Hi can anyone help me please?
I recently bought an htc one x, it had no sim card and i was told it was unlocked for any network, i have flashed the rom that has the snake on (cant remember the name). When i put a sim card it just doesn't seem to register at all, It seems that the airport mode is always in a state of turning of and the wifi wont turn on, i have tried to get the imei but when i do this there is no number at all just the word IMEI: Is this phone goosed? Would it be worth selling to another country where it may work so i can get some of the money i paid for it back?
Thanks in advance.
Mate, I'm afraid you have been tricked. What you described sounds like a serious hardware problem to me. As long as the phone accepts the SIM card it's not SIM locked, alright. But not being able to get out of airplane mode, or not being able to turn on wifi, sounds like it's seriously f****d up (pardon my language!). I suggest you see the service with it. Passing it to somebody else certainly won't solve the problem with it (only your problem!).
Cheers!
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Mate, I'm afraid you have been tricked. What you described sounds like a serious hardware problem to me. As long as the phone accepts the SIM card it's not SIM locked, alright. But not being able to get out of airplane mode, or not being able to turn on wifi, sounds like it's seriously f****d up (pardon my language!). I suggest you see the service with it. Passing it to somebody else certainly won't solve the problem with it (only your problem!).
Cheers!
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I wouldn't jump to conclusions there!
OP I recommend going back to stock and see if the problem is still there. An error in installing ViperX is always possible. Let's just hope nothing was wrong before you unlocked your bootloader. Otherwise you won't be able to get warranty if it's a hardware problem. I always test any electronic device for a week or two before I screw with it.
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Hi all,
I would like to know if it is possible to replace the GSM antenna on my wildfire. If yes, does anyone know or has anyone managed to do it? Any help would be appreciated.
Extra info:
This is my first post. I have searched xda-developers for a problem similar to mine but am fairly certain that there is no info on it here.
So here goes, a few months back, I broke my HTC wildfire after which even when I plug in a working sim card, it shows no signal.
When I took it to a repair shop, they said that the antenna is broken n there is nothing else that can be done other than replacing the phone.
However, if I put in a sim card of another carrier, it does recognize it and asks for an unlock code because my phone is locked to a specific carrier.
richard.macwan said:
Hi all,
I would like to know if it is possible to replace the GSM antenna on my wildfire. If yes, does anyone know or has anyone managed to do it? Any help would be appreciated.
Extra info:
This is my first post. I have searched xda-developers for a problem similar to mine but am fairly certain that there is no info on it here.
So here goes, a few months back, I broke my HTC wildfire after which even when I plug in a working sim card, it shows no signal.
When I took it to a repair shop, they said that the antenna is broken n there is nothing else that can be done other than replacing the phone.
However, if I put in a sim card of another carrier, it does recognize it and asks for an unlock code because my phone is locked to a specific carrier.
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i dunno pal, i get the feeling that it may be soldered to the board. and tbh your phone if network locked,it would come up saying you need an unlock code for different sims even if it couldnt get a signal, as it is software related.... now if it GETS signal with a sim that is a different story, but i wouldnt hold out much hope for it sorry bud.
just got my samsung galaxy nexus, but i have a really really annoying problem: when i turn my phone on and i have to type PIN it forces me to repeat this several times although i type correct PIN. had the same problem with my htc sensation xe on pure android!
this is really annoying because it takes me like 1minute to turn my phone on. luckily it happens not always.
can anyone help? it is stock, just got it delivered
As it happened with your last phone and now is happening with a new phone, I would say its a sim card issue.
Faulty SIM
gpfnzl said:
As it happened with your last phone and now is happening with a new phone, I would say its a sim card issue.
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Agreed.
Have you got another SIM that you can try to prove the problem is with it?
as well i have some issues with my signal recieving. im user of e-plus and i never get signals? tried another sim-card and had same problem with bad/no signals AND pin errors.
please help
Hi there
i own a galaxy S3 TMobile version for 2 months now.
I recently update on last rom and since then i am getting the following error.
Sim card removed. Replace the sim with a valid sim and restart/reboot the phone.
I am not really sure if i wrote the message exactly as it appears but thats the meaning of it.
I have unlocked the phone to use it on Greece.
I have the same sim on it, since the beggining.
I didnt had the problem before the update. And for sure the problem poped up some days after the update.
When i see that msg the most of the times (if not always) data is enabled.
I should also say that when i see that msg the phone is just sitting untouched. Phone has never dropped or anything like that.
For sure its annoying.
When i restart phone sim is working perfectly...... ..
Has anyone heared about it? Anyone who faces the same prolem and found a solution?
I tried to google it ut i came up with no answers...
Any help is welcome.
Thank you in advance
have u tried a different SIM yet?
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I had the same kind of issue on my previous phone. However, there is no data on my phone that I had to reboot my phone a few times to establish data connection. Secondly, sometime I missed called. Replacing SIM card may not help either. A few people had reported the same kind of issue on T-Mobile Support site.
Leoniums said:
Hi there
i own a galaxy S3 TMobile version for 2 months now.
I recently update on last rom and since then i am getting the following error.
Sim card removed. Replace the sim with a valid sim and restart/reboot the phone.
I am not really sure if i wrote the message exactly as it appears but thats the meaning of it.
I have unlocked the phone to use it on Greece.
I have the same sim on it, since the beggining.
I didnt had the problem before the update. And for sure the problem poped up some days after the update.
When i see that msg the most of the times (if not always) data is enabled.
I should also say that when i see that msg the phone is just sitting untouched. Phone has never dropped or anything like that.
For sure its annoying.
When i restart phone sim is working perfectly...... ..
Has anyone heared about it? Anyone who faces the same prolem and found a solution?
I tried to google it ut i came up with no answers...
Any help is welcome.
Thank you in advance
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I tthought I was the only one plagued by this issue..
I have this same issue. It usually happens whenever I lose network coverage......it happens repeatedly.. This issue started happening after I updated to jelly bean...ICS had no problems..
I have changed my sim 3 times, installed several touch wiz custom ROMs, changed my base bands and kernel...The issue remains prevalent after all these..
The only way I have been able to resolve this issue is by switching to an AOSP ROM like cm10 or paranoid android rom
I hope a fix for this issue is found soon cos i am tired of restarting my phone everytime i lose network coverage
I have attached a screenshot showing this
replacement sim ractified the problem
Leoniums said:
Hi there
i own a galaxy S3 TMobile version for 2 months now.
I recently update on last rom and since then i am getting the following error.
Sim card removed. Replace the sim with a valid sim and restart/reboot the phone.
I am not really sure if i wrote the message exactly as it appears but thats the meaning of it.
I have unlocked the phone to use it on Greece.
I have the same sim on it, since the beggining.
I didnt had the problem before the update. And for sure the problem poped up some days after the update.
When i see that msg the most of the times (if not always) data is enabled.
I should also say that when i see that msg the phone is just sitting untouched. Phone has never dropped or anything like that.
For sure its annoying.
When i restart phone sim is working perfectly...... ..
Has anyone heared about it? Anyone who faces the same prolem and found a solution?
I tried to google it ut i came up with no answers...
Any help is welcome.
Thank you in advance
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I had the same problem the other day when I was driving home from work. I think it happened when I went from 4G to 2G coverage. And also, when I'm in 2G coverage, signal fades out completely and comes back on 10 secs or so later. I went to Tmobile and replaced my sim with a new one and I had no problem of such ever since. .. at least so far so good.
droidNoob74 said:
I had the same problem the other day when I was driving home from work. I think it happened when I went from 4G to 2G coverage. And also, when I'm in 2G coverage, signal fades out completely and comes back on 10 secs or so later. I went to Tmobile and replaced my sim with a new one and I had no problem of such ever since. .. at least so far so good.
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just restore to stock , and you can use it
thecat1102 said:
just restore to stock , and you can use it
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Believe me I have Odin end back to stock n the issue still persists.....changing sim cards is only a temporary solution....
The problem always comes back especially if you always in an area with no network signal
Warranty exchange! Samsung should replace it. Say won't read sim card. Or tmobile
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It seems that it happens when the data signal is bad.
Yesterday i had to reboot more than 3 times inside in a 4h period.
Wth........
First & foremost,
How did you "unlock" your phone? Did you mess with the NV data??
Or were you a good boy & had T-Mobile do it for you?
It sort of sounds like T-Mobile may have disabled your SIM card altogether....which may happen if you screwed around with the NV data.
If it was properly unlocked by T-Mobile you should be able to stick whatever SIM card in there now. Easy to test, go down the street to your nearest Greek mobile telecom store & ask if you can test a prepaid SIM card in your phone. Assuming the GSM networks are to some degree similar to the US T-Mobile networks, you should even be completely in good shape using local GSM service.
*IF* you get the same issues with the local SIM card....well screw it then. Go protest in the streets about the austerity measures in effect at the moment. Or just be a lazy Greek bastard & demand 14 months salary paid, require retirement at age 50 and lastly *NEVER* pay property tax on anything.
/rant
Besides, you're in a marvelous country full of great food, drinks, parties and oh yeah nice women too. No Yiayia's tho.
Wtf you wasting time on stupid phones for hehe
puretone said:
How did you "unlock" your phone? Did you mess with the NV data??
Or were you a good boy & had T-Mobile do it for you?
It sort of sounds like T-Mobile may have disabled your SIM card altogether....which may happen if you screwed around with the NV data.
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Well i have unlock the phone through internet. I had no issues for the past 2 months at all and yes i am using a local sim card from the beginning. The problem came up with the last upgrade!
Besides that i have a backup of the nv data but i am pretty sure that isnt the problem.
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*IF* you get the same issues with the local SIM card....well screw it then. Go protest in the streets about the austerity measures in effect at the moment. Or just be a lazy Greek bastard & demand 14 months salary paid, require retirement at age 50 and lastly *NEVER* pay property tax on anything.
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LOL? What is that? Everyone around the world is talking about the Greek people and have no clue of what it really happens. I work 12-14 hours per day including weekends.... i pay more than 600 Euros on taxes per month and i ll never get those money back since retirement is at 70 yo!!! Most of the people are like this. Foking politicians and goverments who have been stealing money for so many years. That was the problem and not the people!
I wish i knew why you mention all these!
sim card removed
I'm having the same issue with my s3
I tried to unlock it using this method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014982
I'm not sure if it worked, but perhaps messing with NV data screwed something up??
I upgraded to jelly bean 4.1.1
I tried cleaning the contacts on the sim
I replaced the sim at WIND
I even tried a factory reset
Nothing worked so far.
Has anyone figured out why it's doing this? Is it hardware related? software related?
vivamente said:
I'm having the same issue with my s3
I tried to unlock it using this method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014982
I'm not sure if it worked, but perhaps messing with NV data screwed something up??
I upgraded to jelly bean 4.1.1
I tried cleaning the contacts on the sim
I replaced the sim at WIND
I even tried a factory reset
Nothing worked so far.
Has anyone figured out why it's doing this? Is it hardware related? software related?
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In the same boat as you...I thought i was the only one..
on wind's sgh-t999v Galaxy SIII ... unlocked it like you did, and I'm getting a no sim card, restart required error, get it about every 8 hours or so..
i ported my number over too, but it says under "my phone number" in settings.. has a completely different number than what I'm currently using.. not sure if that has any effect..
tried restoring to factory settings too.. nothing seems to work...
if anyone has any info that would be much appreciated...
From the cold boot and after the error message goes away, does your phone has data connection?
I got the same error message on my previous phone. However, it would not establish the data connection.
Watch this video to see if your phone behaves the same way --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRB-cPD-JlE
yee_fun said:
In the same boat as you...I thought i was the only one..
on wind's sgh-t999v Galaxy SIII ... unlocked it like you did, and I'm getting a no sim card, restart required error, get it about every 8 hours or so..
i ported my number over too, but it says under "my phone number" in settings.. has a completely different number than what I'm currently using.. not sure if that has any effect..
tried restoring to factory settings too.. nothing seems to work...
if anyone has any info that would be much appreciated...
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VibrantThemer said:
From the cold boot and after the error message goes away, does your phone has data connection?
I got the same error message on my previous phone. However, it would not establish the data connection.
Watch this video to see if your phone behaves the same way -->
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mine doesn't do that, I have a data connection almost instantly where I have a signal
the error goes away after a reboot, but the error stalks you, and you never know when it's going to strike..
sometimes when it's in my pocket waiting for a call, while i'm driving with a headset on, at night while i'm asleep
for me, it isn't consistent, but it eventually happens..
I intend on taking it to the repair center for wind next week once I get back home (with the family for the holidays)
I don't think this issue has anything to do with if the NV data was messed with because my husband and I have the same phone purchased the same day 6 months ago. We both get the same error message and it's does not always happen at the same time so I am not sure it has anything to do with the network either. When it happens to him, he tells me it's happening but it does not happen to me. I googled the error because it is annoying. I will guess now that this issue has to do with the Gallaxy s3 and the update to the firmware. I can't wait for a better update.
puretone said:
First & foremost,
How did you "unlock" your phone? Did you mess with the NV data??
Or were you a good boy & had T-Mobile do it for you?
It sort of sounds like T-Mobile may have disabled your SIM card altogether....which may happen if you screwed around with the NV data.
If it was properly unlocked by T-Mobile you should be able to stick whatever SIM card in there now. Easy to test, go down the street to your nearest Greek mobile telecom store & ask if you can test a prepaid SIM card in your phone. Assuming the GSM networks are to some degree similar to the US T-Mobile networks, you should even be completely in good shape using local GSM service.
*IF* you get the same issues with the local SIM card....well screw it then. Go protest in the streets about the austerity measures in effect at the moment. Or just be a lazy Greek bastard & demand 14 months salary paid, require retirement at age 50 and lastly *NEVER* pay property tax on anything.
/rant
Besides, you're in a marvelous country full of great food, drinks, parties and oh yeah nice women too. No Yiayia's tho.
Wtf you wasting time on stupid phones for hehe
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Hi again
Since I know that there are a lot of people facing the same problem I thought it would be nice to give the solution on this kind of problem.
It seems that when you update via kies (of course on stock roms) something goes wrong. Recently I install the latest rom using odin and except that I found so many new things that I couldn't see before I also had no sim problem again.
So I am pretty sure that this kind of problem appears due to the kies updates. And from what I saw there where more.
If anyone else try the same please let me us know if it worked.
Good luck to u 2.
Btw yes I had that problem when the data signal was almost 0... Maybe 0.... Only then!
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puretone said:
Besides, you're in a marvelous country full of great food, drinks, parties and oh yeah nice women too. No Yiayia's tho.
Wtf you wasting time on stupid phones for hehe
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First of all I want to ensure you that has nothing to do with the way I unlocked the phone.
Second nv data is untouched.
3rd the problem came on after an update.
As I said after a clear fresh install without ba kups etc, starting from 0 the phone works great again and also there are options settings etc that I couldn't see before. Crazy but real. If anyone else do the same thing and make a fresh install with the latest rom he will agree with that.
So... As you said we make good parties and have nice womens... But how you will caption those moments those special (girls) moments without a nice camera (phone) ?
Have a good day hehe.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
For those on the SGH-t999v version of the phone... the reason you are getting this "no sim error" is because of the firmware update to 4.1.1. I've sent my phone in for repairs and the best answer they could give to me was that there's an issue with the current jellybean.. not sure about the SGH-t999 standard versions though...
Unfortunately, I've had to revert back to ice cream ....and guess I have to wait till Lime Pie (OS 5) comes out...
The issue is not the NV data as I have used that method to unlock my phone as well.
Thank you for your replies. I'm relieved to know that it is not the nvdata menu that caused this problem.
I sent my phone in twice now and I've recieved it back for the second time today.
The first time resulted in further Sim card error messages. I'm keeping my fingers crossed in hopes that it does not appear again.
If op would be so kind to lead me to the right direction as to how to use Odin, I'd greatly appreciate it.
My phone is constantly failing to detect the sim card, usually if I restart the phone or leave it for enough hours it will "find" it again.
Short of reflashing it I'm not sure if there's any way to determine if this is a software or hardware issue. The phone itself is a refurbished one (thanks to the phones insurance replacing it a few months ago), however it is now out of warranty. If it was a hardware fault, how much would it probably cost?
Thanks, Shaun.
The first thing I'd try is a different SIM card or a different SIM card insert (bit of plastic that the SIM sits in).
Has this always happened since you've had the phone?
or
Has it happened since you flashed the phone?
As for the price of repair I haven't a clue (i do all repairs myself), but my guess is in excess of £150
You may want to provide more information before other, more experienced people, come to your aid.
It's slowly gotten worse over the last few months (the first couple of times I just thought it was a once off bug or something, which is why it's very difficult for me to give you an exact when it happened).
The fact that its gotten worse in itself is leading me to guess its a hardware fault - I could have knocked or dropped it and not remember or something.
I don't have any other SIMs but I'll give flashing it to a different ROM or stock a shot first.
shauntp said:
It's slowly gotten worse over the last few months (the first couple of times I just thought it was a once off bug or something, which is why it's very difficult for me to give you an exact when it happened).
The fact that its gotten worse in itself is leading me to guess its a hardware fault - I could have knocked or dropped it and not remember or something.
I don't have any other SIMs but I'll give flashing it to a different ROM or stock a shot first.
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I feel as if that is your best best before you go throwing money at it.
Good luck!
Does the phone say no sim card (with icon) or do you lose service?
nor1982 said:
Does the phone say no sim card (with icon) or do you lose service?
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It has done both, the latter's slightly more common though. Probably more often than both it will momentarily drop out, then come up with a "Preparing SIM card..." message.
Still happening after flashing it with a different ROM. Looks like it's probably hardware :/
Might be coxicial cable that connects the pcb with antenea board they do come off from time to time
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Hi there,
i have a similar problem with my device:
network disconnects sometimes (for some reasons ok, as example when i sit in the underground or other places without gsm network) - but then the services doesnt comes back - i'm complete offline. next behavior: i'm just talking with full gsm bandwidth, and for really no reason i get disconnected -> no network anymore, no service anymore.
can it be a hardware fault or should i try to flash the modem (when possible) ? I'm on the latest HTC firmware, device isnt rooted or flashed... it is as i got it from the market.
thanks for a hint what i can try
See above could be that, what network you on?
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nor1982 said:
See above could be that, what network you on?
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I'm on GSM (in Germany the O2 network)
maybe the network fault can be solved:
just have read in the vodafone forum in uk and found a hint from a user, who was taping the back side of the SIM card with 2 stripes of plastic.
Have tried this and report tomorrow here if it solves the issue
Tested with taped SIM card and i can say: it works like a charme
Hi Guys and Girls
Ive been without Service on my phone DHD now for 8 days. Originally my phone was working great, no issues bar the cracked screen that it came with over 2 years ago. 8 days ago i placed a call, chatted for a while and disconnected, as usual. 5 mins passed and i needed to make another call but my phone was showing an x over the signal strength meter in the notification bar. I called my carrier from my partners handset and asked what was going on and weve not been able to resolve any issues. Ive had a replacement sim sent to me which also doesnt work in the handset, but does work in my partners phone. Is there a known fault like this?
What ive done:
Called Tesco (MY Carrier) and had them run checks for any restrictions to the Sim or handset. Nothing placed by them, had replacement SIM sent to me which works in my partners handset but not my DHD
Had tesco check the IMEI for restrictions, none found
Checked signal Strength, 0
Checked my Lookout and theres seemingly nothing wrong there
Factory Data Reset
Checked APN settings, all correct
Checked the Status of the IMEI and IMSI numbers, both showing Active and working information, not blocked
Re-seated both the battery and SIM multiple Times
Tried the Sim in other working phones with Success
Cleaned and reseated the gold contacts under the battery cover and the sim cover
Tried 3 working SIMs but nothing in the handset
Entered Hboot mode, this is where it got interesting, Hboot screen shows *** LOCKED (00W) *** at the top, image below
Is this what is causing the issue? how do i resolve it?
Any help would be greatly Appreciated!
In addition, my phone was originally locked to the Orange network. Ive been out and bought an orange sim card and that doesn't work either, and wont register on the network either, so im all out of ideas!
Venom18 said:
Entered Hboot mode, this is where it got interesting, Hboot screen shows *** LOCKED (00W) *** at the top, image below
Is this what is causing the issue? how do i resolve it?
Any help would be greatly Appreciated!
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Did you get the phone new or used? I could be wrong but it looks tome like someone may have unlocked the bootloader and later re-locked it. I don't think this would affect your reception.
Maybe you should re-flash your phone's radio. It's also possible something has gone wrong with your phone that is not software-related.
audit13 said:
Did you get the phone new or used? I could be wrong but it looks tome like someone may have unlocked the bootloader and later re-locked it. I don't think this would affect your reception.
Maybe you should re-flash your phone's radio. It's also possible something has gone wrong with your phone that is not software-related.
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It would of said **RE-LOCKED OOW** or something like that if someone re locked it, it looks as though its been updated to a unlockable bootloader though, he could do with unlocking it and flashing a radio, he'll lose all data on the device though
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humzaahmed155 said:
It would of said **RE-LOCKED OOW** or something like that if someone re locked it, it looks as though its been updated to a unlockable bootloader though, he could do with unlocking it and flashing a radio, he'll lose all data on the device though
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Oh, didn't know it would say "RE-LOCKED" as i have an unlocked bootloader but have never relocked it.
Venom18 said:
Hi Guys and Girls
Ive been without Service on my phone DHD now for 8 days. Originally my phone was working great, no issues bar the cracked screen that it came with over 2 years ago. 8 days ago i placed a call, chatted for a while and disconnected, as usual. 5 mins passed and i needed to make another call but my phone was showing an x over the signal strength meter in the notification bar. I called my carrier from my partners handset and asked what was going on and weve not been able to resolve any issues. Ive had a replacement sim sent to me which also doesnt work in the handset, but does work in my partners phone. Is there a known fault like this?
What ive done:
Called Tesco (MY Carrier) and had them run checks for any restrictions to the Sim or handset. Nothing placed by them, had replacement SIM sent to me which works in my partners handset but not my DHD
Had tesco check the IMEI for restrictions, none found
Checked signal Strength, 0
Checked my Lookout and theres seemingly nothing wrong there
Factory Data Reset
Checked APN settings, all correct
Checked the Status of the IMEI and IMSI numbers, both showing Active and working information, not blocked
Re-seated both the battery and SIM multiple Times
Tried the Sim in other working phones with Success
Cleaned and reseated the gold contacts under the battery cover and the sim cover
Tried 3 working SIMs but nothing in the handset
Entered Hboot mode, this is where it got interesting, Hboot screen shows *** LOCKED (00W) *** at the top, image below
Is this what is causing the issue? how do i resolve it?
Any help would be greatly Appreciated!
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Re locking or unlocking the boatloader will not affect the signal. That seems to be a hardware issue and therefore you might need to visit a service centre
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