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[Q] HTC G1 unlocked no reception

I got a used G1 almost a year ago, unlocked it so I could use it with AT&T and it had been working without any trouble until this past Sunday. I was running 1.6 for the longest time and never got around rooting it or installing mods. Suddenly, after I was on the phone for 2 hours, the G1 stopped receiving service. It was normal for the phone to drop service for a moment because of where I live, but after a couple seconds I usually get service again. I didn't.
I swapped out my SIM to an older phone and I was able to get service. So I figure it probably isn't a SIM card problem.
So I put the SIM back into the G1, browsed through the phone to see what was wrong and suddenly found that I had an "update all" button for the market. That's a feature only in 2.2, not in 1.6. I checked online to see if there were any updates to 1.6, but didn't find anything. I had no service, but a feature not in 1.6 on my phone.
After several hours of having no service, I decided to root my phone and install Cyanogen Mod 6. I thought maybe updating the phone might fix the problem. Hours later, I got CM6 up and running and used my brother's SIM to activate my Google account. It just so happened that when I was activating the phone, I had a small window of reception. After that, no service.
Monday I went to the AT&T store to see if they could help and my phone suddenly worked inside the store. I left it there for 15-30 minutes and service didn't drop, so I thought it was fixed. I left and just as I got home, my phone stopped working. So I drove back to the AT&T store to get a new SIM. Sad part is, my phone has service in the store. Again. I just don't get service anywhere else.
I got the new SIM, but I still didn't get service. My brother suggested that the antenna cable might be loose. So yesterday I went to pick up a screwdriver set that had the right size torx bits so I could open up the phone. The cables looked fine, but I pulled them out and plugged them back in. That didn't fix the problem. I still didn't have service.
Late last night, at the CS club at school, a guy with a G1 on T-Mobile put his SIM into my phone to see if it would work. After 5 minutes, my phone was able to connect. So I swapped my SIM back in, but no service. My G1 can see the networks. Right now, I can see AT&T under "Available Networks", but every time I try to connect, it says, "Unable to connect to this network at this time. Please try again later."
I'm using a spare phone right now, but I'd really love to have my G1 working again. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Same Problem
If it makes you feel any better.. 7 months later and I have the same issue. Been scouring the internet and XDA for hours without any resolution. Maybe AT&T is dumping IMEI #'s for devices not in their lineup? Older AT&T Sims seem to work though which is strange. Maybe this bump will get us some kind of response.

SGS Bell i9000m on Telus issues

Hey everyone,
This is my last gasp and possibly resolving my issue. I have a Bell GT-I9000m phone. It is unlocked, rooted with CM7 2.3.4 JVK. I usually use this phone on the Rogers network but recently moved to a rural area.
Rogers' coverage in rural areas in my province is horrid. I decided to take advantage of Telus' 6gb data plan offer, thinking I could put my new SIM in the phone and everything would be great.
At the Telus kiosk in a near town I got my plan and made a couple calls on the phone to ensure it was working. When I got into my car I initiated the Telus APN and boom HSPA was enabled and everything was great. About 15 minutes later I noticed my signal bars diminish to zero and the phone fell back to emergency calls only and I could not get signal back by rebooting or anything. When searching networks ROGERS was the only one that was seen as available.
This morning I called TELUS and they said it was a SIM card issue. So I went to another kiosk in another town that is a bit closer to me and they gave me a SIM. Again, everything started out great, I received a text and browsed internet at full speed then on the drive home the bars diminished to none and I was stuck with the exact problem as mentioned above.
I spent an hour with a TELUS technical rep. She was great helping me even though it was a phone off of their network. We could not come to any sort of resolve for my issue. I have tried using *#*#4636#*#* to change to WCDMA only and multiple other options.
Further issues for me is my phone will only connect to my computer to charge. I think some pins are broken or something because I cannot connect via USB to flash anything. I can send files to the phone wirelessly and enter download mode (although the phone is not recognized by the computer) and CWM recovery mode.
The phone also works perfectly with my still active ROGERS sim.
Thanks for any ideas on this.
All the best
Steve

[Q] Activation Issue

Hey there,
I recently bought a Charge from swappa.com. I have 6 months left on my contract from when I bought my Incredible, but that thing barely works anymore. The Charge came without a SIM (unsurprisingly), so I took it into the Verizon Wireless store and they gave me a SIM. The phone sat on the Setup Wizard with a dialogue box saying "please wait..." with a spinner, for about 20 minutes, then got to a screen with a "Phone Activation" header that says "There is a problem with activating your phone. Please restart and try again, or contact customer service." I click restart, and that doesn't solve the issue (it just does the same thing).
I've been wrestling with this thing for two days now. The guy at the VZW store called support, and they went through five different people who didn't know what to do, and finally they put in a request for support that apparently will be resolved indeterminately. The ESN checked out fine, and the SIM card is fine (we even tried a second SIM card). It can reach the servers fine (if I hold down the search button I can do a voice search and it browses the web as if nothing were wrong). Unfortunately, my phone number is in the air (it's been pulled from my old phone and won't hit this phone).
I was wondering if anyone had some insight on this problem.
Thanks!

Same thing is happening to me. I have to flash back to stock in case I have to go back to the store and figure this out. Crap. I tried different sim cards and she couldnt get either to work. Ok I flashed back to stock so when I take it in I dont have a problem but I cant get through the process because of no signal and it shows a date and time as december. Is that because the ee4 file I flashed was from december?
LOL data network issue supposedly. Network down.

I just bought a used droid charge and ran into this exact same issue. After a few hours of reboots and battery pulls, I held down the power key to turn off the phone and noticed an option to activate data networks. after turning on 4g, i was able to activate my device perfectly. Hope this helps someone.

BQ Ninja said:
Hey there,
I recently bought a Charge from swappa.com. I have 6 months left on my contract from when I bought my Incredible, but that thing barely works anymore. The Charge came without a SIM (unsurprisingly), so I took it into the Verizon Wireless store and they gave me a SIM. The phone sat on the Setup Wizard with a dialogue box saying "please wait..." with a spinner, for about 20 minutes, then got to a screen with a "Phone Activation" header that says "There is a problem with activating your phone. Please restart and try again, or contact customer service." I click restart, and that doesn't solve the issue (it just does the same thing).
I've been wrestling with this thing for two days now. The guy at the VZW store called support, and they went through five different people who didn't know what to do, and finally they put in a request for support that apparently will be resolved indeterminately. The ESN checked out fine, and the SIM card is fine (we even tried a second SIM card). It can reach the servers fine (if I hold down the search button I can do a voice search and it browses the web as if nothing were wrong). Unfortunately, my phone number is in the air (it's been pulled from my old phone and won't hit this phone).
I was wondering if anyone had some insight on this problem.
Thanks!
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i know someone who had an issue like that for some reason, he came to me for help, for some reason all we did was swap sims once activated, we swapped back and everything worked like normal after that

[Q] Unlocked Telus One S Constantly Disconnects on MTS network

I bought my One S from Telus through a friend who's a Telus customer this past June and used an unlock code bought online to use it with my carrier (MTS). After setting it up with the MTS APN settings it worked perfectly for several months. Then around 2 or so months ago, I got an OTA update to 4.0.3 and as soon as I got the update, the phone started regularly dropping the connection to the network. Signal strength wasn't an issue, it would just cut out completely, giving the message about emergency service only. Some days it wouldn't be too bad and would just cut out momentarily and sometimes it would drop for a good time or drop so repeatedly as to make the phone unable to even dial out. It would sometimes even vary in severity throughout the day. I haven't rooted or unlocked the phone in any way except for a carrier unlock code.
As I was very busy with school, I gritted my teeth and beared it but it seemed to get progressively worse to the point where I finally sat down to seriously look into, and got on the phone with MTS tech support, HTC tech support, as well as trying to talk to MTS sales reps at their store locations. MTS is clueless on what to do (or just refuses to help) because they don't sell the One S. I talked to HTC three times and their only solution was to see what happens with sim cards from different phones and they also noted that the stock software, as well as updates, are tied to the carrier and could be causing problems.
MTS also talked me into buying a new sim card and seeing if that fixes the issue, where it actually made things worse somehow and now the phone often cannot get a connection at all or drops it and doesnt pick it back up (on the settings screen, "mobile data" gets stuck at "turning on" but even voice doesn't work). I've tried getting other people's sims to try in my phone but they all seem to have ones of different sizes. All I've been able to try is a Rogers sim (which I only could test for a short time, but seemed to stay connected and stable for that time) and a Telus sim (which wouldn't work at all, strangely enough. Though one person I talked to at HTC said that by unlocking my phone its possible I received the OTA update from a different carrier such as Rogers).
I'm not sure what to do here as I've tried messing with many settings and searching for solutions without finding one that works. One of the HTC reps I talked to said that I could either send it in (and lose the phone for 2-3 weeks without a guarantee this wouldn't happen again) or while they can't recommend it, I could try rooting the phone and downgrading the software to what it was before. A guy I talked to at a local cell repair shop listened to my problem for about a minute and a half and then said rooting would fix it.
If anyone has any suggestions, I would greatly appreciate hearing them. I'd like to get some more input before I void the warranty by trying to root it and replace the software with some in case that doesn't fix it and I have to send it into HTC for a big fee.

A confusing problem with my phone's cellular network service.

Hey guys. I have an unusual problem with my phone.
I was using my phone one night while in bed, playing a game that requires online connection when suddenly, my phone slipped from my hands. I managed to save it from falling to the floor, but it hit the wooden frame of the bed in the process. I checked the phone out and noticed no problem with it. The screen was fine, nothing broken on the exterior. So I tried to go back to my game, but it complained that there was no internet connection. That was when I noticed the signal had disappeared and the phone displayed "No service". I tried turning airplane mode on and off........nothing, restarted the phone.........no change. I turned off the phone and went to sleep.
In the late hours of the morning, I switched it on, and was greeted with the "emergency calls only" warning. I tried removing and re-inserting the sim card, restarting the phone and when I tried everything I could think of, I did a factory reset on the phone. Still, nothing changed. So, to rule out the possibility that the service was at fault, I removed the sim and inserted it into my brother's phone. It worked as it should! I inserted my brother's sim into my phone, same thing. At times, I get "No service", at times, "Emergency calls only", even some times, I get "No sim card", when there's actually a working sim card in the phone. These led me to believe the phone isn't detecting sim cards, but sometimes, the phone recognizes my sim card and the signal shows up, but I'm unable to use mobile data connection, make or receive calls or texts, or even dial a code to check my airtime balance.
So I decided it was definitely the hardware that had developed a fault. But then, one day, I went to visit a friend quite far away from where I lived, and I took my phone with me. To my surprise, my phone worked flawlessly there. I was able to use data connection and was getting good speeds. I was able to call and text. I removed the sim and put in another sim and it was the same.........worked flawlessly. Now, I don't know what to think anymore because as soon as I got back home, I was again getting the No service/Emergency calls only warnings, and the same sims work in my brother's phone - my brother lives with me.
** I know (or think) it's not a software problem because it would have been resolved after I hard reset it. Plus, it all started when it hit the bed.
** I know it's not the service in my area because the sim works in my brother's phone and my brother stays with me.
** I can't decide if it's an hardware problem because sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Some facts about the phone (if it helps)
** The phone is rooted
** It uses a sim tray. The type that allows two micro-sims or one micro-sim and one sd-card.
** The phone gets hot when I use it extensively.
I'd appreciate any help. Thanks guys.

Same thing happend to my phone it would have a mind of its own but it turned out that out in an open field the phone works but if you get any kind of walls around your phone the network wod not work. This is caused by a hardwsre problem took it to the shop and git it fixed.

khalid2882 said:
Same thing happend to my phone it would have a mind of its own but it turned out that out in an open field the phone works but if you get any kind of walls around your phone the network wod not work. This is caused by a hardwsre problem took it to the shop and git it fixed.
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Thanks for replying bro. I plan to take it out for repairs soon.