Hello XDA,
I have an LG G2 on Verizon that is showing the cell radio being off. I am not sure how to get it back "on". Antennae wires are on perfect, just not showing any cell signal on the signal bar whatsoever.....phone was give to me from a friend and I assumed I could just fix it! When I go to make a call it says " Airplane Mode on" and when I select to shut if off, it not being on in the first place, nothing happens. I have tried to use Toggle Cell and Cell Radio Shutoff and neither works, the Cell Radio Shutoff actually stops in error.
HEEEEELLLPPP!!!!!!
Bought a phone off ebay and have the same problem. Have you found a solution yet? Mine reads the sim card, but no reception to make a call or connect to data. I'm thinking its a hardware issue or the efs got jacked up.
I have this same problem on att note 3. I have not found a solution yet. No pattern, just the phone may, or may not boot with radios on. Grrrr
would be willing to bet that someone flashed a ROM that is not compatible with the radio - they need to match. TOT it back to factory stock and try it.
So. I've gotten service back.
What makes it work is to make sure airplane mode is off and turn off the phone from 5 - 100 minutes.
With one ROM, firekat, I was able to boot a few times with radios on if I left the phone off for 4 minutes. This new ROM seems to take longer. I ended up leaving it off over night and it "works" now :/ would like a better fix.
98% of the time when I boot up airplane mode is on and the radios can't be switched.
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Actually. It works if you make sure airplane mode is on, I turn it off and on with tasker and secure settings. Leave the phone off for 10 minutes. Boot it up. Airplane mode should still be on, turn it off, and voila. Service.
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I know this has been mentioned before, but the only thing that was mentioned, was the sim card. well i'm getting CONSTANT dropped calls now. i'm on the phone, and suddenly i hear nothing, then the phone drops the call, and i notice the signal strength and data indicator have x's by em (usually meaning flight mode). after a few seconds, the signal goes back to normal. this has happened at least 30 times in the past couple weeks, if not more. i even thought that it could be the sim card i was using (GEMPLUS), so i switched with a 3G one from Cingular, and at first i thought everything was ok, but now it's happening more and more often. i know it's not the network, as i haven't had this problem until flashing with summiter's 2.17 rom. i'm at a loss, but i guess i'm just waiting for cingular's updated rom that could fix this...
I would reflash it. Mine was having problems signing into the data service. Everytime I would disconnect from Activesync cable it would try a bunch of times to sign in but could not. I would have to go into comm manager and turn the phone off and back on and it would sign on. Reflashed and my problems went away. Does not make sence my it would take 2 flashes to get it right but so far so good.
the only plug-in i'm using is pocket weather, but i don't see how that would put the phone back into flight mode, while in a call. reflashing is SUCH a pain in the ass but i guess i'll do it if that's the last resort.
Is anyone else experiencing issues with data not staying on. I am rooted but don't have a custom rom installed. periodically, i have to put my phone in plane mode to get my data to work.
i know what your talkin bout. every so often the EVDO will just leave my phone. i usally just turn wifi on and back off and it goes back to normal. Sometimes tho i have to soft reset my phone in order for Data to work.
My rooted hero does that at times, as well. I just turn airplane mode on and then off again and that fixes it.
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How can I do that?
You mean on your plan? or on your phone?
On my phone. Right now, I have a gophone sim in it, and I don't want it connecting to the internet as it keeps using up money everytime it does.
I think APNdroid has that option. The only problem is it won't always cut off data unless you go toggle airplane mode or reboot.
You need data to receive pictures.
Question is irrelevant.
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Well then bassahaulic, how can I make it to where data turns on ONLY for MMS?
I would like an answer for this as well. I don't want my data on all the time - it drains my battery. However, if someone sends me an MMS text while my data is off, I don't even get a notification. I don't even get the text once I turn data back on. I don't find that acceptable either.
Is there a workaround so that your data doesn't have to be on 100% of the time just on the possibility of receiving a MMS text?
Also - the same applies to when I'm on WIFI. I tested it out by having my wife send me one. On WIFI the phone screen turned on when the MMS text was sent (and I assume when I would've received it), but no notification. On 3G - I received the MMS Text.
I am currently using Handsent as well
here you go its called toggle data
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-camurphy-toggledata-jCE.aspx
install it, run it and reboot
sfernandez said:
here you go its called toggle data
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install it, run it and reboot
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Thanks for the suggestion. I gave it a try and did what you suggested (ran it with data off and then rebooted) but once I turned data back on, it wouldn't go back off using the toggle . Man, that would've been awesome if it had worked.
Any other suggestions?
I found that "APN OnOff" by Curvefish works perfectly for what I was looking for - can turn data off and still get MMS texts. Now to actually download the picture I need to turn data back on, but at least I know it's there, and that makes all the difference.
Only draw back to it is that you have to go into flight mode for the switched settings to take affect. I'm okay with that little nuisance though. Much better than rebooting the phone.
Thanks for the suggestions. This is a great forum.
Why can't we just go into plane mode and keep WIFI on? AM I missing something? (Maybe I just asked a super dumb question)
In plane mode you can't receive calls or texts.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I gave it a try and did what you suggested (ran it with data off and then rebooted) but once I turned data back on, it wouldn't go back off using the toggle . Man, that would've been awesome if it had worked.
Any other suggestions?
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If you dont want to shut off phone all the time you can install this
Here's an app that will launch some of the codes(phone, service menu, gps etc) that you can use... like the 1st option with phone/battery/usage info that u can hit and just shut off the radio then turn it right back on..its a pain in the ass put hey it works..lol
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748859
APN changes can take effect if you toggle the airplane mode... ie:
hold the power button
turn it on (radio off)
hold the power button
turn it off (radio on)
Worked for me when I used to use APNdroid anyway.
Well I tried using APNOnOff. Thought it was working (using plane mode) but if I left data off for an extended amount of time I would need to restart the phone to get it going again.
If I used that code program, does it turn off all data or are you saying flipping that switch would make these APN toggles work without rebooting?
Why did you stop using APNdroid?
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Well I tried using APNOnOff. Thought it was working (using plane mode) but if I left data off for an extended amount of time I would need to restart the phone to get it going again.
If I used that code program, does it turn off all data or are you saying flipping that switch would make these APN toggles work without rebooting?
Why did you stop using APNdroid?
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If you use that code thing you can turn on & off the radio so you dont need 2 reboot every time, thats what i did b4 i went 2 I9000XFJM6 Rom.
I dont use APNdroid because I had read different people giving issues with messing up there data, so I just have been using the toggle data.
Ok cool. Now at least I have a backup plan. My battery lasts SO MUCH LONGER with data "off". I went back to Toggle Data to give it a try with plane mode toggling. So far it's working great.
Out of nowhere when i rebooted my phone i got a messege on my phone saying "The SIM card was recently removed, sign into your account to verify identiy" I try loging in but it says its wrong. I cant do anything with the phone when its like this. I found a work around with a custom lockscreen if i turn on airplane mode as soon as it turns on. but its extremly annyoying not being able to use the home button!!! So if anyone has a fix please tell me D:. Im rooted and safestraped on a deoxed version of the stock rom (well i think it is) I just got the phone last night, i started having thease issues later this morning though.
Its a known issue with the RAZR and the Droid 4, the only solution is to hard reset the device.
If anyone is curious I actually found a temp fix for this!! What you do is you restart your phone, as soon as it turns on, quickly turn airplane mode on. Your phone works perfectly now...its just useless. SO TO FIX THAT. You must then go to wireless settings and turn on wifi. Our main goal is to remove your email from accounts, in my case, it was my verizon yahoo email. I think its whatever email shows up for you to verify. If you try removing it over wifi though it will have a server error.
So since you can at least go in the market now (or google play now or whatever lol) you should download an app called LockMenu (free version) that will replace your lockscreen and it has a slider to go directly to your home launcher, once that works fine you can turn airplane mode off. (Your home button and notification bar dont work right now btw) In any case now that your phones data is on again you can now just go to accounts and remove the cursed email.
Now just reboot, and you shouldn't have the error!
Hallelujah
I signed up for an account just to say Thank You to Artic.Light!! I was customizing my phone and while setting up my gmail account activity feed my phone froze up. Upon reboot I received the "SIM card removed" message and was completely f-ing devastated. My GF is 9 months preggers and was out and about in heavy rain so communication was critical. I was freaking out and scrambling for like a half hour looking online for someone who cracked the code. After finally finding and following Artic.Light's instructions my phone is back up and running fine and I could not be happier!! Mega Huge Thanx!!!!
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I found a fix for this. Do what the guy said and put the phone in airplane mode. Reboot the phone and turn it back on. Airplane mode should still be on when the phone comes back on. Simply go to the dial pad. call someone, it will give you a message about airplane mode being turned off, just ignore it and complete the phone call. Stay connected in the phone call for about 2 minutes to allow the sim card to refresh. and thats it.
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I found a fix for this. Do what the guy said and put the phone in airplane mode. Reboot the phone and turn it back on. Airplane mode should still be on when the phone comes back on. Simply go to the dial pad. call someone, it will give you a message about airplane mode being turned off, just ignore it and complete the phone call. Stay connected in the phone call for about 2 minutes to allow the sim card to refresh. and thats it.
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Nick, did your solution continue to work after fixing it and then powering off? Unfortunately, it did not for me. I'd been using the power off in airplane mode method, then after powering on, make a call. I typically just call me voice mail and hang up after a few seconds. Your suggestion gave me hope but after leaving the call open (with my work phone) for several minutes (and trying it a couple times, it reverted back to the same issue.
Does anyone know why they don't just fix the bug?
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I signed up for an account just to say Thank You to Artic.Light!! I was customizing my phone and while setting up my gmail account activity feed my phone froze up. Upon reboot I received the "SIM card removed" message and was completely f-ing devastated. My GF is 9 months preggers and was out and about in heavy rain so communication was critical. I was freaking out and scrambling for like a half hour looking online for someone who cracked the code. After finally finding and following Artic.Light's instructions my phone is back up and running fine and I could not be happier!! Mega Huge Thanx!!!!
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well i'm glad to have helped!!!
in other news.....meh...i dont know what actually causes the bug...i ended just doing a factory reset...I think that fixed my problem....still annoying as heck though
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You just need to mention the e-mail account password I tried and it works perfectly.
I have a Bionic that i just put ICS on. 4G was killing my battery so i used *#*#4346#*#* to put it in CDMA auto. Now it won't let me revert back to LTE/cdma/evdo. I choose that setting and it automatically changes it back to CDMD auto. I haven't seen 4G since i did this. Please help! My wifes phone gets 4g service, so i know the service isn't down.
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I have a Bionic that i just put ICS on. 4G was killing my battery so i used *#*#4346#*#* to put it in CDMA auto. Now it won't let me revert back to LTE/cdma/evdo. I choose that setting and it automatically changes it back to CDMD auto. I haven't seen 4G since i did this. Please help! My wifes phone gets 4g service, so i know the service isn't down.
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Mine did the same thing. I got mine back somehow. If I recall, I set it to the original setting again. After that I turned off data, and turned off the radio all together. Rebooted and it worked. I made a thread about this in the general section but 200 views later no response.
I had to do a factory reset to get mine back.
Been too scared to turn off 4g since.
I've heard of people having similar issues and were able to solve it by turning off the phone, removing the SIM card and powering it back on, then turning it off again re-inserting the SIM and then turning it back on. Not sure if it will help in your situation, but it's worth a try before a FDR.
Same here. Been too afraid to change it again.
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Weird. I'm on leak 6.7.230 and it happily toggles between 3G and 3G+4G through that menu.
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I know I'm late to the party here, but i wanted to add my 2 cents, as i just got a Bionic and had this problem.
I used the LTE on/off app to turn the 4g off to save battery. When i wanted 4G back, it would not come back. I tried restarting, pulling the battery with the phone on, booting with no sim, etc. Nothing worked. Setting the phone to 4g would cause it to lose all data connections. The 3G would always stay on for about 20 secs, before dropping.
Finally, after a restart with, i went to the *#*#4346#*#* screen, set it to 4G, and pulled the battery before the data dropped (i already had the phone case open so a battery pull could be performed quickly. I then let the phone sit for a good 5+ minutes without a battery in it, and when i finally booted back up the 4G was there.
Now i don't know if this was a coincidence or not (i'm not going to try to replicate it, i'm leaving well-enough alone), but i wanted to share my experience b/c this thread was one of the top hits on Google for this specific problem. So hopefully this will help someone out.