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[Q] data and roaming issues

I hope this is in the right place if not I apologize. Anyways I was running AOSP v0.9 and this morning I turned off data to conserve battery life. After that my phone will only connect to 1x and it is always roaming. It seems to realize that it is supposed to be on USCC it even says USCC in the status bar. So I called customer service and they told me to do a *228 and from what I hear this is really bad for anyone running ASOP then I did it anyways and it connected me to verizon so I disconnected the call and am still stuck roaming and with no 3g. Then I decided to switch back to MIUI and I'm still having the same problems. Another weird note, if I set my network to automatic it kills my connection but if I put it on home only I am roaming. Any ideas guys.
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This is the same issue I posted earlier that I haven't resolved yet. I am getting the verizon thing when I dial *228 as well. It is really frustrating because the phone is virtually unusable for data now. Hopefully we get it figured out. I'll let you know if I come up with anything.
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OK so after doing some research, it looks like this issue can happen if you disable your data (using a toggle, such as the ones in the notification bars of some roms), and then flash a new rom or kernel or something with the data off. It looks like it wipes the APN? Anyone know if this sounds like what may be the issue or how we might go about fixing it?

Well I just got off an hour long call with tech support they think it is an issue with the radio and want me to do an exchange since I bought it less than thirty days ago. So I don't know maybe I should just cancel this and get a new phone with a new carrier. Maybe something with 4g. But I love this phone so I don't know what I'm going to do. Keep me updated if you find a fix.
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Check the Showcase AOSP thread. I managed to find a little trick that fixed our phones suffering from the same issue. Its worth a shot on yours.

add144 said:
Check the Showcase AOSP thread. I managed to find a little trick that fixed our phones suffering from the same issue. Its worth a shot on yours.
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Tried your method and nothing. Kind of running out of ideas here. Any radio/modem I should need would be in the ROM right? I have gone as far as to flash all the way back to DI14 and can't get this thing to work. Still can't figure out how it even happened in the first place.

Well I figured it out for me anyways. Call US cellular and they will give you a new phone under warranty. I'm on mine now. It is back to 2.1 and stock but it works!
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bsbokc said:
Well I figured it out for me anyways. Call US cellular and they will give you a new phone under warranty. I'm on mine now. It is back to 2.1 and stock but it works!
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Just got mine working about 10 minutes ago. Call USCC tech and they said that for some reason I was no longer "provisioned" for 3G service so they fixed it. I know our issues were a little different. Glad we're both up and running again. Now lets see if I can do something else to screw this up . . . . .

JayRHamlin said:
Just got mine working about 10 minutes ago....Now lets see if I can do something else to screw this up . . . . .
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Amen to that I spent 4 hours on the phone with them yesterday and they couldn't fix it. So the actually brought me a new phone to my work. I couldn't believe they would do something like that.
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Wow now that's service. I have to say US Cellular has hands down the best customer service I have ever had to deal with. Store, tech support, billing. Everything.
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JayRHamlin said:
Now lets see if I can do something else to screw this up . . . . .
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Well it only took me about three hours I tried flashing a new kernel with an app I downloaded from the market can't remember the name but of course everything went to hell. Since I don't have a computer it took me 2 days to find one and get it flaked to stock in odin now my speaker doesn't work oh well maybe in another couple of days I can flag it again. Maybe I should just quit screwing worth it but it's just to much fun lol.
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Unknown Sources..

I am sorry if I am typing this in the wrong forum. I have a question about my HTC Inpsire 4G..
Yesterday, I had the Unknown Sources pushed or the day before and now I had to do a hard reset on my phone due to acting up. I now longer see it no more it is making me upset and frustrated.
So, I called up att and they told me oh it should work reset the phone and etc.... then even try calling htc if they can help and I did just that.
I still do not see Unkown Sources when you go to Settings Applications do, I now to have to wait for it to be pushed again or do I call back att or what I do.
Thank you, for your time...

Did you try hitting the "check for updates"?

Ya, and no updates found..

shatteredfx said:
I am sorry if I am typing this in the wrong forum. I have a question about my HTC Inpsire 4G..
Yesterday, I had the Unknown Sources pushed or the day before and now I had to do a hard reset on my phone due to acting up. I now longer see it no more it is making me upset and frustrated.
So, I called up att and they told me oh it should work reset the phone and etc.... then even try calling htc if they can help and I did just that.
I still do not see Unkown Sources when you go to Settings Applications do, I now to have to wait for it to be pushed again or do I call back att or what I do.
Thank you, for your time...
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Well if your not seeing it after you did the reset, then something got goofy.
Maybe try going to settings > about phone > software updates and checking to see if it shows up there.
Or root your phone and never worry about it again.
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I do not to root it but, I do at the same time and I do not know how to .. I am not so good with tech stuff lol.. do you the update will be pushed again.

shatteredfx said:
I do not to root it but, I do at the same time and I do not know how to .. I am not so good with tech stuff lol.. do you the update will be pushed again.
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If you need help pm me
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I just got off the phone with AT&T about the "Allow Unknown Sources" being on my wife’s phone but not mine . Apparently they are having issues internally with pushing out this update. They are working on the problem and those who have not received the update will....eventually .

Captivate not receiving texts

NY sisters captivate wont receive texts she can send them but not receive. AT&T told her to download something called kaies mini (sp) to her computer and I'm not sure she was confused explaining it. Does anybody have any clue about this?
Also is there any speculation about when the update to allow sideloading is going to come for captivate?
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Samsung kies mini is to update the phones firmware. Is she still running eclair? Still not being able to receive messages shouldn't be because she is running eclair. But nonetheless the phone should be updated. Heres instructions how.
http://ars.samsung.com/customer/usa...ID=2&PROD_SUB_ID=557&PROD_ID=558&AT_ID=368733

Thank you I emailed her the link and ya she is still on eclair
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Glad I could be somewhat of a help. If the problem still exist I'm sure someone will come around to help you out further.

My Cappy did this twice before. The first one was fixed by pulling the battery while the phone was on. Powered back on and got flooded with all my missed texts. Second time, I had to put my SIM in another phone, got the flood, put it back and everything was normal.

Thanks I told her to try the battery trick and it didn't work and unfortunately she dont have another att phone around yo stick the Sim in so she will go to the store and try it tomorrow
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she can call the carrier up and have them basically re-activate the phone. I've done this 3 times to fix the same problem.

When I had to do it, I just put the SIM in a buddy at work's P.O.S. RAZR. Worked like a charm. She must know SOMEONE who has AT&T. Just borrow theirs for a minute.
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Check the "Message Centre" section on the SMS settings. When I left the country and came back it wiped this number from my phone making everything fail. Probably not the issue but might be a good idea to check.

Did you try searching?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824213
Next time please post in Q&A

Samsung Support

Well, I'll start off by saying that I bought this phone new off of eBay and I've had it for like 4 months. Everything was great until I lost my IMEI a while back and then I manually injected it back. Ever since then, my phone has not been able to keep a connection with my 3G since the area I live in doesn't have 4G. Strange thing is that when I go to an area that has 4G, the connection is fine. So, I sent in my phone to Samsung a couple months ago...and they said they fixed it, so I was super happy! Then I saw that indeed...it wasn't fixed. Ever since I got it back from the "repair", the only way I have been able to have any sort of data is by changing the setting in my phone to CDMA only so that I can at least have 1X data. I have finally grown tired of this slow data and called Samsung again. All the guy said after a long conversation is that he could set me up with a other repair. I really don't think that'll do any good whatsoever, since it didn't do anything for me the first time. So, if anyone bothered to read through this whole thing, I thought I'd ask if anyone knows of anything I could do to try and solve my issue. I seriously would pay the person that helps me solve the issue. And if no one is able to help, then I have my shipping label and everything already to send my phone back to Samsung again. I hope it doesn't come down to that though! Anyways, thanks for reading!
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Bump for me!
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Bring it into sprint, and tell them that your invoking your samsung warranty. If they can't fix it you will get another phone. I had to do this after my phone, purchased from ebay, started to give me trouble with constant reboots for no reason, then it would freeze up.. It took one trip to the store, then a call to sprint to get it done..

doubledragon5 said:
Bring it into sprint, and tell them that your invoking your samsung warranty. If they can't fix it you will get another phone. I had to do this after my phone, purchased from ebay, started to give me trouble with constant reboots for no reason, then it would freeze up.. It took one trip to the store, then a call to sprint to get it done..
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But I'm with Verizon
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I PM'd you so you could add me on gtalk to fix it. I had the same problem.
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[Q] Stumped. Please Help!

Alright, to begin. About a month ago I lost my GPS. Meaning, my phone could not locate itself. Move up to the end of last week...I was unable to send text messages, call out or receive calls. I WAS able to receive text messages. Also, I could use my mobile data (i.e. Internet). Then, I lost ALL capabilities and the phone went to asking me if I wanted to switch to GLOBAL ROAMING. Still, at this point I could ODIN flash to stock. However, I could not ROOT the phone. Even with flashing back to stock (unrooting), the phone would not call, or text, etc...Okay, still with me? So, yesterday, I took the phone to the local Verizon Corporate store to have them look at it. A new SIM card did not fix the problem. In fact, when he booted the phone, the boot and splash screen both came up with a picture of a big LOCK (that was unlocked) and the word "CUSTOM". He looked at us and said, "That's not supposed to be there.". It never was until that time (mind you, I had unrooted). The phone wouldn't even boot to the VZW stock recovery. He was awesome to work with and we did so for over an hour. He was going to replace the phone with a new one under insurance (even though I don't have insurance on the phone). But the phone was not in the system. They couldn't find it. "Like it doesn't exist". So, today I am still messing with it and have been all over the internet looking for a solution. I've ODIN'd the stupid thing so many times in the last two days. NOW, I DON'T have the big un-locked LOCK or the "CUSTOM" anymore, but I can't get past the setup screen because the phone is ROAMING! It will ask which language, then, at the next screen, it tells me to wait while it connects to Verizon Wireless and activates itself. At this point, the phone will make a phone call, ON ITS OWN, and I listen to people telling me that I may be eligible for a $100 gift card as well as other advertisements. I used to be able to pull down the notification bar and setup my wifi. Now, I can't do that.
I've tried every stock ROM available all the way back to 4.0.4. At first, that's what I would do and then, just apply the OTAs until i reached 4.1.2. Now, I can't even get that far.
I'm sure I've forgotten some things, but please ask away if that will help clear anything up. I've never had any problems with this device. Could it be a virus? Or is it doomed for the recycler? I have no idea what to do. Thanks.

Also, I remembered, when I was able to see my phone's info it showed I was connected to the network and everything looked as it should and would, normally. I still couldn't send texts, call, etc...on Verizon's customer representative end, they would also say that it would look like the phone was trying to do something but never would.
When I would request my IMEI#, it checked out fine. However, when I would use the dialer for the IMEI check, I would get the IMEI# followed by a /01 or /02. Not sure what that means, but thought I'd throw that out there, as well. Thanks

Now, when I'm in the aforementioned set up screen, my phone direct-calls Alltel. "Thank you for calling Alltel". WTH.
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just for a baseline where is the phone at now? As in what Rom, base(modem), bootloader locked/unlocked, kernel, prl, eri, imei still there not messed up?
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Your phone is shot. Same thing happened to my original s3. Started with gps, then started losing internet, and messages not working then making calls started to go. I tried everything I could. I had to call Verizon and get them to send me a replacement.
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bbolton_98 said:
just for a baseline where is the phone at now? As in what Rom, base(modem), bootloader locked/unlocked, kernel, prl, eri, imei still there not messed up?
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Hi. Unfortunately, I couldn't give the specifics because I don't really know. Other than, the last flash I did was Odin back to stock (un-root) and do all the OTA updates (up to 4.1.2). So, whatever all the stock, non-rooted S3s are running. Sorry I couldn't give more info. Thanks.
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bbqsfire said:
Your phone is shot. Same thing happened to my original s3. Started with gps, then started losing internet, and messages not working then making calls started to go. I tried everything I could. I had to call Verizon and get them to send me a replacement.
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Thanks. Yeah, I was on the phone from 11pm last night until 1am this morning with Verizon and they couldn't get it working. Put in another "network fix" ticket but haven't heard back. Looks hopeless. My contract is up and I am really looking forward to the S4, but money is tight and I was going to wait a bit before that purchase. I was using an old Samsung SCH-U900 Flipshot as my backup. I don't have to tell anyone, but that sucked. Now, I can't even use that because they need the line clear for the work order. So, I'm helpless. How the heck did I survive before cell phones?!
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Welp, as a follow up, sent the phone off to Samsung. They sent it back with an updated PRL...and it WORKS!!! :good:

bbolton_98 said:
Thanks for the update, good to know to watch for prl. Glad you got it fixed.
Cruzin' tha GS3 w/Synergy Rom & Anthrax Kernel
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Hey, no problem and thanks. I was going crazy with the old Droid X. Anyway, because of the outcome, I thought it would be a good reason to post and maybe help others. ORIGINALLY, when we first called Verizon, that's the first thing I wanted them to try. Or at least let me try. I just couldn't get past the language set up screen and the phone making calls on its own. All they would do is a factory reset. Still not sure why the phone went berserk and changed up on me. Oh well, it's back now and I couldn't be happier.