[Q] Problems flashing an already rooted 4.4.3 over 4.4.2 - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I flashed the ROM and baseband per instructions in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...-android-4-4-3-ktu84m-rooted-busybox-t2557523
I had 4.4.2 and he said it had to be stock, and it was with the exception of potentially having some system files modified due to other apps, like Android Tuner. I wiped Dalvik cache and regular cache, installed both files as mentioned through TWRP, and yet upon starting I get a notice to update to 4.4.3 despite already being on 4.4.3, and it can't connect to T-Mobile which is my service provider. Am I doing something wrong here? I figured by "stock" ROM he meant the original and not CyanogenMod or anything like it. Was that supposed to mean stock Android with zero modifications to the system files?
I didn't want to do a factory reset and have to redo all my data and applications, but if I must then I will.
There is a rough thunderstorm going on so maybe that knocked out T-Mobile service, but I find it rather coincidental.
]UPDATE] Turns out that the storm coincidentally disabled the towers at around the exact time I updated my phone. The phone was flashed fine. T-Mobile is the problem. Thanks for the help!

It doesn't matter what ROM you're coming from but if it's not stock you need to wipe. But whatever mods you have on stock is irrelevant.
If you're having issues connecting,, wiping cache is often the cause. Check. Our imei etc is correct. Maybe fastboot flash a stock cache image or Nandroid restore
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rootSU said:
It doesn't matter what ROM you're coming from but if it's not stock you need to wipe. But whatever mods you have on stock is irrelevant.
If you're having issues connecting,, wiping cache is often the cause. Check. Our imei etc is correct. Maybe fastboot flash a stock cache image or Nandroid restore
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It was the original stock that shipped with the phone, with potentially some files modified from an application. Strangely when searching for networks to connect to, Sprint and AT&T show up as normal but not T-Mobile, although their APN's show up as if I am connected but can't get access to their service.
The IMEI within the phone appears to match the worn off label. Either way, I cleared the Dalvik and regular cache again so I'll see what happens when the phone finishes booting.

Surely it's booted by now?
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rootSU said:
Surely it's booted by now?
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It finished updating the apps and didn't get a connection, however when I traveled outside of my home zone to work, after I reach the spot outside of the city at which there is no LTE support and it drops to EDGE the connection picked up and remained. After I returned from work and got back in the city near my home where it switches back to LTE the connection dropped again and remained that way even after wiping the caches again.
Does this still sound like a software problem or maybe it's on T-Mobile's end?

Fixed
Turns out that the storm coincidentally disabled the towers at around the exact time I updated my phone. The phone was flashed fine. T-Mobile is the problem. Thanks for the help!

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[Q] Sprint settings for Nexus S

Hi,
I have a Google Nexus S phone with Sprint. I was playing with QPST and CDMA workshop and for some reason the SMS messaging and data aren't working anymore. Phone calling does work well though.
Unfortunately, I didn't save the settings for my phone before using CDMA workshop. I called sprint but they were not able to help.
Please help! :\
I'd try full factory wipe, wipe cache, wipe dalvik. Then I'd flash whatever rom I was using before and keep my fingers crossed when I reboot that everything is fixed. Then I'd keep my fingers out of the software you were futzing around with so it doesn't happen again. I'm not trying to be a smartass, I'm saying what I'd try.
oscarthegrouch said:
I'd try full factory wipe, wipe cache, wipe dalvik. Then I'd flash whatever rom I was using before and keep my fingers crossed when I reboot that everything is fixed. Then I'd keep my fingers out of the software you were futzing around with so it doesn't happen again. I'm not trying to be a smartass, I'm saying what I'd try.
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None of the things you've suggested affect the Radio (qpst/epst) settings.
Get a flashable zip of the latest OTA update, unzip it, and fastboot flash the radio.img. Either that or, if you're on the stock rom, dial *#*#72786#*#*, enter your MSL, and clear the settings (it factory resets/re-activates your phone's radio without wiping any data.)
You probably messed with the NV settings..
Flash back to stock
Go into setting and do a system update so sprint can reconfigure your setting ota
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Bradart, I had the stock ROM, I dialed that number and now I can't even make/receive phone calls.
lilgrass71, yes I was testing something with NV items. I had a friend telling me his settings (but unfortunately he's on Verizon). I tried them on my phone and now I can't even connect to sprint network! it keeps searching for network and never finds anything. With this I can't even connect to sprint and update my profile or do anything! :\
Is there anything I can do to restore EVERYTHING (NV items, etc) to factory setting? the power-volume thing and privacy->restore-to-factory settings aren't working...
I'd greatly appreciate your help!
You have to go back to stock.... I mean stock stock by running the exe from Samsung
forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13663567&postcount=13
Then you can update profile one the phone is set up... But that's only of you didn't mess with any meid or pesn settings in qpst and qxdm.... That'll be illegal Tsk tsk....haha
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hajjat said:
Bradart, I had the stock ROM, I dialed that number and now I can't even make/receive phone calls.
lilgrass71, yes I was testing something with NV items. I had a friend telling me his settings (but unfortunately he's on Verizon). I tried them on my phone and now I can't even connect to sprint network! it keeps searching for network and never finds anything. With this I can't even connect to sprint and update my profile or do anything! :\
Is there anything I can do to restore EVERYTHING (NV items, etc) to factory setting? the power-volume thing and privacy->restore-to-factory settings aren't working...
I'd greatly appreciate your help!
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did u flash in fastboot already
lilgrass71 said:
You have to go back to stock.... I mean stock stock by running the exe from Samsung
forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13663567&postcount=13
Then you can update profile one the phone is set up... But that's only of you didn't mess with any meid or pesn settings in qpst and qxdm.... That'll be illegal Tsk tsk....haha
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Thanks, lilgrass! this restored back EVERYTHING!
Glad to be of assistance... If you don't mind me asking, what did you want to achieve with qpst and qxdm?
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wifi error on every ROM

long story short, my phone was shipped with prerelease software. After rooting and flashing a customer recovery, my original nandroid was corrupted.
The only option for me now is custom ROMs, but unfortunately my wifi gives me an error on every single ROM available.
Anyone know of a quick fix?
The only thing i can think of that would solve the issue is to possible flash the stock US ROM once it's available, then hopefully that would fix my wifi issues and i'd be able to flash to any other ROM with no problem.
Alternatively - could someone please post a flashable ZIP of the stock ROM, or at least post a stock nandroid that i would be able to restore onto my phone to see if the wifi issue gets resolved.
Did flashing the stock img work
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I have a fix for you. I'm releasing it tomorrow though.
I'm releasing a stock T-Mobile nandroid final firmware and newest software.
I'm also releasing a rooted version.
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Full wipe on everything?
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MikeyCriggz said:
Full wipe on everything?
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Always
After doing a bit of reading, it seems as though some people have having similar issues. The exception is that theirs is doing this while stock, and updating their router firmware fixed the problem. My phone connected to my router perfectly fine while stock...the problem didn't occur until i flashed the first custom ROM.
Reviewers said:
I have a fix for you. I'm releasing it tomorrow though.
I'm releasing a stock T-Mobile nandroid final firmware and newest software.
I'm also releasing a rooted version.
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Thanks, hoping this will solve the problem!
suhailtheboss said:
Always
After doing a bit of reading, it seems as though some people have having similar issues. The exception is that theirs is doing this while stock, and updating their router firmware fixed the problem. My phone connected to my router perfectly fine while stock...the problem didn't occur until i flashed the first custom ROM.
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It's because all roms now are based on European firmware not T-Mobile firmware.
Tomorrow I'm uploading the first ever T-Mobile Rom and it'll fix everybodys problem.
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suhailtheboss said:
Always
After doing a bit of reading, it seems as though some people have having similar issues. The exception is that theirs is doing this while stock, and updating their router firmware fixed the problem. My phone connected to my router perfectly fine while stock...the problem didn't occur until i flashed the first custom ROM.
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Definitely sounds like a firmware or driver issue. Have you tried resetting your router or updating its firmware? Also, what kernel version are you running.
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MikeyCriggz said:
Definitely sounds like a firmware or driver issue. Have you tried resetting your router or updating its firmware? Also, what kernel version are you running.
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tried connecting to a different router on update stock firmware and teh issue still exists.
I was hoping that with the stock TMO-US ROM the problem would be fixed, but unfortunately not.
Now i have really no idea. It's impossible for me to live without wifi on my phone for good.
suhailtheboss said:
tried connecting to a different router on update stock firmware and teh issue still exists.
I was hoping that with the stock TMO-US ROM the problem would be fixed, but unfortunately not.
Now i have really no idea. It's impossible for me to live without wifi on my phone for good.
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Do this:
1. Delete /data/misc/wifi folder using a file browser.
2. Clear cache using recovery. Reboot. Wifi will regenerate its data.
3. Try wifi again.
Let me know if this works. It's a shot in the dark so I don't know if that's gonna work for you, since you already seem to have performed a fac reset.
nickmv said:
Do this:
1. Delete /data/misc/wifi folder using a file browser.
2. Clear cache using recovery. Reboot. Wifi will regenerate its data.
3. Try wifi again.
Let me know if this works. It's a shot in the dark so I don't know if that's gonna work for you, since you already seem to have performed a fac reset.
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Thanks for the tip, unfortunately this didn't work either. I'm totally out of ideas at this point. Might just end up exchanging the phone and paying the out of warranty fee if they find out the boot loader was unlocked. Not really sure what's left for me to try.
Flash my T-Mobile Nandroid in recovery.
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Flash my T-Mobile Nandroid in recovery.
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I did within ten minutes of you posting it. Unfortunately it did not solve the problem. I thought that would be the fix...
One thing I didn't notice was a clear description of the problem. Please describe what your issue is. You say the wifi gives you an error. What does that mean?
Please describe everything in detail from start to finish, before trying to return it.
WiFi will turn on, display available networks, once a network is selected it will not connect and then says "error"
then after about ten seconds the phone will reboot, then reboot after it turns on. never-ending.
only way to have the phone work is to do a master reset, but the problem starts again when you attempt to.connect to WiFi.
also the phone will not stay off when stuck in the WiFi reboot loop. if i choose "power down" it will turn off, then turn back on within 10 seconds.
That sounds very very strange. Almost like a kernel error (unlikely since kernel is included w/ ROMs), a radio issue (more likely), or a hardware issue (most likely, in my opinion). If you've already done a full wipe and wiped /system and /sdcard to be sure, then it sounds like you've done your due diligence.
At this point you might want to go ahead and reflash the stock ROM (see Reviewer's post with a nandroid of the stock ROM), reflash the stock recovery, and relock the bootloader. Unless someone else can chime in here. Also, if you return it, there's no promises that they won't look for TAMPERED or anything in the bootloader, so beware. The important thing is to have the stock software and recovery loaded and it relocked. Then they can flash it in the store, and it'll probably fail, in which case they may replace it.
nickmv said:
That sounds very very strange. Almost like a kernel error (unlikely since kernel is included w/ ROMs), a radio issue (more likely), or a hardware issue (most likely, in my opinion). If you've already done a full wipe and wiped /system and /sdcard to be sure, then it sounds like you've done your due diligence.
At this point you might want to go ahead and reflash the stock ROM (see Reviewer's post with a nandroid of the stock ROM), reflash the stock recovery, and relock the bootloader. Unless someone else can chime in here. Also, if you return it, there's no promises that they won't look for TAMPERED or anything in the bootloader, so beware. The important thing is to have the stock software and recovery loaded and it relocked. Then they can flash it in the store, and it'll probably fail, in which case they may replace it.
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Yeah i'm clueless. I've literally done absolutely EVERYTHING that i could imagine to fix the issue.
I actually work for T-Mo, we dont have any abilities to flash anything in store. Also exchanging the phone is a little bit more difficult for me, because the phone was not purchased through tmobile, it was given to me by HTC a week before launch.
Either way, I'm going to reload all the shipping stuff when i get home tonight then go ahead and try to process an exchange. Worst case scenario they will charge me ~100 bucks as an out of warranty fee. (due to having the *TAMPERED* logo on the bootloader scren. Although I'm fairly certain they don't check that, they shoudl only check for physical/liquid damage. I have processed many exchanges for rooted customers, who had manufacturer defects.
also another thing i just noticed, my baseband is: 0.15.31501S , but my friends retail version is 0.16.
any way for me to update this?
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I just got the One S myself and I'm a bit forlorn from the lack of available ROMS. Then again when I was in the Apple Ecosystem, there was no ROMS, just tweaks so different environment different timelines I guess.
Not sure if it can help in this case, but this solved my wifi error problem.
I had a "wifi error", my One S coudn't connect any AP.
The problem was a bad permision on the file /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf.
Logcat gave me that :
"Cannot set RW to /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf"
So, using Es Explorer (as root), i changed the chmod of this file to rw-rw-rw and wifi started to work again. (no reboot needed in my case).
Hope this help.

[Q] Lost service and never came back

I was sitting on BART listening to pandora and reading news on pulse when suddenly I lost service. It has not come back at all no matter how many times I turn on airplane mode or take out battery.
I searched and found some Nexus one users with a similar problem but theirs all came back when they rebooted.
I thought it might haves something to do with the ota update so I posted the problem in one of those threads and someone suggested I check the IMEI. It has not reset to 0.
My phones history: I rooted about a month ago and tried to install a new ROM but bricked. I used Odin to flash back to stock and the phone has worked since. That said, even though I though I flashed back to unrooted stock, when I turn on the phone it still shows the open lock and says "custom" under samsung. So from my limited knowledge, this could mean that the bootloader is still unlocked?
If I try to do a factory reset and there is something still tweaked from when I tried to root, is that risky to the phone? At this point I don't care much about the data. I just really need the phone to ring when people call me.
When you odined back to stock did u do a factory reset after? In my experience a factory reset after a major change always cured the issues.
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Go back to stock via ODIN if you're not on it already, dial *2767*3855# after backing up anything you may want on internal storage (like photos, etc) because it will be wiped.
I ended up switching from cmda auto Perl to lte and it worked
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[Q] No network signal, cache seems to have failed

I jumped the gun and tried flashing the 4.4.1 .zip for the N5 found here: http://www.droid-life.com/2013/12/05/download-android-4-4-1-update-for-the-nexus-5/
It flashed fine, so I then proceeded to wipe the cache/dalvik. This is where I ran into a problem. It sat there, stuck in the process of clearing the cache. After 5 minutes, I turned off the phone out of frustration. The phone booted up and began the "apps optimization" bit that you get after updating. Then I went to sleep. When I awoke, I noticed my phone wasn't receiving a cell signal and I thought, no biggie, cell service isn't very good in my house anyway. When I got to work later, I realized this was a problem. I can't receive a cell signal. My next thought was to flash the new radio to see if that fixed the problem. Well, I can't download anything onto my phone, nor can I transfer from my computer. It says that my storage is full, yet I can go to storage and see that I have over 5 GB of free space. Astro does not recognize that I even have internal storage.
Does anybody have any suggestions? I was just about to perform a factory reset but thought I should check here first. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Flash factory image.
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0dBu said:
Flash factory image.
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I found the 4.4 image. Flash using adb? What are the commands?\\
EDIT: Problem solved at the expense of my data.
tceffErorriM said:
I found the 4.4 image. Flash using adb? What are the commands?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47156064
Ppl are getting lower signal, but is the signal dropping? Emergency calls only?
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Just had the same problem. In TWRP I went into the advanced wipe option, wiped only the cache. Then I flashed the radio. It is working again.
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Ppl are getting lower signal, but is the signal dropping? Emergency calls only?
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The problem was worse than that. There wasn't any signal at all. Not even possible to place emergency calls.
Anyways, I flashed the factory images which fixed the problem. I then proceeded to flash 4.4.1 and so far so good.

No cell signal, wifi works

My Nexus 5 suddenly has no signal today, but WIFI is working (my nexus tab has a cell signal so its not a network issue.)
was using CM12.1 (5.02) tried the following:
reboot (many times)
did a factory reset/wipe
flashed a new CM rom (Euphoria 1.1)
hit *#*#4636#*#* and checked the radio is on
popped the back and cleaned the antenna contacts
None of the above worked, now I'm wondering what to do next...?
Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated.
sleepingsword said:
My Nexus 5 suddenly has no signal today, but WIFI is working (my nexus tab has a cell signal so its not a network issue.)
was using CM12.1 (5.02) tried the following:
reboot (many times)
did a factory reset/wipe
flashed a new CM rom (Euphoria 1.1)
hit *#*#4636#*#* and checked the radio is on
popped the back and cleaned the antenna contacts
None of the above worked, now I'm wondering what to do next...?
Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated.
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Flash factory images.
Sim card issue?
Turn off airplane mode lol
sleepingsword said:
My Nexus 5 suddenly has no signal today, but WIFI is working (my nexus tab has a cell signal so its not a network issue.)
was using CM12.1 (5.02) tried the following:
reboot (many times)
did a factory reset/wipe
flashed a new CM rom (Euphoria 1.1)
hit *#*#4636#*#* and checked the radio is on
popped the back and cleaned the antenna contacts
None of the above worked, now I'm wondering what to do next...?
Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated.
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Do you have an IMEI (Settings>About phone>Status)?
IMEI is present
Airplane mode is off :silly:
Sim card is fine, I tested it in my old i9300
I guess I will go factory image later today and see about that.
Thx so far.
Well it appears the fone is dead...
I restored a factory image (4.4.0)
Still no cell signal.
Going through the updates 4.4.2 > 4.4.3 etc, but I doubt its going to make a difference.
Bought in 2013... I hope (but doubt) I can get it fixed under warranty
sleepingsword said:
Well it appears the fone is dead...
I restored a factory image (4.4.0)
Still no cell signal.
Going through the updates 4.4.2 > 4.4.3 etc, but I doubt its going to make a difference.
Bought in 2013... I hope (but doubt) I can get it fixed under warranty
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It's not enough to restore factory image. Try to flash completely stock. http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
Sorry for my wording, I went completely back to stock and unfortunately it did not fix the issue.
It is still covered under warranty and with the stock restore its is now ready to be sent back.
Back to the old i9300 for now!
sleepingsword said:
Sorry for my wording, I went completely back to stock and unfortunately it did not fix the issue.
It is still covered under warranty and with the stock restore its is now ready to be sent back.
Back to the old i9300 for now!
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After you flash back to stock, what steps are you taking when setting up the phone again - are you restoring app backups and stuff? I had this same problem, when I restored as new and did not use the google backups, my radio/mobile network returned.
I dint bother setting up my accounts or restoring backups as I expected it not to work.
I did not want to bring unforeseen things into the mix.
Restored 4.4, made sure it was unrooted and the tamper counter was reset. locked the bootloader.
Then skipped the google account part, only added wifi password. Then went through the system updates.
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I dint bother setting up my accounts or restoring backups as I expected it not to work.
I did not want to bring unforeseen things into the mix.
Restored 4.4, made sure it was unrooted and the tamper counter was reset. locked the bootloader.
Then skipped the google account part, only added wifi password. Then went through the system updates.
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Mine did the same thing (worked for phone/texts but not mobile data), and in my searching there seems to be a related fix having to do with APN settings, but those are only accessible in settings, under mobile network, if you have a specific carrier.
Try searching around here for "APN XML" or "APN update" and you'll find steps on how to check/fix. Hope that helps.

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