So, I got a AT&T Skyrocket s2 i727 from amazon. its already unlocked and i noticed it was stuck on edge speeds when i put in my sim card. I researched why it was on google and came across this site, which i have to say is amazing!. i have read every topic there is about how to root/unroot, flash roms, radios, kernels, etc. over the last i dunno, week or so. So i decided to give it a try since everything is step by step, which im not illierate towards, i understood what it all meant. first thing i started out with is odim and flashed the cwm touch for the skyrocket, which was easy. i then researched some more and seen i wanted to make this phone on tmoblies 4g service, which here in iowa is called IWireless, anything tmoblie works with this since they are an affiliate of tmoblie. I started out downloading all the radios, which i have:
cwm-tmob-kl1-radio
Telus_SGH-T989D_Kj3_radio
Tmo_SGH-T989_KID_radio
Tmo_SGH-T879-UVLG3_radio
Tmo_SGH-T989_VK1_radio
Tmo_SGH-T989_UVLE1_radio
Blaze_4G_LB7_ICS_Radio_MOD
so as u can see ive got pretty much all of them. then i found which rom i wanted to use, i downloaded CM9 and CM10. for the CM9 build i seen the best kernel for it: InstigatorX-CM9-Kernel3-v6.0.3. also downloaded the gapps for each cm build.
then i followed the instructions the CM team left, backup, factory reset, format, install the radio, then cm os and finally the gapps.
I did all this with each radio and each cm, everything. no i did not brick my phone im alot smarter than that lol. whenever i try a radio, usually im just stuck on the edge speeds. i go into my settings on the phone and it wont save me selecting the lte/gsm/wcdma, just stays on the wcdma preferred....when i did each radio i started from fresh, cleaned everything out, even tried the davlik wipe in the advanced settings in cwmtouch.
so i read in other forums that ppl tried to flash over radios. that didnt work, i was left with no signal at all.
i still have the imei number on my phone when i dial *#06#, so i havent lost that, but every radio i use my baseband version says unknown.
also when i enter the service code in for cm10 and cm9, it wont save my selction of what bands id like to use....
so any help here would be appreciated...im losing my mind over this and it sucks...thanks for anyones help, i need it.
Edit:
switched back to stock ics from my recovery, installed the blaze radio, showed i had 4g, but had no bars. i called someone and after i called them it went back to edge. went to search for networks and all i can get is E again. under settings it shows im on edge 2....so im close but obvisously not close enough. i live in a major city here in iowa and i live a few blocks from a wireless tower...any ideas?
dragonkev_ia said:
So, I got a AT&T Skyrocket s2 i727 from amazon. its already unlocked and i noticed it was stuck on edge speeds when i put in my sim card. I researched why it was on google and came across this site, which i have to say is amazing!. i have read every topic there is about how to root/unroot, flash roms, radios, kernels, etc. over the last i dunno, week or so. So i decided to give it a try since everything is step by step, which im not illierate towards, i understood what it all meant. first thing i started out with is odim and flashed the cwm touch for the skyrocket, which was easy. i then researched some more and seen i wanted to make this phone on tmoblies 4g service, which here in iowa is called IWireless, anything tmoblie works with this since they are an affiliate of tmoblie. I started out downloading all the radios, which i have:
cwm-tmob-kl1-radio
Telus_SGH-T989D_Kj3_radio
Tmo_SGH-T989_KID_radio
Tmo_SGH-T879-UVLG3_radio
Tmo_SGH-T989_VK1_radio
Tmo_SGH-T989_UVLE1_radio
Blaze_4G_LB7_ICS_Radio_MOD
so as u can see ive got pretty much all of them. then i found which rom i wanted to use, i downloaded CM9 and CM10. for the CM9 build i seen the best kernel for it: InstigatorX-CM9-Kernel3-v6.0.3. also downloaded the gapps for each cm build.
then i followed the instructions the CM team left, backup, factory reset, format, install the radio, then cm os and finally the gapps.
I did all this with each radio and each cm, everything. no i did not brick my phone im alot smarter than that lol. whenever i try a radio, usually im just stuck on the edge speeds. i go into my settings on the phone and it wont save me selecting the lte/gsm/wcdma, just stays on the wcdma preferred....when i did each radio i started from fresh, cleaned everything out, even tried the davlik wipe in the advanced settings in cwmtouch.
so i read in other forums that ppl tried to flash over radios. that didnt work, i was left with no signal at all.
i still have the imei number on my phone when i dial *#06#, so i havent lost that, but every radio i use my baseband version says unknown.
also when i enter the service code in for cm10 and cm9, it wont save my selction of what bands id like to use....
so any help here would be appreciated...im losing my mind over this and it sucks...thanks for anyones help, i need it.
Edit:
switched back to stock ics from my recovery, installed the blaze radio, showed i had 4g, but had no bars. i called someone and after i called them it went back to edge. went to search for networks and all i can get is E again. under settings it shows im on edge 2....so im close but obvisously not close enough. i live in a major city here in iowa and i live a few blocks from a wireless tower...any ideas?
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Flash a T-mo radio that gets you on the network, then look around and find the proper APN settings for your provider. You will have to go into the APN settings on your phone and create a new APN with those specific settings for it to work properly. I am not sure what those settings are for T-mo but you should be able to find them with the search feature.
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Flash a T-mo radio that gets you on the network, then look around and find the proper APN settings for your provider. You will have to go into the APN settings on your phone and create a new APN with those specific settings for it to work properly. I am not sure what those settings are for T-mo but you should be able to find them with the search feature.
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so ive went back to the recovery, which the phone was set at before everything, flashed the radios of blaze and the uvle1 and it shows i have 4g but it bareley even runs. also each time i flash a new radio my apn settings are there, iwireless automatically downloads them to ur phone when u turn it on, and i verified the apn settings with another iwireless phone, an alcatel 995(4g phone). and now i can send a text message, the other phone receives it but the other phone doesnt receive mine. any other ideas? im going to try flahsing all the tmo radios to the phone and see what i can do. also is the radio and the modem the same thing? do i need to find a tmo modem and flash it on there and then a radio?
EDIT: nvm radio and modem same thing it seems like...lol. anyways ive tried the other radios, i completely lost signal with them as to they wont work. does anyone have any other radios that might work? i dont care if it gets 4g just at least 3g lol. im just geting tired of working on this and about to give up this really blows.
dragonkev_ia said:
so ive went back to the recovery, which the phone was set at before everything, flashed the radios of blaze and the uvle1 and it shows i have 4g but it bareley even runs. also each time i flash a new radio my apn settings are there, iwireless automatically downloads them to ur phone when u turn it on, and i verified the apn settings with another iwireless phone, an alcatel 995(4g phone). and now i can send a text message, the other phone receives it but the other phone doesnt receive mine. any other ideas? im going to try flahsing all the tmo radios to the phone and see what i can do. also is the radio and the modem the same thing? do i need to find a tmo modem and flash it on there and then a radio?
EDIT: nvm radio and modem same thing it seems like...lol. anyways ive tried the other radios, i completely lost signal with them as to they wont work. does anyone have any other radios that might work? i dont care if it gets 4g just at least 3g lol. im just geting tired of working on this and about to give up this really blows.
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Modem and radio are same thing. Other than an APN issue I know of nothing else other than a #*number combination to enable lte settings. I am not sure what that combination is though as I live in a not-lte area and have not needed it. You may want to search the SkyJB thread as I think it was discussed at length in there. And I would try each and every one of the t-mo radios/modems as you might actually find one that works to enable 3g/4g in your particular area.
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I decided to root my i9020a cuz I wanted to try the goodies. So I installed the CM7, but didn't quite like it, so then I decided to install this rom that is a kinda inbetween the stock and the CM7, but all of a sudden it died on me after a reboot I did after several days using the rom without problems.
So, I decided to install the stock rom from here and so I did. Ever since my phone doesn't connect to the 3G network and I checked with my carrier and I didn't go over my limit or anything, so I'm thinking maybe I screwed up the baseband or something.
So I tried this, but that didn't work. Tried directly doing to 2.3.4 and also first to 2.3.3. and then updating, still no 3G.
Currently my baseband reads: NO DGSXXKB3, but I remember that when I got my phone it used to read: I9020AUCKD1
How can I get back to I9020AUCKD1? Any ideas? Am I way off and it's not the baseband? Help? I'm really desperate now after hours of lurking around google and here
For 3G I need HSDPA 850 / 1900. I'm aware the phone supports 2100, but my country doesn't.
Thanks in advance
*#*#info#*#*
Phone information
Make sure "GSM/CDMA auto (RPL)" is selected for prefered network type
hit Menu
Select Radio Band
Choose "USA Band"
Should fix you up.
Edit:
Find your modem files here, it's a sticky in the development forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116884
Dude - you are a life saver!!
I don't know why, but this morning I woke up with no cell reception - no phone calls, no data - on a day my son was sick and I had to call his school - I have no landline! lol. All it would say is "Rogers" in the available networks.
Got it figured out though, wiped the thing, stock 2.3.4 image, then with the settings you had above, bam, worked like a charm. Back on koodo.
Phew! Thanks again
Hello XDA,
I've been having problems with my Nexus S and I've tried everything I can think of to fix the problem but failed. Just wondering if someone would be able to help me.
Background:
I was using ICS Brainmaster's Koush version. I've been following the ICS builds since Drew Garen's SDK port. Then onto Kwiboos then I was flashing which ever ones I could get my hands on. Never a problem with installing on top after clearing cache. I had tried full wipes when I had problems but I installed v4-6 on top of the previous build.
The Problem:
So on the latest Brainmaster's build, one day I was low on battery so I turned on 2G networks only (not the first time I've done this on this rom) and proceeded with using it. When I was able to get a charger I tried to switch my 3G back on. At this point I could not get onto 3G anymore. Only edge. I tried toggling airplane mode, reboots, and playing around with the *#*#4636#*#* settings. Doesn't work.
So I gave up trying to fix my ICS rom and was thinking a full wipe would help. So I did a full wipe and installed the latest Brainmaster's rom (Koush ver). My memory fails me a little bit now but from what I remembered, on reboot I only had EDGE still. I tried Kwiboos ICS rom same thing. I tried Koush's b11 version same thing. I even tried a regular CM 7.1 rom and still no 3G.
At this point my phone isn't even connecting to EDGE anymore as well. I wasn't sure what was making it worse or what was fixing it. I even tried switching radios to the newest radio for i9020a and also reverted back to my stock radio for i9020a. I even tried the XX radios like the KD1 (the one I was on before all the problems) and the newest one as well.
In the "About Phone" section it shows that I don't have a network at all. When I try to search for networks I cannot see Rogers anymore but instead only one weird network 302490 (it stands for the Wind Carrier network).
I give up and hope that XDA has some ideas for me.
TL;DR
what I have tried
-Wiping does not help
-using different APNs (Rogers has two APNs)
-using different radios
-using different roms
-I even switched my sim card to my sister's NS and confirmed my 3G still works. I also tested my 3G on an Atrix and it works.
-restoring to an old nandroid didn't work
-playing around with the *#*#4636#*#* didn't help (like switching to GSM (auto) WCDMA etc, AND changing radio bands to USA)
xqz said:
Hello XDA,
I've been having problems with my Nexus S and I've tried everything I can think of to fix the problem but failed. Just wondering if someone would be able to help me.
Background:
I was using ICS Brainmaster's Koush version. I've been following the ICS builds since Drew Garen's SDK port. Then onto Kwiboos then I was flashing which ever ones I could get my hands on. Never a problem with installing on top after clearing cache. I had tried full wipes when I had problems but I installed v4-6 on top of the previous build.
The Problem:
So on the latest Brainmaster's build, one day I was low on battery so I turned on 2G networks only (not the first time I've done this on this rom) and proceeded with using it. When I was able to get a charger I tried to switch my 3G back on. At this point I could not get onto 3G anymore. Only edge. I tried toggling airplane mode, reboots, and playing around with the *#*#4636#*#* settings. Doesn't work.
So I gave up trying to fix my ICS rom and was thinking a full wipe would help. So I did a full wipe and installed the latest Brainmaster's rom (Koush ver). My memory fails me a little bit now but from what I remembered, on reboot I only had EDGE still. I tried Kwiboos ICS rom same thing. I tried Koush's b11 version same thing. I even tried a regular CM 7.1 rom and still no 3G.
At this point my phone isn't even connecting to EDGE anymore as well. I wasn't sure what was making it worse or what was fixing it. I even tried switching radios to the newest radio for i9020a and also reverted back to my stock radio for i9020a. I even tried the XX radios like the KD1 (the one I was on before all the problems) and the newest one as well.
In the "About Phone" section it shows that I don't have a network at all. When I try to search for networks I cannot see Rogers anymore but instead only one weird network 302490 (it stands for the Wind Carrier network).
I give up and hope that XDA has some ideas for me.
TL;DR
what I have tried
-using different APNs (Rogers has two APNs)
-using different radios
-using different roms
-I even switched my sim card to my sister's NS and confirmed my 3G still works. I also tested my 3G on an Atrix and it works.
-restoring to an old nandroid didn't work
-playing around with the *#*#4636#*#* didn't help (like switching to GSM (auto) WCDMA etc, AND changing radio bands to USA)
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isnt the KD1 radio for the 9020t not the 9020a? thats my favorite radio to use with my 9020t on tmobiles network.
there is a KD1 for all versions I'm pretty sure. I was using it for the last few weeks with no problems anyways. I switched back to the ones specific for i9020a as well but it didn't help me
Edit: The radio used from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116884
"Radio for I9020a/I9020t/I9023
Radio JK1/Radio JK8
Radio KB1
Radio KB3
Radio KD1
Radio KF1"
No one has any idea? Simms22?
If not I think I'm going to restore, lock, and try to get a warranty from Rogers..
First make sure you have setup your gmail over wifi. Pull the sim out. Keep rebooting your phone(this can take a while) until it says no sim card at the lock screen. Pull your cover and slide your sim in while its on. The put it in airplane mode and turn airplane mode off and it should connect.
You may also want to try toggling airplane mode on and off between reboots. Sometimes the airplane won't go away when you do this until you reboot, don't worry about that. I've also had better luck getting this to work while connected to Wi-Fi.
I'd also try to minimize kernel flashing after you get it working, it usually causes total network loss again when you wipe dalvik. Putting you back at square one. Also be patient this can take a while. I'd also minimize reboots as they can force total network loss as well.
Also I've already sent my phone in for this issue and Samsung rejected the claim stating there was corrosion due to water damage. But magically all of my water indicators are still white.
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium
Hi all, i have some problems with my sensation: my internet connection works only over wi-fi. When i enable data it doesn't happen anything: in the status bar i don't see the H or the 3G icon and i can't connect. I tried everything but i can't find a solution. I'm using the last build of albinoman's rom and the latest sultan kernel. Anyway i don't think it's kernel or rom related because i went back to stock 3.33 firmware and ruu and mobile connection didn't work either. Can someone help me?
Spezia12 said:
Hi all, i have some problems with my sensation: my internet connection works only over wi-fi. When i enable data it doesn't happen anything: in the status bar i don't see the H or the 3G icon and i can't connect. I tried everything but i can't find a solution. I'm using the last build of albinoman's rom and the latest sultan kernel. Anyway i don't think it's kernel or rom related because i went back to stock 3.33 firmware and ruu and mobile connection didn't work either. Can someone help me?
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So let me get this straight....your mobile data isn't working on either Albino's CM10.1 ROM or a stock Sense ROM. Is that correct?
Do phone calls work? If they do this isn't a hardware problem because the calls and data use the same hardware. So that's good news.
If all the above is true there are still a couple simple things to try.
First off when you did an RUU was the RUU for Itally or Europe or whatever the geographical region for your phone woudl be? If you RUU'ed back to the North American varient for example and you are in Italy it wouldn't have the correct APN's. So jus tmaking sure of that.
Second, check the APN's (Settings->data (Might have to hit MORE under the data)->mobile netwoks. Access point names). Make sure the APN's are set to whatever they are supposed to be for your carrier. A simple google search should tell you what the APN's are supposed to be.
If that APN is messed up, mobile data won't work.
Third, has this been going on fro a while? Or is this just like a day or two? It's always possible that the problem is with your carrier. It never hurts to call them up and make sure their mobile data network isn't down. It coudld also be a problem with your account. I once fought with my phone for 2 days about the same thing only to find that my carrier had accidentaly removed my data plan from my account. A 2 minute phone call and it was fixed. You can check this yourself by putting your SIM card in any other phone and see if data works on that device.
If none of thsoe work come back with as much detail as possible.
Phone calls work so it's not an hardware issue. Besides when i flashed the 3.33 ruu it was european and the apn is set correctly. I don't know if the problem is that i changed carrier a three days ago. I'll try to see if it's that the culprit
Spezia12 said:
Phone calls work so it's not an hardware issue. Besides when i flashed the 3.33 ruu it was european and the apn is set correctly. I don't know if the problem is that i changed carrier a three days ago. I'll try to see if it's that the culprit
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If you changed the carrier at the same time the problem appeared then that is almost certainly the answer. The next question is what to do to fix it.
You could have gotten a bad sim card, or didn't switch to their sim card. Or something relating to the sim card.
Are you sure the carrier has a network that is compatible with the Sensation's mobile data hardware?
Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.
Hi Guys,
Just switched over from the Iphone and liking the Android platform so far. So in my tinkering quest, I think something got screwed up with my APN.
I flashed ViperOne 3.1 to my HTC One (T-Mobile phone, but I am using an AT&T SIM) with 4.3. Radio. 4A.21.3263.03 with the latest firmware from Tmobile (side note, Im still not sure if/how the firmware changes when flashing a new/custom ROM).
Anyway, I flashed Viperone and everything went fine and updated the new APN for ATT. With the stock phone, I had been using the "pta" APN and got great reception and LTE speeds. With the Viperone initial flash, same reception, same speeds.
Next, I realized I didn't install the Superuser stuff so I thought I had to reflash everything...which I did. On the 2nd go around, now I can't get the pta APN to work. I get cell service (same reception as before with full bars, but no data). The only way to get data and cell is use the phone APN but cell is 3G (>1mb) and 1 bar at best.
The only thing I remember doing that could have possibly screwed something up inbetween the two flashes of Viperone, is that I installed AdAway. Not sure it this would effect anything or not.
I've also tried totally wiping the phone and installing Viperone for a third time via a sideload. I have not tried going back to a completely, locked stock phone yet. Also, tried loading AndroidRevoltion but same deal. But given I am a noob, I am still a bit worried about screwing something else up flashing back to a stock locked TMobile phone.
Any ideas on how to fix the APN issues? I have tried all settings in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2172110
As well as a couple others and combos, but nada.
Anybody? Nobody?
Some more info, I took my phone down the street and messed around a bit at a local coffee shop. I was amazed when I didn't change anything and I got a whopping 46mb downspeed. Haven't really seen that in my area. Still only had 2 signal bars when everywhere else is usual 5. I am in San Diego so coverage is never an issue. Anyway, I then traveled about 10 blocks away to run an errand and it dropped back down to under 1mb. Same 1-2 bars. Something is definitely funky. The phone and data works. talking on it seems fine, just doing any network data stuff is very slow other than that one instance.
Hello everyone. I was hoping that some of you that are more knowledgeable about this stuff could help me out here. I recently flashed from CM 10.2 to KitKat (4.4.4), which everything went smoothly for the most part. However, I've noticed that my phone constantly has no service. I should probably state that I live in an area with very low service to begin with, but prior to the flash I was able to get at least a bar inside my house. Now, I'm unable to get anything.
The first thing I could think of to check was my settings in the phone. The data is enabled, CDMA Roaming mode is set to automatic, CDMA subscription is set to RUIM / SIM, and the Preferred Network Type was Global. I wasn't familiar with the global setting as I was used to seeing the LTE / CDMA / EvDo options there. So, when I clicked on it, it now gives LTE, 3g, 2g, 1x, and Global as options. I tried changing it to 3g, but the changes would not save that way. The only way I could get them to save was to power off the phone, take the sim card out and put it back in, and then reboot and switch them. Once i pick a new setting (which is now set on 3g), it locks it and I can't change it again without removing sim card.
When I look in About Phone > Status section, I'm seeing the network says searching for service. The mobile network type is unknown. The service state is out of service, and the mobile network state is disconnected.
Is there anything I can do to fix this issue? If so, I would truly appreciate any type of guidance you guys or gals could give me. Thanks!
I didn't read your entire post but myself and several others have reported signal issues after 4.4.4 flashes on all different ROM types. I think 4.4.4 is just picky about what firmware and baseband you're running. I flashed a few different RPM packages too but in the end I got lucky flashing the BLK3 modem and it seemed to fix my issues. I had noticeably poor signal strength most of the time and a couple times I would look down at my phone and I'd have no signal at all.
Maybe a dev or expert can shed some light on the root of the issue. I don't know enough about under the hood stuff to make an expert diagnosis.
Edit: The unanimous fix that everyone appears to agree on is to flash the MF1 AIO (all in one) package and then flash the ML1 modem only. Problem is finding a legit source for the MF1 aio package seems to be up in the air.
Like I said though, I didn't even do this. I was just trying all kinds of combinations of modems/aio's/ and rpm's and I got lucky. 2 days now with a solid signal at all times. LTE speeds are blazing too, 45 down and 10 up.
Check ur imei number. Or flash a backup and see if that fixes ur problem.
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jayjr1105 said:
Like I said though, I didn't even do this. I was just trying all kinds of combinations of modems/aio's/ and rpm's and I got lucky. 2 days now with a solid signal at all times. LTE speeds are blazing too, 45 down and 10 up.
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Can you share the specific steps you took? What worked for you and where can we download it from?
thanks!