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Orange pay-as-you-go doesn't get signal

Hi all, i'm new to this forum, and have just bought an XDA. Iam in the UK
I was reading the site last night and have upgraded to the XDA-Developers Special Edition ROM v1.2
I am having problems using the XDA as a phone i have a Pay as u go Orange sim and it doesnt get a signal??
Could someone please talk me throught what i am doing wrong??
The details are:
Modal No: PW10A1
ROM Version: 3.17.03 ENG
ROM Date: 05/15/03
Radio Version: 4.08
Protocol Version: 32S54
Thanks in advacne for any help!! :wink:
Cheers
N

Did you unlock the phone?

Yep,
N

Morpheus said:
I am having problems using the XDA as a phone i have a Pay as u go Orange sim and it doesnt get a signal
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i could be totally wrong here but maybe its your sim card at fault, maybe it isnt data activated. i tried my xda with my old - working - t-mobile payg card and altho' the xda worked i could neither make nor receive calls. i think it has something to do with the services offered by providers.
ian

Did think that m80, will they "data activated" if i call Orange??
Thanks

Does the sim work in another phone, has the sim ever worked in the xda, have you tried a different sim in the xda, I dont know where you got the phone but it may be that it is blocked to all networks, did you ever see the xda working before the upgrade to developers rom 1.2

Yes the sim works in another phone.
No the sim has never worked in the XDA.
No i didnt see the XDA working b4 i upgraded.
Thanks m80, any ideas??

Morpheus said:
Did think that m80, will they "data activated" if i call Orange??
Thanks
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there's only one way to find out

A little update
I have contacted Orange and they have enable GPRS is there anything else they need to enable, as it is still not working!!!!!!
I have upgraded the Radio Stack to 4.21.00 still no joy!
Any ideas, it searches for a netwrok then says No Signal
Thanks again in advance
:wink: N

sim/xda problems
sometimes the switch on process can take a while. have you tried the card in another phone? do you have a non-payg sim card that you could test in the phone?
do you know someone with a card?
have you unlocked the phone?
i really don't know what to suggest but if you've tried every combination of cards and activation then its either the software or the phone.
mug someone with an xda and use there sim card.
ian

Orange with No Signal
I have a Orange contract sim and it does'nt have a signal either but it worked until i updated the the radio stack to 4.21 but a downgrade is not possible, i have tried t-mobile and still the same problem. if anyone knows how to downgrade it to radio stack 4.01 which is 1 that i know that works. Lets hope XDA-Developers and suss out how to copy the GSM In the Wallaby Bootloader. if anyone can solve this problem you should be king.....

use the band switching tool lol
its most probally on 900mhz (voda,3,bt) instead of 1800 (orange, virgin, 121)
1900 is the american signal also if you have upgraded your phone to pc2003 then you cant get it to work on orange then lol coz it only allows you to do 900 or 1900 :roll:

Thanks alot for all of your help guys
I have tried an O2 payas u go Sim and it works, very strange!!
But Yes it is defo unlocked!!
Will keep trying the Orange Sim and find out why it wont work!!
What are the setting for GPRS for O2?? Please
Thanks again all

Problem with unlocked xda on uk tmobile

Hi great forum !!!
But and theres always a but im having trouble with my xda.
It was locked to o2 so as you guys recomended i updated the rom to the latest version as well as the radio update (all from the UK o2 web site)
Ran you unlocking program as mentioned and all was as promised its now unlocked.
I put my Uk T mobile sim into it and it cant pick up the network.
Only networks avalible are o2 and vodafone.
Friend put his vodafone sim in and it works fine!!!
I have looked on the forum and theres a mention about the network speed but when i go to programs and cant find the aplication to change this.
Could the problem be that i have the latest o2 radio stack?
I have looked everywhere for a t mobile on but to no avail.
Any help is much loved.
Mark

Confirming you can't even make a phone call with your SIM card?

Yeah sorry did i miss the point lol
The only two uk networks avalible to choose from are o2 and vodafone.
No T mobile No Orange No otheres at all.
When i put my sim card in (t mobile) theres no signal and cant make a call.
Could it be the radio stack?
Theres nothing on my phone to change the frequance.!
rom version 3.17.03 eng
radio version 4.21.00 From o2.
Cheerz

Both O2 and Vodafone are on the 900 mhz band, try looking at the gsm band chosen under bootloader, you need 900/1800.

And is there a easy way to change this?
Many thanks
Mark

Go the boot loader screen (Power button + soft reset) ... wait till "GSM OK" appears and then press the calendar button to get the menu.
Good luck

Thats it
Your a genius
Thanks soooo much.
Mark

strange behavior of wizard

hello, i've got problem with network or gsm modul or also with soft,
i have updateg radio from 1.12.10 to 1.13.10 because i thought that earlier ver had a bug and my phone lost net due this. With new radio rom it has lost net 3 times during one day yet. Is there someone who knows how to resolve this problem it's become stressfull for me... grrrr
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i found somethig more, after it has lost net it looks like fine and you can't see any diferences (there is still some bars indicates network range, led is blinking) but you can't perform any connections... phone also is not able to answer call
i'am traying to find when it hapen or after what but help me please
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BR
Rafal

Please tell us your make of wizard and the rom, maybe a whole rom upgrade will solve your problems.

hi!,
my wizard it's a mda from era (polish t mobile)
ver 1.6.2.8 PLK
date 11/1/05
radio 1.13.10
protocol 4.0.13.24
extend 1.6.2.116
and one thing more, after ended gprs connection i can see restart of gsm, bars are blinking and it log on to net again without requesting pin code, but the problem is i can't make call and answer after soft reset everything backs good

Can suggest using a more up to date rom, not sure if there is a newer PLK rom, but what about a WWE rom?

ok i'll try this but let me know if i can find it on XDA ftp? and which one is it
i have got this phone 2 weeks ago and i still try to lern sth new about it
merci beacoup for Your help

Try the polish t-mobile web site first to see if they have any updated plk roms.
If not most mda users here are using qtek rom ftp://xda:[email protected]_2170702_21707102_20710_QTEK_WWE_Ship.exe
Download above rom, user name xda password xda
Backup all important information as everything will be lost.
Unlock device - super cid is best get unlocker from here and follow instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=33796
After unlocking flash device with above rom via activesync
Hope that helps

The behaviour of disconnecting from the network and reconnecting without asking for PIN sounds familiar to me.
I think it is caused by bad connections to the SIM.
I have a dual sim and afterhaving modified it too much i my sims did not make good contact. It occurred more than once that my phone switched sims without me having 'said'to do so (switchin sims is done by powering off/on radio wich looks a bit the same to the dual sim adapter as fawlty contacts).
Advice; clean the contacts of both sim and phone before you upgrade (although I can recommend an upgrade to aku 2 roms)

i had upgrated to this one - prodigy......WWE_ship from xda ftp and now i'm waiting for problems maybe there will be no problems ...
big thanks to Those of You that answer my questions ... thx

MDA II - No Service

Hi, i recently got this MDA II from a friend and finally succeeded in updating it to WM5 and ROM Version 1.72xxxxx T-Mobile (can't remember all the Numbers).
It work's perfectly for everything i wanted it for (Navi, etc.), except for phone calls. After entering the PIN it just says: Searching or No Service.
I tried a SIM from T-Mobile Austria (from where the MDA comes), and also one from Hutchinson Austria (3) - Same Prob. I also tried to unlock it with the unlock tool located on this frorum. I got no error but it told me that the phone already seems to be unlocked.
It's not a big deal for me because i never intended to use it as a phone replacement, but somehow it's bothering me a bit.
I don't know if the ROM upgrade from 1.6xxx to 1.72xxx is the Problem. To tell the true i don't even know from where I got this newer ROM. The only thing i know it was not from T-Mobile Austria.
I already found a Version from T-Mobile Austria (RUU16008GER_TMobile), but this Version is very old and I don't know if it's worth the risk of downgrading.
Can someone please give me an advice on what to do?
Thanks in advance

first of all then 1.66 and 1.72 are not wm5 roms at all they are just the last offical roms for these devices and they are wm2003 roms
second then they are roms not radiostacks (radiostacks are the software for the gsm module)
http://www.buzzdev.net/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=132&func=select&id=26
list of various radeostacks
personaly i use 1.19

Thank you, as you can see i'm a total newbee to this topic.
Is there somwhere a detailed manual for upgrading the radiostacks?

HimaUpgradeUt.exe
upgrade
rom if nk.nbf is present in the dir
and
radiostack if Radio_.nbf is present in the dir
so if you want to upgrade the radiostack along with the rom
one just make sure both of the files are present in the dir
if one wish to upgrade 1 of the 2 simply remove the other nbf file
same deal with extended rom

Thank you
Ok, i tried the 1.19 Radio Stack together with the Hima_-_Helmi_AKU3.5_ROM_SP2 ROM.
The update progress proceeded fine but i still have the same problem.
edit: Wow after 5 Minutes i've got a connection with A1 (right now i'm trying a Hutschinson SIM witch connects via GPRS automatically to A1)

Ok, i tried Roms Stack 1.19, 1.17 and 1.08.
On some certain locations i get a signal, but in general the signal is very poor.
I'm not shure but maybe the couse of the problem is the phones hardware itself, and not the software?

maybe
dont know about where you live but here i dont have too many issues
but the htc phones i had have in general had a poor signal then nokia and the likes
and poor conversation quality
you could try giving other sim cards a go as some older sims have had issues with htc phones in the past

I just wanted to inform everyone that you where right (again ).
Today i tried a newer Prepaid SIM from A1.
Now i get a full Signal from everywere in my house.

Vodafone SIM issue

I have Upgraded custom ROM 6.1 with Radio 1.48.10. When I use Vodafone SIM it just searching for Network or shows No Services. In the same device I'm using other SIM from different ISP provider no issues. And I used same Vodafone SIM in different device no issue.
I have changed all the possible Radio from Hermes Wiki. Problem still persist.
What is the problem SIM or Device or ROM or Radio
It is Imate JasJam device.

mushtash said:
I have Upgraded custom ROM 6.1 with Radio 1.48.10. When I use Vodafone SIM it just searching for Network or shows No Services. In the same device I'm using other SIM from different ISP provider no issues. And I used same Vodafone SIM in different device no issue.
I have changed all the possible Radio from Hermes Wiki. Problem still persist.
What is the problem SIM or Device or ROM or Radio
It is Imate JasJam device.
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Is it 'unlocked' ?

Yes the device is unlocked and I been upgrading ROM from WM 5 to WM 6.1 and 6.5.
Strange problem can't figure out what is the issue. Only Vodafone SIM is not working in this device with Any ROM or Radio.
I'm trying to downgrade to Original WM 5 of Imate JasJam but getting 206 Update Error.