I understand that there are many other threads out there, and that many people have been having issues like this before, but I needed some quick help to get some things settled, and maybe give some Optimus V owners out there a repository of links for where to go for their issues.
Like many OV users, I had the TWS bug with the stock rom. So, I backed everything up and started flashing ROMs to see which ones I liked. All of them have been working well, up until recently. I had some issues with MMS, sending and/or receiving pictures, so I checked to see if there were any fixes. Threw on a flashable APN fixer, but I don't know if I screwed things up worse or not. At this point, I have Harmonia 2.09 (latest update as of 8/23/2012) running on the phone, with the ability to receive pictures through MMS, but can't send out pictures through MMS. Is there a way I can manually edit the APN in the phone to make it work, or a call I can make to Virgin Mobile USA to have them send a fresh APN to the phone, or something I can flash via CWM to fix it? I'm trying to be thorough, so let me know if there's anything the smart people of this android community can throw my way. Much obliged for any help I can get
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Little help needed.. I've had the phone since Aug 09. Had loads of problems with it, but have now decided after nearly a year to update phone as I've lost all notification lights, the charging light, etc. etc. It's not a great phone at the moment!
Donwloaded latest ROM from the HTC site, plugged in phone, and it wouldn't work. Something about the abl, or acb? Wouldn't connect properly when searching etc.
Anyway round it, Tried disconnecting from net, but figure it needs the connection. But didn't work either way.
Is the latest Orange update the one to go for? Does it help the lousy signal, the frozen text messages?
When it says you lose all data, can someone clarify that for me please? Numbers, Sim card info, Phone numbers info, Pics, Music, Email set ups? etc. etc.?
Thanks
Which ROM have you tried?
If you haven't tried it yet, try the VillainROM 12 I think its pretty stable.
Hi, its the latest one for Orange on the HTC forum, but that's not the problem.
It's the fact I can't get the programme to take. It's that ab thing that keeps stopping me and the ROM just exits..
If your ROM is rooted then you shouldn't install the HTC official updates, instead look at the developers forum here and try ROMs from there. For example VillainROM 12 and many others are based on the latest official HTC update.
If your ROM is not rooted, I am not sure what the problem is. Assuming you don't want to root it, maybe you can get support either from HTC or from the shop you bought it at.
Have you got the latest HTC Sync installed?
Hi
Thanks for your replies.
No, not rooted, not anything, since I got it 12 months ago. Other than plugging into pc to transfer pics which always worked. HTC sync? Not aware of?
Never updated Rom ever, but its given me so much grief over the last year, I get maybe 2 web pages and then it freezes for ages and the green line sits for 10 mins before another page. Is that the nature of this phone? Would an update make a difference to that problem?
I downloaded few apps the other night and removed them and now all lights notifications and charging lights don't work. Typing is so laggy and painful to do. Texts won't scroll for minutes...
I just can't understand how everyone says this phone is so great?
I know its a year old now but its always been like this.
Any help much appreciated.
Install HTC Sync and you're problems should go away, though you may need to boot into fastboot and install the driver for that too for the update to work. I can describe that if necessary.
Thanks again ...
Fastboot? Lost me on that one
What does the Rom update erase?
Will try this tomorrow and see if I can get sync on there
You lose everything, but considering the problems you're having this may not be a bad thing. You can backup certain data without root access (such as texts i believe) but that is about it. Check out SMS Backup & Recovery for that. HTC Sync will do contacts (though you should really be using Google contacts by now rather than phone or sim).
Having said that you should lose nothing on your SD card, but I would format that after putting the new system on just in case (so backup to computer etc).
I'll explain fastboot if it's needed. Post back detailed error messages if you get any after installing HTC Sync.
Thank you for your help. I will attempt that when I'm at home, can't do at work.
Forgot to ask, have many others had the phone switching itself off problem? It still does this, and only when you remove battery will it switch on again. No idea why, but you can press every button and nothing doing till battery is removed. Love to know what causes that...
I'm a great ad for this phone huh.
ok so i used to use OtRChat on my phone, in fact it was a main reason for me coming to android. when i was on stock sense it was available in the market and it worked fine.
but i didnt back up the stuff on my phone before putting CM7 on there, and i lost it. in the month between having my phone and flashing CM7 they took it off the market.
all the different packages are still available on github. and i've tried putting 3 of them on so far. im running in to an issue though. i can connect to the server, and my buddy list shows up. but i can not get the encrypted chat to work.
im wondering if maybe it is a CM7 issue? the entire reason for gibber is encrypted chat so i dont think that there are problems with the build
does anyone use this? anyone have any insight?
Hi, I am a somewhat new user here starting originally with xtrsense 4.6.5. I am now using v 5.0.1 but I believe all the xtrsense roms use the original sense message app from stock 2.1.
My issue is that the messenger doesn't seem to split the messages up before sending them. From what I have read this isn't a problem for verizon users but I am not on verizon. I have set up my apn, prl, and everything else manually to get the phone to work, but this is the one last bug that I haven't been able to solve.
I know that I could use go sms or handcent, but I kinda like just sticking with htc's messenger. Does anyone know which files I could edit to help change this. I just downloaded the android sdk today so that I could poke around from the computer instead of just on the phone itself with a file manager. Also out of curiosity, where is the mms max message size stored? I think the default 1.2Mb is working fine but I want to play with some of the mms settings to see if I can get a better quality receiving/sending. I think it's just that my user agent isn’t really understood on this carrier, so I should change it to an android phone that they do have.
First off, I'm sorry if it seems like this has been answered before, but I did a good deal of searching and couldn't find anyone who had quite the same problem I do.
I've been using Agrabren's CM10 - Disarmed Toaster for CDMA since Friday. But I ran into a "storage running low" problem this morning (after I let my phone go dead last night and then put it on the charger overnight) which caused me to do a full wipe and re-flash with his latest version (0.2.2). Since then, I haven't been able to receive texts at all. I have Google Voice, and I was getting the texts there, but not in the actual messaging app. I have since tried disabling and re-enabling Google Voice to no avail, and it is currently disabled to remove extra variables. I haven't been very scientific about my troubleshooting process, which has mostly involved a lot of flailing around, wiping, and re-flashing. But I've re-installed the ROM countless times and twice now have flashed a Sense ROM (MeanROM 2.6) to update my PRL and Profile and then flashed back to CM10. I suddenly got a flood of all my texts when I flashed to Sense, but still don't get any texts after flashing back to CM10.
I tried Paranoid Android and AOKP variants and have the same problem. I even tried Team DIRT's CM10 Codename Android and texts still didn't come in. I should also mention that I had the same problem a while back with Disarmed Toaster 0.1.6, and it probably started the same way with running out of battery and then having the storage low issue and re-flashing. I never figured out exactly what the issue was, but I think at the time I was able to fix it by flashing a Sense ROM and updating profile and PRL.
Sorry for the long explanation. Let me know if there is any other info I can provide to help. I really didn't want to go back to MIUI, but that might be only option at this point.
Also, for reference:
HBOOT - 1.40, S-Off
Recovery - 4ext 1.0.0.5 RC5
THANKS
you might wanna try looking here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818387
efan3719 said:
you might wanna try looking here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818387
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Thanks. I already asked there and I've been following the thread. I don't think anyone else has mentioned this problem.
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I think it's the 4g logs growing exponentially and filling the space. You need to periodically clear the logs.
coal686 said:
I think it's the 4g logs growing exponentially and filling the space. You need to periodically clear the logs.
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Yeah, I think that's what caused the "Storage space running low" that started the whole thing. But the real issue is why I was no longer able to receive texts in any CM10 ROM since I re-flashed to "fix" the storage problem....
Thanks for the tip.
Anyway, it seems as though the problem has been resolved. So far I'm receiving texts okay - here's what I did:
1. Called Sprint while on CM10 Disarmed Toaster, they said provisioning looks okay, and the did a "refresh" on their end - didn't help anything
2. Flashed MIUI - received texts fine
3. Flashed CM10 again - still not working
4. Restored backup of MIUI - received texts fine, used for a little while
5. Flashed CM10 again - now able to receive texts
I think there's something going on behind the scenes that I am not aware of. Somehow it looks like restoring my backup and using it for a while fixed whatever the issue was.
It could be the apn xml file in the cm10 rom. The settings are probably not set correctly. Have you looked through the thread where you got the rom to see if anybody else was having the same problem? If not you could always address this issue to the dev. Ask him if you can provide a logcat to him on the thread or pm him the logcat.
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It could be the apn xml file in the cm10 rom. The settings are probably not set correctly. Have you looked through the thread where you got the rom to see if anybody else was having the same problem? If not you could always address this issue to the dev. Ask him if you can provide a logcat to him on the thread or pm him the logcat.
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That's an interesting thought, but it doesn't seem to explain why no one else is having the same problem, or why it worked at one time, and then didn't work after I re-flashed.I guess there could be something wrong with the flash process that was corrupting that file on my phone. But I was able to *send* sms without a problem, so I'm not sure.
As I mentioned before, I've been following the threads for the ROM and no one else has mentioned the same problem. I asked the question in the thread, but I didn't get an answer.
Anyway, as I mentioned above it's working now, so I wouldn't be able to provide a logcat unfortunately. For anyone else with the problem, I guess the only suggestion I can give it to make sure you keep a backup of a working ROM handy if you're going to re-flash a lot.
I have had the same problem its agrabating get it
But it seems as the issue is inconsistent at best. I found out how to clear the 4g logs why are those logs even kept anymore?
The messaging this is the worst part I too use google voice
We need to find a better solution to this
mastadave99999 said:
I have had the same problem its agrabating get it
But it seems as the issue is inconsistent at best. I found out how to clear the 4g logs why are those logs even kept anymore?
The messaging this is the worst part I too use google voice
We need to find a better solution to this
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Haha...
Just so you know, once you've cleared out the 4G logs, you can make that directory "immutable" so that the logs don't get created anymore. Just run this command in terminal emulator:
chattr +i /data/wimax/log
I'm obviously not an android developer, and I have no idea why the logs are still created. I also have no idea what caused the text message issue, but if you are currently not getting texts, I would suggest you restore a working backup and then re-flash Agrabren's ROM like I did.
SMS Help!!
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Yeah, I think that's what caused the "Storage space running low" that started the whole thing. But the real issue is why I was no longer able to receive texts in any CM10 ROM since I re-flashed to "fix" the storage problem....
Thanks for the tip.
Anyway, it seems as though the problem has been resolved. So far I'm receiving texts okay - here's what I did:
1. Called Sprint while on CM10 Disarmed Toaster, they said provisioning looks okay, and the did a "refresh" on their end - didn't help anything
2. Flashed MIUI - received texts fine
3. Flashed CM10 again - still not working
4. Restored backup of MIUI - received texts fine, used for a little while
5. Flashed CM10 again - now able to receive texts
I think there's something going on behind the scenes that I am not aware of. Somehow it looks like restoring my backup and using it for a while fixed whatever the issue was.
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Has anyone figured out why SMS stopped working? I am running AOKP JB ROM and I can send text messages but I am not receiving them. Thanks for your help.
Still not working
I've been having the same problem with the sms, it works if you re-flash something else a couple times then flash CM10 back on but sms will only work for so long. I would like to pick apart the problem and see if we cant find the source of the problem, it could be a temp file that CM10 has been saving that interferes with the sms, but that's just a guess. any help on this is greatly appreciated
Just wanted to say I too have encountered this. I have tried flashing unofficial aokp 3.5 and unofficial slimbean 1.1. Getting ready to flash an MIUI rom like mentioned above.
Some Experimenting....
I did a small experiment just now (to try and get incoming SMS working) because I had essentially experienced the EXACT same problem, except that it was with P.A.C.MAN v.23 instead. What I did was installed a stock-based rom (I used unSENSABLE), which obviously allowed all my SMS to come flooding in, and stayed on that rom for about a day. After that I made a nandroid backup (of unSENSABLE) in 4ext, wiped everything except sd (not using the superwipe, and including caches) and then restored the backup. After that I booted up, let it sit for a while, then restarted into recovery. Again I wiped everything without using the superwipe, and flashed P.A.C.MAN v.23.0.0 and then GAPPS and booted. After all that, SMS was working again. We'll see how long it lasts...
I have never had working MMS in JB (and maybe not ICS, either). Here's the text of a post I posted elsewhere (Android community on Google+, in fact) but I figured I'd repost here.
Here's one for the pros. Wife and I have the same phone (Motorola Electrify). Mine is rooted and running AOKP, JB 4.1.2. Hers is completely unmodified. (She didn't even change the launcher.) So she's running Motoblur, Gingerbread 2.3.5. She gets MMS, and I don't.
First thing I did was ask for help on XDA. I was pointed towards some US Cellular specific APNs. Tried them. Still no go. (Of course I rebooted and re-tested after each change.) I then cleared my APNs, and then installed "APN Backup and Restore". Linked it below. (The dev is legit; his similar app "SMS Backup and Restore" is widely recommended. This works exactly the same as that, but it can't restore in ICS/JB unless it's a system app.) So, I backed up my wife's APNs, emailed the .xml file from her phone to mine, downloaded it, moved it into the backup folder created by the app, made it a system app via Titanium, and restored them. Now this is funny. It said I had 2 APNs and I did. Two entries. It says she has 49 APNs. Still only two entries. Both Sprint. HUH? Anyway, I rebooted again. Now she and I have the same APNs. I still can't get the MMS pictures to download; however, before in the stock messaging app it would show no avatar and say "0kb" as the size and "null" as the date. Well, now it gets the date right and it says "50kb" as the size, but still doesn't seem to download.
I believe I can get MMS in the stock ROM, and possibly in CM7 as well. But I got the APNs from the stock ROM. Granted it's on another phone, but the username and password are both just a star. So it can't be different, can it? Also, I opened the .xml file, and there are indeed 49 APNs... one for just about every wireless carrier in the world? Many I did not recognize. But only the two Sprint ones actually show up. And again this does not work. So I cleared all the APNs, and only inputted the US Cellular one. Saved it... and it did not show up. (I imagine there are invisible ones, like the other 47?)
Anyway, that's where I am at. Any experts know what might be going on or how to get it sorted? (Oh, the folks on XDA insist MMS works in the JB ROMs, but no one on US Cellular can confirm it... I may be the only one who 1) actively plays with ROMs and 2) didn't dump this phone for another.)
Did you do any build.prop edits for us cellular? That is what points to the correct apns
No, I wouldn't know how to do that. But thanks for the help.
As luck would have it, I'm actually getting a GS3, so my Electrify's days are numbered.