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So I wanted to try out different kernels yesterday. I'm rooted using the Stock ROM.
My phone was already running netanarchy's 4.1.9.1 with no problems, but I wanted to try out King's kernel BFS #8 as well as #6. I did a cache and dalvik wipe prior to each flash. In the end, I deemed that I personally like netanarchy's kernels more, so I switched back to 4.1.9.1.
However, now my 4G keeps turning on and off. This is causing my phone to significantly lag in intervals correlating with the on and off of the 4G toggle. Is it possible that flashing different kernels somehow borked my wimax radio?
Any help is much appreciated.
Is it anything like I described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8052344
I'm having this issue and I never even rooted my phone. Note my latest reply that I did a hard reset on one of the evo's and now the 4g radio hangs on "turning on..." when I try to turn it on. Still seeing that now. Considering doing the unrevoked 3.2 to root it and try to fix it since sprint is clueless on the issue.
Yea, it is similar to your issue. I found your thread after I posted mine. I tried updating to the latest Wimax update found on XDA and that helped somewhat.
My 4G stays on, scans, and says connecting to Sprint network. However, it never successfully connects. I now believe I have the dreaded MAC address problem and am now trying to fix it.
I can't even see my 4G MAC address because I can't get the 4G radio to turn on. How else can I check whether my keys are screwed up (without being rooted)?
try dialing ##3282# and select view mode. Go to WiMax and look under NIA. That should have the MAC address.
If it does not match what is listed on your box, then your MAC addresses do not match.
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I can't even see my 4G MAC address because I can't get the 4G radio to turn on. How else can I check whether my keys are screwed up (without being rooted)?
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You gotta be rooted to do that. As for your keys getting hammered, the key issue arises on rooted phones after a bad flash, or corrupted radio file. More than likely your keys are fine. Let me ask you this, have you previously have 4G working, and it just stopped working? Or you now just tried to use it, and it's not working?
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You gotta be rooted to do that. As for your keys getting hammered, the key issue arises on rooted phones after a bad flash, or corrupted radio file. More than likely your keys are fine. Let me ask you this, have you previously have 4G working, and it just stopped working? Or you now just tried to use it, and it's not working?
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Yes, it used to work. I picked up signal around the boston area a month or two ago (before boston officially had 4g). I can't remember whether I used 4g successfully after the 2.2 upgrade. I was part of the group that did the .3 leaked 2.2 update and then took the .3 to .6 update OTA. I have never rooted this phone.
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try dialing ##3282# and select view mode. Go to WiMax and look under NIA. That should have the MAC address.
If it does not match what is listed on your box, then your MAC addresses do not match.
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There is no WiMax option when I do this. I think the WiMax radio needs to be switched on to see this. But I can't get the radio to turn on.
I've been using alogcat to try to debug the issue. I see this error come up about 90 seconds after trying to enable 4G (this is the same time the "turning on..." changes to "Unable to start 4g"):
E/WimaxStateTracker( 104): Failed to load Wimax driver -=>wl.release
I haven't been able to find any information about what this might mean.
same problem here; ever since running unrevoked 3 the other day, my evo 4g keeps turning 4G on and off by itself, and, wont let me stop it from doing that..
its killing my battery with its constant searching, and I cant find any sort of "tweak" that will allow me to just shut it off or leave it on; the widgets dont do it, so I cant figure out how to stop it..
was working fine before this..
On stock 2.2 froyo, stock kernel...
any ideas?
thanks!
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Yes, it used to work. I picked up signal around the boston area a month or two ago (before boston officially had 4g). I can't remember whether I used 4g successfully after the 2.2 upgrade. I was part of the group that did the .3 leaked 2.2 update and then took the .3 to .6 update OTA. I have never rooted this phone.
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Ok you may have hammered your 4G then. I've heard of a couple of people who took the leaked update, and fouled up their 4G. I would suggest you backup your stuff then run the latest RUU to see if that clears things up with the wimax driver not loading. If not take the phone to Sprint.
wase4711 said:
same problem here; ever since running unrevoked 3 the other day, my evo 4g keeps turning 4G on and off by itself, and, wont let me stop it from doing that..
its killing my battery with its constant searching, and I cant find any sort of "tweak" that will allow me to just shut it off or leave it on; the widgets dont do it, so I cant figure out how to stop it..
was working fine before this..
On stock 2.2 froyo, stock kernel...
any ideas?
thanks!
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i read the thread you started about this issue. you mentioned you were having trouble breaking the on/off loop but then mentioned your wife somehow was able to do it. while in the on/off loop, did you find that the the radio was actually spending any time "scanning" after it turned on? on one of my evos, the phone would switch from on to off and back to on so quickly, the button was always grayed out in the wireless menu so i could never interrupt it. on my other evo, it would spend a little time scanning ( a second or 2), which was enough time to press the button so the 4g would turn off for good and break the on/off loop. a hard reset fixed the phone with the unbreakable loop (4g now works). a hard reset caused the other phone to change so that 4g just hangs at "turning on..." when i try to toggle it on.
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Ok you may have hammered your 4G then. I've heard of a couple of people who took the leaked update, and fouled up their 4G. I would suggest you backup your stuff then run the latest RUU to see if that clears things up with the wimax driver not loading. If not take the phone to Sprint.
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By running the latest RUU, do you mean perform the latest OTA sprint update (the .6) by putting in on my SD card and doing the volume down/power button trick? Is this safe if I already have the update applied? I was considering doing this but wasn't sure if it would be safe to do.
So idk what exactly is going on but last night I tried turning on my 4g and when it actually turned on it immediately turned back off...then I tried rebooting the phone and seeing if that helped but the same thing...then I tried doing a little research and I come to find that people have been losing their RSA keys and breaking their 4g...so I ran android ask and checked my wimax via adb and everything seemed as though it was there landing the right place (no errors) but I still have no 4g...now if I'm not mistaken I upgraded a few radios, including baseband and wimax, and I heard there have been connection issues with flashing those as well, but not "broken" 4g...so I'm just looking for a little direction I guess...I'm running Myn's warm rls4 rom and using netarchy 4.1.9.1 kernel (if the even matters) and when I go to check my 4g MAC address it says unavailable...can anyone point me in the right direction...I don't use 4g a lot cus I'm just outside of a 4g area but still, its the EVO "4G" and I would like to make sure it stays that way...if you know what I mean ;-)...any help is appreciated
Sent from my Warm EVO
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So idk what exactly is going on but last night I tried turning on my 4g and when it actually turned on it immediately turned back off...then I tried rebooting the phone and seeing if that helped but the same thing...then I tried doing a little research and I come to find that people have been losing their RSA keys and breaking their 4g...so I ran android ask and checked my wimax via adb and everything seemed as though it was there landing the right place (no errors) but I still have no 4g...now if I'm not mistaken I upgraded a few radios, including baseband and wimax, and I heard there have been connection issues with flashing those as well, but not "broken" 4g...so I'm just looking for a little direction I guess...I'm running Myn's warm rls4 rom and using netarchy 4.1.9.1 kernel (if the even matters) and when I go to check my 4g MAC address it says unavailable...can anyone point me in the right direction...I don't use 4g a lot cus I'm just outside of a 4g area but still, its the EVO "4G" and I would like to make sure it stays that way...if you know what I mean ;-)...any help is appreciated
Sent from my Warm EVO
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I am in Georgia and 4g has been down for like 2 days.. maybe there are implementing something or upgrading.. Sprint rep said it should be back up by tomorrow here where I live...
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To check your 4G MAC address, you need to first have your 4G radio on.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9663192#post9663192
Read that to check your RSA keys and troubleshoot whether or not you have hosed your keys. If you lost your RSA keys, then there is no way ATM to get it back short of returning your phone for a replacement.
Did you update your profile after flashing the new radios?
sekigah84 said:
To check your 4G MAC address, you need to first have your 4G radio on.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9663192#post9663192
Read that to check your RSA keys and troubleshoot whether or not you have hosed your keys. If you lost your RSA keys, then there is no way ATM to get it back short of returning your phone for a replacement.
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that was the thread i found to help me check and see if my RSA keys were missing but they aren't...the problem i'm having is that my 4G is turning on but once it's on it immediately turns itself off...and i've tried this several times in a known 4G coverage area
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Did you update your profile after flashing the new radios?
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yea i always update my PRL and my Profile after flashing new radios but still same thing...i only just now found out there was a problem tho cus i don't use it too often and when i went to use it, it wouldn't stay on and scan for a signal.
sorry btw for the late reply
EDIT: would going back to a different WiMax radio version help? i would try it without asking but i'm afraid to ACTUALLY lose my RSA keys so yea.
I'm having the same exact issue...any updates?
I'm in the same boat. I had to take my day 1 EVO (hardware 0002) to a Sprint store on Christmas Eve as I dropped it flat on its face and shattered the screen last week. Although I figured it wouldn't be an issue, rather than risk a small chance that they wouldn't repair under the TEP and $500, I went ahead and unrooted and returned to S-ON and loaded the new stock RUU.
So that moved me from HBOOT .97 to the new 2.10 - I then used the handy root guide for 2.10 and was able to re-root and S-Off without any problem, but my 4G would not connect (it comes on, shows scanning, but won't connect). It did connect a couple of times, but then dropped and have not been able to reconnect at all. Wife has an Epic so know a strong 4G signal is working at home.
I've tried the tree.xml trick and also checked to make sure I still have RSA keys which I do (even backed them up after checking again today). I've reflashed the latest radios, updated profile and PRL numerous times. Nothing working. 4G worked perfectly before I unrooted, and after I unrooted (with stock RUU). It was only after re-rooting with the 2.10 thread that this happened. I have not flashed any recovery other than the modified Amon-Ra since the Hboot update.
Wondering if anyone has unrooted, then re-rooted and been able to reconnect to 4G. I may give it a try - just didn't want to go through the trouble again if it doesn't work.
Just an update if anyone else is having trouble with 4G. I had previously used Myn's rom and stock, but since Myn's wasn't updated for the new radios yet I just flashed the sprint lovers Rom in zikronix's 2.10 thread, then tried out Azreal 3.0 (which I really like) - it was in both those ROMs that 4G would not work for me.
I just flashed back to deodexed stock rooted zip of 3.70.651.1 and 4G works again!
I recently rooted my Evo and put CM7 nightly 12 on it. All was well, I even installed the Savaged Zen kernel. Even better. Just yesterday I updated to CM7 RC2 to give it a shot. Today I went to work and had to drive to a remote area where I don't get service, so I put my Evo in airplane mode to save battery life. (this was after having it overheat while charging, could be a hardware issue) At the end of the day I turned the 3G radio back on and nothing... It connects and disconnects to the tower. It will not send data and it will not place phone calls on the 3G connection (WiFi works). I did a restore back to nightly 12 to see if maybe it was a problem with the OS. Nothing. A few hours ago it began functioning again, but after checking it a few minutes ago I have discovered it is back to no connection. (the signal bars bounce between nothing and full, but never shows the X for no signal) Has anyone else had an issue like this? Should I restore back to sense and unroot to take advantage of my warranty? If this has already been posted before please direct me to the right thread.
I'm having the same problem. I installed Cyanogen RC 2 and had no problem since it came out. I went on vacation to a beach, and during my trip I switched it on to airplane mode since I was in a remote location. After turning it back on, I noticed I can't get the Data Connection to work. The 3g bar doesn't even show up, and after messing with the settings trying to fix the problem I managed to do nothing. I tried using a backup I made from a week past, and encountered the same problem. Then I flashed the newest nightly and still no Data whatsoever. Wifi works fine, and 4g is acting weird but I got it to work a few times. Does this have something to do with sprint?
I think it is the same as the 4G 3G hang. I typically get it while tethering and the phone is normaly quite warm.
So I managed to fix the problem. I ended up flashing Koni's Elite Rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941055
I got an error that said "Error 67 registration failure"
I updated my profile and it was automatically fixed. I'm not aware you can do this on cyanogen stock rom, but I think you can dial a number that will do this for you.
After getting the 3g to work again, I flashed back to the stock cyanogen, and it is still working. So for now im good to go.
I do think is sprint and not the rom because I did a restore to warm z and was still having the same problems. Also my brother's evo was doing the same thing and he doesnt have cm7 on it.
I figured it was something to do with the profile... I restored all the way back to sense and attempted to update profile, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything. I will try that ROM and see if it does anything. Why can't they just make this easy and allow updating of vital software that allows the radios to work on WiFi or from SDcard? This is dumb.
I tried that ROM and nothing works. Not really sure what to do. I might have to restore to Sense and unroot to take it back... I really want to avoid that if at all possible.
Unrooted my phone and getting a free replacement from Sprint. Still unsure of the problem, seems to work randomly.
jmoh said:
So I managed to fix the problem. I ended up flashing Koni's Elite Rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941055
I got an error that said "Error 67 registration failure"
I updated my profile and it was automatically fixed. I'm not aware you can do this on cyanogen stock rom, but I think you can dial a number that will do this for you.
After getting the 3g to work again, I flashed back to the stock cyanogen, and it is still working. So for now im good to go.
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I also have the same problem. No 3g data, gps, and 4g is acting weird.
I also had the same registration error number 67. My question is, how do you update your profile?
so i thought i did the right thing...to start from the top...my old evo broke...got a new evo...didnt update the prl...rooted/flashed a new rom and boom...my internet blows...its stuck on 1x...so..i flashed a sense rom...updated the prl...now im missing something because when i go back to the roms i wanna use...its still stuck on 1x...what am i doing wrong?
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so i thought i did the right thing...to start from the top...my old evo broke...got a new evo...didnt update the prl...rooted/flashed a new rom and boom...my internet blows...its stuck on 1x...so..i flashed a sense rom...updated the prl...now im missing something because when i go back to the roms i wanna use...its still stuck on 1x...what am i doing wrong?
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You're most likely not doing anything wrong. I assume you're using an AOSP rom. Aosp roms show your true signal, if you're on 3g or 1x. Sense roms show 3g all the time, even if you're on 1x. Sense lies to you. Aosp shows the truth. Although there is now a mod that allows you to see true signal on Sense as well now.
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phillyzxp said:
so i thought i did the right thing...to start from the top...my old evo broke...got a new evo...didnt update the prl...rooted/flashed a new rom and boom...my internet blows...its stuck on 1x...so..i flashed a sense rom...updated the prl...now im missing something because when i go back to the roms i wanna use...its still stuck on 1x...what am i doing wrong?
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A PRL is a "preferred roaming list" and has nothing to do with data speeds unless you're talking about data speeds when you're roaming. Do you mean that you are getting no 3G coverage at all?
phillyzxp said:
so i thought i did the right thing...to start from the top...my old evo broke...got a new evo...didnt update the prl...rooted/flashed a new rom and boom...my internet blows...its stuck on 1x...so..i flashed a sense rom...updated the prl...now im missing something because when i go back to the roms i wanna use...its still stuck on 1x...what am i doing wrong?
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Are you sure you are getting 3g at all? Sense doesnt tell you when you are on 1x unless you grab an app for that. Are the 1x culprits all aosp and you are just under the impression you are getting 3g on sense when in all reality you are not? Run a few speedtest.net tests and let us know what your speeds are on both on both. I doubt your speed changed.
hmmm...interesting....well im running MIUI...but its weird...because i used to get good signal...i wonder if maybe this is tying in too all the problems it seems a lot of people are having...im gonna run the speed test right now and see
signal and speed arent necessary related, though i believe aosp does calculate that into theirs. On sense it is (almost?) always separate. Anyhow I have only seen a few phones get "stuck" internally at 1x, no worries that would also be fixable.
You may just be having tower issues, thank sprint for that. Another good question is do you get 3g on a diff tower? drive out of the range of your current tower and see what ya get.
yea im gettin a steady 1x from home all the way to work which is about 15 miles away...
my first test:
Ping: 558ms Dl:125 Ul:148
second test:
ping: 807ms Dl: 126 Ul: 140
3rd:
ping: 786ms dl: 126 ul: 143
im not too knowledgable about this stuff....but i feel like the numbers are good right?
No, those are def 1x speeds. Sprint average is 540k. Being that you have used multiple towers i would assume its the phone. Grab easy settings from triforce, luke and see what the settings are. If you cant get back to 3g you may want to grab the 2g/3g toggle from triforce, luke for a buck and set it to hybrid or evdo only and see if that works. Its the only thing that helped me once.
I tried profile restores, other prls, everything. Have you tried any other prls? I wouldnt suggest a profile restore because you dont have 3g and it needs that to provision.
Have you gone into ##3282# (sense rom), and cleared your profile data (top item, then menu IIRC). This will cause the phone to reboot, and do an OTA activation on the subsequent boot.
Have you messed with your 3g settings - meaning, is the device being forced into cdma mode only??
Which rom did you specifically flash?
And I guess most importantly, before you did anything, did you ensure 3g/4g work with the phone in its stock state?
gpz1100 said:
Have you gone into ##3282# (sense rom), and cleared your profile data (top item, then menu IIRC). This will cause the phone to reboot, and do an OTA activation on the subsequent boot.
Have you messed with your 3g settings - meaning, is the device being forced into cdma mode only??
Which rom did you specifically flash?
And I guess most importantly, before you did anything, did you ensure 3g/4g work with the phone in its stock state?
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I had this same issues awhile back and the quoted text is what worked for me.
you can try a profile restore but it may not activate well without 3g. Sprint told me that themselves, so have others...though it did activate for me, i have seen people get stuck though for a bit...
well...from what i understand i guess i have no idea if 3g was working before...i know 4g did work fine...and it still works weather im using the wimax setting on a sense rom or even before i rooted it....so somebody give me a run down of what to try...i read a lot of those suggestions...and to be totally honest...i have no idea what too do...like i said im kinda new to this whole thing
nevermind...i found the thread with the whole step by step process...thanks for your help guys...i got it up and running
So im having an issue with my 4G Connection when i choose to use it, keep in mind im a typical flashaholic and ive through a lot of rom's, my phone shows that it connects to WIMAX but there is no data coming through browser doesnt run, play store, facebook you name it and sometimes a i have full bars, has anyone encountered the same issue
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So im having an issue with my 4G Connection when i choose to use it, keep in mind im a typical flashaholic and ive through a lot of rom's, my phone shows that it connects to WIMAX but there is no data coming through browser doesnt run, play store, facebook you name it and sometimes a i have full bars, has anyone encountered the same issue
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Have you tried toggling airplane mode, or a reboot?
yea many times its very frustrating, i am currently in CM9 Alpha 3 and it happened this morning while i was omw to work
I haven't met this kind of case.are you sure that you are right?
yea dont take it wrong but im not a noob when it comes to this its just weird, its been happening for a while now in what ever custom rom i flash
So call Sprint tech support and have them try some steps of their own.
Dont mean to be an ass but what do you think they would solve over the phone, a Factory Reset, update my Profile and PRL, Airplane mode, ive tried all of that
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Dont mean to be an ass but what do you think they would solve over the phone, a Factory Reset, update my Profile and PRL, Airplane mode, ive tried all of that
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I would flash a modem again, as this did fix my problem when I flashed CM9 and lost data and calls. You won't lose nothing by trying, good luck
Maybe the tower is down? Maybe they will refresh the data from their end? Customer care CAN do some nice things in trouble shooting. Use ODIN to go back to a 100% stock tar and see if it works then!
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The issue you are experiencing happen over in the Boston area probably about 4 months ago give or take. So don't panic like I did. I had given up back then, unrooted, and took the phone back into the store telling them my wimax stop working only to find out that all of their phones are going thru the same issue. I would check with the sprint store or ask some one in your area if they are experiencing the same issue.
Me too..
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The issue you are experiencing happen over in the Boston area probably about 4 months ago give or take. So don't panic like I did. I had given up back then, unrooted, and took the phone back into the store telling them my wimax stop working only to find out that all of their phones are going thru the same issue. I would check with the sprint store or ask some one in your area if they are experiencing the same issue.
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I know this is an old thread but I just got the phone (used) and am having the same problem. It's *stock* JB GB27 (rooted or not) and I have not been able to get any data over 4g even if Wimax says its connected, with an IP address, Gateway, DNS address and says it's active on Sprint. And in a strong WIMAX coverage location. Ping says "host unreachable".
As soon as I turn off 4G, 3G takes over and all is good. To the OP, did you ever discover the cause?
Thanks in Advance.
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I know this is an old thread but I just got the phone (used) and am having the same problem. It's *stock* JB GB27 (rooted or not) and I have not been able to get any data over 4g even if Wimax says its connected, with an IP address, Gateway, DNS address and says it's active on Sprint. And in a strong WIMAX coverage location. Ping says "host unreachable".
As soon as I turn off 4G, 3G takes over and all is good. To the OP, did you ever discover the cause?
Thanks in Advance.
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Wimax sucks even when it is working. Sprint really isnt supporting wimax any longer. What is out there is all you are going to get. If you get it, great good for you. If not, oh well...
the13thstraycat said:
I know this is an old thread but I just got the phone (used) and am having the same problem. It's *stock* JB GB27 (rooted or not) and I have not been able to get any data over 4g even if Wimax says its connected, with an IP address, Gateway, DNS address and says it's active on Sprint. And in a strong WIMAX coverage location. Ping says "host unreachable".
As soon as I turn off 4G, 3G takes over and all is good. To the OP, did you ever discover the cause?
Thanks in Advance.
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Are you using the correct modem for your carrier and Touchwiz JB 4.1.2?
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Wimax sucks even when it is working. Sprint really isnt supporting wimax any longer. What is out there is all you are going to get. If you get it, great good for you. If not, oh well...
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That's kinda how I look at it too but I might take up the challenge to try to resolve it or play around with some custom roms now that I am rooted. Maybe go back to Gingerbread and see what happens. I actually liked Gingerbread's app drawer better.
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Are you using the correct modem for your carrier and Touchwiz JB 4.1.2?
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I'm pretty sure it's all stock GB27.. Android 4.1.2 Baseband S710.10 S.GB27 Build# (JZ054K.SPH-D710.GB27).
Thanks guys...
qubanaso said:
So im having an issue with my 4G Connection when i choose to use it, keep in mind im a typical flashaholic and ive through a lot of rom's, my phone shows that it connects to WIMAX but there is no data coming through browser doesnt run, play store, facebook you name it and sometimes a i have full bars, has anyone encountered the same issue
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You can try running a more updated rom, such as cm10.1 or gb27. Stay away from any 4.3 rom though, since 4g isn't supported.:good:
Thanks for the responses, so I found something odd when this happens,
I wrote down the stats the phone gave me about my connection, IP,
Gateway and DNS server. Everything checks out as belonging to sprint,
EXCEPT my IP 6.6.2.142. Well, that IP just happens to belong to the
pool of IPs allocated to the US Department of Defense Network!
(checked on a whois server)
NetRange: 6.0.0.0 - 6.255.255.255
CIDR: 6.0.0.0/8
OriginAS:
NetName: CONUS-YPG-NET
NetHandle: NET-6-0-0-0-1
Parent:
NetType: Direct Allocation
RegDate: 1994-02-01
Updated: 2011-02-24
OrgName: Headquarters, USAISC
OrgId: HEADQU-3
Address: NETC-ANC CONUS TNOSC
City: Fort Huachuca
StateProv: AZ
PostalCode: 85613
Country: US
Is Sprint/Clear's servers possibly mis-assigning IPs???? This is from 2
totally different Wimax areas but I'm pretty sure that the same IP was
assigned to my phone both times.