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Anyone able to assist. I have searched the forum.
After my compact froze I did a soft reset only to see it hang on the T-Mobile splash screen (white background, pink dots). The ROM details do not even appear in the bottom right hand corner.
I have upgraded my ROM with Hard-SPL, a Radio ROM and Dutty's 1.8 ROM but that was weeks ago.
Not even a Hard-Reset sorts it out.
Cannot see how the new ROM would be causing the problem as it has worked for a few weeks.
Luckily followed all the instructions and have 1.40 Olinex Hard-SPL on the phone. Just need to wait for home so I can plug it into my laptop. What I do from that point on will be the subject of a further search of this board later.
Any assistance?
Since you already have Hard-SPL, try first flashing a stock ROM.
See here for available ROM's: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Diamond_Upgrades
Let us know what the results are...
Thanks for the reply.
Unfortunately I cannot get my Compact to sync with my PC in order to add a stock ROM. As I am frozen on the T-Mobile screen the Mobile Device Center does not connect to the Compacy.
Are there any work arounds?
Oh well back it goes to T-Mobile with the hope that they do not identify that the ROM has changed.
Happened to me before as well.
Start your Phone in bootloader mode. Means you hold down the Volume down button while soft resetting. Then you get to the red, green, blue, white screen. In the bottom it says "serial". once you connect to the PC it switches to "usb" and now you can flash ANY ROM you like. I replaced mine with the same ROM I had before....
Don't know what happened to cause this problem. But I got it solved that way.
Let me know if this worked....
Cheers for the reply Staty.
I was able to get the USB connection to work but after reloading the ROM the phone has gone off and stayed off. Can't get any splash screen now.
But you were able to completely reflash the ROM?
Or did it stop along the way?
Did not stop along the way. Went to 100% and was met by the finished screen on the PC. However the Compact does not turn in now.
So you try to turn it on but nothing happens?
Did you try hooking the phone to the loading cable and then turn it on? Maybe a problem with the bettery?
Besides that I got no idea right now.
Which ROM did you reflash? The same you used before?
Hi,
You must download full rom (with radio etc.), the best original. Doesn't matter which one. And hard reset after that.
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So you try to turn it on but nothing happens?
Did you try hooking the phone to the loading cable and then turn it on? Maybe a problem with the bettery?
Besides that I got no idea right now.
Which ROM did you reflash? The same you used before?
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Tried hooking it up to the loading cable, the charger and still no luck.
Have no idea why it will not start-up. Do not even get the white circular light when plugged into the charger.
PanNet said:
Hi,
You must download full rom (with radio etc.), the best original. Doesn't matter which one. And hard reset after that.
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Yep done all that. Compact still dead. Changed ROM about 3 weeks ago, no problems just stopped working altogether. Was able to connect it to the PC to update ROM again but now nothing.
Not sure how having Hard-SPL on the phone is gonna help when the thing wont turn on.
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Anyone able to assist. I have searched the forum.
After my compact froze I did a soft reset only to see it hang on the T-Mobile splash screen (white background, pink dots). The ROM details do not even appear in the bottom right hand corner.
I have upgraded my ROM with Hard-SPL, a Radio ROM and Dutty's 1.8 ROM but that was weeks ago.
Not even a Hard-Reset sorts it out.
Cannot see how the new ROM would be causing the problem as it has worked for a few weeks.
Luckily followed all the instructions and have 1.40 Olinex Hard-SPL on the phone. Just need to wait for home so I can plug it into my laptop. What I do from that point on will be the subject of a further search of this board later.
Any assistance?
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Here wot fella.... Yesterday i called t-mobile cause my mda was running kinda hot for some reason, With no effort the lady said it shouldn't be getting that hot (like she could feel the heat over the phone lol) "i'm going to send you a replacement for tomorrow morning" Today, So me thinking a refurbished phone and no screen protector, i asked if they could send me a screen protector, No she said, i'm sending you a brand new phone "in the box" so all the bits will be there.......
Brilliant i get a new mobile..... Here is the best bit....
UPS turns up this morning with a brand new phone.. the guy asks me for the old phone ONLY, didn't take back old batt, headset...etc put it in a bag and away he went......
So i get a brand new phone (BOXED) and get to keep all the old accessories.
So the moral of the story is..... RMA your mobile, tell t-mobile its over heating and pray too god you get the same woman on the phone that i did...!
P.s..... Out of curiosity, Which cooked rom was you using...!
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P.s..... Out of curiosity, Which cooked rom was you using...!
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I used Dutty's 1.8, but It is not a problem with the ROM, I'm sure of that.
fyew-jit-tiv said:
Here wot fella.... Yesterday i called t-mobile cause my mda was running kinda hot for some reason, With no effort the lady said it shouldn't be getting that hot (like she could feel the heat over the phone lol) "i'm going to send you a replacement for tomorrow morning" Today, So me thinking a refurbished phone and no screen protector, i asked if they could send me a screen protector, No she said, i'm sending you a brand new phone "in the box" so all the bits will be there.......
Brilliant i get a new mobile..... Here is the best bit....
UPS turns up this morning with a brand new phone.. the guy asks me for the old phone ONLY, didn't take back old batt, headset...etc put it in a bag and away he went......
So i get a brand new phone (BOXED) and get to keep all the old accessories.
So the moral of the story is..... RMA your mobile, tell t-mobile its over heating and pray too god you get the same woman on the phone that i did...!
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Mine has been extremely hot for the last few days. I'm gonna phone them now.
waynespa said:
Yep done all that. Compact still dead. Changed ROM about 3 weeks ago, no problems just stopped working altogether. Was able to connect it to the PC to update ROM again but now nothing.
Not sure how having Hard-SPL on the phone is gonna help when the thing wont turn on.
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Thats really wiered. Looks like there is more broken than the ROM. Did you try taking out the battery and keeping it out for a little time.
Try to turn on the phone without the battery in it - so all the power in the condensers etc. will be gone.
Keep the battery separated from the phone for a couple hours and then try it again.
I was having the trouble back then, that the more often I tried to turn the phone on while it was broken it turned off itself even quicker. after I left it without touching it an hour it took longer to turn off itself again.
P.P.S and remember so say its the bottom part off the phone or they may try palm you off with its "the battery"...!
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P.P.S and remember so say its the bottom part off the phone or they may try palm you off with its "the battery"...!
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Called them and put on my nicest charm with a young lady. She actually read out a T-Mobile notice release that said there was a known fault with the phones over-heating during charge and large downloads. It said that customers should be told that it is safe and a software update coming out soon would sort it out.
I told here the phone no longer worked and she said that they would replace but I should keep all accesories and the battery. I said that as it doesn't turn on it could be the battery and she agreed to a FULL replacement.
They are sending it to my work on Monday and will take the old one away.
Thanks for the advice, was really worried they would want it back for testing BEFORE sending out a new one and they may find my Custom ROM
All good though. Thanks again.
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Thats really wiered. Looks like there is more broken than the ROM. Did you try taking out the battery and keeping it out for a little time.
Try to turn on the phone without the battery in it - so all the power in the condensers etc. will be gone.
Keep the battery separated from the phone for a couple hours and then try it again.
I was having the trouble back then, that the more often I tried to turn the phone on while it was broken it turned off itself even quicker. after I left it without touching it an hour it took longer to turn off itself again.
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I left the battery overnight but still no luck.
I am pretty certain it'saphone fault now and absolutely nothing to do with ROM's. T-Mobile are now thankfully taking it back.
Cheers
Hey guys I have an Evo but my buddy has an Dinc and we rooted it and flashed CM6 and its never had a problem. Lately it started randomly rebooting and now it wont get past the splash screen; he cant even boot into recovery he said and an RUU doesnt even recognize the phone.
any help is greatly appreciated guys, thanks.
Hmm...
mic.mayorga said:
Hey guys I have an Evo but my buddy has an Dinc and we rooted it and flashed CM6 and its never had a problem. Lately it started randomly rebooting and now it wont get past the splash screen; he cant even boot into recovery he said and an RUU doesnt even recognize the phone.
any help is greatly appreciated guys, thanks.
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mic, what is the model number of the device? There are 3 for the Incredible, the ADR6300, 6300VW2 and VW3. Also, how early (after the phone hit the market) is the phone?
I couldn't tell you exactly. He bought like the first one, the one that came with the OLED screen.
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I see. I had one of the original ones as well, and began to have an issue similar to this. What happened was some of early models had defective hardware radio chips. To find out if this is the issue with your friend's phone, have the phone deactivated from service, and then shut off the phone for 20 minutes. If you turn it back on and it powers on with no problems, you may have a device that needs replacement. If so, at least it will make you able to unroot and flash back to stock so you can get replaced with verizon/htc.
If this doesn't change anything, let us know, we'll get to the bottom of this.
well i tried calling him and i got his google voice thing when he didnt answer. idk if that means hes back on the Dinc or not. he had to go back to the enV 3 for a working phone lol. the only problem is that if he asked Verizon for a replacement but he bought it contractless on ebay...
They'd probably just tell him no.
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well i tried calling him and i got his google voice thing when he didnt answer. idk if that means hes back on the Dinc or not. he had to go back to the enV 3 for a working phone lol. the only problem is that if he asked Verizon for a replacement but he bought it contractless on ebay...
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mic.mayorga said:
well i tried calling him and i got his google voice thing when he didnt answer. idk if that means hes back on the Dinc or not. he had to go back to the enV 3 for a working phone lol. the only problem is that if he asked Verizon for a replacement but he bought it contractless on ebay...
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Might be able to make a claim with HTC, but the warranty claims are made through a third party. I had some luck with calling HTC, getting them to say that they'll do something about it, and when the third party tried to charge me money, I just flipped **** and gave them the loyal customer speech. Worth a shot. If you can't get it for free, ***** and see if that helps
haha okay ill let him know to look into that. also ill ask him about the whole 20 minutes thing. thanks a lot for the help
Wonky SD Card?
CM 'interactively' uses elements of the SD card, I believe.
That said, have you tried a different SD card?
Meaning, d/l another ROM onto the 'other' SD card, put it in the device w/ power off (after unmounting SD, powering down, and removing 'first' SD card)
Load/flash new ROM from recovery off of 'other' SD after wiping everything, and see if it boots.
Hello all.
I am an HTC guy through and through and have never owned a Samsung device. I'm familiar with HTC's S-OFF/HBOOT/bootloader stuff, but I'm not really all that clear on how it works for Samsung devices. I promise I've tried to do some reading before hand before coming to you, including looking at other threads, but they don't seem to be the issue I'm having.
I'm trying to help a friend out who has an AT&T GS3 that I unlocked for him and put an AOSP ROM on it a few months ago (don't worry, I made damn sure it was the AT&T version and no other carrier/international ROM).
He came to me today telling me that his phone suddenly turned off, and was not turning on again. I figure it's probably just a corrupted partition, something that I could fix with a reflash or something like that.
However, when I look at it, it seems to be something potentially worse. The phone did nothing with the battery in, so I took it out and put it back in. The phone very briefly vibrates, the Samsung logo shows for about 1.5 - 2 seconds at most, and then the screen goes dark.
When I try to enter Download Mode, I'm able to get to the custom software "warning" page, where I press Volume Up, and it shows me Download Mode and "Waiting" (as I expect it to) but then the screen just goes black again after about a second or two.
It's roughly the same with Recovery Mode, I can catch a glimpse of what looks like CWM (but I'm not entirely sure) and then the screen goes black.
If I choose to forgo the battery altogether, and I plug it in straight to the wall, the red LED on the top right lights up for again maybe 3 - 4 seconds at most, the light goes away, and the phone briefly vibrates, shows me the Samsung logo, and then goes dark.
I'm confused. I don't know if it's a brick, but then again, to me as an HTC user, "brick" means Qualcomm USB Download mode. I've also read about this infamous Samsung Sudden Death Syndrome that struck some of the 16 GB models that Samsung sold (and yes, you guessed it, this is the white 16GB model).
I don't really know what other troubleshooting options there are (but as I said before, I'm an HTC guy). If any of you have any sort of advice I would love to hear it.
Thank you for your time.
I've seen several users on here in the last few months with this issue. I worked with one of them for awhile trying to get it straightened out but couldn't resolve the problem. Some of that was due to the nature of the problem and some was probably due to the fact I didn't have the phone in my hands to help the new user better. I believe the user was able to get an exchange at an at&t service center. Sorry I can't offer more assistance. Keep us posted if you get a fix.
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I've seen several users on here in the last few months with this issue. I worked with one of them for awhile trying to get it straightened out but couldn't resolve the problem. Some of that was due to the nature of the problem and some was probably due to the fact I didn't have the phone in my hands to help the new user better. I believe the user was able to get an exchange at an at&t service center. Sorry I can't offer more assistance. Keep us posted if you get a fix.
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I appreciate you trying. I know it's such an odd issue that it's really hard to diagnose. I thought perhaps it might have to do with the battery somehow being "bad", but then the problem would be gone when I go AC only.
He's not against the idea of going to AT&T, but I feel bad; I convinced him to unlock and let me flash a new ROM so I feel that I should at least put in a good effort to make sure there's nothing more I can do.
Yeah, the biggest problem is that once you get into recovery or download mode, the device reboots/loops. This eliminates the possibility of any kind of flashing or wiping.
You might have a bad motherboard. If I was you I'd take it to att for a replacement. BTW if he doesn't have insurance for the phone they do have open enrollment , I'd wait a day or two after enrolling to submit a claim.
Wish you the best.
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I appreciate you trying. I know it's such an odd issue that it's really hard to diagnose. I thought perhaps it might have to do with the battery somehow being "bad", but then the problem would be gone when I go AC only.
He's not against the idea of going to AT&T, but I feel bad; I convinced him to unlock and let me flash a new ROM so I feel that I should at least put in a good effort to make sure there's nothing more I can do.
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It's a realllly long shot but he could contact mobile tech videos and tell them his issue and see if a jtag repair would help. If it's hardware of course he is out of luck but it's worth a shot and a lot cheaper.
After a month's use, my HTC didn't read the sim. I noticed that when the phone was face up it would detect the sim. When face down, the sim wasn't being detected. So i did the tape trick and it worked. Then i installed the GPE RUU and DIDN'T BACKUP. Then it suddenly wouldn't detect the sim. Sometimes it would and it would last for an hour or two. Then it wouldn't. I have the middle east version HTC__J15 but changed the CID to 11111111. I tried flashing radios to no avail. I don't think it's a hardware issue because it works for a while then the moment i unlock the screen it suddenly disconnects. What seems to be the problem? Please help.
Also, does anyone know what radio is should use for HTC__J15? Can't seem to find it anywhere.
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After a month's use, my HTC didn't read the sim. I noticed that when the phone was face up it would detect the sim. When face down, the sim wasn't being detected. So i did the tape trick and it worked. Then i installed the GPE RUU and DIDN'T BACKUP. Then it suddenly wouldn't detect the sim. Sometimes it would and it would last for an hour or two. Then it wouldn't. I have the middle east version HTC__J15 but changed the CID to 11111111. I tried flashing radios to no avail. I don't think it's a hardware issue because it works for a while then the moment i unlock the screen it suddenly disconnects. What seems to be the problem? Please help.
Also, does anyone know what radio is should use for HTC__J15? Can't seem to find it anywhere.
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Had a similar problem 2 hours ago! I trimmed the edges of the nano-sim. No problem since then
After i go into recovery and wipe cache/dalvik and reboot, i get phone service but it goes off after ten minutes. Tried safe mode, same thing. Deleted all apps, same thing. Uninstalled updates, same thing. Don't think it's a hardware issue. HELP!
mashk said:
Had a similar problem 2 hours ago! I trimmed the edges of the nano-sim. No problem since then
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I'm having a similar issue as the op. when you say trimmed down how far did you go? Did you file it or cut it. All sides or just one?
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I'm having a similar issue as the op. when you say trimmed down how far did you go? Did you file it or cut it. All sides or just one?
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All sides yes. HTC also sent me a new tray. Have u flashed a custom ROM?
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mashk said:
All sides yes. HTC also sent me a new tray. Have u flashed a custom ROM?
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I guess i'll have to try cutting it down a bit. Sadly i don't think a new tray would work for me. I work at an AT&T store and tried one from our demo phone and another from a coworker's phone. My tray and sim work in their phones but neither of theirs will work in mine, so I think it's an internal problem. Yes I have flashed a custom ROM I had been on a GPe rom for several weeks when it started happening. Since then I have flashed an AT&T RUU to put it back to stock and it's still not registering. I know how to remove the "tampered" notice and lock the bootloader, but I'm worried that HTC will not repair my phone because it's S-OFF. I don't know what to do at this point.
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I guess i'll have to try cutting it down a bit. Sadly i don't think a new tray would work for me. I work at an AT&T store and tried one from our demo phone and another from a coworker's phone. My tray and sim work in their phones but neither of theirs will work in mine, so I think it's an internal problem. Yes I have flashed a custom ROM I had been on a GPe rom for several weeks when it started happening. Since then I have flashed an AT&T RUU to put it back to stock and it's still not registering. I know how to remove the "tampered" notice and lock the bootloader, but I'm worried that HTC will not repair my phone because it's S-OFF. I don't know what to do at this point.
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I think there's a way to return to S-ON. I think it's more of a ROM issue I guess. Try flash a different ROM like ViperOne. Should work.
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I'll give it a shot but I'm not hopeful that a new ROM will help. I was on a custom gpe ROM when it started and now I'm on stock and it's still doing it. I really hope it works though I would love to get my m8 back. Now that I think about it the gpe ROM I was on was heavily modified. Who knows maybe I'll get lucky. Thanks for your help BTW.
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I'll give it a shot but I'm not hopeful that a new ROM will help. I was on a custom gpe ROM when it started and now I'm on stock and it's still doing it. I really hope it works though I would love to get my m8 back. Now that I think about it the gpe ROM I was on was heavily modified. Who knows maybe I'll get lucky. Thanks for your help BTW.
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Hey @pokedroid, did you had any luck with this?
I am running into the same issue as you folks. I have a developer edition from HTC.com website which I was using with an existing T-Mobile microsim that I myself trimmed into a nano-sim. It worked really well since April 1st week until last 3-4 days, where the phone would lose network and even when it gets on the network, it does not actually do any data access. Sometimes the 3G/LTE icon shows up, but no real data transfer happens.
I visited T-Mobile store, where they gave me a new nano-sim. They also did a "network-refresh", whatever that means and I even did a factory reset at home later, however the problem persists. I was finally convinced it was a phone issue, especially since the network works fine on my Nexus 4 (with a sim adapter). I was pretty much on the verge of getting it replaced by HTC (hope it is not too painful) thinking it has something to do with the RADIO chip hardware. I I have only used a custom recovery and rooted the phone, and have been running stock rom after briefly trying an HTC-base ROM for a few days.
However this thread gives me hope that there could be something else going on maybe with the sim tray and surrounding parts. Maybe the metal unibody design does not lend itself well to these kind of defects.
I did accidentally drop my phone a few times in last few days, and whilte it has a TPU case it probably only does scratch protection and not much shock protection and might have caused issues with the sim tray. I am hoping I get it resolved on my own, doing a replacement will be a pain. Let me know how it worked out for you.
EDIT: So I tried adding a few layers of transparent tape just on the SIM card, to increase it thickness. No change. Then I tried trimming the edge of the sim slightly. This made the SIM move around even when trying to get the tray back in, but I was able to get it in right after holding it a bit while sliding it in. However still do not see any change, though the data did turn on briefly while I held the phone upside down, but it stopped after 3-4 MB. Is there a way of knowing if the SIM is being read correctly or something else is going on. I tried installing a SIM Info App which does seem to be able to read SIM info even when network is not connecting, is this a definitive sign that RADIO chip has issues? I have not changed anything in terms of ROM or radio in past several months, and just did a factory reset, so that rules out a software issue (I think).
Does anyone know personally of someone who's had their phone returned by HTC because of it being rooted or s-off? I sent my M8 for repair, the camera lens was scratched up. They replaced them and sent it back. (Free) but here is the kicker, I had s-off, and running ViperOne rom with the custom boot-up and log-off screens. It came back, lens fixed, been returned to stock. This is not the first time I have done this. Samsung did the same too. Here is what I think they do:
1) Unpack phone
2) plug phone into a terminal that returns it to the latest stock rom
3) Look for and fix problem
4) Reset the phone
5) Pack it up and send it back.
That has been my experience 100% of all the phones I had exchanged, whether with Verizon, AT&T or US Cellular.
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Does anyone know personally of someone who's had their phone returned by HTC because of it being rooted or s-off? I sent my M8 for repair, the camera lens was scratched up. They replaced them and sent it back. (Free) but here is the kicker, I had s-off, and running ViperOne rom with the custom boot-up and log-off screens. It came back, lens fixed, been returned to stock. This is not the first time I have done this. Samsung did the same too. Here is what I think they do:
1) Unpack phone
2) plug phone into a terminal that returns it to the latest stock rom
3) Look for and fix problem
4) Reset the phone
5) Pack it up and send it back.
That has been my experience 100% of all the phones I had exchanged, whether with Verizon, AT&T or US Cellular.
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Interesting experience there, and sounds like you have done it multiple times and with them returning the device without any hitch.
I personally never had to go for replacement so far, however this definitely makes me feel better about going about it. My HTC M8 is still showing the same problems as earlier and I have not quite been able to decide whether it is a bad sim tray or something else. I also wonder if my issue is different from @pokedroid and @tbc34 in that my SIM card is read for short periods, and LTE/3G icon shows up as well, but the data does not work and it goes back into out of network mode.
For replacement I will probably still see if going back to stock recovery/red warning text fix etc is easy enough, just in case I catch an HTC technician in a bad mood. EDIT In fact this other thread makes me want to be double sure I get phone back in full stock mode: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2723409 . Fort. I have a dev edition, so HTC can't really say that I unlocked bootloader (though I wonder if such data travels back to them from the device via internet)
I have that problem since two days. Sometimes the phone is okay and sometimes he says only emergency. I wiped all, flashed a new rom, I've also opened the device but it seems all okay. Do you have any idea?
CapraNorvegese said:
I have that problem since two days. Sometimes the phone is okay and sometimes he says only emergency. I wiped all, flashed a new rom, I've also opened the device but it seems all okay. Do you have any idea?
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Try some Scotch tape on the SIM, on the side that doesn't have the gold contacts. Sometimes this will "thicken" the SIM so it makes better contact inside the tray (which is sometimes the reason phone will intermittently say 'no SIM').
Be careful you don't gum up the SIM tray with loose tape.
You can also try to get a new SIM for your carrier, and see if that works better (varying tolerances in the SIMs physical dimensions may help).
i got a samsung gs3 yesterday, i loved everything but battery life, lastnight i used George Holtz's "towel root" and rooted my phone, added super user and rom toolbox, upgraded my recovery to clockwork mod basic, and proceded to flash to "flashingdroid version 2.2" it went thru everything and installed the rom, when it tried to reboot, it went black... now it does nothing, computer tries to recognize it, abut i cant get it to download mode, and i cant get it into recovery mode... it does not show charge picture when plugged in and if i take the battery out, plug it in, then insert the battery i get a red light... PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!
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i got a samsung gs3 yesterday, i loved everything but battery life, lastnight i used George Holtz's "towel root" and rooted my phone, added super user and rom toolbox, upgraded my recovery to clockwork mod basic, and proceded to flash to "flashingdroid version 2.2" it went thru everything and installed the rom, when it tried to reboot, it went black... now it does nothing, computer tries to recognize it, abut i cant get it to download mode, and i cant get it into recovery mode... it does not show charge picture when plugged in and if i take the battery out, plug it in, then insert the battery i get a red light... PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!
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What model is your phone? You flashed a i9300 ROM, this is the sub-forum for the i747.
its the i747, i before looking today never knew there were more than 1 model of the GS3, is it possible to fix it?
This may help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549068
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This may help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549068
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my problem is my phone does NOT vibrate when power button is pressed, it isnt doing ANYTHING at ALL, the red charging light only comes on when battery is left out and the phone is plugged in, light turns off after a minute or so of the battery being installed, to me it seems like less rom flash related, and more failure in the board, but im not good at this stuff so im probably wrong, i bought a verizon one (i535) for 50 bucks (pretty banged up touchscreen is cracked in several places i got it without a back cover,but it works,) to get me by but i miss my 4g on straight talk =( i wish i had just left it alone, it was clean just 1 crack in the touch screen wires ans such for lcdanddigitizer got cut by accient while trying to modify midframe for verizon board, i sure as hell cant afford the att version for a while 150-260 for a decent i747, is it possible that a JTAG service would be able to bring it to life or even one of those dongles to force recovery?
noobbrokes3 said:
my problem is my phone does NOT vibrate when power button is pressed, it isnt doing ANYTHING at ALL, the red charging light only comes on when battery is left out and the phone is plugged in, light turns off after a minute or so of the battery being installed, to me it seems like less rom flash related, and more failure in the board, but im not good at this stuff so im probably wrong, i bought a verizon one (i535) for 50 bucks (pretty banged up touchscreen is cracked in several places i got it without a back cover,but it works,) to get me by but i miss my 4g on straight talk =( i wish i had just left it alone, it was clean just 1 crack in the touch screen wires ans such for lcdanddigitizer got cut by accient while trying to modify midframe for verizon board, i sure as hell cant afford the att version for a while 150-260 for a decent i747, is it possible that a JTAG service would be able to bring it to life or even one of those dongles to force recovery?
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It could be a board failure but it happened right after you flashed the ROM which leads me to believe it is software related.
A dongle is not going to help since the phone won't even power up. A jtag service would be your best and quickest option. You should try and find a shop that will guarantee to revive the phone or you pay nothing.
This might help with your current phone: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/how-to-make-your-verizon-galaxy-s-iii-a-world-phone/
noobbrokes3 said:
my problem is my phone does NOT vibrate when power button is pressed, it isnt doing ANYTHING at ALL, the red charging light only comes on when battery is left out and the phone is plugged in, light turns off after a minute or so of the battery being installed, to me it seems like less rom flash related, and more failure in the board, but im not good at this stuff so im probably wrong, i bought a verizon one (i535) for 50 bucks (pretty banged up touchscreen is cracked in several places i got it without a back cover,but it works,) to get me by but i miss my 4g on straight talk =( i wish i had just left it alone, it was clean just 1 crack in the touch screen wires ans such for lcdanddigitizer got cut by accient while trying to modify midframe for verizon board, i sure as hell cant afford the att version for a while 150-260 for a decent i747, is it possible that a JTAG service would be able to bring it to life or even one of those dongles to force recovery?
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Flashing an i9300 rom is guaranteed to hard brick the device and cause exactly what you described. If you follow the instructions in the thread linked in an above post it probably has a 90% chance of fixing it.
I am 99% certain it is not a hardware failure. Others have done the exact same thing and were able to fix it by using the instructions in that thread.
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It could be a board failure but it happened right after you flashed the ROM which leads me to believe it is software related.
A dongle is not going to help since the phone won't even power up. A jtag service would be your best and quickest option. You should try and find a shop that will guarantee to revive the phone or you pay nothing.
This might help with your current phone: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/how-to-make-your-verizon-galaxy-s-iii-a-world-phone/
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i found one on ebay, full refund short of a 5 dollar shipping cost for return shipping, once i have money that i can spend ill sure as hell be giving it a shot
Or you can attempt to fix it for free.....but I suppose that is up to you.
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Or you can attempt to fix it for free.....but I suppose that is up to you.
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either way its gonna cost me a little cash, i dont have a 16 gig sd card, forgive me for being so noob but the sd card trick CAN work for my case?? i know for a fact i cant do anythingto my phone right now as it wont even power on, but if you BELIEVE it will work ill gove it a try
Unless you updated with the kk ota, you are probably on 4.3 firmware. I cannot guarantee it will work, but I believe the chances are pretty good that it will.
Just remember, if it doesn't work, dont give up on the first try. Many have had to run through the process several times before it would actually boot up again.
The only other tip I can think to give is to make sure you buy a decent sd card. It doesn't have to be top of the line, but there are tons of fake ones out there that would be less likely to work. If you can, try to buy one from an authorized dealer for whatever brand you are considering. This greatly reduces the chance of getting a bad card.
DocHoliday77 said:
Unless you updated with the kk ota, you are probably on 4.3 firmware. I cannot guarantee it will work, but I believe the chances are pretty good that it will.
Just remember, if it doesn't work, dont give up on the first try. Many have had to run through the process several times before it would actually boot up again.
The only other tip I can think to give is to make sure you buy a decent sd card. It doesn't have to be top of the line, but there are tons of fake ones out there that would be less likely to work. If you can, try to buy one from an authorized dealer for whatever brand you are considering. This greatly reduces the chance of getting a bad card.
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4.0.x was the last firmware, i never got to update it. i bought a PNY 16gb microSD HC class 4, it was 25 bucks at the local drug store, i was hoping for a class 6 - 10 but i believe it is a good quality card, maybe you would know better?
I won't lie, I am not a big fan of PNY, but as long as its the real thing, I think it should work. Class 6 or better is recommended, but it has worked on class 4 cards too. At this point, the only thing left to do is give it a shot. Good luck!