[Q] Can you flash a ROM with the SIM in the phone? - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I honestly hate removing my case every time to flash a ROM. I don't have an SD card installed, but I was wondering if it was OK to flash a ROM with the SIM installed?
If not, what's the reason for removing it? Thanks a lot in advance!

Perfectly fine to do so
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Pirateghost said:
Perfectly fine to do so
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Just curious, how come in all of the flashing tut's I've watched, they tell you to take it out?
I'm not doubting what you say, I'm honestly just curious.

It won't affect the ROM flash to leave it in. Every flash I've done was with the SIM installed. Some people say that if you get a call during the flash it could mess it up, but until the OS is loaded a call will not go through.

I've done it a couple times and it didn't hurt anything. I usually by habit remove sim and sd because I've seen it so many times and have been a stickler for following the directions as much a possible.
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from everything i have read its just a layover from older phones where flashing with the sim would screw the modem (eg my friend messed up his x10 and had to get a new sim becase he flashed a modem with the sim in) so its just an extra precaution in case something like that happened and its a good habit to get into especially if you are working on different phones

I never take out my sim when I flash and it has never done any harm to me.
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"T" wont register when using 1500 OEM HTC Battery

So i bought a few of these batteries off of ebay and they are OEM HTC 1500maH batteries that come with the EVO. However when i put it in i cant press the letter T. i knwo this is happeneing due to pressure on the screen (its a little bigger than the 1300) but its weird cuz when i put the batteries in my moms incredible the problem doesnt happen. can someone please help me find a fix for this issue. its realllly annoying. and also i know it has nothing to do with the software cuz ive tried flashing multiple roms.
not sure if it has anything to do with it, but do you and your mom both have the same types of screens, or maybe one of you has SLCD, etc.?
I have an HTC Evo 1500 in my inc and T works for me. I'm AMOLED. Let us know what you've got.
I have an 1800 battery off of ebay and its a good bit bigger then the stock battery and everything still works
We all have AMOLED so i cant figure out why there should be a problem with just "my" phone
that's no fun man :/ just curious, what happens if you hold the phone horizontal?
Works perfectly fine. But I don't use landscape very much...
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Have you tried using different keyboards?
yep. tried swype, stock keyboard, the ime mod. none of them work..
Gahh Its Lee said:
I have an 1800 battery off of ebay and its a good bit bigger then the stock battery and everything still works
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No problems with the Seidio 1750mah battery.
ok ive been using the stock battery due to the whole T not registering and i just got a siedio innocase 2 and popped it on my DI and the problem started happening with the 1300+ innocase! but now its even worse, the T, G and V wont register with the case on.. So im thinking about taking my phone into verizon and getting a replacement, but im not sure if they would give me a new phone because they might give me some its a 3rd party product bs and their not responsible for it... anyone have any suggestions on how i could get a replacement? lol
Well you said you noticed it when using an OEM battery... So obviously it's a problem with the phone.
Make sure you show them what happens when you try it on both you and your mom's Incredibles.
yeah im going to take them both in and show them. i should probably restore my stock backup and turn security back on before i take it in yeah?
dpwhitty11 said:
Well you said you noticed it when using an OEM battery... So obviously it's a problem with the phone.
Make sure you show them what happens when you try it on both you and your mom's Incredibles.
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That would probably be smart, yes.
so i brought it in showed them the problem and knowing how verizon reps are (they think wiping the data fixes everything) they just wiped the data, problem was still there and a new phone should be here tuesday. just crossing my fingers the same thing doesnt happen to the new phone.
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so i brought it in showed them the problem and knowing how verizon reps are (they think wiping the data fixes everything) they just wiped the data, problem was still there and a new phone should be here tuesday. just crossing my fingers the same thing doesnt happen to the new phone.
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I have a question, did they let you keep your current defective phone while they sent a new one?
yeah they did
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I have a question, did they let you keep your current defective phone while they sent a new one?
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Any news?
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Yeah got the new phone and everything works perfectly now!
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Any news?
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Sent from my Incredible ass phone
Do you still have the old phone, like after you got the new one
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Warranty replacement question

Do you guys think they would replace my phone because of the GPS issue?
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malicenfz said:
Do you guys think they would replace my phone because of the GPS issue?
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It depends on your problem. If you show them the phone won't lock and GPS doesn't work, then they have too.
If your GPS is not as accurate, they may not. I am not sure what the tolerance is for that.
I spent two hours proving that same case to them and I can speak in very technical terms with them. They just kept saying I need to use ATT navigator or my gps won't work. I told them they were a bunch of useless jack asses if they think anyone will buy that garbage. Long story short, they refused, I now run Axura where the gps works wonderfully and I could not be happier. Once my contract is up I am switching carriers.
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It doesnt even lock on. I might have to go try that. And yeah i've thought about switching carriers bit being in the military only ATT works everywhere in the world.
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malicenfz said:
Do you guys think they would replace my phone because of the GPS issue?
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Tell them that the gps doesnt work, it wont lock and also that your phone shuts down randomly and that it is a known issue to samsung and att. also tell them your battery sucks ass. The more things u tell them that they cant prove it in the store they will replace it on the spot. I told the att dude about 10 things about the phone the dude didnt even say anything went in the back and brought me a brand new looking cappy.
Very well thank you all for the info.
mac208x said:
Tell them that the gps doesnt work, it wont lock and also that your phone shuts down randomly and that it is a known issue to samsung and att. also tell them your battery sucks ass. The more things u tell them that they cant prove it in the store they will replace it on the spot. I told the att dude about 10 things about the phone the dude didnt even say anything went in the back and brought me a brand new looking cappy.
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x2. I walked into the repair center today and as soon as I said "I've got three things wrong with my phone" the guy was already working on the paperwork for my replacement. I was in and out in 10 minutes. The tech didn't even check anything to see if I was telling the truth, but then again I have a feeling I'm not the only person who has been to that store with a malfunctioning Cappy.
If anyone care: my first phone had the crazy self-pressing home button for a while (I learned to live with it as it wasn't so bad with certain roms) but then I started getting random shutdowns earlier this month and this weekend the GPS was just plain fubar (kept reporting me as being in Orlando instead of San Diego). Here's hoping #2 works out and I don't end up going through multiple warranty replacements just to find one that works reliably.
Also if u get a replacement check with shippmemt it is. If i rmr correctly the newer ones are 1008 that work better, you can check this under the battery. This was mentioned in one of the rom threads in the op but i cant rmr with one if i find it ill post it here
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mac208x said:
Also if u get a replacement check with shippmemt it is. If i rmr correctly the newer ones are 1008 that work better, you can check this under the battery. This was mentioned in one of the rom threads in the op but i cant rmr with one if i find it ill post it here
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This was mentioned, but just as many people say their phone works great and it is different build. I think it is a red herring.
Great. Thanks
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Strange the local warranty center utterly refused to replace mine

[Q] flashing with sim in

I am considering buying an otterbox and I got to thinking how big a pita it may be to remove the sim and sd card each time I flash. So my question is what does it cause if you leave the SIM in and SD in and flash a new ROM? Whatever problems people say it cause, has anyone experienced the problem themselves?
Some things are just 1 in a million or old stuff that doesnt impact things now so I am trying to figure out the difference.
Thanks!
I do it as rule of thumb. Today I did not. Have not had an issue yet
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I've never removed my sim, and never had a problem.....
I am a firm believer that if you are having problems with a ROM delete everything possible and remove the SIM and SD. though I have installed the last few ROMs with both in without any real problems.
i would be interested in finding out why its suggested...
Never removed anything before unless I soft bricked it.
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I never remove the SIM while flashing. Don't generally remove the external SD card either. I didn't even remove them when recovering from a soft brick. If it's a concern of possibly losing data you can always back it up when you mount them to use on your computer.
To answer your ultimate question you really don't need to be removing the Captivate from your Otterbox.
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Never removed anything before unless I soft bricked it.
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I've never removed it. Don't see why we would need to to be honest
I've never removed mine, never had trouble. I think it might be one of those "do it if it makes you feel better" sort of things.
I flashed once with the SIM to Cog6 about 5 weeks ago and lost my baseband version. Meaning, I couldn't make calls.
Reflashed to 1 click then back to Cog W/O SIM and I calls worked again
avs420 said:
I flashed once with the SIM to Cog6 about 5 weeks ago and lost my baseband version. Meaning, I couldn't make calls.
Reflashed to 1 click then back to Cog W/O SIM and I calls worked again
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So reflashing can actually clear SIM settings? Yikes.
plasticdarlow said:
I've never removed my sim, and never had a problem.....
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neither have i and i have flashed probably 30 times or more and never had a single issue.
I think I took the SIM out like once. And I've done hundreds of ROM flashes.
Only time you would need to take out your SIM is if your phone is soft-bricked so bad you end up having to do the whole take out everything to get it back into DOWNLOAD mode.
Otherwise - I've flashed probably about as much as Mikey (sad for not being a developer/chef) and never had an issue.

Text messages hang on pending.

I just picked up my vivid on tuesday. I have been having issues ever since I got it with being able to successfully send texts. They just hang forever in the thread with a "pending" status.
Originally, i was worried this was a rom issue. I've tried every ROM.... Same issue with every single one. I relocked bootloader and went back to stock, and had some luck, but only about 18 hours before I started experiencing issues again.
Has anyone else experienced this with their vivid? Rooted, or otherwise. I'm about to take this thing back and go back to my Inspire. This is getting real old, real quick.
Any replies would be greatly appreciated.
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I have not experienced it, it sounds like it may be an APN issue though, did you experience the same issue with your stock rom?
Yes I see this every time I flash a new Rom , just when I restore the apn setting it starts to work again.
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davidcampbell said:
I have not experienced it, it sounds like it may be an APN issue though, did you experience the same issue with your stock rom?
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zombie.raised said:
Yes I see this every time I flash a new Rom , just when I restore the apn setting it starts to work again.
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yep. i've tried every possible apn setting. even older ones that are only for hspda+. nothing works. i can't say i was on the stock rom long enough to text, but i did relock the bootloader, and reapply the ship rom for att, and experienced the same issue.
i'm going today to get a replacement device. hopefully it's just a shoddy one.
goodbye vivid.
well, after less than a week, and two vivids....i'm done with this device. both of them refuse to send texts after approximately 10-12 hours. as much as i hate to leave the htc brand [and despise the blue tone of samsung devices], i have to go to the skyrocket due to it's comparable hardware.
i'm pissed....i was super excited about the vivid, but it has been a severely disappointing, aggravating experience overall.
I had an issue twice before, one was a problem with the sim and the other was the mistake of putting my sim in an iPhone where it would only send as an imessage
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Ive been having the same issue since I got the phone in November.
The only way I can get messages to send (sometimes) is to restart the phone, then they send in bulk.
I have done the following:
-factory reset
-tried stock/custom rom (HoliRaider, RumRaider)
-had the phone replaced (2x because Rogers is rather stupid)
-tried the SIM in another phone (X10) and it works 100%
-tried SIM in a 'floor model' Raider at the Rogers store, worked (only had the SIM in for 10 mins)
-factory reset (again)
-tried on all the variants of network (Auto, WCDMA, GSM) no change
I have asked a few times if trying a new SIM would be worth it, tech keeps saying no...
Needless to say I have my Raider on Kijiji trying to sell/trade for a SGSII.
Love HTC but i need to be able to send SMS.
So it sounds like the sim is the issue if you used a floor model sim and it was fine , so demand a new one?
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Guys by any chance you have phonelocator pro install on your phone? If so that's the problem there. As soon as send a text to locate the phone my wife's messages stops sending until you restart the phone I contacted the dev with no help from him.
Edit - BTW The problem could be cause by any apps that intercept sms like any Messaging replacement app ect but I'm not %100 sure is anyone of those apps but Phonelocator pro from the market.
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this started happeningto me because i had WMD (whers my droid) on my phone, as soon i removed it and delete the pending texts and rebooted, text started to work again.
I tested it again a few days after by re-installing WMD and same results.
So if you happen to have any text based GPS locators it might be the issue.
A different sim worked for me too because the number changed and the text failed to send. it was WMD and i asked the dev and he was no help and said uninstall my program i can't do anything for you.

[Q] This phone is making me nuttier than squirrel **** :(

ATTN MODS: if this was posted into wrong place please move it and please don't ban me?
Hey,
So I have had this phone for about 16 months. I have always loved it. It wasn't rooted or anything like that but I started having issues with it,
Such as, not being able to end a call, pick up, random reboots.
The phone will not power on at all it does however show the battery being charged at 100% when I plug in adapter.
I also cannot get my PC to recognize it, have tried on multiple computers.
Any Ideas would be greatly appreciated
Thanks,
XDAn00b
PS
This my work and business cell so I need it up and running asap even if cost me a few dollars.
I have over 1000 documents/payroll/emails and highly sensitive info
So if you could help there would most certainly be compensated for your time. I don't even care if you remote into my PC. I just really need this or I will lose my job.
I am assuming you tried to pull the battery and wait and put it back again
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Hi Cazey.
Take the battery out, replace it, hold volume down and power on. That should take you to the bootloader, a white screen with a few options on it, and probably 'locked' at the top if you haven't played around with custom ROMs yet.
If you can get that far, try selecting 'recovery' and doing a factory reset through there. Note you'll probably lose all the data on your internal memory. This is a bit of a last-ditch effort, so try any other suggestions first. I'm a PM away if you need anything further.
Justin
No...
If its locked its got HTC update recovery...
Maybe find the ruu and return it to stock for real...
Otherwise its a hardware issue...
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zombie.raised said:
I am assuming you tried to pull the battery and wait and put it back again
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Yes I have taken the battery out numerious times to no avail
juzz86 said:
Hi Cazey.
Take the battery out, replace it, hold volume down and power on. That should take you to the bootloader, a white screen with a few options on it, and probably 'locked' at the top if you haven't played around with custom ROMs yet.
If you can get that far, try selecting 'recovery' and doing a factory reset through there. Note you'll probably lose all the data on your internal memory. This is a bit of a last-ditch effort, so try any other suggestions first. I'm a PM away if you need anything further.
Justin
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I cannot even get into the bootloader, when I hold the power button down it does nothing, unless its charging and then it just turns into a black screen
rignfool said:
No...
If its locked its got HTC update recovery...
Maybe find the ruu and return it to stock for real...
Otherwise its a hardware issue...
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I have also done this and it says the device is not recognized
OK...
Do you have an SD card... pull it out...
Remove and replace your sim card...
Maybe push on behind the sim card on the plastic...
Flex the phone a little length wise... A LITTLE
Then try again
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The name of this thread lol
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