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I'm having a problem with my touchscreen that started happening yesterday after I flashed a new ROM. I flashed Android Revolution HD 1.1.1, and on the lockscreen after the first boot is when it first started acting up. This youtube video shows exactly what my phone is doing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIrmLOTiUZk
I've nand back to other roms that I've used in the past, and still the same issue. Superwiped and flashed different roms, and it would solve the problem for several hours, but the issue comes back. When the problem happens, a restart will solve the issue for maybe 15 minutes. It seems as if it's a hardware issue, but I don't get why rebooting/wiping and reflashing would solve the issue for a period of time. If anyone has any advice or the same issue with a fix, it would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
*Idk if it matters, but I'm hboot 1.4, zagg invisishield screen protector on.
Also, the touchscreen issue only happens at the bottom center of the screen - where the lock ring is located.
Update: I nand backed to stock rom, no issues for about 24 hours, started happening again. Any thoughts anyone??
Might be a hardware issue. If it keeps occurring I'd suggest taking it in to be looked at. Or you could try reflashing your recovery and doing a full data wipe and flash a stock rooted rom and see if that helps. Hope it does. Good luck.
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""shooter on Deck""
Thanks, I'll try reflashing my recovery tonight. It seems to be hardware related, but the temporary fix (data wipe and flash Rom) is what confuses me. I just hope I don't have to send it in and get a refurb with hboot 1.5.
Also, when I do super wipe, should it automatically boot into recovery? It just hangs on the white HTC screen, and I have to.pull the battery to get into recovery. And after I install a Rom, why does it keep my some of my same settings, like the wallpaper and ring volume, and not go to the defaults? I am he if the super wipe is actually doing its thing or not.
Well if your doing a super wipe and it still keeps some of your old settings of a prior rom then I'd suggest trying a different wipe method or redownloading the the super wipe zip, you might have gotton a bad download. As far as if it's supposed to boot right into recovery that I don't know because I don't use any wipe method but the recovery. It hs always worked for me. Try reflashing your recovery and wiping with just the recovery options. Wipe data "complete factory" ,cache and davlik-cache. Then try flashing a stock rooted rom. Or if that doesn't work try the official ruu.
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""shooter on Deck""
b1gsby_02 said:
And after I install a Rom, why does it keep my some of my same settings, like the wallpaper and ring volume, and not go to the defaults? I am he if the super wipe is actually doing its thing or not.
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Well it keeps your wallpaper because Google syncs it with your Google account. That's normal. But as for everything else, it sounds like a hardware issue.
I'm having the same problem on my HTC Flyer and flashing a new ROM or restoring an old backup won't fix it anymore.
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I flashed twrp 1.1.1 over 1.0.3 and did a data wipe, cache and dalvik. Flashed a rom and so far so good. I'll see if I can go more than 24 hrs without an issue. If it's a hardware issue, I don't understand why flashing a new rom temporarily fixes the issue, and since the issue started right after I flashed a new rom. I'll continue to update on here and hopefully the reflashing of recovery helps - thanks laie.
Didn't know wallpaper was synced with google account - thanks gumby
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I'm having the same problem on my HTC Flyer and flashing a new ROM or restoring an old backup won't fix it anymore.
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Did you do anything else to try fix the problem?
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Did you do anything else to try fix the problem?
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I'm not sure what else to do. I suppose I'm stuck with contacting HTC about a repair. I've done a little bit of research and some people having similar problems have said that it could be a problem with the digitizer. But most explanations were very vague so I'm still not sure what I'm going to do.
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Well you should be good to go. Post back in 24hrs with what's going on. Glad your running ok for now.
Locked & Loaded
""shooter on Deck""
Phone was fine all last night and this morning. Early afternoon it started acting up a little bit. Nothing like it used to, but I notice when I set it down or shake the phone a little, it will trigger the issue. So it's more than likely hardware related. Does anyone know Sprint's policy on fixing a phone that is rooted? I am jw if I should revert back to s-on before I go to a Sprint store to have them look at it. I don't know if they check that or not. Usually the first thing they always do is make sure everything is up to date too. Any insight is appreciated, thanks.
I'm in the same boat. Touch screen freaking out, rebooting fixes it for a short time, then it does it again. I'm going to take it in to sprint today and first ask them if they care if it is rooted.
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I'm in the same boat. Touch screen freaking out, rebooting fixes it for a short time, then it does it again. I'm going to take it in to sprint today and first ask them if they care if it is rooted.
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Please update us after you talk to Sprint. I am curious to what they say about you being rooted and what the problem may be. My phone has been running fine for awhile now. After I reflashed recovery, data wipe, flashed rom, it acted up for a short while about 12 hours later. It's been almost 24 hours since it last acted up and has been fine so far.
Rob, just wondering if you talked to Sprint yet?
Also, does anyone know if I should go back to 100% stock and S-on before bringing my phone into Sprint? They always seem to update everything, and if there is an update, they usually tell you that's the reason why your phone isn't working the way it should.
UPDATE:
I went back to 100% stock and S-ON following this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1194053 Then I went into my Sprint store, told them about the issue, and the first thing they did was asked if I had reset the phone and they checked to see if there's any updates available. The phone started to act up again while they were looking it, luckily, because they have to replicate the issue before they can fix the problem. They said it was probably the screen and they were going to replace it. They had me come back an hour and half later, told me they tried replacing the screen and that wasn't it. They didn't know what was wrong, but concluded it was a bad phone. They replaced my phone with one that someone returned within their 30 days. It's not a refurb, but not a brand new one either. I had to pay $35 for the service charge for fixing my phone. I hope this helps anyone who's having the same issue.
Of course my replacement phone has hboot 1.5.
I have not been to sprint yet. I swapped batteries and it had not acted up since. Strange. I had already pulled the stock battery a bunch of times and it would be fine for a half hour or so, then flip out.
Maybe my battery was bad.
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I have not been to sprint yet. I swapped batteries and it had not acted up since. Strange. I had already pulled the stock battery a bunch of times and it would be fine for a half hour or so, then flip out.
Maybe my battery was bad.
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I have tried a few different batteries, and it didn't seem to matter. Maybe your situation is different. Hopefully that fixes your issue!
My issues have returned. Off to the sprint store!
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My issues have returned. Off to the sprint store!
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Good luck! Did you revert back to stock and s-on? Or are you going to tell them you're rooted?
I think I'm going to just put a stock ROM on it and ask them first before I hand over the phone.
I searched signal loss, and dropped signal but could not find a thread that matched my problem. I have found some people with similar problems through google search but I haven't seen any fixes.
Here we go...
I got my first atrix BRAND NEW in July. It ran perfect! Updated to GB, factory reset it and everything was working great. Couple weeks later it started doing random restarts. It got to the point where it would lock up at the M logo for 10-20 min or sometimes even constantly so I would have to pull the battery. It got so bad that I had to take it in for warranty. I had this phone for over a month with NO signal problems what so ever.
I get the 1st remanufactured Atrix and it is dropping signal left and right. I called up ATT and jumped through their hoops, turned it off, let them mess with it, factory reset it and NOTHING. Still had the same problem, would go from 3 bars to 4 bars then it will drop signal and the red circle will show up. probably happens about 5 times per minute.
They tell me to take it back, so I oblige. I go up to the warranty center and they give me a new sim card and say that should fix it.... NOPE, Still doing the same exact thing so I take it back up there again. The give me another(#2) remanufactured phone. I finish the setup and guess what... Still have a worthless signal and it is dropping out a lot.
For reference, signals on the first two replacement atrix's are running anywhere from 84dbm up to 120dbm and hangs most of the time around 96dbm.
I am now on my FOURTH remanufactured Atrix(5th overall) and still having the same problem. ATT are being total douche nozzles as they will not release me from my contract. I have spent over 30 hours dealing with them on this problem thus far and I am getting extremely tired of it.
Just for reference, my Wife has an I4 and she is not experiencing any of these problems. I also travel a lot and I experience the same problem in Dallas(home), Midlothian(hour south of Dallas), Washington DC, Tennessee, Virginia and Maryland among other places. I am pretty sure this is a software glitch since it happens wherever I am.
I have a home office and work from home. I told ATT that if this was happening with my original BRAND NEW Atrix that I would have taken it back in a heartbeat. There is not a chance I would deal with losing data and dropping signal for over a month with a brand new phone.
So, my question I guess is this. If this is a software problem, would it be best to try and root and see if that fixes it? Or will that not change a problem like this. The remanufactured phones came with 2.3 installed while my first one had 2.2 and I had to upgrade it myself. Is there a way I can remove 2.3 from this phone and reinstall it to see if that fixes it? I am completely open to suggestions as I have run out of options.
I know exactly what you mean. I also had 3-4 *new* atrixs right from att. (Around late July) Every time instead of addressing the problems, they just gave me a new device. Eventually I decided to root and unlock my bootloader. BEST decision that I could have made. As soon as I installed a different ROM it was as if I had a new device. I was about to exchange it for a different device and now I'm really glad that I didn't. For the signal issues I would try flashing a new radio to see if that helps at all.
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My first atrix was like that and it was a refurbished one. On my 2nd, it is completely fine. I think you should tell them to send you NEW atrix instead of a refurb.
that sounds like really terrible luck. i a agree, i think it would help a lot if you rooted your phone and installed some custom rom. although there may be truth with what Semseddin and might actually still be something awry with the refurbs
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My first atrix was like that and it was a refurbished one. On my 2nd, it is completely fine. I think you should tell them to send you NEW atrix instead of a refurb.
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that sounds like really terrible luck. i a agree, i think it would help a lot if you rooted your phone and installed some custom rom. although there may be truth with what Semseddin and might actually still be something awry with the refurbs
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Unfortunately I have tried to get them to send me a new phone but they will not do it. I tried several times, even talked to the managers about it and nothing.
What is ridiculous is that when my first phone crashed I was only like 14 days past the return period where I could have received a NEW Atrix. I tried explaining this too them and they would not do anything to help me. I have been with Cingular/ATT for over 10 years and they obviously didn't care.
I think i will just try a new rom and see how that goes.
Hmm..well if you've absolutely made up ur mind on rooting ur phone and installing custom roms then i would recommend u to use the DarkSide ROM since it seems to have most of the fixes u need (including the signal loss..See ChangeLog for more)
Also, if u've already tried Randomverll's idea of flashing a new radio and still it didn't help, it may be a hardware problem..anyway try flashing a new rom and see
Hey whats up everyone. Ok long story short, I got the evo3d the first day it came out. Also rooted it with the first solution and never installed a custom rom for a while. Now a while back I started experiencing problems like when i touch a number key it either presses another, or sometimes enters it twice. It basically is making the phone impossible to use. I then figured maybe it had something to do with the original rom and the phone being rooted. So I then installed ViperRom as so many people have good things to say about it. The rom worked good for about a week or so and then the problem came back with the buttons just having a mind of its own. Now sometimes it will work with no issues for hours on end, and sometimes it just goes beserk from the get go. If anyone has experienced this and can please suggest something as Im ready to just call it in lost and have them send me a new one but if I can fix it I would much prefer that as I plan on just having it flashed to boost anyways since I've never used the 4g since the day ive gotten the phone.
Thanks in advance
Frankie
I had this problem with another phone and I reinstalled my keyboard, because that's what was causing it.
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encryptusa said:
Hey whats up everyone. Ok long story short, I got the evo3d the first day it came out. Also rooted it with the first solution and never installed a custom rom for a while. Now a while back I started experiencing problems like when i touch a number key it either presses another, or sometimes enters it twice. It basically is making the phone impossible to use. I then figured maybe it had something to do with the original rom and the phone being rooted. So I then installed ViperRom as so many people have good things to say about it. The rom worked good for about a week or so and then the problem came back with the buttons just having a mind of its own. Now sometimes it will work with no issues for hours on end, and sometimes it just goes beserk from the get go. If anyone has experienced this and can please suggest something as Im ready to just call it in lost and have them send me a new one but if I can fix it I would much prefer that as I plan on just having it flashed to boost anyways since I've never used the 4g since the day ive gotten the phone.
Thanks in advance
Frankie
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It sounds like you've got issues with your digitizer. The only sure fix is to get a replacement.
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Do you think maybe just trying to flash it back to stock would resolve the issue or possibly trying another rom? It happens so sporadic and only started after I rooted the phone. Also, to the poster above how do you reinstall your keyboard?
Frankie
encryptusa said:
Do you think maybe just trying to flash it back to stock would resolve the issue or possibly trying another rom? It happens so sporadic and only started after I rooted the phone. Also, to the poster above how do you reinstall your keyboard?
Frankie
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You can try to return to stock/unrooted and see if you can repeat the issue. And I didn't mean reinstall the keyboard, the digitizer is part of the touch screen assembly, so if you can repeat the problem for a sprint rep, they may give you a new/replacement phone.
Flashing back to stock, flipping kernels etc... Didn't fix mine. I had to get 2 of these 3d's until the 3rd finally worked. It's the digitizer.
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first i wanna thank you guys for this awesome forum
i have an AT&T aria phone that randomly reboots
LIBERTY PVT SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-1.02.0000
MICROP-831b
TOUCH panel-stn21_03
radio-7.16.35.11
Nov 4 2010
the phone is rooted with CWM v2.5.0.1 istalled.
i flashed the original ATT rom 2.2 from HTC website and it didnt fix it
i flashed shipped att rom and it didnt fix.. also flashed rooted rom yet no luck
1-i tried to unlock the bootloader with HTCDEV.COM but it gives me error message
fastboot oem get_identifier_token
...INFO[err] command error
2-i tried to use the revolutianary website and no luck either
3-i tried to put the original img on the sd card LIBEIMG.zip and booted into bootloader but the phone didnt recognize the file at all.
i am a newbie in the android word but i can swear i did every thing by the book in these last 3 steps** at least as i could understand**
p.s: i dont know wut or who did this to this phone
This is sort of a long shot, but did you happen to install a 32GB SD card around the time the problem started happening?
If not, did you change ANYTHING else? new SIM card? new charger? etc.
nope i did not install 32 GB card..
i dont know exactly what happened to this phone.. i took it AS IS..
when i first got the phone it had the original at&t 2.2 stock S-off ... i was lucky to flash CWM using fastboot..
i think if i can install HBOOT again and turn S on this might solve the problem... or may be i need to do something to the partitions but as i told u im a newbie in here
i am sure it is a software problem due to the error message i get when i try to unlock the bootloader...
I tried everything: stock AT&T Froyo rom, returned to S-on, new sd card, new sim card. Also returned to HTC for "repair," but it still rebooted so I returned to HTC for another try.
BTW, I used the Unrevoked method to root/S-off the phone, and the S-on method listed in the development forum to take the phone back to stock. Both with no problem (several times). The S-on was a little trickie, had to load stock AT&T rom, then follow the S-on instructions, which includes loading the stock AT&T Froyo rom again.
I'll report the results of my 2nd HTC repair on the 2 Arias reboot problem thread.
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i am trying to install HBOOT 1.03 but no luck.. i think if there is a way to reflash the hboot this would solve the problem
gdjy said:
i am trying to install HBOOT 1.03 but no luck.. i think if there is a way to reflash the hboot this would solve the problem
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Don't try to do that. HBOOT 1.03 will not fix your problem, it'll only make it worse (not being able to easily S-OFF). You should avoid HTC's official bootloader unlocking method -- it's worse than Revolutionary.
thank u drumist...
i tried already but no luck.. it says device ID error..
i am so desperate in here.. is there anyway i can fix this aria??
To my surprise I had called HTC and found out that my phone was still under warranty. As I said above, the phone is now back at HTC for a 2nd try. I will let you know what they found as soon as I get the phone back -- it took about a week last time.
Drumist was very supportive in my effort to find the problem, and against his advice and out of desperation, I did restore the HBOOT, and, as he said above, it did not solve the problem. The phone was back to being completely stock -- ATT Froyo 2.2 and S-ON -- and it sill had random reboots --taking anywhere from 1 minute to almost an hour before rebooting. Which is really annoying when trying to troubleshoot. I even re-rooted and S-Off'd the phone using Revolutionary, and still had the problem. I then returned the phone to stock again prior to sending it to HTC for repair. Checked one more time... still random rebooting. As I am now using another phone -- Atrix 4G -- solving this has become more of a challenge.
The other thing that's amazing is that I have 2 ATT Arias with exactly the same problem!
I wonder if it is a location thing. You don't happen to reside in SE Pennsylvania do you?
the same thing has been happening to me. it just started happening recently.
about 10-20 times a day the phone just buzzes and goes straight to the white HTC turning on background.
it's very annoying.
charbo187 said:
the same thing has been happening to me. it just started happening recently.
about 10-20 times a day the phone just buzzes and goes straight to the white HTC turning on background.
it's very annoying.
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I have to agree with you, it is really annoying. Luckily I dont use my phone very often. I dont think it is location based, as I'm in eastern Iowa.
Ok. Just got my Aria back from HTC after their 2nd attempt at at fixing the random reboot problem. It rebooted within 5 minutes of turning it on! And twice after that.
The only thing I did was put in the battery. No SD or SIM card, and I did not plug in a battery charger. I didn't even have a chance to connect to my wifi.
I will call HTC tomorrow and anticipate sending it back to HTC for a 3rd try.
I really thought they would send me a new phone after the 2nd attempt at fixing it. Although now I'm really curious about what could be causing this.
It's interesting that that there are more reports about this problem. I had rooted and installed multiple roms before restoring it to stock AT&T Froyo prior to returning it to HTC for repair. Has anyone had this random reboot problem on a phone that was never rooted?
Oh well. I will probably be sending it back to HTC tomorrow, and will keep you posted about the results.
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I am having the same issues...luckily I now have the HTC One X, however I do still use the Aria as a dedicated GPS, which is frustrating having CONSTANT reboots.
This also only happened recently...I wonder what the issue could be...
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Just spoke to HTC about their failed 2nd attempt to repair my phone. They told me the repair records state that they replaced the "main board," which I assume is like the mother board.
If that is true, I would assume that would be like getting a new phone. If that doesn't fix it, I am truly baffled. The ONLY thing I did was put the old fully charged battery in the phone to test it -- without a SIM or SD card . Could the problem be related to the battery? Since I have another Aria (with its own battery) with the same problem, I doubt it.
Regardless, HTC is having me send it back for a 3rd try to fix it, and they sent me a prepaid shipping label this time.
They said if the 3rd repair attempt doesn't fix it, they would send it to a higher level repair facility for a 4th try! I can't complain about HTC's commitment to trying to repair my phone.
From the responses on this thread, this has become a recent problem. Mine started about a month ago. Any theories out there?
Thanks for sharing your experiences yar, however I'll be dealing with the reboots cause I cant go that long without my phone.
Another thought I had while driving yesterday, Do your guy's that reboots, happen usually after you press the lock button? I've noticed after I send a text message and I hit the lock button is mostly when it will restart. Anyone think it would be that button causing the problem or maybe the HTC Sense Lockscreen?
While I'm waiting for HTC to return my phone after their 3rd attempt to fix this problem I have been experimenting with my other Aria.
I booted into CWM and left it there for over an hour and the phone did not reboot. Does this helps isolate the problem?
Also, has anyone managed to stop a random reboot problem?
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Just got my Aria back from HTC after their 3rd attempt, and it rebooted within 10 minutes. I even used a new battery, thinking that somehow that was causing the problem. No sim or sd card, and I did not even log onto wifi. They claim they replaced the "main board." Its hard to believe they actually tested it.
Probably beating a dead horse, but I will take HTC up on their offer to send it to the next level of service for a 4th try at fixing the problem. Can't believe it wouldn't be more cost effective to just send me a new phone at this point... but then there might not be any new Arias available.
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try setting the Aria data comm to Edge only
I've been following this thread with interest since I have an Aria with AT&T "service" and have been experiencing the random reset problems described here. I have not rooted the phone and have the stock 2.2.2 release side loaded through HTC Sync. After several attempts to isolate the problem, I think I may have stumbled across something that works (so far, no reboots in the last 11 hours, but, that is not conclusive evidence yet). Try using the "hidden test feature" by entering *#*#4636#*#* on the dialer keypad. Then under the "Phone information" section select "GSM only". I understand that this forces the phone to use only the Edge data format.
I think there may be a problem with the Aria's firmware that communicates with the 3G network. I was able to use 3G successfully in the past year, but, something must have changed recently in the way AT&T configured this network or at least I suspect that a recent network change has caused these problems with our phones. You would think that AT&T and HTC would be aware of such a problem by now since I imagine many of us are affected. I'm leaving my phone on Edge until I see evidence that the problem has been resolved.
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I've been following this thread with interest since I have an Aria with AT&T "service" and have been experiencing the random reset problems described here. I have not rooted the phone and have the stock 2.2.2 release side loaded through HTC Sync. After several attempts to isolate the problem, I think I may have stumbled across something that works (so far, no reboots in the last 11 hours, but, that is not conclusive evidence yet). Try using the "hidden test feature" by entering *#*#4636#*#* on the dialer keypad. Then under the "Phone information" section select "GSM only". I understand that this forces the phone to use only the Edge data format.
I think there may be a problem with the Aria's firmware that communicates with the 3G network. I was able to use 3G successfully in the past year, but, something must have changed recently in the way AT&T configured this network or at least I suspect that a recent network change has caused these problems with our phones. You would think that AT&T and HTC would be aware of such a problem by now since I imagine many of us are affected. I'm leaving my phone on Edge until I see evidence that the problem has been resolved.
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I will have to give this a try, as for HTC and ATT knowing, they probably don't care and I dont really blame them this is a 2 year old phone.
Ok, so here's the scoop.
Earlier today for no reason that I can pinpoint I lost all Cellular connectivity on my photon while at work. No calling, no 3G, etc. I figured it was just a hiccup or possibly that they where working on the towers in my area and that it would eventually just come back up.
That was over 12 hours ago, and I have already traveled from work, to home and still no change.
I began to think that maybe my PRL was out of date, so I flashed back to a blur based Rom that has worked for me in the past (I normally use CWM7.2 and moved to Imperium_Initiative_v1.0.5 to try and do this) and tried to initiate the update there.
Still, no results. Not only would the PRL & profile not update but I got a general "NETWORK_ERROR" every time I attempted to do so.
I'm getting a little desperate because I really need to have my phone active for work and other reasons.
I've already restored old NAND backups, restarted the phone numerous times, and so far nothing is working...
If it is indeed a PRL issue, is there a way to manually flash an updated version onto the phone?
Any help that anyone can offer is greatly appreciated!
-Timboman
P.S. The only major change that has been made to the phone recently was I purchased a new extended battery about a month back. It's been working great since I broke it in, and have no so much as flashed a new rom image since I got it. It's the Trexcell Motorola Photon 3570mah Extended Battery.
Well I decided to bite the bullet and do a full re-lock and stock re-flash and I now have gotten my signal back.
Still have no idea why it happened to begin with, but I have apparently solved my issue.
If anyone can give me a reason this might have happened then at least this topic can be of future use to someone else.
-Timboman
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Well I decided to bite the bullet and do a full re-lock and stock re-flash and I now have gotten my signal back.
Still have no idea why it happened to begin with, but I have apparently solved my issue.
If anyone can give me a reason this might have happened then at least this topic can be of future use to someone else.
-Timboman
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This happened to me once while on cm7, again, for no apparent reason. After being baffled for an hour i got pissed and went to bed thinking my radio died. Signal was back by morning. Id be willing to bet yours would have come back too. Pawn it off as a hiccup and keep flashin stuffs.
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