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[Q] Can't connect to Wimax

OK, I know there are other threads about this, but when I read them I feel like it's for people that messed up other things that they shouldn't have, and I don't believe I'm in that group. Let's start with some basics:
- I have never used a NANDROID backup that wasn't from my own phone
- I ran grep RSA /dev/mtd/mtd0 and I still have my keys
- The only radio I've ever flashed was from Cyanogen based on the instructions from his wiki, and I don't think that messes anything up
I've tried flashing Fresh and Warm ROMs from both Clockwork and Amon, and I've tried both more than once, just in case there was an error. I turn 4G on and it says it's scanning, but nothing connects. I happen to know that I'm about 3 blocks from a Wimax tower, so there's no way I wouldn't be getting a signal. I've read through several other pages that people refer to but none of them seem to apply. It's always for people who don't have keys or who are having problems different from my own.
I apologize in advance if I missed something, and I know I could probably read all night, but I would really appreciate if someone could tell me what I can try to get my 4G radio working again.
Thanks!
UPDATE: OK, I was ready to go back to stock in utter desperation to see if something would fix itself, but I FINALLY got it to work. Here are the steps to follow if anyone else encounters this problem...
1) Make sure 4G is off
2) Open Root Explorer and go into /data/misc/wimax and rename the field there (xxxxxxxxxx.tree.xml where the xxx... is your 4G MAC address) to add .old at the end
3) Go into Settings -> System Updates -> Update profile
4) When that is complete, reset the phone (this may not be necessary, but... why not?)
5) Now turn on 4G and it should recreate the .xml file and be running smoothly
I had heard the tip about deleting the XML file, but nobody told me about updating the profile or anything along with that step. Hope this helps.
UPDATE 2: Now it's not working again. It was just sitting there, working fine one minute, and now it doesn't work again.

FYI, I also have checked to see that my MAC address is correct, and I recreated my tree.xml file. My MAC address is just fine, but still no connectivity. My coworker with an EVO right next to me gets 4G here, so I know I should have a signal.

I just updated my profile (can't believe I didn't think of that before), but that didn't work either. I can't find anything that is in error to fix!!!

WrlsFanatic said:
- The only radio I've ever flashed was from Cyanogen based on the instructions from his wiki, and I don't think that messes anything up
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What radio did you flash? And not sure if it has anything to do with wimax. Did you try to reflash the stock radio 2.15?

wrapkgb said:
What radio did you flash? And not sure if it has anything to do with wimax. Did you try to reflash the stock radio 2.15?
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EDIT: Nevermind... it worked for a bit, I even used some data across that network, and now it's borked again.
I flashed the radio that is on this page, but on second view, I think that's just to upgrade people that were on a lower version of the radio. GRRR!!!! Should I try reflashing the stock radio? Would that help?

I keep getting it to turn back on by mixtures of deleting that .xml file and resetting my profile, but it absolutely will not stay. Any ideas?

I am experiencing this issue and have been searching for a week trying to find a solution if you guys found one or if anyone knows of one please please please let me know!!

What am I missing?!?!
Hopefully someone can help me here. My problem is I cannot connect to wimax. So I tried to check to see what wimax version I have so I tried using Android Terminal Emulator as someone else posted. Well I did and it turns out that I am missing something...not sure what though. Here is a screen shot of the Emulator.
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Can someone please point me to the right direction. PLEASE!
BTW...if it matters
rom: Myn's Warm 2.2 RLS5
kernel: 2.6.32.15-netarchy-toastmod-4.1.9.1-cfs [email protected] #7
pri: 1.90_003
prl: 60677

Which custom rom?which kernel? Which radio? Help me please .....

Guys please help me out so I can use my 4g and have a custom rom......I having trouble with my evo 4g ......
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this makes no sense.... how can we help you if you tell us nothing of your problem?

Sorry about that ....my 4g is not working at all......and running Vaelpak 3.0 remastered...
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hmmmm.im running Vaelpak 3.0.1 with Netarchy 4.3.2 kernel and everything is fine. You might want to join his forum at Vaelek.com and see if you can figure out your issue.
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Have you checked to see if your rsa keys are still there?

_MetalHead_ said:
Have you checked to see if your rsa keys are still there?
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How do I find out if my rsa keys are there ??
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First of all, if you rooted your phone(seeing as you have vaelpak i assume you did) how could you not pick up a few things along the way??
Secondly, there are literally hundreds of stickies, posts and other forms of information on XDA. i know, sometimes it's faster to ask a question, but this question is something that REALLY should be researched first.

SilverStone641 said:
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I laughed.
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Wimax Checker
Dude go to the market and download wimax checker and make sure you have your rsa keys still and you didnt bork them some how. Also try out myns rls 5 its sick and you can do so many different mods to it.

slickrick54 said:
Dude go to the market and download wimax checker and make sure you have your rsa keys still and you didnt bork them some how. Also try out myns rls 5 its sick and you can do so many different mods to it.
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Ok I downloaded the wiimax checker and it said I still have my rsa keys ...but still no 4g
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if you have the keys then your fine. download clockwork app from appmarket and then have it install alternate ra recovery then boot to bootloader (vol down+power) and do nandroid backup and make sure you check the wimax box. now your keys are backed up. then try going to an earlier nandroid backup assuming you made one and see if 4g works. if its still not working use the search function for the fix your wimax thread and follow the directions there

Are you sure 4G is available where you're at? (not intending to be a [email protected])

glaex said:
if you have the keys then your fine. download clockwork app from appmarket and then have it install alternate ra recovery then boot to bootloader (vol down+power) and do nandroid backup and make sure you check the wimax box. now your keys are backed up. then try going to an earlier nandroid backup assuming you made one and see if 4g works. if its still not working use the search function for the fix your wimax thread and follow the directions there
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And how do I do nandroid back up ? Sorry.....
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jmt1980 said:
Are you sure 4G is available where you're at? (not intending to be a [email protected])
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Yes I'm sure
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Did you root the phone yourself or did some one else do it for you? I'm only asking because if you did it yourself using one of the many guides found all over the internet or youtube, you should know the answers to most of these questions already. I am by no means and expert but I did root it myself last Thursday and have loaded a couple different roms and kernels. My advise to you is read, read, read. If you're still not sure, read again. Its really not tjat hard. Good luck with your 4G though...

BigPapaBang said:
Did you root the phone yourself or did some one else do it for you? I'm only asking because if you did it yourself using one of the many guides found all over the internet or youtube, you should know the answers to most of these questions already. I am by no means and expert but I did root it myself last Thursday and have loaded a couple different roms and kernels. My advise to you is read, read, read. If you're still not sure, read again. Its really not tjat hard. Good luck with your 4G though...
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Yes I rooted it myself .....lol
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And how can I turn off my nand ? And I'm sorry for asking newb questions ....but I thank you guys very much for the feed back....
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BigPapaBang well said. I bought my Evo back in November, but I didn't root the thing until a couple of weeks ago. I wanted to make sure I understood enough to do things right. Even now I still tread carefully. I decide on what I want to do, read and read some more, and then formulate a plan on how I'm going to proceed.
My advice to the OP, please stop and read some more.

First, make a nandroid backup. Then, back-up all your apps/data using titanium backup and just wipe everything (data, cache, etc..) and reflash the rom. if 4g works, restore all your apps and data and you should be good to go. if not, then try flashing another rom. i'd recommend mikfroyo, fresh, or myns if you want a sense rom, and cyanogen 7 wimax if you want an AOSP rom. if your 4g STILL isn't working after that, then make sure your area actually has 4g coverage (use a friends phone or something, just because the sprint site says your city has 4g doesn't mean the area you're in definitely has it). if that doesn't work, then you have a problem.

Download wimax checker from the market. Its a free app and it will check and see if your wimax keys are still intact.

[Q] concerning the recently leaked radios

I just saw that the official gb rom for the evo was leaked with some radios, im currently running cm7 and am curious as if updating my radios to the new ones would be safe and possibly produce better signal?
radios and leak information can be found here(XDA):
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/evo-gingerbread-official-rom-leaked/
I have not tested it but if someone could tell me how to flash a radio i wont mind testing it myself

dxjay said:
I just saw that the official gb rom for the evo was leaked with some radios, im currently running cm7 and am curious as if updating my radios to the new ones would be safe and possibly produce better signal?
radios and leak information can be found here(XDA):
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/evo-gingerbread-official-rom-leaked/
I have not tested it but if someone could tell me how to flash a radio i wont mind testing it myself
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Search in the thread for.the leaked gingerbread rom. There is a flashsble zip somewhere in there. Just flash it in recovery, and expect to see some different screens while.it flashes, so don't panic and pull battery. I flashed the radio image last night, and haven't noticed any improvement.
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k2buckley said:
Search in the thread for.the leaked gingerbread rom. There is a flashsble zip somewhere in there. Just flash it in recovery, and expect to see some different screens while.it flashes, so don't panic and pull battery. I flashed the radio image last night, and haven't noticed any improvement.
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So the zip file that includes the entire rom does not include the radio? Do you have any idea on what page the radios are? I was trying to keep up with the thread yesterday but it was moving fast as hell....by the time I got to work this morning, it had well over 100 pages.
Edit: I'm downloading TMartin's rooted rom now to try it, but the mirrors are slow. I don't know what's inside the rom yet.
Have you tried this radio with the 1.90 PRI? I see you still have the 1.77 PRI in your set up.

rugedraw said:
So the zip file that includes the entire rom does not include the radio? Do you have any idea on what page the radios are? I was trying to keep up with the thread yesterday but it was moving fast as hell....by the time I got to work this morning, it had well over 100 pages.
Have you tried this radio with the 1.90 PRI? I see you still have the 1.77 PRI in your set up.
Edit: I'm downloading TMartin's rooted rom now to try it, but the mirrors are slow. I don't know what's inside the rom yet.
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The radios are not in Tmartins rom. I think it was around page 50 - 54 that Barnacles posted the radio.img, which needs to be flashed in fastboot. then shortly after his post, someone posted the flashable zip. And you wont have any issues being on PRI 1.90, other people posted screens with that setup.
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Thank you much. I'll dig through the thread around page 50 now.

rugedraw said:
Thank you much. I'll dig through the thread around page 50 now.
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You're welcome, good luck.
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I flashed the new radio last night on CM7. It didn't break anything but I also saw no speed or signal improvement. From what I have read in the post it is just a 3g update but my 3g didn't seem any better at all. I ended up flashing back to the radio I had before, 2.15.00.11.19.

xhaui said:
I flashed the new radio last night on CM7. It didn't break anything but I also saw no speed or signal improvement. From what I have read in the post it is just a 3g update but my 3g didn't seem any better at all. I ended up flashing back to the radio I had before, 2.15.00.11.19.
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i see i have ****ty 3g coverage and speeds in my area so im going to give this a shot and did you do anything prior or after flashing the radio or you just booted to recovery and flashed

dxjay said:
i see i have ****ty 3g coverage and speeds in my area so im going to give this a shot and did you do anything prior or after flashing the radio or you just booted to recovery and flashed
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All you have to do is backup your current rom, wipe cache and dalvik, then flash.

[Q] Sprint Epic 4G Touch (NY,USA) Baseband

My rooting went horribly wrong.
I admit, I rushed it, was sleep deprived, and inpatient.
Right now, my phone looks very much like stock BUT
My issue is: I have no provider set on my phone. In other words, its as if my phone is unable to connect to Sprint's network.
"About phone" screenshot below:
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When I try to update the PRL from system updates, below is the result...
I used some combination of the following files:
SuperOneClickv2.1.1-ShortFuse
S2Root_1.4.3_Release
Litening_Rom_v6-1.rar
acs-eb30-clockwork-epic-touch-4g-sep-20-4-00-pm.tar
EG30-Stock-OdexV2.zip
Stock-EG30.tar
Also tried calling sprint customer support...no help
At this point, what would be the fastest way to get my phone into a state in which it is once again recognized by Sprint

I don't think a prl update will populate the baseband version.
Have you tried starting over by flashing Stock-EG30.tar ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282420 ) and then doing a factory reset?
After that, update both your profile and prl.
By the way...
some of the files you listed appear to be for the i9100. Despite the similar naming convention, the Epic Touch (D710) is different from the i9100 and cannot directly re-use i9100 roms, kernels, etc.

which rom should i be using?

Huge Torque said:
which rom should i be using?
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the one he linked to

tried it, same issue.
Also, I did try the instructions located here:
http://www.inspiredgeek.com/2011/04...ing-xwkdd-insecure-kernel-with-superoneclick/
prior to doing the suggested procedure as above

Huge Torque said:
tried it, same issue.
Also, I did try the instructions located here:
http://www.inspiredgeek.com/2011/04...ing-xwkdd-insecure-kernel-with-superoneclick/
prior to doing the suggested procedure as above
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Um, you realize that the superclick instructions you followed are intended for international SGS2 users, not Epic Touch?

oops. still, one of u guys must be able to figure this out. I've been working on it a lot, first day with the droid, was trying to root my GF's phone and I pooped her new toy. I was all confident cause I knew how to JB iphones. I've got a sprint ticket to get it fixed.
By the way, in doing so I obtained my MSL...

I'm thinking you hosed your modem. The first three things you mentioned in the list you tried are, as was pointed out, for the International version. By flashing these you've put the wrong radio into your phone.
This thread has a link to a modem.bin download.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17617227
Search the Dev thread (sorry, on my phone so I can't come up with the link) on how to flash it. Once you do that, flash "stock kernel pulled from unrooted phone" (you'll see a link to it in the thread I just gave you). Then I think you'll be ok.
And, even though it's the same basic phone, ONLY flash stuff you find in this forum.
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Why are all these people flashing things from another phone? Thyself like the first rule of flashing. Flash the eg30 tar and then the eg30 modem.bin for your baseband. Thy should fix it. Good luck.
Sent From My Evo Killer!!!

Vegasden said:
I'm thinking you hosed your modem. The first three things you mentioned in the list you tried are, as was pointed out, for the International version. By flashing these you've put the wrong radio into your phone.
This thread has a link to a modem.bin download.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17617227
Search the Dev thread (sorry, on my phone so I can't come up with the link) on how to flash it. Once you do that, flash "stock kernel pulled from unrooted phone" (you'll see a link to it in the thread I just gave you). Then I think you'll be ok.
And, even though it's the same basic phone, ONLY flash stuff you find in this forum.
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Thank you kindly! Everything works
I used Odin to send over the modem.bin

Note to self: Do NOT flash my Epic 4G Touch using international versions of firmware...

[Q] 3G stopped working

So a couple days I was playing around with Titanium Backup Pro, and cleared a bunch of caches and stuff that it said it didn't need. It screwed things up and so I just restored everything and it worked fine again. I didn't realize right away though that my 3g was broken since I have wifi nearly everywhere I go, but it won't activate. I know it's not the towers since my wife's GS3 is still connected just fine.
The only time the 3g will activate is when I go and tell the phone to 'update profile'. It will show the 3g icon for a few seconds, then it will disappear again and everything will say there isn't an internet connection.
Help!
I'm using FreeGS3 v3 if it matters.

aclays said:
So a couple days I was playing around with Titanium Backup Pro, and cleared a bunch of caches and stuff that it said it didn't need. It screwed things up and so I just restored everything and it worked fine again. I didn't realize right away though that my 3g was broken since I have wifi nearly everywhere I go, but it won't activate. I know it's not the towers since my wife's GS3 is still connected just fine.
The only time the 3g will activate is when I go and tell the phone to 'update profile'. It will show the 3g icon for a few seconds, then it will disappear again and everything will say there isn't an internet connection.
Help!
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Hey aclays,
A couple of quick questions just so I can narrow down how to help you:
What is your current Rom? Your Profile says you're running FreeGS3.
What modem are you on?
Are you on Sprint or Ting? (I saw some stuff about Ting in your post history)
What recovery are you running?
I'd say you can try flashing the latest modem/firmware (see Freez'a Thread for them) to see if that updates it. Or you can try to reflash your current Rom (after clearing cache and dalvik) to see if you can get it back that way.
Worse-comes-to-worst, you can wipe system, data, and the caches and reinstall your Rom. That'd be a last-chance scenario, in my opinion.

I'd say to connect to Wi-Fi somewhere and force hands free activation
##72786# in the dialer

topherk said:
Hey aclays,
A couple of quick questions just so I can narrow down how to help you:
What is your current Rom? Your Profile says you're running FreeGS3.
What modem are you on?
Are you on Sprint or Ting? (I saw some stuff about Ting in your post history)
What recovery are you running?
I'd say you can try flashing the latest modem/firmware (see Freez'a Thread for them) to see if that updates it. Or you can try to reflash your current Rom (after clearing cache and dalvik) to see if you can get it back that way.
Worse-comes-to-worst, you can wipe system, data, and the caches and reinstall your Rom. That'd be a last-chance scenario, in my opinion.
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1. FreeGS3
2. I'm not sure =X I looked for the names of all the possible modems that are installed with FreeGS3 and can't find any of them in the phone info.
3. Sprint
4. CWM 5.5
I'm reflashing it right now on your recommendation, so I'll find out in a few minutes if that worked. Doh, forgot to clear the cache and davlik first though. Might have to reflash it a second time.

aclays said:
1. FreeGS3
2. I'm not sure =X I looked for the names of all the possible modems that are installed with FreeGS3 and can't find any of them in the phone info.
3. Sprint
4. CWM 5.5
I'm reflashing it right now on your recommendation, so I'll find out in a few minutes if that worked. Doh, forgot to clear the cache and davlik first though. Might have to reflash it a second time.
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Hope that works for you.
The modems are typically not installed with the Rom. If you go into your Settings, then "About Device" you can see which Baseband (modem) you're on. In my friend's screenshot below, you can see his baseband is "MB1." You technically don't have to update your modems, some people have reported that older modems work better in their area. I prefer to have the latest, but that's up for debate.
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topherk said:
Hope that works for you.
The modems are typically not installed with the Rom. If you go into your Settings, then "About Device" you can see which Baseband (modem) you're on. In my friend's screenshot below, you can see his baseband is "MB1." You technically don't have to update your modems, some people have reported that older modems work better in their area. I prefer to have the latest, but that's up for debate.
http://i.imgur.com/5R5kzpz.png[/IMG[/QUOTE]
Looks like I'm using L710VPBLJ7, I've never even thought of updating it to be honest. I might have to give it a shot to see if it improves anything in my area.
I did the force hands free activation bit and it seems to have fixed the problem! Though now I'm going to have to find that guide to remove the system update nag again.
Anyways, thanks folks!
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aclays said:
Looks like I'm using L710VPBLJ7, I've never even thought of updating it to be honest. I might have to give it a shot to see if it improves anything in my area.
I did the force hands free activation bit and it seems to have fixed the problem! Though now I'm going to have to find that guide to remove the system update nag again.
Anyways, thanks folks!
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You mean....the one in my sig?
I need to update it though....wherever it tells you to change the version to "MB1", change it to "MD4" instead because that's the latest

CNexus said:
You mean....the one in my sig?
I need to update it though....wherever it tells you to change the version to "MB1", change it to "MD4" instead because that's the latest
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Oh zing, thanks for saving me the trouble yet again!