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[Q] Nexus S No SIM Error (AT&T)

Couldn't find this anywhere so I thought I would ask....
I've had the White Nexus S w/ AT&T 3G Bands for a week or so now and it's been great. Running CM7 with custom kernel and all is good. For what ever reason it started giving me the "No SIM" error. I have no idea why this just happened all of the sudden like this. Anyways, AT&T was kind enough to give me a new SIM and this issue just will not go away.
I'm out of ideas on this...
Any suggestions?

freebirds87 said:
Couldn't find this anywhere so I thought I would ask....
I've had the White Nexus S w/ AT&T 3G Bands for a week or so now and it's been great. Running CM7 with custom kernel and all is good. For what ever reason it started giving me the "No SIM" error. I have no idea why this just happened all of the sudden like this. Anyways, AT&T was kind enough to give me a new SIM and this issue just will not go away.
I'm out of ideas on this...
Any suggestions?
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I'm not sure if this will work, but try to go back to stock, and see if it's works.
I'm a Vibrant user, so I have no idea how you would do this (least I won't until Wednesday, when I get the Nexus S 4G from Sprint), but try that, may fix your problem.

Longcat14 said:
I'm not sure if this will work, but try to go back to stock, and see if it's works.
I'm a Vibrant user, so I have no idea how you would do this (least I won't until Wednesday, when I get the Nexus S 4G from Sprint), but try that, may fix your problem.
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I'm having a very difficult time locating the stock firmware for the i9020a

Flashed back to stock and the NO SIM error still exist...
I really hope this issue isn't hardware related...

freebirds87 said:
Flashed back to stock and the NO SIM error still exist...
I really hope this issue isn't hardware related...
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did you flash a new radio? i had problems with the kb3 radio (lost 3g after a week of use) went back to kb2 and all was good.
also possible, check your apn settings

ogdobber said:
did you flash a new radio? i had problems with the kb3 radio (lost 3g after a week of use) went back to kb2 and all was good.
also possible, check your apn settings
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Bootloader shows the Radio version to be: I9020UCKB2
It even shows the carrier info to be ATT
What should the APN settings be for AT&T?

Borrowed the APN settings off of a Bravo here inside the store and and when I save the settings it doesn't list the APN like it should. I am saving the settings but it doesn't show after its saved.
Uuugggghhhh...

Now I'm having issues with flashing the stock radio...
Here's what the device is telling me:
"Verify Image (RADIO) ... Fail
And of course cmd prompt just shows where the write failed. I am using the radio file found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033269
I'm just simply extracting the radio img from that zip and using fastboot to apply.

freebirds87 said:
Now I'm having issues with flashing the stock radio...
Here's what the device is telling me:
"Verify Image (RADIO) ... Fail
And of course cmd prompt just shows where the write failed. I am using the radio file found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033269
I'm just simply extracting the radio img from that zip and using fastboot to apply.
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flash this radio from clockwork recovery

ogdobber said:
flash this radio from clockwork recovery
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Flashed fine thanks for the zip!
The baseband version is still the same though and the SIM Card error still exist.

freebirds87 said:
Flashed fine thanks for the zip!
The baseband version is still the same though and the SIM Card error still exist.
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hmmm weird. have you tried swapping sim cards?

ogdobber said:
hmmm weird. have you tried swapping sim cards?
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Yeah I have. I received a brand new one from AT&T when this first started.
I've given up on fixing this device. I contacted Negri Electronics and asked for an RMA. This unit has to be a lemon. This will make the first time I've ever had to send a phone back. Hopefully the replacement will be a better unit.

Beyond Screwed

So I gave my friend my phone and she messed with the pattern till it asked for my google credentials but because my Wi-Fi isn't on and I turn my data off for preserving reasons.. I can't do anything.
Before this I rooted my phone but relocked it so I have "Security Warning, Relocked & Tampered" at bootloader.. I also had a custom recovery which I removed so now I can't do hard reset from bootloader or recovery..
My question is.. Is there anything I can use at this point to start my phone over or give me access to remove the password
Extra details: My HTC One S is also from Fido

Find the ruu for your device and flash it
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Spastic909 said:
Find the ruu for your device and flash it
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That's one of my problems I tried about 4 different RUUs and well they didn't work.. Is there any collection of all the RUUs I can look into?

kbunz19 said:
That's one of my problems I tried about 4 different RUUs and well they didn't work.. Is there any collection of all the RUUs I can look into?
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Just factory reset, shouldn't that work ?
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ickedmel said:
Just factory reset, shouldn't that work ?
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Comes down too what he means by "I also had a custom recovery which I removed" since you can't remove it but for factory reset to work you need stock recovery.

Darknites said:
Comes down too what he means by "I also had a custom recovery which I removed" since you can't remove it but for factory reset to work you need stock recovery.
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You hit the nail spot on.. So where should I find a Fido RUU For my HTC?

kbunz19 said:
You hit the nail spot on.. So where should I find a Fido RUU For my HTC?
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Google lol that's the trick with RUU's they not easy to find for a branded phone but there is a person you can pay to get the RUU you want.

kbunz19 said:
You hit the nail spot on.. So where should I find a Fido RUU For my HTC?
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Try this site: http://www.htcruu.com/?dir=Ville
Maybe it is on there?

I misread. ignore.

Well because my HTC One S is already 1.84 the ROGERS one (1.70) won't work
I need to find a higher version from Rogers/Fido or I don't know what else to do at this point..

kbunz19 said:
Well because my HTC One S is already 1.84 the ROGERS one (1.70) won't work
I need to find a higher version from Rogers/Fido or I don't know what else to do at this point..
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What do you mean by "I also had a custom recovery which I removed" ?
What recovery is on the phone now?
Is USB debugging on?
Why can't you unlock it again?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsFDkYQ0S8c
Does this not work?
I'm not on a stock recovery and I don't remember for certain if this option is available on the One S, but I don't see why it wouldn't

Can't you just connect it to computer...
Unlock bootloader again
Flash recovery, root etc
Then full wipe factory reset?
Or install a rom and do full wipe that will clear the lock thing too
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dc211 said:
What do you mean by "I also had a custom recovery which I removed" ?
What recovery is on the phone now?
Is USB debugging on?
Why can't you unlock it again?
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I don't know what recovery is on the phone now after uninstalling a custom recovery
k1llacanon said:
Can't you just connect it to computer...
Unlock bootloader again
Flash recovery, root etc
Then full wipe factory reset?
Or install a rom and do full wipe that will clear the lock thing too
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I thought of this but because I don't have USB debugging enabled I can't..
blinksilver said:
Does this not work?
I'm not on a stock recovery and I don't remember for certain if this option is available on the One S, but I don't see why it wouldn't
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I've tried the system menu before but all I get is the red warning text and then I'm back at the system menu with no change

kbunz19 said:
I don't know what recovery is on the phone now after uninstalling a custom recovery
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But how did you "uninstall" it. Some recovery should be in place. If it's the stock one factory reset will clear it. If it's custom you can boot into it.
kbunz19 said:
I thought of this but because I don't have USB debugging enabled I can't..
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You don't need USB debugging enabled to unlock your bootloader. Everything is done in fastboot. Not even directions from HTCdev say anything about USB debugging.

Why the hell did u take off usb Debug? Ur only choice will be to run ruu as mentioned above. Pm "football"
Tell him what happened and give him this information
1) what carrier your on
2) what radio your on (either that or hboot forgot which)
3) your country
You may have to pay a little fee if you do might as well it'll revive your phone
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kbunz19 said:
Well because my HTC One S is already 1.84 the ROGERS one (1.70) won't work
I need to find a higher version from Rogers/Fido or I don't know what else to do at this point..
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I have a Fido phone. You can use the 1.70 Rogers RUU if you downgrade your HBOOT first. I have done this successfully a few times now! :good:

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dc211 said:
But how did you "uninstall" it. Some recovery should be in place. If it's the stock one factory reset will clear it. If it's custom you can boot into it.
You don't need USB debugging enabled to unlock your bootloader. Everything is done in fastboot. Not even directions from HTCdev say anything about USB debugging.
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Everyone, thank-you so much for all the replies, I tried the unlock bootloader suggestion DC211 gave me and my phone finally factory reset and the Recovery was finally working, thank-you so much for all the suggestions .. Thanks ^_^
I'm so happy gonna dance around naked anyways thanks again

[Q] [Help] Skyrocket go down!

hi everyone. I need some help here with my At&t Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket. I had my phone unlocked and work on T-mobile GSM fine but I only got EDGE for data. I then flash it with with a T-mobile radio according to the instruction here at XDA forrum to try to get 3G/4G. after flashing the radio the baseband in the phone showed "unknown" and I lost both GSM and EDGE. the phone even didn't recognize my SIM card,I don't know If I did something wrong.
Here How I did
1. I flash CWM 5.8.x
2 I update to CWM 14.x.x touch version
3. Root the phone with SuperSU busy box
4. Flashing tmo_SGH-T989_VK1.zip radio
5. No signal.
It seem to be the radio I tried to flash didn't go in correctly. BTW I still keep the stock ROM form At&T (ICS 4.0.4)
Any one have experienced the same problem like me ?
Thank you very much for helping me out.

Just so I'm clear, you flashed a T-Mobile Only Radio on an A T&T Sim card? Check your APN too.

immaeetuu said:
Just so I'm clear, you flashed a T-Mobile Only Radio on an A T&T Sim card? Check your APN too.
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I flashed T-mobile radio on AT&T phone not SIM card. I lost my original AT&T Radio and new T-mobile radio didn't go in, now the phone doesn't read my T-mobile SIM card. I cannot access mobile network to check APNs without a valid SIM card since the phone doesn't see it.

tinhyeudamat said:
I flashed T-mobile radio on AT&T phone not SIM card. I lost my original AT&T Radio and new T-mobile radio didn't go in, now the phone doesn't read my T-mobile SIM card. I cannot access mobile network to check APNs without a valid SIM card since the phone doesn't see it.
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I don't think you are unlocked.

immaeetuu said:
I don't think you are unlocked.
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I unlocked the phone before to use t mobile GSM service.

tinhyeudamat said:
I unlocked the phone before to use t mobile GSM service.
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Just check it.

immaeetuu said:
Just check it.
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the phone function was perfectly fine before I flash the radio. of course, no 3G/4G connection on T-mobile

the problem is after flashing custom radio, I have no radio at all. the phone is now a tablet

Did u make a backup? Did u try flashing a new radio? Try odin mabie and go back to stock and try again.

xstokerx said:
Did u make a backup? Did u try flashing a new radio? Try odin mabie and go back to stock and try again.
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thank you for you suggestion.
I finally understand the problem the phone simply doesn't accept the radio. I flashed the new radio and turn out the original radio was removed and new one didn't go in. when i flashed a full stock ROM the original radio came back. may be the ROM and radio have to be compiled together.

tinhyeudamat said:
thank you for you suggestion.
I finally understand the problem the phone simply doesn't accept the radio. I flashed the new radio and turn out the original radio was removed and new one didn't go in. when i flashed a full stock ROM the original radio came back. may be the ROM and radio have to be compiled together.
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Uh no you have to flash the modem before the ROM to get a good flash from what I've seen. Also I think almost every radio exempting maybe gingerbread radios as I haven't tested them should work on every ROM exempting maybe tw based.
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The Rom or radio can be flashed in any sequence. The order they are flashed in has no effect.
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tinhyeudamat said:
hi everyone. I need some help here with my At&t Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket. I had my phone unlocked and work on T-mobile GSM fine but I only got EDGE for data. I then flash it with with a T-mobile radio according to the instruction here at XDA forrum to try to get 3G/4G. after flashing the radio the baseband in the phone showed "unknown" and I lost both GSM and EDGE. the phone even didn't recognize my SIM card,I don't know If I did something wrong.
Here How I did
1. I flash CWM 5.8.x
2 I update to CWM 14.x.x touch version
3. Root the phone with SuperSU busy box
4. Flashing tmo_SGH-T989_VK1.zip radio
5. No signal.
It seem to be the radio I tried to flash didn't go in correctly. BTW I still keep the stock ROM form At&T (ICS 4.0.4)
Any one have experienced the same problem like me ?
Thank you very much for helping me out.
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Did you flash the radio two or three times in a row?
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KingKron said:
Did you flash the radio two or three times in a row?
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Wtf? You know how old this thread is? And it's wrong advice anyway
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jd1639 said:
Wtf? You know how old this thread is? And it's incomplete advice anyway
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Fixed that for you. You forgot to mention that you have to hold your breath while you wipe dalvik 3 times, cache 6 times, factory reset 2 times, perform a backup and then flash a kernel from a different device.

mrfeuss said:
Fixed that for you. You forgot to mention that you have to hold your breath while you wipe dalvik 3 times, cache 6 times, factory reset 2 times, perform a backup and then flash a kernel from a different device.
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I forgot the part of flashing with a kernel from a different device. That'll fix you everything
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[Q] 4G/LTE band missing

I was experimenting my M8 with T-Mobile sim card. I flashed 5.0.1 GPE ROM and everything worked fine. I also changed its CID to T-MOB010 and flashed ViperOneM8 3.2.1. It worked fine as well. But after I reverted everything back (by loading 3.28.605.4 0P6BIMG and firmware, and restoring a TWRP backup), I discovered I can no longer get 4G/LTE signal. I can only get 3G. I tried flashing to RUU M8_VZW 4.4.3 (firmware &0P6BIMG). But it doesn't help. I dialed *#*#4636#*#* but didn't see any option/menu. When I use 4G Switcher app to select band, 1900MHz band isn't available. The network type is set to "CDMA/EvDo/GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto". I am using CleanROM 3.0. Any advise will be greatly appreciated.
HBOOT-3.19.0.000
RADIO-1.09.20.0926
OpenDSP-v38.2.2-00542-M8974_F0.0811
OS-3.28.605.4

2ndLeaf said:
I was experimenting my M8 with T-Mobile sim card. I flashed 5.0.1 GPE ROM and everything worked fine. I also changed its CID to T-MOB010 and flashed ViperOneM8 3.2.1. It worked fine as well. But after I reverted everything back (by loading 3.28.605.4 0P6BIMG and firmware, and restoring a TWRP backup), I discovered I can no longer get 4G/LTE signal. I can only get 3G. I tried flashing to RUU M8_VZW 4.4.3 (firmware &0P6BIMG). But it doesn't help. I dialed *#*#4636#*#* but didn't see any option/menu. When I use 4G Switcher app to select band, 1900MHz band isn't available. The network type is set to "CDMA/EvDo/GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto". I am using CleanROM 3.0. Any advise will be greatly appreciated.
HBOOT-3.19.0.000
RADIO-1.09.20.0926
OpenDSP-v38.2.2-00542-M8974_F0.0811
OS-3.28.605.4
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Try a factory reset using stock recovery. Not twrp or any custom recovery. Has to be stock recovery.
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I understand completely where you are coming from. I flashed the same rom and my phone stop connecting to LTE when in global mode. I have flashed the 4.4.2, 4.4.3, and 4.4.4 RUU and went into the stock recovery and did a factory reset and it still does not work.
Right now I am running cleanrom 3.0 also. The only time I can get LTE is when I go into settings and switch it to LTE only.
The only thing I think it can be is when I do the factory reset on the RUU, the says restoring Verizon NV flash rather than formatting it. I want to try and flash a T-MOBILE RUU to see if it will format it and clear it out then switch back to Verizon but I don't know if that will brick my phone. If I can't find a way to wipe the NV the only thing else to do is run the phone over with my car a couple times then claim warranty.
Not trying to knock digital high's rom because he and several others put a lot of work into the stock 5.0 rom and I really appreciate the effort, but I wish I didn't flash it because I think there is an underlying issue with the rom that is affecting a small portion of our phones. And it is so small that there is no support to fix it. I have scoured the forum to find a fix and nothing has worked so far. But these are the problems we accept when we hack our phones and flash non factory software.
I hope you find a fix and if you do please let me know. Good luck.
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dottat said:
Try a factory reset using stock recovery. Not twrp or any custom recovery. Has to be stock recovery.
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Factory reset using stock recovery does the trick. 4G/LTE is back. Thanks a lot for the suggestion. Much appreciate it.

2ndLeaf said:
Factory reset using stock recovery does the trick. 4G/LTE is back. Thanks a lot for the suggestion. Much appreciate it.
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No problem.
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Ruffroc02 said:
I understand completely where you are coming from. I flashed the same rom and my phone stop connecting to LTE when in global mode. I have flashed the 4.4.2, 4.4.3, and 4.4.4 RUU and went into the stock recovery and did a factory reset and it still does not work.
Right now I am running cleanrom 3.0 also. The only time I can get LTE is when I go into settings and switch it to LTE only.
The only thing I think it can be is when I do the factory reset on the RUU, the says restoring Verizon NV flash rather than formatting it. I want to try and flash a T-MOBILE RUU to see if it will format it and clear it out then switch back to Verizon but I don't know if that will brick my phone. If I can't find a way to wipe the NV the only thing else to do is run the phone over with my car a couple times then claim warranty.
Not trying to knock digital high's rom because he and several others put a lot of work into the stock 5.0 rom and I really appreciate the effort, but I wish I didn't flash it because I think there is an underlying issue with the rom that is affecting a small portion of our phones. And it is so small that there is no support to fix it. I have scoured the forum to find a fix and nothing has worked so far. But these are the problems we accept when we hack our phones and flash non factory software.
I hope you find a fix and if you do please let me know. Good luck.
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Please try dottat's suggestion and follow the instruction below to reset:
http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8/howto/465049.html
It should work.

Ruffroc02 said:
Not trying to knock digital high's rom because he and several others put a lot of work into the stock 5.0 rom and I really appreciate the effort, but I wish I didn't flash it because I think there is an underlying issue with the rom that is affecting a small portion of our phones. And it is so small that there is no support to fix it. I have scoured the forum to find a fix and nothing has worked so far. But these are the problems we accept when we hack our phones and flash non factory software.
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I'm having the LTE issue as well. I'm currently running DigtalHigh's GPE 12/18 release with the updated firmware. LTE works on first boot until I connect to my Wi-Fi network, after that I never see LTE again. I tried everything, and I mean everything. I tried the RUU back to 4.4.4 and doing a factory reset from that... I get the same result, LTE on 1st boot until the WiFi connects and then it's gone for good again until the next complete reset.
The most recent thing I tried was replacing the SIM card (while on the GPE rom)... this worked flawlessly. I had LTE again for a few days... until I made a phone call from my car using Bluetooth, at which point the phone geeked out, switching from speaker to line-out to bluetooth audio and eventually dropping my call (not sure if that is somehow related to the LTE issue), but now I'm back to no LTE again.
But I get full bars of 3G, so I've got that going for me... which is nice.

Is it possible for you to put in a new SIM while on another Rom like clean rom to see if LTE will stay?
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Ruffroc02 said:
Is it possible for you to put in a new SIM while on another Rom like clean rom to see if LTE will stay?
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DH GPE with custom firmware has hooped the VZW LTE radio settings, it has overwritten them...no amount of custom rom re-installations will fix this.
As stated above, the easiest way to fix this is to simply flash a stock Verizon RUU, and THEN do a factory reset from the stock recovery. I used http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...ent/ruu-m8vzw-4-4-4-s-off-onlynewest-t2914914 with the SD card method and it worked fine.
After you do the stock factory reset you can then install DH GPE again, without using custom firmware.

Croak said:
DH GPE with custom firmware has hooped the VZW LTE radio settings, it has overwritten them...no amount of custom rom re-installations will fix this.
As stated above, the easiest way to fix this is to simply flash a stock Verizon RUU, and THEN do a factory reset from the stock recovery. I used http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...ent/ruu-m8vzw-4-4-4-s-off-onlynewest-t2914914 with the SD card method and it worked fine.
After you do the stock factory reset you can then install DH GPE again, without using custom firmware.
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I tried installing the stock ruu and using the stock recovery to fix it. It hasn't worked. Did you use the method of installing through the phone or the computer?
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Ruffroc02 said:
I tried installing the stock ruu and using the stock recovery to fix it. It hasn't worked. Did you use the method of installing through the phone or the computer?
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I put 0P6BIMG.zip in ext SD card and booted from HBOOT.

My LTE just automagically kicked back on after I reset it three weeks. Glad it doesn't have to meet the tire of my car. I pray it stays on
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dottat said:
No problem.
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I posed this question on another thread, but I'm trying to understand what you mean when you say "stock recovery". I know what it is, but what I don't know is what stock are you referring to; do I have to downgrade to 4.4.4 or when you mean stock it doesn't matter if it's Lollipop 5.0.1.? Thank you sir!

berrywr said:
I posed this question on another thread, but I'm trying to understand what you mean when you say "stock recovery". I know what it is, but what I don't know is what stock are you referring to; do I have to downgrade to 4.4.4 or when you mean stock it doesn't matter if it's Lollipop 5.0.1.? Thank you sir!
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I mean the matching HTC provided recovery img for the firmware version you are on.
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Boy this horse is getting beat to death. Go to Dottat's RUU posts where he explains it all. I used the 5.0.1 S-Off one. Once it's installed, boot, and then reboot to it's stock/factory recovery and do a factory reset. That will fix your 4G/LTE problem. Then you get root back and flash a "custom" recovery like TWRP. I followed the Sunshine instructions. If you don't want/need root or TWRP skip it and you'll have an S-off stock not rooted phone.

dottat said:
I mean the matching HTC provided recovery img for the firmware version you are on.
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It's been a few years since I wore my horse, the HD2 to death and I didn't stumble on to the cure until the wee hours this morning. It eventually comes back and like the wife hitting your head with the iron skillet...ding, ding, ding....external micros SD card and RUU; I remember how to do that. I'm S-Off, this will work. What I didn't know is what is "stock"; factory state you walked out the store with or matching the ROM to the firmware and if I'm going to downgrade to reset the NV configuration, what all that entails. It's the jargon, I need to learn and that takes time. I sincerely appreciate what the OPs do and where they direct me to; thanks!

berrywr said:
It's been a few years since I wore my horse, the HD2 to death and I didn't stumble on to the cure until the wee hours this morning. It eventually comes back and like the wife hitting your head with the iron skillet...ding, ding, ding....external micros SD card and RUU; I remember how to do that. I'm S-Off, this will work. What I didn't know is what is "stock"; factory state you walked out the store with or matching the ROM to the firmware and if I'm going to downgrade to reset the NV configuration, what all that entails. It's the jargon, I need to learn and that takes time. I sincerely appreciate what the OPs do and where they direct me to; thanks!
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Answered this once already in the last 24 hours and this will be the last time.
Stock recovery is the matching HTC provided recovery img that is from the matching firmware version you are currently on. If you are on 1.X firmware it's best to find stock recovery from the 1.X ruu or firmware zip file.
Stock recovery is only provided by HTC.
Why is this so dang difficult to understand folks and why does the question need to be repeatedly posed?
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dottat said:
Answered this once already in the last 24 hours and this will be the last time.
Stock recovery is the matching HTC provided recovery img that is from the matching firmware version you are currently on. If you are on 1.X firmware it's best to find stock recovery from the 1.X ruu or firmware zip file.
Stock recovery is only provided by HTC.
Why is this so dang difficult to understand folks and why does the question need to be repeatedly posed?
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1droidmod said:
Well, not all brains are wired the same. I do understand providing a direct link again or now would be like defeating the purpose. Although sometimes some words in some directions or answers are misleading to One and very confusing.
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Point is the information is already out there. Nothing misleading about it.
There are some basic premises that better be understood first lest he avoid failure by leaving that boot loader locked and s on.
Capiche?
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dottat said:
Answered this once already in the last 24 hours and this will be the last time.
Stock recovery is the matching HTC provided recovery img that is from the matching firmware version you are currently on. If you are on 1.X firmware it's best to find stock recovery from the 1.X ruu or firmware zip file.
Stock recovery is only provided by HTC.
Why is this so dang difficult to understand folks and why does the question need to be repeatedly posed?
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Because, those of us doing the asking while we truly and sincerely appreciate the work all of you do, and believe me "I" do, some of you, not all of you completely fail at the teaching aspect of the knowledge you possess. That said, thank you very much; it worked. I can't tell you whether it was the factory reset or performing the edit inside ##778; the moment I put the wife's Straight Talk (Verizon) SIM card in; 4G LTE returned. I did not have access to the dial code until now. Again, thank you!

Verizon M8 3G only FIX

There are very few posts found on any site about this issue so I wanted to post a success.
Symptom: M8 that either from a ROM install or OTA is 'stuck' on 3G. This persists across radio revisions and OS.
In my case, I had a M8 with S-off arrive from Swappa but it was 3g only on 4.4.4 so I took the OTA... No change. Following, I tried 3 different SIM and opened a support case with Verizon. As with the other 2 cases I found reference to in a search, the determination was a fault with the phone and it would be factory replaced under warranty. BUT this phone is S-OFF!... so I kept digging. After trying various RUU from 4.4.3, 4.4.4. and 5.01 NONE of them worked, still trapped in 3G land even with factory reset wiped cache and clean install of 4.4.4 with the Verizon OTA update to 5.01 full path.
Solution: Roll farther back! I found a very early RUU from 4.4.2 and flashed the baseband. Immediately 4g worked. Rolling forward, every firmware version I flashed after (any baseband) also worked. SO if you have a M8 that does only 3G just roll all the way back to release baseband and then back forward to 5.01.. should fix! Verizon also indicated they know of this phone sometimes not 'taking' a SIM so try a 2nd one too.
Regards and good luck,

TekGnosis said:
There are very few posts found on any site about this issue so I wanted to post a success.
Symptom: M8 that either from a ROM install or OTA is 'stuck' on 3G. This persists across radio revisions and OS.
In my case, I had a M8 with S-off arrive from Swappa but it was 3g only on 4.4.4 so I took the OTA... No change. Following, I tried 3 different SIM and opened a support case with Verizon. As with the other 2 cases I found reference to in a search, the determination was a fault with the phone and it would be factory replaced under warranty. BUT this phone is S-OFF!... so I kept digging. After trying various RUU from 4.4.3, 4.4.4. and 5.01 NONE of them worked, still trapped in 3G land even with factory reset wiped cache and clean install of 4.4.4 with the Verizon OTA update to 5.01 full path.
Solution: Roll farther back! I found a very early RUU from 4.4.2 and flashed the baseband. Immediately 4g worked. Rolling forward, every firmware version I flashed after (any baseband) also worked. SO if you have a M8 that does only 3G just roll all the way back to release baseband and then back forward to 5.01.. should fix! Verizon also indicated they know of this phone sometimes not 'taking' a SIM so try a 2nd one too.
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Thanks for this share. I am having an issue that may or may not be related. I have a feeling that my sim card reader is broken but my phone was actually having a similar symptoms before its radio stopped working altogether. I came back from international roaming today (and a non vzw sim) and when I arrived stateside, my phone would only pick up CDMA evdo 3g. After much fiddling in the *#*#4636#*#* menu, I did not have any luck. Then all of the sudden my phone read "no service" and wouldn't even connect to vzw at all. I tried a new sim from a vzw store, no dice. My plan was to ruu tomorrow as a last resort. I am s-off. Would you mind sharing the 4.2.2 ruu link? I'd like to try.

bacon612 said:
Thanks for this share. I am having an issue that may or may not be related. I have a feeling that my sim card reader is broken but my phone was actually having a similar symptoms before its radio stopped working altogether. I came back from international roaming today (and a non vzw sim) and when I arrived stateside, my phone would only pick up CDMA evdo 3g. After much fiddling in the *#*#4636#*#* menu, I did not have any luck. Then all of the sudden my phone read "no service" and wouldn't even connect to vzw at all. I tried a new sim from a vzw store, no dice. My plan was to ruu tomorrow as a last resort. I am s-off. Would you mind sharing the 4.2.2 ruu link? I'd like to try.
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I have all of the ruu in one thread which is stickied in the general section.

dottat said:
I have all of the ruu in one thread which is stickied in the general section.
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Thanks man. U think I can just reflash radio for a fix instead? Hoping for a quicker fix rather than backup> ruu >flash twrp>restore nandroid...

bacon612 said:
Thanks man. U think I can just reflash radio for a fix instead? Hoping for a quicker fix rather than backup> ruu >flash twrp>restore nandroid...
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The s-on ruu will not wipe. They will not affect s status or unlock status. Flash ruu. Flash twrp. Flash supersu. Ten mins or less.

dottat said:
The s-on ruu will not wipe. They will not affect s status or unlock status. Flash ruu. Flash twrp. Flash supersu. Ten mins or less.
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But I am s-off running an aosp rom. That matter? I am under the impression that flashing that ruu will take my phone back to the way it came out of a box

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But I am s-off running an aosp rom. That matter? I am under the impression that flashing that ruu will take my phone back to the way it came out of a box
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Yes that could be a problem. If you were on a sense rom it would not be. Because it does not wipe. Those ruu are unique in that they don't. The s-off ones and every other carriers ruu do wipe.
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dottat said:
Yes that could be a problem. If you were on a sense rom it would not be. Because it does not wipe. Those ruu are unique in that they don't. The s-off ones and every other carriers ruu do wipe.
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Im going to attempt to reflash the latest verizon radios in Hboot and see if it clears the whatever band settings i changed that killed my radio? Perhaps this is the same as what a full RUU would be but radio only.
Edit: that didnt work. Still "no service"

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Im going to attempt to reflash the latest verizon radios in Hboot and see if it clears the whatever band settings i changed that killed my radio? Perhaps this is the same as what a full RUU would be but radio only.
Edit: that didnt work. Still "no service"
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Factory reset on stock recovery now?
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dottat said:
Factory reset on stock recovery now?
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Did a full RUU. That didnt work. Factory reset worked!!!!! Thanks so much!

bacon612 said:
Did a full RUU. That didnt work. Factory reset worked!!!!! Thanks so much!
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Yeah. That's always been the old standby as it sets the nv golden config back.
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So while that did reset my radio. My SIM card reader is also broken. My LTE comes in and out. Its my fault.
I have been sent a warranty replacement from VZW but its running the 5.0.1 firmware. I have come to learn that there is no way to RUU downgrade to a 4.4.4 firmware so I can run sunshine to S-Off.
Does this mean I am SOL installing TWRP and roms since im stuck S-ON? ive actually never been S-On on an HTC device before.

bacon612 said:
So while that did reset my radio. My SIM card reader is also broken. My LTE comes in and out. Its my fault.
I have been sent a warranty replacement from VZW but its running the 5.0.1 firmware. I have come to learn that there is no way to RUU downgrade to a 4.4.4 firmware so I can run sunshine to S-Off.
Does this mean I am SOL installing TWRP and roms since im stuck S-ON? ive actually never been S-On on an HTC device before.
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You can use a Java Card to S-OFF your M8 - check out the Verizon M9 Java Card thread.
(@dottat has one, he is my recommendation - but all are very trustworthy and if someone is closer it may be easier on you to go with them)

Been having this issue myself. Tried RUU, flashing all radios from 4.4.2 on up, factory reset, etc. I'm only getting 3G-- not LTE whatsoever. Any ideas?
Edit: Got a new SIM-- no cigar. Unless there are some network settings that I don't know about, the 4G antenna might just be broken or something

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Factory reset on stock recovery now?
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Thank you! This saved me from having to get a new M8 from Verizon (after the new SIM didn't work) and losing S-OFF.

meskibob said:
Thank you! This saved me from having to get a new M8 from Verizon (after the new SIM didn't work) and losing S-OFF.
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It's not possible to lose s-off? Did you turn it on yourself?
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It's not possible to lose s-off? Did you turn it on yourself?
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I meant that I can keep my current M8 (still S-OFF) and have working LTE, instead of having to swap it with the new M8 that Verizon is sending to me (which I can now return).

meskibob said:
I meant that I can keep my current M8 (still S-OFF) and have working LTE, instead of having to swap it with the new M8 that Verizon is sending to me (which I can now return).
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Thank you for the clarification. Gotta keep the folks from spinning rumors you can lose s-off
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Thank you for the clarification. Gotta keep the folks from spinning rumors you can lose s-off
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Sorry for the confusion, and thanks again!

No dice. On any of these fixes. I've gone through all the RUUs that dottat has posted, full back to stock (with root /s-off). I'm at a complete loss. Does anyone have any other suggestions to try and get this fixed?
After I flashed on of the RUUs I have 4G for about 10 mins, then it bumps back down to 3G. I've checked this in three different cities (Home, Work, Friends) so its not the network in my area. I was thinking of stopping at Verizon, maybe get a new SIM, but I'm not sure if that would work.