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[q] Only emergency calls

Hi, I have a problem with my nexus s.
Since yesterday my phone is stuck on "Only Emergency Calls"
I tried an hard reset, i tried to flash another rom (i used to run cm 7) but nothing works.
If i insert another sim card (different carrier) in the mobile it works!
If i insert my sim card in another mobile it works!
That's very strange!

I got this trouble twice, whit CM7 and CM7.1.
Did you used power widget control to switch between 2G/3G on CM7? I did, and twice, the network gone k.o. Yesterday that happened again, and after a little bit of swearing, I tried a cache/dalvik wipe and a permissions fix, and now it seem to be ok. Of course, I'll never use that damned widget again.

Yes i used it.
But unfortunately with cache/dalvik wipe but the device is still stuck!

What happen when you boot your phone? It ask you for pin code? Have you tried to manually scan for available carrier and eventually set 2g or 3g through settings?

Yes it asks me for the pin code.
I tried to switch 2g/3g and airplane mode on/off but nothing change.
If i tried to scan for the available carrier it shows me my carrier but i can not catch it.
In the notification bar appears the network indicator without the X (when you run the phone without sim) so it's like it knows that there is a network but it can't catch it!

PS: I tried a sim with my same carrier (vodafone) and it doesn't works.
Other carriers works!

Could be the efs folder?
The imei looks good, is the same on the mobile's box

Flash a stock rom and then see whether it works. If it works then do a clean install of CM7, I had an data issue, My data din't work.
I did a full wipe and then installed a stock ROM, It started working/

I wipe data cache, dalvik cache, everything i suppose.
I tried to install a stock rom via odin.
But it doesn't works.

Flash a stock ROM for your phone from here in recovery,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664
Do a full wipe before flashing. Don't use ODIN.

saranyan said:
Flash a stock ROM for your phone from here in recovery,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664
Do a full wipe before flashing. Don't use ODIN.
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why not odin?

Odin sometimes can terribly go wrong, That's why its advisable to flash stock rom from recovery,
Safest way.

Besides rom, have you tried reflashing radio?
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

saranyan said:
Odin sometimes can terribly go wrong, That's why its advisable to flash stock rom from recovery,
Safest way.
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Ok, i hope nothing went bad with odin
gnaurittiello said:
Besides rom, have you tried reflashing radio?
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
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I suppose.
When i flash the rom with odin I insert a file called mobile, is this the radio?
However how can i flash a new radio?

I never used Odin for Nexus S, so I don't know if it can cause issue with flashing. However, flashing recovery, rom, radio (even manually restore nandroid if you want..) is very simple with fastboot:
Code:
fastboot flash radio radio.img
If you haven't fastboot, you can follow this guide

flashed two different radios from modaco
XXKB3
XXKB1
Nothing change :|

It's strange..
You can try flashing last OTA update (2.3.6, GRK39F build, KA3 bootloader, KF1 radio) through CWM:
1) Install CMW using fastboot
2) Reboot into recovery
3) Wipe Data/Cache/Dalvik Cache and format System (mounts and storage=>format /system)
4) Install OTA update from SD
PS. I think you have i9020T or i9023, so that OTA will be fine. Instead, if you have i9020A, dowlonad this package .
PPS. I don't think it would make any difference, but I suggest you to remove SIM before flashing.

No way man, it doesn't works

Weird custom rom issue

Just got my n5 and decided to unlock and root it, everything went well until I wanted to flash a rom, no matter what rom I flashed I got all kinds of issues from all apps force closing to bootloops, soft keys not working ect. I've tried flashing stock img, factory reseting ect, nothing seems to work. I'm not sure what's going on here, any help?

I am probably already asking you questions you have already done but... Have you reformated the system, data, and cache partitions prior to flashing? Also are you checking the MD5 of the ROMs you are trying?

Yeah tried all of that, md5's are correct, thanks though

what recovery and version are you on?
what wipes exactly are you performing?
you've checked the md5?

Ok. just trying to narrow things down. When you flash the stock image from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#hammerheadkrt16m are you running the flash-all script? And after that before even adding any apps or changing anything does it give you issues?

@xBeerdroiDx
I'm using cwm 6.0.4.4, wiping system data and cache, and yes I've checked md5's
@neomorphix
Stock works perfectly fine but custom roms gives me issues I listed above, not sure why

Xolith said:
@xBeerdroiDx
I'm using cwm 6.0.4.4, wiping system data and cache, and yes I've checked md5's
@neomorphix
Stock works perfectly fine but custom roms gives me issues I listed above, not sure why
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are you flashing a gapps add-on package with your custom roms? the right gapps?

Do issues apear straight after flashing the custom ROM or once you start loading apps and changing settings? Also are you using another kernel with the ROMs or the one that comes with them?

simms22 said:
are you flashing a gapps add-on package with your custom roms? the right gapps?
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Yeah, tried a few including banks, PA 0-day, psx gapps

neomorphix said:
Do issues apear straight after flashing the custom ROM or once you start loading apps and changing settings? Also are you using another kernel with the ROMs or the one that comes with them?
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They appear right after I flash the rom, tried with both the included and with a custom one

Tried a few days later and it worked, weird haha. Thanks though

[Q] How to I restore my boost mobile moto g?

So the only rom I have on my boost mobile moto g is not working. I flash it and when it boots up i get the phone force closing non stop. Its crazy because i flashed this exact rom zip a few times before and it worked fine. For whatever reason though, it won't now and I'm not sure what to do. As stupid as it is, its the only rom zip i have on my phone....
So how would I go about restoring my moto g... Please help!
Ok....so I got that issue fixed...now the new issue is...whenever i install any rom, besides the stock boost one, i get constant android.process.phone and android.process.acore has stopped errors, non stop! I have tried many different roms, gapps, and both twrp and cwm recovery. roms were working just fine before...i am out of ideas!

itslels said:
So the only rom I have on my boost mobile moto g is not working. I flash it and when it boots up i get the phone force closing non stop. Its crazy because i flashed this exact rom zip a few times before and it worked fine. For whatever reason though, it won't now and I'm not sure what to do. As stupid as it is, its the only rom zip i have on my phone....
So how would I go about restoring my moto g... Please help!
Ok....so I got that issue fixed...now the new issue is...whenever i install any rom, besides the stock boost one, i get constant android.process.phone and android.process.acore has stopped errors, non stop! I have tried many different roms, gapps, and both twrp and cwm recovery. roms were working just fine before...i am out of ideas!
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Just try a clean installation bro format data , cache, davic cache and under mount and storage delete system ,data, cache bro just try this once
And flash a correct gapps pack for the ROM sure it will work

moha07 said:
Just try a clean installation bro format data , cache, davic cache and under mount and storage delete system ,data, cache bro just try this once
And flash a correct gapps pack for the ROM sure it will work
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I did that many times and flashed many different roms and gapps packages and kept having same issue. I finally fixed it though. I had to restore it back to stock by flashing the stock firmware with fastboot. Roms work now. :good:

System UI stopped

Edited the build.prop file by adding 1 line, restarted phone and now I keep getting System UI has stopped message.
Any way I can edit the file to fix my phone?

Have you tried to clear the cache in recovery? If that doesn't work, try a full factory reset.
If the phone is running a stock rom, try flashing just the system.img file in fastboot.
Before doing any of this, make sure you backup your data.

audit13 said:
Have you tried to clear the cache in recovery? If that doesn't work, try a full factory reset.
If the phone is running a stock rom, try flashing just the system.img file in fastboot.
Before doing any of this, make sure you backup your data.
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Thank you, I ended up backing up the data and cache via USB, then did a flash of Cataclysm ROM. I'll let you know if it works.
Can I just restore the data ASAP after installation or do I need Google to finish restoring my backup first?
Edit: Well, restored data, stuck with the boot screen loop again, then goes to Android is upgrading... and shows it optimizing 10 apps, and back to the boot logo.

Did the phone boot without restoring data?

audit13 said:
Did the phone boot without restoring data?
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No, I made sure it was completed.
Now Play Store keeps quitting when I try to install apps. I can only install specific ones.

I recommend flashing a stock rom to make sure there isn't a hardware problem. Don't restore anything until you are sure the phone works.

audit13 said:
I recommend flashing a stock rom to make sure there isn't a hardware problem. Don't restore anything until you are sure the phone works.
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Alright, I was able to get all my apps installed besides United Airlines and can't update Chrome.

So the stock rom works fine?

audit13 said:
So the stock rom works fine?
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Yes, thank you.
I don't think I want to do another custom ROM for now.

The stock rom is the best with the bloat taken out .I think the kernel can be improved though. I use EX

no notification sound... Help

Since flash marshmallowon my 6046k, my ringtone has not been ringing. I've tried the do not disturb, turning up the volume, setting the profile to default and rebooting my phone. Rebooting seems to work but only for a couple of hours after a while the phone only vibrates on calls. Please help

Phone is running custom or stock rom?

audit13 said:
Phone is running custom or stock rom?
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I flashed rom by marionette.

Does the sound work properly on a stock rom? Did you post your question on the rom thread?

audit13 said:
Does the sound work properly on a stock rom? Did you post your question on the rom thread?
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Before sound was working perfectly no issue. Yes i post my prob on rom thread no one reply.
Somewhere i read that factory reset can solve problem but ibdont want to rest my phone. Is there any othe possible solution for this ??

Maybe reflash the same rom over the existing rom without wiping data? Or create a backup using twrp, reflash, and restore data?

audit13 said:
Maybe reflash the same rom over the existing rom without wiping data? Or create a backup using twrp, reflash, and restore data?
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Thanks so much .. Just let me know i have backup of old rom 5.0 can i go back to stock just flashing backup by twrp or i need to use anyother method??

If you backed up your old ROM using TWRP, you can restore it using TWRP. Before restoring, I recommend wiping the system, cache, and data. Just make sure you have a back up of your data somewhere in case something goes wrong.