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I have a big problem which I hope all you Kaiser gurus can offer some advice:
I got my Kaiser two weeks ago, pop in my USA T-mobile sim card (GSM only) and it worked perfectly. I then went over to Taiwan and the device was put in Airplane mode for about 10 days. When I get back to the states, the phone no longer works; all other features of WM6 works except it the phone service.
It cannot find the t-mobile network regardless in auto or manual network selection mode. I tried the SIM card on my other phone and it works perfectly so that rules out the SIM card. I did a hard reset and it didn't cure the problem.
Question is, can the altitude or air cabin pressure somehow killed the phone portion of the unit?
What other diagnostic methods do you recommend?
Hmm I dont know if this is a good idea but emergency services like 911 should still work, even without service. And by that I mean without being signed up for service. So it might help to test 911, then hang up if it rings once. Just to see if your radio still works. If it does, then the issue might be that the phone is not configured correctly to T-mobile.
Now this is only true in the USA. I'm not sure where you are from. But given that the USA has just about the oldest infrastructure in any developed nation, I'm confident it can only be better where you are from.
No, 911 does not work. Does this mean my radio is fried? What can I do?
hmm... this sounds like a bad radio flash gone wrong... and not saying so!
I tried it with my friend's AT&T Sim and it worked perfectly. Does it mean it's the carrier's problem?
it means probably your phone got sim lock somehow. Just do hard spl and unlock it.
I'd get another T-Mobile sim card if your device works fine with an AT&T sim. I realize you said your T-Mobile sim works great in another phone, but that's the only thing that makes sense.
Ok I'll try that. Problem is, I have several other T-mobile lines and I tried those SIMS already and no cigar.
Anyone else can contribute any ideas? HTC is not support me because this is an import phone.
mutantblack said:
it means probably your phone got sim lock somehow. Just do hard spl and unlock it.
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This is MISLEADING info !
Hard-SPL = CID unlock = ROM options
it does NOT unlock the SIM !!
hello all
i got the "no sevice" problem which looks like the same as Valleydog's.
i got my kaiser about 1 month, everything goes very well
today im in class and turn on the flight mode.
when i turn off the flight mode, it cant find the sevice any more,it tells "no sevice"
i cant dial any number including 911,86,110 etc......i swap my friends' cards they couldnt work,too
oh,just a nightmare to me, i flash the htc ship rom(which contains a radio),problem still...
could anybody help me, was it suddenly sim locked? possible?
Why such bad thing happens on me(good person)...........
KAIS130 with hspl v1,flashed many roms without problem,just this problem suddenly scares me
Sheng
This happened to me briefly the other day; running a stock T-Mobiles Vario III with NO rom flashing done to it.
I went to make a call and there was no service. The phone had been in my pocket for a while. I soft reset it and it worked after that, but took about 5 minutes before it picked up a signal... It's been fine since though.
This really sucks... I will head down to the T-mobile store and try out all their SIM cards until I find one that works.
The thing that puzzles me is that the other carrier's SIM (AT&T) works fine
Why such bad thing happens on me(good person)...........
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Haha....im sure its got nothin to do with that....mebbe u dun pray enough
Here's an update...I tried 3 working SIMS cards in T-mobile store on my phone and it still does not get signal.
Very frustrated at this point.
My phone worked intermittently at one point but now it's dead again. What a piece of crap.
This is so annoying, and HTC have no answer regarding this issue.
It is clearly not a hardware fault!!!
I have the same problem & it is so frustrating you guys can't imagine.
I have always loved HTC machines, but I am thinking never again!
Regards
Andre'
saper747 (andre),
Where are you located and what have you done to troubleshoot the problem so far?
Did you call T-Mobile to see if they have something configured wrong on their end? If the phone works with an AT&T sim, it would seem something on T-Mobile's side wasn't right.
There is nothing wrong as confirmed by T-mobile, the same SIM works on any other unlocked phone except my Kaiser
valleydog said:
saper747 (andre),
Where are you located and what have you done to troubleshoot the problem so far?
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I am located in Israel I have tried 7 sim cards (2 -cellcom,3 -orange,1 -02 uk& 1-t-mobile ) non of them work on my Kaiser but they do in any other phone!!!
I have done soft resets & hard resets nothing helps.
it all started after I was trying to roam to another country and a day later my battery went dead, the next thing i new it wouldent register any network ,
Hi
I just got on at&T 8925, I put in sim card and it did not ask for unlock code, so I guess it is unlocked, I put in my sim card (Fido Canada,works in other phone) and it show "no service" can not find phone network signal.
I tried
ATT ROM 1.57.502.2 and
RUU_Kaiser_ROGERS_WWE_1.83.631.4_radio_sign_22.51.88.13_1.27.15.32R_Test.exe
radio 1.27.12.11 and 1.27.15.32
all same problem.
Can anyone help me, are these rom combinations not good? or something wrong with the device?
or anything I need to do?
thank you for your help !
Try another known-good SIM card. If you still cannot get service, then you probably have a hardware issue with the phone.
Sounds stupid, but did you make sure you put the SIM in the right way around.
You wouldn't believe how many people have not done this right.
Sounds like it's not unlocked... when I got mine it wasn't unlocked but it only asked for a code once.... just run the unlocker to be sure...
maybe to hard reset?
Hi thanks for everyone's help.
I think I put the sim card the right way , otherwise it will show 'no sim card'
I am keep trying other rom/radio; still no luck, it either keep searching or say 'no service'
I really hope it is not hardware problem.
hope if anyone has the experience and could help me
it really confuse me.
Thanks
alanalan11 said:
Hi thanks for everyone's help.
I think I put the sim card the right way , otherwise it will show 'no sim card'
I am keep trying other rom/radio; still no luck, it either keep searching or say 'no service'
I really hope it is not hardware problem.
hope if anyone has the experience and could help me
it really confuse me.
Thanks
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welll this might be a little solution i read in another thread...sum times the phone will not read the sim becuz its not making enough contact to the phone...so maybe a little piece of paper on top of the sim then put it in the phone MIGHT help..if it doesnt then ur phone is jacked up =P
or
when i put my tmobile sim in my unlocked 8925 it worked and then a couple our couldnt get n e service... and i checked my brothers phone and dad and they didnt have service too... so maybe sumtimes the network will nto work for a while. or sumthing
If you go in the phone options and do a manual network search, does it find anything?
Thanks brian_v3ntura:
but I tried paper, same thing, maybe not be contact problem.
Thanks kilrah:
I tried that, it shows " cannot read setting from network, try viewing setting later or disconnect data connection and try again."
I did saw something online that maybe because the Fido sim card maybe old (about 3 years), but it did work with sth. like Samsung blackjack II. maybe Kaiser is more complicated.
just wonding if anyone have experience that old sim card may have problem with new phones.
I will keeping trying...
My SIM card is about 4 years old.
I'd bet your Kaiser has a hardware problem.
Hi, guys
I tried a friend's Fido sim card, it works, I don't what's the difference, but it is just like that, maybe I should go get a new card.
Thanks everyone.
good
as one of the boys ur sim might be damaged/old (power failure issues most likely)
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Hi, guys
I tried a friend's Fido sim card, it works, I don't what's the difference, but it is just like that, maybe I should go get a new card.
Thanks everyone.
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yeah, just what confused me is that the sim card still work with my other phones.
Hey guys,
Long time lurker here... and I'm having the same problem.
I have a foreign (Cyprus CytaMobile Vodaphone) SIM in my Kaiser. A couple times over the last few days I was getting the "no service" but if I reset (turn on/off) the device it was fine. Today I cannot get service on it at all. I tried it in an unlocked 1G iPhone and it didn't seem to work either.
I thought maybe the SIM is dead, however when the device it's in starts up, it asks me for the PIN set on the SIM card. I enter the PIN, and it unlocks the SIM. How could the SIM be dead if the PIN authenticates? However, when I put my regular Canadian Rogers SIM in, it works fine.
Where it usually says "Searching.." on the home screen, I once got "Denied, searching.." but I haven't been able to reproduce it.
Any ideas? The provider doesn't have a local roaming agreement, however for the past year it has always registered on the network and allowed me to check balance and send text messages.
Is it most likely a dead SIM or blocked by Rogers? I'm doubting the blocked part, but the successful PIN entry is what has me baffled...
Thanks!
Chris
Ok different SIM card also from Cyprus Cytamobile in a SE w810 does the same thing. Is Rogers seriously all of a sudden blocking these? There is no local roaming agreement, however I would always get the Rogers welcome text's and even be able to check balances. I've been doing this off and on for 4 years...
Anyone ever heard of something like this?
Thanks,
Chris
P.S. Sorry, getting a bit off topic but I thought the initial problem was related!
EDIT: Ok, I can also see all the SIM contacts and SMS messages stored on the SIM.
alanalan11 said:
Hi
I just got on at&T 8925, I put in sim card and it did not ask for unlock code, so I guess it is unlocked, I put in my sim card (Fido Canada,works in other phone) and it show "no service" can not find phone network signal.
I tried
ATT ROM 1.57.502.2 and
RUU_Kaiser_ROGERS_WWE_1.83.631.4_radio_sign_22.51.88.13_1.27.15.32R_Test.exe
radio 1.27.12.11 and 1.27.15.32
all same problem.
Can anyone help me, are these rom combinations not good? or something wrong with the device?
or anything I need to do?
thank you for your help !
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I also have the same problem with my tytn, I have a bad feeling it is hardware If you manage to find the problem please let me know. I have tried the paper thing and also all new firmware and OS nothing helps
Try setting it to GSM only (disable 3G) and see what happens.
To do that go to Settings->Personal->Phone->Band->Network Type=GSM.
If it works then, you might want to read this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=419803
Got a new problem with my G1, basicaly I used my phone placed it in my pocket went out then when I next checked my phone I had no signal, I didn't take too much notice of it. When I got home and also there I had no signal, did the obvious rebooting, no joy. Then I did a wipe restarted the phone, still no signal now this is the strange part I had 3g because my phone let me sign in also started syncing my phone contact. I can browse on the net also download from the market but when i dial a number I get the message Not registered on network. So when I went to settings/call settings/network operators/available networks clicked on t-mobile it says Your SIM card does not allow a connection to this network. Then just for fun try it with the other network operators same message. Also my sdcard was reformated.
Then I downgraded to rc7 (dreaming.nbh) rebooted no call signal but can browse and use market so I've updated to android 1.5 ota still no joy any ideas I planing to take to a t-mobile store let them check it also has anyone else had this problem before.
wasuup said:
Got a new problem with my G1, basicaly I used my phone placed it in my pocket went out then when I next checked my phone I had no signal, I didn't take too much notice of it. When I got home and also there I had no signal, did the obvious rebooting, no joy. Then I did a wipe restarted the phone, still no signal now this is the strange part I had 3g because my phone let me sign in also started syncing my phone contact. I can browse on the net also download from the market but when i dial a number I get the message Not registered on network. So when I went to settings/call settings/network operators/available networks clicked on t-mobile it says Your SIM card does not allow a connection to this network. Then just for fun try it with the other network operators same message. Also my sdcard was reformated.
Then I downgraded to rc7 (dreaming.nbh) rebooted no call signal but can browse and use market so I've updated to android 1.5 ota still no joy any ideas I planing to take to a t-mobile store let them check it also has anyone else had this problem before.
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Sounds like a problem with your network, not with your phone. Either that, or your SIM card is fried. Assuming you're on T-Mobile from your post, you need to contact them for a new SIM card (you can do this inside any of their stores.)
lukekirstein said:
Sounds like a problem with your network, not with your phone. Either that, or your SIM card is fried. Assuming you're on T-Mobile from your post, you need to contact them for a new SIM card (you can do this inside any of their stores.)
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Just to prove my sim is working fine I have put my sim in an old nokia and just rung customer service and got my balance this proves my sim is in working nic.
On the G1 I can't call what so ever or send a text just getting 3g coverage.
Thanks for the advice.
wasuup said:
Just to prove my sim is working fine I have put my sim in an old nokia and just rung customer service and got my balance this proves my sim is in working nic.
On the G1 I can't call what so ever or send a text just getting 3g coverage.
Thanks for the advice.
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I'd probably try wiping and re-flashing.
h.nocturna said:
I'd probably try wiping and re-flashing.
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he did lol read the first post
in fact after doing so, he did a super wipe
Then I downgraded to rc7 (dreaming.nbh)
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It really may be the SIM card or the SIM card reader in your phone (more likely the SIM card) it may work on another phone
try cleaning the contacts (the ones on the phone, not the ones IN the phone) ?
Call customer service and ask them to take you off whatever tower your phone is now on? suposebly pulling the battery will do it to.. Also get Anycut and make a short cut to phone info an toggle radio on off?
same problem occasionally
wasuup said:
Got a new problem with my G1, basicaly I used my phone placed it in my pocket went out then when I next checked my phone I had no signal, I didn't take too much notice of it. When I got home and also there I had no signal, did the obvious rebooting, no joy. Then I did a wipe restarted the phone, still no signal now this is the strange part I had 3g because my phone let me sign in also started syncing my phone contact. I can browse on the net also download from the market but when i dial a number I get the message Not registered on network. So when I went to settings/call settings/network operators/available networks clicked on t-mobile it says Your SIM card does not allow a connection to this network. Then just for fun try it with the other network operators same message. Also my sdcard was reformated.
Then I downgraded to rc7 (dreaming.nbh) rebooted no call signal but can browse and use market so I've updated to android 1.5 ota still no joy any ideas I planing to take to a t-mobile store let them check it also has anyone else had this problem before.
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i'VE had the same issue, occasionally, I'm fairly certain its the sim card, not the phone. you can take the battery out, pull out the sim card, clean it up (don't use watter or anything that'll scratch it of course) and put it back in, make sure its securely in there, and boot up the phone, however, I've also noticed that sometimes in the middle of the night (like around 2AM to 330AM PST) sometimes cell coverage gives out for t-mobile where I'm at (friends confirmed), if you only just recently recieved 3g in yoru area, they are doing maintenance to get it up and running perfectly, so don't fret too much
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Another thing I did was made sure to mess with the APN settings. dont' edit them, just try and change your APN from T-mobile to ATT, wait for it to say "not supported by sim" and then switch back over to T-mobile, that worked for me twice now
I'm having this same problem, only I can't surf the web or use the market. :\ Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
Sorry to reply so late but the probem is now solved, this is what I did, I took out my sim card out the phone put it in an old phone to see if my sim had any issues but I forgot to take out the sim and put it back in my g1 went sleep.
Next morning put the sim in my g1 and all is fine got connection and all functions working, then waited a few hours no problems at all.
So I rerooted installed the danger spl and custom rom and the probem has just vanished, haven't got the slightest clue why that happened or what caused it.
The sim is new just under a month old lost my old 1 uk t-mobile charged me just under a £10 for a new 1 even if your on contract thiefs
wasuup said:
Sorry to reply so late but the probem is now solved, this is what I did, I took out my sim card out the phone put it in an old phone to see if my sim had any issues but I forgot to take out the sim and put it back in my g1 went sleep.
Next morning put the sim in my g1 and all is fine got connection and all functions working, then waited a few hours no problems at all.
So I rerooted installed the danger spl and custom rom and the probem has just vanished, haven't got the slightest clue why that happened or what caused it.
The sim is new just under a month old lost my old 1 uk t-mobile charged me just under a £10 for a new 1 even if your on contract thiefs
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its probably
A) the SIM got dislodged or
b) your G1 contacts were dirty.
All the above could cause the phone to not read the information on the SIM
Blowing the dust out/wiping the goldcontacts where the sim goes, and tightly inserting the sim might help, grandmegabosses
My Nexus was on 5.0.41, all working sweet, then it stopped "finding" the network. No update, flashing or anything was done prior to the problem.
I tried a SIM from another provider, but still - the "No Service" is written on screen, and when I try to search for networks, it says "Error searching for networks".
I then tried the following ideas (nothing helped):
- Reflashed the Radio image.
- downgraded the Radio image.
- Upgraded it again.
- Flashed the Stock ROM (unrooted and rooted).
- Flashed CM5053.
All was done with wipes as needed.
Any suggestions will be more than welcomed!
Can the device just get bricked like that? with no reason?
It sometimes identifies the SIM's provider (Orange for example) but always with No Service.
It sounds like your SIM card slot isn't holding the card in tight enough to make full contact... try putting a business card, cut down to size, between the SIM and the phone's frame (note, not the contacts side, but the back side) to force the SIM down onto the reader tighter.
If that does nothing, not sure what to tell you?
it didn't help
I'm Italian and I have the same your problem .. I only work in 2G GSM'...ve tried to see if you do so?
I opened another tread here Forum
You need a new SIM.
I just had this problem on Friday. The SIM some how falls of the network and your provider network will not allow it to reconnect.
I can't remember, but if I am right Orange is owned/owns by T-Mobile. Hence they have the same network.
The puzzling part about this is why it happens. This is the second SIM I have gone through with my N1, I also had one go with my G1, my sister bought that G1 and the SIM went out again. My mom bought her G1 same day as me and hers has died once. My friend has a MT3G and his has died two times now. I find this extremely annoying.
I tried every suggestion on the internet for repairing or troubleshooting a SIM. It is a waste of time. Well, everything short of dropping it in isoproply alcohol to clean the contact.
I tried a 2G and a 3G SIM on mine, and had the same result, so my problem is different.
My device just doesn't register with the network, no matter what provider or SIM generation I choose.
Can I ask for a RMA if I unlocked the bootloader?
I do not know you definitely do not pass it under warranty
Ryan then you say you clean the contacts of the nexus or the sim with isopropyl
Mine is now doing that as well and so far everything that I tried isn't fixing it. I get it to connect briefly with edge and then nothing. I am going to try a new sim tonight after work and see if that helps, otherwise unsure of what to do after that...anybody got any answers or suggestions?
I've been suffering from this... have an RMA coming but I got mine to work. Make sure you also have CDMA preferred on there or whatever the default is. If it says unknown you have to reboot the radio somehow. I pulled my battery, waited 5-10 seconds. Then i went and checked airplane mode on and off. Then i checked the service menu again. I can't remember if i had to pull the battery another time but it came back from "unknown" to cdma preferred. You can also try turning the radio on and off via the service menu. Finally select your radio bands for your region by pressing the menu button under phone information again in the service menu and select radio bands. I'm not sure if automatic is a good or bad idea but it couldn't hurt testing it if you still have some issues even after selecting your region specific bands. After this you should be able to maybe search and register or you may need to turn the radio on and off again via airplane or the service menu. I played around with it alot to get it running again.
Also I'm tmobile usa using the one for t-mobile bands. I'm not sure if CDMA preferred is a world wide setting or if its gsm or something else.. but the bands are specific to your region definitely.
Yes, I have read every other thread I could find.
Anyways, I bought a Samsung Captivate on Kijijii. I did test it before I bought it, and it picked up 5 bars, and more importantly, held the 5 bars.
Took it home, and ordered the unlock code, which took a few days to get through. In the meantime I upgraded the phone from 2.2 to 2.3.3. Everything seemed to be fine. Got the unlock code, put in my SIM card, put in the unlock code....everything worked perfectly. It didn't pick up a signal though at first, which is a problem with my carrier(I think). They make you go in and manually search and then register. Which I did. Well, for the longest time it wouldn't find the carrier. I have pretty crappy service, so I went outside, still nothing.....went to work and stood under a cell repeater which gives 5 strong bars to any other phone, and my Captivate would show my carrier, I would register, and it would get 1 bar, and then within 10 seconds, it would lose signal again. All while I was standing right beside the cell repeater.
Not only that, but for some reason it would turn on flight mode, and then when I would try to disable it, it would sit there for about 20 min doing nothing.
I went back to 2.2.....still did the same thing. Went to 2.3.3 again, still the same problem. Tried 3 different modems for my specific model phone, 1 of them would find the network instantly, register within 10 seconds, and then drop signal again and go into enabling flight mode, and being a general pain in the ass to turn off. I would actually have to reboot the phone to be able to search for networks again.
The phone came from Rogers, so I put in my brothers Rogers SIM card, and it instantly found the network, registered and gave me 2 bars without me having to do anything. Except then it began dropping signal, getting signal back...dropping it, getting it back. It is winter here right now, and we do have spotty service, but I have Samsung Fascinate that holds at least 1 bar consistently. Not sure if the antenna strength is better. From what I understand they are more or less the same.
I swapped out my SIM card into a different unlocked phone and got service instantly, and then put another different SIM card into the Captivate, and it had the same problem.
I'm pretty much out of options. I'll try tomorrow to see if I can hold a Rogers signal better, which it hopefully can because I'm thinking of selling it.
But I'm inclined to believe that it might be a software problem. Problem is I have no idea what to do in order to fix it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Played around with it a bit more. On 2.3.3 with the KH3 modem installed, it will find the network, then try to connect for 10 min, where it will then say 'unable to connect, please try later.'
Then after clicking again, it will say 'unable to connect, select automatic registration' and then sit there for another 5 min. When it finally comes back, I will click on 'select automatically' and it will say after a couple min, 'registered on network', but won't get signal.
All of this I do with 5 bars service. Or in an area with 5 bars service.
Also, the flight mode constantly comes on, and disables 'mobile networks'....so I can't access it. And its a bit weird that it would do that, since any other android phone that I've had, when I lost service, it would constantly try to connect, not go into flight mode and refuse to come out.
Would it help to install a custom ROM on it? I'm going to try going back to 2.2 and test some more stuff. Problem is the small amount of time I spent with 2.2 last night, the phone would crash everytime I tried searching for networks.
After playing around with it even more, I'm convinced that it says 'error while searching for networks' because the phone constantly jumps back into flight mode.
Even when it does get a signal and registers, the phone jumps back into flight mode within a couple seconds, and bang the signal is gone.
Are you flashing with the sim card in the phone? Or if you are flashing through cwm are you leaving the usb cable plugged in?
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Are you flashing with the sim card in the phone? Or if you are flashing through cwm are you leaving the usb cable plugged in?
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I flashed with Odin, WITH the SIM card in the phone. I never bothered to take it out. Would it make a difference?
I actually just flashed back to 2.2 with the SIM card in the phone. It found the network, registered on the network, but then dropped signal and activated flight mode again.
Odin flash goes like this. Put phone into download mode, plug phone into USB, open Odin, put 2.2 file into 'phone' section, make sure re-partition isn't checked, click start, and it does everything it should do. Phone restarts running 2.2.
No open ODIN FIRST!!! And then plug in phone... know your stuff before you give false info.
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After flashing back to 2.3.3 without the SIM card in the phone, I still get the same problem. But the phone doesn't seem to constantly be going back into flight mode.
Does the modem file change if you go back to 2.2 and back up to 2.3.3? I might have flashed the wrong modem or something.
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No open ODIN FIRST!!! And then plug in phone... know your stuff before you give false info.
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I'm not quite sure what you mean. I've done it both ways, and each time the flash has been successful.
I should mention that baseband version on my status menu says 'I896UXKH2.'
And I'm running 2.3.3.
So I'm not sure if the modem changes when you go back to 2.2. I forgot to check that.
I thought you were suppose to put it in the pda slot not the phone??
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I thought you were suppose to put it in the pda slot not the phone??
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I did actually put it into the PDA slot. Sorry.
Anyways, rooted and installed CM7, installed the KC1 radio, which SHOULD work in Canada on the 850mhz band, and when I search for networks, the only network it finds is Can Rogers Wireless Inc. Up till now it found MTS as well, which is the network I want to use.
I have an MTS(working SIM card) inside the phone. Just bizarre. Could the unlock code not have worked correctly?
Just completely bizarre. I couldn't get any modem to even recognize and find my network of choice, MTS.
So I went back to exactly how the found was when I bought it. Stock 2.2. Going to find out if even a Rogers SIM card will work in it.
There could be two possible things:
1. Unlock code would had messed up.
2. Corrupt IMEI number! Check IMEI number on the box of your phone or below battery and compare with that of the phone (*#06# or settings)...
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There could be two possible things:
1. Unlock code would had messed up.
2. Corrupt IMEI number! Check IMEI number on the box of your phone or below battery and compare with that of the phone (*#06# or settings)...
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+1 you beat me to it!
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bindaasathar said:
There could be two possible things:
1. Unlock code would had messed up.
2. Corrupt IMEI number! Check IMEI number on the box of your phone or below battery and compare with that of the phone (*#06# or settings)...
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The IMEI number on the status menu on the phone is identical to the phone under the battery.
So that leaves the unlock code. The guy who gave it to me, cellunlocker.net gave me instructions for locking it to a specific carrier. I tried that with MTS, and it doesn't work. Basically you punch in a code in the dialer, put in the MCC/MNC code, put in the network lock code, and lock it for that carrier. It said it worked successfully, so I have no idea what else went wrong.
The instructions I mentioned above he gave me after I told him the original method didn't work. That method being putting in non-accepted SIM card, and the box pops up asking for network unlock code. I punched the code in he gave me, and it said unlock successful.
Anything else I should do?
I have the similar problem on any 2.1~2.3 stock firmware which I have tried.
I'm using Tmobile now, and the IMEI is correct.
But I only receive 1 bar or no bar signals.
tennyleaz said:
I have the similar problem on any 2.1~2.3 stock firmware which I have tried.
I'm using Tmobile now, and the IMEI is correct.
But I only receive 1 bar or no bar signals.
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So you unlocked your phone as well? Perhaps the bands are wrong? I know T-mobile uses a different band than other US providers.
In my case, the Captivate uses the 850/1900 bands, which is what Rogers and MTS use.
MTS being the carrier I want to use it on.
Azure1203 said:
The IMEI number on the status menu on the phone is identical to the phone under the battery.
So that leaves the unlock code. The guy who gave it to me, cellunlocker.net gave me instructions for locking it to a specific carrier. I tried that with MTS, and it doesn't work. Basically you punch in a code in the dialer, put in the MCC/MNC code, put in the network lock code, and lock it for that carrier. It said it worked successfully, so I have no idea what else went wrong.
The instructions I mentioned above he gave me after I told him the original method didn't work. That method being putting in non-accepted SIM card, and the box pops up asking for network unlock code. I punched the code in he gave me, and it said unlock successful.
Anything else I should do?
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I ordered my unlock code from cellunlock.net and it didn't take. I used the Galaxy S Unlock app and it worked fine. When you enter *#7465625# it does show the network lock as off right?
codwif said:
I ordered my unlock code from cellunlock.net and it didn't take. I used the Galaxy S Unlock app and it worked fine. When you enter *#7465625# it does show the network lock as off right?
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Didn't take as in it said it cannot unlock? Because when I put in the code from cellunlock it said unlock successful.
But I didn't know you could check with that code. I'll do that later. Thanks.
So apparently I had locked the phone to MTS. Put in a Fido SIM card to try something different, and it said enter network unlock code. Entered the unlock code I got, and it said unlock successful.
Now when I type in *#7465625# it says 'off' under all the headings, just like my Fascinate says.
It still holds signal, loses signal though with Fido. I have no idea if that is a problem or what is going on. It'll get 2 bars, or about -99dbm, 5asu, and then suddenly drop it. Get it back again....drop it after 10 seconds.
Apparently flight mode is going on, going off, going on, going off....which is apparently why it loses signal, and gets it back again.