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Was handed down an Inspire. Wifi is broken, how do I repair it?

Hey guys, I'm new to the Inspire sub-forum.
I was handed down this phone by a friend of mine, (phone only. no box) and it is a bit banged up. Enough so the wifi hardware is failing. (I'm assuming so because it doesn't work.) My question is, how do I go about repairing it? Should I take it to an AT&T store? Also, I have not yet rooted it.
Thanks in advance!

Try to reflash the stock ROM. Look for RUU in the inspire 4g forums.
Or, you can call HTC and see what they say. They might be able to do a warranty swap. Not sure if it'll work since you are not the original owner. Worth a shot though.
Edite: Here you go. http://zantekk.de/~desire_hd/offici...60.19_26.06.04.06_M_release_166557_signed.exe

kirk123 said:
Try to reflash the stock ROM. Look for RUU in the inspire 4g forums.
Or, you can call HTC and see what they say. They might be able to do a warranty swap. Not sure if it'll work since you are not the original owner. Worth a shot though.
Edite: Here you go. http://zantekk.de/~desire_hd/offici...60.19_26.06.04.06_M_release_166557_signed.exe
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Thanks Kirk! Although flashing the stock ROM didn't fix it I appreciate your help. I will try calling HTC and hope for the best.

Is the battery cover damaged or broken in anyway? WiFi connector is bridged or built in to the battery cover as an external antenna I think ..
Whenever I removed the cover I get no WiFi..and you can see some gold colored contacts
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jadeus0831 said:
Is the battery cover damaged or broken in anyway? WiFi connector is bridged or built in to the battery cover as an external antenna I think ..
Whenever I removed the cover I get no WiFi..and you can see some gold colored contacts
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There is some damage there actually. My volume rocker won't toggle down only up, but I can't really see any physical damage. Any ideas for a fix or am I SOL? D:
I'll post pics in a sec, camera is charging.

zer0nine said:
There is some damage there actually. My volume rocker won't toggle down only up, but I can't really see any physical damage. Any ideas for a fix or am I SOL? D:
I'll post pics in a sec, camera is charging.
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Try connecting to a WiFi router when they are as close to each other as possible.
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kirk123 said:
Try connecting to a WiFi router when they are as close to each other as possible.
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It will not let me. A box pops up and says "Unable to scan for networks"
By the way I really appreciate you guys helping me out!
Edit: I should mention WiFi automatically turns itself off after it says "Unable to scan for networks"

Try bridging those connectors with a piece of coppee or a paper clip. See if it changes.
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zer0nine said:
It will not let me. A box pops up and says "Unable to scan for networks"
By the way I really appreciate you guys helping me out!
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Then that might be serious internal problem that might require taking the phone apart to see whats broken.
Also, HTC will not honor the warranty cause of the fact that theres physical damage.

kirk123 said:
Then that might be serious internal problem that might require taking the phone apart to see whats broken.
Also, HTC will not honor the warranty cause of the fact that theres physical damage.
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Considering the phone will not have warranty, I probably will take it apart later and find out what's going on.
Also, it's time to root and flash a ROM.

zer0nine said:
Considering the phone will not have warranty, I probably will take it apart later and find out what's going on.
Also, it's time to root and flash a ROM.
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This might come in handy if you decide to take it apart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfatoeWbMRk&feature=related

kirk123 said:
This might come in handy if you decide to take it apart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfatoeWbMRk&feature=related
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Thank you, now I just need the tools!
Also, I managed to connect to my router some how.. perhaps that smack I gave the phone did the trick
There is still an issue though. I just ran speed test and am getting low speeds so I'm not 100% sure it's using my WiFi connection. I'm not familiar with sense at all so can you tell me if data connection in the notification bar disappears when WiFi is connected?

zer0nine said:
Thank you, now I just need the tools!
Also, I managed to connect to my router some how.. perhaps that smack I gave the phone did the trick
There is still an issue though. I just ran speed test and am getting low speeds so I'm not 100% sure it's using my WiFi connection. I'm not familiar with sense at all so can you tell me if data connection in the notification bar disappears when WiFi is connected?
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The wifi indicator on the Inspire looks very similar to the iphone wifi indicator.
Look to the left of the cell signal http://img841.imageshack.us/f/device22.png/

zer0nine said:
Thank you, now I just need the tools!
Also, I managed to connect to my router some how.. perhaps that smack I gave the phone did the trick
There is still an issue though. I just ran speed test and am getting low speeds so I'm not 100% sure it's using my WiFi connection. I'm not familiar with sense at all so can you tell me if data connection in the notification bar disappears when WiFi is connected?
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Easy enough, turn on airplane mode then turn wifi on. Let it connect and then try to browse the internet. That will 100% tell you if the phone is using wifi and not the cell signal.

Mustang302LX said:
Easy enough, turn on airplane mode then turn wifi on. Let it connect and then try to browse the internet. That will 100% tell you if the phone is using wifi and not the cell signal.
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Derp why didn't I think of that!
kirk123 said:
The wifi indicator on the Inspire looks very similar to the iphone wifi indicator.
Look to the left of the cell signal http://img841.imageshack.us/f/device22.png/
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Ah ha! I see now. And surprisingly my WiFi is now working 100% right now and I am very happy! Thank you guys again for the help! Now I'm just paranoid about every little bump that might disable my WiFi somehow

This could just be extra precaution/I'm not sure if HTC would help you out, but you could ask for another battery cover. I hear on these forums that you can get replacements pretty easily...

[Unconfirmed] Wifi Fix (without Root)

hey guys, i suffered a lot from disconnects with my wifi when holding the phone in landscape mode
well i tried a app which helped my desire hd a lot, and now .. well i can hold my desire s in landscape without loosing connection
*removed cause its not working*
would be nice if people from u suffering from the same problem can try it and confirm if it is working or not
greetings

Looks good for those without root/S-OFF.... So do you know how does it actually work? Can it change the signal strength threshold somehow?

Tried it. I don't think it does anything to mine. Signal still drops. But not sure if does anything to the threshold.
What does it really do actually?

Doesn't work.

I think it just resets the wifi. ._.

well i don't know what exactly it does, thats why i putted unconfirmed in the thread title, it helped me with my desire s and 2 friends with a desire hd
quote from app description:
This app solves problems in Android OS which cause the Wi-Fi to stop working properly.
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that's all i can say what the app is doing
simply thought maybe its helping some others here too

seems to work on my desire s =) but can't test it 100% now beacuse i can't play any online games, im in school and they have blocked all port
also kaspersky say that my phone was block. liked i changed to a new sim card. don't know why. made the program change something on my simcard? hmm

like i said i don't know what exactly the phone is doing, it's talking something about reseting wlan and deleting all data and such
i only wrote her that it worked for me
maybe someone don't have such a extreme death spot and got a faulty wireless duo bad flash so this is helping only for some

Blezz said:
like i said i don't know what exactly the phone is doing, it's talking something about reseting wlan and deleting all data and such
i only wrote her that it worked for me
maybe someone don't have such a extreme death spot and got a faulty wireless duo bad flash so this is helping only for some
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it doesn't work for me...
try covering the entire top plastic part (the part with the camera with your hand & see if the wifi drops using some app like wifi analyzer)

Well like a fool as my Wifi wasn't that bad.
The result being that I now have no Wifi connection at all.

kartkk said:
it doesn't work for me...
try covering the entire top plastic part (the part with the camera with your hand & see if the wifi drops using some app like wifi analyzer)
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that's what i did and from full signal drop it went to 1 bar
Sandiman said:
Well like a fool as my Wifi wasn't that bad.
The result being that I now have no Wifi connection at all.
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u must add your wifi + passwords again after using this app, it's mentioned in the app so read first

yes it asked me to configure my wifi again & i did it
but the signal still dropped like before
dont see the bars they are quite misleading ( i am usually able to browse with no bars)
use some app like wifi analyzer

well for wifi analyzer it's already too late cause i can't make a before/after compare now

I tested it with WiFi analyzer before and after, there was still the -20db drop and nothing changed

well then maybe i had some software bugged wlan too and the programm was able to, so it will stay a myth that it's a help for the desire s signal dropping
well thank you guys for confirming it

Blezz said:
that's what i did and from full signal drop it went to 1 bar
u must add your wifi + passwords again after using this app, it's mentioned in the app so read first
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That is what I did and it made no difference, I had to do a factory reset to get Wifi back. Perhaps I was just unlucky.

Sandiman said:
That is what I did and it made no difference, I had to do a factory reset to get Wifi back. Perhaps I was just unlucky.
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sorry to hear that, i'll better remove the app from 1st post not that more people will have to reset

worked really good on my desire s. never get drop wifi. =)

**URGENT**I cannot connect to home wifi with new roms

Yo
Anyway, I have so far used hydro 4 and cm10- both ran nicely and initially connected to home wifi. However, I took it on holiday for 2 days (and meanwhile was connecting to other networks) and when I returned I could only detect wifi from other houses, not my own. This has happened twice, as soon as I go anywhere different, and then come back and try and connect, I cannot detect my homewifi.
A reflash will sort it, but the problem will come back if i use other wifis, then return home.
Is there a fix for this?
Thanks

Yo,
Sup?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27095558
Pls read #1 red letters
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minieod said:
Yo,
Sup?
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Hey, I couldn't find anything specific to this issue, any suggestions?

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DMardroid said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27095558
Pls read #1 red letters
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Im colour-blind

chaza01 said:
Yo
Anyway, I have so far used hydro 4 and cm10- both ran nicely and initially connected to home wifi. However, I took it on holiday for 2 days (and meanwhile was connecting to other networks) and when I returned I could only detect wifi from other houses, not my own. This has happened twice, as soon as I go anywhere different, and then come back and try and connect, I cannot detect my homewifi.
A reflash will sort it, but the problem will come back if i use other wifis, then return home.
Is there a fix for this?
Thanks
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Did you go back to stock and test? I would assume it isn't a hardware issue since you can connect to others, so I would then troubleshoot your home wifi, and see why it isn't connecting to it. And the reason you are taking a beating over this, is it has nothing to do with development, so don't post ****ing stupid questions in this forum.

Turbojugend said:
Did you go back to stock and test? I would assume it isn't a hardware issue since you can connect to others, so I would then troubleshoot your home wifi, and see why it isn't connecting to it. And the reason you are taking a beating over this, is it has nothing to do with development, so don't post ****ing stupid questions in this forum.
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LOL I like the fact that its also **URGENT**. hahaha.
That's why we have the General and Q&A section, for this type of questions. Please, lets keep the development section for the developers who contribute(I am so thankful).
Let's try to keep this clean and organized.

Just forget all networks then reboot and you should be able to connect again.......

Throw your router in your trashcan and buy another one..
or ask your ISP, I think this has nothing, seriously NOTHING to do with bad fw or anything else on the device itself.
(and to be honest, I don't like the "Yo" at the start of the thead, find it out by yourself you irrespectful ***hole..)

There are few rules I'm a fan of, but come on people, simple organization.
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Turbojugend said:
Did you go back to stock and test? I would assume it isn't a hardware issue since you can connect to others, so I would then troubleshoot your home wifi, and see why it isn't connecting to it. And the reason you are taking a beating over this, is it has nothing to do with development, so don't post ****ing stupid questions in this forum.
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ah i see, fair enough- I just thought it may be to do with the ROMs

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eejjay said:
Throw your router in your trashcan and buy another one..
or ask your ISP, I think this has nothing, seriously NOTHING to do with bad fw or anything else on the device itself.
(and to be honest, I don't like the "Yo" at the start of the thead, find it out by yourself you irrespectful ***hole..)
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It's an asus n56u; I couldnt do that

Hello, I had the same problem, change all settings in the routter including a section where the channel country put it in USA, was ALL GOOD FOR LUCK

marcosbruno said:
Hello, I had the same problem, change all settings in the routter including a section where the channel country put it in USA, was ALL GOOD FOR LUCK
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Hey, so its a router problem? Im in the UK, should I set it UK?
Thanks a lot

[Q] Wifi hotspot

Is there any jb roms that has wifi hotspot working?
I tried to look through the forums but can't find any answers.. Thanks!

tmimaesk said:
Is there any jb roms that has wifi hotspot working?
I tried to look through the forums but can't find any answers.. Thanks!
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My guess is that most jb Rom's have Wi-Fi hotspot/tethering capabilities. I can confirm that the one I have (Superlite CM10) works as I used it this past weekend.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1862244

rdata1 said:
My guess is that most jb Rom's have Wi-Fi hotspot/tethering capabilities. I can confirm that the one I have (Superlite CM10) works as I used it this past weekend.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1862244
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Oh I tried all the recent roms but they all failed on me..
May be I should try this one! Thanks

tmimaesk said:
Oh I tried all the recent roms but they all failed on me..
May be I should try this one! Thanks
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YW. I went through three different roms, including earlier versions of Superlite. The new version (7.0) has been really stable for me. I can go a week without a crash. The only thing not working at the moment are specific retail apps (Starbucks and Groupon).

rdata1 said:
YW. I went through three different roms, including earlier versions of Superlite. The new version (7.0) has been really stable for me. I can go a week without a crash. The only thing not working at the moment are specific retail apps (Starbucks and Groupon).
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Are you using full version of gapp? Or the superlite one?

tmimaesk said:
Are you using full version of gapp? Or the superlite one?
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This is my exact setup, done back in mid October:
SUPERLITE_CM10_JB_7.0SR.zip
gapps-jb-superlite_0726_nocalndr_nosetup.zip
calender_with_provider_V6.zip
deskclock_V7.zip
Email_stock_V6.zip
exchange_V5.zip
full_keyboard_v7.zip
I used CWM and followed the OP's exact steps. As he stated, you can download any missing Google apps from the Playstore. If you are wondering, I installed "exchange" because I need it for my job.

LTE or regular tethering?
tmimaesk said:
Oh I tried all the recent roms but they all failed on me..
May be I should try this one! Thanks
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What part of tethering exactly isn't working for you? I've got an interesting case that I'm trying to resolve. Tethering works fine for me on 3G & HSPA , but as soon as I get an LTE signal my tethered devices lose connectivity, though the phone itself is still good. I tried one of the earliest nightlies and I just tried the stable release, same story. I've flashed every radio I can find recommended for the skyrocket and CM10. Sadly I have to use tethering daily for work so I've had to roll back to CM9.

Tethering is working fine on CM10 nightlies and stable with regular or 4.2 gapps.

aycockonxion said:
Tethering is working fine on CM10 nightlies and stable with regular or 4.2 gapps.
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Hey Thanks for the reply aycockonxion. So you've used it successfully when connected to LTE? I wonder what could possibly be wrong with my device then, wow...
I've tried radios but I really don't think that's the case since LTE works great, and even while a device is not functioning while connected to the hotspot, the phone itself still maintains a good fast internet connection. It sounds like it's a software problem all the way in my limited understanding of things. The funny thing is too that the devices connected to the hotspot will think they do have internet. As in, the browser will sit there trying to load a page until it times out. The moment I shut down tethering, the browser immediately recognizes the connection is lost and won't even try to load the site. Also bear in mind the moment I reinstall CM9 it all works perfectly.

Deep_Chasm said:
Hey Thanks for the reply aycockonxion. So you've used it successfully when connected to LTE? I wonder what could possibly be wrong with my device then, wow...
I've tried radios but I really don't think that's the case since LTE works great, and even while a device is not functioning while connected to the hotspot, the phone itself still maintains a good fast internet connection. It sounds like it's a software problem all the way in my limited understanding of things. The funny thing is too that the devices connected to the hotspot will think they do have internet. As in, the browser will sit there trying to load a page until it times out. The moment I shut down tethering, the browser immediately recognizes the connection is lost and won't even try to load the site. Also bear in mind the moment I reinstall CM9 it all works perfectly.
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sorry for the late reply,
I have the same problem as you..
My other devices will show the wifi connection sign but internet doesn't work..
I tried the superlite jb stated above and the hotspot worked without the gapp
so I installed gapp and didnt work afterwards.. I guess something must be in the way

tmimaesk said:
sorry for the late reply,
I have the same problem as you..
My other devices will show the wifi connection sign but internet doesn't work..
I tried the superlite jb stated above and the hotspot worked without the gapp
so I installed gapp and didnt work afterwards.. I guess something must be in the way
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Hey tmimaesk, yeah that's exactly what I've got. I've not tried superlite without gapps as you have, I expect the phone isn't practically functional without gapps installed, so I won't bother trying. I'm glad I'm not alone with this problem (sorry), but misery does love company! thankfully CM9 works great so it's not the end of the world, just a pain to not have the latest and greatest!

Deep_Chasm said:
Hey tmimaesk, yeah that's exactly what I've got. I've not tried superlite without gapps as you have, I expect the phone isn't practically functional without gapps installed, so I won't bother trying. I'm glad I'm not alone with this problem (sorry), but misery does love company! thankfully CM9 works great so it's not the end of the world, just a pain to not have the latest and greatest!
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Yea for me I switched to paranoidandroid cm9 version and I love it!
Prob going to switch to cm10 when hotspot is working

Hotspot works just fine in every CM10 ROM I've ever tried (3 or 4 of them so far.) Most recently I've been using car vs. driver's CvD-Nibbles and it works like a champ. I was running wifi tether all day long for almost two weeks thanks to Hurricane Sandy taking out my cable connection.
Tether aside, Nibbles is a brilliant ROM and I recommend it to anyone looking to try something new.

Worked fine on slimbean 3.0 and r4ins aokp November 4/8/16 builds
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Thanks for your replies. The one question I have for both of you is this: Was your phone on the LTE network while you were successful with using the hotspot, or was it HSPA?

Deep_Chasm said:
Thanks for your replies. The one question I have for both of you is this: Was your phone on the LTE network while you were successful with using the hotspot, or was it HSPA?
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CM-10.0.0, AT&T, Wi-Fi hotspot works on LTE and HSPA, open and WPA2-PSK.

Hmm I heard that LTE hotspot works if there's no encryption for the SSId
but mine never worked with encryption since I use my hotspot in public places
I dont know if theres anything different from AT&T and Rogers..
I use Rogers and may be Ill try the above roms tonight

cschmitt said:
CM-10.0.0, AT&T, Wi-Fi hotspot works on LTE and HSPA, open and WPA2-PSK.
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Same here with me, I'm on LTE perpetually here in NYC.
tmimaesk said:
Hmm I heard that LTE hotspot works if there's no encryption for the SSId
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No true, amigo. I run all the time with encryption (as everyone always should at all times. )

Thanks for all your replies. So, whatever this problem i have is, I'm not the only one, but I am in the minority. I wonder if it's a Rogers thing here in Canada. I hope it attracts the attention of those who are actually able to do something about it.
Any suggestions on where else I ought to be posting about this?

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Any suggestions on where else I ought to be posting about this?
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I'm guessing the dev thread for your ROM hasn't brought up anything useful?

CM10 and CM11 for P500 - Wi-fi bug

In every CM10 or CM11 versions, I have experienced the same problem.
After one or two dozens of minutes, or after a deepsleep, the cellphone won´t reconnect or re-enable wi-fi.
Anyone here with the same problem? It happens to most CM10 or CM11 versions.

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caio2211 said:
In every CM10 or CM11 versions, I have experienced the same problem.
After one or two dozens of minutes, or after a deepsleep, the cellphone won´t reconnect or re-enable wi-fi.
Anyone here with the same problem? It happens to most CM10 or CM11 versions.
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read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51924881&postcount=8

Thank you. I was going mad with this. I've used a lot of my 300 megs of internet and my wifi just wouldn't work. I think i don't have anything to brag about my p500 anymore.
PS: Ok, maybe google maps....

Hey man!
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read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51924881&postcount=8
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Thanks for the hint, I will try it out!

Anytime..
Tony_tha_Mastha said:
Thank you. I was going mad with this. I've used a lot of my 300 megs of internet and my wifi just wouldn't work. I think i don't have anything to brag about my p500 anymore.
PS: Ok, maybe google maps....
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Thanks for the hint, I will try it out!
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Just let me know if there was something wrong and feel free to ask Questions BROs..

Hey friends!
Sorry for the long time without responses!
I tried all, but nothing worked. Despite changing the region, the cellphone changes itself alone to Brazil.
If you know any ROM without this problem, let me know, ok?
Bye and... Again... Thanks!
-Caio (BR)

use cm9
its not having that bugs its smooth nd good for daily use