My dad's Nexus S keeps disconnecting from Wind and will NOT automatically reconnect to Wind. I've set it to Automatic. On top of this, *every* time I enable Wifi or Bluetooth on his device, his Wind connection drops and remains dropped until I manually reconnect.
The only way around this issue is if I manually select Wind's network in the settings menu, thereby avoiding 'Select automatically'. The problem here is that when the phone needs a reboot, it doesnt remember the last network and it needs to be manually selected *again*.
I've done a quick search via Google and there are others having the same/similar problem;
http://www.google.ca/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=34411ac78e8a4ff6&hl=en
Apparently the 2.3.6 update doesn't fix this either. Is there a 2.3.7 release? I'm even thinking of rooting and flashing the phone to use a custom ROM (MIUI, its much cleaner with better shortcuts which my dad would like).
Does anyone know of a solution to this? I'm thinking of going into Wind and having it replaced (its less than a week old). Question is, if he's racked up more than 30 minutes, can he still get a straight exchange for the phone? Would it still be eligible for exchange/replacement if I tried the ICS update to the phone?
Did you guys root the phone? Ans if you did, did you installed custom rom? If so, it just might be the incompatibility with the Nexus S. If you didn't root it, the phone just might be defected. Try updating the os. It always doesn't hurt to update os. If that doesn't work, I guess you should return it and get the new one it somethign :/
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At the minimum, I would try updating to 2.3.6.
Yeah try to update to newer os. And if that doesn't work, I guess you should exchange your phone or something??
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kyokeun1234 said:
Did you guys root the phone? Ans if you did, did you installed custom rom? If so, it just might be the incompatibility with the Nexus S. If you didn't root it, the phone just might be defected. Try updating the os. It always doesn't hurt to update os. If that doesn't work, I guess you should return it and get the new one it somethign :/
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I've updated my original question with more details.
But no, its not a rooted phone. Everything is stock Android 2.3.4. The phone is only about 5 days old, we got it for him on the 27th of December (or 26th, cant remember). I have installed a few applications (cnn news, wp.pl, bbc news, unit converter, etc). I've updated all the applications as well.
How can I obtain 2.3.6 and install it? Is the process difficult and would it render the phone non-returnable to his carrier for fixing/replacing?
If you have stock, the process is easy was snap if there's a avaliable ota update to your phone. Go to setting-about phone-system update (I'm pretty sure) and if there's an update for your phone, you can download and install the new rom from there.
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kyokeun1234 said:
If you have stock, the process is easy was snap if there's a avaliable ota update to your phone. Go to setting-about phone-system update (I'm pretty sure) and if there's an update for your phone, you can download and install the new rom from there.
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Will it give me the option to update to Iced Cream Sandwich Android 4.0 as well?
Um probably not. Depends on what model you're using. It probably promt you to update to later version of gingerbread :/
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Hi, I have the exact same problem as the original poster, except worse.
I lose my data connection when I turn on wifi, or after I reboot my phone. And once I lose the connection, I have to power off and take out the battery for it to work again. My phone was already rooted when this problem start about 4 days ago, was using stock rom (2.3.6) I downloaded for my I9020T (don't ask, minor hiccup when I was rooting my phone...)
So far I've tried the following:
1. boot to CWM recovery -> factory reset, wipe cache, unsuccessful
2. *#*#4636#*#*, changed preferred network to WCMDA preferred or only, unsuccessful (I also had issues with sending SMS, so I also updated the SMSC, which is 07916174080001f6 for Mobilicity in Canada). Also selected "Automatic" in "Select radio band".
3. I flashed the OS to cyanogen, still same problem.
4. In mobile settings, tried changing apn, toggle data connection, 2g/3g, "Select automatically", doesn't work.
5. a whole bunch of other voodoo I found on the web, but none worked.
The only thing I haven't tried yet is flashing with a stock sbf, because I can't seem to be able to find one.
The error message I see in *#*#4636#*# -> Phone info is something like DcInactiveConnection...: unknown data error (sorry can't remember the whole thing).
Also tried asking mobilicity to refresh my service, but that also didn't help.
I ran logcat in terminal emulator and searched through the log for "error" or anything suspicious, the only thing I saw were these,
1. Error loading keycharmap file '/system/usr/keychars/herring-keypad.kcm.bin'
2. caused by: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Connection timed out
I/TelephonyRegistry( 188): notifyDataConnection: state=0 isDataConnectivityPossible=false reason=apnSwitched interfaceName=null networkType=3
I/TelephonyRegistry
3. onErrorResponse: Failed to send 5 events because of [com.android.volley.TimeoutError]
D/Volley
Tried googling all of them but didn't find anything useful.
I've been at this for the past 4 days and still haven't been able to fix this. I tried swapping in another mobilicity sim card and it also had the same behaviour, so it's definitely something with my phone.
Also, after I power down and remove the battery and power it back up again, the connection still doesn't come back automatically, but I have to toggle the airplane mode to get it to connect.
At this point, what else can/should I try? Or should I just ask them to send it for warranty?
Any help/advice will be VERY much appreciated!!!! And apologies for the essay.
Thanks!
NM, I reread your post. I have nothing for you. Sorry.
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Hi all,
I am kind of new to the whole Android scene. I need a little help updating my phone. I recently rooted it on 2.2.19.a955. I uninstalled several stock apps, 3G Wifi Hotspot, the Amazon stuff, and something else. I was able to reinstall everything but the 3G Wifi Hotspot. Can't seem to find an apk or recover it or anything.
When I tried to update, it gives me an error saying that it is unable to update.
I am not sure what it is. I think the missing apps or the root is preventing me from updating.
Please help!
Thanks.
-Kevin
Im having the same issue
I also removed some of the bloat and when my OTA update failed I reinstalled all of it from the system dump found in another thread on this forum (it won't let me post a link). I checked all my permissions and made sure they were 644 but my update is still failing on Mynet.apk. I have checked it; it is there and its permissions are 644. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any help.
darkonion said:
Hi all,
I am kind of new to the whole Android scene. I need a little help updating my phone. I recently rooted it on 2.2.19.a955. I uninstalled several stock apps, 3G Wifi Hotspot, the Amazon stuff, and something else. I was able to reinstall everything but the 3G Wifi Hotspot. Can't seem to find an apk or recover it or anything.
When I tried to update, it gives me an error saying that it is unable to update.
I am not sure what it is. I think the missing apps or the root is preventing me from updating.
Please help!
Thanks.
-Kevin
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darkonion said:
Hi all,
I am kind of new to the whole Android scene. I need a little help updating my phone. I recently rooted it on 2.2.19.a955. I uninstalled several stock apps, 3G Wifi Hotspot, the Amazon stuff, and something else. I was able to reinstall everything but the 3G Wifi Hotspot. Can't seem to find an apk or recover it or anything.
When I tried to update, it gives me an error saying that it is unable to update.
I am not sure what it is. I think the missing apps or the root is preventing me from updating.
Please help!
Thanks.
-Kevin
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You could always just flash back to the stock system with the .sbf released in "The Bomb" you probably used to root. Once you do that youve lost root but back to stock then do the OTA update, re-root, and also have your bloat back... Its a little lengthy but Google and your sd card have most everything backed up for you anyway.
cryptkpr said:
I also removed some of the bloat and when my OTA update failed I reinstalled all of it from the system dump found in another thread on this forum (it won't let me post a link). I checked all my permissions and made sure they were 644 but my update is still failing on Mynet.apk. I have checked it; it is there and its permissions are 644. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any help.
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Is system dump the 128MB file off of rapidshare?
RammiKan said:
You could always just flash back to the stock system with the .sbf released in "The Bomb" you probably used to root. Once you do that youve lost root but back to stock then do the OTA update, re-root, and also have your bloat back... Its a little lengthy but Google and your sd card have most everything backed up for you anyway.
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I have the SBF. I am just not sure how to flash it back onto my phone. I really don't have that much stuff. I've only installed a few programs. Not a big deal.
darkonion said:
Is system dump the 128MB file off of rapidshare
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Yes that's the one I used to restore my apk's but its still hanging on Mynet.apk
cryptkpr said:
Yes that's the one I used to restore my apk's but its still hanging on Mynet.apk
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I think that's the one I need to reinstall...
Still having trouble figuring out how to install mynet.apk. I downloaded the file, but I am unsure what to do now.
You have to use adb to install system apps. So, something like:
- put Mynet.apk in your sdk tools folder
- Open command prompt
- cd c:/wherever-your-sdk-tools-folder-is
- adb devices (to verify the connection)
- adb remount
- adb push Mynet.apk /system/app/Mynet.apk
- adb remount
As a note, I updated to 2.2.20 with root but without removing apps.
If you do use the snf from The Bomb, what is that other file out of curiosity?
Thanks Karnovaran.
Is there anything I need to do with the opek file? I followed your steps generally and I am still not getting anything.
So... I followed your directions. I put Mynet.apk in the folder. Ran ADB, copied the file to the sdcard. Mounted. Ran rageagainstthecage. Copied the Mynet.apk to the apps folder on the system. Same with the odex file, and remounted, and exited, but still nothing...
I was able to flash my phone using the files from the RootzWiki bomb. Flashed it successfully. Now it doesn't have a connection to the Verizon network. No data service. Not sure about phone service though.
darkonion said:
I was able to flash my phone using the files from the RootzWiki bomb. Flashed it successfully. Now it doesn't have a connection to the Verizon network. No data service. Not sure about phone service though.
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You probably need to dial *22899 from your phone before it will get back on the Verizon network.
Does the ota contain something that is really needed. I am debating if I want to unroot just for the ota. Hopefully some one figure away to give us an update that remains rooted.
pc747 said:
Does the ota contain something that is really needed. I am debating if I want to unroot just for the ota. Hopefully some one figure away to give us an update that remains rooted.
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my answer is in droidlife
DROID 2 Receiving Minor Update, Now Allows for User Initiation
On 08.21.10, In News, by Kellex
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If you own a Droid 2, you should be receiving a minor update over the next couple of days and in fact, there is a pretty good chance that you have already been prompted to install it. The update, although minor, does fix a couple of things which will enhance your D2 experience…
Improvements:
+ Enabled text and picture message scrolling.
+ Streamlined set up of Visual Voice Mail feature.
+ Improved contact sync with Corporate Exchange categories
and groups.
+ View accurate contact pictures when reviewing Recent Call Log.
On a related note, it looks like Verizon may be allowing user initiated updates for their new Droid family member. If you check out their update installation instructions, there are now 2 types of software loading: user initiated and server initiated. We also just received this shot which shows that manual updates could start as early as last night, and OTA server initiated updates will start on the 24th if users have not already gone through the process…
After the update you will be running version 2.2.20.en.us.
Via: Verizon Wireless
Cheers Mitch and Shawn!
2.2.20 is root-able, so if you really want it you can do the sbf flash and grab the update before rooting. I don't think we'll be seeing any custom updates for the D2. Let's just thank our lucky stars the sbf showed up.
ITGuy11 said:
You probably need to dial *22899 from your phone before it will get back on the Verizon network.
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Darn, wish I knew that before I factory resetted my phone. Do you know this for a fact?
Yes a factory reset is necessary...I just flashed my phone this morning with the sbf and I connected to verizon network but it would not connect to any data connection 3g or 1x, nothing so a factory reset took place and it works almost better than before for some reason lol..my internet connection seems to be more stable and reception is a little better and I've done* 22899 before I rooted and flashed back and this time around its just working better idk..but back to the topic at hand if u* 22899 it will connect you to verizon network but no 3g or anything
JonandRoid said:
Yes a factory reset is necessary...I just flashed my phone this morning with the sbf and I connected to verizon network but it would not connect to any data connection 3g or 1x, nothing so a factory reset took place and it works almost better than before for some reason lol..my internet connection seems to be more stable and reception is a little better and I've done* 22899 before I rooted and flashed back and this time around its just working better idk..but back to the topic at hand if u* 22899 it will connect you to verizon network but no 3g or anything
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Did you try *228? Maybe might have been a better way to go. But thank you for trying.
If you can't update or anything flash an sbf. Isn't hard.
If you are rooted and need to sbf, I used the droid bootstrap recovery to wipe my cache and data, then flashed the sbf from the bootloader (turn the phone all the way off, and hold the up arrow as you power on). Made it a lot easier, and fixed all the errors I was having
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Hi there. Recently I reset my phone and while setting up I got an alert for update for my Desire S, about 35 mb. After updation my current version details are :
Code:
Kernel version now is
2.6.35.10-g2ee27f5
[email protected] # 1
Wed Jun 8 19:20:03 CST 2011
Build number is
1.47.720.1 CL 78999 release-keys
Software Number
1.47.720.1
The problem I am facing is frequent network disconnections even though the network strength is good. The interval is not fixed. Sometimes it works fine for 5-6 hrs, sometimes keeps getting disconnected every half hour. I tried removing battery, sim card and re inserting, nothing works. Anyone else facing this issue ? What can I do to solve this ?
network disonections?? wifi or mobile network?
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network disonections?? wifi or mobile network?
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Mobile network. I did not test WiFi. I tried giving manual network selection as well as automatic, problem is still same.
If u want data connection always to be on, you have to make sure that in settings this option is ticked. I have dutch language, so I don't know how it's called exactly, but has to be something like "keep data always on"
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faraaz said:
If u want data connection always to be on, you have to make sure that in settings this option is ticked. I have dutch language, so I don't know how it's called exactly, but has to be something like "keep data always on"
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The issue is not data connection. If I tick "keep data always on", it is like telling I want to be continuously connected to my GPRS/EDGE connection. My issue has nothing to do with mobile internet. It is the basic network connectivity. Simple GSM signal.
My girlfriend has the same problem after the last update and i have heard more complaints, i want to unlock that one and put some custom ROM flavor on it
What's your baseband (radio) version? Maybe an update of that will help...
Check developer threads on how to do that. You'll find the latest radio versions as well as older ones there for download. Hope this helps.
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meinnameisthase said:
What's your baseband (radio) version? Maybe an update of that will help...
Check developer threads on how to do that. You'll find the latest radio versions as well as older ones there for download. Hope this helps.
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I am sorry I did not understand that. If you are talking about the frequency then my carrier frequency is 1800Mhz.
The "radio baseband" is simply said the driver for GSM, WLAN, Bluetooth etc.
You can check the version you got in the phone info... should be in-between "android version" and "kernel"...
I assume you don't have S-Off, right? In case not, you can't update the radio, so my above post is useless.
I'd suggest to try a reset again (holding vol down and power when booting the phone and then do a factory reset, not the reset via >> settings >> privacy), or bring your phone back and have it replaced in warranty...
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since your signal was good before update its probably a radio issue if so you can s-off your device & try a different radio or you can do a factory reset
@original poster.
I can confirm I have this issue since the last update, exactly the same symptoms as you. In the previous 4 months of ownership I never had this problem occur even once. I have read several reports of this issue on different forums. I personally haven't done a factory reset because it takes too much to reconfigure my phone. On another forum a user claims to have tried a factory reset and it made no difference.
meinnameisthase said:
The "radio baseband" is simply said the driver for GSM, WLAN, Bluetooth etc.
You can check the version you got in the phone info... should be in-between "android version" and "kernel"...
I assume you don't have S-Off, right? In case not, you can't update the radio, so my above post is useless.
I'd suggest to try a reset again (holding vol down and power when booting the phone and then do a factory reset, not the reset via >> settings >> privacy), or bring your phone back and have it replaced in warranty...
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Ok. The baseband version I curently have is
Code:
20.28I.30.085AU_3805.06.02.03_M
I have S-ON. After reset, should I install these new updates again.
The updates should be installed already, so no need to install them again. I'd suggest to backup your apps and sms with "my backup" first, so life is a bit easier when setting it up again. ;-)
The reset via bootloader takes quite some time, so no worries if your phone seems not to be doing anything for several minutes!
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meinnameisthase said:
The updates should be installed already, so no need to install them again. I'd suggest to backup your apps and sms with "my backup" first, so life is a bit easier when setting it up again. ;-)
The reset via bootloader takes quite some time, so no worries if your phone seems not to be doing anything for several minutes!
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Oh ! So even if I reset, the updates won't be rolled back ? So if the problem was with the update, the issue will still remain ?
if you dont want to do a reset you can s-off & then go back to a older radio
if you want to have s-on then you can follow this guide & return to a RUU with the older radio in it
S-Offing your device is a good alternative, that's true. But if you're not into this, then you better leave it. Check out the developer section for this ("Revolutionary").
So... Yeah, system updates will still be there. However, a "deep reset" can help because everything is initialized again from scratch. No guarantee that it will be ok afterwards, but it's sure worth to give it a try!
However, before doing a reset via bootloader, check out if thereis an RUU for your provider. If so, use the RUU instead of a reset in bootloader. This will flash your phone software completely new. Run the program, and it will tell you what to do.
If there's no RUU available that fits you, then do the reset via bootloader.
meinnameisthase said:
The updates should be installed already, so no need to install them again. I'd suggest to backup your apps and sms with "my backup" first, so life is a bit easier when setting it up again. ;-)
The reset via bootloader takes quite some time, so no worries if your phone seems not to be doing anything for several minutes!
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Interesting. After reseting the phone via bootloader, network issue seems to be fixed. I will check for few days and post back here if the issue exists.
check this thread, this might help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1190347&highlight=limited+service
cheers
I just got my Xoom back from the 4G upgrade yesterday. I decided I would take a shot at rooting and overclocking it for the first time since now I didn't have to worry whether Motorola would care about the voided warranty.
So, I rooted using the universal root kit and everything was working swell. Well, except one problem - I couldn't download anything from the market. Instead of looking more into it, and see if there was a way to fix it, I just decided to unroot.
Surprise, surprise - I went all the way back down to 3.01 without knowing the consequences. Not only did I lose my 4G connectivity, but also 3G. Now, it shows me having full bars, but it's just not connecting. My Wi-Fi works fine.
So, now I've been hunting and trying frantically to get back up to 3.2.2 and get my internet back. I've tried using the stock/rooted version that Solarnz provided, but alas, I still have no connectivity.
I've tried looking around on the forum, and I've tried a couple of methods that still didn't help. Has anyone heard of a sure fire way to correct this problem yet? I think I'm practically screwed, since my 3G won't even work when I'm down on 3.01, so I won't be able to get an upgrade to 3.2.2 later on (if the stock image is released).
Might want to look around some more:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294821
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18243360&postcount=10
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18353730&postcount=2
Just a few links to check out.
scsa20 said:
Might want to look around some more:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294821
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18243360&postcount=10
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18353730&postcount=2
Just a few links to check out.
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Well, I tried some of those methods already. I just tried manually updating to HLK75D this morning and I still don't have either 3G or 4G connectivity.
My kernel version still doesn't have the "ltedc" part that it had before I went through all this mess. Every time I go into the mobile network settings, I still don't have the LTE option and "Activate Device" is always available, even after I activate over Wi-Fi.
Ok try this. Its working with any android device. But I never try on honeycomb.
Open Market and download "Astro file manager".
Open astro>preferences>enable browsing download.
Restat u xoom, just for me
Enjoy
Update: ops....u about "market "download problem.....
Did u try do simple cache clean from application> manage aplication?
avetny said:
Ok try this. Its working with any android device. But I never try on honeycomb.
Open Market and download "Astro file manager".
Open astro>preferences>enable browsing download.
Restat u xoom, just for me
Enjoy
Update: ops....u about "market "download problem.....
Did u try do simple cache clean from application> manage aplication?
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Well, I'm not entirely sure how that would help with my lack of 3G/4G connectivity. If I would have known about that method to fix the market problem prior to flashing back down to 3.01 from 3.2.2, that could have saved me a lot of trouble.
Hi, my wife has the inspire, with the original ship Rom, she never updated, she was trying to get today's free App from Amazon, but it tells her to check off the setting to allows unsigned apps, but when we go to settings where it's located, the option isn't even there to check off or not. A friend of hers has the same phone with a stock rom too but she bought the phone a lot later, and the option is there on her phone. I figured her phone might have just shipped with an updated version of the Rom, maybe the one that fixed the signal issues or even gingerbread.
Anyways, just looking for help to get the app installed. Can we just use a file explore app and drag over the app from a desktop? Or will we still get the unsigned app issue?
Thank you.
You will not be able to side load apps with out updating. Go into setting, about phone, and some where in the bottom there are two update options. The update won't wipe the phone so every thing will be as it was just the latest update.
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Thank you, appreciate the help, +1 thanks
droe411 said:
You will not be able to side load apps with out updating. Go into setting, about phone, and some where in the bottom there are two update options. The update won't wipe the phone so every thing will be as it was just the latest update.
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Ok, when I tried this, it brings up the option to do the ROM update to 2.47.502.7 --> Gingerbread ROM
I need to just confirm, this Won't Delete all my wife's Pictures or info, right?
BTW anyone know where I can find the 2nd Update, the Fryo one, with the Fixed Signal...the one that came out before Gingerbread?
Thanks
[WM Rom updates use to wipe the phone...but I know android is a lot different]
If you do the OTA upgrade, the one from the phone over wifi, it does not wipe user data. Neither upgrade will touch the SD card.
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If you call ATT they may still be able to push the "Unknown Sources" update to your phone without having to upgrade to gingerbread.
StrangeShadow said:
BTW anyone know where I can find the 2nd Update, the Fryo one, with the Fixed Signal...the one that came out before Gingerbread?
Thanks
[WM Rom updates use to wipe the phone...but I know android is a lot different]
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Don't worry, Gingerbread already fixed the signal problems.
Or use the Sideload Wonder Machine
PC and MAC/Linux versions
My Atrix 2 is a 2.3.5 firmware version. ATT 110921_0913
From previous 2 to 3 days my phone is in complete freeze mode...meaning whatever I do to my phone install any app uninstall any app...when I restart the phone it just gets back to the same state....
I have tried factory reset from the settings I didn't worked..... then I tried the hard reset method but that didn't worked too...
After that I tries reloading the stock fxz using the rsd lite but it failed at step 3 saying mbmloader cannot be flashed....
Then I tried the script method...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1539167
In that it said that the bootloader is restricted and it cannot write it it wrote the rest of the things but still my phone is in the same state it was with same apps and everything.....
I tried booting into the CWM recovery mode but when I try to run the AtrixBOOtloader.apk it reboots and the restarts normally....
Please I really need som help....
just to let you know I have Go launcher installed I know its absurd to thing that it can be causing the problem...but just in casee....
Please let me know if you need any other information.....
Any help will be greatly appreciated....
Thanks....
More info is always nice:
Are you rooted? Were you running a special ROM? If rooted, did you make any changes to your system? If rooted, do you have a backup made (cause you should)? What did you do (system wise) before this started?
And are you SURE you are 2.3.5? Because all A2's are 2.3.5 out of the box but have since been upgraded to 2.3.6, which is the stock norm for A2's.
PS: From now on please post things like this in the Q&A forum. We're kinda letting this slide so far since it's still new and not everyone is aware of it.
Fall of Enosis said:
More info is always nice:
Are you rooted? Were you running a special ROM? If rooted, did you make any changes to your system? If rooted, do you have a backup made (cause you should)? What did you do (system wise) before this started?
And are you SURE you are 2.3.5? Because all A2's are 2.3.5 out of the box but have since been upgraded to 2.3.6, which is the stock norm for A2's.
PS: From now on please post things like this in the Q&A forum. We're kinda letting this slide so far since it's still new and not everyone is aware of it.
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Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
Here are the answers:
Are you rooted? Yes!
Were you running a special ROM? No I did nothing that could mess up my rom or anything...
If rooted, did you make any changes to your system? If rooted, do you have a backup made (cause you should)? What did you do (system wise) before this started? No to above all...this started happening 2-3 days ago after some of my apps were updated...and I dont have any backup
And are you SURE you are 2.3.5? Because all A2's are 2.3.5 out of the box but have since been upgraded to 2.3.6, which is the stock norm for A2's........
I am sure that I am at 2.3.5 because I was not able to install the 2.3.6 update I kept on failing on me while installing on halfway.....
Again I have not done anything related to my system that I could cause this...only thing I can think of is because of some rogue app or something!!!!
Ok now that we have the basics down, one other question, what EXACTLY do you mean by "freeze mode"? What exactly is the phone doing that you don't want it to do? Force closing all the time? If so, what apps?
I'm still a little confused as to what EXACTLY the phone is doing.
The more info the better.
I agree with you Fall of Enosis, we need some more exacted information regarding the OP's issue here.
OP: You say you tried a factory reset, but now are concerned that it is a "rogue app", but unless you've re-installed apps you previously had installed, this is not likely.
What is your location, and do you have access to WiFi or network connectivity to enable the update from 2.3.5 to 2.3.6?
Sounds to me as if you have tried to do something that we're not entirely clear of (and perhaps you are not either) and as result you've borked the boot image, but I can't convincingly determine that is the case here. If the phone is still booting into Android, but simply "freezes", then you may have a bad flash of the FXZ.
If you are experiencing "freezing" of the UI or system itself, it could be application-related or a handful of other things.
You really need to be as precise as you possibly can, describing in detail everything you have done, tried, and are experiencing here for us to be of any real help. Otherwise, we're left to 'fishing' for information from you, which wastes everyone's time here.
Fall of Enosis said:
Ok now that we have the basics down, one other question, what EXACTLY do you mean by "freeze mode"? What exactly is the phone doing that you don't want it to do? Force closing all the time? If so, what apps?
I'm still a little confused as to what EXACTLY the phone is doing.
The more info the better.
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Yes all of my apps are force closing like motorola.service.....facebook rebtel and many others...sometimes one crashes on other restart some other.....
NOTHING IS ACTUALLY FREEZING
By freeze mode I mean like the deep freeze effect on the PC...I cannot uninstall any app or install a new one cannot make any changes ot my system settings or anything......
So sometimes critical processes closes like contacts process and then no contacts are shown.....I am able to use the phone and the apps which are not closing for that time works prefectly fine....
Apex_Strider said:
I agree with you Fall of Enosis, we need some more exacted information regarding the OP's issue here.
OP: You say you tried a factory reset, but now are concerned that it is a "rogue app", but unless you've re-installed apps you previously had installed, this is not likely.
What is your location, and do you have access to WiFi or network connectivity to enable the update from 2.3.5 to 2.3.6?
Sounds to me as if you have tried to do something that we're not entirely clear of (and perhaps you are not either) and as result you've borked the boot image, but I can't convincingly determine that is the case here. If the phone is still booting into Android, but simply "freezes", then you may have a bad flash of the FXZ.
If you are experiencing "freezing" of the UI or system itself, it could be application-related or a handful of other things.
You really need to be as precise as you possibly can, describing in detail everything you have done, tried, and are experiencing here for us to be of any real help. Otherwise, we're left to 'fishing' for information from you, which wastes everyone's time here.
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I am really sorry for not being much more clearer with my problem.....!!
I am currently in US LA and yes I do have wifi connectivity I have tried update several times but I just fails...I think may be I rooted it incorrectly....
I HAVE NOT TRIED TO DO ANYTHING WITH MY SYSTEM
The phone still boots up normally and works fine I mean nothing is freezing ....by freeze mode I mean the whole of the phone memory is frozen like deep freeze on the PC so I cannot make any changes to the settings or install uninstall any apps....moreover on each restart many of the processes keeps on closing...
So agian I will try to make it as clearer as possible.....I have not tried to install any custom rom or make any os or system related changes to my atrix 2....
What is actually happening is I cannot make any changes to my phone memory....I cannot change any settings or install or uninstall anything since as soon as I restart my phone ANY CHANGES WILL DISAPPEAR and it will be back to the exact same state as it was before.....
Please help I am not able to fix this thing....
Ok, thanks for being clearer. It helps.
I have had something like this happen to me, constant moto apps fc'ing.
For me it was an app causing my headache. However the only way i could take care of it was to restore one of my backups.
I think you possibly have an app causing your headache as well. And i think that somehow (whether you know it or not) you accidentally borked the system UI. So before we go to the extreme of fxz'ing back (since you don't have a backup) what kind of rooted apps are you using?
I know YOU didn't personally change anything but rooted apps will make all sorts of changes that you are unaware of.
What rooted apps are you running and more importantly which apps (rooted or not) were most recently installed before this happened?
Don't fret man, we'll work this out for ya.
Sent from my MB865 using xda premium
Maybe.. the flash memory cannot be written?
Is it possible to post "adb logcat" when your apps are force closing or you are trying to do an install? And if you could make adb work, then grab a shell and paste the o/p of the commands "mount", "df" ... Also you may want to try command like "adb install <package.apk>", and check what's the error code returned.
Fall of Enosis said:
Ok, thanks for being clearer. It helps.
I have had something like this happen to me, constant moto apps fc'ing.
For me it was an app causing my headache. However the only way i could take care of it was to restore one of my backups.
I think you possibly have an app causing your headache as well. And i think that somehow (whether you know it or not) you accidentally borked the system UI. So before we go to the extreme of fxz'ing back (since you don't have a backup) what kind of rooted apps are you using?
I know YOU didn't personally change anything but rooted apps will make all sorts of changes that you are unaware of.
What rooted apps are you running and more importantly which apps (rooted or not) were most recently installed before this happened?
Don't fret man, we'll work this out for ya.
Sent from my MB865 using xda premium
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Okay, so I have been playing with the phone form last two days and I have figured out what the problem is...ITS A ROGUE APP...HOW??!!!!
Well, I started my phone in safe mode and I was out of the WIFI reach so no network access then to my surprise everything worked fine like a charm no process was closing and the phone was perfectly fine as it should but as soon as I went into wifi connectivity around 12 of my apps got automatic updates and my phone started f*king again.....
As soon as the updates were installed all my apps started force closing and it was absolutely like a what a virus does on the PC my apps were starting trying to load and then were kill in about 3-4 seconds......
So, it has to be a rogue app nothing else.....I am not sure which app is causing the problem and I don't even remember which app I recently installed but it has to be one of the app which is getting updated...right??
Just for reference these many apps gets the update after which my phone starts messing up....
Line Runner
Words with friends
Foursquare
Facebook
3D Matrix Vol.2 (its a live wallpaper)
TuneIn Radio
Skype
GO Keyboard
Nexus Pro Live wallpaper
GO Locker
(this only these got updated....it can the live wallpaper app I ma not sure)
So, now we know what the problem is...what am I supposed to do now...I have tried uninstalling my apps in the safe mode also but as usuale after the restart I gets back to the same exact state it was.....
Any suggestions will be really helpful....
Also what I am wondreing about is if the app has somehow restricted the mbmbootloader writing isn't there any other way we can write it or change the permission...??
Also thanks for staying with me on this till now
PhoenixNghi said:
Maybe.. the flash memory cannot be written?
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Are you referring to mbmloader.bin???
black_panther10 said:
Okay, so I have been playing with the phone form last two days and I have figured out what the problem is...ITS A ROGUE APP...HOW??!!!!
Well, I started my phone in safe mode and I was out of the WIFI reach so no network access then to my surprise everything worked fine like a charm no process was closing and the phone was perfectly fine as it should but as soon as I went into wifi connectivity around 12 of my apps got automatic updates and my phone started f*king again.....
As soon as the updates were installed all my apps started force closing and it was absolutely like a what a virus does on the PC my apps were starting trying to load and then were kill in about 3-4 seconds......
So, it has to be a rogue app nothing else.....I am not sure which app is causing the problem and I don't even remember which app I recently installed but it has to be one of the app which is getting updated...right??
Just for reference these many apps gets the update after which my phone starts messing up....
Line Runner
Words with friends
Foursquare
Facebook
3D Matrix Vol.2 (its a live wallpaper)
TuneIn Radio
Skype
GO Keyboard
Nexus Pro Live wallpaper
GO Locker
(this only these got updated....it can the live wallpaper app I ma not sure)
So, now we know what the problem is...what am I supposed to do now...I have tried uninstalling my apps in the safe mode also but as usuale after the restart I gets back to the same exact state it was.....
Any suggestions will be really helpful....
Also what I am wondreing about is if the app has somehow restricted the mbmbootloader writing isn't there any other way we can write it or change the permission...??
Also thanks for staying with me on this till now
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Ok, I am going weigh in here now....
All of this has absolutley NOTHING to do with the Bootloader/mbmloader, not sure where that came from.
My advice is disable all the updates in the playstore, or well the auto update feature, then those apps that you mentioned that are getting updated. After you restore the fxz, this time make sure that the auto update is off, and then update each of the noted problem apps ONE AT A TIME, then when the issue starts you know which one is the problem app, most likely the last app installed or updated, and I would not install that one again. Simple solution here.
Yes this will be painful, because you might have to do the fxz more than once, but it is the best way to know you are back to 100% stock again.
kousik said:
Is it possible to post "adb logcat" when your apps are force closing or you are trying to do an install? And if you could make adb work, then grab a shell and paste the o/p of the commands "mount", "df" ... Also you may want to try command like "adb install <package.apk>", and check what's the error code returned.
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Okay here I was doing adb logcat and when I tried play music it got killed and this was the adb logcat output
09-03 11:56:33.054 1362 1362 D dalvikvm: GC_EXPLICIT freed <1K, 48% free 2839K
/5379K, external 2357K/2773K, paused 52ms
09-03 11:56:35.750 521 538 W ActivityManager: Activity destroy timeout for H
istoryRecord{406001e0 com.google.android.music/com.android.music.activitymanagem
ent.TopLevelActivity}
09-03 11:56:38.070 1414 1414 D dalvikvm: GC_EXPLICIT freed 6K, 47% free 2892K/
5447K, external 2357K/2773K, paused 69ms
09-03 11:56:42.710 521 605 V AlarmManager: sending alarm Alarm{40b32c60 type
2 android}
09-03 11:56:42.726 4335 4471 I Gmail : MainSyncRequestProto: lowestBkwdConvo
Id: 0, highestHandledServerOp: 924491, normalSync: true
Let me know if you can make any sense out of it.....
And I am able to install and uninstall apps it is not like I wont be allowed to install them its like when I restart all the changes that I make are lost system setting any apps the I installed/uninstalled.....??
Is there anything else you want me to do??
jimbridgman said:
Ok, I am going weigh in here now....
All of this has absolutley NOTHING to do with the Bootloader/mbmloader, not sure where that came from.
My advice is disable all the updates in the playstore, or well the auto update feature, then those apps that you mentioned that are getting updated. After you restore the fxz, this time make sure that the auto update is off, and then update each of the noted problem apps ONE AT A TIME, then when the issue starts you know which one is the problem app, most likely the last app installed or updated, and I would not install that one again. Simple solution here.
Yes this will be painful, because you might have to do the fxz more than once, but it is the best way to know you are back to 100% stock again.
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But, I am not able to an fxz completely thats what I said...when I try to do fxz back to stock while trying with rsd lite it failed at step 3 saying cannot write mbmloader
then I tried the script method and it said that mbmloader is restricted and it cannot write to it and it did rest of e things which were in the script.....so not matter how many times I fxz it when I start my phone it just gets back to where I left it...??
All I want is that I can just flush everything my phone nad get it back to as it was new....no apps nothing...
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But, I am not able to an fxz completely thats what I said...when I try to do fxz back to stock while trying with rsd lite it failed at step 3 saying cannot write mbmloader
then I tried the script method and it said that mbmloader is restricted and it cannot write to it and it did rest of e things which were in the script.....so not matter how many times I fxz it when I start my phone it just gets back to where I left it...??
All I want is that I can just flush everything my phone nad get it back to as it was new....no apps nothing...
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You have a corrupt install, since it did not flash the correct BL, and most likely other files from the fxz. Your issue is that being in that state will make your phone completely unstable as it is. You are most likely partly on 2.3.5 and 2.3.6 at this point.
Did you EVER install the ICS leak?
Did you apply the corerct fxz patch? which version of firmware are you on, and where do you live (what country), and are you using an AT&T phone outside the US?
If you can answer all of that, I am sure I can get you all fixed with a good fxz.
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You have a corrupt install, since it did not flash the correct BL, and most likely other files from the fxz. You issue is that being in that state will make your phone completely unstable as it is. You are most likely partly on 2.3.5 and 2.3.6 at this point.
Did you EVER install the ICS leak?
Did you apply the corerct fxz patch? which version of firmware are you on, and where do you live (what country), and are you using an AT&T phone outside the US?
If you can answer all of that, I am sure I can get you all fixed with a good fxz.
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Did you EVER install the ICS leak? No I never tried the ICS leak!!
Did you apply the corerct fxz patch? which version of firmware are you on, and where do you live (what country), and are you using an AT&T phone outside the US? Yeah I applied the correcty fxz patch.....I am currently on 2.3.5 and I used the 2.3.5 fxz patch only......I purchased my atrix 2 from LA and I am using the phone in LA only
Well to your doubt that I can be partially on 2.3.5 and 2.3.6 .....well that is somehow possible since when the 2.3.6 update came out I tried to install it but it always failed in the halfway...but that never seemed to cause the problem...I tried that a couple of times when the update came out and then I gave up on it ....I thought it may be because I rooted my phone incorrectly.....but still my phone was working perfectly fine after that....
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Did you EVER install the ICS leak? No I never tried the ICS leak!!
Did you apply the corerct fxz patch? which version of firmware are you on, and where do you live (what country), and are you using an AT&T phone outside the US? Yeah I applied the correcty fxz patch.....I am currently on 2.3.5 and I used the 2.3.5 fxz patch only......I purchased my atrix 2 from LA and I am using the phone in LA only
Well to your doubt that I can be partially on 2.3.5 and 2.3.6 .....well that is somehow possible since when the 2.3.6 update came out I tried to install it but it always failed in the halfway...but that never seemed to cause the problem...I tried that a couple of times when the update came out and then I gave up on it ....I thought it may be because I rooted my phone incorrectly.....but still my phone was working perfectly fine after that....
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Ok, now you still did not answer the exact firmware version your on... please do this:
Settings --> About phone, now give me the long string of numbers and letters under the following things:
System Version:
Android Version:
Kernel Version:
Build number:
Once I have all of those, I will know how to patch the fxz for you. If you are truely on 2.3.5 there would be no need at all for any fxz patching by the way, that only applies if the 2.3.6 OTA actually took.
jimbridgman said:
Ok, now you still did not answer the exact firmware version your on... please do this:
Settings --> About phone, now give me the long string of numbers and letters under the following things:
System Version: 55.11.16.MB865.ATT.en.US
Android Version:2.3.5
Kernel Version: 2011-09-21 09:42 off.Bld LUD_EDISON_RLD7_PATCH_27_110921_0913
Build number:5.5.1-175 EDEFW1-16
Once I have all of those, I will know how to patch the fxz for you. If you are truely on 2.3.5 there would be no need at all for any fxz patching by the way, that only applies if the 2.3.6 OTA actually took.
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I have used the exact same version of fxz as the kernel version.....
black_panther10 said:
Line Runner
Words with friends
Foursquare
Facebook
3D Matrix Vol.2 (its a live wallpaper)
TuneIn Radio
Skype
GO Keyboard
Nexus Pro Live wallpaper
GO Locker
(this only these got updated....it can the live wallpaper app I ma not sure)
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Once you uninstall these apps, is everything fine? And if so, uninstall them all, and update them ONE at a time to see which one is borking everything.