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Apps (especially messaging) keep crashing!

This has been happening for a week or so now and I can't seem to work out why! It seems random that when I open the messaging app it just crashes, then sometimes that seems to cause a chain reaction and everything starts crashing meaning I have to reset it with the power button. The problem tends to persist unless I power down, wait and turn the phone back on. I didn't have the problem on the rom for a long time (Jellybean 4.1.2 for Endeavoru AOSP Build [JZO54K]) it just seemingly started happening at random. I tried a new rom with a new boot.img (aokp_endeavoru-ICJ-V3.4) which seemed to hold the problem off for a few hours but now its started on that one! I've also ruled out any apps because I made sure I didn't restore anything from my gmail account.
Any ideas?

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This has been happening for a week or so now and I can't seem to work out why! It seems random that when I open the messaging app it just crashes, then sometimes that seems to cause a chain reaction and everything starts crashing meaning I have to reset it with the power button. The problem tends to persist unless I power down, wait and turn the phone back on. I didn't have the problem on the rom for a long time (Jellybean 4.1.2 for Endeavoru AOSP Build [JZO54K]) it just seemingly started happening at random. I tried a new rom with a new boot.img (aokp_endeavoru-ICJ-V3.4) which seemed to hold the problem off for a few hours but now its started on that one! I've also ruled out any apps because I made sure I didn't restore anything from my gmail account.
Any ideas?
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hi mate, i had this issue with phonebook, try flashing a different gapps zip

Cheers for the quick reply man,
I thought it might be gapps; i've tried 20120726 and 20121011 but still had the same problem. Which one are you on?

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Cheers for the quick reply man,
I thought it might be gapps; i've tried 20120726 and 20121011 but still had the same problem. Which one are you on?
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no worries,
im back on ARHD now but i was using inverted gapps, pretty sure it was this one -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1911887

ARHD?
And cheers buddy, this is the one which worked for you? or gave you trouble? Also can I just install this from CWM over my existing rom+gapps or do I need a clean wipe?

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ARHD?
And cheers buddy, this is the one which worked for you? or gave you trouble? Also can I just install this from CWM over my existing rom+gapps or do I need a clean wipe?
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yeah android revolution - not the jelly bean version though... i always end up back on this rom.
yeah just flash that and erase cache & dalvik and you should be good to go

cleancorekiller said:
yeah android revolution - not the jelly bean version though... i always end up back on this rom.
yeah just flash that and erase cache & dalvik and you should be good to go
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Fair enough broo, i'll check it out.
Thanks! I'll let you know the outcome once i've flashed it and tested for a bit

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Fair enough broo, i'll check it out.
Thanks! I'll let you know the outcome once i've flashed it and tested for a bit
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no problem

cleancorekiller said:
no problem
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Good so far, although my phone app is no longer installed :S

[★] said:
Good so far, although my phone app is no longer installed :S
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hmm thats weird, its in the package... could try re flashing, if that doesnt work then im really not sure.....nothing like that has ever happened to me before.

cleancorekiller said:
hmm thats weird, its in the package... could try re flashing, if that doesnt work then im really not sure.....nothing like that has ever happened to me before.
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Apps are still crashing and the phone didnt appear with a reinstall i'm just gonna go to a new rom I think, maybe that Android revolution one

[Q] Blue LED and no screen :(

tl;dr I have a blue LED showing up in the top left of the phone and nothing showing up on the screen after the SAMSUNG logo appears. I do hear the Sprint 4G LTE music, but that's it. The screen is off.
NOTE: I'm running Sprint's stock 4.1.1 ROM rooted.
Other threads I looked at (neither is the same issue):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=581929
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1792477
I had my first OTA update appear today. When I ran the update, Clockwork showed up and upon hitting "Yes", it failed. I looked around online and found this guide to reverse my rooting: http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/sprint-sgs3-stock-restore.html
I was able to successfully flash TeamEpic-RemoveRoot-from-Recovery-signed.zip, but I didn't hit the keys right for the next one and ended up booting into the OS.
After restarting the phone, I hit the right keys and started ODIN. I saw COM show up in blue and put the TeamEpic-Sprint-SGS3-stock-boot-and-recovery.tar.md5 file in the PDA area then hit Start. I got a green PASS and then closed Odin and waited.
The phone had a black screen with that blue LED in the top left. I waited a while and then just powered it off. Took out the battery and tried again, same thing; although, the SAMSUNG logo does show up. It turns off when the Sprint part is supposed to show and at that moment I can hear the audio but the screen turns off. In this mode, the phone gets very very hot.
I can still boot into the stock recovery, but I can't do much else.
I just wanted the OTA . Does anyone know what might be happening?
EDIT: I put Clockwork Recovery back on, and then Advanced Recovered the boot part of a backup I did before this mess. Surprisingly, that worked. Problem is, I still haven't gotten the OTA working.
Ideas?

Just odin the stock tar
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CrfEpic4g said:
Just odin the stock tar
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What do you mean by that? Which stock tar?

I think the latest tar we have is still Lj7 but idk. just flash the lj7 tar in odin and update to the latest ill try and find it for you
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http://www.hotfile.com/dl/161492098/9fa8372/L710VPALEN_L710SPRALEN_SPR.zip.html
Theres a link to lj7 just download that flash it in odin and youll be back to stock. Then all you have to do is update to mb1.
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Saturn2888 said:
tl;dr I have a blue LED showing up in the top left of the phone and nothing showing up on the screen after the SAMSUNG logo appears. I do hear the Sprint 4G LTE music, but that's it. The screen is off.
NOTE: I'm running Sprint's stock 4.1.1 ROM rooted.
Other threads I looked at (neither is the same issue):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=581929
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1792477
I had my first OTA update appear today. When I ran the update, Clockwork showed up and upon hitting "Yes", it failed. I looked around online and found this guide to reverse my rooting: http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/sprint-sgs3-stock-restore.html
I was able to successfully flash TeamEpic-RemoveRoot-from-Recovery-signed.zip, but I didn't hit the keys right for the next one and ended up booting into the OS.
After restarting the phone, I hit the right keys and started ODIN. I saw COM show up in blue and put the TeamEpic-Sprint-SGS3-stock-boot-and-recovery.tar.md5 file in the PDA area then hit Start. I got a green PASS and then closed Odin and waited.
The phone had a black screen with that blue LED in the top left. I waited a while and then just powered it off. Took out the battery and tried again, same thing; although, the SAMSUNG logo does show up. It turns off when the Sprint part is supposed to show and at that moment I can hear the audio but the screen turns off. In this mode, the phone gets very very hot.
I can still boot into the stock recovery, but I can't do much else.
I just wanted the OTA . Does anyone know what might be happening?
EDIT: I put Clockwork Recovery back on, and then Advanced Recovered the boot part of a backup I did before this mess. Surprisingly, that worked. Problem is, I still haven't gotten the OTA working.
Ideas?
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Why are you so intent on taking the OTA? Freeza has a stock rooted ROM over in his thread. And if you want just update the baseband, just flash the "MB1 Firmware/modem/baseband update" file in the aforementioned thread.
If you're already rooted with a custom recovery (which you were/are), there's no reason to unroot just to flash the OTA. Freeza typically has his stock rooted ROM updated with the OTA within a week of it being released. In my area OTAs are kind of late, so he typically gets it out before I even see the notification.
So, in summary. OTAs are not required, XDA (and Freeza in particular) has you covered.

topherk said:
Why are you so intent on taking the OTA? Freeza has a stock rooted ROM over in his thread. And if you want just update the baseband, just flash the "MB1 Firmware/modem/baseband update" file in the aforementioned thread.
If you're already rooted with a custom recovery (which you were/are), there's no reason to unroot just to flash the OTA. Freeza typically has his stock rooted ROM updated with the OTA within a week of it being released. In my area OTAs are kind of late, so he typically gets it out before I even see the notification.
So, in summary. OTAs are not required, XDA (and Freeza in particular) has you covered.
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I'll go ahead and give it a try then. I haven't ever had a ROM update since I got the phone in October so I figure the upgrade won't work right, and I'll need the full ROM. Currently doing a backup.
Does flashing a ROM affect all app settings? And if so, by that point I'd just wanna have another ROM. The main reason I am fine w/ the stock ROM rooted is bc all my settings and apps are already installed and configured as well as the fact that I know it will work properly. So if this removes my settings, no reason to go stock anymore aside from the fact that I've seen that CyanogenMod doesn't get as good of signal on the S III as stock-based ROMs. Do you know if this still true?

Saturn2888 said:
I'll go ahead and give it a try then. I haven't ever had a ROM update since I got the phone in October so I figure the upgrade won't work right, and I'll need the full ROM. Currently doing a backup.
Does flashing a ROM affect all app settings? And if so, by that point I'd just wanna have another ROM. The main reason I am fine w/ the stock ROM rooted is bc all my settings and apps are already installed and configured as well as the fact that I know it will work properly. So if this removes my settings, no reason to go stock anymore aside from the fact that I've seen that CyanogenMod doesn't get as good of signal on the S III as stock-based ROMs. Do you know if this still true?
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Strange. I upgraded the ROM by flashing, everything seemed to work as I'm at 4.1.2 now, but the Upgrade notification is still there for some reason. Is there any way to tell the phone it's been upgraded?

Saturn2888 said:
Strange. I upgraded the ROM by flashing, everything seemed to work as I'm at 4.1.2 now, but the Upgrade notification is still there for some reason. Is there any way to tell the phone it's been upgraded?
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Setting >scroll all the way to the bottom >about phone>read what it say there. If it says your on latest then it should be ok you may have to clear some things and if it doesn't say latest just edit the build prop.
Go to this thread by Cnexus and follow all instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39627397
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Saturn2888 said:
Strange. I upgraded the ROM by flashing, everything seemed to work as I'm at 4.1.2 now, but the Upgrade notification is still there for some reason. Is there any way to tell the phone it's been upgraded?
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Are you on MB1 or MA6?
Just flash an updated rom, or follow the instructions in my OTA thread for how to get rid of it
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I'll go ahead and give it a try then. I haven't ever had a ROM update since I got the phone in October so I figure the upgrade won't work right, and I'll need the full ROM. Currently doing a backup.
Does flashing a ROM affect all app settings? And if so, by that point I'd just wanna have another ROM. The main reason I am fine w/ the stock ROM rooted is bc all my settings and apps are already installed and configured as well as the fact that I know it will work properly. So if this removes my settings, no reason to go stock anymore aside from the fact that I've seen that CyanogenMod doesn't get as good of signal on the S III as stock-based ROMs. Do you know if this still true?
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If you dirty flash the rom over whatever you had before, it should not affect any settings

CNexus said:
Are you on MB1 or MA6?
Just flash an updated rom, or follow the instructions in my OTA thread for how to get rid of it
If you dirty flash the rom over whatever you had before, it should not affect any settings
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MB1 as of now. What do you mean by dirty flash the rom?
edfunkycold said:
Setting >scroll all the way to the bottom >about phone>read what it say there. If it says your on latest then it should be ok you may have to clear some things and if it doesn't say latest just edit the build prop.
Go to this thread by Cnexus and follow all instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39627397
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I think the message isn't showing up anymore bc it hasn't bugged me at all today. Device Status is and has always been "Modified" anyway.
Thanks!

Saturn2888 said:
MB1 as of now. What do you mean by dirty flash the rom?
I think the message isn't showing up anymore bc it hasn't bugged me at all today. Device Status is and has always been "Modified" anyway.
Thanks!
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A dirty flash is when you flash without clearing anything, and that's why no data is lost when you do one of those. However it can lead to issues, so i would advise against it when possible

CNexus said:
A dirty flash is when you flash without clearing anything, and that's why no data is lost when you do one of those. However it can lead to issues, so i would advise against it when possible
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Yeah, last time I did that, the system wouldn't boot.

[Q] huge problem, need help

this morning I got unfourtunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped and cannot get the phone to boot without constantly hitting the "OK"
I see there is no signal, and can see in the phone information that the radio is turned off. I have an app that used to get to the screen but now it hangs due to the phone has stopped issue.
Is there any way I can turn the radio on by using some code with the dialer pad?
I have tried recovering 3 other nand backups, but none work. all have the same result.
Thanks for any help someone might be able to give me!
It is a rooted samsung galaxy s4 M919 from t-mobile

is it stock rooted or what ROM are you running ?what kernel? what settings ? what mods? we need some detail sir but for starters if you can get it to boot try *#2263# and if its not set to automatic try clicking your options auto is the default setting

bobolinko said:
this morning I got unfourtunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped and cannot get the phone to boot without constantly hitting the "OK"
I see there is no signal, and can see in the phone information that the radio is turned off. I have an app that used to get to the screen but now it hangs due to the phone has stopped issue.
Is there any way I can turn the radio on by using some code with the dialer pad?
I have tried recovering 3 other nand backups, but none work. all have the same result.
Thanks for any help someone might be able to give me!
Remove your sd card sim card and battery let set 10 minutes put back in see if the message is still present if so you might need a new sim card.
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I have tried both of the above suggestions and no joy!
I have 2 nandroid backups that were done when the phone was working fine, and recovering either one has the very same symptoms.
I'm not sure that all the phone is backed up or restored in entirety, unless there it a hardware fault in this phone. It's 31 days old today..... :<(
if anyone else has any ideas, I'm all ears!
Thanks!

Might just be a lemon. I would just flash back to stock then take the phone and get a replacement.

bobolinko said:
I have tried both of the above suggestions and no joy!
I have 2 nandroid backups that were done when the phone was working fine, and recovering either one has the very same symptoms.
I'm not sure that all the phone is backed up or restored in entirety, unless there it a hardware fault in this phone. It's 31 days old today..... :<(
if anyone else has any ideas, I'm all ears!
Thanks!
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You still have given us no details on what you are running, stock, rooted, touchwiz, aosp. Do you know how to Odin back to stock? Sounds to me what happens when you flash a modem not meant for the phone.
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tylerholbrook said:
You still have given us no details on what you are running, stock, rooted, touchwiz, aosp. Do you know how to Odin back to stock? Sounds to me what happens when you flash a modem not meant for the phone.
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OMG! Sorry! It is a STOCK ROOTED SGH919, 4.22 M919UVUAMDL W/ 3.4.0-453951 Kernel
Thanks!

bobolinko said:
OMG! Sorry! It is a STOCK ROOTED SGH919, 4.22 M919UVUAMDL W/ 3.4.0-453951 Kernel
Thanks!
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Odin back to stock I would think should alleviate your problem. I flashed an international modem when I was running omega rom and got flash happy when I was drunk. Had the exact same problem you are describing odin to stock worked for me
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tylerholbrook said:
Odin back to stock I would think should alleviate your problem. I flashed an international modem when I was running omega rom and got flash happy when I was drunk. Had the exact same problem you are describing odin to stock worked for me
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Yo Tyler!
I was not drunk nor did I flash anything, it was going fine and suddenly, poof!,,,,,
Anyway, I tried your suggestion and IT WORKED! I also saw, (I don't know how/why) all my apps being installed automatically!
Well, almost all anyway. I had to install only maybe 3 apps, and that was all. Even my keyboard configuration that I made lots of cosmetic changes to- via the apps setup, was like I had set it up as... Weird, but great for me!
Thanks for your suggestion. It's quite odd, as one of the nandroid backups was made using the exact rom image that I used to Odin back to stock....
Nevertheless, as the Hawaiians say, MAHALO NUI LOA! Tyler No Ka OI (Tyler is the best)
Aloha...

Glad I could help. The modem isn't in your back up that's why back ups won't fix this problem. As for apps, it's from syncing your Google account. Aloha
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bobolinko said:
Yo Tyler!
I was not drunk nor did I flash anything, it was going fine and suddenly, poof!,,,,,
Anyway, I tried your suggestion and IT WORKED! I also saw, (I don't know how/why) all my apps being installed automatically!
Well, almost all anyway. I had to install only maybe 3 apps, and that was all. Even my keyboard configuration that I made lots of cosmetic changes to- via the apps setup, was like I had set it up as... Weird, but great for me!
Thanks for your suggestion. It's quite odd, as one of the nandroid backups was made using the exact rom image that I used to Odin back to stock....
Nevertheless, as the Hawaiians say, MAHALO NUI LOA! Tyler No Ka OI (Tyler is the best)
Aloha...
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If you chose to have Google back up and restore your apps, it will do just that.

Wooeesssss

It was perfect, a match made in heaven!
I had the Dirty Unicorn mod installed on my phone with all the modem drivers working, all my software configured. But.... it seems there were some old CWM backup files left on the SD card which were taking up a bunch of space. So i backed up my system and formatted the sd card, and when i reboot i got the "missing modem" problem, where nothing modem related works. After several attempts I was able to restore the ASOP rom and install the modem driver zip immediately after the rom in CWM recovery.
But i was missing all my settings and apps. So i thought hey, i got it to work, i should be able to run my restore again. Nope... screwed, and now i cannot even do the first fix. nothing is working.
o if any one has any tips, i would greatly appreciate it!
Tmobile T889
Running Dirty Unicorn ASOP 4.4.2 (was really loving this rom)
I am getting the "Signal Strength 2147483647 dBm 255asu" issue, and thus there is no connectivity.
My SD card is working

rigzin said:
It was perfect, a match made in heaven!
I had the Dirty Unicorn mod installed on my phone with all the modem drivers working, all my software configured. But.... it seems there were some old CWM backup files left on the SD card which were taking up a bunch of space. So i backed up my system and formatted the sd card, and when i reboot i got the "missing modem" problem, where nothing modem related works. After several attempts I was able to restore the original rom and installed the modem driver zip immediately after the rom in CWM recovery.
So i thought hey, i got it to work, i should be able to run my restore again. Nope... same thing again, and now i cannot even do the first fix. nothing is working.
so wish me luck. I am getting ODIN and restoring my phone back to stock.
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Why don't you try looking for your modem online. The phone should be able to flash the modem in recovery mode. Im assuming you have a tmobile note 2 so try looking for tmobile ntoe 2 modems. There is a forum post that has the modems on it.

ce321 said:
Why don't you try looking for your modem online. The phone should be able to flash the modem in recovery mode. Im assuming you have a tmobile note 2 so try looking for tmobile ntoe 2 modems. There is a forum post that has the modems on it.
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thanks for the reply.
But I tried 3 different versions.
And at one point they were working
I tried
T889UVALJ1
T889UVBMD1
T889UVUCMK7

rigzin said:
thanks for the reply.
But I tried 3 different versions.
And at one point they were working
I tried
T889UVALJ1
T889UVBMD1
T889UVUCMK7
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No problem and damn that sucks. Ill odin to stock and try to reflash the rom and before rebooting I would flash the modem
By the way how was the dirty unicorn rom

ce321 said:
No problem and damn that sucks. Ill odin to stock and try to reflash the rom and before rebooting I would flash the modem
By the way how was the dirty unicorn rom
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Alright,
I just installed slimkat (it is 4.4 but only a 140 meg file) and the modem is still not working. Now it says 0db, and i tried flashing the modem.
I also switched to TWRP in case CW was the problem. But this did not work either.
the Tmobile stock version is over a gig, and here in the nether regions of the planet the connection is very slow. So ill have to go to town and have someone download it for me.
I can sing the praises of the DU mod all day long, it is pretty and super fast/smooth! Great mod features and hacks. It was working perfectly, but my SD card reported having only 2 gigs free, and after formatting it has 10 gigs free but no modem function
i cannot even run USSD codes!!!

rigzin said:
Alright,
I just installed slimkat (it is 4.4 but only a 140 meg file) and the modem is still not working. Now it says 0db, and i tried flashing the modem.
I also switched to TWRP in case CW was the problem. But this did not work either.
the Tmobile stock version is over a gig, and here in the nether regions of the planet the connection is very slow. So ill have to go to town and have someone download it for me.
I can sing the praises of the DU mod all day long, it is pretty and super fast/smooth! Great mod features and hacks. It was working perfectly, but my SD card reported having only 2 gigs free, and after formatting it has 10 gigs free but no modem function
i cannot even run USSD codes!!!
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Damn bro that sucks. I get fast good signal and lte so I would only take 20-30 minutes to download.
I would flash asop roms but I eventually switch back to touchwiz. Mostly due to the fact that I like using my headset and I need aifi calling for certain places. And the last 4.4 rom I had was omni rom but I would lose root. Dn3 rom is the best touchwiz rom but unfortunately no wifi calling
Try this link I just found it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2551748

ce321 said:
Damn bro that sucks. I get fast good signal and lte so I would only take 20-30 minutes to download.
I would flash asop roms but I eventually switch back to touchwiz. Mostly due to the fact that I like using my headset and I need aifi calling for certain places. And the last 4.4 rom I had was omni rom but I would lose root. Dn3 rom is the best touchwiz rom but unfortunately no wifi calling
Try this link I just found it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2551748
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bro i was so stoked!
first i ran it on DU rom and it crashed it.
then ran on SLIM but had no change
i guess ill be downloading the stock...
i really hope i dont end up with a really fancy Ipod

rigzin said:
bro i was so stoked!
first i ran it on DU rom and it crashed it.
then ran on SLIM but had no change
i guess ill be downloading the stock...
i really hope i dont end up with a really fancy Ipod
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Haha I dont think so bro. Odin should be able to fix it. As long as you havent ota update to 4.3 you should be fine. If you dont need wifi calling give DN3 rom a try. Just follow the post and it should go smooth. Just dont reboot and install mk7 modem. DN3 is cool because it has Note 3 features

to fix this issue download selinux mode changer from play store and set to permissive

mattlowry said:
to fix this issue download selinux mode changer from play store and set to permissive
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I did this but it did not work

rigzin said:
I did this but it did not work
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now reflash the rom

mattlowry said:
now reflash the rom
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no it still did not work

rigzin said:
no it still did not work
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Hmm did you try to odin it. Odin back to stock and try to reinstall the rom. Hopefully that should work

that is the next plan of action, but it is going to take two days to download, esp with all the power outages in Nepal

rigzin said:
that is the next plan of action, but it is going to take two days to download, esp with all the power outages in Nepal
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ooh damn that sucks. Hopefully you get your phone fixed

Protip if you don't already do this: especially with frequent power outages or unreliable internet connections, check your MD5 or SHA1 checksums when you download ROMs before flashing them.
On Windows, you can use md5sum in Cygwin or Hashtab (which is a Windows Explorer extension that give you a tab in a file's properties). On Linux, most distros have the binaries included by default.

Wifi Broke xperia s Was Fixed now Broke again

I am trying to get my WiFi working on .96 stock rom and optino to turn on is faded out., Tried resetting many times tried re installing software and moving everything on to stock rom kernel and firmware etc still does not work.
Was originally it was working on .96 firmware but done some updates went on a custom rom and found wifi not working. So reverted back to stock again and now to only find WiFi is not working on it again.
Any one here know how to fix this problem.

mentalghost said:
I am trying to get my wifi working on .96 stock rom and optino to turn on is faded out., Tried resetting many tiems tried re installing software and moving everything on to stock rom kernel and firmware etc still does not work.
Was originally it was working on .96 firmware but done some updates went on a custom rom and found wifi not working. So reverted back to stock again and now to only find wifi is not working on it again.
Any one here know how to fix this problem.
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Try flash the wifi modules http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46145682&highlight=module#post46145682 this will happen when you come from custom kermel like trinity kernel, you must flash back stock wifi modules to make the wifi working

chrissiong said:
Try flash the wifi modules http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46145682&highlight=module#post46145682 this will happen when you come from custom kermel like trinity kernel, you must flash back stock wifi modules to make the wifi working
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Thanks for the link. Do I just add them to my phone somewhere and then flash with recovery program?
Also will these work on other roms?
Flashed to phone however didn't work still no wifi after flashing with recovery program. Is it meant to say android devices updating as i didn't see that happen this time

mentalghost said:
Thanks for the link. Do I just add them to my phone somewhere and then flash with recovery program?
Also will these work on other roms?
Flashed to phone however didn't work still no wifi after flashing with recovery program. Is it meant to say android devices updating as i didn't see that happen this time
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you are on .96 firmware right? Try flash the baseband from the original .96 ftf with flashtool, make sure exclude all the option except the baseband. Hope it helps

chrissiong said:
you are on .96 firmware right? Try flash the baseband from the original .96 ftf with flashtool, make sure exclude all the option except the baseband. Hope it helps
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Just tried as advised and still the same working between 2 threads 5 people in different places and trying so many things lol its crazy. Am sure ill get to the bottom of this sooner rather than later I hope.

mentalghost said:
Just tried as advised and still the same working between 2 threads 5 people in different places and trying so many things lol its crazy. Am sure ill get to the bottom of this sooner rather than later I hope.
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Just take it easy dude sometimes i wasted a couple hours just to search for solutions and i often get mad but i didnt give up since flashing baseband didnt work, i suggest you to flash back to original ftf since this is the last option

chrissiong said:
Just take it easy dude sometimes i wasted a couple hours just to search for solutions and i often get mad but i didnt give up since flashing baseband didnt work, i suggest you to flash back to original ftf since this is the last option
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Where would I look at getting the original one that was gingerbread or first releases as ftf i have is .96 baseband
XperiaS_LT26i_6.2.B.1.96_1257-6919.ftf
Also took phone to shop and they even advised it is some software glitch bug hes had a few people with the same sort of problem and its sony that needs to fix it he was on about some part of the software when flashing is not being wiped out and re applied with new stuff and have to remove the files he even checked to see if the files where their and he said well its not that as plugged phone into a reader and shows the files being removed and re applied from new flash.
What other onces besides the XperiaS_LT26i_6.2.B.1.96_1257-6919.ftf I have is their ? might jsut get every single one of them starting from oldest to new n seeing if any work.

mentalghost said:
Where would I look at getting the original one that was gingerbread or first releases as ftf i have is .96 baseband
XperiaS_LT26i_6.2.B.1.96_1257-6919.ftf
Also took phone to shop and they even advised it is some software glitch bug hes had a few people with the same sort of problem and its sony that needs to fix it he was on about some part of the software when flashing is not being wiped out and re applied with new stuff and have to remove the files he even checked to see if the files where their and he said well its not that as plugged phone into a reader and shows the files being removed and re applied from new flash.
What other onces besides the XperiaS_LT26i_6.2.B.1.96_1257-6919.ftf I have is their ? might jsut get every single one of them starting from oldest to new n seeing if any work.
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Just use the latest .96 ftf, make sure do the clean install

chrissiong said:
Just use the latest .96 ftf, make sure do the clean install
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Well still not working. Solely beginning to give upon this.

mentalghost said:
Well still not working. Solely beginning to give upon this.
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Hmm... Try to reflash to your previous ROM and kernel that has working WiFi. If this also doesn't helps, then I think is hardware related

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Hmm... Try to reflash to your previous ROM and kernel that has working WiFi. If this also doesn't helps, then I think is hardware related
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I know its not hardware related as I see my wifi option it comes on and goes out and fades away sometimes when hard resetting settings it will light up but then get stuck again, I been reading more about it and found it to be some bug within it and sony have yet to fix the bug that many devices have. tried reverting back to backed up firmware and kernel and no joy still

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Hmm... Try to reflash to your previous ROM and kernel that has working WiFi. If this also doesn't helps, then I think is hardware related
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Tried going right back to jingerbread on this it turns on starts scanning and then says error. When using wifi tools I get the error wifi stuck and have looked at sonys database and seems many are reporting the same sort of bugs on the xperia s and other devices with stuck wifi and cant turn on not matter what is done or they have tried.

Well I look and looked and looked.
RESOLVED after 4 bloody days.
After a shocking discovery this actually worked. But think it might be some bug that is within Sky WiFi thats resolved the problem
1 went to https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.cloudwifi
Downloaded installed. Next logged into my account and shortly after I seen devices available to connect to but their cloud. Shortly after saving my settings phone locked up froze and restarted on me n rebooted and then noticed that my ? option was on for saying WiFi available clicked on it and wifi on powered phone down and back on and still on.

mentalghost said:
Well I look and looked and looked.
RESOLVED after 4 bloody days.
After a shocking discovery this actually worked. But think it might be some bug that is within Sky WiFi thats resolved the problem
1 went to https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.cloudwifi
Downloaded installed. Next logged into my account and shortly after I seen devices available to connect to but their cloud. Shortly after saving my settings phone locked up froze and restarted on me n rebooted and then noticed that my ? option was on for saying WiFi available clicked on it and wifi on powered phone down and back on and still on.
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Glad to know that your wifi is fixed:good::good:

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Glad to know that your wifi is fixed:good::good:
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Me to but guess what...... Its stopped working again. the rom I went on is bugy and it crashed n didn't come back on. Booted recovery back up i made and no wifi so this has goto be rom related somewhere or a problem in the builds

mentalghost said:
Me to but guess what...... Its stopped working again. the rom I went on is bugy and it crashed n didn't come back on. Booted recovery back up i made and no wifi so this has goto be rom related somewhere or a problem in the builds
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Did you format system before flashing a rom? when doing major update, this step is optional

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Did you format system before flashing a rom? when doing major update, this step is optional
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I always do to make sure stuff is working like flashing rom wiping data cash etc n then flash and start up.

mentalghost said:
I always do to make sure stuff is working like flashing rom wiping data cash etc n then flash and start up.
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Emm, i mean format system, it is under mount and storage in recovery. It shouldn't have any problem if you wipe the system before flashing

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Emm, i mean format system, it is under mount and storage in recovery. It shouldn't have any problem if you wipe the system before flashing
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Will give it a go now and see if this resolves the problem by wiping everything on it then flashing

Still no joy on this. Looks like something is totally messed up in the software firmware or rom not doing as it is meant to.