[Q] 3G issues - Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have serious 3G connectivity issue (using unlocked T-MO). Has an unofficial fix been released for this yet?
I read about Google basically giving up on the phone and I'm almost in the same boat. Touch screen goes crazy on me all the time and now I'm hearing my power button is doomed to fail?

Make sure your radio is updated i suppose,i get great 3g coverage but I'm on att and my power button is aok and I've had it since day 1

How do I update the radio?
And will get 3G if I took my unlocked phone to AT & T or what would I reduced to edge only?

Here's the latest radio--http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/files/category/2-nexus-one/ third one down. Flash thru recovery--back up first--assuming your rooted. You can brick your phone doing this, be careful. Not usually an issue now that the radios are in zip form. Just check md5. Not sure it will help. N1 signal strength sucks. I am about to start a thread on my issue with it.
If you have a TMobile phone, it won't work with 3g on AT&T. Different frequencies.
Ken

A big help is to avoid covering the back lower part of the phone since the antenna is located in the very bottom back. The signal is very sensitive to The hand.

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Lose signal and doesn't come back ?

Often times I have noticed with my Tilt that I will lose the signal (simply by hitting a dead spot in the service), and it will not come back until I do a soft reset. First, it shows the indicator that it is looking for a signal, but after about 10 seconds it switches to an indicator with an exclamation point, showing no signal. It never regains a signal after that. Once we get to a place where I know AT&T service works, I will check my wife's phone at that very moment, and she has full signal. We're both on AT&T btw. I know it's not the service, cause her phone never does this. If she hits a dead spot, as soon as we're out of it her phone picks service right back up. I have the stock AT&T ROM that shipped with my Tilt.
Anyone have any ideas why it quits looking for a signal after it loses it?
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Often times I have noticed with my Tilt that I will lose the signal (simply by hitting a dead spot in the service), and it will not come back until I do a soft reset. First, it shows the indicator that it is looking for a signal, but after about 10 seconds it switches to an indicator with an exclamation point, showing no signal. It never regains a signal after that. Once we get to a place where I know AT&T service works, I will check my wife's phone at that very moment, and she has full signal. We're both on AT&T btw. I know it's not the service, cause her phone never does this. If she hits a dead spot, as soon as we're out of it her phone picks service right back up. I have the stock AT&T ROM that shipped with my Tilt.
Anyone have any ideas why it quits looking for a signal after it loses it?
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Ive noticed the same thing.
Not sure of why this happens, but did find an easier work-around than soft reset.
If you go into your phone options, under the Network tab, you can manually tell the phone to search for the network.
I've also had that problem.
I'm not sure wich fix is faster, but using the Wireless Manager to turn the phone off and then back on also takes care of the problem.
hey, i also have that problem.. i'm using a tilt with one of dutythroys roms, with the new .17 radio.. thought maybe that was the problem cuz i never really noticed it with the .11 radio. btw, you dont need to soft reset, just give it a minute or two and it'll come back
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I noticed that after messing with KaiserTweak and enabling HSDPA. I live in Minneapolis where HSDPA is now enabled. However, I frequently travel west towards Alexandria, and once I leave the metro area, no HSDPA. If I don't go into the comm manager and disable 3G, I have no phone service at all. Once I disable 3G, I regain phone service.
Ok good, so I'm not the only one.
Thanks for the tip about turning the phone on and off in wireless manager, rather than doing a soft reset. That is, indeed quicker. However, we shouldn't have to do that at all.
I've noticed this a lot when driving home from work. I'm thinking that it's probably because at work I'm in a 3G area, and on the way home I lose it. Is there anyway to disable 3G altogether? Or does anyone know of a tweak that will keep the phone continuously searching before it gives up?
I have that same problem with my TILT, but I also had it with the 5150. It's been around for a while.
Bump again. C'mon people - you gotta give us something. Is no one else having this problem?
For the record, I didn't have this problem with the stock HTC ROM on a different phone.
Having this problem sometimes on a T-Mobile Vario 3, although mine seems to not recognise the sim card after it looses signal. I had thought it related to the phone being cold...
I have the same problems but only with 3G on. When I select GSM only no problems at all. I updated to .17 and wonder whether that's the problem since I don't recall any issues with .11
Thank the lord I thought it was just me. I made a thread about my blue tooth causing it but I realized it is my drive home that does it. I hit an area with no 3G and it goes out.
I have the 10 button comm manager installed and was wondering if that was the culprit. It is weird because EDGE will switch to GSM OR GPRS (not sure the correct name) when 3G is off but 3G will not switch to the others. Does anyone without the 10 button wireless manager have this issue.
Had similiar issues while traveling in certain parts of southern China. Try upgrading the radio from ver. 1.27.12.11 to 1.27.12.17. Follow this link for more info...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=349528
I am redoing the phone back to the stock condition of how it arrived. I will tell you if it goes back to normal for me.
I will update you tomorrow becuase it is a certain part of downtown Houston that cuases it to go out .
I put the original OS/ROM I am not sure what you call it. For the first time in a long time it switched from 3G to EDGE. I wonder how many of us complaining have the 3G ten button communication manager. I will let you all know more tomorrow after my drive home from work.
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I am redoing the phone back to the stock condition of how it arrived. I will tell you if it goes back to normal for me.
I will update you tomorrow because it is a certain part of downtown Houston that causes it to go out .
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Did you see this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=344273
can everyone who has this problem start posting their Radio Versions ... please
I used to have this problem with the Tmobile SDA (at that time it was driving people nutts) and that phone did not even have 3G. I did experience the same problem with Tilt (on tmo sim) Radio Version .11, and since tmo usa does not have 3G anyways, I just changed my phone band to GSM and the problem does not exist anymore.
Radio 1.27.12.11
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in German o2 and T-Mobile network, problem persists after repair trial of HTC.
So 24 hours after redoing the phone back to its original state the 3g problem is gone. I watched it switch from 3G to edge to G all in 24 hours. I will keep you posted if it stays this way.
So basically the big change I had was removing the 10 button comm manager.
I was having a problem that I think is similar, or the same. When I travel from Edge to G my phone will ring and it indicates "connected" but I can't hear the person and they can't hear me. I soft-reset and the phone works again, until I travel back from G to Edge. I ended up reflashing to the original HTC Shipped ROM and I am waiting to see the results.
I am not sure of my radio version when it was flaky. I am using 1.27.12.11 now.
I've noticed the problem described in the original post maybe three times since I bought my TyTN II late in September. It's always been when I'm travelling that this happens. Fortunately I've not missed any calls as a result and switching to 'Flight Mode' and back to 'Phone' in Comm Manager (the standard HTC version) works around it for me. All a very standard setup here so I don't think the problem is a result of any customisations (although I do have HSDPA enabled in settings).

H --> 3G --> E --> nothing! help!

So, I've lived in an area with just EDGE and my TyTN II for a year now without probs. I've changed the ROMs after using HardSPL from Olipro, etc. without probs. I went over the weekend to Ft. Lauderdale, which is a 3G area, and my phone went crazy. It first shows an H with full strength... then when I try to make a call, it either won't connect or the signal goes completely dead. Other times if I just watch it, it will switch between H, 3G, E, and even G. Sometimes it'll even lose the signal altogether. What is going on?!? I've tried different radios (1.65.20.29 with WM6.1, 1.27.12.11 WM6.0, etc.) and they all do the same thing.
Interestingly, if I go to phone settings and change my band detection things from Auto to GSM and the data to 4 U.S. GSM frequencies, it goes right to Edge and all phone calls go through fine (but now I don't have 3G/H data)
Any ideas guys?
Funny, I have the opposite problem. Live in 3G. Two months ago I went to an area that doesn't have 3g. The G icon popped on my phone for the first time ever. It switched betweeen E and G constantly. The phone dropped calls constantly. The problem followed me home. The G pops up at my house now. I am still having the drop calls. There is a thread on here about this. Unfortunately, I have not found a solution. I have been calling ATT about it. I had to keep calling to get them to check it out. They say it some software issue with their towers. Don't know but I get $50 credit and 1000 rollover minutes from them
After you flash your ROM you should always do a master reset to ensure you don't run into any problems. Did you flash your ROM with the SIM card in the phone? They say you should take it out of the phone when Flashing.
yeah, i've been flashing all along with the SIM without issue... but of course, I've never gone to a 3G area with the phone until now. Outside of 3G areas, I don't have the problem... I called and asked about any issues in Ft. Lauderdale, and AT&T said there weren't any network issues and to bring in the phone........ of course I have an unlocked TyTN II (not a Tilt) bought from a retailer here (its original CID is DOPOD something), so they wouldn't be helping me much if I brought it in.... argh...
Same problem with my device
I have a stock Kaiser 130 series (T-Mobile Vario III) and the same issue (H->3G->E->Nothing) happened to me after doing a lot of roaming (China, Japan, USA, Europe, ...). First I also thought that this might be a SW issue but no reset, flash, etc. could fix it. These symptoms are also described in a lot of other forums (Google helps ) and the verdict: bring the phone back to the dealer.
In my case: T-Mobile already knew about this problem with the Kaiser and exchanged the motherboard of the phone during warranty....
I'm not sure if this is helpful to you - at least it might save you some time fiddling around...
Yes, this is due to a radio hardware problem in early units, that chimes in after a few months. Mine is at the service center for the same issue right now. No other solution. There are already several threads about that.
kilrah said:
Yes, this is due to a radio hardware problem in early units, that chimes in after a few months. Mine is at the service center for the same issue right now. No other solution. There are already several threads about that.
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Same issue here, WCDMA is broken ("no service" when locking to WCDMA, GSM only when using Auto). It was intermittent for a while but now has kicked in as a full-time UMTS/WCDMA failure. It also cost me $150 in excess data charges as the disconnect/reconnect caused some apps to relogin overnight
It does look like a RMA is the only solution, I'll post if there's another way - I'm going to try debugging the RIL (Radio Interface Layer) to see if I can get any more info out of it.
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Voice and 2G/3G connection every now and then falls away.

Voice and 2G/3G connection every now and then falls away.
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I have the following problem.
Hi I have a plan with extra fast with endless online. But every now and then suddenly falls away and my connection voice and 2G/3G can I just restore it in airplane mode to turn back and pick up.
Are there more people with same problem? I have an G1. The SIM card only 8 weeks old.
I like to hear from you.
I have experienced this before also.
Happens to me fairly often too.
Exactly just had this happen to me today while in the grocery store. Rebooted and it was back, but still weird.
I actually used to have that problem too, where data just went away. Rebooting worked, but then one day a reboot didn't work, next day I got 3g. Then I decided to go to hero roms and haven't had the problem since, so I think that hero does something that fixes the network
Sometimes i go from a 3G to G then ut decides to go to edge.There are even times when it doesnt connect to data at all.
you go in and out of coverage area's and that's what happen's, t-mobile's 3g network isn't as expansive as they'd have you believe, plenty of pockets/holes throughout, even in places where it should be all 3g.
how is this post not moved/deleted/flamed yet for being in the dev's section :-D
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you go in and out of coverage area's and that's what happen's, t-mobile's 3g network isn't as expansive as they'd have you believe, plenty of pockets/holes throughout, even in places where it should be all 3g.
how is this post not moved/deleted/flamed yet for being in the dev's section :-D
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Yeah, but I mean that I would have data then it would turn off and it would turn back on in the same place after a reboot.
And I think most of us just finally gave up on keeping questions out of the development sections, it is a lost cause. At least for me it is
Well yes staying on tmo might as well be a lost cause...i struggle to stay on 3G and even on data period, i doubt verizon or sprint would give me these troubles...
It's not a coverage problem, It can happen at the top floor of my school where usually I would have full bars, and as said it's fixed by switching into Airplane mode and then back to normal mode.
I think it happens when it's in my pocket and the coverage strength goes up and down a lot, maybe it gets a bit confused lol (Although it didn't happen on the stock firmware, running Cyanogen 4.2.7.1)
Its not only T-mobile, I too have that problem that too being in India on Airtel Also had these problems at National Roaming... Means When I was Out of local Network too... So its not the Problem of Coverage...
There's an open bug for this particular problem
Cf:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2845
I've had this problem since day one on my G1, it doesn't matter what ROM I'm running, it even did it with the stock ROM.
It seems Android isn't so great at reconnecting you to the network once you've lost signal. Ideally you need a process running in the background to reconnect you - think 'No Signal Alert' in the market with an option to scan for networks then reconnect you.
I've got a shortcut on one of my home screens to the network operators scan page as I have to do this most days
Good old T-Mobile coverage..
Well with the rumors of Sprint and T-Mobile merging hopefully they will band together and give us better coverage. 3G and or 4G all day and all night would be HUGE!!!
If any big CEO's is reading this from either of these companies, PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN!!
legend221 said:
Well with the rumors of Sprint and T-Mobile merging hopefully they will band together and give us better coverage. 3G and or 4G all day and all night would be HUGE!!!
If any big CEO's is reading this from either of these companies, PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN!!
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HA Ha Ha Ha............ NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!!!!!
We would never ever take that network over....Ours maybe spotty but we WILL have the fastest 3G Network................4G is a joke...if you look at the fine print 4G is their goal but isn't even possible yet....DT (t-moble Mother company) over seas was looking into buying sprint but they're in way too much debt....issues from this post sounds like simcard or issues with the IHLR (our backdoor) so call t-mobile to make sure it cannot be fix on our end or... it can be a bad radio download or flash...I have 1 bar on 3G and 2 on edge but i have never had the issues stated in this post so coverage is not it!!! hope this helps!
I also have issues with signal being dropped or getting hung. My G1 will be sitting in the same place for an hour or longer and sometimes it just stops transfering data. I'll check it by going to the market and it can take a few min before anything happens. Sometimes when I download an app from the market it will take up to 5 or 10 min to see anything transfer. I haven't noticed any issues with taking or making calls but data transfers are touch and go. Now sometimes I won't have a problem all day then the next day...in the same spot with great coverage....data transfers just seem to be sketchy. I don't know if it's t-mobile or the roms but something is quirky.
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I also have issues with signal being dropped or getting hung. My G1 will be sitting in the same place for an hour or longer and sometimes it just stops transfering data. I'll check it by going to the market and it can take a few min before anything happens. Sometimes when I download an app from the market it will take up to 5 or 10 min to see anything transfer. I haven't noticed any issues with taking or making calls but data transfers are touch and go. Now sometimes I won't have a problem all day then the next day...in the same spot with great coverage....data transfers just seem to be sketchy. I don't know if it's t-mobile or the roms but something is quirky.
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Actually i have seen that happening with the market too but only with a theme added to the rom...must be something with background data transfers and the theme using too much memory....but is not an issue at all on non rooted phones....i checked at work!!!
curious
Not to get off the subject but to the t-mobile guy I want to know how did u get the job with them? I applied a few times but got no response.
bryanpen said:
Not to get off the subject but to the t-mobile guy I want to know how did u get the job with them? I applied a few times but got no response.
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tmobile experiences?

Since apparently people can get this phone working on tmobile.. I was just wondering what your experiences were.. does it work easily/effortlessly? (I would likely use reseller lycamobile) and sometimes use Verizon reseller page plus
theemaster said:
Since apparently people can get this phone working on tmobile.. I was just wondering what your experiences were.. does it work easily/effortlessly? (I would likely use reseller lycamobile) and sometimes use Verizon reseller page plus
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I am not sure what you mean by "easily/efortlessly". It takes a bit of work and patience to root and modify the phone. Once modified, the phone is usually back at the new phone state, so you have to reinstall all of your apps and some of the setting. If you install the wrong settings, it messes up the phone, so it is best to only use Titanium Backup to reinstall the downloaded apps and the update and restart the preinstalled software. I was not able to use Titanium to reinstall my text messages, but it did restore my WiFi passwords.
Once the sim card is installed and running, I get an occasional "toast" message about a UI error, but none of my apps seem to be shutting down when that happens so I just ignore it (I think I may have missed a step that fixes that). Some apps are no longer available because they were tied to Verizon Service (Smart Actions had trouble so I left it off).
I seldom get more than 2 bars of HSPA signal. However, that gets me about 7 MB/s download when I am stationary (about a good as my home network on a cable modem and about 1/2 the speed of Verzon LTE) but the power consumption is much lower. I can expect my extended battery to only use 30% by the end of work vs. 40-45% with LTE active (both on WiFi). Off of WiFi I get just over 50% longer life than I did on LTE.
I have no issues hearing or being heard on a call. I get signal almost everywhere I did with Verizon in the Metro Indianapolis area, but I seldom have a good Data signal on I-65 between Indianapolis and Gary (voice works).
I hope that covers the questions you had in mind!
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I am not sure what you mean by "easily/efortlessly". It takes a bit of work and patience to root and modify the phone. Once modified, the phone is usually back at the new phone state, so you have to reinstall all of your apps and some of the setting. If you install the wrong settings, it messes up the phone, so it is best to only use Titanium Backup to reinstall the downloaded apps and the update and restart the preinstalled software. I was not able to use Titanium to reinstall my text messages, but it did restore my WiFi passwords.
Once the sim card is installed and running, I get an occasional "toast" message about a UI error, but none of my apps seem to be shutting down when that happens so I just ignore it (I think I may have missed a step that fixes that). Some apps are no longer available because they were tied to Verizon Service (Smart Actions had trouble so I left it off).
I seldom get more than 2 bars of HSPA signal. However, that gets me about 7 MB/s download when I am stationary (about a good as my home network on a cable modem and about 1/2 the speed of Verzon LTE) but the power consumption is much lower. I can expect my extended battery to only use 30% by the end of work vs. 40-45% with LTE active (both on WiFi). Off of WiFi I get just over 50% longer life than I did on LTE.
I have no issues hearing or being heard on a call. I get signal almost everywhere I did with Verizon in the Metro Indianapolis area, but I seldom have a good Data signal on I-65 between Indianapolis and Gary (voice works).
I hope that covers the questions you had in mind!
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I take it after you do all this.. you can't just flip the phone back onto verizion.. after running say "tmobile" (you have to re-rom the phone or something right?)
I also assume you can switch to AT&T though without much trouble?
Does the phone have a external antenna port.. I would assume "no" ?
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I take it after you do all this.. you can't just flip the phone back onto verizion.. after running say "tmobile" (you have to re-rom the phone or something right?)
I also assume you can switch to AT&T though without much trouble?
Does the phone have a external antenna port.. I would assume "no" ?
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It is not so much "re-rom" as you have to wipe the data cache clean, which means all or your apps and messages are erased.
I have not tried switching between t-mobile and AT&T (I don't have an active AT&T SIM card) but I don't think that will be a problem. The boot looping is caused when you change the settings in the build.prop file and you would not need to do that when switching between GSM carriers.
I can't remember if the Bionic has an external antenna port (my wife has one, and my daughter the other - I am on an old iPhone 3GS until I replace somebody's handset).
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I can't remember if the Bionic has an external antenna port (my wife has one, and my daughter the other - I am on an old iPhone 3GS until I replace somebody's handset).
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There is an antenna connector or the phone. Pull the back off and it is visible between the battery and the lower microphone.

How do you fix Not Registered On Network?

So as of saturday my unlocked TMobile Note 4 stopped working as a phone, and won't let me make calls.
Information:
-Was on Dr. Ketan L3 version of his rom when it stopped working
-Using the N910T on AT&T
-IMEI is fine and not damaged, both numbers match (using *#06#)
-It shows bars, but when I go to make a call "Not Registered On Network"
What I've Done:
-Flashed Stock Firmware via Odin (Autoboot, and F.Time Rest checked)
-Factory Reset after odin flash
-Checked APN
-Set on LTE/WCDMA/GSM
-Searched for Networks, finds them, but when I choose AT&T it takes forever and then finally kicks me out and then in notifications, I get the "Not Registered to Network"
-Did the remove the battery thing, and removed sim
-Went to AT&T and got a new sim, worked for 1hr (sporadically) and then went back to "Not Registered on Network"
-At the store I was on phone with AT&T tech trying to troubleshoot the problem and that is when it was working shortly
-Called T-Mobile and checked to see if they blocked my IMEI number, nope they didn't, couldn't help me out further than that
-AT&T was showing that it was a Note 4 so not having that coming up as a Blackberry issue that some reported, so that's not it
-*#0011# shows service limited, but it is unlocked and everything is fine, the IMEI is good, and all is well but the limited service
-Put it in Airplane mode and woke it back from there after 5+minutes
-cleaned the connectors on the sim (new sim anyways so shouldn't really need them)
I'm running out of options, the only thing I can think of being the problem is that I might have started out using this phone on COD2, and when I flashed a COG2 firmware it didn't like that and so my phone's account settings didn't fully transfer.
Also I was messing around with the bands settings (*#2263#) what should they be on? Automatic, LTE/GSM only, or what?
Settings should be on automatic. One more thing to try is go for a drive with the phone, at least 5 miles from your house, and see if it does this when connected to other towers. I had this same issue years ago and it turned out to be a malfunctioning tower by my house.
If it still does it on other towers, then it may be hardware-related
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Settings should be on automatic. One more thing to try is go for a drive with the phone, at least 5 miles from your house, and see if it does this when connected to other towers. I had this same issue years ago and it turned out to be a malfunctioning tower by my house.
If it still does it on other towers, then it may be hardware-related
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Thanks, yeah it kicks in randomly for like a minute and then dies, I take it to my parent's house (about 10 miles away) and along the way I get a good signal, but then when I reach their house, back to nothing. I was using it just fine the week prior. I partially blame Dr. Ketan, ever since installing his rom, I had multiple issues. I since uninstalled it and tried going back to stock. Any idea on what a good "safe" band setting is? I have that settings set to automatic, but if there was a good "safe" band that would be great. A common LTE tower. Even when I do connect or get connected, I can't register on that network, my phone won't let me. I've tried that. The bars drop to zero. I damaged my antenna wire (white one) and I just replaced it with a new one I purchased, but the hacked together one seemed to be doing the same quality job as the new one is. It shows the signal, but as soon as you try tying it down to a network it rejects it. I was afraid that when I flashed the stock image via odin it removed the unlock, but it was still there. I just hate that now I have a $500 pda, when it was a phone and now i'm relegated to using a f*ing flip phone.
i think your antenna cable is damaged. the only way to know that is be close to a tower, and see if your work or not.
bought and replaced with new ones, I get full bars, in my bedroom, but apparently they're tied to Tmobile since when I try to register it to AT&T they magically disappear, but when I close the app, they come back at the same strength level. I can't register them to Tmo since the sim. Yet my phone is telling me it's unlocked (*#0011#), IMEI = PASS, 1;
I think the prob is due to the different frequencies.
Your baseband would not be tied to a rom(ie Dr Ketan) Unless that rom contains Modem.bin
Your apn needs to be att if that's your Sim obviously.
International version has a different chipset. .. I know it's not your case. .
But it's open to any Sim. ..
I can say this.. I have a N2 unlocked (tmob) I run an Att Sim it works but the sig is really spotty... COD6/ COG2 may not be lining up frequency wise with your att Sim. ..
Try rolling your baseband back even further. .
Flashvetrin
Any clue on to what i should use for best results? Like 850/1900 or 900/2100? What is a good LTE band? Where could I find a map of LTE bands used by carriers, I know how to get to that secret menu and manually change it to see if I get better results?
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Any clue on to what i should use for best results? Like 850/1900 or 900/2100? What is a good LTE band? Where could I find a map of LTE bands used by carriers, I know how to get to that secret menu and manually change it to see if I get better results?
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Well I would think automatic is out for sure.. the other prob would be after reboot the chipset will search for the default.. but I could be wrong.
I do not know what the numbers would be for band identification.
You may get lucky when calling Att and ask for someone in a higher tier. To give you some numbers for frequincies .
But you have ruled out hardware correct??
By putting a tmob Sim in????
Cuz I know you posted you did antenna work..
And I do know you said you get bars then it fades..
The fact it fades and doesn't lock into even a G band for example. Just leads me to believe the apn can't lock down based on the frequincie and the built in lte chipset...
It would be nice to just flash an att modem wouldn't it?? But don't even think about it.. lol you'll soft brick..
I wish I had a better solid answer you. You may just start testing those different bands and see if you get closer to a lock.
Flashvetrin
U rock, lol. Thx man
My Tricked Out N910P
But what could have happened that made it crap out like that since it was working just fine beforehand for 2 solid months on custom roms and what not? That's the frustrating part, I've been flashing different modems on my phone, but none have been successful. Apparently there are 3 different N910T, how do you know which ones to play with? I flashed N910T(3) bands, that failed, I did try N910A, obviously failed. Then I lost my IMEI number, got terrified, tried reflashing EFS in TWRP, nothing. Then reflashed COG2 bands, it came back. Is there an app on the Playstore that would definitively tell you if your network chip is damaged? I wouldn't know what to look for.
Have you taken apart the Note 4, what are all those contact points, are those antenna things? One of those were damaged, they're like folded metal spring boards with gold tips (same kind of thing that is used to install a qi receiver, same design). I took my tweezer and fixed it, but could that be the culprit, since on the surface, it seems like the network is fine. Works really well in WCDMA, but not much else. I was able to make calls using GSM only, but my signal was 1 bar and the audio quality was questionable, so I left it alone for 10 minutes on that hoping it would force a reconnect. This is frustrating, since I wasted $500 on this phone and not having it work after two months means now I'm back to a featureless phone.
Thanks for your advice thus far. Flashing different modems hasn't been working out well, I just wished I could remember what baseband version the guy had the phone on when I first got it? I thought it was COD6, it was definitely on Lollipop, but if it's a 910T(2) would I know, how would I know?
How do you flash NON_HLOS and modem.bin at the same time in Odin? I know Modem does bands, but what does Non-Hlos do? I thought i read LTE, so if those aren't in sync and on two different versions could that be the issue? I extracted them from the full TAR firmware files.
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But what could have happened that made it crap out like that since it was working just fine beforehand for 2 solid months on custom roms and what not? That's the frustrating part, I've been flashing different modems on my phone, but none have been successful. Apparently there are 3 different N910T, how do you know which ones to play with? I flashed N910T(3) bands, that failed, I did try N910A, obviously failed. Then I lost my IMEI number, got terrified, tried reflashing EFS in TWRP, nothing. Then reflashed COG2 bands, it came back. Is there an app on the Playstore that would definitively tell you if your network chip is damaged? I wouldn't know what to look for.
Have you taken apart the Note 4, what are all those contact points, are those antenna things? One of those were damaged, they're like folded metal spring boards with gold tips (same kind of thing that is used to install a qi receiver, same design). I took my tweezer and fixed it, but could that be the culprit, since on the surface, it seems like the network is fine. Works really well in WCDMA, but not much else. I was able to make calls using GSM only, but my signal was 1 bar and the audio quality was questionable, so I left it alone for 10 minutes on that hoping it would force a reconnect. This is frustrating, since I wasted $500 on this phone and not having it work after two months means now I'm back to a featureless phone.
Thanks for your advice thus far. Flashing different modems hasn't been working out well, I just wished I could remember what baseband version the guy had the phone on when I first got it? I thought it was COD6, it was definitely on Lollipop, but if it's a 910T(2) would I know, how would I know?
How do you flash NON_HLOS and modem.bin at the same time in Odin? I know Modem does bands, but what does Non-Hlos do? I thought i read LTE, so if those aren't in sync and on two different versions could that be the issue? I extracted them from the full TAR firmware files.
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A simple method for COD6
And try odin 3.07
I need to think about this some more and get back to you...
This is a partial firmware.. it consists of the modem and bootloader COD6.
Also to rule out damage if you can get a T Mobile Sim put it in the device and see if it locks down a signal....
Flashvetrin
That was my next move, not having any real income but disability and little coming from that, I thought that was the next logical step too. I'll get a tmobile to go sim and try it see if it can't lock on to that, and see if that doesn't set it on the right path. Have you heard of other people having COG2 issues on AT&T unlocked? Maybe that was the problem, something there broke the connection. I don't know, but whatever it is, I can't thank you enough, you've at least given me more options to try that I couldn't think of on my own. I'll try that file.
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That was my next move, not having any real income but disability and little coming from that, I thought that was the next logical step too. I'll get a tmobile to go sim and try it see if it can't lock on to that, and see if that doesn't set it on the right path. Have you heard of other people having COG2 issues on AT&T unlocked? Maybe that was the problem, something there broke the connection. I don't know, but whatever it is, I can't thank you enough, you've at least given me more options to try that I couldn't think of on my own. I'll try that file.
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You are the first of this kind that I'm aware of.. in regards to this issue..
Make sure you read the detail in if your device bootloops, to reboot recovery and flash the Rom.. if you want flash the Rom in the op that I've linked you to.
Wipe sys/dal/cach/data..
And flash it can't hurt.. [emoji16]
I really hope a Tmob Sim and or COD6 gives you results...and good ones at that.. [emoji2] [emoji106]
Flashvetrin
Got the sim card, $65 for that crap, and it didn't work. Called T Mobile customer service, explained my situation and how I was calling on another phone on another carrier and they insisted on calling me back on the broken not working phone. I guess I'm just screwed, and lost $500, which like I said, I can't afford to have. It's just so frustrating. I also tried the COD6 partial firmware, and nothing there also. I'll try t-mobile again. The only and last option I have, if possible, is to try to relock my phone and re-unlock it since there isn't any real way to tell if my GSM is damaged. I think my unlocked status got damaged when my phone upgraded to COG2, and since it's in that weird limbo state I can't use my phone. Do you know how to relock it?
Edit: When I look at my IMEI Number through *#06# it shows that the last two digits (independent of the actual IMEI number, since that matches everywhere) to the right of the "/" as 14, yet through "about device" it shows my imei version as 10. I assume that the 14 in the "06" screen is the version it's reading off the phone, could that be causing the issue? How would you even fix that? I don't know. but thanks again, you've been helpful.

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