I bought a Defy second hand on ebay locked to T-Mobile UK. I don't have a T-Mobile SIM so I booted it up to test over wifi. However the wifi will only connect if I switch my router to G, and even when it does say it is connected I can't get on the net despite every other PC in the house working fine. I even changed the networks to open to rule out the security but with no luck.
Since I can't do an official update without a SIM (Or so the Motorola software tells me, I wonder what would happen if I went ahead) I was thinking of rooting and installing a custom ROM to see if this helps. However, obviously if I do this I won't be able to dispute the purchase on ebay so I want your advice before I plough on.
Do you think that a custom ROM will fix my wifi issue or is it more likely to be a faulty Defy that the seller has fobbed off on me?
Cheers.
from a technical point of view i dont think that the defy's hardware is faulty, i've heard of such wifi issues with some routers, even had some with mine with an early version of pays rom, so a custom rom will probably solve your problem.
and i recommend a custom rom over any official blur crapped software.
try miui.
Well I went ahead and put on the MIUI ROM but it has the same issue! Does this phone require a SIM to do anything? Do I need to be signed into a google account just to go on to the net?
windywoo said:
I bought a Defy second hand on ebay locked to T-Mobile UK. I don't have a T-Mobile SIM so I booted it up to test over wifi. However the wifi will only connect if I switch my router to G, and even when it does say it is connected I can't get on the net despite every other PC in the house working fine. I even changed the networks to open to rule out the security but with no luck.
Since I can't do an official update without a SIM (Or so the Motorola software tells me, I wonder what would happen if I went ahead) I was thinking of rooting and installing a custom ROM to see if this helps. However, obviously if I do this I won't be able to dispute the purchase on ebay so I want your advice before I plough on.
Do you think that a custom ROM will fix my wifi issue or is it more likely to be a faulty Defy that the seller has fobbed off on me?
Cheers.
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I just updated my wife's defy to 2.2 this morning using MSU and it didn't have a SIM in it, it is for her birthday and i didn't want her to wonder why i wanted her SIM card.
All went smoothly.
Man i sugest first flash the nordic sbf FULL and after you flashed the sbf the play with custom roms like miui or cyanogen mine camed locked on orange i flashed the nordic 177 full sbf and after that it was all ok
RSDLite just gave me told me it failed when I tried the Nordic ROM.0x1700
I tried with the TMobile UK stock SBF file but it sticks in a boot loop between the Moto blur logo and TMobile. I flashed the 2.21 boot but no joy.
I flashed a T-MObile UK Froyo ROM and it boots and connects to open G wifi. Still no internet however.
i had the same problem connectiong to n-draft router, the connection got lost after some seconds. my solution was to edit the tiwlan.ini with root-explorer and change HT_Enable=0 to HT_Enable=1
you have to give the file write permission to save.
Chers for the tip, but now I discover this damn ROM is not rootable. At least, not with z4root.
Super one click did the job, but the file you mentioned already has HT_Enable = 1
***I managed to get the nor ROM to flash by running as admin and giving it a short name and putting it in the root directory! But guess what? Still no internet despite strong wifi signal. I don't know how to downgrade now to the original ROM. The one listed as T-Mobile UK 2.1 doesn't boot.
Now the phone isn't recognised by RSD at all. The white LED comes on though, there is some sign of life.
Bought a battery charger to charge the battery externally but still no joy when I plug the phone into a computer.
***nvm somehow it's working now. Flashing the nor ROM.
None of the SBF files seem to work now. Either I get a blank screen on boot or they get as far as the Moto logo (or android in the case of the nor rom) and loop.
Is it safe to flash other countries SBFs and then change the language?
can you try other people's wifi to see if you will encounter the same problem? if you don't then youneed to configure your router. flashing other country's sbf is ok, then use baseband switcher incase you have signal problems. wipe first before flashing
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dear all,
My Telstra branded HTC Desire 8183 died out of nowhere.
Here's what I did:
Rooted with R5
MCR 3.1 ROM (custom kitchen with A2SD+) and r17 froyo rom (mostly MCR3.1)
everything went well, and i was happy with it for 2 weeks (blasting fast HSDPA speed and runs perfectly fine)
i noticed the signal strength was really low two days ago, i thought it was my area having service outage. (called and confirmed) I had my girlfriend's Nexus One AT&T version side by side she's getting full bars.
now the phone will show Emergency Call Only all the time, sometimes even with signal, i wont be able to use the data connection (it's show H, but cant even load google.com with the browser)
Diagnostics that i had done:
unroot with generic WWE rom with goldcard (since the telstra rom that people posted on here have 0.75 bootloader and mine is 0.8 so i can only use 1.21 generic WWE rom)
root again with R5 method
update radio
install MCR 3.1 again
replaced my sim card at AT&T store just to make sure
called AT&T to inquire about service outage
none of them works, now i'm stuck with a phone that doesnt make phone calls and data connection.
did i do anything wrong that mess up the radio of the phone? are these rooting guide and custom rom don't support 8183?
please help me! i really like this phone and it's such a waste to let it sit there
best regards,
ted
The emergency calls only thing is usually associated with a sim problem - like invalid sim, unactivated sim etc.
Have you paid your account?
thanks for the advise
yes i did...same thing happened, sometimes when i get signal, i cant seem to use data connection...cant even make phone calls...if im lucky i can make 1 out of 10 times..
i suspected the sim card problem, that's why i went to AT&T store for a replacement.
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I had the same problem, I also have the A8183
To solve it, I went fastboot mode with USB plugged.
then on Android SDK, I did :
./fastboot-mac enableqxdm 0
./fastboot-mac oem boot
just fastboot for pc
and the phone reboot, turn it off and insert your SIM.
I knew it was fix first boot because sdcard was now mountable.
Then SIM was recognized.
But then I have USB problem in recovery, I think I'll need to flash the misc partition.
blauze said:
I had the same problem, I also have the A8183
To solve it, I went fastboot mode with USB plugged.
then on Android SDK, I did :
./fastboot-mac enableqxdm 0
./fastboot-mac oem boot
just fastboot for pc
and the phone reboot, turn it off and insert your SIM.
I knew it was fix first boot because sdcard was now mountable.
Then SIM was recognized.
But then I have USB problem in recovery, I think I'll need to flash the misc partition.
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What you are describing is the fix for the usb brick issue. This is not the problem here.
To me this sounds like a faulty handset, as all the software fix options seem to have been done. I'm no expert though!
what is fastboot-mac
im using windows xp with androidsdk tools
i have fastboot command...how do i type that?
socktug said:
What you are describing is the fix for the usb brick issue. This is not the problem here.
To me this sounds like a faulty handset, as all the software fix options seem to have been done. I'm no expert though!
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is it really? i got my hopes up for a second...i really wanna get this thing fixed...
teddyonair said:
is it really? i got my hopes up for a second...i really wanna get this thing fixed...
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You can give the commands a go, but I doubt they will help with this. Have a look at the threads on usb brick.
socktug said:
You can give the commands a go, but I doubt they will help with this. Have a look at the threads on usb brick.
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tried the first command, it says "waiting for device"...no response from phone and command prompt at all
hey guys, keep the opinions coming...thanks in advance!
Try flashing to a different compatible radio version as the version you currently have may be causing the poor reception/signal strength issues.
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Try flashing to a different compatible radio version as the version you currently have may be causing the poor reception/signal strength issues.
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i did tried 3 different radio...its not just signal being weak...kept on showing X and whenever i tried to use the data connection when H shows up, it will just stuck there when loading google.com in browser.
teddyonair said:
thanks for the advise
yes i did...same thing happened, sometimes when i get signal, i cant seem to use data connection...cant even make phone calls...if im lucky i can make 1 out of 10 times..
i suspected the sim card problem, that's why i went to AT&T store for a replacement.
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Hmmmm - the rooting process does not affect the A8183 - cos that's what I've got and it works fine. Maybe try and flash the Telstra ROM? That's the one that would have come with the phone in the first place. Who knows, that might reset something? Probably a long shot but you sound desperate!
You can get that ROM in the ROM sticky in this topic.
Now i have 0.80 bootloader it wont let me install the telstra rom since bootloader version being different (0.75)
any idea how i can override that?
After the rooting process when i first got the phone everything was working fine til two days ago
teddyonair said:
Now i have 0.80 bootloader it wont let me install the telstra rom since bootloader version being different (0.75)
any idea how i can override that?
After the rooting process when i first got the phone everything was working fine til two days ago
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you could try this: http://android.modaco.com/content/h...-com/310186/mcr-telstra-8183-mod-version-3-5/
I think that will work with 0.80 bootloader.
I guess it's not easy to take the device for repair as I'm tippin you got it through eBay or similar, and HTC in the US probably won't support the warranty.
I believe that i had sort of the same issue as you are describing, sometimes my 3G connection died, and there was nothing i could do too get it back, and it sometimes failed to make a connection when i tried to make calls with full coverage.
I don't know how i got the problem, because the phone has been fine since i rooted it 1 week ago.
I decided to go back to the latest radio update I had before I rooted, and now it works fine again.
I used 32.34.00.28U_4.05.00.30_2 from the stock HTC radios thread. (new users not able to post links)
Hope this solves your issue as well, I have an unbraded Desire A8181.
JoakimCarli said:
I believe that i had sort of the same issue as you are describing, sometimes my 3G connection died, and there was nothing i could do too get it back, and it sometimes failed to make a connection when i tried to make calls with full coverage.
I don't know how i got the problem, because the phone has been fine since i rooted it 1 week ago.
I decided to go back to the latest radio update I had before I rooted, and now it works fine again.
I used 32.34.00.28U_4.05.00.30_2 from the stock HTC radios thread. (new users not able to post links)
Hope this solves your issue as well, I have an unbraded Desire A8181.
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im going to give the radio you mentioned a try...would u mind telling me where are you located and what network provider are you with?
Tried that radio already now it shows signal but the behaviors are the same, feels like its trying to establish connection but got stuck on upload (not sure if thats the case since only the up arrow stay lit but not the other one)
@teddyonair: did u drop down ur mobile by any chance ??? might be some hardware disconnection inside is giving u this trouble i guess.... otherwise with so many software reflashing & modding,ur mobile should have been working by now....
u better get a professional help either from the htc or from someone who deals with htc repairs.... this is my sincere advice if u wish to listen to me.... hope u have not screwed up ur mobile.... might be a hardware problem... just try this once... ok ????
i've managed to unroot the phone with telstra shipped rom. phone has been acting the same way.
so im not sure if it's the hardware issue. anybody has experience how to send the phone back to Telstra Australia for repair?
thanks!
It sounds to me like you may have a faulty antenna in your phone
Hi there
Ok starting from the start.
My phone is not rooted (it is still s-on).
The phone was bought on ebay a couple months ago.
It has been working fine.
Yesterday, when pressing the power button to unlock, the lights came on but the screen did not.
This happened a number of times after rebooting the phone, then eventually it randomly came on again.
However, the signal, never came back. The phone thinks it's in 'airplane mode' when I press call. There is no airplane icon up top. I have turned airplane mode on and off each way, rebooted, hard reset and cleared all the data from sd card and phone. Wifi works, but signal is still 0.
Still same problem.
When pressing further, I noticed in the 'About' section of the phone, that the BASEBAND is UNKNOWN! So is the imei number etc.
I did a few google searches and couldn't find much; although it was suggested that I reflash the stock rom. I am unsure how to do this.
Please could somebody point me in the right direction, because I am panicing here.
Thanks very much
try reinstalling your firmware it might help you out
you can download your firmware from wildfire s devolpment in shipped marvel roms click on the link and look for the version you have or the newer version if your on in europe
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074445
sharkman3d said:
you have or the newer version if your on in europe
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074445
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You can use the European version in Canada as well just fine if you happen to be here.
I flashed it to upgrade my radio version to get rid of GPS issues while using Jikantaru's XE ROM and it worked.
Ended up using the Euro version as my main ROM until 7.2 of Cyanogen from Alquez came out.
Still have an issue with the wifi in that so I, at Alquez's suggestion, use the libril.so from that Euro stock rom in Cm7.2 and it works much better.
The Euro stock release was solid in all regards, strong wifi, GPS, phone signal, etc.
Just follow the instructions on how to flash a stock rom.
Thanks guys. Will let you know how it goes.
I just turned the phone on without a sim card and it all came back (nothing was 'unknown'. Does this mean that the sim has something to do with it!?
Guys I am using HTC One X and facing a very frustrating problem. My data connection disconnects after every 10-15 minutes. When I go to the settings option it says ""Disconnected because service is unavailable"".. If I tap it to make it switch off and then tap it again to turn it on, it keeps saying the same thing "Disconnected because service is unavailable". The only method to make the data connection work gain is to
a) Switch to airplane mode, and then switch it back again to normal mode, and data connection would connect
b) Change the network connection mode to WCDMA (as its not available in my region, network goes off) and then turn it back to GSM or WCDMA/GSM (and the network comes back again) and data connects automatically....
I am not the only one facing this problem.. Check out these links too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1929388
http://forums.att.com/t5/Android-Dis...s/td-p/3230023
http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/HTC-O...e/td-p/1522412
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2334591
Even if you go to google and type "HTC ONE X d" it will show the problem in suggestions too. My HTC One X is not rooted. Its running on JB and stock Sense ROM.
Can anyone help me out ??
1) I have checked other threads before creating this new thread because on other threads people are talking about rooting. I dont have a rooted and phone and I wont root it now.
2) I tried factory reset many times. It doesnt help.
3) I tried other SIM cards too. And face the same problem with other SIMs too.
4) I contacted my service provider too. APN are all correct. I dont face any problem with the same SIM and APN in my other handset (HTC Inc S)
That is very strange indeed.
Did you mess around with the kernels, as that seems to be, very often, messing with the radios.
If not then it might as well be factory error... I would recommend that you try flashing a custom rom like ARHD or if you are not on the WWE version, then you can download the newer WWE rom from the ARHD thread as well.
If that doesn't help, well then, you might wanna consider bringing it to a repair shop.
desmond1303 said:
That is very strange indeed.
Did you mess around with the kernels, as that seems to be, very often, messing with the radios.
If not then it might as well be factory error... I would recommend that you try flashing a custom rom like ARHD or if you are not on the WWE version, then you can download the newer WWE rom from the ARHD thread as well.
If that doesn't help, well then, you might wanna consider bringing it to a repair shop.
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I havent messes with kernels. I havent rooted it either.. Its just like brand new one. I just factory reseted it before using it. and the problem started to occur. I factory reseted it gain but the problem still occurs..
I dont want to flash a custom rom on it as I am not very much into this rooting stuff. what is this WWE version ?
desmond1303 said:
That is very strange indeed.
Did you mess around with the kernels, as that seems to be, very often, messing with the radios.
If not then it might as well be factory error... I would recommend that you try flashing a custom rom like ARHD or if you are not on the WWE version, then you can download the newer WWE rom from the ARHD thread as well.
If that doesn't help, well then, you might wanna consider bringing it to a repair shop.
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ok.. i installed a custom ROM (AOSP) and the problem disappeared. But i didnt liked the ROM so i came to Sense based ROM (ViperX) and the problem started again. So it seems that there is no problem with the phone itself. It shows this problem when running sense rom. Any help ??
Try ARHD
i used only stock roms since months. two weeks ago i tried cm14 for one day but went back to imperium. i do not know exactly when my problems start, but i think it came with flashing cm and empirium backwards. so the problem is, that i have only slow internet connection (edge) until i reboot my phone. after the restart 4g works again. after i loose connection it only connects with edge again.
i tried any available rom, kernel and modem, but all have the same problem for me. i think the original stock v20d seems good (flashable zip from xda, cause i have no windows for kdz flashing).
Somebody know what to do? I dont think it is hardware related, because after a reboot it works....
Hello, I'm having problem with my zuk z2. I've had phone for more than a month and it worked fine. I flashed mokee rom and was working excellent. After one update it couldn't connect to network and phone was stuck in airplane mode. It's not showing that airplane mode is on, only when I press power button it says it's on, but nothing happend when pressed. It detects both sim cards but can't get registered on network. Also in secret menu (*#*#4636#*#*) shows Radio off and can't turn it on, or change anything in that menu. I changed a lot of custom and stock roms, with locked and unlocked bootloader, nothing solved the problem. When flash fresh rom it has network (not after every flash), but after some times it just gets disconnected. Please, help me. If someone have solved this problem or have any idea what problem could be.
Edit: I found out that my sim slots IMEI change places, IMEI1 goes to slot 2.
i got the same problem
Same problem here with offician Indian ZUI
damn.. i thought this happened only with china rom.
didn't know it got same issue here.
Same problem
Same problem here. 2.0.133 ST official indian ROM. Any news about this problem?
I have the same issue running Slim 6 on zuk z2
i installed mokee os and the signal comeback again but actually not worked
Yes, I also installed mokee nightly 4/22 and its been working great. Signal is back
me too
Same problem Here.... bought on banggood and after one month network signal disappeared. Today I've unlocked the bootloader and installed Mokee stable ( 13-4-2017) and Lineage 14.1 of 16-01-2017 .... nothing! Still not working.
I suppose it is a failed lot from ZUK delivered from banggood/gearbest/ali ...
I've just wrote an email to zuk support in order to complain about it ...
Yes, because, right now I cannot send back in china at my expenses the equipment and pay for a substitution with another defective terminal.
I've just asked them hoto behave....
I suppose we need to start a class action like the one against samsung for S7 note
However, I'm very disappointed, 1 month and it was looking like a wonderful terminal ...fooooook.
Same problem here. Anybody please share the QCN backup (or valid link to download this) to try repair QCN and IMEIS ?
Same problem here:
I tested different roms and different baseband-versions still no network.
Edit: I also tried flashing it via an external tool - still does not work
http://www.androidbrick.com/zuk-z2-z2-pro-qpst-qfil-miflash-rom-flashing-guide/
I install the Z2plus_MIUI8_6.12.1_zukkati.zip ROM and recover the radios. I feel good!!!!!
Then I installed 2.5.334ST via Qfil, installed TWRP and install other ROMs and everything works fine.
Any Luck guys? Please help if anyone manage to resolve this issue.
Thank you!
Same with me
I had this problem also one month ago, bricked the phone and endly I could it get working again with lingeage on it. Was working perfect.
Today the problem is there again.
When I start the phone without the simcard airplane mode is off (when I touched the power button) with the simcard in the phone it starts with airplane mode on.
Is there a possibility to disable airplane mode complete?
Anyone any idea?
This problem has been around for ages, and no apparent solution to it. Sent it back to warranty and it got flashed frm Custom ROM and back to stock ROM with same results. Useless. Dead.
Got a partial refund instead .
Guys there is any solution?? I have this problem with my Zuk Z2.. Plz help me
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I also had same problem tried all methods described here and in zukfans.eu, but failed. At last discharging(shorting) some capacitor related to network IC did the job.
murtoz said:
I also had same problem tried all methods described here and in zukfans.eu, but failed. At last discharging(shorting) some capacitor related to network IC did the job.
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hey, could you provide some more info? is it hard?
Same problem
I got the same problem, could someone help me with repairing this? Flashing roms didn't help
Could you say more information about discharging capacitor? Is it possible to do in home?