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I just flashed my phone to OMJ's custom Verizon, now I have lost all service. Any advise on what settings I am missing?
Or is this a call into Verizon to do something? If so what do I say?
Thanks,
Scott
well hopefully when you updated the radio with a different rom you didn't let the customizations run.
if you did everything correctly you may just need to activate a different phone on your plan, get all your services working on that phone, then reactivate your xv6900, do the *228, remove battery thing and hopefully that'll work for you
No did not let the customizations run. It all went smooth. I did find this message....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=416908&highlight=verizon
So I am calling Verizon....
Is there a way to not have to call Verizon? Will this happen with EVERY flashed ROM? Or is it only when you unlock with IMcoke's utility?
What a PITA!
Scott
Well, I hope this thread can help others...
I did have to call Verizon to reset. Now the gal who answered did sound cute, but it took 20 minutes of her reading her scripts until she escalated me to 2nd level support.
10 minutes there and they did the A-Key update....
So all is working..
But more importantly, what causes this? Will it happen with every ROM or just the first you flash?
Regards,
ST
I know I have to call in every time I Master Reset my stock XV6900 so I imagine it's the same issue with a new flash as well. Something about this phone makes them manually update it on their end I guess.
You should only need to do this if you update the Radio. But, I've flashed two radios to date, and only on the first did I need to call VZW. I've flashed quite a few ROMs and had to call maybe twice.
Scott_T said:
Well, I hope this thread can help others...
I did have to call Verizon to reset. Now the gal who answered did sound cute, but it took 20 minutes of her reading her scripts until she escalated me to 2nd level support.
10 minutes there and they did the A-Key update....
So all is working..
But more importantly, what causes this? Will it happen with every ROM or just the first you flash?
Regards,
ST
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I helped a buddy upgrade his Verizon XV6900 radio to the sprint radio. We ran into all kinds of problems with his phone. No internet, phone searched for thirty minutes and when it got a signal would sometimes randomly shut off. We fixed everything by logging onto the Verizon website and activating one of his old phones. We took the battery out of the touch before hand because two signals equal no good. We activated his old phone for about ten minutes and then reactivated his touch. Everything worked fine afterward. He had a new akey and I believe his dmu keys were reset. Hope this helps, but activating an old phone on the verizon website is a bit of a pain.
Thanks for the info everyone...
Hope this helps someone else out.
Scott
woodicw said:
well hopefully when you updated the radio with a different rom you didn't let the customizations run.
if you did everything correctly you may just need to activate a different phone on your plan, get all your services working on that phone, then reactivate your xv6900, do the *228, remove battery thing and hopefully that'll work for you
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um.... what if I did let the customization run? after I used the Sprint Radio Upgrade. Does the phone now think it's a Sprint phone? It won't even let me do the *228 anymore. Someone mentioned having success using a radiorefurbish.exe? does that make sense?
Thanks!
I'm no pro, but re-flash, and make sure to soft reset before the customizations. Not a big deal.
Scott
I have the same problem with internet. I too accidentally let the first flash run customization. I then re flashed the phone with a bunch of different roms and still cant get internet working, nor *228. I can still make phone calls just no internet. Can someone recommend with a link a good rom for verizons xv6900 that would solve this problem?
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I have the same problem with internet. I too accidentally let the first flash run customization. I then re flashed the phone with a bunch of different roms and still cant get internet working, nor *228. I can still make phone calls just no internet. Can someone recommend with a link a good rom for verizons xv6900 that would solve this problem?
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The ROM & what exactly the error is.
Well the first rom was the oem sprint rom. I did this mostly for the gps function. The error is when i try to use data it says its dialing #777 then after about a min or 2 its says it could not connect. Ive tried entering my username and pass as someone suggested, but i actually never had one there before so I didn't see how that was going to help. Needless to say it didnt. I also have a problem when i try to use *228 to update my phone. It says it failed. Im mostly concerned with internet atm. By the way i really appreciate your fast reply!
I also ran the verizon carrier cab as was recommended in some posts but no dice there either.
TheBigBentley said:
Well the first rom was the oem sprint rom. I did this mostly for the gps function. The error is when i try to use data it says its dialing #777 then after about a min or 2 its says it could not connect. Ive tried entering my username and pass as someone suggested, but i actually never had one there before so I didn't see how that was going to help. Needless to say it didnt. I also have a problem when i try to use *228 to update my phone. It says it failed. Im mostly concerned with internet atm. By the way i really appreciate your fast reply!
I also ran the verizon carrier cab as was recommended in some posts but no dice there either.
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First, if you haven't done it yet, enter the username and password. After you flash a new ROM, the fields are blank, but the internet will work, but at some point, it will start to fail becuase of it being blank.
If that doesn't solve it, I suggest flashing a new Radio and ROM, I personally suggest using one from OMJ. I'm currently using his 3.09 Clean ROM, and it runs smooth. And after using the aGPS hack, something you can do after you resolve this, I get a faster GPS lock inside my home or office, than someone with an in-car model.
which radio do you suggest Ive tried 3.42.30 and 3.42.50 both give me same problame. Im flashing omj's 3.03.01 clean as I type this.
I'm using 3.42.50 right now, and so far it works great.
ok so then I have both radio and rom installed and still no data. any further suggestion? Is there anyway of restoring verizon data setting to original defaults? I think the sprint rom must have changed something specific to the data settings. Ive tried everything to revert them back with no luck
What's the link to the ROM that you originally flashed and run the cusomizations.
http://www.smartphonejunkie.com/showthread.php?t=169263
Filename
RUU_PPST_Vogue_SPRINT_WWE_3.03.651.4_2_Radio_3.42.30_AM_NV_2.04_Ship
Well, I just browsed through the thread at PPCGeeks, I saw you just asked there too, but this is the best thing I've found:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.php?p=265704&postcount=360
So, i rooted my phone today, bricked it a couple times, then fixed it(this doesnt matter)
Ok, so i was really excited to get this rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=864445
(I got the trinity, NOTthe Frozen one)
Long story:
So, I install the rom on my phone, no problems...but it seems I'm missing something and I've looked everywhere because i can't sign into Gmail, even with WiFi...Then again, I have no service...3g, or 4g, or for calling. Absolutely no bars in one of the strongest areas of my house. I'm thinking I'm missing some type of modem... I cant find it, I think i found it previously but from a different website, and they didn't even give instructions. Please help me because this is an awesome rom and I don't want to go back to stock rom.
Short story:
-no service, or data service, either.
-Missing some type of "modem" to enable data
-Airplane mode wont turn off. When clicked, it keeps going on and off. Please help!
Thanks in advance.
Not sure if this helps but I was getting major signal drop on 4g. Come to think of it 3g too. I don't think you are missing anything if it boots up and opens. Sometimes devs make tweaks internally that may not be known to us. I know when signal is constantly searching you get major battery drain
UFE (Unidentified Flying Epic)
Well, at least it's not just me.
For me the only way I've found that reliable works is to Odin back to DI18 and start from scratch.
Unfortunately, I basically can't touch CWM afterwards, because doing anything in it seems to bring the bug back.
Hopefully there's a fix out there for those of us that are continually plagued by this rather bizarre issue.
Seems rather strange that reflashing the modem with Odin doesn't even do the trick.
Just to.let u know you said you bricked your phone a few times. If you brick a phone it doesn't come back. You can't brick a phone a couple times. To answer your question sounds lime you need to reflash the.modem. go into.settings and about phone and see what your baseband version is. It should the same as the software you are on. If you are on dk28 then it should be dk28. Also I would upgrade to eb13 since dk28 is ikd school now and to many bugs that were not fixed. Just my 2 cents. Good luck
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Hello all, Im brand new to the forums and just recently was shown the wonders of rooting and messing with my phone by a coworker. I am amazed to see all the stuff this thing can do that Tmobile didnt bother doing for me! I recently went from CM6 to CM7 then upgraded to RC2 and somewhere in there I lost GPS all together and Gmail stopped sending my emails. No matter what I do GPS will not work. It shows that it is on everywhere I look for not in the status bar. I can find my location using wireless but its not nearly accurate enough for me. I read somewhere on the forums that uploading to the newest radio will help the GPS but the link it gave me showed it being posted in mid January and I figured there had to be something newer than that . I am also uninstalling and reinstalling Gmail to see if that solves my problems with it now and I will edit this if that changes. Ive read a few places where people were talking about getting an FM radio on the MT3G and most of the time it was said that it is not possible, it isnt right? Any info or advice you pros can give me will be greatly appreciated by this noob! Thanks guys!
EDIT: Looks like I should have taken my own advice and reloaded Gmail before asking about it, I can now send emails!
As for your GPS, once you get the newest radio flashed, go out door to a place with clear sky (as in no buildings hovering over your head). I thought my GPS didn't work either, then I stepped out and turned it on. Bam. Works perfectly fine.
MNstan87 said:
Ive read a few places where people were talking about getting an FM radio on the MT3G and most of the time it was said that it is not possible, it isnt right? Any info or advice you pros can give me will be greatly appreciated by this noob! Thanks guys!
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download TuneIn from market
I got the radio downloaded and I finally have GPS!! I had read about downloading the newest radio before but the only one I saw was from January and I was hoping to find a newer one or a different fix. The only issue I have with the GPS now is the blue arrow that shows your position keeps going sideways :-/, another issue to research. As far as the FM radio goes, Ive see apps like that before but the reason I asked about an FM radio was to pick up the broadcasts from the TV's at the gym. Thanks for the post though.
Yea,my gps takes long to lock on outside,then when I'm driving or stopped at a red light it always reroutes,when I'm moving the arrow goes sideways and moves along so I can't really know where I'm going might a bug or sumthang.
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Anybody figure out the problem with the navigation? I've got the same problem with the blue arrow being all funky. Makes google maps unusable.
Anybody else also know why this CM7 RC4 is killing my battery life?
I just updated my radio to the newest one and it's still got the same problem.
I did the radio too but Im still having problems. Im on nightly 36 now, but Ive tried 33 and RC1-4 without any luck. I heard someone say 32 works but ive also heard people say all of them works for them so im not sure.
my google maps gps is pointing to the wrong direction too. And get a long time to pinpoint my location.
cm7 and newest radio installed.
The guy who introduced me to all of this rooting stuff suggested I do a backup through titanium and then a full wipe before reinstalling CM7. I' not comfortable enough with all this yet to do it on my own so I have to wait until I work with him again. Mybe someone with more experience (or atleast confidence haha) would want to give this a shot and let us all know? I feel like it could work because there are so few of us having this problem and those that aren't have nothing different (in hardware or software) from the rest of us, so a wipe and reinstall could work...right??
MNstan87 said:
The guy who introduced me to all of this rooting stuff suggested I do a backup through titanium and then a full wipe before reinstalling CM7. I' not comfortable enough with all this yet to do it on my own so I have to wait until I work with him again. Mybe someone with more experience (or atleast confidence haha) would want to give this a shot and let us all know? I feel like it could work because there are so few of us having this problem and those that aren't have nothing different (in hardware or software) from the rest of us, so a wipe and reinstall could work...right??
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Every time i have an issue with a ROM, i always full wipe and reflash and then restore my necessary apps through Titanium. It usually does the trick.
Full wipe involves data/factory reset, cache partition, and dalvik cache, all in cwm recovery menu correct? Is there anything else that needs to be wiped before flashing a new rom?
2 Questions, I just flashed the new rooted OTA gingerbread update and it went through flawlessly and is running great.
But it seems now that when i go on my Home PC and view the android market, that it no longer "finds" my phone .. It keeps telling me that there are no Android devices associated with my account.. I definitely logged into my google account when after i flashed the new update as my market is working all all my contacts were restored... anyone else have this issue or know how to fix it?
and my other question is
How vitally important is it for me to flash the NEW RADIO that came out with this new gingerbread release? From what i've read flashing a radio can (though very rarely) cause you to lose your WiMax keys or cause alot of problems in general, and my phone seems to be running awesome right now... what exactly do i gain with this new radio update? just a possible better phone connection?
Possible being the key word....
if everything is good, then don't mess with it. What's the old saying, Don't Fix it, if it ain't broke?
I haven't run into your market issue personally, but there's a "don't see your android device?" link on the market site that takes you to this: https://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=1141080
No idea how helpful it'll be, but who knows.
As for the radios, they're not vital at all. I flashed the latest for myself because I'm pretty comfortable with it, but it's not gonna break anything if you don't.
Hello all.
First time poster. You guys got a great site here, you do great work. I need some help....
First, I'll tell you what I'm working with...
HTC EVO 4G
CM 7.2 Rom
anom ra recovery 4.3 smelkus by team dirt (before I started experimenting I had clockworkmod 5.0.2.2 recovery, but will stick with amon ra now)
HBoot-2.18.0001
Radio-2.15.00.12.19
What I've been trying to do is flash the new radio. Every road I go down leads to a dead end.
-I've tried going back to the sense rom and accepting the system update, it wouldn't update for me
-I've tried downloading a sense rom and flashing that, it flashed, but offered no firmware updates
-I've tried renaming the radio update file to PC36img,zip and going to the bootloader, but I have that dreaded S-on so it wouldn't take
-I've tried installing from zip in the recovery, that wouldn't work
I've tried several other things over the past couple of days. But, due to being frustrated (sometimes to the point of being close to vomiting), it is all running together right now and is difficult to outline each thing I tried right now.
Most things I've seen say I need S-off to do this. But, then I google the steps involved in getting my s-off, and that seems like such an insane and convoluted process that I think there HAD to be a better way out there. (I don't know why the unrevoked people wont make a product that works with the hboot 2.18.0001, but that's neither here nor there). I've also seen threads referencing relocking and then unlocking the phone again...those are months old. Someone has to have a better way by now.
Basically, I am having a very difficult time wrapping my head around the concept that this can't be done with an S-ON phone either through the recovery or through the ADB. There's got to be a way. What is it I'm missing?
Before anyone asks, here's why i want to do it...
Both me and my wife's phones have radio 2.15.00.12.19. We're constantly getting 1x no matter what we do. A few days ago, I rooted a friend's phone. Same phone, same rom, but I noticed he is getting 3G. I investigated, and he has radio 2.15.00.01.15. Since I would like for me and the wife to have our 3G back, naturally I'd like to get this radio flashed.
I have the new radio and it made zero difference in anything
Getting S-off is not that hard. Just follow directions. My 10 year old nephew can do it.
To be clear, you *must* have S-OFF to flash radios.
You're *sure* your friend has the "same ROM"?
Because the most obvious explanation for your heartburn is that Sprint often *does* drop any given phone (regardless of radio ) down to 1x: CM based ROMs accurately report this, while most stock or stock-based ROMs just ignore it and report "3G" all the time.
Is this really your only reason for switching radios?
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NxNW said:
To be clear, you *must* have S-OFF to flash radios.
You're *sure* your friend has the "same ROM"?
Because the most obvious explanation for your heartburn is that Sprint often *does* drop any given phone (regardless of radio ) down to 1x: CM based ROMs accurately report this, while most stock or stock-based ROMs just ignore it and report "3G" all the time.
Is this really your only reason for switching radios?
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First questions:
Yes, absolutely certain. I even used the same downloaded file to flash his as I did mine and my wife's.
Your second paragraph...yeah, I've been reading that. But, I'm thinking that "You can't win if you don't play" and I have to try something.
And, yes, this is my only reason for wanting to switch radios.
PlatinumPenguin said:
Getting S-off is not that hard. Just follow directions. My 10 year old nephew can do it.
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Your 10 year old nephew has probably had more success than I have finding a walkthrough that didn't contain one more more dead links to needed files. So far, I have not been as fortunate.
xflbret said:
Your 10 year old nephew has probably had more success than I have finding a walkthrough that didn't contain one more more dead links to needed files. So far, I have not been as fortunate.
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Search "HOW to root hboot 2.18.0001 + S-OFF"
Look here: http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...-18-HBOOT-with-HTCDev-com-No-More-Watermark!-)
Captain Throwback lays it out pretty well.
The advice is free....the bandwidth, not so much
Well, thank you for MOST of the responses.
I did what I didn't want to do here...I finally had some luck finding an S-OFF tutorial that didn't contain dead links. The links were mostly to outdated files, but I did the best I could with it. Now my phone has S-OFF
And, just as with HipKat, flashing the radio didn't make any difference at all.
Because the most obvious explanation for your heartburn is that Sprint often *does* drop any given phone (regardless of radio ) down to 1x: CM based ROMs accurately report this, while most stock or stock-based ROMs just ignore it and report "3G" all the time.
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Yeah, I'm starting to think this way, too.
xflbret said:
Well, thank you for MOST of the responses.
I did what I didn't want to do here...I finally had some luck finding an S-OFF tutorial that didn't contain dead links. The links were mostly to outdated files, but I did the best I could with it. Now my phone has S-OFF
And, just as with HipKat, flashing the radio didn't make any difference at all.
Yeah, I'm starting to think this way, too.
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If I'm not mistaken, there's a way to change your network priority settings.
For instance, If you're on Boost Mobile, Sprint has a lower priority for these devices to maintain a better service for its higher paying Sprint customers.
I've never changed these network settings myself, so some one else might help you if this is your issue.
xflbret said:
Well, thank you for MOST of the responses.
I did what I didn't want to do here...I finally had some luck finding an S-OFF tutorial that didn't contain dead links. The links were mostly to outdated files, but I did the best I could with it. Now my phone has S-OFF
And, just as with HipKat, flashing the radio didn't make any difference at all.
Yeah, I'm starting to think this way, too.
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Hey, other thing to consider is that Sprint is upgrading the network in your area. My experience in the las 6 weeks was that during the day on monday thru friday the data signal was awful, switching from 3G to 1XX and sometimes all day in 1XX. Check if there's a pattern when you have no data or is bad.
Now I have awesome data speeds even in 3G, I mean, in PR standards
Cheers
unfortunately, it has been constant 1x since I flashed the roms (CM7.2 for both of ours, several roms on mine alone but I'm back to CM7.2 now).
My wife has observed that she doesn't notice a difference, positive or negative, with her data speeds. I have to say that I have observed the same. I am really starting to believe that Sprint has deliberately mislead us with their 3g icon in the stock rom. If this is indeed true, isn't this like...you know...a crime or something?
you're on a Sprint PRL right? (I've noticed whenever I force CM to roam on "affiliated networks" all my data is 1x)
Sprint should give you 3G at least sometimes, CM or not. Have you observed this outside of your usual home area?
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you're on a Sprint PRL right? (I've noticed whenever I force CM to roam on "affiliated networks" all my data is 1x)
Sprint should give you 3G at least sometimes, CM or not. Have you observed this outside of your usual home area?
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If by "home area" you're referring to geography, since I've flashed my rom I haven't left town really. Just work, home, and the usual errands. If you're referring to Sprint vs. Competitors...I don't know. My network system select was on home only. I have now set it to automatic. I'll toggle airplane mode and see how that does, I guess.
Maybe this is one of those occasions where updating your PRL and profile would be useful?
(Just to remind, this can only be done from a Sense ROM, so you may want an expert to chime in before you spend any time making a nandroid, flashing (or nandroiding back to) a Sense ROM, doing the update, and restoring back to CM)
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NxNW said:
Maybe this is one of those occasions where updating your PRL and profile would be useful?
(Just to remind, this can only be done from a Sense ROM, so you may want an expert to chime in before you spend any time making a nandroid, flashing (or nandroiding back to) a Sense ROM, doing the update, and restoring back to CM)
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tried it. About four days ago (give or take a day) I flashed back to my rooted stock rom. I attempted to update it. It would download, but on the reboot it would hang and give me a picture of the green little android guy standing next to a big triangle with an exclamation point in it. I googled and googled and googled, but could not find an answer as to why. I reattempted that about three times, same result each time.
So, I downloaded a stock rom (rooted) and updated the PRL successfully, profile successfully, tried to update firmware but told there was none, and I didn't try update the rom itself of course. Of course the sense rom told me I had 3g, but when I flashed back to CM7.2, same thing...the 1x.
That android with the red triangle typically means your recovery has been deleted.