my phone can no longer make or recieve calls, cant get to the phonce section of the phone no matter what, says i have no connection, yet can go online, has 3g icon, and can send and recive text. can anyone solve because the silly geese at AT&T said the only way to fix is to exhange and said thats not fixing it bub! so can anyone help
which ROM?
Try hard reset.
Are you running WM6.1 without a compatible radio?
no rom
i have every thing factory, all i did was tried to hard spl and i kept getting the white screen so i was unable to even get a new rom. i went to sleep woke up and boom no calls or phone feature, but everything else. so any clues
i had this problem too,when 3g icon appear on bar,i can't make any phone calls,receive calls,and data connection.but when the G icon appear,i can make phone...etc.i tried all solutions change the radio and roms,but still no luck.
i send my device to the warranty returns,and they changed it to a new one
i think that it is the tytn II problem.
my friend have a PDA store,and 3 customers complaining about this...
so send back your device for warranty
cheers
Hard reset first of all then let us know if it still doesn't work.
Hi all,
Thought i'd post my findings here rather than muddled in to the other i5500 thread (will this phone get it's own device area?).
This is what worked for me and may hopefully help others to do the same. Please post here if this works for you also.
I bought an unlocked, unbranded Samsung Galaxy Europa for my girlfriend for christmas.
It is being used on a Tesco mobile prepay sim (uses O2 network).
It immediately had this duplicate text issue from some contacts, where duplicates of the same text would come in at random times, and some messages did not come through at all. A few googles later shows it is quite a common problem for O2 / Tesco users.
The phone also had a faulty sync / charging port so it was returned.
The next phone seemed fine until I made the mistake of updating to the latest firmware through Kies (the previous handset was already up to date). The duplicate text issue returned to the new handset which pretty much made it un-usable.
I dug around on the interwebs and the only fix I could find seemed to be a factory reset, but this didn't solve the problem for me.
I wanted to roll back the firmware via Kies but couldn't get this to work after trying to modify the registry. Hopefully someone can update here if they work out how to roll back to previous official updates via Kies. To be honest, I don't think Kies is any safer than flashing firmware via Odin.
I have tried out a number of firmwares from samfirmware.com and have found a couple that don't seem to have the duplicate text issue and others that do. The froyo update is just ugly and also seemed to have the duplicate text issue. Hopefully someone will release a custom froyo rom as Samsung seem to have made a mess of it!
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What worked for me:
I used 'Odin' to flash the firmware 'I5500XWJG9' and followed the instructions on page 1 of this thread to do so: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=781149#
The firmware I settled on is 'I5500XWJG9'. It's a European firmware but not a UK one so you need to change the default language and set up your APN in order to get your internet and MMS working. This is acceptable if it resolves the text issue I think.
After updating you may recieve the last few of your duplicate texts or some that you never received previously.
Something strange I noticed was that the message centre number seems to be incorrect (for tesco mobile anyway) or the menu to display or change it does not work correctly.
If you enter *#*#4636#*#* on the dialler and go to phone information and scroll down, you will see 'SMSC'. Click 'Refresh' and it should display your service centre number. You should also be able to update it but it doesn't work on this phone. I suspect this may be something to do with the problem but texts seem to work on this firmware anyway.
Bah, we had a few duplicate texts after a week. Not as bad as before it would seem but still there. How annoying!
Hi using a Samsung Europa on Giffgaff (o2 derivative) and using the originally provided usb link cable. It used to work, but the first time I plugged it in, the language was set in german for a joke, and I got very confused about Kies and said 'No don't do that' - now my PC doesn't seem to want to know about my phone no matter which usb socket I plug it in. I have it in download mode right now and Odin can't find it at all.
Any thoughts - this repetitive text issue is driving me up the wall (x100 copies of the same text over a week and all my other non-O2 messages getting stuck!) ?
I got this phone a month ago and flashed various stock based ROMs with no trouble. I then tried AOSP (cm10.1, eclipse) and everything seemed to be ok although, I couldn't make phone calls because I have no service where my house is and was never able to test (I remember that in settings->about phone->system status it said it wasn't activated and it didn't display my phone number, but when I went back to stock it did display my number). Then I went back to a stock ROM and my phone would not make or receive calls. It would send and receive text and was able to received data via 4g but when trying to make a call, it would say "dialing" and then eventually just stop without making any type of connection. when calling the phone it would go straight to voice mail as if it was off. I used odin to go entirely stock and had the same problem. I ended up returning the phone and getting a new one and I am running Clean rom 5.5.1 and everything is working fine but I'd really like to try other roms but I don't want to have the same problem again. anyone know if it was just a bad phone or if I did something wrong? if so, what? any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
You should have consulted xda before returning the phone. With your original phone, you needed to reprovision your sim to properly have your data return since you had Odin flashed. That code only works on ICS though.
The loss of data on your prior phone was from flashing CM10.1, you just needed to follow this post to resolve your issue without Odin flashing a stock rom.
Edit: The sim reprovision code suggestion is still valid BUT disregard the data loss part...
so after almost a week of being down ive finally got my phone back to a workable condition. however, its stuck in roaming mode.
i did lose my imei, fixed that but it didnt seem to fix the roaming issue.
first thing i tried was to get a new sim card and the vz rep said as soon as i got data it would update automatically. i dont know if it did now.
the phone info screen doesnt show vzw and the carrier but it seems like everything else is correct(maybe).
i cant seem to get into the service menu except for a few different ends of it. nothing too helpful to this.
im trying to avoid sending it out to get fixed but after thins i may be stuck.
steps i made to get where i am
odin with root66
boot to factory recovery and factory reset(just to get it to boot)
used nv reader writer to write my imei to the phone.
reboot
still roaming
now in between these steps i did a lot of swearing and pming of people.(THANKS)
there are also some smaller steps that may have no importance to the outcome, but thats no big deal(airplane mode, switching the network have been tried)
does anyone have any semblance of an idea of what i can do from here?
I received an OTA Update in early to mid May. I am now forgetting which version I received at that time. ( I forget as I have done so many downgrades/upgrades/factory resets in my troubleshooting the last month!) Up until these issues, I've never rooted or flashed a ROM, or unlocked boot loader or anything. My N5 had always been completely stock.
First Issue
It all started with just the sim card. I get "no sim card" message, even though it was in there. This was my original SIM card and I had never ejected it since I bought it new. I found I could turn it off, pop it out and back in, and boot it again. Sometimes it will see the sim card again. It may take 20 times, but finally work.
I naturally got a new sim card, as well as confirmed said sim cards worked in other phones. My wifi and bluetooth were working fine at first. Working with google support, they recommended a factory reset to fix the sim card issue. Immediately after the factory reset, my bluetooth would no longer turn on nor show a MAC address. At this point, my wifi was fine.
Second Issue
In addition to the sim card slot issue, now my Bluetooth no longer works! Around this time, I received another OTA update, this time it was 5.1.1 LMY48B. I had hoped it would fix the issues, but no dice! I start reading up on the XDA forums as I am determined to start rolling back to see if this will fix anything. I unlocked the boot loaded, rooted, etc following the threads on XDA
Third Issue
I do all sorts of flashing to hammerhead-krt16m_4.4 to hammerhead-ktu84p_4.4.4 to hammerhead-lrx21o_5.0 to hammerhead-lmy48b_5.1.1 . On the final flash back to 5.1.1 my wifi now no longer works!!!!!!!!!!! It is stuck at wifi turning on and no MAC address shows. It also seems my cell data is very very slow now!
After many calls to google, I think I finally succeeded in getting a “ticket routed up”. My phone is from the play store around 10/31/2013. They keep pushing I am out of warranty. I attempt to ask for a refurb N5 without luck so far. I am not very confident anything will come from google. This being my only handset now, it is just not an option to send this to LG. My current state is my voice/txt and cell data are working. Data seems a little slow but usable. Wifi and bluetooth won't turn on. I also still have the sim car slot issue upon rebooting. After a bunch of reboots it will eventually see sim card.
What else can I try? Is there a better way to attempt to repair/reload my radio drivers? Perhaps there is corruption of sorts? I have not tried a custom ROM or radio or kernel…… I did take to a local tech. They looked at everything literally under a microscope and did not see any issues that way. I am in the USA and have a lgd820. Although we are quick to assume a hardware issue, I am wondering if there is some sort of incompatibility with the first run of N5 and lollipop….. who knows!
I’ve read all sorts of threads on the internet. It seems I am not the only one. We are very quick to assume it must be a bad motherboard, it just seems too coincidental to me!
Here is a collection of threads……
Within the N5 Sub
http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/2g0i3m/no_wifi_or_bluetooth/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/253y8d/my_nexus_wont_activate_wifi_and_bluetooth/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/2pur0v/wifi_stuck_on_turning_on_mac_and_ip_addresses/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/361ecw/help_wifi_and_bluetooth_stopped_working/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/2h4co7/wifi_wont_turn_on/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/2hpj2w/can_no_longer_connect_to_wifi_stuck_at_wifi/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/2wjk38/wifibluetooth_issues/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/2zboet/no_wifi_no_bluetooth_and_reboots_whenever_i_press/
Other Links
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/wifi-stuck-t2721643
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/bluetooth-t2733672
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/IJSOuc7gw0w;context-place=forum/nexus
https://productforums.google.com/fo...otification#!category-topic/nexus/1H6ZiIMYrtw
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/ke-OEPLbRSQ
https://productforums.google.com/fo...xus/lollipop|sort:relevance/nexus/NbO-AGvRCLk
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=80028
I found this, but not really sure it’s the same thing….. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52441901&postcount=47
Prodeje79 said:
I found this, but not really sure it’s the same thing….. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52441901&postcount=47
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Hi,
This link was actually what i was going to suggest. It seems you've tried pretty much everything in the book except that.
I think its worth a try. Same as any other learning process, take your time and read the whole thing once or twice until you feel comfortable with the process. Then go for it.
Darn it, I should have downloaded those programs BEFORE rooting my phone again. Now I a struggloing to get my SIM card detected again to get data to DL them! whooops!
How would I go about attempting to read my files first to see if they are accessible and potentially write down my old MACs first?
EDIT: I found this but not sure how to get that working? I have Windows 7 and CMD prompt at this point. what program is that using?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/2j6vao/how_to_changefix_your_wifi_mac_address/
beekay201 said:
Hi,
This link was actually what i was going to suggest. It seems you've tried pretty much everything in the book except that.
I think its worth a try. Same as any other learning process, take your time and read the whole thing once or twice until you feel comfortable with the process. Then go for it.
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OK, I went through those steps. everything appeared to go through correctly. Still no wifi nor bluetooth
EDIT: I rebooted a second time. WHen it first boot up, wifi was on and connected to my works AP. I quickly went in and snagged a screen shot of MAC address. Oddly enough, it did not match what I had input via hex editor. Within a few moments the wifi stopped working. It is back to the turning wifi on issue..... bluetooth still not working as well.
Very interesting.....
EDIT2: I get access denied when attempting to read either files within their corresponding folders under persist.
I was able to copy my stock files into my sdcard download folder and read them there without issue. Thus seeing my default addresses for both!
Perhaps it is normal, but I am never able to edit the old or new files under persist. I basically renamed original folders to bluetoothold and wifiold. I could delete them perhaps.
Note that I put my phone into airplane mode before doing anything noted in the steps.
Any other ideas? Given that it is showing my original MAC address the one time it worked, this makes me think that it is not reading the files .macaddr at all
I have the same problem. Funny thing is, the phone is just over 2 years old and the motherboard was replaced just 9 months ago (so, brand new one).
In my case, I received and Android update 2 days before I found the phone burning hot and restarting on it's own. Then the same chain of events you describe started to unleash. Now I can't be sure if this is software related, hardware related or both.
Can't seem to find a solution to the issue either.
Prodeje79 said:
I received an OTA Update in early to mid May. I am now forgetting which version I received at that time. ( I forget as I have done so many downgrades/upgrades/factory resets in my troubleshooting the last month!) Up until these issues, I've never rooted or flashed a ROM, or unlocked boot loader or anything. My N5 had always been completely stock.
First Issue
It all started with just the sim card. I get "no sim card" message, even though it was in there. This was my original SIM card and I had never ejected it since I bought it new. I found I could turn it off, pop it out and back in, and boot it again. Sometimes it will see the sim card again. It may take 20 times, but finally work.
I naturally got a new sim card, as well as confirmed said sim cards worked in other phones. My wifi and bluetooth were working fine at first. Working with google support, they recommended a factory reset to fix the sim card issue. Immediately after the factory reset, my bluetooth would no longer turn on nor show a MAC address. At this point, my wifi was fine.
Second Issue
In addition to the sim card slot issue, now my Bluetooth no longer works! Around this time, I received another OTA update, this time it was 5.1.1 LMY48B. I had hoped it would fix the issues, but no dice! I start reading up on the XDA forums as I am determined to start rolling back to see if this will fix anything. I unlocked the boot loaded, rooted, etc following the threads on XDA
Third Issue
I do all sorts of flashing to hammerhead-krt16m_4.4 to hammerhead-ktu84p_4.4.4 to hammerhead-lrx21o_5.0 to hammerhead-lmy48b_5.1.1 . On the final flash back to 5.1.1 my wifi now no longer works!!!!!!!!!!! It is stuck at wifi turning on and no MAC address shows. It also seems my cell data is very very slow now!
After many calls to google, I think I finally succeeded in getting a “ticket routed up”. My phone is from the play store around 10/31/2013. They keep pushing I am out of warranty. I attempt to ask for a refurb N5 without luck so far. I am not very confident anything will come from google. This being my only handset now, it is just not an option to send this to LG. My current state is my voice/txt and cell data are working. Data seems a little slow but usable. Wifi and bluetooth won't turn on. I also still have the sim car slot issue upon rebooting. After a bunch of reboots it will eventually see sim card.
What else can I try? Is there a better way to attempt to repair/reload my radio drivers? Perhaps there is corruption of sorts? I have not tried a custom ROM or radio or kernel…… I did take to a local tech. They looked at everything literally under a microscope and did not see any issues that way. I am in the USA and have a lgd820. Although we are quick to assume a hardware issue, I am wondering if there is some sort of incompatibility with the first run of N5 and lollipop….. who knows!
I’ve read all sorts of threads on the internet. It seems I am not the only one. We are very quick to assume it must be a bad motherboard, it just seems too coincidental to me!
Here is a collection of threads……
Within the N5 Sub
http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/2g0i3m/no_wifi_or_bluetooth/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/253y8d/my_nexus_wont_activate_wifi_and_bluetooth/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/2pur0v/wifi_stuck_on_turning_on_mac_and_ip_addresses/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/361ecw/help_wifi_and_bluetooth_stopped_working/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/2h4co7/wifi_wont_turn_on/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/2hpj2w/can_no_longer_connect_to_wifi_stuck_at_wifi/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/2wjk38/wifibluetooth_issues/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/2zboet/no_wifi_no_bluetooth_and_reboots_whenever_i_press/
Other Links
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/wifi-stuck-t2721643
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/bluetooth-t2733672
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/IJSOuc7gw0w;context-place=forum/nexus
https://productforums.google.com/fo...otification#!category-topic/nexus/1H6ZiIMYrtw
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/ke-OEPLbRSQ
https://productforums.google.com/fo...xus/lollipop|sort:relevance/nexus/NbO-AGvRCLk
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=80028
I found this, but not really sure it’s the same thing….. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52441901&postcount=47
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I'm facing the same issues and I tried all the possible steps I could find on internet trying to repair the problem.
Actually, since the latest updates I was encountering some issues with the WiFi only: not turning on either off and not showing properly the MAC addres. So I decided to factory reset, even SDcard and since yesterday I have tried all the possibile guide I found to internet to fix the MAC address not showing and the WiFi not turning on/off but nothing worked. I tried even to flash again the old factory images, such as KitKat, Lollipop, etc., to lock the bootloader again and to dismantle the phone in order to clean the motherboard, but nothing worked. Phone still gives me MAC address 02:00:00:00:00:00 alternatively with the correct one, I can't figure out on what it depends because sometime it seems to work: it shows the correct MAC, it connects to wifi network; suddenly it doesn't!
I'm really going crazy to understand what's wrong.
You'll have to dig up my final posts on this , but in a nutshell, send into LG for repair, select cheapest option they offer. Receive mint phone. My cost was $45 and about one month... I picked up a cheap $20 phone to get me by.
In other news.... I now have a 6p!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Renton91 said:
+1
I'm facing the same issues and I tried all the possible steps I could find on internet trying to repair the problem.
Actually, since the latest updates I was encountering some issues with the WiFi only: not turning on either off and not showing properly the MAC addres. So I decided to factory reset, even SDcard and since yesterday I have tried all the possibile guide I found to internet to fix the MAC address not showing and the WiFi not turning on/off but nothing worked. I tried even to flash again the old factory images, such as KitKat, Lollipop, etc., to lock the bootloader again and to dismantle the phone in order to clean the motherboard, but nothing worked. Phone still gives me MAC address 02:00:00:00:00:00 alternatively with the correct one, I can't figure out on what it depends because sometime it seems to work: it shows the correct MAC, it connects to wifi network; suddenly it doesn't!
I'm really going crazy to understand what's wrong.
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