I have very similar issues as most the other people. Somehow I had lost service when updating the nightly CMW last week. Managed to lose the imei number.. I thought.. uh oh. what did I do now.. Searched and searched and found this video which led me to this page which allowed me to get my IMEI number back in. whew..
Well.. Still phone doesn't seem to want to work right... :crying:
So yesterday I went to AT&T and got a new sim card and had them do their restore on it. Boom still didn't work.
So today I was like F' it I am going to Root it again to see what else I can't wreck.. Well everything went ok, but still no 4G etc.
I do some more reading, and find that there is some other BS probably going on with it from reading this post which brought me over to here where I then proceeded to install QPST and let it do it's thang, then follow the instructions to get it back to normal.To think everything is going good until when I try to "generate a QCN file" I get "An error has occured while....."
And that is where I am at.. Any ideas?
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<<<< here, I have been around a while. Since the original Windows phone, Palm and Blackberry days. so know a thing or two, (not a complete noob) but not a Dev like a lot of you good folks. :highfive:
Well, all I can say is there is no going back.
What I did:
1. Un rooted cleaned flash count
2. Went to tmobile (or at&t in your case)
3. They said it's a software issue and Samsung sent me a new phone. (I was under the 1 year warranty)
Hopefully this helps in any way, trust me it'll save you the headache
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really wish the corner of my screen wasn't cracked right about now haha
Try reading >>HERE<<. It may not be of any help, but it couldn't hurt to read it.
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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.
So last night I attempted to root my first Dinc 2. I followed the tutorial exactly using revolutionary to S-Off and the SU zip to root. Everything went smooth except I lost 3G signal. I then flashed several roms (CM7, virtuous, MIUI) and they all worked fine except still no 3g. I then tried a list of about 8 different radios incuding the newest 1.09.01.0622, still nothing.
At that point I decided to call verizon. They then informed me that my MEID was put on the lost/stolen list (crazy i kno), and that they could not help to activate it. They suggested I call amazon to get a new phone, which I did and it will be here tomorrow.
Naturally I still want to root but this issue is extremely frustrating and I want to make sure it doesnt happen a second time. So... does anyone have any suggestions for avoiding radio problems during the root?
Any help is appreciated... thanks!
Flashing a rom or rooting will not put your meid in the lost/stolen list. You confusing your radio issue with this. If your meid is on that list u cant ever get it activated ever.... No matter what. So basically u got bad phone from them. This is not a radio issue
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Flashing a rom or rooting will not put your meid in the lost/stolen list. You confusing your radio issue with this. If your meid is on that list u cant ever get it activated ever.... No matter what. So basically u got bad phone from them. This is not a radio issue
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I agree with you, 100%. The funny thing is that when i first got the phone yesterday morning I activated it and had 3g up and running just fine. It wasn't until I rooted and started flashing roms/radios that the 3g disappeared and I eventually had to call verizon.
I'm guessing the bad meid was a result of changing the radio so many times. So my primary concern is losing the 3G radio again when I go to root the new phone.
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I agree with you, 100%. The funny thing is that when i first got the phone yesterday morning I activated it and had 3g up and running just fine. It wasn't until I rooted and started flashing roms/radios that the 3g disappeared and I eventually had to call verizon.
I'm guessing the bad meid was a result of changing the radio so many times. So my primary concern is losing the 3G radio again when I go to root the new phone.
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If I'm not mistaken someone has to report a phone lost or stolen in order for the MEID to be blocked by verizon. However it could have been someone doing just this and fat fingered the number.
Changing radio's multiple times or doing anything with root will not cause your meid to be blocked. Sounds like it was a mistake on the part of Verizon, in which case they owe you a phone right then and there.
Luckily Amazon is a great company and they made it right for you.
True, amazons support is amazing. I agree it must've been an error on verizons part but I also was thinking that I mightve rooted to quickly. I literally activated the phone and rooted like 2 mins later and my old phones service hadn't switched off yet. Idk, either way I'm waiting a day or 2 on the next one.
Rooting is like installing another version of windows on your pc. Its irrelivent from what verizon does. It just runs the phones hardware. I rooted all my phones like 10 mins afer i got em. Verizon cant see you have root remotly atm.. and they really dont care unless your sucking bandwidth with free pc tether. So rest assured u can root asap ur new phone.
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Good call man I just rooted phone #2 and everything's working great. Off to grab some roms. Thanks guys.
**** spoke too soon maybe? getting superuser force close when I try to flash clockwork recovery in rom manager. Tried to reset the phone, and reinstall rom manager but its still SU still isnt granting permissions. any ideas?
EDIT - NVM got permissions working just reinstalled SU
How in Gods name did you just get a dinc2 that didn't have 2.3.3? Just got mine today from VZ and the OTA got pushed to my phone before I even got of the store. Now I'm stock without Root. meh.
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Guys I would just purchase an XTC clip. I'm sure raskal is going to continue supporting new devices even though HTC is going to unlock them eventually. The thing with that though is that they do it wayyy too late, and you have to submit a bunch of info an void warranties. no thanks that's like christmas morning theres a bunch of presents under the tree but you can't open them until new years, maybe february.
All of the dinc 2's shipped by amazon right now have 2.2
First off, i would like to thank everyone who puts this awesome crap on the internet for us retards to try to do something cool with our friggin phones. Second, this is my first EVER post on a forum of any kind, so please go easy on me if i sound like a complete moron...
Im sure its important that i put what im working with here. Its an Evo 4g PC36100 Build 4.54.651.1 with Android OS 2.3.3 Kernel 2.6.35.1,
Not sure what other info you might need but let me know if you got anything else i gotta put on here.
Oh yeah... i found the phone outside a corner store about two months ago with nothing but the "owners number" and an email address on it. Dont think i just kept it though. I called the number and left several voicemails and even emailed the person a million times in hopes that i didnt have to throw away a brand-spankin-new phone. They never got back to me and instead i guess they cut off the service (which i only used to call its voicemail) about a week or so into having the phone. My brother had given me a charger that fit one of his old phones so i could keep it on incase some one called.
a few days ago, someone said that i could just flash the phone and use it with another provider. I decided i would prefer not to pay for a new phone so i would use this thing. another person told me that i would first have to root the phone before i could flash it. So i did. I rooted it with the unRevoked/revolutionary Tool method. i backed up the original stuff using this method and later installed Myns Warm TwoPointTwo because the guy online said it was a cooler rom. so i was like what the hell.
I went to the cricket store and they said they would charge me 65 bucks to flash a friggin phone. i was like "naw *****es" because my brother said i could do it at home. Most of the descriptions for Flashing say i should have Jiminy V installed BEFORE i flash my ****.
I tried that on this page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784776
Every link send me to some site called MassMirror And that site doesnt let me do Jack ****. I signed up an account on the site but still nothing. then I uploaded a 21Mb program so it might let me. But still nothing. So i cant download it anywhere. And now im stuck.
Can someone help me access these files that u guys put on here? is there something wrong with my PC that is not letting me download them? i hope not.
If i end up being unable to get the ROM can i just try to flash this phone with the Warm2.2 Rom that i have on it? it is pretty cool and i would like to keep it, but if it wont work, Can someone suggest an alternative that i can easily find that is either similar or at least moderately user friendly? i know im asking a lot, but i really suck at this phone crap and am looking forward to not giving a some dude my money if i can do this **** at home.
BTW I intend to get the phone connected (Full $55 Plan) with Cricket next week after i get payed. I just dont have the money today to do it, and would like to have the phone flashed and ready to connect, hopefully with a fully functional ROM, by the time i go to the cricket store.
Any help is VERY much appreciated and sorry again for the huge ass post.
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First off, i would like to thank everyone who puts this awesome crap on the internet for us retards to try to do something cool with our friggin phones. Second, this is my first EVER post on a forum of any kind, so please go easy on me if i sound like a complete moron...
Im sure its important that i put what im working with here. Its an Evo 4g PC36100 Build 4.54.651.1 with Android OS 2.3.3 Kernel 2.6.35.1,
Not sure what other info you might need but let me know if you got anything else i gotta put on here.
Oh yeah... i found the phone outside a corner store about two months ago with nothing but the "owners number" and an email address on it. Dont think i just kept it though. I called the number and left several voicemails and even emailed the person a million times in hopes that i didnt have to throw away a brand-spankin-new phone. They never got back to me and instead i guess they cut off the service (which i only used to call its voicemail) about a week or so into having the phone. My brother had given me a charger that fit one of his old phones so i could keep it on incase some one called.
a few days ago, someone said that i could just flash the phone and use it with another provider. I decided i would prefer not to pay for a new phone so i would use this thing. another person told me that i would first have to root the phone before i could flash it. So i did. I rooted it with the unRevoked/revolutionary Tool method. i backed up the original stuff using this method and later installed Myns Warm TwoPointTwo because the guy online said it was a cooler rom. so i was like what the hell.
I went to the cricket store and they said they would charge me 65 bucks to flash a friggin phone. i was like "naw *****es" because my brother said i could do it at home. Most of the descriptions for Flashing say i should have Jiminy V installed BEFORE i flash my ****.
I tried that on this page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784776
Every link send me to some site called MassMirror And that site doesnt let me do Jack ****. I signed up an account on the site but still nothing. then I uploaded a 21Mb program so it might let me. But still nothing. So i cant download it anywhere. And now im stuck.
Can someone help me access these files that u guys put on here? is there something wrong with my PC that is not letting me download them? i hope not.
If i end up being unable to get the ROM can i just try to flash this phone with the Warm2.2 Rom that i have on it? it is pretty cool and i would like to keep it, but if it wont work, Can someone suggest an alternative that i can easily find that is either similar or at least moderately user friendly? i know im asking a lot, but i really suck at this phone crap and am looking forward to not giving a some dude my money if i can do this **** at home.
BTW I intend to get the phone connected (Full $55 Plan) with Cricket next week after i get payed. I just dont have the money today to do it, and would like to have the phone flashed and ready to connect, hopefully with a fully functional ROM, by the time i go to the cricket store.
Any help is VERY much appreciated and sorry again for the huge ass post.
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that link you listed is for a rom that you flash AFTER you get setup with Cricket. In the OP of that link there is a guide that tells you how to reprogram your phone for Cricket. http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...o-Flash-to-Cricket-with-Talk-Text-Wap-and-MMS that was in the OP heres a note from the link you posted to the JimmyV rom
It might be a good idea to use a newer PRL than the one suggested in that guide (since it's old). I am attaching the most recent PRL I have to this post. Also found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002910. Im not on Cricket so i cant really help and IM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT YOU DO TO YOUR PHONE . There might be someone on Cricket that can help you more but im not that person
Also OP means original post
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sorry this is the link i meant to put there: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784776 my mistake for putting something else... thanks for help Im realizing that i may be spamming at this point, but is there a link you could share with me where i might be able to download the Jiminy ROM directly or something? im kinda lost at this point and dont know how to find my way back to square one.
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sorry this is the link i meant to put there: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784776 my mistake for putting something else... thanks for help
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I was talking about the first post in the thread for the link you posted it had a guide on how to.setup your phone for Cricket I simply just posted the guide . Just follow those guides I posted and you should be good to go . I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR AJYTHING YOU DO TO YOUR PHONE. if you run into any problems pls post it someone might be able to help
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sorry this is the link i meant to put there: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784776 my mistake for putting something else... thanks for help Im realizing that i may be spamming at this point, but is there a link you could share with me where i might be able to download the Jiminy ROM directly or something? im kinda lost at this point and dont know how to find my way back to square one.
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Well you won't need the jimmy rom until AFTER you have succesfully been setup with Cricket. So reprogram phone for Cricket then flash Jimmy rom. Also I'm not sure where to download the rom I'm pretty sure those links might be dead
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FYI Jiminy V is over a year old at this point and is based on Froyo. I don't even run it any more.
Follow the flashing guide I provided in the Jiminy thread to program the phone to work with Cricket (this is completely independent from flashing a rom and flashing roms will not overwrite any of the "cricket" flash). It is the same guide I used to flash my personal phone.
No custom rom magic is required at this point with all the roms that have come out in the past year. I myself am running MikG. I like Sense roms (aside from their poor bluetooth support). I've never been able to get MMS working with Cricket on an AOSP rom unfortunately. I'd run AOSP if I could but I receive far too many pictures via MMS to give that up.
Flash a modern rom and if it is Sense based then use the dialer to enter into the EPST settings and change the MMS server urls and everything should be working as long as you set the MMS size limit to 500k.
I'm editing the Jiminy thread now to advise people that it is obsolete.
I got an appt with sprint tech support or repair center whatever its called . I got to walk into one those stores in my area today in about 4 hours . Ive called sprint to many times about getting to many phantom voicemails, calls not going through, my phone not ringing when someone else calls me etc.. so they said to take it in . Im currently running Calks 3.0 GB rom EL29 and when you turn on the phone i have the yellow triangle show up..
Do i need to revert back to completely stock ?
or can i just take in like that and will they service it that way?
TIA to anyone that responds back with help....
MODS i know this has been asked before but i searched and didnt find the answer ..
Yes flash any stock rom before going.
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do i have to unroot as well?
also whats the best way to back up sms, mms ive tried TB but didnt work for some reason gonna give another try but wondering if there might be something else?
EDIT: so i odin'ed stock rooted EL29 rom that i had on my pc .. will that work or should i also unroot?
dont want to drive all the way to the sprint store for them to tell "OH your device is rooted and we wont work on a device that is rooted". or tell me oh the reason your device is not working could be cause its rooted....
EDIT 2 : installed stock rooted EL 29 and when phone booted it notified me of the update available "ICS" gonna actually let it install since i know stock ICS sucks. .
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do i have to unroot as well?
also whats the best way to back up sms, mms ive tried TB but didnt work for some reason gonna give another try but wondering if there might be something else?
EDIT: so i odin'ed stock rooted EL29 rom that i had on my pc .. will that work or should i also unroot?
dont want to drive all the way to the sprint store for them to tell "OH your device is rooted and we wont work on a device that is rooted". or tell me oh the reason your device is not working could be cause its rooted....
EDIT 2 : installed stock rooted EL 29 and when phone booted it notified me of the update available "ICS" gonna actually let it install since i know stock ICS sucks. .
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Just go with fi27 unrooted. Shoul have no issues.
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Just go with fi27 unrooted. Shoul have no issues.
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Well i had odined back to stock rooted EL29 and then after reboot a minute later i got the notification to update so i did then that happen about 3 times till finally got to Fi27 and i dont have root...
I went into the Sprint repair center so they could look at it . THE Rep asked me "so whats wrong with your phone?" so i start telling her that i my phone wont ring some times and that some times it will ring till the callers phone has rang about 4 times and then she says" Oh thats normal the phone is set up that way its set up to have that delay" i was like WROOOOONNGGG no way any phone is set up to have a delay .. well we went back and forth and they didnt even touch my phone i could have been on any custom rom and they wouldnt have cared . she just put some notes in my acct for the next rep to help me....
I also to prove to her the problem grabbed one of the phones on display that is active it was a EVO 4g LTE and called my phone from it and my phone didnt ring till the 4th ring hanged up and then called the EVO phone back and the evo rang on first ring.. All she said was oh its our network theres a tower down went back and forth and figured she dont know what she's talking about....
Then called sprint and the rep did a RTN or something like that which included a full wipe and restore of factory settings and now during the day i have to see if it works or not.
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Well i had odined back to stock rooted EL29 and then after reboot a minute later i got the notification to update so i did then that happen about 3 times till finally got to Fi27 and i dont have root...
I went into the Sprint repair center so they could look at it . THE Rep asked me "so whats wrong with your phone?" so i start telling her that i my phone wont ring some times and that some times it will ring till the callers phone has rang about 4 times and then she says" Oh thats normal the phone is set up that way its set up to have that delay" i was like WROOOOONNGGG no way any phone is set up to have a delay .. well we went back and forth and they didnt even touch my phone i could have been on any custom rom and they wouldnt have cared . she just put some notes in my acct for the next rep to help me....
I also to prove to her the problem grabbed one of the phones on display that is active it was a EVO 4g LTE and called my phone from it and my phone didnt ring till the 4th ring hanged up and then called the EVO phone back and the evo rang on first ring.. All she said was oh its our network theres a tower down went back and forth and figured she dont know what she's talking about....
Then called sprint and the rep did a RTN or something like that which included a full wipe and restore of factory settings and now during the day i have to see if it works or not.
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We had this happen to us during NV updates in the area. Not sure if that was it or another issue so I'll throw this out as well: Did you upgrade from an older phone and keep the phone? If so, make sure it's turned off. If it's still happening you'll probably want to see if they're doing NV upgrades in the area as we had all sorts of funky stuff happening. (Towers reporting wrong times, etc.)
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We had this happen to us during NV updates in the area. Not sure if that was it or another issue so I'll throw this out as well: Did you upgrade from an older phone and keep the phone? If so, make sure it's turned off. If it's still happening you'll probably want to see if they're doing NV upgrades in the area as we had all sorts of funky stuff happening. (Towers reporting wrong times, etc.)
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This is the phone i started sprint service with.. I have had this issue since i got the phone....Now that my contract with sprint is over and finally fed up with this issue and have the time to deal with it im trying to get this fixed by sprint....
Also i have three Business lines and on one (after that person lost, then broker the 2nd phone both Epic 4g ) i have a htc touch pro 2 . we were in a bad reception area and that phone was able to stream a movie on youtube and this phone couldnt even stream pandora .....
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This is the phone i started sprint service with.. I have had this issue since i got the phone....Now that my contract with sprint is over and finally fed up with this issue and have the time to deal with it im trying to get this fixed by sprint....
Also i have three Business lines and on one (after that person lost, then broker the 2nd phone both Epic 4g ) i have a htc touch pro 2 . we were in a bad reception area and that phone was able to stream a movie on youtube and this phone couldnt even stream pandora .....
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Unfortunately the antenna for this phone seems to be a big sticking point for a lot of folks. Now that NV is almost done around here I am doing better; the recent modem updates helped as well. But there are still some problems.... like a certain location I know I have to get off the phone because the tower handoff fails every time.
the radio on this phone sucks thats why im undecided on what phone to upgrade too.. I need to change phone cause of this problem but what phone should i get is the problem
SGS3 almost the same as this phone yeah i know it has some new features but i feel like since its a samsung it most likely will have the same issue : weak radio...
HTC EVO 4g LTE very low on memory . many complain about it having issues connecting to LTE (where LTE is available) but HTC does make good Radio's ..
Galaxy note 2 has many new features it is big in size but ill get used to it and ill use a bluetooth so i wont look crazy holding up to my ear but since theres no LTE in my area i cant be able to talk and surf the web (the evo and sgs3 could) its still a samsung and samsung makes weak radios ....
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the radio on this phone sucks thats why im undecided on what phone to upgrade too.. I need to change phone cause of this problem but what phone should i get is the problem
SGS3 almost the same as this phone yeah i know it has some new features but i feel like since its a samsung it most likely will have the same issue : weak radio...
HTC EVO 4g LTE very low on memory . many complain about it having issues connecting to LTE (where LTE is available) but HTC does make good Radio's ..
Galaxy note 2 has many new features it is big in size but ill get used to it and ill use a bluetooth so i wont look crazy holding up to my ear but since theres no LTE in my area i cant be able to talk and surf the web (the evo and sgs3 could) its still a samsung and samsung makes weak radios ....
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If you can convince them - honestly, whittle it down to 3-4 and then take them out to your regular work sites and test them.
Then based on how they perform where you need it to you can make a call.
Not sure how it works with Sprint but would think they should allow this kind of testing before you purchase - or upgrade in your case. (MVNO we use does this...)
what i know of sprint is they let you use the device for 14 days and you have to decide if you want it or not....
also i was thinking of trying tmobile out cause im tired of sprints slow 3g data.. I dont have Sprints 4g service everywhere i go... just want to see if anyone who lives in the inland empire California can tell me there experience with it...
Hi everyone,
So earlier today I was standing in Walmart when my phone froze and I restarted it, after booting up it indicated that the Public Mobile network was unavailable, since then I've been unable to connect to any networks. I can scan for networks, select public mobile, it sits there for five minutes trying to connect and then says "Please Try Again Later".
Now a couple of months ago I had my phone unlocked by a local place, they initially did a bad update because my WiFi stopped working, and then I noticed that they put a Rogers Firmware onto my phone which originally comes from Telus. Could this pose an issue ?.
I've also noticed that my IMEI number on the back of the phone is completely different from what is on screen. What can I do to get my phone working again or am I f***d ? I have no experience rooting or flashing my phone but if someone could walk me through it that would be awesome.
My phone is a Samsung Galaxy SIII (SGH-I747M) Telus, running android 4.4.2
Thanks !
You could try re-injecting the original IMEI using nvwriter.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117
audit13 said:
You could try re-injecting the original IMEI using nvwriter.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117
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Thanks, I tried following the steps but couldn't figure it out, I don't have the original IMEI number backed up, but I do have it, is there a way I can go in and change it ? When I tried to use nvwriter it tells me my phone isn't responding.
Oh boy.......I'd go to wherever you had it serviced and find out exactly what they did. Sounds kind of like they put a different motherboard in and did not tell you. They probably did something to really screw up the original but didnt want to admit it or pay for it, so they gave you whatever they had on hand. This just a guess of course, but it would explain the firmware and the IMEI being different. You shouldn't be able to flash the Rogers firmware on any other carriers device or vice versa. So I find all of that extremely suspicious.
Check the IMEI's to see if they're blacklisted. (Im worried the one you see in settings will turn up to be so....hopefully not).
Do not try to change the IMEI though. If my suspicions are correct, it means the one its using is the one belonging to that board. Not only does changing the IMEI often cause a lot of ither issues, it is also almost always illegal.
***(And just fyi, be careful posting the tools or instructions for doing so, is against XDA rules. Same for just about every forum on the net.)
Even if all of that were not anything to be concerned about, you have to consider that if they did swap your motherboard, they may have fixed it later and now someone else has it with that IMEI. If you put it on your device, and both are seen on the network with the same one, it'll get blacklisted.
I really hope I am wrong....I really really do. But if I am not, i don't know if you will be able to do much without more info from whoever worked on it.
I am sorry btw, Im not trying to scare you about it, that's just what I see as the most likely scenario based on the info provided. Like I said, I could be wrong.
DocHoliday77 said:
Oh boy.......I'd go to wherever you had it serviced and find out exactly what they did. Sounds kind of like they put a different motherboard in and did not tell you. They probably did something to really screw up the original but didnt want to admit it or pay for it, so they gave you whatever they had on hand. This just a guess of course, but it would explain the firmware and the IMEI being different. You shouldn't be able to flash the Rogers firmware on any other carriers device or vice versa. So I find all of that extremely suspicious.
Check the IMEI's to see if they're blacklisted. (Im worried the one you see in settings will turn up to be so....hopefully not).
Do not try to change the IMEI though. If my suspicions are correct, it means the one its using is the one belonging to that board. Not only does changing the IMEI often cause a lot of ither issues, it is also almost always illegal.
***(And just fyi, be careful posting the tools or instructions for doing so, is against XDA rules. Same for just about every forum on the net.)
Even if all of that were not anything to be concerned about, you have to consider that if they did swap your motherboard, they may have fixed it later and now someone else has it with that IMEI. If you put it on your device, and both are seen on the network with the same one, it'll get blacklisted.
I really hope I am wrong....I really really do. But if I am not, i don't know if you will be able to do much without more info from whoever worked on it.
I am sorry btw, Im not trying to scare you about it, that's just what I see as the most likely scenario based on the info provided. Like I said, I could be wrong.
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Thanks, I just took it back to the place that serviced it. They said to leave it with them for an hour or so and I should be good, didn't sound like he's going to charge me anything either since he remembered when I was in last and he said he had to reinstall the OS. So fingers crossed, otherwise I'm just going to grab a new Moto G to use with my network. I'm kind of over the SIII anyhow, so if its not fixable its not the end of the world, still sucks nonetheless lol