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-So about 2 weeks ago I got the Evo with a brand new Sprint contract, with a temporary # to try it out for a month to see if I like the service.
-My family and I decided that we're gonna keep Sprint and cancel Verizon.
-Today I went to the Sprint store to port all the numbers over.
-All other numbers went through besides for my phone.
Is it because it's rooted??
All of the other numbers have already ported over, within minutes. I was told mine would be done about 2 hrs ago, still not.
Any answer please?
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Did, thank you.
Apparently the Sprint rep made a typo.
They may not be the best cs but calling more than once or going to a store a store is always an option
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It is not because you're rooted.
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You could try doing a manual update profile and update prl (Menu -> Settings -> System Updates), if the number is ported on sprint's side but not on your phone, this might help.
Otherwise, call *2 and ask for tier 2 porting support. I used to have a direct # to them, but no longer. They will be able to fix it for you for sure (as long as you have not already cancelled your verizon account)
Something along the same lines happened to mine. I took mine to the Sprint shop when my Tmobile number didn't port over, and the tech fixed it up in 30 seconds.
The majority of problems I have come across when porting a number to a different carrier can usually be traced back to 1 of 2 things. Either the carrier who the number was originally with didn't release it when they should have, or more likely, your phone is not updating its data profile on its own.
Since you have root, I'm assuming that you have one of the recoveries installed. Pull the battery for about 30 seconds or so, boot into recovery and do a data wipe (that step is somewhat optional, do it if you can, if not then fine) then when the phone boots up again go to settings>system updates>update profile.
Let me start this question with a big thanks to all the developers/etc. out there. The work being done is AMAZING!
I am a new "rooter", but learning fast. I am running Cyanoginger 1.1 on my MT3GS. I have noticed a few things that aren't quite right, and I am unsure if they are related to each other, or to Cm 6.1.1, or ~ginger 1.1, or...
1. Incoming phone calls seem to sporadically go to voicemail instead of the phone. My phone can be sitting on my desk with full bars, I'll call my phone from my desk, it'll ring once or twice and jump to voicemail (nothing shows up on the MyTouch). I'll call again 10 seconds later, and it goes to my phone. Very sporadic (maybe 1 in 20 calls?)
2. My phone number shows Unknown in Settings > About phone > Status. I read in a few forums that this may be the case untill you place/receive a call, but mine is still showing unknown.
3. My market purchases are no longer integrated with carrier billing. It's asking for a credit card instead of automatically billing me at T-Mobile.
Like I said, I'm a noob at rooting/modding, but I learn quick Any help with these issues would be greatly appreciated!
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Let me start this question with a big thanks to all the developers/etc. out there. The work being done is AMAZING!
I am a new "rooter", but learning fast. I am running Cyanoginger 1.1 on my MT3GS. I have noticed a few things that aren't quite right, and I am unsure if they are related to each other, or to Cm 6.1.1, or ~ginger 1.1, or...
1. Incoming phone calls seem to sporadically go to voicemail instead of the phone. My phone can be sitting on my desk with full bars, I'll call my phone from my desk, it'll ring once or twice and jump to voicemail (nothing shows up on the MyTouch). I'll call again 10 seconds later, and it goes to my phone. Very sporadic (maybe 1 in 20 calls?)
2. My phone number shows Unknown in Settings > About phone > Status. I read in a few forums that this may be the case untill you place/receive a call, but mine is still showing unknown.
3. My market purchases are no longer integrated with carrier billing. It's asking for a credit card instead of automatically billing me at T-Mobile.
Like I said, I'm a noob at rooting/modding, but I learn quick Any help with these issues would be greatly appreciated!
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The unknown number thing has to do with cm6.1.1. It shouldn't affect you anyway. For the first issue, probably t-mobile issue, neither your phone nor your ROM. Happens to me on all my phones, even my dumbphones.
The market thing is something that you give up when you flash a custom ROM. I think there might be something that can tie market to your tmobile account, but I can't find it again, it was mentioned in a thread recently.
Thanks for the quick response!
On points 2 and 3, I guess that's just the way it is. Little things, I can definitely deal.
On the first point, I just want to make sure this isn't happening because of how I flashed new roms, or how I upgraded the radio, etc.
FWIW, here's the process I used:
- rooted phone with adb/file copy, etc., etc.
- booted to ESPRIMG.zip (oops, rebooted, no backup of system!)
- booted to Clockwork
- cleared data, cleared cache, flashed CM 6.1.1, flashed gapps, rebooted
- went back to clockwork flashed radio from 7.07.(????) directly to 7.09.35.10, rebooted
- "stumbled" across Cyanoginger 1.1...
- booted to Clockwork, cleared data, cleared cache, flashed to Cyanoginger 1.1
The phone prior to rooting never had any issues receiving calls, but who knows, maybe it's because I'm staring at it, maybe it's solar flares, maybe I've angered the cell phone gods...ok, humor's "off" a bit today
If you have any further thoughts, let me know; otherwise thanks for your help! I really appreciate it!
Yeah that all sounds right. I haven't ever had issues with my phone number showing up, it seems to only happen to some people, and like you said, normally it goes away after placing or receiving a call. Who knows. I don't think it affects any apps though. I could be wrong about that, not sure. It might be your sim card, which would explain some calls not going through as well.
I know there is a way to tie the market to your t-mobile account, I just can't remember at the moment. I googled around, couldn't find anything. I think it's called market fix or something rather. I could be thinking of something else though. Frankly I like paying with my debit card better, it was never a huge deal for me, so I never thought too much into it.
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I know there is a way to tie the market to your t-mobile account, I just can't remember at the moment. I googled around, couldn't find anything. I think it's called market fix or something rather. I could be thinking of something else though. Frankly I like paying with my debit card better, it was never a huge deal for me, so I never thought too much into it.
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I know exactly what you're talking about... I just can't seem to find it either. It was in a thread recently, like you said.
Maybe it's just vanished
I'm gonna keep searching though.
EDIT: So I was starting to flip out, cause I could not for the life of me find the thread...
But I decided to go to my phone and see if maybe I could just find the app in the market. Then I saw that I had already searched for it before, because I actually have the same issue. I just never downloaded it and tested it out.
It's called "Market Enabler"
I'm going to download it now and test it myself.
EDIT 2: Or maybe that's not it. I don't know, I can't seem to figure it out. Maybe MusicMan can take a look? I could have sworn this was an app suggested for that, but it just looks like it makes it so you can see apps that aren't on certain carriers.
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I know exactly what you're talking about... I just can't seem to find it either. It was in a thread recently, like you said.
Maybe it's just vanished
I'm gonna keep searching though.
EDIT: So I was starting to flip out, cause I could not for the life of me find the thread...
But I decided to go to my phone and see if maybe I could just find the app in the market. Then I saw that I had already searched for it before, because I actually have the same issue. I just never downloaded it and tested it out.
It's called "Market Enabler"
I'm going to download it now and test it myself.
EDIT 2: Or maybe that's not it. I don't know, I can't seem to figure it out. Maybe MusicMan can take a look? I could have sworn this was an app suggested for that, but it just looks like it makes it so you can see apps that aren't on certain carriers.
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It could just be that we were thinking of something else and such an app doesn't exist. I'll look some more when I get home
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Well, I "stumbled" across the solution to #2. As far as I've heard from others so far, it's purely cosmetic, but...
Go to Settings > Call Settings > Additional Settings > My phone number and enter the number. Now when you go to Settings > About phone > Status it will show the number you entered.
Again, this may be purely cosmetic, and I've noticed if you reboot, the setting gets wiped. Strange...but there you go...
Sorry to bring up this issue back up but I just recently Rooted my phone as well and am having the same problem with sporadic calls not coming to my phone.
For example, last night my father told me that he tried to call me at least 3 times in a row and it would go straight to voicemail, however today he called me (like 2 mins ago) and the phone rang as normal. Heres what I've noticed on the phone:
-the phone will drop all bars sporadically for no apparent reason, as I have never had any service issues in my house.
-it does this when its been idle for a couple of minutes and as soon as I wake it up it will show 0 bars then jump to the normal 2-3 I usually get at my place.
-whenever the bars drop to 0 my 3g/HSPA service will still show as normal
I'm not completely new to Rooting (Rooted my original G1), however my last experience with it was back on CM4.1 on my G1, so there may be a o couple of things I missed
Thanks in advance for any help!
Hi, I've a similar problem: on outgoing calls anyone on any phone is able to see my number, they always get calls from "unknown" from my phone. I use wolfbreak's rom with cyanogen and I've allready set in the settings the option to show my number on outgoing calls, but doesn't work. how can I do?
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Hi, I've a similar problem: on outgoing calls anyone on any phone is able to see my number, they always get calls from "unknown" from my phone. I use wolfbreak's rom with cyanogen and I've allready set in the settings the option to show my number on outgoing calls, but doesn't work. how can I do?
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had this prob too even if u set it in cm you still have to call your carrier to get them to make you number show
I just got my Note 2 five days ago. If I don't turn on the screen, or use the phone in any way, I can maybe get 18 hours of battery life. The battery option shows almost all usage by Android OS. Keep Wake duration is whatever time has passed since the last full charge.
I dug a little deeper and it seems that it is "rilprocess" that is calling a full wake state. At least that was the process that appeared in the list of the app I used. Under it were 20-30 sub processes. This would seem to make sense as the phone seems to transfer data over WiFi or Mobile Data (if WiFi is disabled) constantly at a rate of 1-2KB/sec. If I disable both WiFi and Mobile Data, the problem goes away. Obviously this isn't a solution though. If I'm going to forgo data usage, what's the point of a smartphone?
Here's the kicker: This is still and issue after a full factory restore. I entered as much as I needed to get to the home screen. The only app I downloaded was Battery Stats Plus. Again, there are NO USER INSTALLED APPS! It's not something I installed. When I first noticed the issue I systematically uninstalled every application I could. I then went through the settings and disabled every bell and whistle I could (including backing up phone data to Google and any syncing). In fact I went so far as to delete my GMail account from the phone entirely. No e-mail, no messaging. Nothing. Still the issue persists. Then I did the factory reset as I said before, to see if the problem persisted. It did.
Does anyone have a suggestion? I am thinking at this point it may be a hardware problem, or else everybody with this phone from my provider would be experiencing the same problems, right? So perhaps have the phone replaced and hope it's a faulty radio? I tried to trace the outgoing data but couldn't. Even packet sniffers detected nothing. I am at a loss.
Edit: This should probably be in the general Note 2 forum. I am not with Sprint, I am with Bell Mobility.
Ril has to do with the network so it could be that your device isnt fully activated causing it to continuously poll the activation Site used by hands free activation. If you still have your MSL from when you activated the device you can go to settings> about phone> status and write down your # and MIN. Then dial ##786# and reset using the MSL then once it reboots dial ##72786# > select edit> enter MSL> manually enter your # and MIN and reboot. This will re provision the phone on the network and solve any incomplete activation issues.
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Ril has to do with the network so it could be that your device isnt fully activated causing it to continuously poll the activation Site used by hands free activation. If you still have your MSL from when you activated the device you can go to settings> about phone> status and write down your # and MIN. Then dial ##786# and reset using the MSL then once it reboots dial ##72786# > select edit> enter MSL> manually enter your # and MIN and reboot. This will re provision the phone on the network and solve any incomplete activation issues.
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This is the best suggestion I have read so far. It does make sense. In fact now that you mention it, when I use the self service app and try to look at my plan it says "No Data Available" and tells me my monthly bill is 0 dollars. I asked my provider about this and they told me it would update on its own, but it's been a couple of days and I just checked again, sure enough, no data showing under my service plan.
Can I have technical support re-provision over the phone? It's not that I can't follow your instructions, but I pay a lot of money to these guys for cellular service, and if it's their problem, I think they ought to solve it.
Thanks again for the reply. You have taken me from no hope of a solution at all to some hope that I might get this resolved.
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This is the best suggestion I have read so far. It does make sense. In fact now that you mention it, when I use the self service app and try to look at my plan it says "No Data Available" and tells me my monthly bill is 0 dollars. I asked my provider about this and they told me it would update on its own, but it's been a couple of days and I just checked again, sure enough, no data showing under my service plan.
Can I have technical support re-provision over the phone? It's not that I can't follow your instructions, but I pay a lot of money to these guys for cellular service, and if it's their problem, I think they ought to solve it.
Thanks again for the reply. You have taken me from no hope of a solution at all to some hope that I might get this resolved.
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Yes they can do it. Call in and say something like "I'm having trouble connecting to the Internet and phone calls. I've tried updating the PRL and Profile (if its a cdma device which im assuming cuz gsm provisions by pulling sim and replacing it) and a factory reset and I keep getting an error message. A few times when I've tried to make calls immediately after the data error I'll get a message that tells me my device is not activated and to call customer support. Can you please help me?" Then they will give you your MSL and walk you through the same or similar steps I listed above. Just make sure you call from a different phone cuz they'll want you to do everything while your on the phone with them to make sure its resolved.
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Yes they can do it. Call in and say something like "I'm having trouble connecting to the Internet and phone calls. I've tried updating the PRL and Profile (if its a cdma device which im assuming cuz gsm provisions by pulling sim and replacing it) and a factory reset and I keep getting an error message. A few times when I've tried to make calls immediately after the data error I'll get a message that tells me my device is not activated and to call customer support. Can you please help me?" Then they will give you your MSL and walk you through the same or similar steps I listed above. Just make sure you call from a different phone cuz they'll want you to do everything while your on the phone with them to make sure its resolved.
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Well I just got off the phone with technical support who assures me that every phone on their network that received the 4.1.2 update is experiencing the same issue, and that it has to do with the phone connecting to LTE. Of course when I disable mobile data and use only WiFi, it does the exact same thing. I feel like I got the run around. I'm just going to return the thing tomorrow and have my old 3GS reprovisioned. Maybe when Android OS 5 comes out it's not an issue any more and I can buy the newest gen phone then.
Thanks a ton for your help! Stymied by technical support!
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Well I just got off the phone with technical support who assures me that every phone on their network that received the 4.1.2 update is experiencing the same issue, and that it has to do with the phone connecting to LTE. Of course when I disable mobile data and use only WiFi, it does the exact same thing. I feel like I got the run around. I'm just going to return the thing tomorrow and have my old 3GS reprovisioned. Maybe when Android OS 5 comes out it's not an issue any more and I can buy the newest gen phone then.
Thanks a ton for your help! Stymied by technical support!
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The Tech was right Most of all Note2 That got 4.1.2 has maJor battery issues since the update
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Have you tried setting your mobile network to cdma only to see if disabling lte fixes it? I can get 20hrs with 7hrs screen on on mine consistently. I have 2 batteries I swap out when I wake up. I go to bed with 30% wake up about 28% and use it til 15% then change rinse and repeat. And during the day my screen is on almost constantly.
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Well the guy reprovisioned the data connection, and now if I disable WiFi it seems to sleep properly, and the orange downstream arrow doesn't continuously flash every second like it did. But if I turn on WiFi it refuses to sleep again, and that steady data tick is back. And the RIL interface has been replaced by com.test.LTETestModeSetting, which says "Full wakelock 2d 3h 33m". Does the wake lock apply only to the process calling it, or is it a global thing?
I have been trying to figure out what's going on the this battery problems I have as well it seems if I reboot my phone one time it will be great than the next horrible I have better battery stat and nothing out of the ordinary from what i can see just the audio wake lock but that's only killing like 45 mim battery ever 17 hrs so i guess that's good. When i talked to Sprint yesterday the guy at the store said they were working I'm a update ot will still be 4.1.2 but he said should improve data lte connection and battery who knows though I hope he knows what he is talking about
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Well I had my phone replaced, and that seems to have solved the problem. The only outstanding issue at this point is that WiFi constantly ticks when its enabled. I have read some things about 2.4ghz versus 5ghz networks, and I will look into that. I have 2 routers. One has the issue, the other has the issue plus authentication issues. At any rate, I just set the phone to shut off WiFi when sleeping, and that allows me to live with it. Hopefully the issue goes away with the next update.
SOLVED! - see post #7
This SM-N910V is rooted and had 3g but apparently I lost that when mucking around with things trying to get 4g. I've got other phones like a Galaxy S5 and Galaxy Note 5 both Verizon models that get 4g or 3g fine in this same location.
First odd thing I noticed on the Note 4 was a setting that popped up seemingly by itself while in 'More Networks' and 'Mobile Networks' that showed VZWInternet with a circle by that which was not yet checked so I tapped that and it turned green in the circle. I have never been able to see that option again. I don't think this caused the problem though. I've looked at apns-conf.xml in the /system/etc folder and can't see a problem there. I also tried replacing that with another one that is supposed to fix LTE mode. No luck so I put back the original. I wiped cache and reflashed a backup with TWRP which had been working on 3G but that didn't help - no 3g even. I did not wipe Dalvik/ART cache. I had been messing around in the 'Service Mode' menu with a bunch of different settings in an attempt to get 4g working but I'm fairly certain I got everything set back the way it was before I started. I noticed that one setting I had left different in the Service menu did not change back after flashing a restore with TWRP (full restore - all boxes checked). The one setting I left changed was the under the 'AS' protocol menu where I changed the Release version control to "LTE 3GPP REL 9" from LTE 3GPP REL 10". I know enough to be dangerous
Open to any suggestions - am wondering at the moment if I should have wiped the Dalvik/ART cache before the whole TWRP restore? At this point I'd be happy just to get 3g working again.
I also tried Dr. Ketan's LTE Enable. That didn't fix anything. Although I see MNC and MCC numbers in the apns-conf.xml file when I look at the SIM with a SIM info App I just see blanks in those spots on the SIM. Not sure if that's relevant - just giving as much info as I can here.
Did another restore with TWRP after wiping Dalvik/ART cache but that didn't fix it either. Strong cell signal but no 3G or 4G.
More info - I put the SIM card in another phone and it sees 3G at least.
It seems the "lost 3g or 4g" problem is very common and it seems I've looked through dozens of message threads here but I'm not finding any solutions. I'm looking at flashing the 'ltefix.zip' from this thread but it seemed to be for a custom ROM and I've just got the stock - more or less - 5.1.1.
Hmmm.... Been at this all day reading here, searching, trying everything but still no Mobile Data. Is this as elusive as rooting a Verizon Note 5? LOL - it was working at least on 3G. I'll take hints or even wild guesses at this point.
Okay - it finally flashed on me to do a restore of my EFS. Oddly I had done a full restore with TWRP which include EFS but that didn't fix the problem. That TWRP backup was done the same day I did an EFS backup using Dr. Ketan's IMEI tool for the Note 4. When I used the IMEI tool to restore the EFS backup I then had the 3G come back on. This is a 4G SIM so I still don't know why I'm not getting 4G but at least I got 3G back. I did have a hiccup using this IMEI tool which initially caused the phone to repeatedly shutdown after a minute or so and could not be restarted without pulling the battery. I believe it had to do with the 'Restore' button needing to be held down a certain amount of time instead of just a tap. I probably held, released too soon then held longer which I suspect caused a partial or damaged EFS restore. Be careful in how you use this tool or you may end up in that situation. I had to work very fast after a bootup to get it properly restored. After that it was stable again and had 3G.
Now if only I could figure out what it takes to get 4G.
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I wasn't getting 4G for the longest time, checked the PRL in settings on my GFs phone and noticed my PRL ver was like 50 thousand something while hers was 15518. Got a new Sim card and all my issues went away, PSA do not use *228 programming...EVER.
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Update/more info - I've continued to try and figure this out to no avail, although I got fed up with stock unrooted 5.1 and am now running modestrom v9 with a CQI2 base. And all of that install went fine, except for 4g of course.
I think this is worth mentioning as it might have something to do with the situation:
Way back in the beginning, I had gone through the entire unlock/root process, and everything actually worked fine the first time. This was right about the time the unlock became available, I bought the phone based specifically on that being possible, and got a brand new one at that time. Well, it was awesome for about 2 weeks, fully functional 4g and everything.
I had a very particular goal - I wanted this phone totally unlocked, but I was also very interested in the advanced/wifi calling that was supposedly coming out at that time - I was planning to move to a place with no vzw service and would be reliant on wifi for calls at home. Verizon wasn't clear about the fact that the wifi calling feature wasn't coming until MM, and this was before MM was released, so I was running a completely functional, 5.1.1 rom. I believe it was jasmine. So, under the impression that "advanced calling" would have given me wifi calling, I tried to enable it.
I cant recall if it was immediately, or a few hours after, but this is when the phone lost 4g for the first time. I immediately tried to deactivate the advanced calling feature on my line, but it didn't help. And nothing I could do would bring back 4g. I tried everything possible, and ultimately gave up and threw the phone in a drawer and went back to my note 3.
Fast forward several months, and my note 3 began to have issues with call audio, forcing me to use the 3g-only note 4 in order to actually handle day to day business. Again, I went through the processes of trying to fix 4g, with no success. Now by this time, MM had been released, I believe PD1 was the current firmware. I figured at this point it was time to just odin back to 5.1.1 and start everything over.
So I odin flashed the phone, and it booted into 5.1.1......with no 4g. Again I went through all the things I found here, no improvement. Finally, one day when the phone was bugging me about an OTA, I figured "what can it hurt at this point, its nearly useless without 4g anyhow."
And low and behold, the OTA update from verizon booted up and immediately jumped to 4g.
Now I felt I had a chance, a method that I'd finally proven could fix the problem. I left the phone in that state for a couple weeks, just to prove that it was holding. No problems during this time.
But I got sick of no root, and so I figured it was time to try and go through the steps again. And again, I lost the 4g connection. No big deal, just odin back to 5.1.1 and let it OTA like last time......
Except this time it didn't work. So I odin flashed back to 5.1 again, and let it try to OTA, again. I let the phone continually try to OTA all the way up to current, and flashed back to 5.1 at least 3 times to repeat the process in hopes it might fix something. No change at all. At this point I actually began to try and see if possibly Kies could help me here - maybe there was something related to the phones EFS? Which I don't understand very well btw - it was only through reading this thread that I began to research EFS and its significance. I also attempted to use some of the checkboxes in odin - the ones to erase all NAND and to clear EFS and rebuild it. Neither option made any difference. So I figured next logical step was to start playing around in service mode, which would require unlocking/rooting again......
And thats how I landed here. About an hour ago I got sick of the stock 5.1.1 and went through the whole root/unlock process and I'm currently running modestrom on CQI2 or whatever was just most recently posted. Every other part of the phone seems normal, but still no 4g. I can actually see the radio making an attempt to connect in the service mode - but I don't understand service mode menus well enough to interpret where the actual problem is. Upon boot the phone tries about 3 or 4 times to get an lte signal, during this time there is simply bars of signal, NO data indicator of any kind. Eventually, it gets frustrated and gives up, connecting to 3g and staying there. I realize now that when 3g drops, which is roughly every 10 minutes or so, its actually the phone attempting to establish LTE again. But still, I cannot make any sense of this.
Apologies for the giant post - I'm trying to put anything that could possibly be relevant info into one place here.
So........ anyone got any suggestions?
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PM sent. Just to share a little of that here I think the first thing I would do is tell VZ you suspect your SIM card is bad and have them put in another one. Tell them it fell out when changing a battery, the dog ate it and by the time it came out you suspect it wasn't quite right anymore - LOL. I do think SIM's flake out sometimes and I know a bad one can prevent 4G from working. If you ever had an EFS backup from anything try restoring ONLY the EFS (if you use TWRP). No guarantees that will fix it but my best guesses at this point. Good luck.
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I got a used stock note 4 to try and compare and see what I could be missing here....
Tried new sim card at least twice, unfortunately no dice, and the same card pops right into the spare note 4 and it wakes up on 4g just fine.......
EFS is something I probably should have been quick enough to dig in deeper on before this, as I don't have any backup of it....... however, I'm not seeing any other symptoms, I can see my imei fine, and every other function works. Is it possible that corrupted EFS can cause the loss of just one type of connection like that?
For giggles I tried a friends att sim, and no lte on that either.
Playing with the app LTE discovery, I can tell that the phone sees 4 different LTE towers just fine, showing db numbers exactly in line with the stock note 4 sitting right next to it, theres just something there under the surface thats stopping them from hooking up...... it stops trying after a couple minutes, rejects them all and connects to 3g.
I'm convinced its some kind of software thing, but I can't tell exactly where the failure is happening.....
I also odin flashed it back to stock bpa1, and still no dice. Is there a means to make an EFS backup without root? I want to see what happens if I try unlocking the other note 4 as well, but this time I want to have the backups......
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I've been running on Emotion 7.1.1 for months with NO issues (well, some minor stuff, you know....)
Suddenly, two weeks ago I got a notice from Google that I had to sign in on my phone. Verrrryyy odd. At first I suspected some hack attempt, but my Account checked out fine. Having changed my password recently, I had to wait until I got home to login.
After I logged in, all ~appeared~ to be OK. Then I opened my Calendar. B L A N K. All ten years of appointments gone. I freaked out. I have two calendars, one for personal stuff, birthdays and the like, and another with my business appointments, INCLUDING FINANCIAL STATUS of the account. Gone.
Went online on my PC, signed into Gmail and switched to my calendar. Empty. Looked in Trash. Nothing. Vanished. Nada. Niet. There's a long story here about recovery efforts, troubleshooting, Googling, etc, suffice to say that TWO separate, redundant, backups had quietly failed, without the notifications they were supposed to send. I did manage to get from the first week in April back 10 years, but lost the whole summer. Thank YOU-KNOW-WHO that I'm good friends with all my clients.
Fast forward to last week. Suddenly I get 3G only from my Verizon account. Like you, I spent days on the boards, downloading ROMS, wiping, re-wiping, trying everything short of smoke signals to get it back. No joy. I did NOT go back to stock, I must thank you greatly, as that was my next road. Now i see it's a dead end. I will NOT give up my Nougat root just to get 4G.
Perhaps this is a bit conspiracy theory sounding, but I've become convinced that Verizon is playing some game, perhaps to force us to upgrade to a new phone. I learned long ago that corporations have no soul, and will do anything they like to increase profits. They exist for two reasons; to make money for their officers and to make money for their stockholders. Any other semblance of a "Product" or "Service" exist ONLY and SOLELY for that reason. Anyone who is a Yahoo or AOL member knows the level of intrusive ads and attempts to trick people into putting spyware in their machines under the guise of "protection" or "cleanup" programs has jumped to a new level of absurdity since Verizon sucked them up. "Oath" indeed. It's what is coming out of existing customer's mouths! M O N E Y H U N G R Y.
When I chatted at length with a Verizon Tech, she made it clear that she knew the answer was to upgrade to the latest stock (I never admitted to rooting, but she knew, we spoke "between the lines" a lot). She sent me a SIM card, but it., of course, didn't fix the problem, in fact it would not even initialize properly! I had to go back to the original SIM.
Now that we've found a way (after YEARS of trying) around their stupid block on rooting, they change the game. What person who is so into their phone as to root it, will put up with 3G? This is something Verizon is playing at, Sprint too from what I gather.
My only consolation is that I've got so many WiFi's nearly everywhere I go, and when I'm not near one, my Wife's Note 4 (not rooted, on latest update) works fine. I'm glad I decided not to root hers too.
Frankly, this really ticks me off. I have better things to do than spend days copying files, flashing and reloading data. Verizon knows that, and let me tell you, it won't be THEM who sees my money when I finally do upgrade.
Thanks again for saving me from the Stock route, you saved me hours of grief.
Peace out!
PuterPro
I have run into 4g issues with this as well and almost came to conclusion is a modem issue. I want to say but can not confirm that modems that are flashed are relative to bootloader on the device. Just something I've been pondering on as I had a unlocked bootloader device and flashed for wife to use with no root and recently unlocked again.
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Recently purchased a new, unlocked S8+ and got a new SIM from Verizon. This was approximately 2 weeks ago. Zero problems up until this week. I have been on 4 flights this week - before each flight, the phone works great. When I land on the other end, Verizon LTE pops right up, varying numbers of bars as one would expect depending on arrival airport, just like it would normally when I have service and can do everything. However, nothing. No texts, no calling, no data. Tried toggling various things, resetting, nothing for a hour after that, all the while I've got 3-4-5 bars and I can see the data arrows lighting up like there is upload/download transfer.
Finally, I tried "reset network settings" as a last resort and immediately my phone works like a charm. It has happened another 3 times since - every time I have flown, with the exact same results.
All domestic flights. While I'm not a guru, I'm not a complete halfwit either - this is my 4th galaxy and it's definitely not something I'm doing or have ever had problems with before. I fly all the time and never a problem like this until this week. Checked APN, it's right. Checked software update - have most recent.
Any ideas? I'm desperate. Have searched literally everything I can think of and no one else seems to be reporting this problem, not to mention it's difficult to describe in a Google search. About at my wit's end having to re-enter wifi and passwords every day, relearn Bluetooth devices. Theres no other way to truly reset the mobile data settings and get my phone to work that I've discovered. Please, please help.
Eject SD card and remove sim, wait a min, reinsert cards. While the phone is on. Should reset just ur sim settings. Maybe