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Recommendation for 8525... to return or not to return?

Hey. First off thanks for providing such great resources here. I just about gave up on my phone but hopefully the roms provided here will allow me to like this phone. Been having a multitude of problems, having to constantly soft reset, and losing vital contact information. Calls do not go through often and 3g does not connect.. often.
Would anyone recommend I return the phone to At&t?
Also as far as roms go, there are plenty here to choose from, can any recommendations for a rom that provides the most ease of use for a dedicated business user?
Thank you in advance for any help and sorry for the noob rant!

exchance then unlock
Yeah I would exchange it, just because you can. Then unlock the phone and put VP3g's latest on. That is my stand by because it is so reliable and has most of what I want. I also use the home plug in screen with N2A weather redirect and registry hacks to make it the way I want.
Rom - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317952
weather - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319187

By "return the phone to ATT" do you mean exchange it for another 8525 or give up on this model and try something else? If you mean the former and it is less than 30 days since you bought it then I would say yes. I took my original one back after 29 days becuase the start menu kept popping up and down. Even though I had flashed vp3G's 2.0h ROM and put on the 1.40 radio there were no questions asked: here you go, another nice new one fresh in the box.
I haven't tried any other cook's ROMs but I am happy with vp3G's v3.0. I have no connection problems data or phone here in the SF Bay area. Also used in New Mexico, (and after unlocking) Germany, and the Philippines with no complaints.

3g data problems

Sometimes - especially after a long time in a building in central london with inexplicably poor 3d reception - my phone just refuses to connect to 3g even when in a strong 3g area. I try turning the mobile connectivity off/on and this very rarely does the trick; more often it either does nothing, or doesn't even complete. It just sits there saying `connecting`. If I turn my phone off and on again then reception is restored. My phone is fine in all other respects (wifi is very fast), and the data does work fine most of the time.
Does anyone else have this problem? Is it just orange? Is there some other way of getting the resetting functionality of turning it off and on without actually doing so?

Orange UK handset? Lots of threads on this already...
Of the various mods I've read about, changing the preferred network type has had the best results. My phone is usable again.
Dial *#*#4636#*#*
Change the network type to GSM auto (PRL)
Upgrading your radio version is the next step and is something I intend to do eventually... the phone needs unlocking first. The above method has made my phone usable in the mean time.

bedeabc said:
Orange UK handset? Lots of threads on this already...
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Yeah, I read a lot of them. None of them make any difference for me.
bedeabc said:
Of the various mods I've read about, changing the preferred network type has had the best results. My phone is usable again.
Dial *#*#4636#*#*
Change the network type to GSM auto (PRL)
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Like this one, for example.
bedeabc said:
Upgrading your radio version is the next step and is something I intend to do eventually... the phone needs unlocking first. The above method has made my phone usable in the mean time.
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I've no interest in unlocking or flashing my phone. I just want to use the internet on my phone. Apparently this is a problem on the Desire.

Assuming you're on Orange? You didn't say.
They've got their branded 1.21 OTA update in the pipeline that will almost certainly include a radio update that many have reported improves signal and 3G/HSDPA pickup.
If you want that now, you can flash to a generic 1.21 ROM using a goldcard. You'll need to buy an unlock code for around £15.
You can either wait for Orange to release the update (keeping your warranty), Or go get it yourself now. Woth bearing in mind that you'll get Froyo faster if you get a generic ROM...

bedeabc said:
Assuming you're on Orange? You didn't say.
They've got their branded 1.21 OTA update in the pipeline that will almost certainly include a radio update that many have reported improves signal and 3G/HSDPA pickup.
If you want that now, you can flash to a generic 1.21 ROM using a goldcard. You'll need to buy an unlock code for around £15.
You can either wait for Orange to release the update (keeping your warranty), Or go get it yourself now. Woth bearing in mind that you'll get Froyo faster if you get a generic ROM...
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Yeah, I'm on Orange UK. I like the idea of generic roms, but I'm sort of put off by all the reports of people bricking their phones. Also, I'm used to HTC's sense UI. By all accounts the standard Android interface is a little dull. It's actually the HTC widgets I'd probably miss most, though. I guess it depends on exactly what is in 2.2, really. Functionality is more important to me than a wizzy front end, and Orange have made something of a mess of 2.1 on the Desire (breaking reflow on the browser, removing google talk but leaving the service running, putting loads of crap on like facebook which you can't remove and which gives me a daily reminder that there are updates available which i don't want and can't disable).

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Yeah, I'm on Orange UK. I like the idea of generic roms, but I'm sort of put off by all the reports of people bricking their phones. Also, I'm used to HTC's sense UI. By all accounts the standard Android interface is a little dull. It's actually the HTC widgets I'd probably miss most, though. I guess it depends on exactly what is in 2.2, really. Functionality is more important to me than a wizzy front end, and Orange have made something of a mess of 2.1 on the Desire (breaking reflow on the browser, removing google talk but leaving the service running, putting loads of crap on like facebook which you can't remove and which gives me a daily reminder that there are updates available which i don't want and can't disable).
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Why not flash a custom ROM like Pays Desire Sense: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=674688
It's not Froyo but it's a great 2.1 ROM that will get rid of all the annoying **** from the Orange/Generic ROM and adding some nice new stuff, all while keeping Sense and all the HTC UI stuff.
I had the problem with the data connection as well but it's fixed now I flashed the radio after unlocking. You can get an unlock code for £10 and it's actually an investment in terms of resell value for the phone, plus of course you can then use whatever radio you want rather than waiting on Orange OTA updates.
You can always reflash to Orange stock if you ever have any warranty issues.
It can seem a bit daunting at first if you are not used to flashing ROM's but as long as you can follow a handful of well documented step by step instructions that are given it's easy, and there is so much to be gained.
Don't put up with what you don't like when there are relatively easy fixes.

Touch Pro 2 custom Roms/Speed increase

Hey all, my girlfriend got a US Cellular Touch Pro 2, and I got it to run on AT&T, and its ran pretty good for a few months, but now she's getting upset because its being slow and last night it wasn't showing call logs/sms past September 2nd, even though she's received many since than, and when I tried calling her, it showed up as "Unknown" even though i'm in her phone book, the date was also wrong, showing it sometime in July. So its becoming frustrating for her. My question is, is there a custom ROM (I'm an Android guy and have a few Roms on my Incredible) that I can put on her phone that will speed the phone up and make it more usable, and still keep the GSM functionality? Is there any way to do this? If not what are some speed tips and other tips to make the phone more usable? Thanks!

Id hard reset, task 29 then flash the rom of your choice. Theres a whole host of em over at ppcgeeks for cdma users. Adjust your settings (internet, mms etc) and grab any cabs you'll need or want (att keyboard fix or any att specific programs youll want to run) then yous hould be good to go.

So do I need to find a CDMA ROM that supports a SIM Card? Or find a GSM ROM? I was thinking Mighty Rom looked pretty good, but I have no idea on what to do to go about setting it up for her. I remember paying $20 to get a SIM Unlock, CID Unlock and Security Unlock tool, and then I did some ROM flash of a custom Sprint ROM to get AT&T to work on it.

Yes you are going to need a cdma rom if the phone is cdma regardless of At&t being the current service provider. Otherwise you will brick the phone. I have a sprint touch pro2 running At&t with no problems using nrg rom over at ppcgeeks.
Link to thread: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/cdma-tp2-upgrades/86489-rhodcmda-energy-sep-8-21916-24634-sense-2018-a.html
I would recommend the cookie rom version since that is the one that I use all the time. I've tried all the other but I keep coming back. But there's a nice variety so the choice is really yours/hers.
I would also recommend to task 29 and since you too have your phone unlocked to at&t (sim unlock) use the same unlocker radio in the task 29 so you get a clean and working radio/rom. Have her backup her texts, contacts, calendar etc using pim manager or microsoft myphone or active sync if she chooses so.
If you run into any problems you can post here, pm me, or even drop by in the nrg forum on ppcgeeks where there are many others willing to help first timers.
Best wishes man
Edit: Quick tip. It really does help to clear out text messages and email every once in awhile. This is known to cause instability. (degraded speed, errors...) If you don't feel like flashing a new rom you could just hard reset the phone which may fix whatever issues. Just know it will delete everything and those problems may still be on the device. It really is best just to task 29 and try a new rom especially since almost anything is better than the stock sprint one.

Why to change ROM? It seems that only the TP2 has to be cleaned up, as you should do time by time.
The easiest way to do this is using SK Tools. There are all the possibilities to clean a PPC in there with just a finger touch: Beginning with cleaning temp-folders up to cleaning the registry. I do this about once a month and have no problems like describben.

[Q] Verizon phone user in China

Courtesy of a very good deal while I was in the USA, I was able to pick up an HTC One M8 for $100. Seemed like a great deal for my first Android phone running 4.4.2. Talked with their support people, to guarantee it wasn't locked, confirmed that with a couple of web sites, then bit the bullet. Now I am back in China, using China Telecom, which is compatible with respect to data transmission, and both voice and SMS works fine.
But data, with a 4G SIM, doesn't work at all. Nor does 3G, or 2G. Oh yes, we have no chickens (G in Mandarin sounds like 'ji', which means chicken). Investigating things, it seems that this is because in trying to configure the phone APN for China Telecom, there is a required field which Verizon doesn't display: PPP. Without a way to set up PPP field to #777, there is no way to get the phone to talk China Telecom's network. Additionally, even when I try to save the APN information, it resets fields like MNC (CT requires 03) back to the Verizon value of 11. WTF? Obviously, it is time for me to venture into the world of a custom ROM, since that might make all the things I need visible. Decided to go with Android Revolution ROM.
I rooted my device with Weaksauce, downloaded all the required files, and was looking into custom recovery when Verizon pushed to me that an upgrade for my phone was available (4.4.3). Decided WTH, maybe that will expose the PPP entry that I need.
Nope, Weaksauce no longer works (and I didn't get to the point of S_off before that happened). the APN menu is now completely locked (with no ability to change anything or create new APN entries), and now I am concerned that Verizon has hosed my ability to get this phone working in China as anything other than a wi-fi capable data machine.
As a first timer delving into this world, I would appreciate some quick pointers to make sure I am going in the right direction.
Thanks in advance.
If you can read Chinese, the settings are supposed to be as follows for the APN:
名称：中国电信互联网设置CTNET (也可以用自己喜欢的)
APN:ctnet
代理：(未设置)
端口：(未设置)
用户名：[email protected]
密码：vnet.mobi
服务器：(未设置)
MCC:460
MNC:03
身份验证类型：PAP或CHAP
APN类型：default
PPP拨叫号码：#777
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M8 can't receive calls, flashed wrong ROM? (4G problem)

Yesterday I flashed my AT&T HTC M8 to a custom ROM (Wolla) because my phone was really laggy after the Lollipop update, and I noticed that although I am still able to make calls, I cannot receive calls anymore. I am wondering if it is possible that I messed up a step somewhere (especially step 3), or if I flashed my phone with the wrong ROM?
I also looked around on XDA more, and realized a few people also had this problem, and it was resolved by turning 4G data off. Apparently this is a problem with AT&T activating Voice over LTE, and the custom ROM not supporting/compatible. Is there a suggested fix to this problem (eg. flash back to the RUU on HTC's site)?
Here are the instructions that I followed to flash the new ROM:
Unlocked my phone via the HTCDev website
Installed TWRP
(Here is where I think the problem occured). I downloaded the Wolla Marshmallow ROM from the XDA thread, and took the boot.img image from the .zip into my fastboot folder.
Then in fastboot, I typed in "fastboot flash boot boot.img", then "fastboot reboot" to reboot my phone.
HOWEVER, my phone would be stuck in white Android booting screen, and wouldn't move for around 10 minutes, so I thought it was stuck.
I redid step 4 a few times, but the same thing always occured.
Finally, I decided to take the boot.img file from an RUU from HTC's website, and use that instead of the boot.img from the Wolla .zip file.
Now my phone boots, and everything seemed to work.
The only issue is that although I can make phone calls, I cannot seem to receive phone calls. It doesn't "ring" on the caller's end, and goes to voicemail in the end.
Does anyone have any experience with this?
My phone is an HTC One M8 bought from AT&T, unlocked about a year ago.

You're on the right track (AT&T's deployment of VoLTE is the problem), and there is one more suggestion I can make: call AT&T and have HD Voice (their branding of VoLTE) turned off for your account. Details here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62001970&postcount=28
Not a true "fix" as obviously, you will not have VoLTE if you do this. But its not a bad compromise, IMO. Not may folks are going to miss VoLTE, and at least the above workaround will allow you to use the custom ROM you want, and have LTE data.
Your other option, is to use an AT&T-based ROM. But who the heck wants that?

I think I'll hit up AT&T chat support today to turn it off, thanks!
I'm sure there are a lot of other AT&T users using custom ROMs on the HTC M8 on this forum. Are all these people getting this problem too, or are they using a special ROM that doesn't run into this issue?
Edit: I'm also a little worried if this problem might occur on other 4G networks internationally? I tend to go abroad once or twice every year, and have a SIM card for the other countries I go to. Is this an AT&T specific issue, or would I run into this problem for every country that also uses HD Voice?

Kwkevinlin said:
I think I'll hit up AT&T chat support today to turn it off, thanks!
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Note that the base level customer service probably can't turn off HD Voice (won't know what you are talking about, or even wrongly claim it can't be done). Ask to talk to a Tier 2 (or some such term) tech support.
Kwkevinlin said:
I'm sure there are a lot of other AT&T users using custom ROMs on the HTC M8 on this forum. Are all these people getting this problem too, or are they using a special ROM that doesn't run into this issue?
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If you click on the full thread, for which my previous linked post is from, you'll see that there are a good number of folks that had the same issue. And that is just on that one thread, there have been others (like this one of yours).
Plus, there are other variables that will effect whether AT&T users (on "international" based ROMs) will see this issue or not, such as whether HD Voice has been deployed in their market or not (heck, lots of places don't even have LTE yet, much less HD Voice), or whether the HD Voice feature was ever turned on for their account.
Personally, I have yet to see this problem, despite being on several different non-ATT ROMs and frequently travelling to various US regions. So I'm guessing in my case, HD Voice was never activated on my account.
Kwkevinlin said:
Edit: [/B]I'm also a little worried if this problem might occur on other 4G networks internationally? I tend to go abroad once or twice every year, and have a SIM card for the other countries I go to. Is this an AT&T specific issue, or would I run into this problem for every country that also uses HD Voice?
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From what I can gather, this is entirely an AT&T issue. Although nothing is a sure bet when travelling international, I'm sure you probably already well know if you travel abroad occasionally. In particular, LTE implementations seems a lot less standardized from one country to another than 3G or 2G. But falling back to 3G is not a bad option, if you end up needed to. Really, unless you are streaming video a lot, or downloading huge files, 3G is really all you'll need most of the time.

So I think I found might have accidentally found a way to deal with this problem without calling AT&T.
On my stock ROM, I turned of the VoLTE (HD calls or whatever) options under data connections.
Made a few calls to myself to made sure that it was dropping to 3G (ect...) when I called it.
Afterwards I flashed a custom ROM (the new sense 8 rom by sundream) and my phone could still receive calls as it dropped it for 3G.
While you don't have VoLTE you could avoid the hassle of calling AT&T.