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Debranded Desire won't connect to mobile operator

I bought a HTC Desire branded to Orange UK trough eBay when i was working there last month. The First thing i did was to debrand it using the 1.15.405.2 that i found on MoDaCa, and i bought a unlock key on eBay. This solution worked pretty well until the OTA update showed up, the i got the known WiFi issue. That was no biggie either, just installed the RUU of the 1.21.405.2 and the new Radio, and everything seemed to be perfect again
BUT THEN, two days ago, my phone suddenly lost it's connection to the my mobile operator . I tried to swap my sim card with another sim card, and the result was that my HTC Desire wouldn't get connection while my sim card worked well in the other phone. I also browsed trough my menus to try to find something that might be wrong, but no luck. If i tried to connect to my mobile operator manually, i got a message saying something like "SIM-card doesn't allow connection to this network".
Yesterday morning, i called HTC to try to find out if this might be a hw or sw malfunction, and he advertised me to do a factory settings restore and felt pretty confident that it only was the sw letting me down. I did as he suggested and boom, it worked...for about 5-6 hours, then it came back. As if that wasn't annoying enough, a factory settings restore didn't do the trick this time, and neither did a reflash with the goldcard. I even formated my mSD to be sure there wasn't any kind of virus on it.
So please, if anyone in here got a tip regarding sw, let me know. I'm helpless without my dear phone...

Hmmm this is my biggest concern... I'm just about to buy an ebay Orange Desire and flash it with a stock ROM and unlock it.... kinda worrying as I'm no Linux man really...

im not sure if its the same thing but i have lost conection to t mobile on my desire twice now. first time was fixed by re entering the apn. this time no change. the differance is mine is un branded. i also cant do mms any more.

Unbranded and debranded, same ****, isn't it? Niter means branded...
Seems like i'm not the only one with this problem: http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/topic/5...nt-re-connect/page__view__findpost__p__405655
Lots of Vodafone users in that forum has similar issues, but most of them seems to have a workaround by turn off the back on, or go by airplane mode to get signal back, tat doesn't work for me. I tried to flash my phone once more, but still no luck.
I'm considering a root operation and install android 2.2 aka froyo, but i'm not even sure if that is possible since i got the bootloader version 0.80...

ive just got mine working again by resting the apns to default.
mms still not working though. i hope its not a voda problem i just paid off t mobile a years contract to join voda due to terrible reception and crap tech support.

what is that, and how do you do it? I would guess that a reset to factory default and/or a complete reflash would take care of such, whatever it is...

Yep I was about to ask the same thing! what is it and how do you turn it on/off?

go to settings - wirless & networks - mobile networks - access point names - then press the menu key and hit reset to default.
hope this helps you

That did the same thing as a "reset to factory defaults", but still doesn't work

I've an unbranded unlocked desire on 3 UK with original firmware and mine does drop out occasionally but always comes back perhaps its a desire quirk !
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Suppose so, but unlike you and many others, mine doesn't come back I was hoping for a fix for this issue, but i'm afraid were talking about hw malfunction, let's hope i'm wrong...

Little update, just followed this guide, but that didn't change anything. As far as i know, i now got some kind of rooted version of HBOOT 0.75 and fw.ver. 1.15.405.4, dunno about radio version. But it also says that i'm not able to install a custom rom with this rooted version, but i might be able to completely root it now and then install a custom rom?

Yet another update, i did install the 2.2 Froyo following this guide, and unlike the HTC roms, this one indicates that i do have full/optimal connection to my mobile operator, but it still won't let me call, just replies with 'Mobile network not available'.
I kinda courages me to scream out loud ****!!! Yes, i mean it...

Feedback would be nice
Just a thought, may i be that the guy i bought the phone from could have reported it as stolen with the intention of getting an insurance fee? And as a result of that, my phone have been closed by the operator? Don't even know if they mind doing such across the border. So the question would be: Is there any way to find out if my phone has been remotely closed?

Call your carrier.... they will be able to tell you if the phone is connecting to the nextwork correctly... ask them if not... why not?

I second that suggestion, try calling your carrier. Also I have found that switching the internet on directly through settings rather than using the widgets solved my connection problem.
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Yep, i got contact with the seller from eBay, and he is very helpful, so he will do what he can while i will call my carrier first thing in the morning. Seems like there might be a glitch here, but i'll keep you updated on my progress.

argh, it seems like i wont get anywhere with my phone. I'm considering trying to change the IMEI, i know it's illegal, but i paid £360 for this device, and atm it's useless to me. If i only knew how tho change the imei, not exactly easy information to obtain, not even with google...

hulkhaugen said:
argh, it seems like i wont get anywhere with my phone. I'm considering trying to change the IMEI, i know it's illegal, but i paid £360 for this device, and atm it's useless to me. If i only knew how tho change the imei, not exactly easy information to obtain, not even with google...
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So have you found out why your having problems?

ah, sorry, thought i already told u guys, lol. Well, for some reason the phone is IMEI locked. The seller says that he did call to lock a sim card when he lost his iphone, and it might be related since it's the sim that was suppose to be in my phone. however, i think he either claimed the phone stolen to commit insurance fraud, or it's simply stolen. Another thing i came across was that the operator might blacklist the phone if it's unlocked without their blessing, don't really know if they can do that.
Either way, the only way for me to make this phone work is to convince the police that it's not stolen (i need a recite for that which he won't provide me), or to change the imei code with my "awesome" hacking skills...

[Q] New to Galaxy Nexus

Hello all
I am from toronto, canada and i have purchased a nexus and its awesome. I rooted, unlocked and my phone was on yakjuux.Because i didnt understand how to make it to yanju i did a couple of experiments with the easiest root kit from WugFresh(that kit is very good and A THANK YOU to the people who make it is not enough).
Anyway, i have some questions for you people because i dont know much about how tthe android system works and how the carriers work too.
Q: I unrooted my phone cause its not necessary for me to be rooted.If i leave my bootloader unlocked will it cause any kinds of problems or its ok to be unlocked??
Q2:I dont have a data plan on my phone but 10 min ago i found that i have access to internet without wifi and my APN is all set ed up. Do i pay or its free internet ?
(i called my carrier and they said to me that i dont have any data plan.
Thanks to everybody and you r all brilliant minds for working on android.
Badtazz

Welcome fellow GN user.
Q1 - it is fine, you should not experience anything different. better to do it now than later, since unlocking the bootloader wipes everything.
Q2 - i guess you are lucky. just look at your statement, just in case you got charged

thanks for your quick reply
btw i changed to yanju and got the update within minutes
I just discovered another problem unfortunately, i tried to set up face unlock and the set up process is working flawlessly but when i lock the screen it show me nothing and then it reboots by it self.
i think its my fault because i messed up with something i didnt know (rooting, unlocking) if somebody knows something please advise me what to do
Thanks again to all

r u talking about a black box when you try to unlock the phone?
if that is it, a lot of people have had this. i do not know where the thread is

yeah this is it and then it reboot i have the alogcat file and its saying something about facelock android access denied.

solved
face unlock solved for now..i deleted some apps that i didnt wanted and its solved ics is playing weird games

Nexus Docomo SC-04D

Hi there,
I am totally lost on the nexus by now. I dont know what to do anymore.
I have previously had it just running on the docomo 4.0.2 but wanted
to have upgrades faster so I decided to flash to 4.0.4 official version.
However then the Simlock struck, and I couldnt use my phone anymore.
I tried several methods but none of them seem to have been working on.
Also I dont have the original docomo rom anymore and dont know how to
get it. So now I flashed back to 4.0.1 original google rom, but it seems only
worse, my sim card doesnt even get recognized properly now as it doesnt
even accept the pin, also the unlock code question keeps popping up permanently when I try it with another sim card that has no pin, which is really annoying.
****Docomo App doesnt work either as it seems, I start it and theres just a black
screen coming and then Im back to the home screen.
Im really lost now... any ideas....? Anyone maybe the docomo rom?
Docomo unfortunately does really suck, originally I paid them to unlock it
(I do live in Taiwan). However now I cant get in touch, their phone cannot
be called via skype and they dont have any email...
best regards
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Ok, now I finally made it after flashing 4.0.2 back to it and then the ****Docomo app worked...!
Now all I need to figure out is how to update to 4.0.4 since I accidently pushed notification of the update away

FallenRefugee said:
Hi there,
I am totally lost on the nexus by now. I dont know what to do anymore.
I have previously had it just running on the docomo 4.0.2 but wanted
to have upgrades faster so I decided to flash to 4.0.4 official version.
However then the Simlock struck, and I couldnt use my phone anymore.
I tried several methods but none of them seem to have been working on.
Also I dont have the original docomo rom anymore and dont know how to
get it. So now I flashed back to 4.0.1 original google rom, but it seems only
worse, my sim card doesnt even get recognized properly now as it doesnt
even accept the pin, also the unlock code question keeps popping up permanently when I try it with another sim card that has no pin, which is really annoying.
****Docomo App doesnt work either as it seems, I start it and theres just a black
screen coming and then Im back to the home screen.
Im really lost now... any ideas....? Anyone maybe the docomo rom?
Docomo unfortunately does really suck, originally I paid them to unlock it
(I do live in Taiwan). However now I cant get in touch, their phone cannot
be called via skype and they dont have any email...
best regards
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Ok, now I finally made it after flashing 4.0.2 back to it and then the ****Docomo app worked...!
Now all I need to figure out is how to update to 4.0.4 since I accidently pushed notification of the update away
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i bought an unlocked i9250 / SC-04D its on 4.0.1 ive had it 2 weeks and it wont update to 4.0.2 let alone 4.0.4 even tried to force it to update but no good
any ideas?
cheers
mike

big_mike_aka_mike said:
i bought an unlocked i9250 / SC-04D its on 4.0.1 ive had it 2 weeks and it wont update to 4.0.2 let alone 4.0.4 even tried to force it to update but no good
any ideas?
cheers
mike
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Try the method on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391881&highlight=docomo
Worked for me, and I'm a noob!

cheers for that but ive tried it with no joy

sad story... though I think learning about simlock and how to break it is the first step of flushing roms

Jep search some options online to remove that simlock or go to a store in your town. Frombwhat i know those settings are stored on the /device partition wich can not be flashed (your imei and device id are kept there as well but using #*#*...*#*# you can unlock your simlock were ... is a calculated code from imei, device id and device type... using online calculators will cost you like 5 dollar or so. Visiting a phonestore is most likely the same price but 100% ensurance that the code given is legit
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Sorry guys but its really not that easy, and an unlock code doesnt only cost 5
bucks, they usually charge you 30 bucks for an unlock code of the Docomo
Nexus, plus all unlock pages havent been able to supply one recently as they
couldnt get any codes.
Besides, now my Nexus just locked randomly again after turning it off and on,
very annoying.
I also cannot just go to any store here in Taiwan as it is DOCOMO locked.
I would have to contact Docomo, however I cant even reach the English
hotline of them in Japan, so no Chance.
Means gotta flash it back to 4.0.2 today use the f docomo app and give it
another unlock.
@big_mike_aka_mike
I just had to wait... all other methods didnt work for me either...

FallenRefugee said:
@big_mike_aka_mike
I just had to wait... all other methods didnt work for me either...
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cheers dude but i gave up and sent it back. got a uk version of amazon sim free for another £90 yeah more money but think its worth it in the long run.

Yaeh... I made sure mine was simlock-free when I bought it. My ex had to go back to her official t-mobile factory rom to unlock hers, since unlock was only possible with a code in their modified rom....
Good thing for her was that i kept a full system backup of her stock rom.
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HELP: found a device, want to find the owner

Hi guys, I've found an HTC Wildfire S this morning at the train station. IT has locked SIM and locked Screen. Tried to look in the SD card but there'snothing useful.
Debug USB is not enabled so I can't navigate the system folders to find any clue. What do you suggest to help me find the owner out?

Why didn't you just hand it over to the police?

phishphinger said:
Why didn't you just hand it over to the police?
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That's the last option. I trust more myself
No, the reason is that is much easyer for the owner if I can directly call him. And also often the loss of a low budget device is not reported to the police, so the owner will never find it.
Just some months ago I forgot my phone on a train and a guy called with it my mum and I was ablo to retrieve it in a couple of days!

try installing the sim card to other phone and see if it works than just wait for the owner to call on that number...
Or
you can make a nandroid backup and extract that backup using your pc find the social apps like facebook or tweeter and you will find the account info for the owner and you can send the message to that account that you have found the phone or whatever you want to send...

santacrab.it said:
Hi guys, I've found an HTC Wildfire S this morning at the train station. IT has locked SIM and locked Screen. Tried to look in the SD card but there'snothing useful.
Debug USB is not enabled so I can't navigate the system folders to find any clue. What do you suggest to help me find the owner out?
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Take it to the carrier store. They will contact them and i think they might even give reward or something. I believe carriers used to.

santacrab.it said:
That's the last option. I trust more myself
No, the reason is that is much easyer for the owner if I can directly call him. And also often the loss of a low budget device is not reported to the police, so the owner will never find it.
Just some months ago I forgot my phone on a train and a guy called with it my mum and I was ablo to retrieve it in a couple of days!
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You should be able to see what the network is from the SIM - I'd contact them really. Whoever lost the phone is going ot have to contact them so would be able to get the phone back that way. You could also leave a note with your contact details at the lost property at the train station.

Then contact the service provider of the phone. They will have a record of the device serial number and IMEI, and will know the owner of the phone.
Edit: too slow

Chaitanyapatel8880 said:
try installing the sim card to other phone and see if it works than just wait for the owner to call on that number...
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The SIM is locked, so it's no use.
Chaitanyapatel8880 said:
you can make a nandroid backup and extract that backup using your pc find the social apps like facebook or tweeter and you will find the account info for the owner and you can send the message to that account that you have found the phone or whatever you want to send...
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How can I make the nandroid backup with a non rooted device, which have the screen block?

santacrab.it said:
The SIM is locked, so it's no use.
How can I make the nandroid backup with a non rooted device, which have the screen block?
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ah ok... Sorry... I didnt knew that...

No other "software" solutions?

santacrab.it said:
No other "software" solutions?
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No other option that I can find...

Power off the device, remove and replace the battery, boot into hboot by pressing volume- and power, --wait-- use volume keys to select recovery. You should now be able to use adb stuff even though usb debugging is disabled. I'm not sure, but it's worth a try. I still think the best option is to return the phone to the carrier.

I think if i lost my phone id be a little upset at someone going so far as a nandroid of my stuff even if trying to return to me. Id just take it to carrier. It's a guarantee it gets to the person. They usually have an email or alternate contact for the person.

There will be a serial no on the Sim Card, so that the carrier people will easily identify the owner. (Same thing for the phone also)
**Much simple**.

Please I Need HELP!! :( Cant Hear Phone Calls

Hi guys i recently received my Galaxy S6 from sprint that my brother bought on may this year and loved it, but then fell in love with the Note 5 and saved this one on the box. Like i said the phone is exactly the same way it was when he bought it, so damn new! so i was very happy when the phone arrived and i quickly called my brother so that he could have it connected to the sprint network. He did and the phone worked awesome, we even changed the old number he had on that line he connected to my phone and got to call a friend of mine so everything worked, but! The next day i wake up to make a call and as i'm waiting for the 00:00 minutes to start rolling it took about 5 to 9 seconds to appear on screen and when it does, i CANT HEAR THE RING OR THE PERSON WHEN I MAKE A CALL! and so cant the person i'm calling, they get the call, but when they answer it they cant hear me. I tried everything sprint has told me from resetting the phone in many ways and nothing seems to work. Also everything on the phone works, trust me i've tried every test, i can hear on the lower speaker and on the top one also (my brother left a voice message and i could hear it loud and clear) so i know its not the speakers or anything hardware. I've tried everywhere and no one seems to have the answer to my problem can anyone pleaseeeeee help me , this phone is new and nothing is broken in it. I made a test to the microphone and i could record and talk to anyone on messenger, whatsapp, etc... so i know the mic works. Everything works, the only problem is that when YOU WANT TO MAKE A PHONE CALL OR RECEIVE ONE, YOU CANT LISTEN ANYTHING ON THE TOP SPEAKER, neither can the other person hear you. Please anyone :/
Thanks in advance!

I know this is way out there, but make sure you turn Bluetooth off. It may be connecting to a Bluetooth device and expecting you to use that.
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Saafir said:
A factory reset is in proper order to rule out a slew of problems you could have run into.
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already tried this

cruise350 said:
I know this is way out there, but make sure you turn Bluetooth off. It may be connecting to a Bluetooth device and expecting you to use that.
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bluetooth is off

Factory reset isn't going to do it. You need to Odin the latest tar file to clean up whatever you have done to your phone. That will reset you to stock where Factory reset only deletes user data.
Here is the tar file:
File name: G920PVPU3BOJ7_G920PSPT3BOJ7_SPR.zip
Link: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982087002159
md5: fe1d4a7b3ad20f3e79efc7526e95143d

Pm if you need a replacement screen

Hello @cruise350 and thank you for the post. I have some questions before I start on your advice, what exactly do you mean by "odin" the latest tar file? Also, what do you mean by reset me to stock? Stock as in when I bought the phone for the first time or another version of android?

Joby_2zz said:
Hello @cruise350 and thank you for the post. I have some questions before I start on your advice, what exactly do you mean by "odin" the latest tar file? Also, what do you mean by reset me to stock? Stock as in when I bought the phone for the first time or another version of android?
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Here is a video of how to reset your phone using Odin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv0BnfpNxEs
The TAR file linked above will reset your phone to the latest Samsung Sprint version, as if you had just bought it from a store. (Including all the latest security patches.)
It is not a customized ROM, it will be "stock." You will not have root, which is something added afterwards. You can find a thread here for how to add that, if you need it.

Same Issue With BRAND NEW PHONE
I am running into the same issue with my fiancee's mom. She bought an S6 from Best Buy last Wednesday and had this problem the next day. We took the phone back to Best Buy, only to have the same problem all over again.
Now that she is on her second phone, she took it into a Sprint store and called Sprint. The Sprint technical people who took her call gave her a code to punch in the dialer, but it has not helped.