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[Q] Wi-Fi Borked?

I'm not an absolute noob, but is it possible to bork the phone's Wi-Fi? For the last few ROMs (MikG stock, SavagedZen stock, and Deck's w/ Tiamat) Wi-Fi would turn on randomly, scan for a couple minutes, then turn off. Other times, when I would go into settings and turn on Wi-Fi, it would turn on, get IP address, then turn off.
Now, when I jumped to the newest SalvageMod w/ Godmode, when I go into settings and try to turn on Wi-Fi, it says "Error" under the word "Wi-Fi" while in settings and doesn't turn on.
I'm trying out Stock 2.2 for a while, see if it happens again. I'm just wondering at the possibility. I have updated my radio/wimax/pri/nv before, but not recently.
I have eliminated the possibility of an app, because I kept the ROMs stock just to see if it would happen. And it did.
Any help would be appreciated.

While rooted, had you used wireless tether at any point? Also when flashing between roms, did you do a full wipe?

I always wipe 3 times between ROMs, volume buttons are worn out haha. Don't use Titanium backup, I always do fresh installs. Wireless Tether did come with MikG I think, I never have installed it from the market.
Router's good, I tested it at home and at Starbucks and a lakehouse.

Alrighty, well I ask because if wireless tether starts with errors, it'll break wifi and you have to reboot. Also did you use any custom kernels?

teh roxxorz said:
Alrighty, well I ask because if wireless tether starts with errors, it'll break wifi and you have to reboot. Also did you use any custom kernels?
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Correct, therefore you may want to uninstall the Wireless Tethering app and just use the Sprint Hotspot (which is hacked). This has also happened to me before.

MikG 2.2 with stock, SavagedZen with stock, Deck's w/ Tiamat, and SalvageMod 1.3 w/ Godmode. Problems started around the MikG time (not blaming the ROM)
Oh, and I never used Wireless Tether

What recovery are you using, because it almost seems like you just have bad wipes, since you did everything right.

AmonRa 2.3, I wipe 3x by hand (data, cache, dalvik, sdext, android.secure, system, boot, factory reset) and use Virus's Superwipe.
I could reflash AmonRa again, if you think that would help

tropicalbrit said:
AmonRa 2.3, I wipe 3x by hand (data, cache, dalvik, sdext, android.secure, system, boot, factory reset) and use Virus's Superwipe.
I could reflash AmonRa again, if you think that would help
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Well I would try to reflash it, and see what happens.

The problem persisted in 2.2, so I flashed AmonRa as a PC36IMG. I wiped everything I could except SD card 3x, and installed the new Director's Cut. It now has returned to its old problem of turning on, scanning, then off.

tropicalbrit said:
The problem persisted in 2.2, so I flashed AmonRa as a PC36IMG. I wiped everything I could except SD card 3x, and installed the new Director's Cut. It now has returned to its old problem of turning on, scanning, then off.
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Try switching kernels. Also you're sure you have the right wep key if its encrypted? it'll do that if its the wrong code, scan, disconnect, and repeat.

I flashed back to an older radio and then back to the newest one. Wi-Fi magically just worked again! Everything else but Wi-Fi worked, that's odd, I had downloaded it from the same place.
It is working now on Director's Cut, going to try it on an AOSP ROM and see what happens.. thanks for the help! I'll hit my thanks button on my way

Cannot connect to 3g

Hey whats up guys...im really not sure what the problem is but maybe some one has experienced with before..
My droid incredible cannot connect to 3g service...i tried installing all different kinds of roms even the latest gingerbread releases but still nothing.
Some times i allows me to connect to 1x but then you see the "3g" on the top but then it instantly disconnects.
Ive so tried 3 different radio from the NIS business sense release...all failed..
Any ideas?!?!?
Or if i just need the stock radio??

Aloha! I'll see if I can help.
1) Do a nandroid backup in recovery.
2) Wipe data/cache/dalvik cache then flash rmk40's gingersense leak: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1087077
3) Reboot and skip set up. Turn on 3G and even test it out for a bit. You should have whatever signal you are used to having return.
4) reboot into recovery and wipe cache, then go into advanced and wipe dalvik cache
5) Restore your latest Nandroid backup
Let me know how this works.

SlimSnoopOS said:
Aloha! I'll see if I can help.
1) Do a nandroid backup in recovery.
2) Wipe data/cache/dalvik cache then flash rmk40's gingersense leak: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1087077
3) Reboot and skip set up. Turn on 3G and even test it out for a bit. You should have whatever signal you are used to having return.
4) reboot into recovery and wipe cache, then go into advanced and wipe dalvik cache
5) Restore your latest Nandroid backup
Let me know how this works.
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How would this fix any 3g issues by flashing a new rom and then returning to you old Rom with a backup? I seem to have an issue changing from 1X to 3g causing me to restart my phone at times to pick up the 3g signal again.

Primarily, the people who noticed this issue were/are folks who try out the various gingersense roms available. I've been a member of XDA since January and haven't noticed users in large numbers have issues with 3G until these roms came out. Whether it's due to there not being an official base or what, idk but many users have had these issues with 3G since the May unofficial gingersense leaks:
1) 3G being present and fully functional then disappearing from the notification bar altogether even while still being enabled in Settings
2) 3G signal dropping down to 1x and not displaying again until you perform a reboot.
I have experienced this issue and know this resolved it. This rom as well as Incubus26jc or JoelZ's stock OTA gingersense leak, for whatever reason, are a solution to resolve the 3g drop issue not the only solution. Incubus26jc, JoelZ, and Nils each have recommended and note this is a fix. My (non-fact and own) answer to you would be I believe since these three roms are the unaltered and "(un)official gingerbread Sense" files, they recorrect the 3G signal that is going awry.
Try it and let me know how this works. You don't stand to lose anything except a few minutes haha

This solution fixed my problem.

Dang it actually worked. Wish i had done this a while back. Thanks for the simple fix.

Not a problem, I'm just thankful there's a fix.

Accidentally worked for me too
I had the same problem on CM7. Flashing back to my stock 2.2 Android backup fixed the problem. Flashing back to CM7 and OMGB caused the problem to return. I am on the leaked ota now, I have flashed the gingerbread radio, and I am having no 3g issues. I wish that I had found this thread earlier.

Had this exact issue with synergy rls1 and was also told to flash the rom above to fix it. It worked for awile but then 3g issues would return again, even on non sense 3 roms and even on my old virtuous nandroid. If just flashing the above rom works for you and permanetly fixes it thats cool, but if your like me the only fix is to revert back to compleet stock and i mean compleet stock rom radio recovery boot img everything the only thing not stock would be you still want to have s-off as a matter of fact make sure to check you are s-off before going stock. Once stock you need to do a factory reset from the settings menu. What this does is it compleetley wipes your phone back to stock including wiping vzw programing, wich is the key to fixing 3g. Once your phone reboots from the factory reset you will be prompted to dial *228 option 1 to reprogram your phone. Once reprogramed your 3g will be fixed. From there flash clock work or amon ra recovery and then restore your favorite nandroid or install a new rom. I personaly would stay away from sense 3 roms as after fixing mine with the above steps i not thinking installed another sense 3 rom and broke 3g again making me fix it all over again. I have stayed away from sense 3 and havent had any problems since. Note if you have a compleete stock nandroid you can just flash that then flash stock recovery and radio do the factory reset .....
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Well this is why Android is all about choice.

Well, I tried to install rmk's rom and that didn't work. I also tried to go back to stock with the RUU and the PB31IMG.zip file to do a factory reset, but that didn't work either. Are there any other suggestions that I can try?

Devildog8791 said:
Well, I tried to install rmk's rom and that didn't work. I also tried to go back to stock with the RUU and the PB31IMG.zip file to do a factory reset, but that didn't work either. Are there any other suggestions that I can try?
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If an ruu and a factory reset with new programing didn't fix your 3g issue its possibly hardware related. Can you still connect at 1x speed?

cmlusco said:
If an ruu and a factory reset with new programing didn't fix your 3g issue its possibly hardware related. Can you still connect at 1x speed?
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No, I called Big Red and they're sending out a replacement phone. I'm one of them weird people that don't use their phone as a phone too much, but I realized that I couldn't make or receive phone calls or texts either. We got that issue fixed, but they couldn't get the data working.
I guess the world of root is gone for me since it will probably come with Gingerbread on it already. Oh well, I'm probably going to buy a new phone in December anyway, so I'll have a new Dinc to put away in the drawer.

Devildog8791 said:
No, I called Big Red and they're sending out a replacement phone. I'm one of them weird people that don't use their phone as a phone too much, but I realized that I couldn't make or receive phone calls or texts either. We got that issue fixed, but they couldn't get the data working.
I guess the world of root is gone for me since it will probably come with Gingerbread on it already. Oh well, I'm probably going to buy a new phone in December anyway, so I'll have a new Dinc to put away in the drawer.
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Root may still be possible, check out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1306400. Mabey you will get lucky and they will be out of incredibles and they will send you an incredible 2. Ive heard it happens .

cmlusco said:
Maybe you will get lucky and they will be out of incredibles and they will send you an incredible 2. Ive heard it happens .
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Looks like they are sending me a Rezound...JK. Actually, it looks like they are sending me an OG Incredible. I'll know more tomorrow and will let you know.
Thanks for the link to the root method. I have been studying it and I have all the files downloaded just waiting.
Edit: I did get an OG Incredible, but it came with Froyo on it. I should be good to go as far as rooting it goes. I think that I have an SLCD model though which sucks.

Uh oh

Alright. My Inc is having some problems. Here are some facts
Bought on December 23, 2010
Rooted it somewhere in January
Ran CM6 till CM7 came out
Here's what's was going down after I flashed to CM7
Flash CM7
Every 15 minutes my google maps app will randomly crash. No matter what I'm doing a "GOOGLE MAPS HAS STOPPED RESPONDING" sign will appear.
Random reboots in the middle of doing nothing
Re-flashed to stock, then back to CM7 and everything seemed okay... until a few days ago
Suddenly while browsing the internet EVERYTHING CRASHES. EVERYTHING.
The browser, music, messaging, screenshot it, even google frameworks.
wtfman.jpg
reboot my phone, this occurs again after a few hours.
Next day it happens again. Now, my phone got stuck in a boot-loop
So I flash back to CM6. Now here's my phone's symptoms.
Home button won't work. It vibrates on press, but doesn't do anything.
Search button won't work
No lock screen will ever come up. Ever. It's set, but it never appears.
I cannot receive calls. People will call me, and it will immediately show up in my call log, but the answer screen simply doesn't show up.
What did I do wrong? How do I fix this?
Alternatively, how can I flash back to stock and make it look like I never rooted it? I believe I'm still within my warranty.

What hboot and radio are u on? I know if your not using a gingerbread radio with cm7 it likes to go all wonky at times. I would wipe everything try a fresh install of cm7 and flash a gingerbread radio as well.
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sounds like you didn't wipe everything correctly. Did you wipe cache, devcache (probably spelled that wrong), data, datadata? Also did you restore apps through TI backup or any other backup app?

jackbtha1 said:
What hboot and radio are u on? I know if your not using a gingerbread radio with cm7 it likes to go all wonky at times. I would wipe everything try a fresh install of cm7 and flash a gingerbread radio as well.
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hboot 0.92.0000
radio-2.15.00.07.28
POQbum said:
sounds like you didn't wipe everything correctly. Did you wipe cache, devcache (probably spelled that wrong), data, datadata? Also did you restore apps through TI backup or any other backup app?
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I did not wipe errything the first few flashes. But my last flash I wiped my cache, data, etc.

Try flashing the 7.07 Gingerbread radio, get it here http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=18 and see if that helps.

Are there any alternatives to that?

Try flashing another ROM and see what happens. Make sure you wipe cache, dalvik, format system, and boot. Nandroid before you attempt that. Give Joelz Prime Xl 3d a try.
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First update that old Froyo radio with the new stock not leaked and totally safe because Verizon officially released it radio that jackbtha1 suggested.
Second, boot into recovery and run "fix permissions." That option always helps me when my phone decides to FC everything. It has helped me so that I run it after every rom flash now

[Q] GAAPs seem to break WiFi in CM 10.1 RC2

[EDIT] I meant GAPPs. Damnit.
Hello,
I'm at a loss for what's happening and how to fix it. My GoogleFU is failing and nothing I try seems to work.
Basically, WiFi does not work for me in CM 10.1 RC2 and it's something to do with the GAAPs. Everything is initially fine on a fresh install [edit: I don't know if it matters, but when I flash the latest milestone of AOKP WiFi never works. At the initial set up it connects but fails to authenticate over and over] and it's all going swimmingly at first. When I open the Playstore in these first few moments, it's the last version. Eventually the Playstore updates itself and that's when WiFi stops working. Nothing can connect to anything. In the Playstore I just get a 'failed to connect' message and a 'retry' button that doesn't work. The browser doesn't pull anything up and I can't get any sort of connection until I turn WiFi off and go to data.
I'm really at a loss. If it helps, I'm on the Sasktel version, but it's still the I747 [i747m in the stock ROM] which is the same as Bell/AT&T, right? So that shouldn't matter. I'm flashing the 20130301 GAAPs and even tried the 4.1.2 ones (they didn't work at all). I'm using CWMR 6.0.1.2. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Any advice at all would be greatly appreciated. I don't know why I'm having so much trouble with ROMs on my S3 when it was so much easier to root than my old One V (which is still running CM 10 like a champ with 0 errors - I gave that phone to my sister).
Sorry for the long post, but this has been melting my brain.

so what all are you wiping before these flashes? i would recommend data, cache, dalvik, format /system, format /data when changing ROMs and especially when changing android versions (4.1 to 4.2, etc). If you have a micro sd card, place your ROM, gapps and a backup on there and go through the above wipe procedures.
you should also consider updating your recovery. 6.0.3.1 is the latest. you can flash this in recovery, go to Advanced and reboot recovery for this to take effect.

Strange occurence of phone constantly restarting.

Hello,
I have owned a Sprint Galaxy S III since August of 2012 and have been using it pretty much flawlessly until this week.
To give some history, I rooted it once it became a common thing to do and have CWM-based Recovery v5.5.0.4.
I have loaded many different roms - cyanogenmods, m.o.a.r., wicked, miui to try out and many others and have never had an issue.
I recently upgraded to M.O.A.R. v 6.0 at home and everything seemed great - loaded apps, settings, etc. The next day on the way to work, the phone restarted by itself. I thought was strange but chalked it up to a new rom issue. When I got to work, the frequency of the issue increased to the point that the phone was no longer usable as it would just continue to restart, boot, etc.
Restoring the rom I previously had did nothing to help the issue.
I looked up online at possibilities and came across the SD card issue. I replaced it, but still occurs. I've tried a few different roms and no matter what, it seems to continuously boot and restart based on certain locations that I am in or am passing through.
Today, I turned off 4G LTE as preferred mobile network and it seemed to keep the phone on. I have not done extensive testing, but could this be an issue? I am able to use 4G LTE at home with no problem as well as other areas, but it seems that once I am in or pass through certain locations, that it is crashing my phone? Maybe the GPS?
Are there any tips or suggestions of what I can do or try? I am at a loss as to how to fix this when it has not been an issue up until this week after flashing to MOAR v6.0. I've wiped data, cache, dalvik, many times and retried but still is happening.
Any feedback would be much appreciated.

At first it sounded like sudden death syndrome (a power button failure) but when you said turning off 4G fixed it that is very weird. Have you tried asking in the M.O.A.R thread?
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Could be your kernel. Or any kernel tweaks you are using

joebeem said:
Hello,
I have owned a Sprint Galaxy S III since August of 2012 and have been using it pretty much flawlessly until this week.
To give some history, I rooted it once it became a common thing to do and have CWM-based Recovery v5.5.0.4.
I have loaded many different roms - cyanogenmods, m.o.a.r., wicked, miui to try out and many others and have never had an issue.
I recently upgraded to M.O.A.R. v 6.0 at home and everything seemed great - loaded apps, settings, etc. The next day on the way to work, the phone restarted by itself. I thought was strange but chalked it up to a new rom issue. When I got to work, the frequency of the issue increased to the point that the phone was no longer usable as it would just continue to restart, boot, etc.
Restoring the rom I previously had did nothing to help the issue.
I looked up online at possibilities and came across the SD card issue. I replaced it, but still occurs. I've tried a few different roms and no matter what, it seems to continuously boot and restart based on certain locations that I am in or am passing through.
Today, I turned off 4G LTE as preferred mobile network and it seemed to keep the phone on. I have not done extensive testing, but could this be an issue? I am able to use 4G LTE at home with no problem as well as other areas, but it seems that once I am in or pass through certain locations, that it is crashing my phone? Maybe the GPS?
Are there any tips or suggestions of what I can do or try? I am at a loss as to how to fix this when it has not been an issue up until this week after flashing to MOAR v6.0. I've wiped data, cache, dalvik, many times and retried but still is happening.
Any feedback would be much appreciated.
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Are you restoring any System Data ? I would suggest doing a Clean install. Meaning a FULL Wipe : System - Data - Dalvik - Dalvik Cache - Factory Reset ( 3x's ) . I also like to wipe Internal Storage. But that's up to you. Then Flash the Rom, and let it Boot. Do not load anything, or tweak anything. Just leave the device alone for the first 5min. Then test it to be sure everything is working correctly before loading apps, or doing any settings.

Just to update...
I clean installed MOAR 6 again - this time I upgraded CWM to latest version. I clean wiped data/cache, cache, dalvik about 3 or 4 times. Once it reinstalled, I noticed the data wasn't working at all so I did that ##72786# (forgot numbers off top of head) that reactivated phone. The data came back and I thought this was going to solve all the issues...keep in mind I did all this in the evening from home last night.
On the way to work this morning, sure enough once I got in the vicinity of work, phone restarted a few times. I was quick enough to catch it one time to turn preferred mobile networks to 3G first and disable 4G... my phone has not restarted for the rest of the day.
It's great that it seems the issue is isolated to 4G, but I don't understand how it can be fine in some areas and not in others. For instance, at home, 4G works just fine.
I think I will try to go back to stock or try an aosp rom. I've seen in some places talk of MB1 and MD4...is there a way to tell which I have or is that related to anything?

prboy1969 said:
Are you restoring any System Data ? I would suggest doing a Clean install. Meaning a FULL Wipe : System - Data - Dalvik - Dalvik Cache - Factory Reset ( 3x's ) . I also like to wipe Internal Storage. But that's up to you. Then Flash the Rom, and let it Boot. Do not load anything, or tweak anything. Just leave the device alone for the first 5min. Then test it to be sure everything is working correctly before loading apps, or doing any settings.
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Actually, yes - I have been putting my gmail account information in and it has been syncing the apps. It's just so odd because I haven't had issues for over a year and I don't recall installing any new stuff.

well, now it happened at home when turning on 4g... damn.

joebeem said:
Just to update...
I clean installed MOAR 6 again - this time I upgraded CWM to latest version. I clean wiped data/cache, cache, dalvik about 3 or 4 times. Once it reinstalled, I noticed the data wasn't working at all so I did that ##72786# (forgot numbers off top of head) that reactivated phone. The data came back and I thought this was going to solve all the issues...keep in mind I did all this in the evening from home last night.
On the way to work this morning, sure enough once I got in the vicinity of work, phone restarted a few times. I was quick enough to catch it one time to turn preferred mobile networks to 3G first and disable 4G... my phone has not restarted for the rest of the day.
It's great that it seems the issue is isolated to 4G, but I don't understand how it can be fine in some areas and not in others. For instance, at home, 4G works just fine.
I think I will try to go back to stock or try an aosp rom. I've seen in some places talk of MB1 and MD4...is there a way to tell which I have or is that related to anything?
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joebeem said:
Actually, yes - I have been putting my gmail account information in and it has been syncing the apps. It's just so odd because I haven't had issues for over a year and I don't recall installing any new stuff.
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You did not mention wiping system. If you do not Wipe system, and also Factory Reset then it's really not a Clean install. I would still suggest a FULL Wipe, and Clean install. Then run the Device for a while without adding anything. See how it performs.

I ended up just flashing this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099 to stock with flash reset.
I am not sure about wiping system - I always just follow the steps of the rom wipe data/cache/dalvik. I will have to research on how to wipe system.

If you never wipe system you are definitely going to run into problems.

joebeem said:
I ended up just flashing this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099 to stock with flash reset.
I am not sure about wiping system - I always just follow the steps of the rom wipe data/cache/dalvik. I will have to research on how to wipe system.
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You just do it in Recovery before you flash. If you look at my Sig on a PC / Internet Mode there is a link on how to do Full Wipe before flashing a Rom.
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