So I got my note 4 through Sprint about a week ago and immediately decided to mod it with xnote. I had a temporary number for a small period of time and everything was going fairly smoothly until I got my original number back. I can't necessarily say this is related but after that point I couldn't send mms anymore so I'm not certain what else the issue might be. Of course I've done quite a few hours of googling on the subject.
I've read to use a different messaging applications, to change between 3g/4g, ect. No luck with anything so I decided to flash my recovery image to the earliest point and still no luck. I've factory reset my phone and tried recovery again, and once again I've made no progress. I can receive mms/sms as well as use my mobile data for browsing just fine. For some reason sending is the issue.
I'm at the end of my rope and I'm feeling lost. Any help at all would be very much appreciated. I apologize in advance if I've posted in the wrong section, not been descriptive enough, poor grammar or punctuation.
I'll be checking back frequently to answer any questions or elaborate on anything.
Again any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Hey guys, just a few questions. First, I was wondering if I go into a retail Metro store, will they flash it for me? I've been getting mixed results; some say yes and others say they don't. Flashing internet doesn't seem to be a problem, but from looking at a few other How To threads on here about flashing this phone to MetroPCS, I haven't quite figured out is if you can make actual phone calls on their network. The guides I've seen mention pretty much everything but voice. After looking around, there doesn't seem to be a clear answer.
Can anyone else flashed to Metro help me out here? Any answers would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
don't take it to a metro pcs store...
the only thing you really need is to get the ESN added on to their database. my phone had already been added, but i hear it's difficult. you either know someone who can add it for you or you pay someone to add it for you.
then follow on the guides on here. if you follow ANY of the guides you'll have voice...that's the easy part. the hard part is everything else.
i have voice, data, texts, and incoming mms. can't send out mms - that's it. but i can go online, check my email, download files (slowly!), i can use facebook app, open and browse the market (wont download unless in wifi though). so you'll have an almost fully functional phone.
some people get the mms thing working completely...i didnt. but everything else is pretty much a sure thing now.
just get your ESN on their database and follow the guides here
Thanks for the information, man. I've been browsing Craigslist and apparently there are a few places around me that will flash everything including web and mms, so I'm probably going to check that out. Thanks again for the help.
thanx..................
Hey guys
I am really desperate and would do whatever it takes to sort out those issues or at least some of them!
My DHD was 2.2 and then the upgrade for 2.3 was available, the official one, so I downloaded it and upgraded my phone. It's not rooted, nor do I know what that is. Yes, I'm really that clueless when it comes to android devices. So anyway, after the upgrade, I encountered a problem where the phone cannot differentiate between two similar numbers and would receive phone calls and messages from both contacts as if they were from one person. The phone keeps asking me if I want to link the two numbers and I always say no, yet this didn't solve it. I tried deleting them and saving them again, but no luck! so I asked around and someone suggested that I format the device and and delete the names and save them again.
I did that and it just caused me more problems!! -_- The battery does not last longer than 9 hours with regular use and 12 hours with no use at all (when I'm sleeping), before the format it lasted for more than 21 hours with regular use and more than an entire day when I'm not using it that much. another problem is that now, the wifi signal is much worse than it used to be! You will ask, are there any applications running in the background? no there aren't! I changed the settings to the way it used to be before formatting the device.
Guys, if anyone can help me, it's going to be you!! Please help me This is really driving me crazy!!
and one last thing, I have a lot of numbers that are exactly the same except for one digit difference! more than 10 and those numbers are for people that I contact a lot, so you can see how this is such a pain in the butt!
I would really appreciate it if someone would give me a suggestion or a solution!! Thank you so much in advance!!
Well, I thought I'd let you guys know, my defy went to the official motorola service, now, before someone starts posting "room full of people who cares" pics, I'll tell you what where it's symptoms and maybe you can tell me if any had any similar issues.
A little background:
I'm in Argentina, and I got my defy from "Personal" ( that's the carrier) which has a 2.2.1 rom ( if I'm not wrong )
I used it for a bit and it was working so well that I didn't feel the need to mess with it.
Then, I started missing some stuff and I decided to install CM7 (rc1, v2), to see how it performed.
All good, for a while, but then, the following started happening:
- 5~8 times out of ten, sms's wouldn't go out ( and I had to re-send them until they did )
- I got delays on getting messages, and on other people receiving them.
- Sometimes I wouldn't get to answer a call, just got a "missed call notification SMS"
- Sometimes calls would drop when answering them
- FM radio started being CRAP, and getting either stuck on, or wouldn't turn on after being interrupted by other notifications.
- frecuent freezing .
I guessed it was CM7, so, deceided to get back to stock, and maybe rooting, just for kicks.
I went back to stock, but the problems kept happening.
And that's why I sent it to service.
Anyone got any similar issues?
I wounder if you had forgot ‘full wipe’?
This sounds like an intermittent connection somewhere in the phone hardware.
davenaughty said:
I wounder if you had forgot ‘full wipe’?
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lol, of course I did wipe, I didn't got into GREAT detail of everything i did because it would be WAY to boring, but, I did tried a lot of stuff before sending it back.
I kind of know my way around android, but I don't blame you for asking, I've seen a lot of uninformed posts around here ( nothing wrong with that, not everyone has time, the patience, or the interest to spend HOURS figuring stuff out, and learning about android )
juried said:
This sounds like an intermittent connection somewhere in the phone hardware.
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Yup, I also thought it could be either a SEVERE overage problem ( like a signal black hole in my apartment) , or a defective sim card , but I'm using my old HTC G1 for now, and it's working great, so, both of those are out.
Maybe ,your phone’s baceband does not fit for the sevice,download some app to change the baseband.
Many peope have the same problem reflected by forum in my conutry as far as i know. Most of them solve the problem by changing baceband.
(My english is so bad...but I really want to help you.)
davenaughty said:
Maybe ,your phone’s baceband does not fit for the sevice,download some app to change the baseband.
Many peope have the same problem reflected by forum in my conutry as far as i know. Most of them solve the problem by changing baceband.
(My english is so bad...but I really want to help you.)
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If the baseband was incorrect, it wouldn't get signal at all.
Plus, the phone was bought in argentina, so the argentina stock rom for the carrier HAS the right baseband, and I still got issues.
I have no other explanation for it than faulty hardware.
Thanks, though, I know you're trying to help ; )
So I wanted to see if somebody would provide me with the settings they have for the SMSC. Starting this morning I was no longer able to send text messages and I know its not an issue with a ROM or anything because I Odin'd back to factory and I am still having the issue. This isn't the first time I have had an issue with a GNex not being able to text and I had to take my old one back to the store and get a replacement because they were unable to fix. I think I stumbled upon my problem/solution and was hoping that somebody from this great community would help me out. Could somebody do the below and paste what settings they have or give a screenshot. THANKS in advanced.
Open Dialer
Type the following sequence *#*#4636#*#*
Open Phone Information
Well for starters, My first Gnex had this issue a few days after receiving it, approximately one month ago. This morning I noticed I was once again unable to send or receive text messages. Up till now, I have been stock with root. I have been scouring pages and forums trying to find more info on this problem.
Unfortunately the farthest I have gotten is a wiki page on Cyanogenmod that goes through the process of updating your SMSC based on your Carrier's Gateway Number and putting it into PDU format. You can fidn the gage here.
To make it worse, as I thought I was going to be able to manually update it and get SMS back up, i still receive update error.
To make matters worse, for the past four days calls drop out every four to six minutes regardless of coverage. Not just on my line, but my wife's and my sister's lines as well. However they have not been able to reproduce any SMS problem like the one I have once again come across. I'm pretty close to dropping Sprint even if I've got a year left on contract.
Thanks for the reply. When I went to update or refresh the smsc I would get an error as well. This is my second GNex and really frustrated by it. I ended up odin'ing back to factory to and called sprint. they had me re-activate the phone *#*#72786#*#* then a few minutes later it started working again...
Well at least you were able to get yours working again. I've performed several resets via the 72786 menu to no avail. I went to a store today, to see them try it themselves, and eventually reactivate it. After seeing my problem was the same as the last, They decided to order a new/refurb phone. If this doesn't work out I plan on going back to my Evo 4G or just dropping my line on Sprint.
Well last night the modem died completely, this is some bull****. Can't connect to any sprint towers, makes me wish I still had my old phone. With 3 lines I just cant spend that much money to leave sprint.
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I completely understand the cost of leaving sprint. I'm in the same boat with three lines as well. I have read up that in many cases an etf can be waived by returning the phone.
I am currently waiting for a new nexus to get shipped out here. If this third one doesn't hold up I'm going to have some bickering to do with account services. The other two lines are only experiencing dropped calls every few minutes and after talking with several reps, there is ongoing maintenance in my area.
What I want to know is why can't the smsc number be updated. And then why after wiping system and data and then flashing stock, that the smsc still cannot be updated. Something about the smsc cant be updated or there's a read error, corrupted sector, i dunno. I feel like I have exhausted everything I can think and tried everything I can. Not to mention this problem seems relatively isolated.
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OK I tried my hand at flashing my Epic 4g touch to boost from sprint. I been at it non stop for like a week. I had gotten to the poit where I could at least make calls on the device.
Then, trying to get everything working I broke the service.
I am getting an error 16 when I try to make calls.
I think I did it but I am not sure.
I used this code ##3282# that took me to the DATA Menu
Then I clicked Edit and put my MSL code in I edited the values in the HA and AAA fields from inside this menu and I think that broke it.
Attempting to fix what I broke ##scrtn# the phone and tried to start from scratch
Still getting error 16 code.
I thought I learned alot in this long hard process of trying to flash a phone but I realise I learned just enough to be stupid.
But anyway I am seriously wondering if anyone with alot of know how can help me trouble shoot exactly what I broke and how to remedy it if at all possible.
I realize that most folk around here are real busy and that theres tons of people asking for something and if no one has the time or patience to help that I understand as well. But if some good soul could find it in their heart to help me out I would be so eternally grateful.
Forgive me in advanced if this wasnt posted in the right section but i havent slept in days trying to do this.
My email are [email protected] and again I thank you whoever can come to my aide.