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[Q] OTA 1.63.xxxx upgrade only on T-Mo network?

So I've read here about people doing upgrades to 1.63.xxxx stock ROM, but whenever I run HTC update I'm told there are no updates :/
Do you have to be on T-Mobile network for OTA update/upgrade to work or what?

Sorry to tell you this but u have missed the update. I don't know no other way to get it but your not missing nothing. Hell I'm not even using the stock launcher so yea.

MT4GS said:
So I've read here about people doing upgrades to 1.63.xxxx stock ROM, but whenever I run HTC update I'm told there are no updates :/
Do you have to be on T-Mobile network for OTA update/upgrade to work or what?
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For the OTA, yes, you would have needed to be on T-Mobile. However, there are pure stock 1.63.531.2 as well as "tweaked/optimised/debloated" versions of that ROM now available here to download and install, if you're rooted.
I am running the MikTouch 0.7 ROM, which is an optimized version of the stock 1.63.531.2 ROM. It is fast, clean, everything works as it is supposed to work without any weirdness.

Thx for replies.
I can't get "MikTouch" or any other ROMs because I haven't "rooted" my phone yet. I never do anything if I don't fully understand "what it does", and since nobody have answered my questions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1659952 -
and being new to Android and to this phone - I only did what I did understand... so my phone is unlocked but not rooted yet (and still with s-on).
What I did to get OTA update:
- I removed my SIM card
- I removed my microSD card
- Shutdown the phone.
Then I charged my phone and removed battery for few seconds when it was full, and inserted the battery and microSD card back (also I moved everything off the card and formatted on my computer before I inserted it back).
- Entered hboot menu (volume down + power button)
- Selected Factory Reset
After phone rebooted and started up it asked me to setup gmail account- I wanted to follow this "setup wizard", but without SIM card there was no data connection and it seems impossible to finish it without logging-in to gmail first (? it seems that way?) so I just cancel it and I setup my home wi-fi connection, and once I saw wi-fi working I restarted the phone.
"Setup wizard" started again after reboot and this time I finish setting up my gmail account.
- Then I had notification about HTC update available. I run it, and after it rebooted itself 2 times (maybe 3 times, I didn't stare at it all the time) it wiped out everything (I think) because it started with "setup wizard" again, so I knew it must have updated the ROM. I went to my phone's About Phone -> Software number and sure it is version "1.63.531.2.710RD" now
I have hard reset it again ("factory reset") and am using it since morning.
There are few changes I have noticed so far.
edit: Main difference I have noticed so far: "Visual Voicemail" somewhat partially work with my provider (Wind does NOt have visual voicemail). By partially I mean that now when I have new voicemail I also have another notification as if it came from the person who left the voicemail, saying for example "(number) I have left you a voicemail (length of the message). Press 00021 to listen to the message or go to voicemail" or something like this. When I touched the clickable "00021" it went straight to this message in my voicemail - nice! - even though Wind Mobile doesn't have Visual Voicemail, so I guess it is some general GSM networks option I didn't knew about. Anyways, with previous software I never had such message or notification, phone simply showed usual Voicemail icon and notification only.

MT4GS said:
Thx for replies.
I can't get "MikTouch" or any other ROMs because I haven't "rooted" my phone yet. I never do anything if I don't fully understand "what it does", and since nobody have answered my questions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1659952 -
and being new to Android and to this phone - I only did what I did understand... so my phone is unlocked but not rooted yet (and still with s-on).
What I did to get OTA update:
- I removed my SIM card
- I removed my microSD card
- Shutdown the phone.
Then I charged my phone and removed battery for few seconds when it was full, and inserted the battery and microSD card back (also I moved everything off the card and formatted on my computer before I inserted it back).
- Entered hboot menu (volume down + power button)
- Selected Factory Reset
After phone rebooted and started up it asked me to setup gmail account- I wanted to follow this "setup wizard", but without SIM card there was no data connection and it seems impossible to finish it without logging-in to gmail first (? it seems that way?) so I just cancel it and I setup my home wi-fi connection, and once I saw wi-fi working I restarted the phone.
"Setup wizard" started again after reboot and this time I finish setting up my gmail account.
- Then I had notification about HTC update available. I run it, and after it rebooted itself 2 times (maybe 3 times, I didn't stare at it all the time) it wiped out everything (I think) because it started with "setup wizard" again, so I knew it must have updated the ROM. I went to my phone's About Phone -> Software number and sure it is version "1.63.531.2.710RD" now
I have hard reset it again ("factory reset") and am using it since morning.
There are few changes I have noticed so far.
edit: Main difference I have noticed so far: "Visual Voicemail" somewhat partially work with my provider (Wind does NOt have visual voicemail). By partially I mean that now when I have new voicemail I also have another notification as if it came from the person who left the voicemail, saying for example "(number) I have left you a voicemail (length of the message). Press 00021 to listen to the message or go to voicemail" or something like this. When I touched the clickable "00021" it went straight to this message in my voicemail - nice! - even though Wind Mobile doesn't have Visual Voicemail, so I guess it is some general GSM networks option I didn't knew about. Anyways, with previous software I never had such message or notification, phone simply showed usual Voicemail icon and notification only.
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If you are "unlocked", you could easily flash CWM Recovery and other ROMS, it just requires an extra step since you are still S-On (flashing the boot.img through fastboot). Also, being unlocked means you can also easily root with just a simple flash. So, you could flash the MikTouch ROM and enjoy the same 1.63.531.2 level of service but in a more optimized and tweaked manner, that is also rooted.
But, if you're happy the way you are, then, "if it isn't broken, don't fix it".

Yes the MikTouch seems like the one I would love to try. I always prefer "minimal ROMs", because if I like the ROM I usually keep it forever and I don't want any obsolete app's "junk bytes" taking space inside the ROM image.
The stock 1.45.x and 1.65.x ROMs seem actually usable, but even though T-Mobile have crapped them with much less garbage (than what I usually saw in their Windows Mobile ROMs), there are still many "apps" I would like to get rid of. So yes, I would want to root my phone at least for "debloating" purpose.
Unfortunately most of knowledge and instructions here always assume the reader already knows more than "basics" about Android. But what is obvious to the devs actually often confuse noobs to Android like myself... That's why I'm still "stuck" unrooted yet.
For example:
You said "easily flash CWM Recovery" - OK, but what are the exact steps? (I have already asked this here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1659952 ) Not to mention I still don't know which recovery I should actually go with (CWM or "Stock") and why...

MT4GS said:
Yes the MikTouch seems like the one I would love to try. I always prefer "minimal ROMs", because if I like the ROM I usually keep it forever and I don't want any obsolete app's "junk bytes" taking space inside the ROM image.
The stock 1.45.x and 1.65.x ROMs seem actually usable, but even though T-Mobile have crapped them with much less garbage (than what I usually saw in their Windows Mobile ROMs), there are still many "apps" I would like to get rid of. So yes, I would want to root my phone at least for "debloating" purpose.
Unfortunately most of knowledge and instructions here always assume the reader already knows more than "basics" about Android. But what is obvious to the devs actually often confuse noobs to Android like myself... That's why I'm still "stuck" unrooted yet.
For example:
You said "easily flash CWM Recovery" - OK, but what are the exact steps? (I have already asked this here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1659952 ) Not to mention I still don't know which recovery I should actually go with (CWM or "Stock") and why...
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Since you are S-On Unlocked, you could flash CWM Recovery (version 5.0.2.7). That gives you much more capability, like doing a nandroid backup/restore. You would do that using flashboot. Obtain the correct recovery.img, do fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and then you're ready. From then on you can boot into HBOOT, choose Recovery and then flash ROMs or other packages, including the SU (for rooting). The Miktouch ROM is already rooted, so all you would need is to flash CWM, then the ROM. Since it is still Sense, as soon as I signed in with Google, it automatically synced all my apps and contacts, which is a nice bonus.

[Q] Sky ICS 4.2F "Connection Problem or Invalid MMI"

I just flashed Seanzscreams's latest ROM SKY ICS 4.2F-2.5 with the RUXLF modem, and tried to punch in the *#2236# code to LTE/Auto it and got "Connection Problem or Invalid MMI". The phone works fine, as I was able to speed dial out of contacts.
Sean posted that you need not pull the SIM card for this operation, so the first few times I did it (and I've reflashed the full monty, with wipes base and everything a couple times now), I didn't pull the SIM. THis last time, I did pull the SIM and ust got a "No Mobile Connection" message. Popped the SIM back in and came back to the "Connection Problem/ Invalid MMI" message.
Any thoughts?
I've also had problems connecting to my Exchange server at work, though I had it working fine in the stock email in Sean's 4.2E. I was able to connect to the server with K9, but that program seems to suck. Anyone have a suggestion for a better Exchange-friendly, push-friendly email app? Thanks!

dontezuma said:
I just flashed Seanzscreams's latest ROM SKY ICS 4.2F-2.5 with the RUXLF modem, and tried to punch in the *#2236# code to LTE/Auto it and got "Connection Problem or Invalid MMI". The phone works fine, as I was able to speed dial out of contacts.
Sean posted that you need not pull the SIM card for this operation, so the first few times I did it (and I've reflashed the full monty, with wipes base and everything a couple times now), I didn't pull the SIM. THis last time, I did pull the SIM and ust got a "No Mobile Connection" message. Popped the SIM back in and came back to the "Connection Problem/ Invalid MMI" message.
Any thoughts?
I've also had problems connecting to my Exchange server at work, though I had it working fine in the stock email in Sean's 4.2E. I was able to connect to the server with K9, but that program seems to suck. Anyone have a suggestion for a better Exchange-friendly, push-friendly email app? Thanks!
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check checksum or redownload rom for ur device rogers ot att

I've reflashed, not sure about checksum.
How do I check the checksum?
I've now flashed both ATT ROMs and the 2.5b update. I'm going to flash the 3.5 here in a second and see what happens.
Worst case, I roll back to 4.2E-17, which worked great for me. BUt I don't know the cause of this problem, so diagnosing it is a *****.
Anyone get this?
Related - What is the procedure when flashing a new radio? Just flash it, or do I need to do the *#2236# thing each time?

"No SIM card" initially...
Hello. This is my first post in this forum. I have flashed this ROM with the 6/27 update for an AT&T Skyrocket. I'm experiencing the "No SIM card" message for 5-10 seconds, then it seems to connect to my 3G MicroCell and work fine. I followed the directions for this that I found after searching the forum, with *#2263# and so forth, but it doesn't make a difference. One thing... I placed my AT&T account in suspension while I experience, ummm, "job transition." My MicroCell recognizes my number, though. And when I atttempt to dial a number the system at least recognizes my number.
Otherwise I'm loving this build! Any help would be appreciated, and let me know what else I can tell you to help answer the question.
UPDATE: I hadn't restored my latest backup prior to this. I did (apps and system data) and it doesn't do it anymore. I know that doesn't help much, but there it is...

Doesn't work with SkyICS
I wanted to unlock my Skyrocket, but the #0111*CODE# wasnt working, kept getting Invalid MMI Code
I had to restore my GB Stock Rom and I was finally able to unlock my SR

[Q] No phone Calls, only data and text

I got this phone a month ago and flashed various stock based ROMs with no trouble. I then tried AOSP (cm10.1, eclipse) and everything seemed to be ok although, I couldn't make phone calls because I have no service where my house is and was never able to test (I remember that in settings->about phone->system status it said it wasn't activated and it didn't display my phone number, but when I went back to stock it did display my number). Then I went back to a stock ROM and my phone would not make or receive calls. It would send and receive text and was able to received data via 4g but when trying to make a call, it would say "dialing" and then eventually just stop without making any type of connection. when calling the phone it would go straight to voice mail as if it was off. I used odin to go entirely stock and had the same problem. I ended up returning the phone and getting a new one and I am running Clean rom 5.5.1 and everything is working fine but I'd really like to try other roms but I don't want to have the same problem again. anyone know if it was just a bad phone or if I did something wrong? if so, what? any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

You should have consulted xda before returning the phone. With your original phone, you needed to reprovision your sim to properly have your data return since you had Odin flashed. That code only works on ICS though.
The loss of data on your prior phone was from flashing CM10.1, you just needed to follow this post to resolve your issue without Odin flashing a stock rom.
Edit: The sim reprovision code suggestion is still valid BUT disregard the data loss part...

[Q] I can do everything except make calls! please help!

I have a Mexican S2 LTE i727 Skyrocket from Telcel.
I rooted it, unlocked it via a web code i bought, and after a few hiccups everything seemed to be working fine (GPS, Wifi, installing and using apps), i did try to keep blocked cellphone data because i dont have a plan yet.
Yesterday i received my 1st call (not my main phone yet) and i found out that i cant make a call longer than 15 seconds!, as the phone will cut audio, or hang up, or restart the phone all together...
The only thing weird i can think of, is that when i first unlocked the phone is said "SUCCESSFUL" and 14 seconds later "FAILED", i restarted and changed roms a few times, and kept being locked...
I tried the alternative methods they sent me by mail and did something that apparently unlocked it successfully, because now i dont get any message when i insert a different SIM, and the carrier name actually comes up (2 different carriers), and everything seems to work...
BUT when i dial *#7465625# to confirm if the phone is unlocked, i get a "Unfortunatelly, the process com.android.phone has stopped." message.
*#06# does gets my imei correctly (a different ROM said it was 0, I changed roms and i could see the imei correctly again.
I tried changing to different mods, like Embyro 6.0, Embyro 6.3, Embyro 4.1, CM9.1, CM10.0, ATT stock deodexed, ATT ICS 404, and a few others... and its the same with every one the phone will hang up, or reboot or lose all audio in or out. (it wont pass the bootscreen with the actual TELCEL stock rom from sammobile)
Am i missing something? a test i could do to see whats wrong?
Could it be a hardware issue? any other *# codes i could try?
also... Anyone out there has the official TELCEL firmware/rom??? or an alternate source for some reason i cant get the one from sammobile to work and i was planning on taking it back for warranty if i confirmed its a hardware issue... :,(

No Data on Sprint Suddenly

Short and sweet. I am unable to activate data all of a sudden on Sprint. My other family member's phones work fine, but I cannot update the profile or the PRL. It just says "Network Error, try again later." Phone calls work fine, and my baseband and all that jazz are showing. It also shows 3G occasionally, but it still says network disconnected. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Update: I've reflashed EFS, and that seems to get me data on most ROMs, except Android L and stock 4.4.4. The second they try to do hands-free/update profile or prl, the update fails and I can't get data. Any ideas? Could it possibly be my SIM card? What's weird is that even when I have a data connection(like on the restored efs), I still can't update profile or PRL...

I've searched the internet for the past week, and nothing has worked. I haven't had a chance to call Sprint and complain, but this is starting to be quite frustrating. I've had data the whole time, but I still can't update profile/prl or complete the hands-free activation. So I can't even go back to stock, because when I do the factory image, the hands-free fails.

Eww sorry man. Probably APN.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Free mobile app

What the.... So apparently sometime last night, my PRL updated on its own, like it's supposed to(old one was from old efs restore). But I still can't manually force the two to updates. So hands-free still fails upon a reset. This practically confirms that my phone is fine, because clearly it can receive the updates, just not pull them down. I'll call them today and #blamesprint.
APNs should be restored upon efs flash right? If not, how do I check them? The APN menu in settings doesn't appear when on the Sprint network.

Koopa777 said:
What the.... So apparently sometime last night, my PRL updated on its own, like it's supposed to(old one was from old efs restore). But I still can't manually force the two to updates. So hands-free still fails upon a reset. This practically confirms that my phone is fine, because clearly it can receive the updates, just not pull them down. I'll call them today and #blamesprint.
APNs should be restored upon efs flash right? If not, how do I check them? The APN menu in settings doesn't appear when on the Sprint network.
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You'll have to download an APN app off of the Play Store. When I had Sprint there was weird issues with the bearer field. Also they have like 4 different APNs stock and there was one like i.ispnt or something that seemed to work but you had to select between bearer EHRPD (LTE network routed EVDO) or LTE.

All APN apps are giving me an error saying SIM card unknown, even when installed to system. One even says Virgin Mobile. Could this be an issue with my SIM card?

Could be a problem with your SIM card. I'd just take it into a Sprint store quickly and get it resolved.

I fiddled with APNs, there were 12 there(!), so I reentered the correct 5 and could reliably get data. I factory reset and now my phone is unprogrammed(no MIN and wrong phone number), I'm just going to go yell at Sprint now. :fingers-crossed:

Sprint was useless, the tech kept blaming the phone, saying things like "Nexus phones don't have dialer codes" and "your IMEI is bad(WTF?)", then she noticed the padlock on the boot screen where she refused to go further, saying that I tampered with my device. After I informed her that it was MY device(purchased unlocked from Google) and that Sprint had no legal claim to that device, she redirected me to Advanced Phone Support. She also refused to give me a new UICC card, saying that "it couldn't be the problem." I'm done with Sprint for the week, so I'm just going to go custom again and just set the APNs properly each time. Even on stock/L, I can just flash the Sprint APN zip to automatically fix them, correct? If so, where could I find the latest APNs? The latest zip I have is from March or so I believe. Thanks!
Also out of curiousity, how hard do you think it would be to force my way out of a contract ETF-free? I figure if they can't prove it's my device that's faulty, and they aren't giving me a product that I'm paying for.......

Koopa777 said:
Sprint was useless, the tech kept blaming the phone, saying things like "Nexus phones don't have dialer codes" and "your IMEI is bad(WTF?)", then she noticed the padlock on the boot screen where she refused to go further, saying that I tampered with my device. After I informed her that it was MY device(purchased unlocked from Google) and that Sprint had no legal claim to that device, she redirected me to Advanced Phone Support. She also refused to give me a new UICC card, saying that "it couldn't be the problem." I'm done with Sprint for the week, so I'm just going to go custom again and just set the APNs properly each time. Even on stock/L, I can just flash the Sprint APN zip to automatically fix them, correct? If so, where could I find the latest APNs? The latest zip I have is from March or so I believe. Thanks!
Also out of curiousity, how hard do you think it would be to force my way out of a contract ETF-free? I figure if they can't prove it's my device that's faulty, and they aren't giving me a product that I'm paying for.......
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thats easy force it to data roaming and start streaming the heck out of anything and everything overnight. Sprint will terminate your contract if your roaming data is consistently to high.