[Q] Static reception on Samsung Captivate - General Questions and Answers

I have a Samsung Captivate from ATT with Froyo (Android 2.2). I am using a T-Mobile prepay Sim Card with the phone (no 3G/data plan). I have rooted and unlocked the phone, and initially (for several days) the phone worked perfectly without problems.
I took a trip from the US to Vancouver, and while in Vancouver, I texted back and forth a few times to the US and made one phone call (Rogers Network) without problems, using data roaming. When I returned to the US, my problem began. I can still text without problems, but when I make a phone call, my reception consists of mostly or all static through the earpiece, speakerphone or earphones. The person on the other end can hear me perfectly, but I receive static. I also receive static when I dial up voice mail. My earpiece and earphones work OK with music and voice recordings.
There have been a couple of occasions where the static went away and I do not know the reasons for this (the static later returned). Other than the static, I have no other apparent problems with the phone.
I have tried a factory reset and that did not correct the problem. I also installed the simcard from my husband's iphone, and the problem was the same (static on reception). I was wondering what else I could try to correct the problem. Should I reinstall Froyo? How would I do that with a rooted and unlocked phone?

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I have two phones dedicated for work and personal, one being my Polaris and the other an old phone. The old phone's SIM card runs solely on 2G network, while the Polaris is fitted with a 3G SIM.
So recently the calls required on my old phone went up, to an extent that I dropped the phone into a bucket of water. So I had to make a call at that point of time, and I've transferred the 2G SIM into the phone and made a call.
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[Q] No Microphone in handset

I have a fairly new (less than 2 week old) Skyrocket. The microphone on the handset has stopped working. In all outgoing calls, the person on the other end of the line cannot hear me, unless I go on speaker phone. No noise from the handset.
THis problem started (phone rooted, but otherwise stock) I flashed to NexusMod 4.0, problem still exists, changed to rogers modem, still have the problem.
The odd part is in using Skype, I can call the test channel and the Mic works just fine.
I have also toggled the noise cancelling, and switched back and forth from speaker phone, but the Mic on the handset does not work during normal voice calls.
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Odin stock tar
Call att
Ask for replacement
Wait
Profit
UPDATE:
Took the phone to AT&T store today. They replaced the SIM card and now the microphone is loud and clear.
Now I just have to figure out why my 4g data speeds won't pass 100kbs today. (included prior to the sim card)
danbo313 said:
UPDATE:
Took the phone to AT&T store today. They replaced the SIM card and now the microphone is loud and clear.
Now I just have to figure out why my 4g data speeds won't pass 100kbs today. (included prior to the sim card)
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Blacklisted S7 gets signal but no mic

Hi all, I recently sent my S7 (bought from ebay) to have the LCD replaced. It was working fine before I dropped it but the repair told me they were having issues with the mic that wasn't working so when they checked the IMEI, it came back as blacklisted. They couldn't get any signal and the way they explained it to me was that it was useless as a call making/receiving phone and could only use it on wifi.
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