No Signal or takes forever to get one - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989

Ok i am not new at flashing and android, but i am stumped. Here lately I have been getting the dreaded circle with the line through it.. I have flashed radios through Odin and recovery, reflashed roms in both methods and even Kies... and also done a nandroid restore of a rom before this happened. When it finally gets connected (after 10 minutes, sometimes longer) i have not problems until i reboot and it and i have to go through the same process of trying to get signal.... any help would be appreciated. or point me in the right direction... i am currently running stock unrooted 2.3.6...
I have also tried my sim in another phone and my daughters sim in mine same thing with my daughters sim.. just throwing that out there..

*bump* no one have this problem?
hmm. flashed Darkside and it seemed to have an effect on it... took only 3 min to get signal... weird!!!!
going to reboot in a sec to see what happens
NVM did it again...

Which radio are you using?
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UVKL1

been dealing with this for awhile now. Its unbearable. Stock everything.

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Strange... Just for fun, have you tried the blaze radio?
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well not since i have odin'd i will give it a shot...

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well not since i have odin'd i will give it a shot...
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No go for me. Going to have to dump T-Mobile

nope still same problem.. i guess i will give them a call tonight...

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nope still same problem.. i guess i will give them a call tonight...
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I have spoken to top tier support multiple times. The Field Engineering teams are involved now. Its unique here because on their coverage map I am in Excellent area. I'll have 3-4 bars show 4G yet I do not get a data connection. I called back and should be hearing back by the 17th. My ticket has been open for months... Afraid my device is defective or only works half the time. I am very low on apps and never install much. This is a bad situation for me. House phone and work device.

yes that does suck bad!!! but it is weird, in my case... just one day stopped after a reboot... my other devices work fine...

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yes that does suck bad!!! but it is weird, in my case... just one day stopped after a reboot... my other devices work fine...
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Exact same thing here. Stopped randomly first day... totally intermittent after! It was ironic because I had held off grabbing the GS2 because of Samsungs GPS issues with the Vibrant and first week I had my GS2 I was extremely happy. Rest is history I guess. Hope yours starts working again.

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[Q] NO data for root users??

ok maybe im on the wrong thread but idk. I had the CM6.1.1 and was working fine for awhile then suddenly im losing FULL data on and off. i'd have to switch it to 2G and back off to get the H of 4G and it'll only work for a few hours then i'd have to repeat it again. so I unrooted and sent it for a replacement thinking it was the G2 but now im having the same problem on CM7 2 weeks after replacing the G2. WTH?!?! is a new way of google shut us root users down?? i tried eveyrhing. wipe, reinstall nothing.. no luck
Hmm not positive but sounds like something on your end. If tmobile was actually implementing something like this we would all know about it and/or the forums would be blowing up. Not sure what advice to give you on what to fix it though.
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yea man idk wtf it is! i had this prob before and got the G2 replaced now its having the same prob again. its not apps im DLing i did everything i could think of. right now its restoring to stock rom so im gonna see how that goes... I rooted my GF g2 with sense and it works fine no issues and she ran it for months now..probably it something on my end since im the only one having this issue. but i didnt do anything besides root, DL rom.. thats it. i cant see how a few weeks later im losing data outta nowhere. i dont experiment with nighties or radios i just stick to one rom. hmm.. looks like im gonna have to toy with it for a while to ge it right again...
wrong forum buddy. should be posted in Q&A
i knew that was coming..
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i knew that was coming..
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if you knew there is no excuse
FWIW, i've had a ton of problems with the data connection over the past few days. sometimes (like now) i get data speed upwards of 4,200kbps with a lowww 67MS ping.
but for the most part data has been either non existant. issues started when i flashed CM7.0, went back to RC2 and things seem to be working much better.
had a bunch of other problems with CM7 tho, so i might have borked the install.
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FWIW, i've had a ton of problems with the data connection over the past few days. sometimes (like now) i get data speed upwards of 4,200kbps with a lowww 67MS ping.
but for the most part data has been either non existant. issues started when i flashed CM7.0, went back to RC2 and things seem to be working much better.
had a bunch of other problems with CM7 tho, so i might have borked the install.
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i flashed back to RC2, 6.1.1 too and still the same issue even flashed to stock rom. idk im about OCEAN my G2 in a minute
Your phone hates you and wants you to suffer for committing the crime of posting a "Q&A" topic in the "Development" section.
It doesn't sound like anything on your end. There are two things your gonna want to do here. The first is check you sim card, where the gold part is. Look to see if there is something near the gold piece that looks like TM*****. If not then replace your sim card. If you do have that then call tech support and have them file a Service Request if this is something that only happens in around a 7 mile are, if it happens everywhere you are then your gonna have to have a trouble ticket filled for your line.
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It doesn't sound like anything on your end. There are two things your gonna want to do here. The first is check you sim card, where the gold part is. Look to see if there is something near the gold piece that looks like TM*****. If not then replace your sim card. If you do have that then call tech support and have them file a Service Request if this is something that only happens in around a 7 mile are, if it happens everywhere you are then your gonna have to have a trouble ticket filled for your line.
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i already did all this when i had this prob on the 1st G2. so what im trying now is erasing everything, flash rom see if that works if it doesnt im gonna unroot, REroot flash rom. it doesnt work im sending this in for a replacement too (for the second time)
I am not on Tmobile, but I had a similiar problem... It turned out to be from using superbattery app... It actualy modifies the radio/ril some how.. and flashing a new rom/restoring stock, nothing worked, untill I flashed my same radio again.... Then it was fixed..... It is worth a try.
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wth.. i unrooted, flashed stock OS, re rooted, flashed RC2, was fine for an hour then again.. NO DATA! WTF!?!?! i guess i gotta mess wit he radios? i dont even know how to do that never went that far.

Rooted Kernels and Loss of Service

We're trying to determine the "root" (pun intended) of the problem so if you wanna come in here and start a fight go find a local bar to do so. We need to try and locate the source of the problem so either post something useful or walk away.
There seems to be some confusion and I dont know if its being ignored or what but theres an issue with these kernels that needs to be looked into further before new ones continue to be released.
Theres an obvious problem for a good amount of people and everytime I look I see comments that there isnt a problem. So heres everything I could quickly find regarding it.
Now Im not trying to be a **** about this but I dont get how the issue is unheard of when its one of the biggest topics in this section. And so we're clear, this is happening in ALL kernels. Unfortunately its been more profound in Zedos because it seems more people went with his method.
All Im asking is before more and more kernels are released that someone at least acknowledge the problem and see if it can be addressed before more and more people root and start complaining because they were told there was no LO.S. bug
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data drop? dunno about that, this shizzle will not drop. It's ZEDOMAX!
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zedomax said:
jump and we will find out. no they should be worked out. there was no data loss kinks in da first place, where did u get that?
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joetemp75 said:
Man I was fine then I flashed v5 and got the no signal issue
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SupahDave said:
Everything seemed to be fine last night but today I've had 4 separate times now where my phone has lost signal all together and needed to be rebooted to get phone/data back. When this has happened I tried going into About-->Status to see if I could see anything odd and I kept getting a FC of com.android.phone
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jimbobtexas said:
I did. No love. I'm without a signal, period.
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MILH0U5E said:
Got the no signal issue here too. I put it in airplane mode overnight and upon waking this morning the no signal circle was there. I had to do a reboot to get 3g and cell signal back.
Looking forward to seeing this process develop.
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wbyrd said:
Yeah this just happened to me too, everything was fine this morning then I played a game of solitaire and after going back to my home screen I saw the circle. Rebooted phone and everything came back on. It's possible that the circle was there before I played the game of solitaire but I didn't notice until right after I quit playing.
Hopefully it gets straightened out soon. At least rebooting fixes the problem, I can handle rebooting for a little while if needed.
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plmiller0905 said:
I can't really deal with the issue of having no service. My daughter has a heart issue and can't afford to miss a call. It's not like I walk around all day literally looking at my phone's screen seeing if I have service or not.
I did reboot...so like your's my service is back up.
But I definitely hope this gets fixed soon. I'd rather have root with broken heptic feedback than the inability to receive calls.
But I'm sure the Op the get it fixed...
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volwrath said:
I've had a dead call issue and also tday my radios were just dead and there was a circle in the middle of the notification barr. A reboot fixed the issues each time, but I think it might be a problem. I thing newer kernels will also fix said issues. Still very satisfied
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JLine05 said:
I am having the issue of the phone (voice) and sms not working. Strange because everything else is working fine. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks.
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mcflargen said:
Still seems to have the data drop issue. Popped it on the second u dropped it, was great till a min ago. least a "restart" fixes it.
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joetemp75 said:
Man I just lost data again. This sucks
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kindaskimpy said:
I'm giving this one a try because with the zedomax kernel I kept losing 3G and CDMA calling and not even noticing it unless someone told me they'd been trying to reach me for hours. A quick reboot would solve the issue but then it would happen again.
I'll report back and let you guys know if this one is giving me the same issue.
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bbedward said:
I did this one because losing service on the other one, haven't lost it yet but its only been a couple hours
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fordmanck said:
I tried both, i'm back on this one. I lost service with zedos twice and haven't on this at all.
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Telling you right now someone is going to come in here and go "this belongs in General" then a mod will move your thread and deduct 5 points from something, not sure...but just a heads up
I also see a lot of people having issues, but I'm now on day 2 of flashing Zedo V1 and have yet to experience any of these issues. Not sure what I did different, but everything just works... The only thing I did was after rooting was getting my MSL from Sprint and erased the proxy servers in the ##3282 menu.
EDIT: Ok, I just lost service 1 1/2 day after rooting... Bug finally hit me..
I dont mind it being moved and I have no clue what the deduction in "points" does but I'll deal with it.
Now Im getting much better battery but I know people are still losing service on the new OC kernel. My roommate happens to be on e the unlucky ones.
Man...thanks for posting this. Hopefully the mod doesn't close this thread. This definitely is a concern and a serious matter. I don't care if these kernels are, "use at your own risk" these kernels should've been listed as betas, and/or the bugs should've been listed and further testing should have been. If those steps were taken, I bet a lot of people would've held back from flashing them. I know I would have.
Shabby posted this earlier in the other thread (post 160):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1267762&page=16
One thing that got to me was this morning I woke up, hoping to see a stock kernel and/or a way to return to stock. And instead, I see a new overclockable kernel. To me that's just not right. I think that you have to prioritize. That's like putting out a rom that has all data broke. Then instead of fixing it, you put out another rom...while disregarding the issues with the first rom. At least acknowledge the issue and let everyone know it's been worked on....don't just blow it off.
I know some of the devs over in the Evo forums was good about this....if something went haywire with one of their roms or mods...they were all on top of it to get the issue fixed and they also communicated with posting updates on the matter.
Like I said, hopefully the mods don't close this.
I'm definately gonna follow this thread...thanks Wingzfan
i rooted yesterday using zedomax method, did the OC kernel last night.. havent had any issues so far ..
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Shabby posted this earlier in the other thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1267762&page=16
post 160
I'm definately gonna follow this thread...thanks Wingzfan
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Bubby does have the stock kernel pulled. I was testing it till 1:30 in the morning but he's gotta recompile it. It was bootlooping so today thats his first order of business.
As for the kernels, I flashed it by choice. I dont blame the devs for ANYTHING, Im just saying acknowledge theres a bug and lets see how to resolve it.
I've been reading through the rooted kernel threads as well prior to jumping on the root wagon and have seen several people mention that they are not rooted and have experienced the loss of service so it seems that the issue may not be exclusive to the rooted kernels...possibly a Samsung bug?
Very possible which is why im hoping we can get an idea of how man people are rooted vs non rooted having it. Now the only thing is I cant find any complaints online about nonrooted phones doing it except a few here and youd think it'd be widely discussed
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I've been reading through the rooted kernel threads as well prior to jumping on the root wagon and have seen several people mention that they are not rooted and have experienced the loss of service so it seems that the issue may not be exclusive to the rooted kernels...possibly a Samsung bug?
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Yeah...I read those too. However, I never lost any service at home with any android phone I've owned..Nexus S 4g, all Evo's, Epics etc. Then today I wake up and I have no service....maybe it is a samsung bug, but I'd rather return to stock myself to see if the issue was still there.
Stocks on its way i promise. Probly tonight actually. Bubby was really close last night. Once we get that Id be curious to see what happens.
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Stocks on its way i promise. Probly tonight actually. Bubby was really close last night. Once we get that Id be curious to see what happens.
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Sounds good...can't wait
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This is an issue that started with mine also yesterday. But not only did I lose data but gps also. A reboot fixed it but I would like to know whats going on. I just came from the evo 3d and there was an issue that had to do with the prl so I am going to give that a shot with the 11115 prl that fixed the evo. Will post back with the results later today.
On V5, Ive only had the loss of data once in about 12 hours, versus about 3 times on Zedo V1.
I also did http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17703908&postcount=11 for the hell of it to see if that helped (even though I got it at a sprint store)
For the record:
A) People have reported this issue even on the stock kernel. It is not clear where the cause is.
B) For kicks (and because it cannot hurt) I did the whole profile/PRL update thing that someone suggested. Be it luck or real benefit, I have no had the issue since.
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Very possible which is why im hoping we can get an idea of how man people are rooted vs non rooted having it. Now the only thing is I cant find any complaints online about nonrooted phones doing it except a few here and youd think it'd be widely discussed
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I would think it would be widely discussed as well so that seems odd. I'm waiting to see what evolves or at least for stock kernel (an undo) before flashing a rooted one. I don't have TEP.
It's still a bit early for the issue to be too widely discussed.
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For the record:
A) People have reported this issue even on the stock kernel. It is not clear where the cause is.
B) For kicks (and because it cannot hurt) I did the whole profile/PRL update thing that someone suggested. Be it luck or real benefit, I have no had the issue since.
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Nice. I was told by a helpful Sprint cust. serv. rep. a while back that you should update your PRL & Profile when you go into a new area (tavel, move, or even long commute to work) regardless of which phone you have. I would think unboxing your phone would qualify as well. It sure couldn't hurt.
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It's still a bit early for the issue to be too widely discussed.
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Good point. Many people would not likely research on the web/forums, instead they'd likely address the issue directly with Sprint.
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Yeah...I read those too. However, I never lost any service at home with any android phone I've owned..Nexus S 4g, all Evo's, Epics etc. Then today I wake up and I have no service....maybe it is a samsung bug, but I'd rather return to stock myself to see if the issue was still there.
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Ever owned a Samsung phone before?
This is my 3rd one and I swore after the last one Id never buy a Samsung phone again but I got sucked back in. Samsung is notorious for shipping phones with all kinds of bugs that should be considered showstoppers then pushing out fixes months later.
It would not surprise me at all if that was the case here. I am one of the ones having this issue and I am not rooted. Ive lost data several times after hanging up a call. The data never restores and I have to toggle 3G to get it come back.
I dont think this is a kernel issue. I think its something to do with the rest of the OS, either that or the kernel is a different problem thats just acting the same way.
Ok thats what i was hoping to find is nonrooted and rooted people who are having the issue. Now on my moment this issue was huge so i went to htc and maybe thats the case again. Maybe sammy dropped the ball again. Question is what can be done about it.
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Damnit GPS

I got my replacement phone and GPS was incredible. For a week locks up 3 meters! Happened constantly and always until today. GPS ****ted out on me while my brothers EVO locked instantaneously. I'm tired of this and idk what to do anymore as i need GPS :/
Yeah, i havent had gps since day one se with my old nexus s. Unfortunately i dont think ill ever get a samsung again. The screen just isnt worth it. Its frustrating to say the least. Good luck on getting yours to work though, none of the roms or "fixes" helped mine.
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Yeah, i havent had gps since day one se with my old nexus s. Unfortunately i dont think ill ever get a samsung again. The screen just isnt worth it. Its frustrating to say the least. Good luck on getting yours to work though, none of the roms or "fixes" helped mine.
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I really tried to love this phone but GPS is def a killer for me. Unfortunately never a Samsung device for me either. Especially learning that at launch it re-used parts from the OG Epic
Lol I got my new refurb pun intended .GPS is incredible but for how long.
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Lol I got my new refurb pun intended .GPS is incredible but for how long.
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Refurb surprised me with its GPS and how fast it locked. A week later and trash. locks in at 100meters...
what rom are u using? also have u adjusted the settings?
Stock rooted EL29, flashing to FB15 stock just to see now. Everything related to GPS is on in settings. Also tried with sensor aiding off. no luck
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Stock rooted EL29, flashing to FB15 stock just to see now. Everything related to GPS is on in settings. Also tried with sensor aiding off. no luck
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I had great GPS Locks until I rooted to ICS Roms...No problem with GB and any rom on GB...When I went to ICS modem after modem just random locks...Then I tried a GB Rom on ICS...this worked the best...I was usin an EL29 Modem...Today I did the One Click Odin back to stock installed CWM...Gotta lock ...went back to CWM...restored ICS Rom...gotta lock in seconds...without usin WiFi...just GPS Test...Now I'll try drivin with it ansd see what happens...Usually I get the first lock quick...then stop the car go wherever ...return to car fire up GPS...and no lock...the only way to get it back is to reboot...then I get it again in seconds...It drives ya crazy...But like I said when I was on GB...whether Stock or rooted...never had a problem with GPS...ILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS TODAY...
i've flashed between different modems and roms over the 5 months i've had my e4gt and gps locks within seconds for me. i'm on blazer4 EL29 right now, with the EG30 modem. it's always had the best signal and speed for me. screwed around with some FC modems last night, bootlooped my phone trying to downgrade from FC07 in CWM. had to use heimdall to flash EL29. s'all good tho.
My gps works great on stock and all el29 roms since i got the phone when it first came out
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My gps works great on stock and all el29 roms since i got the phone when it first came out
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Here are my before and after shots.
Before = 3meters lock
Now = 200meters lock
The GPS issue is definitely a bummer. I'm unrooted fully stock & have tried everything possible to get GPS to lock on. The only thing not making me from making a big stink about to Sprint is that I hardly have to use GPS. Still this issue definitely needs to be addressed & fixed.
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The GPS issue is definitely a bummer. I'm unrooted fully stock & have tried everything possible to get GPS to lock on. The only thing not making me from making a big stink about to Sprint is that I hardly have to use GPS. Still this issue definitely needs to be addressed & fixed.
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I took mine into sprint today. this BS needs to stop.
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I took mine into sprint today. this BS needs to stop.
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Do any of the other carriers variations of this phone suffer the same problem?
Okay if you are running ICS it is a known issue to have constant GPS lock-ups. I can run GB EL29 flawlessly with perfect GPS, and then flashed any ICS leak and have the GPS lock up after using it a few times.
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Okay if you are running ICS it is a known issue to have constant GPS lock-ups. I can run GB EL29 flawlessly with perfect GPS, and then flashed any ICS leak and have the GPS lock up after using it a few times.
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Same here...But Ill live with it for now...At least I can get it to work...
Im on EL29 and no GPS lock. Sprint said my GPS was working perfectly fine but i showed them right in front of their face that it is not. And the guy STILL kept saying its working. I'm like no man the GPS light is still blinking and it's accurate to 70 meters...They decided to send me a replacement but I said that's not gonna do any good. They're still sending me one though...God damnit -__-
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i've flashed between different modems and roms over the 5 months i've had my e4gt and gps locks within seconds for me. i'm on blazer4 EL29 right now, with the EG30 modem. it's always had the best signal and speed for me. screwed around with some FC modems last night, bootlooped my phone trying to downgrade from FC07 in CWM. had to use heimdall to flash EL29. s'all good tho.
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Hah! I thought I was the only one rocking the EG30 modem. Still is the best for me, and never had LOS.
Did you have to pay for the replacement? If so how much and do you have insurance?
Having the same problem with the damn good and thinking of either sending it back to samsung or send to sprint store.
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no and i have TEP. insurance means i have to go to ausrion and pay 100$. if i didnt have TEP i would have to pay 35$

[Q] Complete Loss of Signal

I'm not sure if this is the right board to post this in, but here goes. I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus on Verizon. I was running AOKP Milestone 5 and Franco Kernel Build 185 and things were great. Then yesterday I randomly didn't get any signal when I got back to my house. Before I always got enough signal to make calls and text. I thought that was weird, so I did a complete wipe and upgraded to AOKP Build 38 and Franco Kernel 185 again. I still had no signal. Thinking I messed something up in the process, I reverted back to a month old Nandroid when I had no problems, still nothing, after this I went back to AOKP Build 38 and Franco Kernel 185 again. I tried reflashing the 4.0.4 radio's before and that didn't work either. It has to be my phone because my parents and sibiling both still get signal fine with their non-smart phones. I'm willing to unroot my phone if it means getting service again. I've never really encountered this problem and would love it if anyone could point me in the right direction to fixing this problem. I took two screenshots of my phone status for you to look at
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I've been researching and haven't found any solution to my problem. I would appreciate any help or direction given. Thank you.
Check Logcat and check dmesg from inside the phone. This will help show as to why to begin to narrow down.
Also, when you post these two logs, use pastebin.com
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Check Logcat and check dmesg from inside the phone. This will help show as to why to begin to narrow down.
Also, when you post these two logs, use pastebin.com
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Thank you for your response, to be honest I didn't know what you meant by Logcat and Dmesg, so now I'm researching it and figuring it out. I will return with these pieces of information when I'm done. Thank you again for the response.
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Check Logcat and check dmesg from inside the phone. This will help show as to why to begin to narrow down.
Also, when you post these two logs, use pastebin.com
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I managed to get my Logcat. Here it is http://pastebin.com/Uf4QSfU2
Still working on getting that Dmesg thing. Not sure how to save it to a text file.
EDIT: here it is http://pastebin.com/4EcufH7T
If it's the phone and won't get a signal after what you've tried.. I would say either a bad sim (not sure how the sim could just go bad) or.. hell, radio failure? Sounds strange. Usually when people lose signal rebooting or airplane mode works..
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If it's the phone and won't get a signal after what you've tried.. I would say either a bad sim (not sure how the sim could just go bad) or.. hell, radio failure? Sounds strange. Usually when people lose signal rebooting or airplane mode works..
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Yeah, I'm not really sure what to do at this point. I do get signal outside my house and sometimes full 4G, but overall I get worse reception everywhere.
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Yeah, I'm not really sure what to do at this point. I do get signal outside my house and sometimes full 4G, but overall I get worse reception everywhere.
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Oh you get signal? I thought you got none at all haha. Are you looking at bars or DBM readings?
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Oh you get signal? I thought you got none at all haha. Are you looking at bars or DBM readings?
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Well, I use to get a couple bars around my house. Now I get none. I am looking at bars. Now I have an X and am unable to send/receive texts and calls. I am thinking about unrooting my phone, going back to stock and locking my phone to see if it's a hardware thing.
Pretty sure it's a Gnex thing. I just bought mine and out of the box 4g only connect for 2 minutes then just goes out for a long time
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iTreezy said:
Pretty sure it's a Gnex thing. I just bought mine and out of the box 4g only connect for 2 minutes then just goes out for a long time
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Yeah, I just unrooted my phone, put stock back on and everything. Not working, thinks it's a hardware problem.
It's hardware. I went through 7 replacements from Verizon before I got one with a good screen and working radios.
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SnrSuave said:
It's hardware. I went through 7 replacements from Verizon before I got one with a good screen and working radios.
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I'm so lazy that I don't want to go through the hassle of replacements -_-
Does anyone know exactly why it's a hardware problem? Because it does connect for me but only for a minute or so

[Q] Epic in SUPER SLOW SLOW MODE. (kinda bricked)

Ok so a little after midnight i rebooted my phone cuz it was being flaky.
Then it got stuck on the Cyanogen SGS boot screen from PAC 20.1 I tryed to ODIN cwm-5.0.2.7-epic4g.tar.md5. I got that to stick but every time i would flash a rom it would get stuck and end up and the samsung boot screen again. i tryed to flach cm9.1 and it hang at the BLM MTD part for a very long long time. then it went to the gray screen(the backgound of cwm 6) so that didn't work. So i tryed to ODIN stock EL30 EC05 just like hear http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
Well that ended with the phone booting up after about 40 minues. But i could not unlock the dam thing. So i did it again & left it for an hour & now its just siting there 12:19 on the clock but i cant unlock the phone. the sprint 4G boot aniy was/is all chopy and the sound cuts in and out. IDK i think my Epic is Epicing F(ced
(i'v been ODINing & reading xda all night:crying: )
Any ideas?
How about just going back to 100% stock FC09? Use re-partition, and you may even want to consider EFS clear (unless not on Sprint). Try that and let it run on that for a day. Note any issues that appear.
If no issues, then try to flash another rom.
Worst case scenario, your flash memory is on it's last leg and heading to become kaput. Flash memory only has so many reads & writes before it kicks the bucket. Constant flashing of roms over the lifetime of this phone diminishes the lifespan faster than a regular user.
A regular user wouldn't even come close to the read/write red zone for this flash memory, but a custom rom user/tester could (especially given the age of our phone).
Which is precisely why I find a somewhat stable ROM and stick with it for about 3 months, then i update/switch ROMs
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I typically only flash stable roms and stick with one for 4-8 months before doing a fresh Odin, re-root and new rom flash. I'm your normal user here; I stick with what I know works.
jeffreyjicha said:
Which is precisely why I find a somewhat stable ROM and stick with it for about 3 months, then i update/switch ROMs
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Yes that kinda what i have done.
@nikon120 i tryed FC09 100% stock. i didn't try clearing EFS & yes i'm still on Sprint.
IDK i'm guna call sprint and see what they will give me to keep me?
zman519 said:
IDK i'm guna call sprint and see what they will give me to keep me?
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A big ole nothing. I've tried to get discounts and upgrade fees waived before, and they have given nothing. I'm a 10+ year customer.
Once a nicer than Nexus 4--Nexus device comes out, or if Sprint's suck-tacular service becomes even more sucky, I'm jumping to T-mobile.
nikon120 said:
A big ole nothing. I've tried to get discounts and upgrade fees waived before, and they have given nothing. I'm a 10+ year customer.
Once a nicer than Nexus 4--Nexus device comes out, or if Sprint's suck-tacular service becomes even more sucky, I'm jumping to T-mobile.
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SGS III Purple for $0.99 FTW
I really loved my Epic & i'l be back around the forums, my buddy has a busted Epic so maybe i can make one working phone out of the two.:good:
zman I have the EXACT problem with my Epic 4g, it's brand new I have only had it a handful of days and I haven't a clue as to what caused this error, my clock also reads 12:19 and the screen is unresponsive, so I can't slide unlock the screen to get usb debugging checked either. I am by no means new to android, flashing roms or anything else so this wasn't some noob error on my part.
I have messaged QBKing77 and he is as perplexed as I am, and well I figure if he can't figure it out, we might just be screwed.
Did you get yours fixed? If so could you please share what you did.
If i get it fixed I'll be sure to let you all know how i did it.
I have been playing with my new Purpal SGS III
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nerdygadgetguy said:
zman I have the EXACT problem with my Epic 4g, it's brand new I have only had it a handful of days and I haven't a clue as to what caused this error, my clock also reads 12:19 and the screen is unresponsive, so I can't slide unlock the screen to get usb debugging checked either. I am by no means new to android, flashing roms or anything else so this wasn't some noob error on my part.
I have messaged QBKing77 and he is as perplexed as I am, and well I figure if he can't figure it out, we might just be screwed.
Did you get yours fixed? If so could you please share what you did.
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Did you ever get your Epic back to life?
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Nope. I had it fixed then it went back to the same old issue. I've tried every version of odin, Heimdall and using every possible pit, .tar and md5 file combination I can come up with and I cannot remember what I used the first time to fix it. blah
Did you get yours fixed or figure out what the problem was? If I ca
zman519 said:
Did you ever get your Epic back to life?
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