The other night my phone randomly shut off and would not turn on for like 8 hours. When it did, it got SUPER hot in the back where it would just about scald your hand. It shut off again and i got it back on in a few minutes.
But my problem is ever since then I have not got good signal at all where I use to get full signal. I dont't think it's ever connected to 3G either. And i can't get enough signal to place out calls.
My wife has the same phone and since i have flashed it, ive never got as good signal as here. Which im guessing the problem is my radio is a lot older version then her's. I just dont know how to succesfully update the radio.
But my main issue is that i have little or no signal in places i got good signal until this happened. Is it possible that this ruined my anteanna or something?
Carrier: Bluegrass Cellular
Current ROM: MIUI-110070 (also tried cynageonmod and the original sense UI)
Baseband version( assuming that means radio) 2.05.10.08.11 (wife's radio version is like 5... or 7... something)
something i just noticed.. Network says US Cellular, but i have bluegrass. But im just assuming that has something to do with me running MIUI instead.
Needing help!
But my main issue is that i have little or no signal in places i got good signal until this happened.
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That's the main issue here and that's what we should focus on.
The Desire overheating issue is a known one and it's mostly related to a faulty mainboard. It's patched by underclocking/undervolting or completely fixed by replacing the mainboard. My best guess is that when you installed MIUI, thus replacing the stock kernel with one that can overclock the CPU, the CPU got somehow overclocked/overvolted and that caused the overheating thus damaging the mainboard. As i said, it's a guess; the mainboard could have easily failed by itself, as no tech is fault-proof.
Try replacing the ROM with a stock one and see what happens. If the problem persists, you could try flashing a newer radio (there are lots of guides here on how to do that), but mind you, it's not a recommended procedure for a damaged phone, as if the phone shuts down and the radio flash fails, you'll end up with a permanent brick.
There is a hardware fix you could try, but that involves taking the phone apart. It's not a very invasive procedure, as you need only undo a couple of screws and dismantle some plastic parts. Do a search for "antenna contacts fix" in the Desire section.
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why my dopod 838pro sometime it cannot detect a radio rom and show a NO GSM, but if detect it a radio rom and it will hang about and half hours and reset will turn back to NO GSM, is hardware or software prob, anyone can give me a solution?
Provide more information - OS version and Radio version. Its probably a hardware problem but you may try to reflash to a manufacturer's shipped version and retest.
I had the same problem basically. Phone would freeze up, get repeated NO GSM messages, drop the radio even when it finds it after several minutes of use. I did buy the phone off eBay used and it did freezeup in WM5 ALOT.
I took the phone apart and cleaned all the contacts - same problems. Reflashed manufacturer's rom again and it took. Before it sometimes would hang up - looking for GSM radio. Took it apart again FULLY and put everything back together. It is now working for the past week. No freezeups or drops. Seems to always find GSM on bootup.
last time using a official rom wm6 also freeze up, then flash it to manila2d rom, it also got a same prob, try reflash a radio rom, but always get stuck at 6%, but try and try then 100% done, but also same prob.
so ur solution is try Reflashed manufacturer's rom again?
Thats what I did but the flash alone didn't fix the problem. I don't think a rom flash will bring your phone back but you may get lucky. I had to open it up and clean and reposition things. For some reason it worked. I still get screen fade to white and the directional pad on the front sometimes doesn't work - you move the scroll wheel and it will work again. Might have to replace the dPad circuit board or flex cable. The HERMES seems to have MAJOR problems with quality control and the radios. I personally think the battery presses against a backing plate which rests directly against the chipsets. The silver plate behind the battery does flex and it shouldn't. It probably should be a little thicker to prevent flexing. The heat from charging and the pressure from the battery I think causes the radios to fail. Bad soldering also may be a problem but any pressure on a motherboard and chipsets isn't a good thing. Also screws that are too tight also may contribute to the problem.
My phone has been working for about a week. Prior to that it was getting constant NO GSM errors on bootup and dropped calls. Today the phone was out of the house for the first time in weeks and it worked without any problems - no freezes (did a lot before) and no dropped radio. It has been sitting on my desk for two weeks without any problem. Will try it a few more days and see.
herm200 no GSM
Hi! I have read all thread about no GSM from here.
I have already do many many tests, tried to flash any radio rom extracted, hard reset, mtty with set 1e 1... I have already dissasemble and reassemble it
but no one fix the problem No GSM.
I have the same probleme, sometime no gsm and sometime ok.
So please, if anyone find everything which can fix this problem please post it!
Sorry for my english!
Thanks a lot for all jobs and helps.
Hello all, my hermes had this problem too!
Sometime it works, " 1.56.70.11" and sometime no! "NO GSM"
i have done about twenty flash thinking it will resolve this problem...
After reading a topic on this problem, i have understand it was an hardware problem. Something unsolde.
I have buy "double face scotch", i have disasemble the phone completely.
And on every chip and on the "battery"( little round and flat) i have put a little piece of scotch. it will do a pression on every chip to keep chip connected on the motherboard.
From this moment, the phone has never freeze, no more "no gsm" message!
ALL IS GOOD
Sorry for my poor english.
Many things can affect the radio
Try this...
Un plug your batt... insert a big piece of aluminium under the batt over the gsm chip... it wil not work properly... Magnetic issues... the batt do this things too i prove it on a Nokia... the batt without the stick = radio problem no signal...
Abd here i got the same trouble no gsm sometimes i realized that has been a lot flashes but noup, was a dialer that makes this issues 3G phone canvas,.... back to touch dialer 3G or 2G and its good now... think the CPROG and some other is not so compatible.
Desperately please help me, my Dopod 838 Pro has No GSM!
hey dude try another rom... the roms with HTC phonecanvas 2g or 3g do this issues on my hermes dunno why... thats th reason i dont cook anymore phoncanvas on my roms.
Update Radio ROM to 1.47
I had same problem just recently, and the recommendation that I got was update your Radio ROM ONLY...I upgrade to Radio 1.47 as all the time I was loosing service connection as well as No GSM...after this, my Hermes took live again.
I had 1.16 Radio...!!! and that issue came up after upgrading to one of the so many cooked ROM...I don't remember which one...
Check this link for more info, it saved my life!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=295751
Cheers,
I know I've come across someone else with these symptoms, but I can't for the life of me find anything via search.
My phone has been dropping calls left and right lately. I've tried three different radios, all with the same result. My bars jump up and down like crazy while sitting in one place, and a couple of days ago my phone chose to enter airplane mode all by itself while it was in my pocket.
I have heard that the early production units have radio hardware issues, and I likely have one of those because I purchased my Dinc on pre-order when it first came out. I have also heard that the problem only becomes worse, but I don't really like the prospect of thowing out my INcredible. As it is right now, I'm using my trusty Env3 "dumbphone" until I hopefully get this sorted out.
I'm on SR4.2, presently using 11.19 radio, hboot 0.92, and S-Off.
If you're using another phone and it's getting fine signal in the same location, then it sounds like it is probably a hardware issue. I don't know if you're still under warranty but it couldn't hurt to call up Verizon and see if they could do something for you.
well, you are still under warrenty. i asked a rep and they said "as long as the device powers on, it still is, but a factory reset is required (unrooting) (they take the phones, refurbish them then sell them back as Certified Pre-Owned.
it is a hardware issue, the first couple thousand dincs had reception problems.
i'd say head to verizon and ask them what's wrong. because if your other phone gets full signal, it's your dinc problem, not you.
Did you try updating the PRL? That solved all kinds of problems on mine.
I couldn't turn on wifi anymore, the switch stayed greyed out and 1 out of ten times i could switch it on it kept giving the message "turning on wifi". The phone got really hot on the backside next to the camera lens so i send it for repair (Dynafix - Netherlands) now my gnex is repaired and they did a "boardswap" (?) this means that they replaced the whole motherboard? Is this a good thing? An second question, could the wifi module be defect because of flashing roms?
Thanks very much
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I couldn't turn on wifi anymore, the switch stayed greyed out and 1 out of ten times i could switch it on it kept giving the message "turning on wifi". The phone got really hot on the backside next to the camera lens so i send it for repair (Dynafix - Netherlands) now my gnex is repaired and they did a "boardswap" (?) this means that they replaced the whole motherboard? Is this a good thing? An second question, could the wifi module be defect because of flashing roms?
Thanks very much
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Yes they likely replaced the whole motherboard.
No, roms should not harm your wifi module.
Overclocking and excess heat might be able to though.
Flashing ROMs normally doesn't do anything to the motherboard, itself, but if flashing the wrong radios, or installing the wrong drivers could cause such a problem...
But as long as the phone is working, all is good, don't you think?
If you ask me, I do it this way:
(This is an example only). Phone broke, phone bootloops, with stock ROM, flashing a new ROM won't help, I phone my carrier, I get a replacement, if I don't like the device anymore, I phone again, say the device I got is also defect, I get a new phone of my choice, for free...
I have had to do this twice (hTC 7 pro and Samsung Galaxy S II, yet the GS II was really defect, so was the 7 pro), now I've got a GNexus, it won't boot, doesn't show up, at all, neither as OMAP, or anything. I could probably JTAG it, but as I regret buying the phone, because I miss the button, and I don't want to risk the same think happening, I phoned up my carrier, I'm getting a GS 3 on Friday...
(I will still help with GNex problems, though)
Thanks for your answers, very clear! By reading this i think i broke it myself because for a while i had an older radio with a ics 4.0.4 rom but i can't recall the exact time wifi died on me. Well.... my gnex is fixed for free (warrenty) a little more reading before flashing Thanks again for the answers!
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Flashing ROMs normally doesn't do anything to the motherboard, itself, but if flashing the wrong radios, or installing the wrong drivers could cause such a problem...
But as long as the phone is working, all is good, don't you think?
If you ask me, I do it this way:
(This is an example only). Phone broke, phone bootloops, with stock ROM, flashing a new ROM won't help, I phone my carrier, I get a replacement, if I don't like the device anymore, I phone again, say the device I got is also defect, I get a new phone of my choice, for free...
I have had to do this twice (hTC 7 pro and Samsung Galaxy S II, yet the GS II was really defect, so was the 7 pro), now I've got a GNexus, it won't boot, doesn't show up, at all, neither as OMAP, or anything. I could probably JTAG it, but as I regret buying the phone, because I miss the button, and I don't want to risk the same think happening, I phoned up my carrier, I'm getting a GS 3 on Friday...
(I will still help with GNex problems, though)
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What? installing the wrong drivers on your computer has nothing to do with the motherboard on your phone. My HTC drivers don't affect my nexus, why would they? Flashing a radio won't hurt the motherboard either. It may disable the wifi but it won't physically break the motherboard.
OK...
I physically dropped my phone last night, no i have no signal or carrier,
I have tried new sim, Flashed to stock, New Radios.
nothing worked all i get in About is unknown baseband after any attempts.
Any ideas where to start?
Thank you
Soulfl said:
OK...
I physically dropped my phone last night, no i have no signal or carrier,
I have tried new sim, Flashed to stock, New Radios.
nothing worked all i get in About is unknown baseband after any attempts.
Any ideas where to start?
Thank you
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its broken, I would start by looking for a new phone. You could have broken/cracked any of the ceramic smt components, antenna connection, etc etc.
Wow this sounds serious. I don`t think you can do anything but use your warranty and give it for repair. You can actually try to take off the panel and see if anything is fallen apart but other then that is just risky.
Highly possible that the fall broke some hardware component on your phone....
Hey guys,
I have a 5X that recently had a bootloop. The motherboard was swapped out using a donor phone. The phone is happy now with the exception of constant signal drops. I'm currently running 7.1.2 Pure Nexus rom however this issue was happening on stock 7.1.1 and after a 8.0 update (I reverted back to 7.1.2). The phone will behave normally then out of the blue the single strength indicator triangle is displays empty with an outlined triangle vs the traditional filled. I have no data and no cellular service. The only way I can get service back is after a reboot. Sometimes service will last 10 min, other times 4 hours. When I do have service its significantly weaker than typical, ~ -110. Is there some sort of hardware handshake that needs fixing? Would flashing a different radio be worthwhile? Wifi works fine and never cuts out. Any help would be most appreciated as this is very frustrating! Thanks in advance.
-Jesse
you can flash any roms with your repaired phone?
how did you that??
does your bootloader the "no RPMB" message?
jstein84 said:
Hey guys,
I have a 5X that recently had a bootloop. The motherboard was swapped out using a donor phone. The phone is happy now with the exception of constant signal drops. I'm currently running 7.1.2 Pure Nexus rom however this issue was happening on stock 7.1.1 and after a 8.0 update (I reverted back to 7.1.2). The phone will behave normally then out of the blue the single strength indicator triangle is displays empty with an outlined triangle vs the traditional filled. I have no data and no cellular service. The only way I can get service back is after a reboot. Sometimes service will last 10 min, other times 4 hours. When I do have service its significantly weaker than typical, ~ -110. Is there some sort of hardware handshake that needs fixing? Would flashing a different radio be worthwhile? Wifi works fine and never cuts out. Any help would be most appreciated as this is very frustrating! Thanks in advance.
-Jesse
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openyourmind said:
you can flash any roms with your repaired phone?
how did you that??
does your bootloader the "no RPMB" message?
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I'm not sure I understand the question. After swapping, the device behaves like a new phone. I was able to install TWRP, unlock bootloader, root etc. I do not receive any error about "no RPMB".
weird... I'm a little confused.
I read in many different forums that the repaired Nexus5x can no longer be rooted.
I have tried it with mine several times already unsuccessfully.
When you start the bootloader you see the message (no RPMB)
Maybe somebody has a solution for this?
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I read in many different forums that the repaired Nexus5x can no longer be rooted.
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Depends on who does it. LG UK replaced my motherboard last month. After repair, I was able to root it as easily as I did when I first got the phone.
my phone was at lg german
for over 2 weeks I am looking for a solution
Mine was not sent to a repair facility, I was fortunate to have a donor. Thread has slightly gotten off topic. Any thoughts to flashing another radio? Are some OS better suited for specific radios? Is there a way to verify which radio is most compatible with my OS / rom?
When I got my 5x repaired (motherboard replacement with brand new manufactured at 7/8/17) I can root my phone, unlocking bootloader etc.
Hi jstein84, I've the same identical problem (motherboard replacement after bootloop, and now intermittent signal and very poor reception, often -110dB)... Did you find any solution?
sebastian90 said:
Hi jstein84, I've the same identical problem (motherboard replacement after bootloop, and now intermittent signal and very poor reception, often -110dB)... Did you find any solution?
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Could it be that something wasn't reattached correctly by the repairer?
In my case, the phone was perfect for 2-3 months after the replacement (never dropped, never got water in this period). Now, since one week, it started issuing this new problem, which seems to be very common after screen or mb replacement in the 5X. Very poor signal, with every SIM card I tried (it happened after I used the wifi hotspot, but no sure it matters). I've tried resetting network settings and hard resetting the phone, nothing changed. I've also tried to check the speaker component inside the rear case (where there are the antennas). It seems ok, I just noticed that if I cover the bottom left right corner of the phone, the signal totally disappears immediately. I'm getting crazy with this problem...
sebastian90 said:
In my case, the phone was perfect for 2-3 months after the replacement (never dropped, never got water in this period). Now, since one week, it started issuing this new problem, which seems to be very common after screen or mb replacement in the 5X. Very poor signal, with every SIM card I tried (it happened after I used the wifi hotspot, but no sure it matters). I've tried resetting network settings and hard resetting the phone, nothing changed. I've also tried to check the speaker component inside the rear case (where there are the antennas). It seems ok, I just noticed that if I cover the bottom left corner of the phone, the signal totally disappear instantly. I'm getting crazy with this problem...
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You might try flashing the stock firmware with fastboot. I had a similar issue with bluetooth randomly cutting out. After flashing the stock firmware bluetooth now works without issue. I can't tell you why it fixed it because it shouldn't have made a difference, but maybe something got corrupted. Worth a try.
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Thank you for your suggestion! I'll try and then I'll let you know if it works!
jd1639 said:
You might try flashing the stock firmware with fastboot. I had a similar issue with bluetooth randomly cutting out. After flashing the stock firmware bluetooth now works without issue. I can't tell you why it fixed it because it shouldn't have made a difference, but maybe something got corrupted. Worth a try.
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I've flashed the stock firmware with fastboot, but nothing changed. It seems to be an hardware problem: when covering the right side of the phone, in particular the bottom right corner (and not the left one, as I wrongly said before), the signal immediately drops...
sebastian90 said:
I've flashed the stock firmware with fastboot, but nothing changed. It seems to be an hardware problem: when covering the right side of the phone, in particular the bottom right corner (and not the left one, as I wrongly said before), the signal immediately drops...
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I'm glad to see this post is getting some new activity. To answer Sebastian's question, my phone seems better but still not great. I seem to have better coverage but I noticed that if I enter a complete dead zone, I get the hollow triangle, and the phone is not able to get service again until a reboot. This is after returning to a known service area. I have received numerous ota updates since my original post so I'm not sure if that's the cause. I had also tried flashing new radios a few months ago but to no avail. I personally believe that its a hardware issue but I have no way to verify that. I'm glad Im not the only one and I hope this helps out somebody. If nothing else its validation that you're not alone.