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[Q] Sprint Galaxy Nexus; signal/3G issues

Sprint Galaxy Nexus
4.2.1
Not rooted
I performed a factory reset on my phone yesterday due to it bogging down and being rather slow. I never did a reset after getting the 4.2.1 update so I figured it was a good time. I woke up this morning, putzed around the house, and setup Tasker again. I laid my phone down for ten minutes while I got ready for work. Whenever I tried to wake my phone and nothing happened. I tried a few more times and the screen would not wake up. I pulled the battery, hard reset, reinserted battery and the phone wouldn't turn on. Then, I wiped the contact terminals (on the battery and the phone) and reinserted the battery and the phone booted up. However, since then I have had some major problems.
1. Power button does not always work properly. I have to press it several times to sleep or wake the phone. (Okay, not major, just inconvenient and probably unrelated to the issues below)
2. No data connection whatsoever.
3. In the data usage menu, there is no longer a data toggle switch.
4. Under the Network Mode option, LTE/CDMA produces absolutely no cell signal whatsoever. I have to switch to CDMA only. (WiFi works fine)
5. Toggling airplane mode, as some have suggested, does not cause the phone to connect to mobile data. Another factory reset did not restore mobile data. Rebooting did not restore mobile data.
6. All of these problems are true before and after factory reset. No new problems were created and nothing was exacerbated as a result of performing a factory reset.
I've been from one end of the internet to another looking for solutions to this problem and I have found that many are having a similar issue but toggling airplane mode or rebooting fixes it. Not the case for me. Most also seem to be having this problem after rooting. Again, not the case for me.
Any suggestions? I would prefer to not return the phone. Purchased from Radioshack and the 30-day warranty has expired. This is my second gnex already, as the first one's charging port broke. It took over a week to get this one from another store which graciously shipped it in to my store. There's also the issue of being broke and not really being able to afford another $30 activation fee on top of the deductible for a new phone.

Why not try reflashing the stock image and updating again to 4.2.1?

Beauenheim said:
Why not try reflashing the stock image and updating again to 4.2.1?
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Wouldn't I have to root first?

nburns1825 said:
Wouldn't I have to root first?
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Not at all. You'd use Odin . Myself I have very spotty sprint signal in my home. Spoke to a corporate executive and they mailed me an AirRave free . Never have less then full bars 3g all around home. You should a- flash to stock using Odin following posts in sprint sextjon . b - call up and try to get an airavana.
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n0ve said:
Not at all. You'd use Odin . Myself I have very spotty sprint signal in my home. Spoke to a corporate executive and they mailed me an AirRave free . Never have less then full bars 3g all around home. You should a- flash to stock using Odin following posts in sprint sextjon . b - call up and try to get an airavana.
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Excellent. I will give it a shot at some point today or tomorrow and then let you know how it worked out. Thanks!

So, I restored the phone to stock. Signal is still non-existent on LTE/CDMA mode. Cannot perform Profile or PRL updates. Still no mobile data. I'm guessing hardware failure?
Also, on setup it asks for a SIM card. And at the bottom of the drop-down menu, it says "No SIM card|Sprint" or "No SIM card|No Service" depending on if I am in CDMA or LTE/CDMA.
Also, in the Status menu:
My phone number
Unknown
MIN
Unknown
PRL Version
Unknown
ICCID
Unknown
Seems a little odd to me.
Attempted fully rooting and flashing radios. No luck there either. It's also not wanting to update. Tells me my phone is up-to-date (connected via WiFi). Downloading Cyanogen now to see if it will work in the morning.

And while attempting to flash a new ROM, got the famous "can't copy anything to the device ever, under any circumstances" error.

Update: Got CM10 installed. Still "No SIM" error, no 3G, no data, no LTE. Found some more information on this No SIM error. Apparently a few others have had this same problem and in the end had to get a new phone.
Anyone know anything?

You should a- flash to stock using Odin following posts in sprint sextjon

I've been back to stock twice now. The first thing I did was flash to stock. Then I played around a bit and now I'm back to stock again.
Is there a difference between using Odin and Nexus Root Toolkit to return to stock?

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Wow, one day and my thread is buried!
After battling for about a day, I got updated to JB 4.2.1, I can do profile and PRL updates again, but there is still no 3G/mobile data, and I still have zero bars on LTE/CDMA and have to use just CDMA. I am currently stock but the bootloader is unlocked, no root.
If anyone has heard any solution, please help. Also, if there's a difference between flashing to stock with Odin vs NRT, please say so.

nburns1825 said:
Wow, one day and my thread is buried!
After battling for about a day, I got updated to JB 4.2.1, I can do profile and PRL updates again, but there is still no 3G/mobile data, and I still have zero bars on LTE/CDMA and have to use just CDMA. I am currently stock but the bootloader is unlocked, no root.
If anyone has heard any solution, please help. Also, if there's a difference between flashing to stock with Odin vs NRT, please say so.
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Try fastboot flashing your LTE and CDMA radios again. As far as I know, fastboot commands do NOT require root. I had a similar issue.
Edit: link to post with directions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39446679
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Indeed, fastboot does not require root. I've flashed my radios several times now in various different ways. I even flashed different versions. I attempted again but with no luck. I have normal service when using CDMA but nothing on LTE/CDMA. Still no data, still "No SIM card" error.
Pretty sure I'll have to get it replaced. I've gone from stock JB back to stock ICS, rooted, CM10, back to stock ICS, rooted, back to stock JB unrooted, and flashed three different radios. I'm surprised I haven't managed to brick it yet.

UPDATE: Sprint is sending me a new phone, for free.

Network Data Hosed

I've gotten my phone into a state where I see signal bars, I can make calls and send texts, but no LTE or H+ is displayed and if I try do anything involving the internet it says there's no network connection. Wifi works just fine.
Here's how I got into the predicament. I should have learned my lesson from last time I flashed a Verizon ROM, but I didn't, and I flashed SkyNote RC9Z-3.9.1. Data works just fine in THAT ROM, but any subsequent ROM flashed after that... the network data is completely HOSED. I've tried enabling and disabling network data in settings. I've tried flashing the Devil kernel. I've tried restoring several different ROMS from nandroid backups. All restore fine and all have completely non-working network data. Last time I ran into this I had to flash the stock image in Odin to fiz the issue. This time however, that didn't work. The images flashed successfully, but upon reboot all I got was a a welcome screen bootloop of the samsung swirly logo and the T-Mobile logo.
I'm guessing this has something to do with the 4.3 bootloader? I'm downloading T889UVUCMK7_T889TMBCMK7_TMB.zip from SamMobile site and boy is it taking FOREVER! 7 hours left on the download. My thinking thoug is that If I unzip this new 4.3 firmware and flash it with Odin (or Kies if I absolutle have to) my device will start behaving again, and Network data will work, and I can go about ROM flashing and hopping again (though I'm gonna stay away from those Verizon ROMs let met tell you!).
Does anyone else have any other suggestions on what I can do to get my data back or to patch my bootloader to the 4.3 version? I was looking at this thread and wondering if it's safe to follow this procedure for patching once I have installed the 4.3 stock image:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2500823
Any help is appreciated.

ddi you check your APN settings?

Probably your apn like iamsixnine said
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[Q] Lost LTE after switching to KitKat

I decided to give Kit Kat another try a few days ago, but since then I have not been able to connect to LTE.
Prior to flashing I was running CM10.2 and my LTE was working fine. I initially lost LTE when I flashed PACMAN. I have also tried AOSB/ProBAM and Beanstalk. None of the Kit Kat roms gave me LTE so I gave up and restored CM10.2, but afterward I was still not getting any LTE connection.
I tried flashing the MD4 modem, but that didn't seem to fix anything. I've also heard that going back to stock could help, but I'd rather not have Knox if I don't have to use it. Which stock ROM here on XDA would be the best (Not planning on using the ROM. I just want LTE and then will flash back to Kit Kat)? Would a different modem fix my LTE issues? Is MK3 better than MD4, or are there any newer modems I should try?
Thanks for the help!

snak1e said:
I decided to give Kit Kat another try a few days ago, but since then I have not been able to connect to LTE.
Prior to flashing I was running CM10.2 and my LTE was working fine. I initially lost LTE when I flashed PACMAN. I have also tried AOSB/ProBAM and Beanstalk. None of the Kit Kat roms gave me LTE so I gave up and restored CM10.2, but afterward I was still not getting any LTE connection.
I tried flashing the MD4 modem, but that didn't seem to fix anything. I've also heard that going back to stock could help, but I'd rather not have Knox if I don't have to use it. Which stock ROM here on XDA would be the best (Not planning on using the ROM. I just want LTE and then will flash back to Kit Kat)? Would a different modem fix my LTE issues? Is MK3 better than MD4, or are there any newer modems I should try?
Thanks for the help!
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Any of the ROMS that have [TW] in the title should work. Full Knox only comes with flashing a tar file in ODIN, because your flashing every partition of the phone. Modified stock ROM zips do not have knox, unless otherwise noted. Make sure to do a prl and profile update when you flash to stock.
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joeyhdownsouth said:
Any of the ROMS that have [TW] in the title should work. Full Knox only comes with flashing a tar file in ODIN, because your flashing every partition of the phone. Modified stock ROM zips do not have knox, unless otherwise noted. Make sure to do a prl and profile update when you flash to stock.
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Flashed Wicked Sensations last night with the MK3 modem and I seemed to be getting LTE as soon as that booted. Updated my PRL and Profile, and then wiped. Installed AOSB again, and I seemed to be getting LTE until I rebooted. After the first reboot I seem to be stuck in 3G again.

Im currently running AOSB on 2 devices. When I first flashed them, I had the same issue until I rebooted the phone. After that I never had this issue again.
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joeyhdownsouth said:
Im currently running AOSB on 2 devices. When I first flashed them, I had the same issue until I rebooted the phone. After that I never had this issue again.
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I think that's the opposite of what happened to me. My status bar said I had LTE when I first booted AOSB (this was after flashing/wiping TW). After the first reboot it connected to 3G and I haven't seen the LTE signal since.
I have updated the APNs, but I was using the same APNs for a while and had LTE on CM10.2 with them.

snak1e said:
I think that's the opposite of what happened to me. My status bar said I had LTE when I first booted AOSB (this was after flashing/wiping TW). After the first reboot it connected to 3G and I haven't seen the LTE signal since.
I have updated the APNs, but I was using the same APNs for a while and had LTE on CM10.2 with them.
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This is something wierd with Kitkat. I do not believe a fix has been found just yet. but if you dial *#*#info#*#* on most phones you can get into the phone systems and turn LTE back on.

ShrekOpher said:
This is something wierd with Kitkat. I do not believe a fix has been found just yet. but if you dial *#*#info#*#* on most phones you can get into the phone systems and turn LTE back on.
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I didn't know about this menu. Thanks for that. I went into Phone Info and tried selecting LTE only but it didn't connect to anything. Not sure what that means. There are other
There are some other options in there for networks (e.g. TD-SCDMA, CDMA auto). Would any of them help picking up Sprint LTE?
Other options include:
Turn off radio, CellInfoListRate
Turn on IMS registration required
Turn on SMS over IMS
Turn on lte ram dump
SMSC:_____________ Update Refresh

snak1e said:
I didn't know about this menu. Thanks for that. I went into Phone Info and tried selecting LTE only but it didn't connect to anything. Not sure what that means. There are other
There are some other options in there for networks (e.g. TD-SCDMA, CDMA auto). Would any of them help picking up Sprint LTE?
Other options include:
Turn off radio, CellInfoListRate
Turn on IMS registration required
Turn on SMS over IMS
Turn on lte ram dump
SMSC:_____________ Update Refresh
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KitKat roms are currently having data issues. You could try backing up your current KK rom and go back to Stock, update prl and backup your DNS settings then go back to your backed up KK rom and restore from the dns settings you backed up.

How does one downgrade from kitkat to jellybean? I tried to just flash a jellybean ROM with a clean install and got an error?
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TheManiac said:
How does one downgrade from kitkat to jellybean? I tried to just flash a jellybean ROM with a clean install and got an error?
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What error ad you getting exactly?
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djpabz23 said:
What error ad you getting exactly?
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It says something to do with missing a partition?
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snak1e said:
I decided to give Kit Kat another try a few days ago, but since then I have not been able to connect to LTE.
Prior to flashing I was running CM10.2 and my LTE was working fine. I initially lost LTE when I flashed PACMAN. I have also tried AOSB/ProBAM and Beanstalk. None of the Kit Kat roms gave me LTE so I gave up and restored CM10.2, but afterward I was still not getting any LTE connection.
I tried flashing the MD4 modem, but that didn't seem to fix anything. I've also heard that going back to stock could help, but I'd rather not have Knox if I don't have to use it. Which stock ROM here on XDA would be the best (Not planning on using the ROM. I just want LTE and then will flash back to Kit Kat)? Would a different modem fix my LTE issues? Is MK3 better than MD4, or are there any newer modems I should try?
Thanks for the help!
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ohhh i had this issue but i figured it out for pacman and most roms just download nova launcher and when you do create a shortcut on nova ad click on setting an it should say apn once there u open it and youll see where it says ehprd something like that click on it and go all the way to the bottom and change where it says bearer to ehrpd and lte should work ^_^

Ok so I finally got it working, although I'm not sure what was wrong with everything in the first place. My buddy said Cyanogenmod screwed up a recent ROM, so maybe that code was in one of the ROMs I was using.
Each time I flashed back to TouchWiz (I ended up using Wicked Sensations) I could get 4G/LTE. I ran a **72786*, did a PRL & profile update. Prior to finding a working ROM, when I went back to BeanStalk/PACMAN I would lose LTE. After I found the updated BeanStalk ROM I flashed and it still had LTE! Happy days!
At this point I was able to send MMS somehow, but phone was having problems being recognized by the network. I could connect to LTE but couldn't use the data. After I updated the APNs everything started working again.

snak1e said:
Ok so I finally got it working, although I'm not sure what was wrong with everything in the first place. My buddy said Cyanogenmod screwed up a recent ROM, so maybe that code was in one of the ROMs I was using.
Each time I flashed back to TouchWiz (I ended up using Wicked Sensations) I could get 4G/LTE. I ran a **72786*, did a PRL & profile update. Prior to finding a working ROM, when I went back to BeanStalk/PACMAN I would lose LTE. After I found the updated BeanStalk ROM I flashed and it still had LTE! Happy days!
At this point I was able to send MMS somehow, but phone was having problems being recognized by the network. I could connect to LTE but couldn't use the data. After I updated the APNs everything started working again.
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How did you update your APN's?

try switching to philz touch recovery where it will give you 2 options....do clean to install a new rom.....if works....thks appreciated...safe flashing and live prosperous

djpabz23 said:
How did you update your APN's?
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This should work http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1794956

[Q] Mobile Data Disconnecting

I've been having regular issues with my data connection dropping out, sometimes 2 - 3 times a day.
Most of the time, the data icon is still visible in the status bar, but no pages load. The status bar data toggle off / on gets it connected again. Sometimes however, the data icon goes away and only a reboot or toggling flight mode brings it back.
I'm running Ditto Note 3 (KK), but had similar issues on previous custom roms and stock 4.3. I don't remember having any problems with the original Jelly Bean. A friend also has the same issues which started around the same time, on stock unrooted Samsung 4.3. We're both on Orange (UK).
Is this a software issue, or could it be anything to do with the SIM card?

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I've been having regular issues with my data connection dropping out, sometimes 2 - 3 times a day.
Most of the time, the data icon is still visible in the status bar, but no pages load. The status bar data toggle off / on gets it connected again. Sometimes however, the data icon goes away and only a reboot or toggling flight mode brings it back.
I'm running Ditto Note 3 (KK), but had similar issues on previous custom roms and stock 4.3. I don't remember having any problems with the original Jelly Bean. A friend also has the same issues which started around the same time, on stock unrooted Samsung 4.3. We're both on Orange (UK).
Is this a software issue, or could it be anything to do with the SIM card?
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It seems more like a modem related issue ,since you rooted try the newest modem which is ND3 ,flash it via recovery
ND3 Modem
Only download the modem file not the ril file.

singhpratik87 said:
It seems more like a modem related issue ,since you rooted try the newest modem which is ND3 ,flash it via recovery
ND3 Modem
Only download the modem file not the ril file.
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Thanks, I'm already on ND3 though. Is it worth downgrading the modem?

RoboticBandit said:
Thanks, I'm already on ND3 though. Is it worth downgrading the modem?
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Search for hurricane modem changer tool for note 2 . In that thread download version 5 of the zip file it's an aroma file where you can see different modems try them and see which gives you best data connection
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Problem with Intermittent Data on Galaxy S3

Hi everyone, I'm having an issue with intermittent data drops, I am using an SGH-I747, that is rooted with CF-AutoRoot, with TWRP and CM 12.1 update from 4/28 installed (recently updated to the 8/22 nightly). I have the I747UCUEMJB modem installed and. My carrier is T-Mobile and I have a a SIM card installed that is only 4 months old, of course T-Mobile support won't even discuss anything with me other than "if you purchase a phone from us you shouldn't have this issue". Give me a break T-Mobile, lol. I am in the Tampa, FL area so I doubt it's a coverage issue, though not out of the question.
I have been getting several times a day where my cell connection completely drops out and the DBM drops to zero, when this occurs it lasts for about 10-20 seconds and on occasion I have to reboot the phone. I switch my data off when I'm not using it and this issue tends to occur about 3 minutes give or take after switching it back on, also it's more frequent when I'm using mobile data for apps. Other times whether or not I'm using mobile data or not I periodically get issues with text messaging where a text just "spins" and eventually fails to send, only rebooting fixes it, this happens at least once a day.
If I attempt to "search for networks" to try regain LTE it never is able to successfully find networks, I can only choose from a slew of what seems to be pre-installed ones ( the T-Mobile ipv6 or regular T-Mobile choice has been working ok). If I enter an unlock code I get a message saying "operation failed". Aside from this, I love this phone and this ROM.
Any Ideas folks?
Thanks.

You may be faced with having to update your bootloader and modem to at least NE4 to get the phone to work consistently with CM12.1, or any LP ROM. If you update to NE4 you may want to go all of the way, NE4 to NJ1 to NJ2.

Hi there, thanks for the response. I think it's a JB bootloader and radio I'm running on this, I've searched several threads and so far the only ones I can find is the ones I have currently loaded or older ones. Do you happen to know where I could download the NE4, NJ1, or NJ2 from off hand?
Thanks again for the help.

Have a look at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-att/general/ucuemjb-to-ucufne4-firmware-update-t2808654