Just got my dad a new/ slightly used evo.. try to turn on WiFi and it says turning on for a few seconds then it says error....
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Cool deal. Sounds like your phone's wifi is borked. Now how about some information.
Stock
S-off/on
Htcdev unlock
Yeah, rooted or not? If its not, go into bootloader and try doing a factory reset and check again
May just be a corrupted system, so if you root it then you could try flashing another rom to see if that fixes it
My bad yeah its still stock.. I already did the factory reset twice.. talked to sprint customer care.. they said I need to talk to the local sprint store... I think if I root it and put a good ROM on it that it might fix it..
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Okay so a used or refurbished? If you have no warranty on it by all means root, s-off, and never look back. There are two things that can be your problem. Bad software on system or bad hardware on board. If it is hardware well no wifi but if it is software than you will then have a full rooted super fast evo.
50/50 odds wifi/nofi with no variables added yet.
Bad ota update would make it around 70/30
Next bad htc software 75/25 wifi/nofi
Sure I say go for it. I am doing one as we speak. While taking apart a cheesy Inspire to see if I can get the buttons working after it dived into a wall.
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Okay so a used or refurbished? If you have no warranty on it by all means root, s-off, and never look back. There are two things that can be your problem. Bad software on system or bad hardware on board. If it is hardware well no wifi but if it is software than you will then have a full rooted super fast evo.
50/50 odds wifi/nofi with no variables added yet.
Bad ota update would make it around 70/30
Next bad htc software 75/25 wifi/nofi
Sure I say go for it. I am doing one as we speak. While taking apart a cheesy Inspire to see if I can get the buttons working after it dived into a wall.
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I will root it after I talk to the guys at the sprint store...
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Go figure mom takes the phone to sprint and they pull the battery and the WiFi worked fine.... what the french toast......
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Go figure mom takes the phone to sprint and they pull the battery and the WiFi worked fine.... what the french toast......
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Lmao!!! That's how it usually goes
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Lmao!!! That's how it usually goes
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Yeah I know..
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Well scratch the fix, I just talked to my dad and it still doesn't work...
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Well scratch the fix, I just talked to my dad and it still doesn't work...
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Same error message or your dad just can't get it to work?
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Same error message or your dad just can't get it to work?
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Same error message...
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It may be his router causing the issue if it worked at sprint. If its hardware the radio is replaceable and fairly cheap these days. As long as you know how to work a screw driver and aren't a clumsy oaf, all you need to do is open it up extract the part carefully and order a replacement. Then replace it, button it up and give it a test run. Ifixit has the tear down to show you where and how to replace the radio
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It may be his router causing the issue if it worked at sprint. If its hardware the radio is replaceable and fairly cheap these days. As long as you know how to work a screw driver and aren't a clumsy oaf, all you need to do is open it up extract the part carefully and order a replacement. Then replace it, button it up and give it a test run. Ifixit has the tear down to show you where and how to replace the radio
I like to break stuff!
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Its not the router all our comps work fine and my WiFi on my phone works fine... I will look into a new radio on ebay or something..
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Its not the router all our comps work fine and my WiFi on my phone works fine... I will look into a new radio on ebay or something..
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It could still be the router/phone combo. I know my sons kindle fire didn't like certain network types. It wouldn't even see ad-hoc and wouldn't connect to infrastructure with security. There could be a setting on the evo that isn't playing nice with the network settings or vice versa. Could be hardware, or software. Make sure sprint connections optimizer is off under network settings > more > mobile networks. You could also try reinstalling the firmware with an ruu and see if maybe the radios need updated or something in /system is corrupted
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It could still be the router/phone combo. I know my sons kindle fire didn't like certain network types. It wouldn't even see ad-hoc and wouldn't connect to infrastructure with security. There could be a setting on the evo that isn't playing nice with the network settings or vice versa. Could be hardware, or software. Make sure sprint connections optimizer is off under network settings > more > mobile networks. You could also try reinstalling the firmware with an ruu and see if maybe the radios need updated or something in /system is corrupted
I like to break stuff!
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Something is fishy about it.. we took it down to sprint again a the WiFi worked again???????????? We have two other evo's in the house and the WiFi works fine... I'm gonna try the stuff you mentioned.. and report back..
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Supersonic evt3 ship son
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OK so I turned of the sprint connections optimizer and now the WiFi is stuck on scanning.. gonna pull battery and try..
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To heck with sprint I'm rooting this phone...
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Still no luck... I am going NUTS.....
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Got the phone two days ago.
Upgraded to ICS via Odin.
Root + CWM via Odin.
Flashed DARKSIDE.EVOLUTION.3 v8.
Didn't work for me personally.
Wiped cache and flashed aokp_hercules_build-M5_0xD34D.zip
Liked the ROM but noticed that signal bars were there but no data/4G.
Have been roaming the internet for hours now trying to figure out what went wrong.
All I can make sense is that something went wrong with the "radio kernel" or something like that.
If anyone can help me sort this problem out I would be extremely grateful. This phone was expensive and data plans are expensive, so I want to utilize both to their full potential. Thanks
Flash a diff radio
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Flash a diff radio
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I have tried a few, no luck. If you can give me a link of any that you think might work, that would be great
This is a shot in the dark but try going into your settings --> more... --> mobile networks--> and check "use packet data."
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It could just be the phone. I got mine had it for a month and was without data around the time there was the data outage but my data never came back on and had to get my phone replaced I think its a defect in phone
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This is a shot in the dark but try going into your settings --> more... --> mobile networks--> and check "use packet data."
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lol already did that
style154 said:
It could just be the phone. I got mine had it for a month and was without data around the time there was the data outage but my data never came back on and had to get my phone replaced I think its a defect in phone
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I ordered two phones, the other was for a family member and theirs is working fine, even with ICS update, so there is no data outage problems in my area. As it turns out it was a defect in the phone. I contacted t-mobile and we went through this hour long procedure which produced no results. In the end, they asked if I would like to return the device or get a replacement. I opted for a replacement and so will be shipping it out soon. Lets hope the new phone doesn't go all unpredictable on me
[Q] Canada Virgin Mobile S2, T Mobile 4G not working.
Question, if I wanted to make a dinc2 connect to boost mobile, wouldn't that just be a switch of the apn info? Where as it would be connecting to Sprint towers instead of the Verizon ones?
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Question, if I wanted to make a dinc2 connect to boost mobile, wouldn't that just be a switch of the apn info? Where as it would be connecting to Sprint towers instead of the Verizon ones?
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If you mean that you want to have service with Boost they would have to add your ESN to their systems and they don't do that to my knowledge. I know Sprint won't do it.
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You would actually have to flash your phone to boost mobile. If you browse craigslist there are a lot of people who would do it for a reasonable price. Or you could try yourself.
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May not be that difficult.. I used to play around with a Moto Droid X and the only way to root the latest OTA was to flash a file that turned it into another phone and on TMobile... I don't have them in my area for service but while on the TMobile Rom I tried *228 and it connected to their activation service and not Verizon... Was weird. I belive, at least in my area Boost uses Sprint towers so... Should be easy if you can find the right software/tools to do it... Good luck!!
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May not be that difficult.. I used to play around with a Moto Droid X and the only way to root the latest OTA was to flash a file that turned it into another phone and on TMobile... I don't have them in my area for service but while on the TMobile Rom I tried *228 and it connected to their activation service and not Verizon... Was weird. I belive, at least in my area Boost uses Sprint towers so... Should be easy if you can find the right software/tools to do it... Good luck!!
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Um.... *228 doesn't work on Tmo for activation.... best case it will take you to a CSR. For most people it just tells them to call 611. Are you sure you're remembering that right?
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Um.... *228 doesn't work on Tmo for activation.... best case it will take you to a CSR. For most people it just tells them to call 611. Are you sure you're remembering that right?
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Yeah.. did it 3 days ago.. It may not have said ACTIVATION but it was a TMobile woman and I freaked out and hung up when I dialed it..
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Yeah.. did it 3 days ago.. It may not have said ACTIVATION but it was a TMobile woman and I freaked out and hung up when I dialed it..
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Oh ok. It was just general care then. I thought you were saying there was an automated system like there is with VZW.
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Yeah the tools are available its just been challenging getting the proper drivers needed and installed, I for the life of me can not remember how to manually install drivers on windows.
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Yeah the tools are available its just been challenging getting the proper drivers needed and installed, I for the life of me can not remember how to manually install drivers on windows.
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Put ubuntu on a thumb drive, boot it, rejoice, linux needs nary a driver...
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Put ubuntu on a thumb drive, boot it, rejoice, linux needs nary a driver...
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I suppose I could go that rout as well but I have not seen any linux natives for the programs used in windows, do you have any good alternatives? I'm hoping our little project will be ready to go by Monday
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I suppose I could go that rout as well but I have not seen any linux natives for the programs used in windows, do you have any good alternatives? I'm hoping our little project will be ready to go by Monday
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What tools are you talking about? If your just needing to push stuff to the phone you could prepare the packages in windows on the program(s) then push them in linux, I really don't know exactly what your speaking of though could you be more specific?
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What tools are you talking about? If your just needing to push stuff to the phone you could prepare the packages in windows on the program(s) then push them in linux, I really don't know exactly what your speaking of though could you be more specific?
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Qpst, cdma tool, and I'm forgetting the others... If I /can/ just make a flashable with them it would be fine but the first hurdle to get over is drivers. I think if I have understood the programs correctly they need to directly interact with the phone.
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My friend has the same phone herc and somehow got it to work on his phone he said something about tricking the phone
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My friend has the same phone herc and somehow got it to work on his phone he said something about tricking the phone
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confused? Are you just letting us know this or plan on letting us know how to accomplish it? Or just felt like posting your findings?
Search, you will find that it does not work on our phones.
Put ur credit card under the phone and tape it. It worked for me!
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Isn't there a file that identifies the device that we can change
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Put ur credit card under the phone and tape it. It worked for me!
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Haha!! That would be the way to go that will trick the phone alright
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My friend has the same phone herc and somehow got it to work on his phone he said something about tricking the phone
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Ur friend is a damn liar. It doesn't work. Maybe he just got passed the startup but it won't work when purchasing stuff
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It would take a lot of work. Modify the apk, modify the phone, then modify your ports and proxy. Still wouldn't be very safe and would have to make sure nfc beam was off. For reasoning on this point, just research why most credit cards lost their smart chips. For the lazy, a person of interest may find it a bit easier to get your credit card details if your are broadcasting it.
Now if Google incorporated a little 2 step process, Google it, then maybe it could work. Though I am sure this may prompt certain individuals to start working hard to get access to our Google ids.
For giggles, I tried first and second part. It kept crashing settings.apk. Something with the nfc trying to initialize and at random times killed my radio when trying to connect to Google. Not sure if that had something to do with TMO. Didn't bother looking into it more.
Well it is possible that way but modifying the apk will lead to problems but i just think that we take files from the galaxy nexus gsm and edit the phone like build.prop so instead we trick the apk but we might need to tweak it a little.
Ps I'm not a expert dev or a newbe im in the middle closer to newbee because I'm too scared to root my phone.
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Message to everyone is there anyway to access the SYSTEM FILES of the phone maybe update mode so i can try to change build.prop
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Yes, but not through the phone that I know of. And outside the phone, well if you are too scared to root then you should be too scared to Odin. So I will leave it at no
Its not going to work. There is a thread about this already.
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my phone has started doing something crazy today, whenever i talk on it, the radio drops after a minute, and dont come back untill i turn airplane mode off and on or reboot. it only happens if i talk on it. i have changed nothing, except flashing mrom yesterday, i did a full wipe and restored my cm9 backup, and it still does it, has anyone else ever had or even heard of this problem? is my phone just crapping out?
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my phone has started doing something crazy today, whenever i talk on it, the radio drops after a minute, and dont come back untill i turn airplane mode off and on or reboot. it only happens if i talk on it. i have changed nothing, except flashing mrom yesterday, i did a full wipe and restored my cm9 backup, and it still does it, has anyone else ever had or even heard of this problem? is my phone just crapping out?
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Similar issues all week... I think vzw is upgrading their networks again.... (along with all of their phone lines, except the dinc 2... )
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Sounds like gremlins....
But my phone has been screwy this week off and on too. Probably Verizon's doing.
i how is yes network, I'm around D.C. for the time being, have not been home yet to Georgia to see what is like there. i was hoping they wete trying to push an ics ota and thatvwas causing it somehow lol
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im still having this issue, don't wanna get another phone but i may have to...
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Uhhhhh.........
iPhone 5?
Jailbreak coming tomorrow for iOS 6.1.
Jizzylax said:
Uhhhhh.........
iPhone 5?
Jailbreak coming tomorrow for iOS 6.1.
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i was thinking blackberry, gotta love that trackball...
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well, verizon tech couldnt help me either, think I'm gonna get an xperia play, only 50 bucks...
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well, verizon tech couldnt help me either, think I'm gonna get an xperia play, only 50 bucks...
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Not a bad choice until your upgrade
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Not a bad choice until your upgrade
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i have upgrade, just dont wanna lose my unlimited
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i been eyeying their development thread, seems they got optional official ics, official cm9, and jb roms, good screen, and two cameras (which i need for video chat being on the road all the time to see the kids) and a decent battery.
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Not a bad choice to keep unlimited.
So I've restored several backups, hard reset through phone settings, dialed ##72786# to re program phone, updated prl and profile, and finally LGNPST. My 4g data works fine but i cannot get calls texts to work.
When I switch to my gnex calls and texts work like normal. So this is not a network error.
Any ideas? The geniuses at my sprint store are stumped.
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Switch to your gnex how?
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I think he reactivates the gnex online. Possibly a carrier lock?
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Oops didn't mean to thank that lol. Yes i just re activate it through sprints website.
I've never heard of a carrier lock before. I'll look that up. Thanks
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I think he reactivates the gnex online. Possibly a carrier lock?
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Just asking cuz I've seen someone mess up called switching from one device to another.
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Oops didn't mean to thank that lol. Yes i just re activate it through sprints website.
I've never heard of a carrier lock before. I'll look that up. Thanks
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I did a lot of testing on calls and didn't get locked but then again not all phones are the same, that might be it.
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Just asking cuz I've seen someone mess up called switching from my new device to another.
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I did a crap load of testing and didn't get locked but that could be it
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oh i wasnt saying it in a bad way, just me guessing, it boosts my ego when im right lol
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oh i wasnt saying it in a bad way, just me guessing, it boosts my ego when im right lol
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Lol I also didn't mean it in a bad way.
Reworded last post to seem less mean lol
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Lol I also didn't mean it in a bad way.
Reworded last post to seem less mean lol
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its all good. i wanna be on your good side if you end up fixing the jb port lol.
Lol
I didn't get a chance today to decompile the apk to see what's up but tomorrow I'm going all in see if I can help out. I really like JB with all them qslide apps I want to use it as my daily rom.
so op do the bars show an X
And have you toggled airplane mode?
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Sometimes the bars show a red x. When there is an x I cannot get data either. Sometimes the x is gone and I get 4g again.
After LGNPST I was able to successfully update profile and prl but it did not fix the problem. I've been able to update profile a few times. After it says the profile has been updated the phone reboots. I've never seen that prior to this.
Oh and the lock screen and notification pull down both say sprint. As if it is connected to sprint service.
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Sometimes the bars show a red x. When there is an x I cannot get data either. Sometimes the x is gone and I get 4g again.
After LGNPST I was able to successfully update profile and prl but it did not fix the problem. I've been able to update profile a few times. After it says the profile has been updated the phone reboots. I've never seen that prior to this.
Oh and the lock screen and notification pull down both say sprint. As if it is connected to sprint service.
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did you ever figure this out? looks like im in the same boat now
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well think i found part of the reason, i no longer have a "min" or phone number, as well as my prl went from 25011 to 40000
I took it to Sprint and they could not get it activated either. They said the phone is not recognizing it's meid (I think, he may have called it something else). Luckily I have TEP so they ordered me a new phone free of charge.
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unfortunately i dont have that option, so i will keep looking lol, if i fix it, ill post back here for future errors lol
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I took it to Sprint and they could not get it activated either. They said the phone is not recognizing it's meid (I think, he may have called it something else). Luckily I have TEP so they ordered me a new phone free of charge.
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Did you flash the test jb Sprint rom?
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Do you mean the original couple, or has there been a recent update? I flashed the original, as well as the first update and the 2nd and 3rd kernels(or whatever those zips were). It was strange. I had my gnex activated before I flashed the second update. When I reactivated the LG it seemed something had been ruined. 4g worked but no texts or calls.
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Do you mean the original couple, or has there been a recent update? I flashed the original, as well as the first update and the 2nd and 3rd kernels(or whatever those zips were). It was strange. I had my gnex activated before I flashed the second update. When I reactivated the LG it seemed something had been ruined. 4g worked but no texts or calls.
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Same for me, turn 4g off it and you get a red x
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under setting mobile network settings is it set to lte/cdma or lte only? if it says lte only it will block all 1x and 3g signals
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Do you mean the original couple, or has there been a recent update? I flashed the original, as well as the first update and the 2nd and 3rd kernels(or whatever those zips were). It was strange. I had my gnex activated before I flashed the second update. When I reactivated the LG it seemed something had been ruined. 4g worked but no texts or calls.
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That's your problem you got carrier locked. Nothing you can do but get a new phone
At least that's what I think
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under setting mobile network settings is it set to lte/cdma or lte only? if it says lte only it will block all 1x and 3g signals
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Only have options of cdma or cdma/lte
Veritass said:
That's your problem you got carrier locked. Nothing you can do but get a new phone
At least that's what I think
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I don't think that is what it is, but im going to take it to sprint. Even if that's what it was, you would think cdma work shop could still modify the files
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That's your problem you got carrier locked. Nothing you can do but get a new phone
At least that's what I think
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Sprint cannot lock the device's radio. It can control whether it or not it has network access, but that would not cause a red X on the signal, just the 3G/4G to disappear. The bars, depending on connection, would still show even if the device was completely deactivated.
To anyone facing this issue, I would get your MSL (if you're rooted, there's an app on the play store) and dial ##786#, press menu key, reset to defaults. Unlike ##72786# which only resets network connection, this will reset your phone to default settings in case it is a software issue causing this, and it will also initiate a handsfree activation, in case the issue is network-related. Yes, your phone will be completely reset, so back up your stuff now if you keep precious items on it. I'm thinking pictures/video/media should be ok, but I would back them up or move them just in case. I do not want to be held responsible for your lost pictures