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Last call for help.

This will be the umpteenth request for help I've made.
I'm going to be as brief but detailed as possible.
Sch-I535.
Using GSM band with Straight Talk AT&T.
Stock roms works fine. Custom stock also.
AOSP/AOKP/CM roms flash fine and work fine but won't let me send sms.
I can receive sms fine.
Calls, data and mms work fine.
APN settings are fine.
Signal is fine.
I ALWAYS clean flash.
Using latest CWM touch.
Tried with recommended gapps and no gapps. No luck. I've odinned back to stock, rerooted and reflashed. No luck.
Tried battery pull, fix permissions, factory reset and reboot. No luck.
I'm at my wits end and I abhor the thought of remaining tethered to stock roms or their custom counterparts.
I am BEGGING for help.
If you need any more info please ask.
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Have you tried 3rd party texting apps like go out handcent? And are you using hangouts or stock sms. What about uninstalling sms app and reinstalling stock or custom one from the theme section. That's all the help I can offer. Not too knowledgeable on all this but they may be solutions if you didn't already try them
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Tried Go sms and hangouts. Tried uninstalling.
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I've never encountered that. Did you try searching the forum or maybe a Google search? And when did it start, and for how long? Also which versions of aosp/cm have you flashed
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Tried searching. This is my 5th thread I think. This started when I flashed PAC Man rom. I've tried PAC Man, Slim Bean, CM 10.2 and 11. No cigar.
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https://db.tt/1nOrfTNq
Here's a link to the logcat I took.
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You really shouldn't create new threads. I know it sucks when you don't get very many responses but the Moderators would rather u bump your original thread than create a new thread as that just gives them more threads to clean up. With that said I am gonna take a look at your log. I want to help u since I know you have had this issue a while :/
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12-12 21:48:39.187 D/RIL_ImsSms(962): old format matched new format (cdma)
12-12 21:48:39.187 D/CdmaSMSDispatcher(962): sendSms: isIms()=false mRetryCount=1 mImsRetry=0 mMessageRef=0 SS=0
12-12 21:48:39.187 D/RILJ (962): [0207]> RIL_REQUEST_CDMA_SEND_SMS
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The SMS rils are trying to send as CDMA, not GSM. This kind of info would have been helpful in the dev threads you were posting about roms not working.
Was this a Verizon phone you brought to StraightTalk or did you get this phone intended/coded for StraighTalk? And yes, that matters, especially with non-stock roms.

It's verizon phone I brought to straight talk
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How do I fix this?
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ProtheusIRC said:
It's verizon phone I brought to straight talk
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I'd have to dig into the stock rom to see what's different that allows you to use GSM for calls; obviously, the stock rom allows for a GSM switchover.
Here's the issue: 99% of the people downloading the Verizon S3 roms are on Verizon and therefore on CDMA/LTE. The only way to get your phone to work properly with these roms is to get a developer to modify the RILs to allow a GSM device to work with the rom. That's going to be a tough sell, since they have little incentive to do so, unless they also have a GSM S3. You can PM/talk to some devs and see if they can help, but many don't know how to code RILs, which is why they're using the CM repo... it's far more technical than just compiling a rom (I speak from experience with the old Droid 2 Global that had a GSM switch).
Hope that helps.

I still don't understand how I can receive SMS but can't send. Calls work fine and MMS does too. Wouldn't those be messed us if what your saying is true?
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ProtheusIRC said:
I still don't understand how I can receive SMS but can't send. Calls work fine and MMS does too. Wouldn't those be messed us if what your saying is true?
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Possibly. The issue lies with 'ImsSms'; it's set to CDMA for sending, rather than GSM. That could be something in the rom with the network settings applying to all but the SMS settings, or it could be related to the RIL and how its coded.
I haven't seen any other GSM users post about their experiences with these roms, so I don't have much data to go off. I assume you've fiddled with the 'Preferred Network Type' and set it to 'Global' (in Gummy)? In Other roms, it's choosing the LTE/GSM/CDMA choice. That would activate GSM if it were available to the phone, whereas if I choose that on the Verizon network, it kills my connection.

I tried that but it might not hurt to fiddle with it again. I'll try and report back. Bring another logcat with me.
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Here's something weird: I can't send text but I can send an MMS with text. Wtf?
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ProtheusIRC said:
Here's something weird: I can't send text but I can send an MMS with text. Wtf?
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That's actually not weird at all if you have a data connection.
On Verizon CDMA, sms goes out over the 1xRTT frequency, but mms goes out over EvDO or LTE; on GSM, sms goes out on the GSM frequency, but mms goes out on the HSPA+ or LTE.
Now, if you don't have a mobile data connection, there's something seriously wonked.

Ah okay. Well I still cannot send SMS. I played with the preferred network settings but nothing changes. Any suggestions? Isn't there a jar file that controls sending through gsm and CDMA? Couldn't I delete the CDMA jar file and the gsm take over? Is that dumb? Lol
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I don't know if it's that simple. I don't think deleting the CDMA jar will do anything other than prevent you from using CDMA. Have you seen this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069850

beepea206 said:
Have you seen this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069850
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That seems unbelievably complicated...
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lol right? It probably works, though. Here's another thread that *may* work and seems more simplified and I'm guessing is more like what you initially did: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31095006&postcount=106
So the question is: What's different in 4.4 roms from stock that makes it so hard to connect to gsm....?
Hey, so have you tried flashing a 4.4 rom built for an AT&T device? If you need GSM, those builds will have GSM device files and since they have the same hardware, that *might* actually work.

Nexus 5 Stuck un EDGE

So a week or so ago my Nexus 5 stopped getting reception for 3g networks,leaving me with EDGE or just no signal every time, everywhere, I've moved a lot around the city and it didn't change anything, i tried my sim card in my old Galaxy s4 and it worked perfectly with 3G Hspa networks so it isnt my sim card, I flashed different radios from the XDA modems thread, nothing, I rebooted, changed the network, changed the APN, dialed *#*#4636#*#* and switched the mode there, god I even opened the back of the phone to check the MIMO antennas and they were fine, nothing seems to solve the issue, so I'm here for help, please help, what else can I do to fix this?
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LRC1710 said:
So a week or so ago my Nexus 5 stopped getting reception for 3g networks,leaving me with EDGE or just no signal every time, everywhere, I've moved a lot around the city and it didn't change anything, i tried my sim card in my old Galaxy s4 and it worked perfectly with 3G Hspa networks so it isnt my sim card, I flashed different radios from the XDA modems thread, nothing, I rebooted, changed the network, changed the APN, dialed *#*#4636#*#* and switched the mode there, god I even opened the back of the phone to check the MIMO antennas and they were fine, nothing seems to solve the issue, so I'm here for help, please help, what else can I do to fix this?
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what is your current rom & radio?

shilton.charles said:
what is your current rom & radio?
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Until yesterday everything was stock, right now I'm running Carbon ROM and one of the radios from 4.4 don't remember which one, neither of those radios changed anything
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LRC1710 said:
Until yesterday everything was stock, right now I'm running Carbon ROM and one of the radios from 4.4 don't remember which one, neither of those radios changed anything
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sad to say its quite possible u may have a hardware issue...i will continue research and report if i find anything that may assist you

What carrier and have you called your carrier to use your IMEI with the Sim you have in it.i only had HSPA when i cut down my Sim from my Samsung Galaxy S2 to fit,called my carrier At&t and switched IMEI .i have LTE at home,work,etc
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Nexus 5 CANT connect to 3G Network

A month or so ago I started to get only EDGE signal from my carrier wherever I went , every time, I've been over a month trying every solution and nothing has worked, here's details of my findings and what I've done.
1) I tried to go back to stock firmware, didn't work.
2)I tried flashing different radios from the XDA thread, nothing.
3) I called my carrier and did some tests, checked the APNs and the phone network config, everything was ok and still not working.
4) I tried my girlfriends SIM(from the same carrier) and same result, no H signal anywhere.
5) I opneded the freaking phones back to check the MIMO antenna and it seems alright.
6) I went to another carriers shop and tried their SIM, and boom it worked with H just fine.
I'm very curious on what the probke. May be, I should point out that my carrier uses the 1900mhz band for HSPA, while the other carrier uses the 900mhz band for HSPA, so, somehow the phone isn't able to connect to the 1900 band, but it does connect to the 900 band with no issues, how in hell is this possible? It worked just fine for 3 months until now...
I am overseas so I cannot ask for a replacement from Google, also I don't wanna sell the phone to get another one, and I don't wanna have to switch carriers , I've been with this one for years and I have a great plan and I have tons of services tied to this number, I do t wanna go thru the hassle of changing everything.
So, any recommendations, any technical help? Ideas? Please let me know I really think this is a software issue and I wanna get it fixed!
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Clearly two things are possible,
1- You messed up by flashing different radio bands, lesslikely.
2- The 1900 band in your phone antenna is damaged, you better do a replacement, i am sure in this one.
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Fix - forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help/nexus-4-radio-3g-hspa-signal-t2192578
Read the replies and posts carefully and you gonna find a fix.

f_u_006 said:
Clearly two things are possible,
1- You messed up by flashing different radio bands, lesslikely.
2- The 1900 band in your phone antenna is damaged, you better do a replacement, i am sure in this one.
---------- Post added at 04:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:01 PM ----------
Fix - forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help/nexus-4-radio-3g-hspa-signal-t2192578
Read the replies and posts carefully and you gonna find a fix.
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1) I didn't flash any radios until the problem was already there.
2) where am I supposed to find a replacement?
3) tried all solutions in that post, no luck.
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LRC1710 said:
A month or so ago I started to get only EDGE signal from my carrier wherever I went , every time, I've been over a month trying every solution and nothing has worked, here's details of my findings and what I've done.
1) I tried to go back to stock firmware, didn't work.
2)I tried flashing different radios from the XDA thread, nothing.
3) I called my carrier and did some tests, checked the APNs and the phone network config, everything was ok and still not working.
4) I tried my girlfriends SIM(from the same carrier) and same result, no H signal anywhere.
5) I opneded the freaking phones back to check the MIMO antenna and it seems alright.
6) I went to another carriers shop and tried their SIM, and boom it worked with H just fine.
I'm very curious on what the probke. May be, I should point out that my carrier uses the 1900mhz band for HSPA, while the other carrier uses the 900mhz band for HSPA, so, somehow the phone isn't able to connect to the 1900 band, but it does connect to the 900 band with no issues, how in hell is this possible? It worked just fine for 3 months until now...
I am overseas so I cannot ask for a replacement from Google, also I don't wanna sell the phone to get another one, and I don't wanna have to switch carriers , I've been with this one for years and I have a great plan and I have tons of services tied to this number, I do t wanna go thru the hassle of changing everything.
So, any recommendations, any technical help? Ideas? Please let me know I really think this is a software issue and I wanna get it fixed!
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But u didn't test ur SIM-card on another Nexus5
If ur sim on another n5 works fine so ur sim-card is ok
but ur phone with another sim-card also works fine
so this is between ur sim-card and ur phone
a compatibility or any damage on sim-card and ... caused these issues
This is not because of ur phone
ur phone hardware and software are fine ur must check operator & etc.
maybe ur operator is not compatible 100% for n5 or KK 4.4.2 !
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x102x96x said:
But u didn't test ur SIM-card on another Nexus5
If ur sim on another n5 works fine so ur sim-card is ok
but ur phone with another sim-card also works fine
so this is between ur sim-card and ur phone
a compatibility or any damage on sim-card and ... caused these issues
This is not because of ur phone
ur phone hardware and software are fine ur must check operator & etc.
maybe ur operator is not compatible 100% for n5 or KK 4.4.2 !
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I forgot to say that I did test my SIM card on a Galaxy S4 and it worked just fine, also the Nexus 5 d820 supports the bands of my carrier, and I used it for 3 months no issues so, when the problem started I already had been with 4.4.2 for some time so it is not thay , this is a mistery man I don't know what to do :s
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LRC1710 said:
I forgot to say that I did test my SIM card on a Galaxy S4 and it worked just fine, also the Nexus 5 d820 supports the bands of my carrier, and I used it for 3 months no issues so, when the problem started I already had been with 4.4.2 for some time so it is not thay , this is a mistery man I don't know what to do :s
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downgrade to 4.4 !!!
best way;
unlock > root > custom recovery > multiRom > then install any ROM u like, for example stock 4.4
or 4.4 based release of CM
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x102x96x said:
downgrade to 4.4 !!!
best way;
unlock > root > custom recovery > multiRom > then install any ROM u like, for example stock 4.4
or 4.4 based release of CM
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As I said, my connection was working fine for weeks with 4.4.2 , hence it is not the cause of the problem, switching it to 4.4 won't make any difference
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This might sound silly, but you made sure you're not forcing 2G/edge mode, right? Have you tried forcing 3g (WCDMA only) mode from this menu?

frigidazzi said:
This might sound silly, but you made sure you're not forcing 2G/edge mode, right? Have you tried forcing 3g (WCDMA only) mode from this menu?
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Yes, tried everything in that menu
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Switched from Nexus 4 to Nexus 5 have the same problem.

I found myself having a very similar problem after flashing CM12 on my nexus 5 (D821). I flashed the 20 jan Nightly and everything was working fine untill i update to the 22nd jan nightly when my 3g simply stopped connecting or had very spotty signal, i didn't give it much thought at first thinking it was a nightly problem but after one week i reflashed stock ics, locked the bootloader, event tried kit-kat and the problem is still there. Before flashing cm 12 2g/3g/lte switching was working perfectly for about one year.
So utill now: i flashed different stock rom's, different kernels, radios, custom roms and nothing worked. When i tried switching the sim with another one from the same network, 3g worked on the other phone so i doubt that the sim is defective, but on my nexus i had the same connectivity issues. I also played with the *#*#4636#*#* menu and managed to get 4G working again but only in CDMA mode and I cannot receive any calls or texts, but the internet connection is working, 3G also connected at some point but the signal was very poor.
I am lost now, and also desperate because edge is too slow for anything, what confuses me though is that this seems to be a software issue since the cause was me flashing a different ROM but all the signs point to a hardware issue.
Can anyone plese give me a second opinion? Is there any fix for this? (Also i recently went to my network's service to replace my screen assembly, could also this be an issue? the issue appeared about 2 days after getting it back from them, also about the same time i flashed cm12)
Thank you for your time.

Cannot get LTE on my AT&T LG G2 only 4G

I'm running 4.4.2 on my LG G2 for AT&T
My wife just got the same phone and her phone shows 4G/LTE Mine shows only 4G
I checked our APN settings for both and they're the same
I checked through the 4636 code through the phone and it shows only the HSPA letters where hers shows up once again with LTE
ANY advice would be great

Try turning data off then on again, it will force it to search for the network.
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Swetnes said:
Try turning data off then on again, it will force it to search for the network.
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i tried that one...and i tried the 4646 code and theres no option to change the NETWORK type...this friggin sux...no LTE on this phone and only "4G"...been tryng to figure this one out..
any advice much appreciated.

Maybe replace it?
If this is a new phone that you haven't tampered with, I suggest that you exchange it. New phones don't need any change in settings to connect to LTE out of the box.
Maybe it's a hardware problem. Did this problem just appear out of nowhere? (maybe after the update)?

Like the poster above if its stock return it otherwise reflash to stock to confirm the issue is still there, here's another thread dealing with the same issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2702386
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you might be 'ROAMING'
this happens to me. i think theres no att tower near me, i think they use someone elses lte tower, but half of the android phones ive used need roaming enabled to connect to lte in my area. try that it might work.. its in the normal settings app under networks enable all roaming. never had any extra charges. att covers the nation and doesnt count local roaming.
BUT i agree with this guy if my suggestion doesnt work
1meanrex said:
Like the poster above if its stock return it otherwise reflash to stock to confirm the issue is still there, here's another thread dealing with the same issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2702386
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yea what he said but with links
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2633150
scroll down to number 4
DONT BE A NEWB

Poor cell phone reception with new ROMs

Does anyone here have issues with poor cell phone reception after installing new roms? I have a Razr HD XT926 4.4.2 running a unlocked but stock rom because everytime I go to another rom (I have tried 10+ different roms) I end up getting poor cell phone reception. In my apartment I typically get 2-3 bars on verizon but with new roms I get 0-1 bars and when I am outside I never get more than 2 when I normally get 4+. This is preventing me from using any rom because I absolutely cannot be without reception for work.
All roms install just fine but just this issue. Anyone else have this?
Thanks

Anyone else having this problem? No one?

Mobile Data
dvp95 said:
Does anyone here have issues with poor cell phone reception after installing new roms? I have a Razr HD XT926 4.4.2 running a unlocked but stock rom because everytime I go to another rom (I have tried 10+ different roms) I end up getting poor cell phone reception. In my apartment I typically get 2-3 bars on verizon but with new roms I get 0-1 bars and when I am outside I never get more than 2 when I normally get 4+. This is preventing me from using any rom because I absolutely cannot be without reception for work.
All roms install just fine but just this issue. Anyone else have this?
Thanks
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Hey! So, I came here to try and find some help on this issue or post myself if nothing else. I also have an XT926 4.4.2 with unlocked bootloader on stock rom. I have tried many different roms and personally I love PacRom, but no matter what rom besides stock that I use, I can not get Mobile Data. I haven't checked the cell reception, but the mobile data does not work at all until I wipe and go back to stock. It's really frustrating because I would love to use a different rom other than stock. I do have xposed running on stock, but it can not give me everything a custom rom can. If anyone knows a fix to this, please let us know!

JTruj1ll0923 said:
Hey! So, I came here to try and find some help on this issue or post myself if nothing else. I also have an XT926 4.4.2 with unlocked bootloader on stock rom. I have tried many different roms and personally I love PacRom, but no matter what rom besides stock that I use, I can not get Mobile Data. I haven't checked the cell reception, but the mobile data does not work at all until I wipe and go back to stock. It's really frustrating because I would love to use a different rom other than stock. I do have xposed running on stock, but it can not give me everything a custom rom can. If anyone knows a fix to this, please let us know!
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Settings>Mobile networks do anything for you? Not the switch part, but the menu within this option
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palmbeach05 said:
Settings>Mobile networks do anything for you? Not the switch part, but the menu within this option
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Do you mean like changing all the settings and apns in there? And hitting that checkbox? Yeah it works on stock, but it does not do anything on a custom rom. I have calling and texting, but no mobile data.

JTruj1ll0923 said:
Do you mean like changing all the settings and apns in there? And hitting that checkbox? Yeah it works on stock, but it does not do anything on a custom rom. I have calling and texting, but no mobile data.
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Yes going into that screen. Idk if there is a difference between Verizon account types, but i know for me over on the AHD and on ATT, I need to be set to ATT phone b/c i'm on a prepaid account to get data to work instead of ATT LTE

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Anyone else having this problem? No one?
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yes, not as extreme as you, but from what I've read along the way its common to all AOSP roms. My battery life is noticeably worse because its searching for signal.

palmbeach05 said:
Yes going into that screen. Idk if there is a difference between Verizon account types, but i know for me over on the AHD and on ATT, I need to be set to ATT phone b/c i'm on a prepaid account to get data to work instead of ATT LTE
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Hmm... I am on stock at the moment, but I will go to a custom rom for a bit again probably tomorrow to mess around with the settings again. Either way I will post what I tried and possibly screenshots for maybe more help on my part or to help others if they have the same situation. I just have no idea what needs to be changed. I tried copying the apn settings from stock, but that didn't seem to work. Maybe I did something wrong or missed a step or something. I'll be back tomorrow. Thanks!