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[Q] Help please!! anyone.

Trying to install Vaelpak 3.0 and I am having 1 hell of a time. I'm thinking it has something to do with my radio wimax pri nv ect.... because earlier in the week I tried flashing the combo and everything went to hell on my phone. I since then had to flash back to the previous radio and then had vp 2.3 running fine again. After that I learned that it was kernel specific problems with older HTC kernels so I flashed netarchy's and then went back to the radio combo and had this problem with my CPU load at 100% and always running at near 1ghz. Then I learned if your rom is not based on the 3.3 that the newest PRL with continue to overload your CPU the entire time. I hadn't gotten this problem really fixed by the time I found VP 3.0 and figured flashing this would just fix my problem with the newest PRI because its based on the 3.3 update.
After a full wipe (data, 2x cache, 2x dalvik) I flashed 3.0 only to get stuck in a white screen boot loop. So I DLed the file from another link moved it manually to my SD and flashed that... same problem. Then I decided I would restore my 2.3 through RA install rom manager and change my recovery over to clockwork to try to install the rom. No go. Then I flashed a previous version of 2.1 used rom manager to put RA back on (I've found this more reliable but at this point who the hell knows). Went into recovery and restored my backup made as of this friday. Still having the problems with the CPU load so I went back to recovery and flashed the older radio combo but noticed this doesn't have NV on it(not sure what NV is either). But all seemed to be working fine for moment until 2.3 started randomly restarting on me. So now my 2.3 isn't working and can't get 3.0 to flash.
Next thing I thought to do was to wipe all again flash 3.0 and then flash netarchy's kernel over the htc #15. BAM!! I get it to run through the boot into the set up menu asking for my gmail account. I enter my account info and wait, wait, wait, then it says cannot get reliable connection to google servers (also I notice that my data instead of a 3g icon says EvDo). Well now this can't be good. I try to turn on my wifi it says that wifi cannot perform search. I enter my network manually cannot find network. I've tried updated profile pri and everything else from settings and always get same error with communications saying call sprint(don't wanna do this will immediately void my warranty I'm thinking). Now the last thing left for me to check is if I can get 2.3 up again and check my wifi ect... through that.
Wipe, Wipe, Wipe, flash older radio combo, flash previous NV that wasn't in combo as far as I could tell, restore 2.3. All seems to be going well until I try my wifi. Cannot search again. WTF?? then instantly black screen to no where. Pull battery try again, get into the settings and then black screen back to Vaelpak boot animation. I am completely lost here I could really use some help. Like I said in the beginning I have a sneaking suspicion it has something to do with the radios combo ect... but can't figure it out on my own.

Well in case this has happened to anyone else and it is likely to happen somewhere down the road from people upgrading to roms based of the 3.7 update. The quickest fix I found was.
1. DL Unrevoked Forever from web page and flash it
2. Find a stock ruu for the 3.7 or do what I did and just DL Sprint Lovers PC36IMG.zip place in root of SD card and boot into hboot. Install the ruu.
3. Go to settings>software updates and update the PRI and the Profile
4. Remove the PC36IMG.zip from root of your SD card
5.(only applicable if you used the stock ruu) take your recovery of choice name it PC36IMG.zip and place in root of SD card. Boot into HBoot and install
then remove that from root as well.
6. Flash the Rom you were wanting to flash. This will take care of all Radio, Wimax, PRI, NV, and other problems between 3.7 based roms, Kernels and Radios.
Hopes this helps someone along the 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.

[Q] Phone deactivated?

I was running latest paranoid android and I wiped cache/dalvic cache after flashing Cerberus in recovery and when the phone booted up it was asking me to Activate (sprint service) my phone. I've never seen this with flashing roms and was wondering if this is a known issue with flashing roms on the S3 or something that can randomly occur from time to time.
Anyone have experience with this before? I had been running Paranoid Android for less than 24 hours but initially didn't have any problems whatsoever.

Itll do that sometimes depending on the rom. Usually does it after a factory reset and installing a cm based rom. Its just asking you to add your google account... you should be fine
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youdoofus said:
Itll do that sometimes depending on the rom. Usually does it after a factory reset and installing a cm based rom. Its just asking you to add your google account... you should be fine
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This didn't have anything to do with my Google account. I guess I should have been more specific, I mean that my phone is deactivated on Sprint's network as in I can't make phone calls and all the info is missing in about phone. Phone number, PRL and such. I am flashing back to stock right now and hope this fixes it. Will probably give paranoid another go but this doesn't sound like a common issue because I haven't been able to find anything by searching.

When you get back to stock it'll probably reactivate itself. If not (although you can do this regardless just in case), ##72786# in the dialer should set you straight. If I'm not mistaken the screen you're referring to should be gone when you boot stock regardless. Its a bug. Doesn't work for a sprint phone but still buried in the rom

Ahhh... could try manually flashing your modem after the install too
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billard412 said:
When you get back to stock it'll probably reactivate itself. If not (although you can do this regardless just in case), ##72786# in the dialer should set you straight. If I'm not mistaken the screen you're referring to should be gone when you boot stock regardless. Its a bug. Doesn't work for a sprint phone but still buried in the rom
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Soon as I flashed the stock rom it tried to activate and initially failed and prompted me to reboot. Second attempt it was successful and then I immediately flashed back to PA and it is working. Going to give it another shot and keep the stock rom on my sd card this time in case I get stuck in a pinch.

I jumped the gun, phone activated fine but signal drops in and out randomly and will not connect to 3g. Just reflashed to stock again and everything seemed fine but signal was still back in and out. Checked under status and PRL read "0" tried updating to no avail so did the dialer code and it did the activation and all is right in the world again, or at least for the moment.
Just trying to figure out why when I flash Paranoid all my settings just disappear
*edit*
Just flashed back to PA this third time after fully making sure that the phone was working and had 3G data and all was right with the world (my phone). Will update if it goes South again but as of right now the phone is behaving properly. Maybe it just wasn't working right the first time and I didn't notice since I was on wifi. Only thing that keeps me from thinking that is I didn't get the Activation message until 12 hours or so after I had flashed and had been using the phone. /shrug

I still think flashing a modem in recovery after installing PA would yield a poisitve result
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youdoofus said:
I still think flashing a modem in recovery after installing PA would yield a poisitve result
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how do you flash a modem? I am new to this and this is also a problem that I am having with the same rom. I tried searching for a fix and this is where i landed.
Thank you,
and sorry if i am breaking forum rules

[Solved] Urgent, LTE issue.

Solved! ODIN'd back to stock and LTE kicked in immediately. Back to flashing =) Thanks guys!
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Hello everyone,
I need some immediate help please. I flashed GalaxyMod TouchWiz ROM (coming from Vanilla RootBox). I flashed because I was looking for a more stable ROM and started having the following issue:
After the flash I only get 3G for roughly 5-10 minutes. After about 5-10 minutes LTE finally activates. This persists through ROM flashes. This happens after every reboot and after toggling airplane mode.
I have since flashed Task650's AOKP and CM10.1 and the above issue is still present. I have checked my APN settings, which are on PTA. I also checked my preferred network and this is where I noticed an oddity. It is stuck on WCDMA preferred for the first 5-10 minutes and then finally changes by itself to LTE / GSM/WCDMA.
Steps I've taken so far:
1.) Flashed the LTE fix (while still on GalaxyMod ROM) which was provided in the GalaxyMod thread. This made no affect on the issue at all.
2.) Flashed new modems, no affect at all.
3.) Wiped Cache, Dalvik Cache, Factory Reset, System, Internal Memory and Data, reflashed a new ROM, no affect.
I never had any delay in connecting to LTE prior to flashing GalaxyMod, and now I get it on every ROM I flash thereafter.
What can be causing this? I am thinking the only thing I can do is Triangle Away, ODIN back to Stock and send it to Samsung.
If you have any suggestions at all, please let me know. I am desperate to get this working.
At the time of this post I'm running TWRP 2.4.1.0, CM10.1 and the packaged CM Kernel that comes with the ROM.

RPelham said:
Hello everyone,
I need some immediate help please. I flashed GalaxyMod TouchWiz ROM (coming from Vanilla RootBox). I flashed because I was looking for a more stable ROM and started having the following issue:
After the flash I only get 3G for roughly 5-10 minutes. After about 5-10 minutes LTE finally activates. This persists through ROM flashes. This happens after every reboot and after toggling airplane mode.
I have since flashed Task650's AOKP and CM10.1 and the above issue is still present. I have checked my APN settings, which are on PTA. I also checked my preferred network and this is where I noticed an oddity. It is stuck on WCDMA preferred for the first 5-10 minutes and then finally changes by itself to LTE / GSM/WCDMA.
Steps I've taken so far:
1.) Flashed the LTE fix (while still on GalaxyMod ROM) which was provided in the GalaxyMod thread. This made no affect on the issue at all.
2.) Flashed new modems, no affect at all.
3.) Wiped Cache, Dalvik Cache, Factory Reset, System, Internal Memory and Data, reflashed a new ROM, no affect.
I never had any delay in connecting to LTE prior to flashing GalaxyMod, and now I get it on every ROM I flash thereafter.
What can be causing this? I am thinking the only thing I can do is Triangle Away, ODIN back to Stock and send it to Samsung.
If you have any suggestions at all, please let me know. I am desperate to get this working.
At the time of this post I'm running TWRP 2.4.1.0, CM10.1 and the packaged CM Kernel that comes with the ROM.
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Running galaxymod right now and in DFW area with great LTE coverage and never had the issues you had or any for that matter. Somehow in the flashing, I'm going to get real technical here right now , something got borked that isn't affected by flashing a new ROM. We could give to several things to try but honestly flashing back to factory out of the box and starting from there is the only fail safe way to do it. probably faster too. That's I would do

hednik said:
Running galaxymod right now and in DFW area with great LTE coverage and never had the issues you had or any for that matter. Somehow in the flashing, I'm going to get real technical here right now , something got borked that isn't affected by flashing a new ROM. We could give to several things to try but honestly flashing back to factory out of the box and starting from there is the only fail safe way to do it. probably faster too. That's I would do
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Thanks for the reply. I just downloaded root-injected stock and am flashing as we speak. If this doesn't work, I'm going to flash back to bone-stock and see how that goes. I'll report back and let everyone know =)

RPelham said:
Hello everyone,
I need some immediate help please. I flashed GalaxyMod TouchWiz ROM (coming from Vanilla RootBox). I flashed because I was looking for a more stable ROM and started having the following issue:
After the flash I only get 3G for roughly 5-10 minutes. After about 5-10 minutes LTE finally activates. This persists through ROM flashes. This happens after every reboot and after toggling airplane mode.
I have since flashed Task650's AOKP and CM10.1 and the above issue is still present. I have checked my APN settings, which are on PTA. I also checked my preferred network and this is where I noticed an oddity. It is stuck on WCDMA preferred for the first 5-10 minutes and then finally changes by itself to LTE / GSM/WCDMA.
Steps I've taken so far:
1.) Flashed the LTE fix (while still on GalaxyMod ROM) which was provided in the GalaxyMod thread. This made no affect on the issue at all.
2.) Flashed new modems, no affect at all.
3.) Wiped Cache, Dalvik Cache, Factory Reset, System, Internal Memory and Data, reflashed a new ROM, no affect.
I never had any delay in connecting to LTE prior to flashing GalaxyMod, and now I get it on every ROM I flash thereafter.
What can be causing this? I am thinking the only thing I can do is Triangle Away, ODIN back to Stock and send it to Samsung.
If you have any suggestions at all, please let me know. I am desperate to get this working.
At the time of this post I'm running TWRP 2.4.1.0, CM10.1 and the packaged CM Kernel that comes with the ROM.
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Did you check to see if your IMEI is missing?
I had the same issue on GalaxyMod. I had to do a clean install of the ROM, apply KT's kernel, and apply the LTE fix BEFORE I rebooted. I could not tell from your post if you did a clean install of GalaxyMod. Then I checked my IMEI and it was missing, so I performed the fix found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997 and repeated the steps above. Worked for me as I get LTE speeds now on GalaxyMod.

peaster3 said:
Did you check to see if your IMEI is missing?
I had the same issue on GalaxyMod. I had to do a clean install of the ROM, apply KT's kernel, and apply the LTE fix BEFORE I rebooted. I could not tell from your post if you did a clean install of GalaxyMod. Then I checked my IMEI and it was missing, so I performed the fix found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997 and repeated the steps above. Worked for me as I get LTE speeds now on GalaxyMod.
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I'm getting LTE speeds, problem is after toggling airplane mode or rebooting the phone it takes up to 10 minutes for LTE to activate. I fresh installed GalaxyMod, wiped everything possible in the wipe menu of TWRP with the exception of external SD.
I also applied the LTE fix before I booted GalaxyMod, but I did not flash KT747. I prefer to not flash that kernel because it has the updated BT/WIFI drivers and had a warning that I would need to back those drivers up if I ever wished to revert. I don't really feel like going through all of that lol.

Solved. ODIN'd back to stock =) Thanks hednik!

RPelham said:
Solved. ODIN'd back to stock =) Thanks hednik!
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Glad it worked.... these phones are almost fool proof as you can start with a clean slate if all else fails. Glad it worked
IMEI was still intact ?

hednik said:
Glad it worked.... these phones are almost fool proof as you can start with a clean slate if all else fails. Glad it worked
IMEI was still intact ?
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Yupp I haven't yet lost my IMEI since I got the phone back in July. Guess I'm lucky so far, see posts all the time where people lose it, and I'm a flashaholic lol.
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[SOLVED - bad SIM card] Viperone 4.x, desperate to get 4G LTE to stick

UPDATE: My SIM card was bad. I swapped it for a new one and the entire problem was solved.
I dreaded the thought of wiping my phone and starting over, but I hated losing 4G LTE so frequently that I gave in and wiped my phone in order to get LTE to stick... and it didn't work.
I'm going to give a very thorough account of everything I did so that hopefully someone can point out any particular problem and/or solution to my issues. This plan was largely based around user AznInertia's steps which he reported to have eliminated his mobile data issues.
1) Downloaded Viperone 4.1.0 full, 4.2.1 full, and 4.3.0 OTA. In addition, I downloaded Philz latest custom CWM recovery and the 3.11.605.1 firmware, primarily in order to have the latest radios.
2) Went into fastboot and flashed Philz recovery.
3) Went into recovery and did a Factory Reset wipe.
4) Back to fastboot to flash 3.11.605.1 using santod's instructions.
5) Back to recovery to wipe data again, and install Viperone 4.1.0 full (with option to wipe data again from within Aroma)
5a) proceed to reboot immediately after installation had finished, and ended up with boot loops. Realized I forgot to flash boot.img from 3.11.605.1, so I went back to fastboot and flashed it.
6) Boot loop goes away, Viperone logo appears, takes a really long time, reboots, Viperone logo reappears and finally I get the "Android is optimizing apps" screen. I let it go all the way through and start doing the first time setup. I fill in the Google account info, and Google Play syncs my contacts, and starts downloading apps. Meanwhile, I have absolutely no network service.
7) Reboot to recovery and flash 4.2.1 without wiping. Phone proceeds to Viperone logo and this time gets fully stuck (waited approx. 15 minutes). Help power down to reboot the phone, and this time it kicks over to "Android is optimizing apps," etc.
8) OS fully loads up, and this time I have Verizon Network service, but it's very apparent that 4G LTE isn't sticking, and it keeps dropping down to 3G.
9) Reboot to recovery and flash 4.3.0 OTA (no wipe). Back in the OS, I click Venom Tweaks->Misc->Phone info, drop down to "Set preferred network type:" and I switch it from "CDMA/EvDo/GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto" to "LTE, CDMA." Phone goes back to 4G for a moment, and then drops down to 1X.
9a) Back to phone info, switch from "LTE, CDMA" to "CDMA + LTE/EvDo auto," phone goes back to 4G briefly and then down to 3G.
I am DESPERATE here, I really want to stick with this ROM, but having been forced by Verizon to increase my monthly payment for 4G and not being able to use it feels like a punch in the nuts. Does ANYONE have ANY ideas on what I could do? Some different order and/or application of the steps I mentioned? I would be so grateful for any kind of help at all. Thanks very much in advance to this amazing and knowledgeable community.

Flash full odex stock ROM and stock recovery.
Perform a factory reset from settings with stock recovery installed.
Then reboot.
Now you can flash a custom recovery and ROM and data should be fine...
The stock recovery factory reset restores the Verizon NV partition responsible for your data issues.
Good luck!
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santod040 said:
Flash full odex stock ROM and stock recovery.
Perform a factory reset from settings with stock recovery installed.
Then reboot.
Now you can flash a custom recovery and ROM and data should be fine...
The stock recovery factory reset restores the Verizon NV partition responsible for your data issues.
Good luck!
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Hi Santod, I appreciate the help, I read this post and thought, "oh simple, this will be a breeze," and naturally (for me), nothing is working properly.
I tried downloading 3.11.605.1_M7_WL_KK_55_VZW_442_Odex_Full.zip and installing it through Philz recovery. I selected the zip, I get what looks like an ASCII art face, followed by "M7vzw-KitKat, Stock Rooted ROM, Android 4.4.2, Verizon HTC One 3.11.605.1, Packaged by santod." So far so good. Then it's immediately followed by: "format() expected 5 args, got 4. E:Error in /data/media/0/3.11.605.1+M7_WL_KK_55_VZW_442_Odex_Full.zip (Status 7). Installation aborted."
So I thought perhaps I was meant to flash the recovery first? I tried flashing 3.11.605.1_recovery.img, and all I got was the red triangle exclamation point. So I tried 1.10.605.10 instead, and that seemed to do something ("Installing Verizon Wireless" something or other) but no option to install and/or wipe. So I went back to Philz, tried your odex full ROM again, and same thing.
I'm back on ViperOne 4.2.1 for now just to have a workable phone. Please help :crying:

Use CWM recovery .4.5 version to install stock Rom.
Do Rom first then recovery.
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ProcyonSJJ said:
I dreaded the thought of wiping my phone and starting over, but I hated losing 4G LTE so frequently that I gave in and wiped my phone in order to get LTE to stick... and it didn't work.
I'm going to give a very thorough account of everything I did so that hopefully someone can point out any particular problem and/or solution to my issues. This plan was largely based around user AznInertia's steps which he reported to have eliminated his mobile data issues.
1) Downloaded Viperone 4.1.0 full, 4.2.1 full, and 4.3.0 OTA. In addition, I downloaded Philz latest custom CWM recovery and the 3.11.605.1 firmware, primarily in order to have the latest radios.
2) Went into fastboot and flashed Philz recovery.
3) Went into recovery and did a Factory Reset wipe.
4) Back to fastboot to flash 3.11.605.1 using santod's instructions.
5) Back to recovery to wipe data again, and install Viperone 4.1.0 full (with option to wipe data again from within Aroma)
5a) proceed to reboot immediately after installation had finished, and ended up with boot loops. Realized I forgot to flash boot.img from 3.11.605.1, so I went back to fastboot and flashed it.
6) Boot loop goes away, Viperone logo appears, takes a really long time, reboots, Viperone logo reappears and finally I get the "Android is optimizing apps" screen. I let it go all the way through and start doing the first time setup. I fill in the Google account info, and Google Play syncs my contacts, and starts downloading apps. Meanwhile, I have absolutely no network service.
7) Reboot to recovery and flash 4.2.1 without wiping. Phone proceeds to Viperone logo and this time gets fully stuck (waited approx. 15 minutes). Help power down to reboot the phone, and this time it kicks over to "Android is optimizing apps," etc.
8) OS fully loads up, and this time I have Verizon Network service, but it's very apparent that 4G LTE isn't sticking, and it keeps dropping down to 3G.
9) Reboot to recovery and flash 4.3.0 OTA (no wipe). Back in the OS, I click Venom Tweaks->Misc->Phone info, drop down to "Set preferred network type:" and I switch it from "CDMA/EvDo/GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto" to "LTE, CDMA." Phone goes back to 4G for a moment, and then drops down to 1X.
9a) Back to phone info, switch from "LTE, CDMA" to "CDMA + LTE/EvDo auto," phone goes back to 4G briefly and then down to 3G.
I am DESPERATE here, I really want to stick with this ROM, but having been forced by Verizon to increase my monthly payment for 4G and not being able to use it feels like a punch in the nuts. Does ANYONE have ANY ideas on what I could do? Some different order and/or application of the steps I mentioned? I would be so grateful for any kind of help at all. Thanks very much in advance to this amazing and knowledgeable community.
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Not sure if it makes a difference but try TWRP (I think 2.6.3.4?), I see people having issue with Philz all the time. Use the newest TWRP, you have the sequence of ROMs correct
1.) Clean flash ViperOne 4.1 FULL
2.) Dirty ViperOne 4.2.1 Full
3.) Dirty ViperOne 4.3 OTA
Also, don't install the Full 3.11.605.1 Firmware unless you download the ZIP and remove the boot.img file. If you don't do that that screws up your kernel. To be safe you can just download the flashable radios only once you got through the instructions I included.
- FYI, I never got stuck at #7, so that's odd

I added a firmware zip without the Boot.img yesterday.
But if having the data issues like described above, the factory reset in stock recovery is really what is needed to fix things up...

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...
I didn't remove the boot.img file first Now I'm stuck at verizon logo. Not sure what the correct approach to fixing this is. Do I try to reinstall a custom kernel? Do I reflash CWM and do a full wipe and try again? *banging head on desk*
Wait, you said to remove it from the firmware. But this time I didn't flash the firmware, I didn't think I had to. I left boot.img in the 3.11.605.1 ROM though, is that safe? Very confused...
Thanks so much for your support and sticking with me through this.
Update:
1) Went back to CWM 6.0.4.5
2) Flashed Full Odex (with boot.img left in)
3) Back to fastboot, flashed 3.11.605.1 recovery,
4) Entered recovery, red triangle exclamation point. Not sure why my phone doesn't like 3.11.605.1 recovery.

ProcyonSJJ said:
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...
I didn't remove the boot.img file first Now I'm stuck at verizon logo. Not sure what the correct approach to fixing this is. Do I try to reinstall a custom kernel? Do I reflash CWM and do a full wipe and try again? *banging head on desk*
Wait, you said to remove it from the firmware. But this time I didn't flash the firmware, I didn't think I had to. I left boot.img in the 3.11.605.1 ROM though, is that safe? Very confused...
Thanks so much for your support and sticking with me through this.
Update:
1) Went back to CWM 6.0.4.5
2) Flashed Full Odex (with boot.img left in)
3) Back to fastboot, flashed 3.11.605.1 recovery,
4) Entered recovery, red triangle exclamation point. Not sure why my phone doesn't like 3.11.605.1 recovery.
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You leave the boot.img in if you want to use a stock kernel with a 4.4.2 ROM (like the odex stock rom that you flashed). The problem is that the 3.11.605.1 recovery (with boot.img) is made for 4.4.2 which is the OTA, whereas ViperOne runs on 4.4. I had issues before running stock kernel with the ViperOne rom which runs a slightly different version. I'm hoping it will get fixed later on.
I would redownload 3.11.605.1 recovery and make sure md5 match before flashing

ProcyonSJJ said:
Update:
1) Went back to CWM 6.0.4.5
2) Flashed Full Odex (with boot.img left in)
3) Back to fastboot, flashed 3.11.605.1 recovery,
4) Entered recovery, red triangle exclamation point. Not sure why my phone doesn't like 3.11.605.1 recovery.
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That is standard stock recovery behavior.
Volume up and power will get you a stock recovery menu.
From here you can do a factory reset.
Or just boot into the system and go to settings > storage I believe, and do a factory reset from there with stock recovery still installed.
It will take care of the rest itself from there.

OK, here's where I'm at.
1) I successfully installed both the 3.11.605.1 ROM and recovery. Booted up the OS, requested a factory restore, the phone rebooted and did that green icon screen indicating that the recovery was doing its thing. (BTW Santos, could never get power + volume up to do anything, not that I tried too hard once I got the factory restore to work through the OS.)
2) Based on Santos's confidence, I didn't bother flashing ViperOne 4.1.0, and went straight to clean flashing 4.2.1. I let it boot up, did the setup, went back to recovery and dirty flashed 4.3.0.
The results: 4G LTE still drops. It seems to hang on better, but it definitely drops back to 3G regardless of what settings I choose. Interestingly, when I changed the preferred network from Global to CDMA/LTE, sometimes it would tell me that there's no network, would I like to switch to Global. When I went back to the preferred network setting, somehow thge setting was changed to GSM. I also noticed something similar if I went into the Misc Phone info setting under Venom Tweaks and tried to force CDMA/LTE only without EvDo.
SO... Now I'm back to square one, determined to figure out the root cause. I'm back to 3.11.605.1, and I'm going to stick with it for around 24 hours to see if it drops to 3G before I proceed to follow AznInertia's instructions and clean flash 4.1.0. At least then I'll know if it drops, it's not the ROM, but its been about an hour and no drop so far. *sigh* Thanks again for your patience and assistance.
Update: An hour and a half later, still connected to 4G. Although, I've been at my home the entire night. The true test will be when I drive to and from work tomorrow.
Update 2: I don't know when it happened exactly, but I dropped to 3G on stock! I'm actually excited because maybe it's just my sim card after all! Hopefully I can just replace it, reinstall ViperOne and put this whole issue to bed!

It could be the SIM card or just your area having 4g issues. I have been on the Rom for awhile and never had an issue with 4g dropping. I do drop to 3g when at work but that's more due to coverage. Hope it's just your SIM card but it's definitely not the Rom.
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ProcyonSJJ said:
OK, here's where I'm at.
1) I successfully installed both the 3.11.605.1 ROM and recovery. Booted up the OS, requested a factory restore, the phone rebooted and did that green icon screen indicating that the recovery was doing its thing. (BTW Santos, could never get power + volume up to do anything, not that I tried too hard once I got the factory restore to work through the OS.)
2) Based on Santos's confidence, I didn't bother flashing ViperOne 4.1.0, and went straight to clean flashing 4.2.1. I let it boot up, did the setup, went back to recovery and dirty flashed 4.3.0.
The results: 4G LTE still drops. It seems to hang on better, but it definitely drops back to 3G regardless of what settings I choose. Interestingly, when I changed the preferred network from Global to CDMA/LTE, sometimes it would tell me that there's no network, would I like to switch to Global. When I went back to the preferred network setting, somehow thge setting was changed to GSM. I also noticed something similar if I went into the Misc Phone info setting under Venom Tweaks and tried to force CDMA/LTE only without EvDo.
SO... Now I'm back to square one, determined to figure out the root cause. I'm back to 3.11.605.1, and I'm going to stick with it for around 24 hours to see if it drops to 3G before I proceed to follow AznInertia's instructions and clean flash 4.1.0. At least then I'll know if it drops, it's not the ROM, but its been about an hour and no drop so far. *sigh* Thanks again for your patience and assistance.
Update: An hour and a half later, still connected to 4G. Although, I've been at my home the entire night. The true test will be when I drive to and from work tomorrow.
Update 2: I don't know when it happened exactly, but I dropped to 3G on stock! I'm actually excited because maybe it's just my sim card after all! Hopefully I can just replace it, reinstall ViperOne and put this whole issue to bed!
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I'm glad you were able to get 3.11.605.1 going and got it restored, I went through the same frustration with you and I tried multiple combinations for the 4G drop but the one I suggested was the only way to do it (clean of 4.2.1 and 4.3 full ROM had dropped connections).
If you get dropped connections to 3G its probably: coverage drops or perhaps you need to change SIM card. If you go to the corporate stores (not 3rd party), you can swam SIM for free. If you go to those 3rd party Verizon dealers they charge for SIMs. FYI

So it was the SIM card afterall... *facepalm*
Couldn't find a corporate VZW store, so I had to go to a retailer, and like you said, they charged me. $10, so it wasn't too bad.
But I switched on Wednesday, and I have dropped down to 3G exactly one time, when I was in a particularly bad area. Flashed 4.2.1 clean and 4.3.0 dirty, and have been running fine ever since. Don't know why I waited so long to address the SIM card. I really wish there was some kind of useful diagnostic tool that could identify SIM cards that have gone bad.
Although this thread is Note centric, the second post describes the problem I was having perfectly (understanding after the fact...): http://forums.androidcentral.com/verizon-galaxy-nexus/185483-sim-card-ever-go-bad.html
Thanks again for everyone's help. I'm going to modify the original post.