So my GS3 on Verizon is rooted running latest clean rom. I flew to Chicago and all of a sudden, i cant make or receive calls, I can receive text but can't send, and i have fast 4G data... What's the deal? It's been a day I thought maybe it was confused with towers. I called Verizon yesterday and it was no help at all. Right now I'm stuck using Google voice for texting and Skype for calling. Any help would be great!
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Well, Skype no longer works for free... Now I have no calling ability... Any ideas?
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You can try flashing back to stock using section 5 in this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709. After that if your phone still won't connect you can try putting in this dialer code:*2767*3855#
This will of course totally wipe your phone and everything on it, but should restore service.
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You can try flashing back to stock using section 5 in this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709. After that if your phone still won't connect you can try putting in this dialer code:*2767*3855#
This will of course totally wipe your phone and everything on it, but should restore service.
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Isn't that only if the IMEI is removed? I still have hat and have service... I just don't want to try all that if it's unnecessary
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Those directions won't work if your IMEI was lost. There is a different thread for that in the development section. The directions I gave should restore your service. You could try different fixes like flashing a different modem in recovery, but it sounds like it's not a modem issue since you have data. You could try doing a factory reset, clearing cache and dalvik and reflashing the ROM in recovery first. If you have any nandroid backups where you had service you could try restoring to a backup.
Alright, I looked over the instructions and decided to just try re flashing modem... It worked! Thanks for the jump start in the thought process... It was tough without a phone on vacation
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Glad I could help a little. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas! So... Back to not working... Weird that it's so intermittent... Any other ideas?
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So should I try the step 5? Will it be difficult to re root? I really don't understand this issue... I mean it literally worked to make a phone call and text, then it did not work.... Any quick fix would be greatly appreciated!!
Could this be a bad sim?
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Could be a bad sim. It won't be difficult to reroot at all. That guide I linked to has instructions. I would go ahead and try flashing back to complete stock using section 5 and using the dialer code I gave above if it isn't fixed right away when you flash. If that doesn't fix it, then it probably is a bad sim.
Odined back to stock and made 2 phone calls... Working on rerooting, damn thing tried to update! I went back to ICS for ease of reroot. Thanks for the help!!
Wow! And we're back to not working this morning... did the re provisioning, still not working! Call Verizon, they try to repeat the troubleshooting... Tell me it can't be a bad sim card and that maybe it's the network... I'M IN CHICAGO! I think there'd be more complaints.... Anyways, do you think I could go to a store and get them to trade me a SIM card?? Oddly enough, my lockscreen says "roaming" even after all this provisioning...
People have gotten newer sim cards for much more trivial problems than yours, you should be able to get one. I wouldn't really know much else to do besides just getting a replacement phone.
Well, just an update... Got a new sim card, still didn't work. They're sending me a replacement phone
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Well that should finally fix it. These phones seem to have a mind of their own with each one having its own little quirks. I guess it must be the different hardware types or manufacturers. Who knows. Hope the next one serves you better.
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OK so I need some help . . . . . after flashing a new ROM/kernel, I noticed that my network service was insanely poor. I thought it had to do with the new ROM but now after I have tried every which way of flashing and reflashing, I still have the issue. I used Speedtest to see what kind of DL speeds I was getting and I am usually in double digit kbps, 114kbps is my top. My wifes Acclaim regularly gets 600+ to the same server. Does anyone have any suggestions of what I may have screwed up or how I can go about fixing it? Everything works fine in WiFi btw.
Thanks in advance.
Fixed: Somehow I managed to get knocked off my 3G service. Called USCC tech support and they were able to turn it back on for me.
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OK so I need some help . . . . . after flashing a new ROM/kernel, I noticed that my network service was insanely poor. I thought it had to do with the new ROM but now after I have tried every which way of flashing and reflashing, I still have the issue. I used Speedtest to see what kind of DL speeds I was getting and I am usually in double digit kbps, 114kbps is my top. My wifes Acclaim regularly gets 600+ to the same server. Does anyone have any suggestions of what I may have screwed up or how I can go about fixing it? Everything works fine in WiFi btw.
Thanks in advance.
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Try updating your prl. Dial *228 when at home and not roaming. Follow the prompts and wait for it to update. Should help and really can't hurt.
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Yeah I tried that. No dice. Thanks for your suggestion though.
Maybe it's a hardware issue?
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Is it even possible to "break" something like this by flashing new roms or kernels? Everywhere I used to have 3G service I now just have 1x.
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Dial 911 seriously and hang up
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What? That's crazy talk.
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Yeahhh it puts the phone in emergency mode and does some voodoo magic. I've heard of multiple people doing it.
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Is it even possible to "break" something like this by flashing new roms or kernels?
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Absolutely.
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Yeahhh it puts the phone in emergency mode and does some voodoo magic. I've heard of multiple people doing it.
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I called 911 and it didn't work. The 911 operator didn't have any ideas either.
Well it's starting to look like I should start think about buying a new phone. I have tried everything within my ability and nothing. In a last ditch effort, where could I find a flashable radio that I could use just to make sure it is installed correctly?
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Try going back to 2.1 and see how the data is. I somehow got a new prl when I flashed aosp and my girlfriends phone is on an earlier version. We both did the *228 and hers stays at 15108 mine stays at 15110. There is supposed to be a way to manually update our roll back prl. Idk wish I did
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Try going back to 2.1 and see how the data is. I somehow got a new prl when I flashed aosp and my girlfriends phone is on an earlier version. We both did the *228 and hers stays at 15108 mine stays at 15110. There is supposed to be a way to manually update our roll back prl. Idk wish I did
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I did flash back to 2.1 and the data issues remain. The PRL on my phone and my wife's Acclaim are both 15110, but she gets 3G service and I don't. It also takes over a minute for my 1x service to load after turning off wifi. Also, If I force EVDO, I will get a "3G" banner at the top of the screen, but data does not work and the banner eventually goes away.
Additionally, is it normal to get a Verizon voice when you *228 while roaming? Because that is what I got when I was roaming yesterday. I have to believe that flashing Fascinate software has something to with it.
You could check the efs clear box in odin. I know it has something to do with service. I did that once in my vibrant by mistake. Are you dialing 911 in your home area? It needs to be in a uscc home area same with *228. The efs clear might break your phone worse so.......
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You could check the efs clear box in odin. I know it has something to do with service. I did that once in my vibrant by mistake. Are you dialing 911 in your home area? It needs to be in a uscc home area same with *228. The efs clear might break your phone worse so.......
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I'm willing to try almost anything at this point. How does the "EFS Clear" work in Odin? Does anyone know exactly what it does?
Send elijahblake a pm he had the same issue
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Additionally, is it normal to get a Verizon voice when you *228 while roaming? Because that is what I got when I was roaming yesterday. I have to believe that flashing Fascinate software has something to with it.
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Yes, which is why I said do it while NOT roaming. If you completed the *228 while roaming on Verizon you basically connected your phone to their network not USCC's.
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Yes, which is why I said do it while NOT roaming. If you completed the *228 while roaming on Verizon you basically connected your phone to their network not USCC's.
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I did the *228 at home while not roaming. When I got the Verizon thing while roaming I just hung up I never went through any kind of programming. This was well after things went awry anyways.
I believe this all started a few days ago when I tried flashing the ComaVolt kernel. I got a boot loop and had to do a battery pull. I then flashed dfgas's superclean port and I thought everything was working fine until I got out of wifi the next day and noticed my network service was aweful.
Go back to di14 and do the *228 and dial 911
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Go back to di14 and do the *228 and dial 911
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Tried it . . . still no worky.
Do you have a belief plan? If so flash it to stock with odin and take the phone in and tell them to give you a new one. Even if you don't have a belief plan I would flash it ti stock and take it in telling them it's defective. worth a shot. Sorry that nothing is working for you bud.
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Do you have a belief plan? If so flash it to stock with odin and take the phone in and tell them to give you a new one. Even if you don't have a belief plan I would flash it ti stock and take it in telling them it's defective. worth a shot. Sorry that nothing is working for you bud.
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I do have a belief plan but I bought the phone on Ebay a few months back. I was just out for a bit and the banner at the top would go into "3G" but while it was like that I had no network connection. Somehow I pooched my 3G radio I guess. Maybe I'll call tech support and see if they can help. Everyone I have ever talked to over there has been really good so maybe it's worth a try.
Well, on random days, my phone wont recieve texts at all. unless I restart my phone. and this is getting highly annoying. anyone got a tip to fix this?
make it habit in the morning when you wake up to either a. restart your device or b. toggle airplane mode. I find it helps and airplane is rather painless.
Yeah mine does that too. Don't matter which rom I flash
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does this happen more on rooted phones or does it affect stock also?
It's a gingerbread bug, go to the market and download ghostly sms its free
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It could be a problem with your SIM.
And I guess it probably is good for the phone to restart it once in a while eh? damn phones.. they should be perfect! jkin
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It's a gingerbread bug, go to the market and download ghostly sms its free
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Since this is my first post, and I don't yet have the ability to hit the thanks button (odd), I wanted to say thank you. I have been going back and forth with AT&T since I got my skyrocket. Have done everything asked and I am on my third skyrocket and sim because of all the missing and failed and duplicate texts. Will try this.
So I have a major problem. I am on beans 4 And have data but no call or text. The signal shows fill. And all the settings have my imei in tact and cell service state says in service. Any ideas?
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You could download the phone info app from the play store and go into phone in for and make sure the drop down is set to LTE/CDMA/EvDO, or LTE/CDMA.
If that doesn't work, it may need to be reprovisioned.
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My replacement S3 had the same problem. Spent over 4 hours on the phone with multiple reps and tried 2 different sim cards. We came to the conclusion that its a radio defect and I got another replacement overnighted to me, you should too.
Great. Thus will be fifth s3 from Verizon. .. I am not allowed to use insurance for another year. .. I had a couple stolen sans some doa. Thanks guys
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If you go to settings-about phone-status... What does it say on your ERI?
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Reprovision your phone. It may help. There's a dialer code that I can't remember at the moment, but you can Google it.
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If you go to settings-about phone-status... What does it say on your ERI?
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Eri version 5... I can receive texts. And cannot send them. I am a little afraid to reprovision. Kids there a chance I will lose my data and everything of I reprohision... also will I needed to be on stock recovery for this?
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thats what it should be. so everything sounds in tack. i say reprovision. even after i lost my imei and eri, i had to restore them both, still nothing. then reprovisioned and was fine.
I had the same problem. No calls or text. Verizon put in a ticket for me. But I decided to restore my IMEI even though it wasn't missing. It fixed the problem. Phone works fine now.
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So I have a major problem. I am on beans 4 And have data but no call or text. The signal shows fill. And all the settings have my imei in tact and cell service state says in service. Any ideas?
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I had this exact problem. Did a re-provision and it fixed.
To re-provision type: *2767*3855# in dialer. When you press the # it immediately goes to reformat with no popup, so be aware before you go in. That's the only other suggestion I would have as far as possible data issues, I know mine is normal (and I'm in a slightly fringe 4G area - they are still testing the towers here, they aren't official yet)
I've had a problem with my skyrocket for quite some time now. No matter which radio, ROM, or kernel I use the data will be hit and miss and so won't phone calls and messaging. I've already had one skyrocket replaced because of this issue and even got a replacement SIM card to no avail. I get full bars of H+ service. I've tried adding different APNs as well. The AT&T store is obviously stumped (they are basically worthless) and phone support is no better. I was wondering if anyone knew of this problem and what caused it or a way to fix it.
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I've had a problem with my skyrocket for quite some time now. No matter which radio, ROM, or kernel I use the data will be hit and miss and so won't phone calls and messaging. I've already had one skyrocket replaced because of this issue and even got a replacement SIM card to no avail. I get full bars of H+ service. I've tried adding different APNs as well. The AT&T store is obviously stumped (they are basically worthless) and phone support is no better. I was wondering if anyone knew of this problem and what caused it or a way to fix it.
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Have you tried reverting back to a full blown stock rom only
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Yes, I tried going back to the stock touch wiz ICs ROM to no avail. I even left my new phone on stock whie never being rooted and had the same problem.
Thank you for your reply.
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Yes, I tried going back to the stock touch wiz ICs ROM to no avail. I even left my new phone on stock whie never being rooted and had the same problem.
Thank you for your reply.
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To be real I doubt I your got a dud phone 2x I would try to get ur carrier to change it to something else... because all those symptons point to a bad antenna on a phone
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I will take it to them and try to get a replacement or a different phone. I got my first one within the 30 day return period but I have had my current phone for about two months. I also forgot to mention that if I throw it against the wall or smack it against my hand, the message will usually go through. Now, I don't usually go throwing my electronics around haha. I only did this after it started happening and that always seemed to make it work.
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I got really tired of slamming mine against the wall. I started taking a screenshot of my text and then emailing it....its all good now.
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So, a couple days ago my phone started to not receive any pictures what so ever, and im unable to send them, they will only send if i put a letter for the subject, will not send with just the picture.....people told me they have sent me pictures and none have shown up at all, i do not use wifi and yes my data is turned on, im unsure of what the problem is....i did a factory reset and nothing, cache/dalvik wipe still nothing, changed roms and still nothing, now running aokp ics with kg4 modem and changing to hefe kernel here shortly, any help would be appreciated
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Never had good luck sending picture messages with this phone, even on stock. Only thing that does it, sometimes, is to have someone send me a picture message first, then i send one back, then it works. But that's rare and inbetween. I ditched my data plan, so I don't care for it now. I'll email it if it's that important to share and use wifi. lol.
It was fine a couple days ago, then all of a sudden it started doing this....
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Jenovah said:
It was fine a couple days ago, then all of a sudden it started doing this....
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Check your apn.
Sorry, apn? I just know how to switch roms etc, know nothing about the other stuff as apn and what not
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Google apn with your carrier name in front of it. For me it would be att apn.
From curiosity, what would apn have to do anything with not receiving pictures or being able to send them?
Edit: i searched it, my apn is fine, if it makes any sense, i sent myself a picture, it didnt come through, it only came through when i put a subject, as only i receive it when i send myself it, no one else receives the picture i send them, even if it has a subject
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From curiosity, what would apn have to do anything with not receiving pictures or being able to send them?
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Stands for access point name ie it controls access to the data network. Without the right apn settings mms won't work.
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I searched for apn, followed how to fix it, and it didnt work, still unable to send mms
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I reset mine ri default n it works again
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Call your service provider, they might just have to reconnect you to the tower
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I seset the apn and still a no go, ill either call or run down to tmoble
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When your changing roms do factory reset... Wipe dalvik and cache... Then format system. Its just good practice.
I see you said you are using stock mms.... If your Internet is working then most likely its something Tmo might have to fix.
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When your changing roms do factory reset... Wipe dalvik and cache... Then format system. Its just good practice.
I see you said you are using stock mms.... If your Internet is working then most likely its something Tmo might have to fix.
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If you're running any rom that uses my aroma installer the wipes get done for you. If you want a totally clean install it's better if you opt for NOT doing a /data backup during installation.
As a test for mms you can try to send yourself an mms and see if you receive it. If you do then mms definitely works.
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If you're running any rom that uses my aroma installer the wipes get done for you. If you want a totally clean install it's better if you opt for NOT doing a /data backup during installation.
As a test for mms you can try to send yourself an mms and see if you receive it. If you do then mms definitely works.
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I reverted back to aokp, have done factory reset, wiped cache/dalvik, and i am using gosms, i have sent myself a mms with no subject and it never came through, if i put a subject in then i receive it, but if i send someone a mms with subject they do not receive it, if they send me a mms it doesnt come through, if you get what i mean, i can take screen shots to show if i need to, but most likely i have to call or go to tmoble
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I reverted back to aokp, have done factory reset, wiped cache/dalvik, and i am using gosms, i have sent myself a mms with no subject and it never came through, if i put a subject in then i receive it, but if i send someone a mms with subject they do not receive it, if they send me a mms it doesnt come through, if you get what i mean, i can take screen shots to show if i need to, but most likely i have to call or go to tmoble
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Yeah it might be an APN issue but you'd be one of the first people reporting this issue so I would call up t-mobile and tell them you can't send picture messages, pretty much what you stated here.
If you do go to t mobile. You might have trouble getting help with a custom Rom. They are not going to support custom firmware.
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Ill see what happens if i go down there unless i call them
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Another question, is it possible a new sim card could fix this issue? I was searching and found some people got new sim cards and it fixed some issues so im wondering if its a possibility getting a new one could fix this
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Yes, it's possible. Call TMOB and see what they suggest.