i had my phone in my pocket.. and it just got extremely hot so i checked on it and it was syncing so i was like whatever.. then i get a call. then it instantly dropped. and i was not getting no signal at all.. popped the battery out put it back in..
wave secure locked my phone down gladly remembered my password was 123456 after 15 tries. then it said my simcard cant be read... popped it out and put it in my iphone. same ish.. had to go out and buy a new simcard...
called tmobile up, customer service call dropped like 8 times soon as i finish saying that long ass number on the simcard
so im guessing the heat may be a real problem
ehm.. i have this issue with NOkia phone before. I always feel hot on the skin
near the pocket and everytime i see my skin whEre the handphone rest, it always burnt and from there i realized that constantly opening my wireless is not a good idea. I am not sure if it happened to you due to same thing.
Also i realized some rom is overclock and generated the heat too much which i think might not do your phone good in the long run.
Anyway, this is just my idea.
.......wat
Sounds more like your SIM-card failed than that your phone actually fried it.
Do you use a case?
Wow, sounds like some program was preventing your phone from sleeping, or a runaway process running the CPU constantly. The phone should NEVER get got if you aren't using it for anything.
Could also be a bad sim triggered something that kept trying to access it too, so that could have been what kept your phone running enough to heat up.
Call google, they got good support.
Although if you're rooted and reflashed.. they will say its ur ROM/kernel that does that.
I bought 2 Herod with CDMA about 18months ago.
Each day I have differenet problem but I don't want to talk about that.
2 days ago both phones sratrted to break voice while calling and even while connecting.
We wern't be able to talk because people heard us good but we couldn't understand even 10% of words.
I called Sprint(my phone carrier) customer service and I spent 3 hrs on telling what's my problem.
As usual it ended up on that they see no problems with my service and told me to check phone in the store.
I already did that procedure more than 5 times, spending more than 200hrs on talking with CS, driving to store and replacing both phones 4 times. Nothing ever changed so we just think that we try to live with those problems until contract ends.
But this is too much.
We both have rooted phones and installed CyjanogenMod7. It was working better but all problems stayed.
So.... now...
Lady on the phone updated our phones/profiles and since that moment both phones died.. literally died. That exactly happened half day later when I wwas at work. Both phones always act the same(weird right?)
So now they act in 4 ways(randomly)
1)phones are dead, I can't turn it on. Removing battery doesn't help
2)phones can be turned on. I see HTC logo and nothing else
3)phones can be turned on but they constantly restart themselves after showing HTC logo for 5-10sec
4)finally phones can be turned on but I have no connectivity, no internet, no bars and big sign "searching for signal"
BTW I have signal in my house, it's not like I moved to North Pole or something.
Usually my phone is dead and the best part is that even I finally turn it on...somehow then it's going to turn off after few minutes and I will never see signal(super weird).
It all started to happen after updating your profiles and phones but you can call me crazy but I got a feeling that they "broke" our phones wirelessly because I asked really bad for corporate number and for waiving my cancellation fees because I just have enough. That is the most... the worst company and phone ever.
Please help me. Maybe there is something I can do.
probably not much help here but try to update profile and prl again from stock sense 2.1 rom
no service/connectivity/signal sounds like a bad radio flash, try to update your radio to the latest sprint offering, if nothing else works a ##786# reset saved me one day from a bad pri, good luck and i hope you figure out whats wrong
My phone doesn't want to turn on from 3hrs(didn't happen yet) and I can't charge it. That is the end...
I'm goingf tomorrow to pay all fees and get new phones and plans in different carrier.
I couldn't run it yesterday anymore. But today it finally turned on and I'm charging it(17%). What is the quickest mnethod to install stock rom? Can you give me some links?
sorry for the late posting, but here you go:
http://support.sprint.com/support/a...e-gb746811-20091009-155624?&INTNAV=SU:DP:HDIA
read through that and you should be able to get back to complete stock
hope that helps some, and good luck
Is there anything out there that you can run on your phone that would require a password to shut off the phone? I've tried the passwords which will keep someone at the locked screen so my GPS should be able to stay on, but if they can shut off my phone then I cannot ring it or locate it with Android Device Manager. Turning off the phone is the first thing thieves do with a stolen phone and the ONE doesn't allow for a simple battery pull.
So anyway to lock the phone on? This should also keep them from getting to the bootloader and recovery right?
FrankthaTank said:
Is there anything out there that you can run on your phone that would require a password to shut off the phone? I've tried the passwords which will keep someone at the locked screen so my GPS should be able to stay on, but if they can shut off my phone then I cannot ring it or locate it with Android Device Manager. Turning off the phone is the first thing thieves do with a stolen phone and the ONE doesn't allow for a simple battery pull.
So anyway to lock the phone on? This should also keep them from getting to the bootloader and recovery right?
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Not really. Just toss the phone into a basement or non-windowed place and let the battery die after the radios go nuts trying to get a signal lock.
But no. Allowing that to happen would be a gross user flaw because it would prevent use of the phone if something hung.
Rirere said:
Not really. Just toss the phone into a basement or non-windowed place and let the battery die after the radios go nuts trying to get a signal lock.
But no. Allowing that to happen would be a gross user flaw because it would prevent use of the phone if something hung.
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Yeah, I thought of that. You do still need a way to reset if the phone hung. I just figured keeping it on will give me enough time to track it until they get it into place with no signal and the batt dies. Tracking it on a friends phone while following a possibly dangerous thief might not be a good idea anyway.
My new plan is to tether the phone physically to myself in places with possible thieves.
Doesn't the NSA have some sort of trojan that can track phones when they're off? How do we get that?
FrankthaTank said:
Yeah, I thought of that. You do still need a way to reset if the phone hung. I just figured keeping it on will give me enough time to track it until they get it into place with no signal and the batt dies. Tracking it on a friends phone while following a possibly dangerous thief might not be a good idea anyway.
My new plan is to tether the phone physically to myself in places with possible thieves.
Doesn't the NSA have some sort of trojan that can track phones when they're off? How do we get that?
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If such a thing existed, then it would likely rely on low-power background communication from phone radios. While the NSA can do a lot of things because of their enormous degree of integration, let's not pretend they can bend the laws of physics-- no signal is going to mean untrackable. Heck, I'd buy one of those signal blocking bags and just toss in anything I stole until I was underground.
Rirere said:
If such a thing existed, then it would likely rely on low-power background communication from phone radios. While the NSA can do a lot of things because of their enormous degree of integration, let's not pretend they can bend the laws of physics-- no signal is going to mean untrackable. Heck, I'd buy one of those signal blocking bags and just toss in anything I stole until I was underground.
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That would be dealing with quite the prepared thief to be carrying a signal blocking bag with them wherever they go. lol. Obviously a complete lack of signal would keep even the NSA clueless of the phone's whereabouts. I mean you could defeat LoJack if you drive a stolen car into the back of a truck set up as a Faraday cage, but people still find it useful since most car thieves don't do that.
Just wondering if anyone has developed something that actually would be useful in retrieving a phone since phone thieves do immediately shut the phone off.
One important security-related difference I have noticed after installing this ROM over the stock ROM I had:
On my stock ROM, holding down the power/sleep button on the lock screen used to do NOTHING. I had to unlock my phone (with the pattern lock) before I could power off the phone.
On this ROM, I can power off the phone even when it is locked.
If a thief steals my phone, I want to be able to track them as long as possible. As the HTC One does not have an easily removable battery, they would not be able to power off the phone or its data connection with my lockscreen password. On this ROM, that security feature is gone.
I'm hoping this is just an obscure setting somewhere, but I already tried checking in Settings -> Security and Settings -> Power. Can anyone give me some insight into this?
ZippyDan said:
If a thief steals my phone, I want to be able to track them as long as possible. As the HTC One does not have an easily removable battery, they would not be able to power off the phone or its data connection with my lockscreen password. On this ROM, that security feature is gone.
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There is a Xposed module that can be used instead of the one in this ROM that has exactly what you are concerned.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2594642
Sent by smoke signals, then translated to Morse, and digitized by Monkeys.
ZippyDan said:
One important security-related difference I have noticed after installing this ROM over the stock ROM I had:
On my stock ROM, holding down the power/sleep button on the lock screen used to do NOTHING. I had to unlock my phone (with the pattern lock) before I could power off the phone.
On this ROM, I can power off the phone even when it is locked.
If a thief steals my phone, I want to be able to track them as long as possible. As the HTC One does not have an easily removable battery, they would not be able to power off the phone or its data connection with my lockscreen password. On this ROM, that security feature is gone.
I'm hoping this is just an obscure setting somewhere, but I already tried checking in Settings -> Security and Settings -> Power. Can anyone give me some insight into this?
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if your phone is stolen, this is your friend. google.com/android/devicemanager just log in with your e-mail and you're good to go
ZippyDan said:
One important security-related difference I have noticed after installing this ROM over the stock ROM I had:
On my stock ROM, holding down the power/sleep button on the lock screen used to do NOTHING. I had to unlock my phone (with the pattern lock) before I could power off the phone.
On this ROM, I can power off the phone even when it is locked.
If a thief steals my phone, I want to be able to track them as long as possible. As the HTC One does not have an easily removable battery, they would not be able to power off the phone or its data connection with my lockscreen password. On this ROM, that security feature is gone.
I'm hoping this is just an obscure setting somewhere, but I already tried checking in Settings -> Security and Settings -> Power. Can anyone give me some insight into this?
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I have found avast make such an app that your after I can't get URL at the moment but search through the play store for avast rooted and stolen, I will see if I can get you a link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.avast.android.antitheft_setup
dronepro said:
if your phone is stolen, this is your friend. google.com/android/devicemanager just log in with your e-mail and you're good to go
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Didn't know about this, thanks. But it is useless if the phone is OFF (I just tested).
Madaz2 said:
I have found avast make such an app that your after I can't get URL at the moment but search through the play store for avast rooted and stolen, I will see if I can get you a link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.avast.android.antitheft_setup
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I already have a paid subscription to Avast Anti-Theft and it is installed on my rooted HTC. I appreciate the suggestion but you are entirely missing my point. It is BECAUSE I have installed tracking software on my phone that I am so concerned about someone being able to turn off the phone at the lockscreen. Avast is slightly more useful than the google device manager because it can keep a historical record of where your phone has been, but it is still not very useful in finding a stolen phone if the phone is OFF and not transmitting current data about where the phone is!!
Thela7 said:
There is a Xposed module that can be used instead of the one in this ROM that has exactly what you are concerned.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2594642
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This looks good, but I am left uncertain about whether it would work on this phone. Browsing the thread reveals this information:
Confirmed Working Devices/Firmwares
HTC devices: HTC One X 4.2.2 stock Rom with Sense 5
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Promising, except we are on 4.4 now. And the thread also indicates there were problems getting it working with Sony devices after 4.3 which had to be fixed in a separate mod. I also see this note:
A user has reported that sound options disappear when using this mod on HTC One. I currently have no idea why this happens, and I'm too busy to figure it out at this moment. Sorry.
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ZippyDan said:
I already have a paid subscription to Avast Anti-Theft and it is installed on my rooted HTC. I appreciate the suggestion but you are entirely missing my point. It is BECAUSE I have installed tracking software on my phone that I am so concerned about someone being able to turn off the phone at the lockscreen. Avast is slightly more useful than the google device manager because it can keep a historical record of where your phone has been, but it is still not very useful in finding a stolen phone if the phone is OFF and not transmitting current data about where the phone is!!
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yeah, but IF you have lost or had your phone stolen i was pretty sure if they take out your sim and put in a new one the phone will go into stolen mode and features will be disabled
Madaz2 said:
yeah, but IF you have lost or had your phone stolen i was pretty sure if they take out your sim and put in a new one the phone will go into stolen mode and features will be disabled
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I'm not worried about that. In my opinion, the first few hours after a theft are the most crucial (in fact, the first hour while he is escaping to his den). What I'm worried about is the thief IMMEDIATELY turning off the phone after it gets stolen, and then having the phone wiped at his leisure.
ZippyDan said:
I'm not worried about that. In my opinion, the first few hours after a theft are the most crucial (in fact, the first hour while he is escaping to his den). What I'm worried about is the thief IMMEDIATELY turning off the phone after it gets stolen, and then having the phone wiped at his leisure.
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What if the thief just turns airplane mode on? Does avast override it?
ZippyDan said:
One important security-related difference I have noticed after installing this ROM over the stock ROM I had:
On my stock ROM, holding down the power/sleep button on the lock screen used to do NOTHING. I had to unlock my phone (with the pattern lock) before I could power off the phone.
On this ROM, I can power off the phone even when it is locked.
If a thief steals my phone, I want to be able to track them as long as possible. As the HTC One does not have an easily removable battery, they would not be able to power off the phone or its data connection with my lockscreen password. On this ROM, that security feature is gone.
I'm hoping this is just an obscure setting somewhere, but I already tried checking in Settings -> Security and Settings -> Power. Can anyone give me some insight into this?
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Holding down the power button for 10 seconds will always simulate a battery pull on the one whatever lock screen you have.
clarkson63 said:
Holding down the power button for 10 seconds will always simulate a battery pull on the one whatever lock screen you have.
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then pray that the thief doesn't know about this :silly:
But yea, I think it's important to have long-press power button disabled when the phone is locked.
ZippyDan said:
Promising, except we are on 4.4 now. And the thread also indicates there were problems getting it working with Sony devices after 4.3 which had to be fixed in a separate mod. I also see this note:
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Ah k. Yeah, I'm still using 4.3 so I don't know about if it works on KitKat.
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ZippyDan said:
Didn't know about this, thanks. But it is useless if the phone is OFF (I just tested).
I already have a paid subscription to Avast Anti-Theft and it is installed on my rooted HTC. I appreciate the suggestion but you are entirely missing my point. It is BECAUSE I have installed tracking software on my phone that I am so concerned about someone being able to turn off the phone at the lockscreen. Avast is slightly more useful than the google device manager because it can keep a historical record of where your phone has been, but it is still not very useful in finding a stolen phone if the phone is OFF and not transmitting current data about where the phone is!!
This looks good, but I am left uncertain about whether it would work on this phone. Browsing the thread reveals this information:
Promising, except we are on 4.4 now. And the thread also indicates there were problems getting it working with Sony devices after 4.3 which had to be fixed in a separate mod. I also see this note:
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I am not aware of anything that can be helpful if your phone is off... Every app or software will require a satellite or cell tower ak or echo request in order to find your phone. if you can find anything that magically can turn your powered off device on and you're able to track, lock or delete it, I think the entire community will love you
dronepro said:
I am not aware of anything that can be helpful if your phone is off... Every app or software will require a satellite or cell tower ak or echo request in order to find your phone. if you can find anything that magically can turn your powered off device on and you're able to track, lock or delete it, I think the entire community will love you
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I don't know how you guys keep misinterpreting me I know nothing is useful when the phone is turned off. This is exactly why I am so eager to make sure it is impossible or at least more difficult for a thief to turn off my phone from the lockscreen, so that it STAYS ON so that I can track it.
ZippyDan said:
I don't know how you guys keep misinterpreting me I know nothing is useful when the phone is turned off. This is exactly why I am so eager to make sure it is impossible or at least more difficult for a thief to turn off my phone from the lockscreen, so that it STAYS ON so that I can track it.
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Ah I see, it's my understanding that holding the power button for about 15-30 seconds will power off your device no matter what. As sad as that is, I think it should be that way because if for any reason your phone locks up while asleep and you cannot wake it up, you should be able to turn it off. otherwise, if it gets stolen and the thief cannot turn it off, simply removing the SIM card will render any security feature useless until the phone battery is fully discharged and he can charge, enter recovery and wipe it...
Nikos2k said:
What if the thief just turns airplane mode on? Does avast override it?
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Avast does have an option (only when rooted I believe) to automatically activate WiFi and Cellular data even if turned off.
Of course, if you have a lockscreen this does not even matter as they would not be able to turn it off.
There is another option to have the device automatically search for open WiFi's and join automatically. I'm not sure if this is part of Avast or AndroidLost as I have both installed.
clarkson63 said:
Holding down the power button for 10 seconds will always simulate a battery pull on the one whatever lock screen you have.
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If this 10-second press is a hardware-limitation (as in there is no way for a ROM to override this), then so be it. But I would like that to be confirmed.
But what I am mainly asking for, at the very least, is that the 3 or 4 second power button hold be disabled when on the lockscreen. I know for sure that this has changed from whichever stock version I was running to this latest Revolution ROM I am running now.
10-seconds is a long time to hold the power button, and as a thief may not know about this feature (and it might be different for every brand or model), they might give up before they hit the 10-second mark. For example, I think the Sleep + Home button hard reset for the iPhone is much more widely known, but it also requires only like 5 or 6 seconds of holding.
ZippyDan said:
If this 10-second press is a hardware-limitation (as in there is no way for a ROM to override this), then so be it. But I would like that to be confirmed.
But what I am mainly asking for, at the very least, is that the 3 or 4 second power button hold be disabled when on the lockscreen. I know for sure that this has changed from whichever stock version I was running to this latest Revolution ROM I am running now.
10-seconds is a long time to hold the power button, and as a thief may not know about this feature (and it might be different for every brand or model), they might give up before they hit the 10-second mark. For example, I think the Sleep + Home button hard reset for the iPhone is much more widely known, but it also requires only like 5 or 6 seconds of holding.
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The 10-second press is a hardware thing. All HTC One's have it, regardless of what model. This is because of the non-removable battery, so that you can simulate a battery pull should need be, as mentioned already. I'm sorry, there is no way around this. And trust me, you would rather have that feature should your phone become unresponsive. THAT is more likely to happen than a thief stealing a phone. The only times I've ever heard of someone stealing a phone is when someone is careless with where they leave their device. Just be cautious and don't leave it in stupid places. Simple.
HTC_Phone said:
The 10-second press is a hardware thing. All HTC One's have it, regardless of what model. This is because of the non-removable battery, so that you can simulate a battery pull should need be, as mentioned already. I'm sorry, there is no way around this. And trust me, you would rather have that feature should your phone become unresponsive. THAT is more likely to happen than a thief stealing a phone. The only times I've ever heard of someone stealing a phone is when someone is careless with where they leave their device. Just be cautious and don't leave it in stupid places. Simple.
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Well put.
HTC_Phone said:
The 10-second press is a hardware thing. All HTC One's have it, regardless of what model. This is because of the non-removable battery, so that you can simulate a battery pull should need be, as mentioned already. I'm sorry, there is no way around this. And trust me, you would rather have that feature should your phone become unresponsive. THAT is more likely to happen than a thief stealing a phone. The only times I've ever heard of someone stealing a phone is when someone is careless with where they leave their device. Just be cautious and don't leave it in stupid places. Simple.
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dronepro said:
Well put.
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Terribly put. I accept the 10-second press. Let me return to my original concern which is the much shorter 3 - 5 second which now allows the phone to be turned off from the lockscreen with an on-screen menu. I would like that gone.
The second part of the post is uninformed at best or arrogant at worst. The OP is probably speaking from the point of view of a first-world resident.
I live in a third-world country. I have had a iPhone 5 that was stolen from me by two men wearing helmets who drove an untagged motorcycle onto a sidewalk just to snatch the phone out of my hand. On a public bus, I was sandwiched by 3 men just so that one could pickpocket my HTC Desire (a 3-year old backup phone) from behind. When I confronted them, I was punched and left bloody so I let them go (valuing my life over a phone).
I have another friend who has lost two iPhone 5's. Once, she was pickpocketed in a crowded mall. Another time, she was walking on the street near a public metro station with her phone clutched to her chest. A man grabbed her arm as she was passing and threw her to the ground. Afterwards he ran across a busy divided highway into a slum area.
I just met a foreigner here who was riding in the back seat of a taxi while using his Galaxy S4. The taxi suddenly stopped and two men armed with guns and knives jumped into the taxi from both sides. The taxi then continued moving. His quick reactions allowed him to escape by jumping out a window while the taxi was moving. He showed me his scrapes and bruises. Unfortunately, he had to leave the phone behind, but he may have avoided being kidnapped.
I have another friend who has a brother whose entire bus was robbed of their phones at gunpoint.
I could go on. All of these instances have occurred in both poor and very nice areas, and the nature of this country is that utter poverty and extravagant wealth are often located side by side. It might sound like a hellhole, but most days are perfectly normal, and some are wonderful, even in a third-world country. You learn to live with the badness, but it still makes sense to take proactive measures just in case.
There are other measures I can take as well: I usually use a much cheaper "decoy" phone in public. I try to ride the metro more than taxis and taxis more than buses. I try to always keep my valuables in a bag in front of me instead of in my pockets. When riding a taxi, I try to always make a note of the taxi number and lock all the doors from the inside. But you can't seriously blow me off and tell me to be 100% vigilant all the time. Sometimes I forget one of these precautions because I am in a rush or my mind is preoccupied with other things. And the nature of the modern world dictates that I use my phone constantly throughout the day, for both professional and social reasons, just as I am sure you do.
The fact is the probability that my phone will get stolen here is much higher than in other places, even if I am not careless with where I leave the phone, because people are seeking to actively rob others, and it is extremely unrealistic to expect that I keep my guard up 100% of the time.
Additionally, my work involves frequent travel, and requires me to do lots of work and communication on the internet. Therefore, a fast, powerful smartphone is a necessity for me to put bread in my mouth.
Now, you may understand why my perspective is that the security features on my costly and essential phone are so important. Your perspective is probably from some rich, relatively safe country in Europe, the USA, or Asia. I hope I have educated you on the fact that the world does not revolve around your socioeconomic situation.
I will be honest and say that your post irritated me, but I have tried to keep my post civil and explain why your response is pretentious and insulated idealism. If you still want to lecture me from your world about how I can magically solve the problems of my very different and more dangerous world by simply being "cautious", I will have just two very small words to gift you.
Good God, can we please stay on topic of this fantastic Rom and what's coming soon?!
If you have issues with how HTC have developed their phone, please take it to the Questions & Answers section ?
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Hi everyone. A bit over a month ago, I started getting horrible cell reception on my Nexus 6. I'm pretty sure that was around the time I dropped it on a concrete subway platform. I now miss calls when I'm in houses where my phone always worked. Changing the Verizon SIM card and using safe boot didn't fix the problem. Somehow, factory resetting it seemed to work for a bit, but I started noticing the problem again about a week later or so.
Is there some way for me to diagnose what happened here, and can I repair the hardware if that's what this is?
Does it get worse as the phone gets warm/hot? Try turning the phone off and let it cool down and see how it runs when it is restarted. If it gets better then I'd think a weak to begin with solder joint might have gotten worse.
Larzzzz82 said:
Does it get worse as the phone gets warm/hot? Try turning the phone off and let it cool down and see how it runs when it is restarted. If it gets better then I'd think a weak to begin with solder joint might have gotten worse.
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Well, I would say that it gets hot as the phone begins to lose reception, but maybe it's the other way around. Also, I forgot to mention that turning on airplane mode and then turning it back off helps. It helps some of the time, anyway.
Thanks.
You can try the dialer code *#*#72786#*#* That will reset all the cellular config data and trigger a fresh activation after it reboots. Seems to be a software issue if you are able to improve it with an airplane mode cycle, if it was hardware I would think anything you do in android would be able to improve it.