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Recently I've been having problems with my Kaiser connecting to my Wifi.
Here is what happens reliably (when phone on it happens more often):
1) Turn on wifi from comms manager (it searches relentlessly)
2) If I try to turn wifi off in command manager at this stage it hangs the comms manager - not even task manager will be able to close it down.
If I turn the phone off (button) then it won't turn on again till a soft reset.
3) soft boot or remove battery - Kaiser comes back with wifi connected immediately most of the time however, it can also come back still searching in which case repeat soft reset or hard reset.
4) Once connection is established - I can connect / reconnect ok till the device is turned off then it happens again. If phone is off it appears to happen more reliably but I've not tested this enough, it happens either way eventually.
So phone on is 95% reliable but can be ok for a couple of times.
5) Once the wifi is in search mode the comms manager is useless and this continues ad infinitum (any attempt to turn wifi off will hang CM) and always a soft boot will bring the device back with a connection established to my wifi point.
Here's what I've tried:
1) Soft boot / battery removal
2) Hard reset without restoring any kind of back up -ie virgin restart
3) Hard reset without allowing custom install of t-mobile software.
Details of my device:
1) T-mobile Win mobile 6 - original rom
2) Hard SPL : SPL-1.0 Oliprof (CPLD-8)
so the only thing I've done to this machine is installed Oli's Hard SPL.
It appears therefore that no software is causing the problem. I am wondering if there's a possibilty of the Hard SPL causing a problem through corruption or do I have a hardware fault with the radio?
I'd be grateful for any help on this as to what I should do next. Please don't tell me to load win6.1 as this worked fine till now so isn't the problem. The only thing I can think of is to re-do the hard spl.
EDIT: Well I've just reloaded Hard spl 1.0 and the problem is the same so I'm out of ideas.
Just a few thoughts - although I do not have problems with my Kaiser, I have met problems with other folks.
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Is the signal quality good - we know the range is not fantastic, so it's worth checking:
Start>Settings>Connections>Wireless Lan (Icon)>Main and look at the Signal Quality.
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Start>Settings>Connections>Wireless Lan (Icon)>Power Mode(Tab) and change to best performance.
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Does it do this with other networks? Don't rule out the Router creating difficulties.
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Do you let the Kaiser go to sleep mode with wifi connected. If so I'd advise you terminate the connection in comm manager and turn off using on/off button rather than allowing auto sleep mode.
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It might be better to allocate a fixed IP address rather than allowing the router to set it. Hangs can be created in the IP allocation stage.
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Do you have any applications set to auto collect data? These could be weather apps, mail, time sync, quick GPS etc etc etc. If so you can try disabling those settings to ensure the crash is not a conflict between setting up the connection and simultaneous data collection.
These can be pesky problems to track down. I suspect that many of the above would be ruled out by your clean boot after a hard reset. If it always works initially after a hard reboot though, it does suggest that another app/process is interferring at a later stage.
Mike
mikechannon said:
Just a few thoughts - although I do not have problems with my Kaiser, I have met problems with other folks.
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Thanks Mike for your valued input.
Just to answer the questions:
1) Yes signal is excellent (I connect in 3 cycles of the animation plus after reboot it connects immediately)
2) I've tried these options - my current setup worked perfectly before, plus of course a hard reset and clean machine displays the same problems
3) I haven't tried on other networks but I've eliminated the router as the problem. I've tried dynamic / fixed - I normally allocate ip via the router plus lock down mac addresses. opened the system. However, this doesn't surprise me because I can cause this lock up without a connection. It's more rare but for instance, if I turn the phone on and delete my signin, normally this pops a dialogue asking which network to connect to. Sometimes that doesn't come up and it still hangs. It is more rare though.
4) No
5) yes tried all optons
6) No and especially not on a clean machine.
I've had the device for some time without any problems so something has changed quite radically which makes me think h/ware. If I were diagnosing this on a pc I'd be looking at both H/ware or a possible driver problem as it the network adapter is locking when it's accessed, however, on this device I don't see the logic of drivers unless they can somehow corrupt in rom even after a hard reset. Is that possible or heard of?
One observation is that when I get the hang and I try to look at the wifi settings I get the following message:
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"To configure your wireless network, please enable your wireless network card".
This little clue seems to point at somethhing that's caused the adaptor to cease responding but somehow in the process locking the comms manager up (ie. if I goto comms manager and try to turn the wifi off, I'll get the spinner ad infinitum). Yet a reboot will kick it back into life again. And notably once it's running, and providing I don't switch the machine off, it'll work till the cows come home perfectly reliably.
I guess my question is whether there is any possible software cause that could exist AFTER a hard reset? Also the reliablity of this problem is enhanced considerably if 1) I have the phone turned on and 2) if I turn the machine off and back on and try to reconnect. Maybe that could indicate a power issue making the adaptor die I don't know what else would make the adapter lock up.
So far I've re-installed the (same) radio and Hardspl and neither of these have changed anything. I could of course go the final step and install the rom again but I haven't done yet as I wasn't sure what components other than the radio might be relevant in the rom.
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If it always works initially after a hard reboot though, it does suggest that another app/process is interferring at a later stage.
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Just to clarify this: Wifi connects 90% after a soft boot initially. A hard reset makes no difference to the behaviour.
It may be a hardware issue, but it would be last on my list of suspects. (I KNOW it must feel as if you have tried everything already – and I think perhaps you have!!!)
Just a couple of further suggestions – since I am certainly not sure where the problem lies.
Having done a Hard Reset, I would 95% rule out a software issue on the phone (though it is possible with corruption of original data – but a remote possibility I think).
I hesitate to suggest a router factory reset, but it may be worth trying.
Two more things to try:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2406606&postcount=19
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4233158&postcount=20
I am curious about why having the phone enabled causes more crashes. Have there been any phone network changes in your area. It crosses my mind that there have been a few reports of wifi problems when 3G is being used. Perhaps you could, as a test, try limiting the phone to GSM only and then testing wifi:
start>settings>phone>band – set gsm on both drop down lists.
Mike
Hi Mike thanks for sticking with me on this.
mikechannon said:
Having done a Hard Reset, I would 95% rule out a software issue on the phone (though it is possible with corruption of original data – but a remote possibility I think).
I hesitate to suggest a router factory reset, but it may be worth trying.
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There are a few reasons why I didn't spend more time on the router once I'd established a few things:
1) The adpator actually hangs and it causes abnormal behaviour on the machine. ie. comms manager hangs if you attempt to try to turn off wifi and the spinner comes up. Even more abnormally this causes one of two scenarios, either a) the machine no longer turns off or if you manage to turn off it won't turn on again. So it's causing a major problem with the whole system.
In my experience a no-connect situation never results in a hang, it just times out and a list pops up of other alternative wifi networks it's found and you can always just turn wifi off or use the machine normally at this point.
2) Wifi connects to my router no problem, always has and still will first time from a boot (providing I tried to turn wifi on and it failed before the boot). After a hang and reboot it comes back always connected - doesn't even search, it's a solid non animated connection icon. In other words the card has woken up and therefore has no problems with my router once it's alive.
As an outside chance that the router is getting confused about a disconnect / reconnect I've also rebooted it in between just to make sure - but the router can't tell my machine to hang or fail to respond.
3) I have managed to get this to hang after deleting my settings, ie. stopping it from logging on to my router but rather letting it come up with a list of wifi points it's found. Most of the time the list comes up but after several tests I've confirmed that it does eventually happen. The symptoms are the same when it does. At this point no list appears and we end up with the same deal as in 1)
Having said that I can give the router a try - resetting it isn't too much of a problem as I can backup my configuration but I'm pretty certain it's not the problem bit when problems get wierd then logic sometimes goes out the window and one has to try everything.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4233158&postcount=20
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I'll follow the registry one just in case but both those threads seem to be from people who can't get a wifi connect at all, usually for s/ware reasons. This is different to my problem which is an abnormal adaptor / system hang caused by accessing wifi.
I am curious about why having the phone enabled causes more crashes. Have there been any phone network changes in your area. It crosses my mind that there have been a few reports of wifi problems when 3G is being used. Perhaps you could, as a test, try limiting the phone to GSM only and then testing wifi:
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I'm curious too. I thought a problem with the radio as a whole but I've tested GPS and bluetooth without any problems, both on plus the phone. I also thought that some kind of power issue. If the voltage to the adapter for some reason dropped below a certain point it would kill it till it was kicked back into life. Just a theory. What would cause this, I've no idea, faulty component, dry joint perhaps.
I also had similar thoughts as you on possible changes to the phone service till I finally found it could hang without the phone too just less. This is like 30% to 95%, but multiple on/ off of the wireless and a couple of machine power offs will get it to happen when the phone is off. It just takes a bit more encouragement.
As for 3G I have mine disabled. I only ever turn it on if I am out and need internet via my service. I got caught out when T-mobile's 3G kicked in, in my area and my battery life went to hell about 18months ago - since then it stays disabled.
EDIT: This may or may not be relevant but I hadn't figured out which situation causes failure turn off. If comms manager is hung after a trying to turn wifi off the machine WILL turn off but not back on again. I just found that one other dialogue that hangs is going into the Wifi settings > network adapters > IEE 802.11b/g wifi adapter. This dialog hangs solid. At this point the off button does nothing. It's a reset. Just a strange reversal but it's also a confirmation that the adapter itself is the problem or has been put into a very nasty state.
I decided to compile a list of the current problems that we have observed in order to keep developers aware of them. If you feel you've found out a problem, please, write it down to this thread and if it's a common one I will list them, too. Every issue has a tag that refers to the device in which is has been observed. If you have the same issue on your device but it's not listed, please, report it to update.
MAJOR ISSUES:
[User data corruption] NAND installations are tend to lose data. Sometimes, the system misses applications, configurations or it just shows "force closes" randomly (even without user interaction). [ALL]
[Random freezes] Sometimes, the system isn't able to wake up. The screen shows mirrored text in a terminal. There's no way to recover from this situation but a soft reset or to remove the battery. [ALL]
CAMERA:
[Auto-focus] Not implemented. [POLARIS] [KAISER]
[Video recording] No video recording. [ALL]
[Picture quality] Exposition/White Balance are not well adjusted. [ALL]
[Front camera] Not implemented. [POLARIS] [KAISER] [NIKE]
USB:
[Mass Storage] Mass storage mode is not fully compliant with the standard: In Windows 7 it refuses to mount the SD card (only workaround-> Market app called "SD Dual Mount". CONS: Paid app, slow file transfers, takes 1 minutes or so to show drive). [ALL]
[Mass Storage] In Windows XP, the Disk drive pops up after a considerable time (same as above with SD Dual Mount). [ALL]
[ADB] USB debugging doesn't work. [POLARIS] [KAISER]
[USB Notifications] When connected, the device cycles between "Connected" and "Disconnected" states notifying indefinitely. [POLARIS]
[USB charging] Charging awakes the device even if it's powered off. [ALL]
[USB charging] If the device has no battery at all, it won't charge. [ALL]
[USB tethering] Not working. It produces an error after enabling it. [ALL]
NETWORK:
Telephony module:
[Network registration] Operator connection doesn't always connect automatically. The network icon remains with and "X". This is fixed most of times searching for networks. [POLARIS]
[2G Networks] "Use only 2G Networks" doesn't work correctly: it doesn't reestablish the connection automatically using the desired network mode. [ALL]
[HSDPA] The device never shows the "H" icon, but only "3G". I think it's not using the appropriate network capabilities (Windows Mobile showed the letter H when it was used). [POLARIS]
[PIN code] Cannot enter PIN number when the SIM is locked. [ALL]
[CallerID] Can't be enabled when the provider has is turned off by default. [ALL]
[Call Forwarding] Cannot configure call from the settings menu. [KAISER]
[Outgoing calls] Sometimes the dialing screen stays indefinitely. When in this state, ending the call with the end button hangs the device. [POLARIS]
[Call-waiting] When call-waiting is activated the current call is dropped. [VOGUE]
[Garbled Notifications] Sometimes when calls come in, ringtone and text notifications become garbled sounding. Might be related to other sound issues (see section MULTIMEDIA). [VOGUE]
[In-call battery notifications] The phone doesn't warn you when in a call and the battery is running out. [ALL]
Wi-Fi:
[Intermediate state when toggling] Sometimes the Wifi hangs when toggling (normally when you turn it off) and it's impossible to turn it on again. A reset is needed for it to work again. [POLARIS]
[Slow speed] It hardly gets over 2 Mbps over a +10 Mbps connection. [POLARIS]
[Power] Overall, high power consumption. The device gets noticeably hot when it's on. [POLARIS] [KAISER]
[Built-in wifi tethering] The integrated tethering service doesn't work. The only workaround is to use "Wifi Tethering", the known Market application that is now integrated in most of Froyo builds. [POLARIS]
Bluetooth:
[Car-Kit] No auto connection with paired device. [POLARIS]
[Car-Kit] Dialing isn't working. The device doesn't dial (receive) the phone number. [POLARIS]
[Car-Kit] Bluetooth audio isn't working with carkit. [POLARIS]
[Built-in bluetooth tethering] Not working. "Wireless Thethering" application doesn't work, too. [ALL]
[File transfers] Incoming file transfers are not received while the device is sleeping. [POLARIS]
[File transfers] Incoming file transfers are not received after sleep. [POLARIS]
[File transfers] Sometimes both incoming and outcoming file transfers don't work. [POLARIS]
MULTIMEDIA:
[Choppy audio playback] Sometimes, the audio playback is choppy and the only way to get it back to normal is stopping the playback, wait for some seconds, and trying again. [POLARIS]
[Faulty video playback] Some videos can not play at all, or they fail the first time, BUT they work the second time you try. [POLARIS]
[Wired headset] The device doesn't detect it. The external speaker is always used. [POLARIS] [KAISER]
[YouTube HQ] When in Hight Quality, the integrated YouTube application only shows the first frame of the video. However, audio is played fine. [ALL]
GPS AND LOCATION
Very slow cold start. [POLARIS] [VOGUE]
[Cell location] Doesn't work. [POLARIS] [KAISER]
APPLICATIONS AND COMMON FEATURES
[Move to SD Card] Unable to move applications to the SD Card storage. [ALL]
[Reboot] Reboot option doesn't work (long press power menu). [ALL]
[SD card remount] Inability to mount SD Card after the system has booted up. [ALL](card re-mount works in the brand new kernel by DZO)
[MISC]:
[Battery level] Inconsistent battery level. Sometimes the battery notification icon reports a higher charge than it actually has. At one time it can be almost full, and suddenly, the notification of low battery pops up. [ALL] (appears to be fixed in the latests releases)
[Battery level] The battery percentage never drops below 15%. [KAISER]
[Jog-wheel] Polaris jog-wheel is too sensitive. [POLARIS]
[Hardware keyboard] The lights of the keyboard are always on. [KAISER]
[Market] Market sometimes doesn't install applications, or they already installed but notification remains "Installing..." (Clear button will take it away, however). [POLARIS] [KAISER]
[FM Radio] Not implemented. [POLARIS]
Feel free to send your reports.
As this is the vogue forum, you might be better off to note which issues are with your polaris only.
mssmison said:
As this is the vogue forum, you might be better off to note which issues are with your polaris only.
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Thanks for the advice, mssmison. I will tag each issue with the model to which it has been observed.
I published this topic in the Vogue Android section just because it has a bigger user base and where most development takes place.
As I only own a Polaris, I need some feedback from Vogue/Kaiser/Nike users in order to track down device specific issues.
If you feel that something need to be modified, please, post your experiences.
SuperJMN said:
Thanks for the advice, mssmison. I will tag each issue with the model to which it has been observed.
I published this topic in the Vogue Android section just because it has a bigger user base and where most development takes place.
As I only own a Polaris, I need some feedback from Vogue/Kaiser/Nike users in order to track down device specific issues.
If you feel that something need to be modified, please, post your experiences.
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Vouge's camera does not have an auto-focus
margosmark said:
Vouge's camera does not have an auto-focus
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Thanks It's already listed at the top of the list. The tag [ALL]*it's for Kaiser, Vogue, Polaris and Nike.
SuperJMN said:
Thanks It's already listed at the top of the list. The tag [ALL]*it's for Kaiser, Vogue, Polaris and Nike.
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no i mean the camera itself hardware wise does not auto-focus so it would affect the other devices not vouge
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=803&view=1&c=htc_touch_p3050_htc_vogue_100
margosmark said:
no i mean the camera itself hardware wise does not auto-focus so it would affect the other devices not vouge
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=803&view=1&c=htc_touch_p3050_htc_vogue_100
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OK! it's updated now. I thought it has auto-focus, sorry. And thanks!
SuperJMN said:
OK! it's updated now. I thought it has auto-focus, sorry. And thanks!
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[Cell location] Doesn't work.*[POLARIS]*[KAISER]
Cell location was fixed a few days ago it works on eclair and froyo builds with the exception of dzo's froyo.
Mass storage mode doesn't work [Only workaround-> SD Dual Mount: slow file transfers, takes 1 minutes or so to show drive].*[ALL]
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On the Touch, Mass storage mode DOES work on Windows XP
It takes about 1-2 minutes for Windows XP to recognize it, and then you
have to tap the 'Enable USB storage mode' (something like that)
on the Touch display, and then you can see the SD card as a drive.
I could never get it to work correctly on Windows 7 though.
I suspect Win 7 doesn't have a good set of drivers yet for Droid.
Does_It_Matter said:
Mass storage mode doesn't work [Only workaround-> SD Dual Mount: slow file transfers, takes 1 minutes or so to show drive].*[ALL]
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On the Touch, Mass storage mode DOES work on Windows XP
It takes about 1-2 minutes for Windows XP to recognize it, and then you
have to tap the 'Enable USB storage mode' (something like that)
on the Touch display, and then you can see the SD card as a drive.
I could never get it to work correctly on Windows 7 though.
I suspect Win 7 doesn't have a good set of drivers yet for Droid.
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... I have gotten mass storage mode to work under Windows 7 x64, but I think it takes hitting the button on the Vogue half a dozen times before it takes. I also had to remove SDMove to get it to work for some reason.
Issue: Cannot enter PIN number, android cannot unlock SIM card.
also fix to disable PIN is not an option for some people.
Thanks everybody! With testers like you, we will have a complete list of known problems soon
I have updated the list according to the comments.
entering pin has been fixed this week too! kalt_kaffee did his magic on this one, search the release-threads, as he posted there...!
getting the polaris to connect as usb-drive works in recovery-mode or using windows7! all you have to do is being quite patient for some time (around 3-5min) and hitting the usb-storage button quite a few times.
great thread!
thanks for this list
This is the only reason i dont use froyo on my vogue. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725570
SuperJMN said:
[*]"Use only 2G Networks" doesn't work correctly: it doesn't reestablish the connection automatically using the desired network mode.*[POLARIS]
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I got this one figured out now. I'll do a little more testing then I'll push the changes but so far it seems to work perfectly now.
[*][PIN] Cannot enter PIN number when the SIM is locked. [ALL]
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This should be fixed in latest libhtcgeneric-ril.so
[*][Cell location] Doesn't work.*[POLARIS]*
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Works on Kaiser and should also work on Polaris with the latest libhtcgeneric-ril.so.
kallt_kaffe said:
This should be fixed in latest libhtcgeneric-ril.so
Works on Kaiser and should also work on Polaris with the latest libhtcgeneric-ril.so.
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confirmed for polaris and thx again!!!
Kaiser - Cannot configure call forwarding from the settings menu.
kallt_kaffe said:
I got this one figured out now. I'll do a little more testing then I'll push the changes but so far it seems to work perfectly now.
This should be fixed in latest libhtcgeneric-ril.so
Works on Kaiser and should also work on Polaris with the latest libhtcgeneric-ril.so.
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OK! You're a machine. It's great to have you amongst us!
drums173 said:
Kaiser - Cannot configure call forwarding from the settings menu.
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Added to the list! I think it's a Kaiser only problem. I have configured my Polaris to forward calls and it did it quite good
after downloading the latest launcherpro onto my froyo 2.2 polaris
it was regularly force closing, seemed to be unstable
after i downloaded a few wallpapers through market
launcherpro force closed again so i rebooted and now i cant get past the locked screen it just instantly force closes
This has been going on for about a month but I finally decided to try to fix it.
It started with my phone seeing my home network. It says "remembered" but it gets stuck in an endless loop of "Connecting, disconnected." It cycles so fast between the two that if you blink you'll miss it.
Things I tried:
-Forgetting the Network(doing this made the problem even worse, I'll explain later)
-Power Cycling everything
-Fxr and other wifi utilities on the market
-Battery pulls
-Factory reset
Since I did the forget network option the network at my home no longer shows up, along any other network I'm around, open or not. It just scans and never finds anything. I can be standing right next to the router and the phone doesn't know it's there.
So my next steps were these:
-Rooted phone
-Deleted bcm_supp.conf in the wifi folder with the wifi off. Didn't change anything.
Got some results when I deleted bcm_supp.conf with the wifi turned on, cleared phone cache, turned wifi off and then turned it back on. At that point the phone could finally see my network again but I was back to the connecting, disconnected problem I started with. That's the only way I can get it to see networks but it still won't connect.
I've all but given up and hoping someone has other suggestions.
U could try flashing a different modem.
What is ur phone set up right now?
Right now everything that I have is stock. 2.2. Only thing I've done is rooted so far in attempts to have more control of getting this fixed and try a few of the fixes i read about from google searches.
I'm admittedly a noob at the higher levels of phone tinkering but I'm not opposed to it obviously, so I'll look up info on flashing a different modem. Thanks.
I had the same problem until I updated to a custom ROM. I went to Pheonix' ROM but it also works on Team Hacksung's Build9.
[HELP] Wifi & Bluetooth gone, no longer functioning (Found BT AND Wifi MAC in CP!)
Just throwing this out there, I've actively used the hell out of my Thrill, and flashed it many times. However, the Bluetooth went out on AT&T's v20p, and Wifi went out after an OC'd crash. I was just wondering if there was some way to reset the chip itself as it seems the on/off for both do nothing, each stays permanently off now. I really want BT back, but I NEED Wifi back... Can somebody help?
I have flashed back to V20P in an effort to get both Wifi and BT working again, but still dead. I will sit on V20P for now, and hope things work eventually.
Trying to enable Wifi comes up with "Activity Wi-Fi settings (in application Settings) is not responding." leading me to believe that the hardware has to be fully reset.
Cynagen said:
Just throwing this out there, I've actively used the hell out of my Thrill, and flashed it many times. However, the Bluetooth went out on AT&T's v20p, and Wifi went out after an OC'd crash. I was just wondering if there was some way to reset the chip itself as it seems the on/off for both do nothing, each stays permanently off now. I really want BT back, but I NEED Wifi back... Can somebody help?
I have flashed back to V20P in an effort to get both Wifi and BT working again, but still dead. I will sit on V20P for now, and hope things work eventually.
Trying to enable Wifi comes up with "Activity Wi-Fi settings (in application Settings) is not responding." leading me to believe that the hardware has to be fully reset.
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Have you tried a different firmware?
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Have you tried a different firmware?
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I've tried V10K, V10D, V20A, V20P, V21D, and V21E, none of them restored the bluetooth (original issue), and so far V10K, V20P, and V21E have not restored the Wifi.
On V21E under settings, it's always showing as "Turning off..." under Wi-Fi. So it's definitely a hardware lockup. Is there anyway to do a full hardware reset on these things? I don't care about opening it, I'm not with AT&T anymore so the phone is mine, and frankly, I just want it to work.
I'm thinking of following some of the instructions for the lost IMEI, see if redoing the Communications Partition restores/fixes the BT and WiFi, I know stuff is getting corrupted when I crash while OC'd, and that's the only thing I haven't touched. I'll try it here tonight and see what I get. I still have both my WiFi and BT MAC addresses (WiFi stored in my router, BT in my computer when it was paired). So... I'll be trying that out soon as I get home today. Think it'll help?
So after fiddling around, I followed these steps from the reset your IMEI/SIM Unlock your phone thread, and started inspecting the CP payload that had to be flashed. I found a couple settings that I think people might find interesting:
1. Connect phone by USB
2. Activate USB debug mode
3. Enter 3845#*920# in dialer if that doesn’t work try 3845#*925#
4. Select Port Settings -> Select CP Image Download
5. A new device should appear at let it install
6. Open Tutty and select serial protocol. Click on open
7. Type AT if response is not OK, change port number (it is possible that when typing you don’t see any letters)
At this point, in order to check your Bluetooth MAC address, type AT%BTAD, this should display a string of 12 hex characters. IF you need to change your BT mac (such as putting it back in like I had to), use AT%BTAD=123456ABCDEF where "123456ABCDEF" is your Bluetooth MAC address (I had mine saved in my computer).
For Wireless MAC address: AT%MAC, same thing if you need to change it AT%MAC=123456ABCDEF. So far this has NOT restored my Wifi or Bluetooth, however it MAY help others who have suffered this loss. You will only need the Flash driver from that thread and tutty, so download the IMEI tool package, but don't worry about the CP unless you absolutely need it. Also, this is great to replace those MAC addresses once you flash (as they're likely wiped with the entire CP wipe).
I'm requesting some assistance with getting my Wifi and Bluetooth operational again if possible, maybe it's kernel modules, I'm not 100% sure, however, in the debug menu (3845#*<MDLNM>#) there is logging options for certain sections of the system. I'll be more than happy to provide logs if requested, I just want my Wifi and BT back and I feel like I'm onto something maybe. Here's to hoping!
Cynagen said:
I'm thinking of following some of the instructions for the lost IMEI, see if redoing the Communications Partition restores/fixes the BT and WiFi, I know stuff is getting corrupted when I crash while OC'd, and that's the only thing I haven't touched. I'll try it here tonight and see what I get. I still have both my WiFi and BT MAC addresses (WiFi stored in my router, BT in my computer when it was paired). So... I'll be trying that out soon as I get home today. Think it'll help?
So after fiddling around, I followed these steps from the reset your IMEI/SIM Unlock your phone thread, and started inspecting the CP payload that had to be flashed. I found a couple settings that I think people might find interesting:
1. Connect phone by USB
2. Activate USB debug mode
3. Enter 3845#*920# in dialer if that doesn’t work try 3845#*925#
4. Select Port Settings -> Select CP Image Download
5. A new device should appear at let it install
6. Open Tutty and select serial protocol. Click on open
7. Type AT if response is not OK, change port number (it is possible that when typing you don’t see any letters)
At this point, in order to check your Bluetooth MAC address, type AT%BTAD, this should display a string of 12 hex characters. IF you need to change your BT mac (such as putting it back in like I had to), use AT%BTAD=123456ABCDEF where "123456ABCDEF" is your Bluetooth MAC address (I had mine saved in my computer).
For Wireless MAC address: AT%MAC, same thing if you need to change it AT%MAC=123456ABCDEF. So far this has NOT restored my Wifi or Bluetooth, however it MAY help others who have suffered this loss. You will only need the Flash driver from that thread and tutty, so download the IMEI tool package, but don't worry about the CP unless you absolutely need it. Also, this is great to replace those MAC addresses once you flash (as they're likely wiped with the entire CP wipe).
I'm requesting some assistance with getting my Wifi and Bluetooth operational again if possible, maybe it's kernel modules, I'm not 100% sure, however, in the debug menu (3845#*<MDLNM>#) there is logging options for certain sections of the system. I'll be more than happy to provide logs if requested, I just want my Wifi and BT back and I feel like I'm onto something maybe. Here's to hoping!
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What ROM are you currently on? Baseband as well.
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What ROM are you currently on? Baseband as well.
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Currently running V21E baseband & Prometheus ROM v1.5, I've managed to make the phone stable again, however still no Wifi or BT. Inside CP, AT%IMEI, %BTAD, and %MAC show correct, thanks for the assist.
If I was on AT&T, this lack of Wifi would be absolute murder, but thankfully, T-Mo's got 5GB of 4G so I can still use my phone, just not half the apps (like Netflix (it checks Wifi status and locks up), or XBMC remote).
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Currently running V21E baseband & Prometheus ROM v1.5, I've managed to make the phone stable again, however still no Wifi or BT. Inside CP, AT%IMEI, %BTAD, and %MAC show correct, thanks for the assist.
If I was on AT&T, this lack of Wifi would be absolute murder, but thankfully, T-Mo's got 5GB of 4G so I can still use my phone, just not half the apps (like Netflix (it checks Wifi status and locks up), or XBMC remote).
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I would say that you should try going back to FroYo and checking those addresses again.
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I would say that you should try going back to FroYo and checking those addresses again.
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I've gone back to FroYo without any change to Wifi or Bluetooth, but I'll go back to V10K and check the CP again.
Explanation
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I'm thinking of following some of the instructions for the lost IMEI, see if redoing the Communications Partition restores/fixes the BT and WiFi, I know stuff is getting corrupted when I crash while OC'd, and that's the only thing I haven't touched. I'll try it here tonight and see what I get. I still have both my WiFi and BT MAC addresses (WiFi stored in my router, BT in my computer when it was paired). So... I'll be trying that out soon as I get home today. Think it'll help?
So after fiddling around, I followed these steps from the reset your IMEI/SIM Unlock your phone thread, and started inspecting the CP payload that had to be flashed. I found a couple settings that I think people might find interesting:
1. Connect phone by USB
2. Activate USB debug mode
3. Enter 3845#*920# in dialer if that doesn’t work try 3845#*925#
4. Select Port Settings -> Select CP Image Download
5. A new device should appear at let it install
6. Open Tutty and select serial protocol. Click on open
7. Type AT if response is not OK, change port number (it is possible that when typing you don’t see any letters)
At this point, in order to check your Bluetooth MAC address, type AT%BTAD, this should display a string of 12 hex characters. IF you need to change your BT mac (such as putting it back in like I had to), use AT%BTAD=123456ABCDEF where "123456ABCDEF" is your Bluetooth MAC address (I had mine saved in my computer).
For Wireless MAC address: AT%MAC, same thing if you need to change it AT%MAC=123456ABCDEF. So far this has NOT restored my Wifi or Bluetooth, however it MAY help others who have suffered this loss. You will only need the Flash driver from that thread and tutty, so download the IMEI tool package, but don't worry about the CP unless you absolutely need it. Also, this is great to replace those MAC addresses once you flash (as they're likely wiped with the entire CP wipe).
I'm requesting some assistance with getting my Wifi and Bluetooth operational again if possible, maybe it's kernel modules, I'm not 100% sure, however, in the debug menu (3845#*<MDLNM>#) there is logging options for certain sections of the system. I'll be more than happy to provide logs if requested, I just want my Wifi and BT back and I feel like I'm onto something maybe. Here's to hoping!
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Please Explain Tutty. I get into the hidden screen and tried the download and nothing was downloaded, this is my first smartphone and do no that there is no MAC address for the bluetooth device. it is the only thing not working. Thanks in advance for the help.
My much-loved, rooted, V40 405QA with latest and last stock Android has worked great on Verizon since the 4G changeover forced me to move from ATT where it could NEVER make voice calls.
I should say that it has worked great until the last few months and I think this change is due to Verizon's final sunset of CDMA - which is supposed to have been completed 12/2022.
In the last few months I find that the voice/sms network is often on EMERGENCY only (not true of the data network which seems to recover just fine) - even if it was fine only a few minutes ago (in a different location, usually). And this can ONLY be remedied by rebooting the phone. You can see this in the phone's radio details (hard to get at as the normal settings UI has no link to it - but still possible in a couple ways).
It appears that this happens any/every time that the phone has network contact but looses it. This can be caused by passing through a dead zone or by turning flight mode on and then off. It happens every single time! And again, the only "fix" I can find is to reboot. This is clearly unacceptable.
It is NOT Verizon or my SIM. I have tested moving it from by V40 into the wife's Samsung S8+ and it does NOT do this at all. So it has to be something about my phone. Additionally, I put a T-Mobile SIM in the V40 and it does the same thing - only worse because T-Mobile coverage is so crappy where I live and it is almost one BIG dead zone.
I have tried all the network preference options to see if changing them has any influence. It does NOT. So I am really stuck here.
So:
1. Are others seeing this problem?
2. Are there any known work-arounds?
I really appreciate the time and any help.
I have found, by accident, that the issues reported above DO NOT occur if the phone is in Safe Mode.
This makes me think that some mod I have done via magisk, LsPosed, etc is the source of my problem.
Sadly, I cannot get at anything while the phone is in safe mode. I would try to use adb but this damn phone has long had issues with USB connectivity - described elsewhere. I have tried to make my terminal emulator or rooted file manager into system apps hoping that if they were I could use them within safe mode. But that doesn't work either.
I use Magisk all the time without, I must admit, understanding much of what it does or how it works. It just seems to... But now I really think I need to be able to get at files that Magisk seems to "protect" in the system as I suspect what I need might be in there. I have no idea where Magisk puts/keeps all this. I will post in the Magisk thread but thought I'd mention it here as well.
Thanks for any suggestions.