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Hi, help please. I been using these new builds and working very well, but now I just get 'The SIM card is missing', I have tried other SIM cards with the same message!.. please help
thanks

Help Help Help, please any ideas, my phone is still stuck on sim card missing!

have you tryed reflashing it with different rom?

Yes, flashed with 3 ROM's and also flashed with RADIO's ROM's, but still the same.

This phone is getting worse, with no phone working I still use it for TOMTOM, but now no sound or patchie sounds, music or phone sounds, I flash it back to WM5 still same and flash it back to WM6 but still no sound. Is there anyway to completey delete the phone so nothing on it then flash it.

Maybe it's because you've got an hardware problem ... so maybe you should see your "service after sale" !!

I would if it was still in contract, so I am thinking about taking the thing apart, and see if anything come loose?. any info would be nice, tried searching but nothing

This phone is very sick, if i put a SIM card in it I get a blank screen when it reboots, or if I take SIM out I may get the blank screen which I have to reset couple of times, took the back off but cannot see any connector off. So I have to pay alot of money to fix it or buy another PDA.

jowett69 said:
Hi, help please. I been using these new builds and working very well, but now I just get 'The SIM card is missing', I have tried other SIM cards with the same message!.. please help
thanks
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My only question is: What changed?
Is there something that you can think of that caused this to occur?
Have you dropped or bumped the phone? Liquid got to it? Charging when the power died or there was a lightning strike?
Without knowing this, there is very little that can be done.
As for pulling the device apart - I would recommend against this. Complex electronics like these have no user-serviceable parts, the most you can do is to look for physical damage (such as burnt components or broken legs on chips) or water damage. And then, even if you did find the damage, you would be able to do very little with it as the components can be hard to find (for any of the chips) and the soldering is extremely difficult (my father hand solders surface-mount components using special liquid-solder and a microscope).
If you want to repair it, find your nearest HTC (or I-Mate\Dopod\O2\etc) repair centre and give it to them. Keep in mind that you've already voided the warranty by installing a custom ROM (although you can just install the manufacturer's ROM and pretend you never used WM6...).
Hope this helps!

I use it every day with TOMTOM or I-go (lorry driver),so getting knock's vibration-yes. camera stop working and green went green-but after a couple of weeks it when back normal. never failed on flashing or stuck on bootmode. NO SIM started I just reset it then it was ok until next time. Then it went back normal for a couple of weeks, then NO SIM came on and couple more things happen(above posts). And that how it stands. So 12 months gone a passed (18 month contract). So its sent it to O2( big bill I think) or buy a PDA (cheap I hope). Or wait and see for upgrade brings

Update on my EXEC, It starts as followed, O2 screen comes up with it info at bottom right then the next screen is the windows mobile6 screen and then black screen, tryed mtty, also re flashed it....now its dead R.I.P...
I think I flashed it too many times so be warned!!!!
Been looking at other PDA phones, none of them comes near EXEC will apart from AMEO(thats nice but too much), so looks like another EXEC I think, and yes I will be flashing that one as well if I get O2 to part with one.

Hi, all tryed to get a new EXEC from O2, but sady they say they dont do it no more, so upgraded to the ORBIT( or should I say down graded). SO I like to say bye bye and watch that flashing because it will kill your phone.

[Q] HTC Surround Frozen?

Okay, googled, and bing'd the crap out of this and it looks like so far everyone who's had this issue has had to send their phones in for repair, but before doing that I thought I'd ask here aswell to see if anyone has been able to solve this problem.
I've had my HTC Surround for about a month now and this morning when I went to use it I noticed I couldn't read my emails, it said something like "Oops we were not able to retrieve your email." I thought no problem I'll just restart my phone. I turned it off, and turned it back on. Ever since then the phone has been stuck on the white HTC start screen. I've pulled the battery four times and tried restarting it. I've restarted it holding the volume up and down buttons and I get a bootloader screen (no option to hard reset). I can plug it into my computer on the bootloader screen and the computer recognizes the device as an HTC SD card. (This is nice to know seeing as I can, if I ever get the phone working again, load files on the phone's SD card that Zune won't let me) however this is bad because Zune will not recognize the phone.
Sooo, anyone else had this problem and been able to fix it themselves? I don't want to have to send it to HTC because I have no warranty. I bought the phone used. Any thoughts would be appreciated!
And this is running 7004, I have no unlocked the phone or tampered with it in any way. (yet)

Have you looked in the development forum for your stock ROM and tried flashing it from the bootloader?

I couldn't find a rom to flash. Maybe I will just use this as an opportunity to switch to Sprint and buy an Arrive. That way I can be done with ATT's crappy service.

I'm on my third surround now, with both previous ones dead with the exact same situation you have described. I called ATT, had them replace them on warranty for free. I'm waiting for this third one to die so I can get a different model
P.S. I tried flashing the stock ROM, hard resetting, and everything else trying to get both phones back to life but I ended up just having to warranty them. Call up ATT and have them send you a new one.

Thanks, I was able to do a warranty claim. Technically I wasn't allowed to because I bought the phone outright (used) on craigslist. But since the person at ATT was lazy and didn't check when I went in the sent me to my local device support center and I was able to walk out with a new phone in 5 minutes.
Hope this doesn't keep occurring though. If they were to ever check how the phone was purchased I'd be screwed.

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Thanks, I was able to do a warranty claim. Technically I wasn't allowed to because I bought the phone outright (used) on craigslist. But since the person at ATT was lazy and didn't check when I went in the sent me to my local device support center and I was able to walk out with a new phone in 5 minutes.
Hope this doesn't keep occurring though. If they were to ever check how the phone was purchased I'd be screwed.
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I had the same problem with my Surround a few months ago. Then I had another one that kept losing the data off the device. I'm on my third one now and it has been holding up for three months.
I also noticed in the store that all the display models of the phone were having the exact same issue.
I think they changed something up, as this new one seems to be hanging in there much better than the last two.

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[Q] s3 mini issues

Hi,
I am new here. i was in dubai a few days back and bought a brand new s3 mini for my father from an online website..the box was completeley sealed. and i opened it myself... for the first time when i put it on charge, it started charging right away but the when the battery ran out completely, i didnt charge it for atleast two three days until i returned to my own country from vacation.. now when i put it on charge, it does not start charging straight away. it takes 5- 10 minutes to start charging ( means, no vibration, no battery logo, just after 5 mins if u press the home button twice or thrice, it shows that it is charging.).then when we turn it on it gets stuck onto the samsung logo for 1-2 minutes. and operating the mobile while on charge is very difficult. like the screen wont unlock when swiped. or the key board doesnt work correctly,
i had this thought in mind that phone might be refubished,(as the website sold it a bit cheaper than the other store prices) so i installed the launcher pro, tried every method to check if the phone was refurbished but coudn't get any info.
yes i would like to tell here, that i am a girl with no technical knowledge about the phones, i just simply use a phone to call use some wifi etc. but getting into all of this has got me all confused. and as i had bought this for my father, i dont want to gift him a wrong, or used product.
so while trying to find out if the phone was refurbished or not, i found quite a few things listed below:
1. cpu revision is 0006a. i would really love to know what that means?
2. what is the difference between cal date and R.F. cal date? i might be sounding very silly..i kept on thinking that R.F might mean "refurbished". i really have no knowledge so just for my peace of mind.
3. the most important, i checked for updates. but it says.."your device has been modified". the device status says " custom" but then searching for long hours for a solution to this problem i found out on these forums how to go in the odin mode ( i still dont know what that is) but it says
custom binary download NO
current binary SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
system status OFFICIAL
i dont know anything about rooting neither could i get any understaing of it yet by reading the forums so rooting the phone by myself is impoosible
i have already tried hard reset. but device status in setting is still custom. and it still hangs for a minute or two on the samsung logo and still gets problem on putting it on charge..
how can i get to update this phone
do u guys think this website has sold me a refurbished set?
is there any other way to find out if the phone is refurbished?
they are offering me a full refund if i ship the phone back to them but i dont want to go in the hassle of doing so if these problems are corrected
please any help and step by step guide would be really appreciated.. now my hopes are from all u experts out there... please help me..

ay_ejaz said:
Hi,
I am new here. i was in dubai a few days back and bought a brand new s3 mini for my father from an online website..the box was completeley sealed. and i opened it myself... for the first time when i put it on charge, it started charging right away but the when the battery ran out completely, i didnt charge it for atleast two three days until i returned to my own country from vacation.. now when i put it on charge, it does not start charging straight away. it takes 5- 10 minutes to start charging ( means, no vibration, no battery logo, just after 5 mins if u press the home button twice or thrice, it shows that it is charging.).then when we turn it on it gets stuck onto the samsung logo for 1-2 minutes. and operating the mobile while on charge is very difficult. like the screen wont unlock when swiped. or the key board doesnt work correctly,
i had this thought in mind that phone might be refubished,(as the website sold it a bit cheaper than the other store prices) so i installed the launcher pro, tried every method to check if the phone was refurbished but coudn't get any info.
yes i would like to tell here, that i am a girl with no technical knowledge about the phones, i just simply use a phone to call use some wifi etc. but getting into all of this has got me all confused. and as i had bought this for my father, i dont want to gift him a wrong, or used product.
so while trying to find out if the phone was refurbished or not, i found quite a few things listed below:
1. cpu revision is 0006a. i would really love to know what that means?
2. what is the difference between cal date and R.F. cal date? i might be sounding very silly..i kept on thinking that R.F might mean "refurbished". i really have no knowledge so just for my peace of mind.
3. the most important, i checked for updates. but it says.."your device has been modified". the device status says " custom" but then searching for long hours for a solution to this problem i found out on these forums how to go in the odin mode ( i still dont know what that is) but it says
custom binary download NO
current binary SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
system status OFFICIAL
i dont know anything about rooting neither could i get any understaing of it yet by reading the forums so rooting the phone by myself is impoosible
i have already tried hard reset. but device status in setting is still custom. and it still hangs for a minute or two on the samsung logo and still gets problem on putting it on charge..
how can i get to update this phone
do u guys think this website has sold me a refurbished set?
is there any other way to find out if the phone is refurbished?
they are offering me a full refund if i ship the phone back to them but i dont want to go in the hassle of doing so if these problems are corrected
please any help and step by step guide would be really appreciated.. now my hopes are from all u experts out there... please help me..
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Well, i cant tell u if the phone was refurbished or not, but one thing you can try is downloading a stock rom from samsungupdates.com , or from sammobile, and flashing it via odin.
make sure you have the proper firmware for your phone, otherwise it will be bricked.
if you dont know what your firmware is, write what model your phone is, e.g. i8190, i8190l, etc you can see this either when it turns on, or in device settings>about device, and ill send a link to a download page.
search google on how to flash using odin, make sure you understand before doing anything what you need to do so there are no mistakes.
link to odin:
https://copy.com/wVyKQPVTT9HIe78G
good luck!

Nexus 5 Repaired at LG service Center - Software Failure?

Hey Guys,
My N5 is 18 months old and suddenly the screen went dead. I could hear things beeping with apps etc and could receive calls but the display was shot. I tried everything to reflash the phone but to no avail. I tried connecting to a PC to sideload - anything at all but no dice. The laptop could see the phone but couldnt access it via explorer or ADB or anything else.
I sent it into the LG Repair Center here in Forth Worth and i got this diagnosis: Software Failure. Out of Warranty by Date code, Receptacle / Minor problem.
It going to cost me 45.00 + tax to fix it so i said go ahead but i'm a little concerned on what the problem actually was. I'm afraid they are just gonna ultra flash it somehow and it'll be broke again in no time. THe repair warranty is only 90 days.
What do you guys think? Any experience on this issue or something similar? Should i get the phone back and shake it for something else?
Any input is greatly appreciated.

I see what you mean, it seems like you have a hardware problem not software, not sure how flashing will fix it if you cant see any images at boot,
You did tell them the screen is not responding right?.
It is worrying to see these stories about the screen just dying, mine is around that age.

The screen just stopped responding. Sometimes i would get a very faint backlight on the screen. Its like i was trying to start the car but she wouldnt turn over. I told them everything this is all they came back.
Not very happy....

I am having a similar problem. One day it shut off and it would only boot to google then go black. It wont connect to a computer or boot also it has no haptic feedback. LG said it was an LCD connector problem and said it would be $150 to fix...

Death of my S7 edge and warranty

Hi, this is not exactly question, so I post into discussion, I want just your opinion... or if somenthing like this happened to you:
It started by simple restarting, or random vibrating from time to time. I just thought its some ROM related bug becouse I didnt update it for about 2 months, maybe something got messy. But I had some work to do and told myself it can wait few days. Then some strange freezes occured with vertical or horizontal strips made of small colourful dots. Only hard reset holding all buttons helped. Freezes, restarts etc. then continued quite frequently. This was time for clean rom installation. I went to TWRP, wiped everything except external SD. Done. I was going to hit install in twrp when freeze occured last time and after long continuous vibration it was gone. Now it does not react toabsolutely anything, holding all buttons - nothing. Connecting to charger - nothing, no icon, no charging indicator. Connecting to PC - nothing, it dont even notice connection of new hardware, Odin also sees nothing... It seem to be as dead as possible.
But this situation seems very good to me after all, becouse phone was rooted, knox tripped. They would never repair it for free if it was freezing, restarting or bugging screen becouse my warranty was gone by rooting long time ago... But now they will have hard time to get into Download mode or connect it to anything to see my voided warranty, or fact there is no ROM at all becouse it got broken right after last TWRP wipe. I might be able to come out of this with new S8 for 100€ (price difference between S7 edge and classic S8 in shop where I bought it).
What do you think? Will they tear it apart and find out about knox etc., or they will not go so deep when its completly dead and there are no physical marks of even using that phone? Have no idea how deep is their analysis and if they will try to change motherboard or just trash it giving me new one or money...
Any experiences with samsung repair service?
PS: sry for my grammar, had only 4 years of english classes at high school, not using it until then (only in forums like this)

Usually the guys at service station don't bother to go in download mode to check the tripped know it depends on countries to countries in most of the countries people got their phone repaired even though there phone was knox tripped and rooted
I hope they fix your phone for free as the service guys are lazy they'll probably tell that your SOC is fried and would recommend changing the SOC

thx for reply... true, they dont bother in my country very much at service ... they already changed my camera lens becouse left corner was always blury and no problem with knox tripped, but it was clearly HW problem on their side which appeared even on first photo, I just didnt notice it and rooted it first week of S7 launch... this also was not caused by root, but if they somehow find out they could use it as excuse, so i hope they will not try hard with software examination when its HW problem again

Just want to add to the list.My previous device (xperia z2 which goes to the same service center here in Bosnia) ,they never searched if i had custom rom installed.They just fixed it by changing motherboard.Please let us all know what will happen when you return your device to them.I think there is no way they can find out what you did to that device or if it is knox tripped.

Ok, I will report results here. It should be fixed in two weeks, max one month (or not if they find out about root, but I also think they will not)

Got my repaired phone back. With new motherboard and 0x0 original knox etc. Old motherboard was compleatly dead with all root info with it... Everything works now