried this on CM7 and MIUI (both of which seemed much smoother and refined), no dice. I've also tried completely reflashing the rom (yes, I did wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache), uninstalling WeatherBug, flashing 4 different radios (4.08, 11.19, 5.02 and 5.06) as well as reflashing the original stock 7.28 radio, and even tried that fix through a sense rom where you dial some ## number and then enter some MSL number. That didn't seem to work for me, the call didn't even go through. No matter what I try, I can't seem to get GPS to work on either of the custom ROMs that I love. Major bummer, because I used GPS daily on stock 2.2 Froyo before rooting my phone. I'd appreciate any help at all on this issue and I really would like to get my phone's GPS functionality working again.
P.S. - I've already spent countless hours searching XDA as well as other forums about this issue, and the above list of troubleshooting steps is what I've come up with so far. Please don't lecture me with a useless response such as "Use the search function" as I have already done so. Thanks
Seems like you've done your research. Have you tried an app titled "GPS Status & Toolbox" in the market?
Just tried that app but no luck. I tried clearing the current GPS settings and then downloading new ones. Anything I'm missing?
I only saw mention of AOSP roms, did you try using *228 on a Sense rom? I'm not sure if there's a difference performing this on an AOSP rom but I recall folks saying to do that on a Sense rom. As you stated, GPS worked on two roms just not MIUI or CM7, which is weird. Have you returned to or are you currently using OMGB and OMFGB and retained your ability to use gps? I'm trying to rule out this being a hardware issue since you noted GPS failed on two of four roms.
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I only saw mention of AOSP roms, did you try using *228 on a Sense rom? I'm not sure if there's a difference performing this on an AOSP rom but I recall folks saying to do that on a Sense rom. As you stated, GPS worked on two roms just not MIUI or CM7, which is weird. Have you returned to or are you currently using OMGB and OMFGB and retained your ability to use gps? I'm trying to rule out this being a hardware issue since you noted GPS failed on two of four roms.
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Just reflashed OMFGB, and now GPS DOESN'T work?!?!?!?!? I've tried everything all over again, format SD card, reflash radio, I'm clueless.
Do you recall performing anything on your phone that may have messed with the gps? Do you restore system data at all with something like Titanium? My only other suggestion is to flash rmk40's gingerbread leak found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1087077
The reason I'm suggesting is due to the 3G drop issue that people have fixed by flashing this. I'm doubtful, but maybe this could resolve the gps issue as well? Aside from this, I'm hoping another XDA member has suggestions/solution as it looks like hardware failure if you do not recall anything odd that caused the gps issues.
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Do you recall performing anything on your phone that may have messed with the gps? Do you restore system data at all with something like Titanium? My only other suggestion is to flash rmk40's gingerbread leak found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1087077
The reason I'm suggesting is due to the 3G drop issue that people have fixed by flashing this. I'm doubtful, but maybe this could resolve the gps issue as well? Aside from this, I'm hoping another XDA member has suggestions/solution as it looks like hardware failure if you do not recall anything odd that caused the gps issues.
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I do use Titanium to restore system data. I flashed from CM7 to MIUI and did a batch restore of EVERYTHING, and got a FC on android.process.acore. I reflashed MIUI and the FC problem was fixed, but GPS still did not work. After this I flashed back to OMFGB and even complete stock 2.2 with sense, still no GPS. I will try your suggestion above, however I'm doubting this is a hardware problem as my GPS worked fine before rooting my phone. I'm guessing I screwed up something to do with the software, I just don't know enough about the subject to make an educated guess about what I screwed up. Anyway, I'll try flashing that gingerbread leak and let you know. Thanks for all the help so far guys.
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Do you recall performing anything on your phone that may have messed with the gps? Do you restore system data at all with something like Titanium? My only other suggestion is to flash rmk40's gingerbread leak found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1087077
The reason I'm suggesting is due to the 3G drop issue that people have fixed by flashing this. I'm doubtful, but maybe this could resolve the gps issue as well? Aside from this, I'm hoping another XDA member has suggestions/solution as it looks like hardware failure if you do not recall anything odd that caused the gps issues.
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No luck. GPS still is not working.
Aight, well one thing is you are not supposed to backup/restore system data. Idk how deep it affects rom flashes but that is very likely the source of your gps issues. Have you flashed a rom without restoring anything and checking gps? With titanium you are supposed to backup user data. If you ask many dev's, they strongly discourage backing up system data.
1) flash a rom (step 2 is an option within Settings in gingerbread roms, idk about froyo roms)
2) if you want to completely start from scratch Cancel google restore by NOT signing into your google account upon initial setup. Go into Settings>Privacy and uncheck "Back up my settings" as well as "Automatic Restore."
3) sign into your google account and let it sync
4) test your gps
If you always restore system data through Titanium each time you flashed a rom PRIOR TO testing gps, this may have resulted in your problems.
I'd have to agree with slimsnoop, my first flash I made the mistake of restoring system data and everything went crazy wifi freaked, gps, repeated fc's. I'd try flashing then try gps, if its working then i'd restore apps one by one and see if any interfere with the gps. If that doesn't work then i'd go stock, master clear/factory reset and see how that goes make sure EVERYTHING important is backed up to your pc cause it will wipe it clean, if none of that works then i'd leave it stock and take it in for replacement or repair if possible.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Aight, well one thing is you are not supposed to backup/restore system data. Idk how deep it affects rom flashes but that is very likely the source of your gps issues. Have you flashed a rom without restoring anything and checking gps? With titanium you are supposed to backup user data. If you ask many dev's, they strongly discourage backing up system data.
1) flash a rom (step 2 is an option within Settings in gingerbread roms, idk about froyo roms)
2) if you want to completely start from scratch Cancel google restore by NOT signing into your google account upon initial setup. Go into Settings>Privacy and uncheck "Back up my settings" as well as "Automatic Restore."
3) sign into your google account and let it sync
4) test your gps
If you always restore system data through Titanium each time you flashed a rom PRIOR TO testing gps, this may have resulted in your problems.
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Tried that on Cyanogenmod just now, and I unchecked "backup my settings", however "automatic restore" was checked and greyed out, I couldn't do anything about that one. Also, I had to sign into my google account in order to download maps so I could test it. So if google sync is interfering with the GPS I'm not able to stop it from syncing on a custom rom. Thanks for the suggestion, though.
Jsmokey said:
I'd have to agree with slimsnoop, my first flash I made the mistake of restoring system data and everything went crazy wifi freaked, gps, repeated fc's. I'd try flashing then try gps, if its working then i'd restore apps one by one and see if any interfere with the gps. If that doesn't work then i'd go stock, master clear/factory reset and see how that goes make sure EVERYTHING important is backed up to your pc cause it will wipe it clean, if none of that works then i'd leave it stock and take it in for replacement or repair if possible.
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I've actually already tried a complete restore back to 2.2, as well as a factory reset once I"m already at stock configuration. I'll try that again tonight if I get a chance. Is there anything you can recommend when retsoring back to factory configuration? any hidden settings I'm missing that have something to do with the radio or GPS or wireless settings?
No the only settings I've found for gps is location for pics and stuff, besides a factory reset should of changed it all back anyways, i'd say its a hardware issue but seeing as two roms were working at one point and not now it kind of seems that maybe something isn't getting erased with factory reset thats catching you up, I'm not sure what the code is for yours but i'd try the actual master clear code. I read somewhere theres a difference between factory reset and master clear not sure if there really is though, and if you can find a secret code list there might be something where you can change the gps sat pool. When I get home tonight I'll do some digging and see if I can't find something to get this working for you
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When you install cyanogen, to test maps without signing in, download the gapps package from the cyanogen thread on this forum or on cyanogenmod forums
Sorry, can't provide links. On cell
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Cryous said:
When you install cyanogen, to test maps without signing in, download the gapps package from the cyanogen thread on this forum or on cyanogenmod forums
Sorry, can't provide links. On cell
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I do use the gapps package. It's also available on rom manager, however when you flash the gapps package it's basically multiple market links that take you to the apps of your choice so you can download the latest version. This requires you to sign into the market, which requires you to sign in to your google account =/
The only other solution I could think of is finding an .apk of the maps app, and doing that manually. I can't imagine that the google sign in is what is interfering with the GPS though. I'll try Jsmokey's suggestion and search for a master reset code, maybe that'll do the trick for me. If i'm flashing to the stock config the maps app is already included anyway. Thanks for the idea though.
Jsmokey said:
No the only settings I've found for gps is location for pics and stuff, besides a factory reset should of changed it all back anyways, i'd say its a hardware issue but seeing as two roms were working at one point and not now it kind of seems that maybe something isn't getting erased with factory reset thats catching you up, I'm not sure what the code is for yours but i'd try the actual master clear code. I read somewhere theres a difference between factory reset and master clear not sure if there really is though, and if you can find a secret code list there might be something where you can change the gps sat pool. When I get home tonight I'll do some digging and see if I can't find something to get this working for you
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No luck finding a "master clear code" on Google, but I did find that there is an option for factory reset in the hboot menu. Is this what you're referring to possibly? Also, is this different from the factory reset option in settings>storage while the phone is on?
UPDATE: Just called verizon, apparently they are out of stock of dinc's and are sending me a dinc 2! =D
Anyway, what steps can I take in the future to make sure I DON'T screw up my phone the next time in the first place (besides NOT restoring system data in Titanium)?
snoshreddax21 said:
No luck finding a "master clear code" on Google, but I did find that there is an option for factory reset in the hboot menu. Is this what you're referring to possibly? Also, is this different from the factory reset option in settings>storage while the phone is on?
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Yeah I wasn't sure if it had a master clear or not some phones do some don't, I can't remember if what you're talking about is different from regular factory reset or not its been a while since I played around with a droid inc. Glad to hear you're getting a replacement and an upgrade at that. Basically do searches for what you can back up and back up everything system related you possibly can, you can't be too prepared when disaster strikes.
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Sounds great. I'll probably do a nandroid backup at absolute stock and make sure it's working correctly. Thanks to everybody for all the help.
-snoshreddax21
Do you mean if you call them for a warranty replacement they will send you a dinc2?
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Glad to be of service! Hopefully things work out on the DInc2 for you.
As far as warranty replacements go, the availability of DInc vs. DInc 2 depends on what they have in stock in your area. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if more folks received DInc 2's as replacements.
I have an ATT Galaxy S3, running cyanogenmod 10.0 (10.0.0-datt), installed via clockworkmod recovery (ROM Manager). Everything works beautifully except that I can neither send nor receive text messages.
Now before you yell at me, yes, I checked the other threads, and I'm aware of the wiki entry over at cyanogenmod's site (can't post the URL on account of newness). I did try to update the SMSC number. I get update errors with the bare number and the PDU number. The only option that appears to work is to use the standard ATT smsc number in quotes. That doesn't yield an update error, but on refresh, I see "+13123149810",145 . I have no idea where the trailing comma and 145 come from. They just show up. Don't know if it means anything.
Anyway, I have also tried various combinations of removing the SIM/rebooting etc, though I have not yet tried a full reset. I have also checked the APN stuff, and it appears sound.
Here is another wrinkle. I did at one time run a CM nightly to 4.2, so I have that '0' directory on my SDCard. I haven't observed it to cause a problem otherwise, but...
So the symptom is that if I send a text, it appears to send but never arrives at the receiver's phone. If I send an MMS, it flat refuses to send, saying the service is not activated on the network, which is odd since I have an unlimited plan.
I'm now at a loss, but I don't want to go back to stock, or to do another full reset. Any ideas?
I've run cm10 for a bit it was whatever, but I've never run into these issues your having and I use cwm too. The only thing I can think of right now is maybe something to do with rom manager its just a crappy app its buggy and always gave me problems so I never ever use it! Try downloading it directly from cm and wipe everything and flash again
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I've run cm10 for a bit it was whatever, but I've never run into these issues your having and I use cwm too. The only thing I can think of right now is maybe something to do with rom manager its just a crappy app its buggy and always gave me problems so I never ever use it! Try downloading it directly from cm and wipe everything and flash again
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Well I tried the full deal again. I booted to CWM Recovery and did the wipe/reset, then loaded, respectively, CM10 and GApps. I did not load everything back on the phone or otherwise restore data. No themed Messenger. Still the same deal. Text messages go nowhere and I get 'service not activated on network' for MMS. No difference.
Do I need to get a new SIM? Would that help? Is there a way to debug what's happening when I try to send a text? I have ADB and the whole SDK and am reasonably comfortable at the command line. I just don't have the standard XDA tribal knowledge.
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Do I need to get a new SIM?
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No, that won't really do you any good, UNLESS your sim wasn't provided with the device when you got it.
I would say to ODIN back to Stock, and see if things change back to what they should be. While in stock go ahead and remove that pesky folder you found.
Again see if that changes things.
If things have returned to normal, make your nandroid and then reflash the ROM you were using and see if things are still the same or if you have the ability to send again. If still the same then it's an issue with the ROM, probably in the APN.
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No, that won't really do you any good, UNLESS your sim wasn't provided with the device when you got it.
I would say to ODIN back to Stock, and see if things change back to what they should be. While in stock go ahead and remove that pesky folder you found.
Again see if that changes things.
If things have returned to normal, make your nandroid and then reflash the ROM you were using and see if things are still the same or if you have the ability to send again. If still the same then it's an issue with the ROM, probably in the APN.
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I think I'd have tried ODIN by now, thinking along the same lines, except that I don't have any Windows machines in the house, or any immediate access. I have VMWare, but don't trust that where flashing is concerned. I've been trying to figure out if I could use Heimdall, but that looks like a non-starter at the moment. Maybe I'll have to see if I can borrow someone's Windows computer... And just when I thought I was rid of it.