Money is tight, phone broke, bought a T-Mobile Dash off Craig's list. I am a T-Mobile Customer. Tried my sim card in it before I bought it - made a call - no problem. Got home (8 miles away) and it couldn't stay connected. Searching, searching, searching. Tried husband's sim card - same thing. D/led manual to be sure sim card was properly seated. It was. Called, texted, emailed seller. No reply. Reset phone. Same issue. Switched Sim cards back and forth, back and forth. Was able to make one call for 10 seconds and then call dropped - no service. Now I'm out my money and still have no phone. Is there anyone out there with any ideas?
Update: opened case, wiggled battery, wiggled sim card, finally got some bars. Made a call successfully. Second call - call dropped as soon as connected. Third call - Call dropped before connected. Now it still shows bars but will not make call or send text. Please Please help. Somebody, Anybody??
You might want to perform a hard reset. See the sticky at the top of the page.
Cinamon said:
Money is tight, phone broke, bought a T-Mobile Dash off Craig's list. I am a T-Mobile Customer. Tried my sim card in it before I bought it - made a call - no problem. Got home (8 miles away) and it couldn't stay connected. Searching, searching, searching. Tried husband's sim card - same thing. D/led manual to be sure sim card was properly seated. It was. Called, texted, emailed seller. No reply. Reset phone. Same issue. Switched Sim cards back and forth, back and forth. Was able to make one call for 10 seconds and then call dropped - no service. Now I'm out my money and still have no phone. Is there anyone out there with any ideas?
Update: opened case, wiggled battery, wiggled sim card, finally got some bars. Made a call successfully. Second call - call dropped as soon as connected. Third call - Call dropped before connected. Now it still shows bars but will not make call or send text. Please Please help. Somebody, Anybody??
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What rom r u using? Have you called T - mobile and see if they had any signal reception problems in your area?, cause it can be a dead spot reception area.
Have you tried manually searching for other networks. Where I live, you can occasionally see TMo towers, but I do better to connect to a non TMo tower and be set on manual search.
Start, Settings, Phone, Networks (may be on second or third page)
Same here
I had the same problem with my Dash, and I gave up on it a year ago.
Symptoms:
Phone randomly loses signal every few minutes, gets it back a few minutes later.
Sometimes when it loses signal, it shows a SIM error or no SIM installed icon.
Battery meter varies wildly.
Actions taken:
Purchased new battery.
Tried another known good SIM (my wife's SIM - worked great in her phone).
Flashed WM 6.0 and 6.1
Result: Look at my sig
Anyone else experience this or have any ideas on how to fix? I don't even need the phone anymore, but it still stumps me and annoys me that such an expensive phone (it was expensive when I bought it 2.5 years ago) would suddenly quit working.
Thanks for the reply - at least I'm not the only one. Not that it helps, but .... did your Dash ever work when you first bought it?
Worked wonderfully for a year. I loved it. It started my addiction to smartphones and constant connectivity.
Hi guys,
It would be great if you help me out!
I had an issue earlier with my Samsung Galaxy S3, Where the Phone's Simcard Reader Pins where broken.
I ended up purchasing a part from ebay ( Looks Like this: http://www.mengtor.com/uploadfile/go...2059011355.jpg )
After which, I managed to successfully replace the phone's Part. Before this operation, My Samsung Galaxy S3 would reject any Sim Card by giving the message "NO SIM INSERTED". Except for Bell Mobility/Virgin Mobility (Not sure Why) as the phone is locked to Rogers Originally.
After I installed the part, I went and bought a PETRO CANADA MOBILITY Sim Card. Which was unactivated at the time, after going through multiple steps on their website I managed to successfully set-up my account.
The Signal moved from "UNREGISTERED SIMCARD" To "Emergency Calls Only" and on occasion changes to "Rogers Wireless"
My it reads the Simcard, unlike before. However it does not give me a Petro Canada Signal.
I have also tried a FIDO Simcard got the same message "Emergency Calls Only"
But, Here's the important part. When removing the Simcard module there was a slight resistance, when assembling my part once more it kept this resistance was not apparent.
I also noticed that in this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLE5W9XePn4
(BEGIN ON 4:20 - The instructor gets a flat head screw driver and clips it into place.)
I did not do that with my module instead i just connected it, and centered it by re-assembling the white center piece.
Could this be the reason why It's having trouble picking up a signal? It reads the Sim that's not the issue anymore!
Hi guys,
It would be great if you help me out!
I had an issue earlier with my Samsung Galaxy S3, Where the Phone's Simcard Reader Pins where broken.
I ended up purchasing a part from ebay ( Looks Like this: http://www.mengtor.com/uploadfile/go...2059011355.jpg )
After which, I managed to successfully replace the phone's Part. Before this operation, My Samsung Galaxy S3 would reject any Sim Card by giving the message "NO SIM INSERTED". Except for Bell Mobility/Virgin Mobility (Not sure Why) as the phone is locked to Rogers Originally.
After I installed the part, I went and bought a PETRO CANADA MOBILITY Sim Card. Which was unactivated at the time, after going through multiple steps on their website I managed to successfully set-up my account.
The Signal moved from "UNREGISTERED SIMCARD" To "Emergency Calls Only" and on occasion changes to "Rogers Wireless"
My it reads the Simcard, unlike before. However it does not give me a Petro Canada Signal.
I have also tried a FIDO Simcard got the same message "Emergency Calls Only"
But, Here's the important part. When removing the Simcard module there was a slight resistance, when assembling my part once more it kept this resistance was not apparent.
I also noticed that in this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLE5W9XePn4
(BEGIN ON 4:20 - The instructor gets a flat head screw driver and clips it into place.)
I did not do that with my module instead i just connected it, and centered it by re-assembling the white center piece.
Could this be the reason why It's having trouble picking up a signal? Again! The phone reads the Simcard (Something Previously impossible, the only trouble is why is it picking up "Emergency Calls only" & or "Rogers Wireless") :crying:
Here's a helpful hint: change your thread title. It makes people not want to come in here and offer any sort of advice.
Hi everyone, I have searched XDA and Google to no end for a fix.
I just got this phone used like new off eBay yesterday from a reputable mobile dealer. I have spent hours playing with it and testing it and can confirm everything on it works beautifully!... except mobile service. >_____________<
Coverage is terrible to nonexistent at least half the time I use it, whether at home or out and about. I got a new SIM, same problem. My previous phone had great coverage and it was an unlocked AT&T iPhone 4.
The service bar indicator often shows a white circle with a cross. When I try to register it with T-Mobile, an alert appears in the top bar saying "Mobile Data is currently turned off" -- even though it isn't-- while the phone shows "Registering on T-Mobile..." for a minute, until finally saying "Unable to connect. Try Later"
It has a good IMEI, locked to T-mobile, stock unrooted Android 4.3 and is in excellent all around condition. I troubleshooted this with T-Mobile for two hours yesterday at the store. We are all trumped. They said they would have a network engineer check things out on their end and I should get a call back in two days from tech support.
Please help! I have already contacted the eBay seller about the phone but if at all possible I would like to fix the issue myself if I can.
Just noticed something. Without SIM card inserted the phone shows several bars of cellular service. With the SIM card in, the cellular service bar shows a white circle with a slash.
Maybe the SIM reader is toast?...yet, the phone acts like there is a SIM in when it is in...in other words it doesn't say insert SIM or no SIM or anything like that.
Small back story. Year long stay in the UAE from the United States. I received a company phone (Samsung Grand Neo) with the Etisalat sim card. (working) The sim card was normal size and had the ability to puch out the sim card to make it micro size if needed. Bought Verizon LG G4 before leaving because I recently left behind the original Galaxy Nexus. Now for the actual issue, as stated in the title the sim card, when changed over to the LG G4 doesn't recognize although it shows me on their network. Through the network settings its shows my telephone number as unknown. I checked around on the net with no luck thus far. Here is what i've attempted so far.
Battery pull w/ restart
Battery pull w/ sim pull
Change network settings from global to gsm (This gives me a signal to call customer support within area)
Customer service called in an attempt for an easy fix. (Couldn't however get past verification of account due to not knowing the individual that sets up the accounts. Pos. inquiry on my part.)
Google Machine / Youtube fixes / XDA
My company phone still works but for now i'm having to carry around two phones all the time and its such a pain.
My next steps are to inquire from the company the account name and information to head towards the kiosk in the mall. (closest provider source)
All else fails, I suck it up buttercup and start letting go of the much better and awesome LG G4 for a downgrade. Thank you for your time in the matter.
Wow...I should update my devices. Been lurking way too long with a comfortably rooted Galaxy Nexus.