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[Q] No service whatsoever

*Bad english ahead*
The problem is that my phone seems to refuse to get any service at all. The signal icon just shows a big "X" and it is stuck in "Searching for service".
Phone status shows that the Signal strenght is on -79 dBm, so i guess the anthena is working just fine. But below Service Sate it just shows "Out of service".
Im using a EB13 Modem with the SyndicateROM.
In fact, the phone was working just fine with MidnightROM until i flashed the SyndicateROM over.
Already tried reverting it to Stock rom and nothin, any suggestions?

Did you try reflashing (Just) the modem through ODIN?

Let me try...
Does this one should work? (The odin one)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=963774&highlight=modem.tar

Here is a direct download link
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Did you flash your Epic to Telcel? If so, that process might be causing you some problems. After using Odin to get back to stock, install CWM3 then SRF1.0.1, then once you're stable there, try the carrier flash again.

063_XOBX said:
Here is a direct download link
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Thanks but it didn't work. Still stuck with no service.
Did you flash your Epic to Telcel? If so, that process might be causing you some problems. After using Odin to get back to stock, install CWM3 then SRF1.0.1, then once you're stable there, try the carrier flash again.
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What do you mean by "Flashing my epic to telcel" and that "Carrier flash?" is on Iusacell, since Telcel dont support CDMA.
And one last thing, what is SFR1.0.1?
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Im reverting back to DI18 Stock rom with odin to see if i can do something.

Homeroe said:
What do you mean by "Flashing my epic to telcel" and that "Carrier flash?" is on Iusacell, since Telcel dont support CDMA.
And one last thing, what is SFR1.0.1?
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Oh okay - the banner under your username says Telcel, so I figured they were it. I thought I'd read they support CDMA but I was mistaken.
SRF1.0.1 is SyndicateROM Frozen 1.0.1.
On the flash, let me rephrase - did you do anything special to get the Epic to work on Iusacell, or did it work there out of the box?

That's the reason then. You can't change ROMs if you're on a carrier other than Sprint, it will revert your phone back to Sprint.

k0nane said:
Oh okay - the banner under your username says Telcel, so I figured they were it. I thought I'd read they support CDMA but I was mistaken.
SRF1.0.1 is SyndicateROM Frozen 1.0.1.
On the flash, let me rephrase - did you do anything special to get the Epic to work on Iusacell, or did it work there out of the box?
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Nope, the phone was working just fine out of the box. It had signal (Roaming) and all.
I even flashed like 3 roms before Syndicate and it was working just fine. Was just yesterday that i decided to try this ROM out and got the problem.

Homeroe said:
Nope, the phone was working just fine out of the box. It had signal (Roaming) and all.
I even flashed like 3 roms before Syndicate and it was working just fine. Was just yesterday that i decided to try this ROM out and got the problem.
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I'm not entirely sure what to tell you - there's nothing in SRF that should/will/can cause any problems of that sort. Going back to full stock via Odin didn't help?

I followed this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SPH-D700 to return to Stock rom, but i can't get this thing working
Im pretty much lost as well.
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Oh god what the... I was just messing around with the phone. Turned on the Flight mode. Made a Factory reset via Privacy setting, Rebooted the phone, turned off the a Flight mode and suddenly had signal again.
I dont know what happened, since i tried the factory reset before with no luck... But well, im glad its working now. Thank you to both of you for the help anyways.

I have a similar problem as the OP, and I'm pretty sure it's ClockworkMod that's causing it.
Seems like every other time I do something in CWM, I get no service and an unknown Baseband and Hardware version in the phone's settings.
So far the only reliable way I've found of fixing it is to Odin all the way back to DI18 and start fresh.
For some reason Odining the modem or EB13 doesn't work (I still get no service).
And I must say, it's incredibly frustrating.
I guess I'll just have to get SRF flashed and never touch CWM again (because doing so almost always breaks my phone).
I'd like to be able to make Nandroid backups though, but unfortunately, doing so breaks the modem (which really doesn't make any sense).

[Q] Having a MASSIVE NEW problem with epic

So i have had my Epic since Day 1 when they came out.... never had any problems and currently running the newest viper rom with ext4 and the newest modem.... well i am having a problem where my phone will be in 3g mode and be doing fine for about 2 mins then all of the sudden im stuck in 1x mode? I live beside a tower and have 5 bars sometimes 6... i have been at this same house since i got the Epic and this has never happend. Over the last 3 days i have pretty much been Unable to use the 3g and 4g is not yet in my area.... so 1x really sux! i have been trying to fix the problem i have flashed several roms and they are all getting stuck in 1x mode? They used to all work fine and i have been rooted for a Long time no problems... it just started happening 3 days ago.... anyone that can help greatly appreciated!!

Flash the EB13 modem.

k0nane said:
Flash the EB13 modem.
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Thx for fast response man, is there a way to flash from ec05 modem back to eb13 without odin? like a .zip i can download and flash thx

Topgamer said:
Thx for fast response man, is there a way to flash from ec05 modem back to eb13 without odin? like a .zip i can download and flash thx
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Negatory, use Odin. It's not scary, trust me.
Here's the modem for your convenience. http://k0nane.info/rom/acs-eb13-modem.tar

Once you get used to Odin you'll be friends. Why do you want a .zip?

[Q] modem talk...

just wanting to know if we could run different modems, let say for instance a eh17 modem on a ec05 ROM? Would my phone function normally?....because I'm seeming to be get my best phone reception with eh17 modem, but just rather wait for an official source for gingerbread seems close though lol
Sent from my SPH-D700 using xda premium

Suprize3131 said:
just wanting to know if we could run different modems, let say for instance a eh17 modem on a ec05 ROM? Would my phone function normally?....because I'm seeming to be get my best phone reception with eh17 modem, but just rather wait for an official source for gingerbread seems close though lol
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Yes. the modem is separate from the ROM itself. Any modem will work on any ROM. Here is a link of all available modems... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1123103

Is it just me, or is Sprint disabling modems intermitantly that are newer than EC02? My Sprint phone wants to update EH10 to EC02 when I check updates, and if I use anything newer, after a while the Modem goes dead without a new Odin reflash. All the way up to EH17 it does this. I just found a Rom with no sprint spy ID ware (which is the only way I can think they're doing this) and have gone back to EC02, but will try EH17 again after getting the phone back up. Just curious if anyone else is having this issue.
The symptoms are, phone will be showing up as Airplane mode, no matter what is done to enable the phone, it will always be disabled. The modem version shows up as unknown in the about app. The only fix is to Odin the modem again.

cyberrob410 said:
Is it just me, or is Sprint disabling modems intermitantly that are newer than EC02? My Sprint phone wants to update EH10 to EC02 when I check updates, and if I use anything newer, after a while the Modem goes dead without a new Odin reflash. All the way up to EH17 it does this. I just found a Rom with no sprint spy ID ware (which is the only way I can think they're doing this) and have gone back to EC02, but will try EH17 again after getting the phone back up. Just curious if anyone else is having this issue.
The symptoms are, phone will be showing up as Airplane mode, no matter what is done to enable the phone, it will always be disabled. The modem version shows up as unknown in the about app. The only fix is to Odin the modem again.
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Hmm.. not sure how that would happen, but I haven't had that issue. Then, I also haven't tried to force any kind of OTA update in a long time (I do get random automatic PRL updates though)

adamdelozier said:
Yes. the modem is separate from the ROM itself. Any modem will work on any ROM. Here is a link of all available modems... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1123103
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awesome...good to know thanks!
Sent from my SPH-D700 using xda premium

I've had no issues with my phone since upgrading the ROM with the Sprint spyware removed. I can only assume that Sprint is disabling Epic Phones with 2.3 ROMs that they can still control through their spyware.

[Q] Loss of Wifi?

I just unbricked my phone by following the newest directions I found, you may remove that topic if reading this (sorry). Wifi was the issue I was trying to resolve when I did brick it. Ever since EH17, I downgraded (or tried to) to EC05 and get back on Syndicate, and now Wifi will not work except with DI18. Any update through Sprint, done from files from here, etc will result in non-working wifi. It always worked before, even with EC05. I have a Linksys E3200 with WPA2 security. Anyone have any ideas how to fix that? It always sits at "obtaining IP address"

I just got the phone back on EH17 in Syndicate, was still no luck (wasn't working in stock EC05 either). Now I go to EH17 Hurricane (where it last worked other than DI18 stock) low and behold, wifi works again! So how come now I can't downgrade to EC05 and still have it? What could be causing this?

Damn so many ppl are having this problem
I had a help req on this fourm with 2 weeks of bumping and no luck
But i figured how to fix it
Step 1 find your windows computers ip through cmd prompt
Type ipconfig
Your ip should be accross from gateway ip or something like that
Step 2 copy and paste ip into web browser
Step 3 login
Default password is admin
Leave username blank
Step 4 play with options till you can find factory reset or something like that
Step 5 press it
Step 6 ????
Step 7 profit
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Im putting the last 2 steps in respect to noobnl
Plus i thought it was cool
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You are saying to reset the router. Unfortunately the router really is not the issue considering the phone can and will connect, but only with DI18 or EH17. Not even a stock (unroot start from scratch) EC05 will make the wireless work right. It just sits at obtaining IP.

Chilinmichael said:
You are saying to reset the router. Unfortunately the router really is not the issue considering the phone can and will connect, but only with DI18 or EH17. Not even a stock (unroot start from scratch) EC05 will make the wireless work right. It just sits at obtaining IP.
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Instead of doing a factory reset on the router, you could try just unplugging for 30 seconds and plugging it back in for a soft reset. It is possible an ip address is locked up or something in the router. Also for the changing of the modem, did you just Odin the modem.bin file? Can you explain the steps you did when upgrading/downgrading, etc...

Sure. I'll even go back to when I first rooted.
Was at Stock EC05, everything worked perfectly.
Rooted with Clockwork mod Purple, Added SyndicateROM Frozen 1.2 and Genocide 2.0 Kernel, everything worked great.
Saw ACS EH17Plus Kernel and Hurricane 1.5, decided to give that a shot, worked great.
Decided to upgrade the modem to EH17, used ODIN, did successfully. The only issue I had was the very seldom "random" reboot once going to EH17.
After trying for a while, missed a few features of Genocide/SyndicateROM Frozen. (Voodoo control, GalaxyTuner, etc etc). Wiped Data x3, Wipe Dalvik x3. Went back to that and noticed no wireless IP obtained.
ODIN modem to EC05, since I knew that worked, but no luck, still same.
Factory reset (after a brick somewhere along the lines, forgot where after) to DI18, wireless worked again!
Let Sprint auto-update to EC05 OTA, wireless stops working right again once at EC05.
Flashed up to EH17/EH17PLUS Kernel/Hurricane 1.5, wireless works right again.
I tried for the hell of it, to go back to SyndicateROM Frozen 1.2 and Genocide 2.0 but still, wireless will not work right.
So the only options that work for me are DI18 stock or EH17. Strange eh?
*Edit: I'm not even removing the above due to my own stupidity. I took your advice and soft rebooted the router, I don't even know how it would allow connection with certain software and not with others, but the phone is connected fine now on stock EC05. I have a COMPTIA A+ certification to boot. Sad day for me lol.

Chilinmichael said:
Sure. I'll even go back to when I first rooted.
Was at Stock EC05, everything worked perfectly.
Rooted with Clockwork mod Purple, Added SyndicateROM Frozen 1.2 and Genocide 2.0 Kernel, everything worked great.
Saw ACS EH17Plus Kernel and Hurricane 1.5, decided to give that a shot, worked great.
Decided to upgrade the modem to EH17, used ODIN, did successfully. The only issue I had was the very seldom "random" reboot once going to EH17.
After trying for a while, missed a few features of Genocide/SyndicateROM Frozen. (Voodoo control, GalaxyTuner, etc etc). Wiped Data x3, Wipe Dalvik x3. Went back to that and noticed no wireless IP obtained.
ODIN modem to EC05, since I knew that worked, but no luck, still same.
Factory reset (after a brick somewhere along the lines, forgot where after) to DI18, wireless worked again!
Let Sprint auto-update to EC05 OTA, wireless stops working right again once at EC05.
Flashed up to EH17/EH17PLUS Kernel/Hurricane 1.5, wireless works right again.
I tried for the hell of it, to go back to SyndicateROM Frozen 1.2 and Genocide 2.0 but still, wireless will not work right.
So the only options that work for me are DI18 stock or EH17. Strange eh?
*Edit: I'm not even removing the above due to my own stupidity. I took your advice and soft rebooted the router, I don't even know how it would allow connection with certain software and not with others, but the phone is connected fine now on stock EC05. I have a COMPTIA A+ certification to boot. Sad day for me lol.
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I am glad it worked for you!! It was probably just a simple IP conflict! And we ALL have days like this!

Yes, but the funny thing was I went into my Router's DHCP reservation before this and cleared out the lease for the MAC of the phone and it still hadn't worked! Once I noticed my printer was having an issue as well I figured something just got messed up in the router's memory or what have you. Once I did the soft reboot, everything worked thank god. It was just the strangest thing that the phone would connect using Gingerbread or it's original DI18 but no other setup. Guess I'll never have an answer better than a (at the time) dysfunctional router.

my phone did hang on the obtaining ip and on every build but other devices would connect
give it a shot
it worked for others too

[Q] Dirty Unicorn flashed over Stock Rooted, what modem?

[[SPRINT]]
So my dad trashed his E4GT by dunking it in a river. Then dropped it at work cracking the screen. Gave him my old one. Had a hell of a time getting it programmed to his line, but I got it. eventually had to flash the One-Click Stock (JB) odin to fix an issue where he could not connect to WiFi. After that, flashed Dirty Unicorn, and all was good. Or so we thought (we were in range of an Airave). Seemed he no longer had any reception off of the Airave. After much searching it seemed possibly due to the fact that the phone refused to leave WCDMA mode. Long story short, I fixed the issue by starting back on Stock Rooted (JB), getting fresh PRL and Profile after wiping EVERYTHING i could find, and then flashed back to DU. He was totally fine for two weeks. Now all of a sudden he again has no signal off of the Airave. He is in a bad reception area, but when it is working properly he gets enough to call, text, browse a bit, etc. But when it is acting up like this, he cant do anything at all off of Wifi and/or Airave.
TL;DR
Going from stock rooted JB to JB Dirty Unicorn, would that cause modem issues (being that the stock rooted most likely has a JB modem, and you arent supposed to use JB modems on JB Dirty Unicorn)?

faaaaq said:
[[SPRINT]]
So my dad trashed his E4GT by dunking it in a river. Then dropped it at work cracking the screen. Gave him my old one. Had a hell of a time getting it programmed to his line, but I got it. eventually had to flash the One-Click Stock (JB) odin to fix an issue where he could not connect to WiFi. After that, flashed Dirty Unicorn, and all was good. Or so we thought (we were in range of an Airave). Seemed he no longer had any reception off of the Airave. After much searching it seemed possibly due to the fact that the phone refused to leave WCDMA mode. Long story short, I fixed the issue by starting back on Stock Rooted (JB), getting fresh PRL and Profile after wiping EVERYTHING i could find, and then flashed back to DU. He was totally fine for two weeks. Now all of a sudden he again has no signal off of the Airave. He is in a bad reception area, but when it is working properly he gets enough to call, text, browse a bit, etc. But when it is acting up like this, he cant do anything at all off of Wifi and/or Airave.
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Going from stock rooted JB to JB Dirty Unicorn, would that cause modem issues (being that the stock rooted most likely has a JB modem, and you arent supposed to use JB modems on JB Dirty Unicorn)?
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ICS modem for DU..pretty much all aosp ROMs ( ICS to jb )..the latest ICS modem is FL24. Flash that modem or another ICS modem on the phone. Then do the temp boot to upgrade prl and profile.. If you're on stock again you can flash the modem and update the prl and profile.. Then flash DU.. Making the move to DU shouldn't have messed up the modem..if you did the above..

Gil81 said:
ICS modem for DU..pretty much all aosp ROMs ( ICS to jb )..the latest ICS modem is FL24
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Yes, i know that. But his phone worked fine for 2 weeks so I wasnt sure if that was the culprit. I have some time before I will have an opportunity to *try* to walk him thru flashing an ICS radio himself >.> so I figured Id ask

faaaaq said:
Yes, i know that. But his phone worked fine for 2 weeks so I wasnt sure if that was the culprit. I have some time before I will have an opportunity to *try* to walk him thru flashing an ICS radio himself >.> so I figured Id ask
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I added to my post above...if you did this process then I'm not sure.. I hadn't heard anything about du messing up.. But I'll look around.. Maybe a new update or something..

Gil81 said:
I added to my post above...if you did this process then I'm not sure.. I hadn't heard anything about du messing up.. But I'll look around.. Maybe a new update or something..
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No I hadn't flashed an ICS modem. Everything you said the first time was correct. I went straight from JB Stock to DU. Spaced out on the modem because I was in a rush to get everything working. And when it actually did work fine for 2 weeks and now stopped, it threw me off.
I am going to see if tomorrow I can walk him thru the One-click to install FL24

faaaaq said:
No I hadn't flashed an ICS modem. Everything you said the first time was correct. I went straight from JB Stock to DU. Spaced out on the modem because I was in a rush to get everything working. And when it actually did work fine for 2 weeks and now stopped, it threw me off.
I am going to see if tomorrow I can walk him thru the One-click to install FL24
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No need for a one-click.. Just have him download an ICS modem from rwilcos repo..( zip format ) and then boot to recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache. Then flash the modem.. Next time you have a moment you can do the temp boot to update prl/profile

Gil81 said:
No need for a one-click.. Just have him download an ICS modem from rwilcos repo..( zip format ) and then boot to recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache. Then flash the modem.. Next time you have a moment you can do the temp boot to update prl/profile
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The One-click is nice and simple though. The less steps the better, my dad isnt exactly a whiz with current tech. I already have both downloaded on my laptop in case he doesnt have the confidence to do it himself

faaaaq said:
The One-click is nice and simple though. The less steps the better, my dad isnt exactly a whiz with current tech. I already have both downloaded on my laptop in case he doesnt have the confidence to do it himself
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You the boss.. But there is no way..hooking you're phone to a computer is easier than flashing one zip file from you're phones own recovery.. In my opinion.. Less steps my way , too. If you need any help with flashing a modem from a phone or you're dad does. Just hit me up. I'd be glad to help.. I finally have my dad texting and my mom on a rooted huawei ascend 2..although I did all the heavy lifting for her,she's starting to get it..lol.

Gil81 said:
You the boss.. But there is no way..hooking you're phone to a computer is easier than flashing one zip file from you're phones own recovery.. In my opinion.. Less steps my way , too. If you need any help with flashing a modem from a phone or you're dad does. Just hit me up. I'd be glad to help.. I finally have my dad texting and my mom on a rooted huawei ascend 2..although I did all the heavy lifting for her,she's starting to get it..lol.
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Just ran thru installing the ICS modem. No change. Cant update the PRL or Profile on DU of course, though. Updating the PRL and/or Profile necessary for any change to take effect?
Also JFYI, yes I know what it will take to update them, just wondering if having not done that yet is what would be causing there to still be a lack of signal

faaaaq said:
Just ran thru installing the ICS modem. No change. Cant update the PRL or Profile on DU of course, though. Updating the PRL and/or Profile necessary for any change to take effect?
Also JFYI, yes I know what it will take to update them, just wondering if having not done that yet is what would be causing there to still be a lack oignal
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This is where I'm not sure, everybody says to update..but I have went without,but I did notice my signal bouncing around..... But I'm in a very good signal area.. I would say an update can't hurt...FYI...I get the best signal on gb27.. On touchwiz...of course. There are some good tw Roms out lately..too. You could always go back to stock to see if its the rom/modem..Then work back to cm/aosp or tw... This signal stuff is funny to mess with..what works for one might not for the next.. I can't remember what carrier you have but a signal repeater might be a choice..

Gil81 said:
This is where I'm not sure, everybody says to update..but I have went without,but I did notice my signal bouncing around..... But I'm in a very good signal area.. I would say an update can't hurt...FYI...I get the best signal on gb27.. On touchwiz...of course. There are some good tw Roms out lately..too. You could always go back to stock to see if its the rom/modem..Then work back to cm/aosp or tw... This signal stuff is funny to mess with..what works for one might not for the next.. I can't remember what carrier you have but a signal repeater might be a choice..
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Sprint. He has gotten signal where he is before in DU (and that was with a JB modem, no less) for two weeks. It was low signal, but it was signal no less. Our only option is to get the phone working normal, a repeater will not do as he has no signal at his house, at his job, or anywhere within approx 60 miles of where he lives. Normally he has low signal, but atm he has zero. I am currently waiting for his download of a Stock Rooted rom to finish so we can flash that (which I know for sure will give him signal) then flash the ICS radio, update PRL and Profile, and then try DU again. If that does not work I will just have to have him stick to the Stock Rooted JB rom, since we know he gets signal on that.

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Sprint. He has gotten signal where he is before in DU (and that was with a JB modem, no less) for two weeks. It was low signal, but it was signal no less. Our only option is to get the phone working normal, a repeater will not do as he has no signal at his house, at his job, or anywhere within approx 60 miles of where he lives. Normally he has low signal, but atm he has zero. I am currently waiting for his download of a Stock Rooted rom to finish so we can flash that (which I know for sure will give him signal) then flash the ICS radio, update PRL and Profile, and then try DU again. If that does not work I will just have to have him stick to the Stock Rooted JB rom, since we know he gets signal on that.
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Sounds like you have a plan..hope it works for ya.. if ya run into any problems don't hesitate to ask..