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First of all thank you to DCD & No2chem and many others that have posted walkthroughs and help. My flashing went perfect with your help.
I'm having an issue after upgrading to the various 6.1 ROMS. When I go into a roaming area, I get a flashing triangle (roaming indicator). When I'm not roaming there is no indicator. My work pays the bill for my phone, so the home area is when I'm at work. I live like 30 mins away, so when I'm home I'm roaming. Worked like that before any ROM updates, but icon didn't flash, so it wasn't a problem. The flashing/blinking icon is very annoying and casues any other icon that comes up to the left of it to bounce back and forth as the indicator blinks.
Like I said before the flashing went perfect and have absolutly no other issues, Email, GPS, Internet, EVDO, all great. Did the *228 option 3 & 2 to setup and update roaming info.
I would like to know how to get it to stop blinking or just remove it completely. I don't pay the bill and don't get charged to ROAM so I don't care if it has to be totally removed. Reg edit would be fine, or even an app that removes or changes it.
I have searched here and ppcgeek's forums and google for days before asking.
My Setup:
Alltel ppc6800 with dcd 3.0.1, radio 3.35
PS: If any other Alltel folks have a question for me I would be happy to help. I have flashed to 2 different custom ROMS than back to original and then back to DCD's.
go to the windows folder and open roaming.bmp. if that's the icon that's appearing delete it
Disssable Icon Roaming
I believe that is a better idea to visit this link
http://www.modaco.com/content/i9x0-...4/how-to-display-my-roaming-icon/#entry932485
Wizard G4
Wow, can't believe this post is a year old! Sounds like you might be on a fringe area, or Alltel's PRL has odd roaming display settings. Looks to me like Butcher, well, butchered this problem right away. Now that it's been awhile, you might also want to look into getting one of dcd's newer ROM's and a new radio. Should be able to find both either on DCD's file directory or here on XDA. Good luck and happy hacking!
Hey there,
I purchased the HTC Hero from Sprint around a week ago, and it came with a stock 1.5. Had no issues at all, so today decided to try out the leaked 2.1 RUU. Updated without a hassle, but I've been experiencing some issues. This led to me repairing the bootloader and then trying DamageControl 2.08, and now finally fresh 2.0d. All installations went perfectly, nothing to call home about.
My issues are listed below:
It cannot automatically detect my timezone, and it has no clue as to my location for weather nor other features.
When I enable the GPS to go onto Maps, it locates me as around 1,000 miles off the west coast of Africa, whereas I'm in Pennsylvania, USA.
I can call my phone from another line, but no response on my phone (no calls received, nor missed calls).
When voicemails/messages come in, they flood in (10 new messages, etc, that have all stacked up).
I'm using the Wireless Tethering that comes with Fresh 2.0d, and I used PDANet/EasyTether prior to now (as my sole internet is tethering). I'm wondering if this could have at all affected it. Even with tethering disabled for a good hour, still nothing can reach me.
I've also updated the radio, and still no luck.
Wipe data and dalvik, reflash.
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Sent from my HERO200
I wipe everything each time.
Now about to wipe it all and install the DarchLegend ROM.
I took my phone back to Sprint. I put the 2.1 leaked RUU on there, and took it to em'. Store manager swapped it for a new one.
I believe it was a hardware issue when it came to it. On 1.5, whilst I was tethering I'd not receive calls nor texts, similar to the all-time issue in 2.1. On the new phone which is running 1.5, it receives both whilst tethering.
MDLS said:
I took my phone back to Sprint. I put the 2.1 leaked RUU on there, and took it to em'. Store manager swapped it for a new one.
I believe it was a hardware issue when it came to it. On 1.5, whilst I was tethering I'd not receive calls nor texts, similar to the all-time issue in 2.1. On the new phone which is running 1.5, it receives both whilst tethering.
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you took the phone into sprint with a leaked/hacked 2.1 leak on it and they just gave you a "new" hero no questions asked?
It was nerving, I'll tell you that.
Claimed ignorance, that it was an OTA update. He then said how there'd been issues with the OTA updates as dropping a bar of signal screwed it up. He compared the Hero I had to the Hero in the store display noting it was different. He asked me if I did any software editing, I declined.
Told me to come back in half an hour, and hey presto, had a brand new HTC Hero awaiting me.
I got my HD2 about a week ago, and from the moment I turned it on it's been telling me that I have 1 voicemail waiting. Except that I don't. I've checked my box multiple times just to be certain, nothing in there. I've tried dismissing the notice, it comes back. It constantly displays "1" in the lock screen. I've even flashed a custom ROM (Energy 23569, Jun 8) and it STILL says 1 voicemail waiting! How do I get rid of this phantom voicemail and have it report accurately?
I had that same problem for a while. I just fixed itself after I flashed to a certain energy rom.
I was having the same problem with mine. It was showing that I had a new voicemail from the moment I bought it. I just called T-Mobile and asked them to reset my voicemail box. The girl was very nice and when she tried to explain to me about the new HD2 update they had released, I hinted that I didn't have the stock ROM on my phone and she explained that was totally no problem. They know that with the current technology that people are doing that. She reset my voicemail box and the notification went away. You will have to setup your voicemail again after they reset it, but that takes no time at all.
same this is so annoying! any fixes will be much appreciated.
**** I just found this, might help. I have not tried it yet.
I had the same problem when I got mine. To fix it, all I did was go to the T-Mobile store and ask them for a new SIM card, they did a quick switch and it was gone, but im sure a custom ROM works too
Many of us are experiencing the voicemail notification that cannot be clean in the notification bar (phantom voicemail notification).
I have this problem with CM 7 but not CM 6.
In Sense Gingerbread roms:
Stock Rom (rooted deoxed)- phantom voicemail
Fresh Rom 4.1beta1 and 4.0.X. betas- phantom voicemail
MikFroyo - no phantom voicemail
Xrom - no phantom voicemail
Called sprint they reset-ed my voicemail but the issue persist. Before that I "clear voicemail notifications" in settings.
Today I was browsing through the sprint forum and found the following (I posted the link to the post).
http://community.sprint.com/baw/thread/69548?tstart=7
...and it reads...
"Voicemail Notification
UPDATED
Sprint has identified root cause on this issue and has begun rolling out a short term solution this morning that will bring rapid resolution to customers that are experiencing this issue. This fix is network based and does not require any interaction from the customer.
The first batch of network updates for devices that updated to Gingerbread between June 3rd and June 7th is running now and scheduled to complete in 48 hours. Once this process is complete we will load the next batch of devices that updated to Gingerbread starting with a date range beginning on June 8th.
Larry ~OKIESTRO"
-Be well
I was about to post that this was something that was specific to those that got the OTA and us that have been using CM7 since RC1 have seen this. Then I thought that it may be something weird with the way the phone/network is handling 2.3, can any one on a Sense based 2.3 join in?
Mine was first batch and not fixed by the 8th. I called sprint pushed button for tech and an advanced tech rep answered.
I explianed the issue he reset my vm box on their end. Told to clear the notification and reboot. After reboot no issue.
Summary of original issue: vm indicator was indicating a vm. Clearing the indicator, cleared it until reboot or switching towers.
Sent from my HTC Supersonic
How can this be a network issue when I had this issue with 2.3, but after downgrading to 2.2, I no longer have it?
Seems if it was a network issue it would be there no matter what version?
I didn't take the OTA and I've had the issue. I was running Kushdeck's CM7 variant, and it started happening. I then switched to Synergy, still happening. I've switch back and forth and no matter what I switch to, it still shows. And it's driving me crazy *lol*
For those of you who don't want to wait for Sprint to fix this issue:
This WILL fix the bogus VM indicator issue.
1. Activate a NON-Visual Voicemail capable phone on your line. (basic Sprint phone).
2. Let the temporary phone provision then call your voicemail from the temp phone and go through the Voicemail setup process.
3. Once voicemail is setup, leave yourself a test voicemail from a different phone and wait for it to notify you on your phone.
4. Call your voicemail from the temp phone and delete ALL voicemails then end the Voicemail call.
5. Reactivate your HTC EVO and the problem is gone.
This problem is caused by our "old non-visual voicemail" indications being pushed to our phones for some odd reason.
If you don't have a plain non-visual voicemail Sprint phone, get one for a few bucks off craigslist or try your local corporate Sprint store. Most corporate stores have a few used phones from exchanges, etc that they may be willing to use to help you with this process.
I just hold down Power and press restart. It asks to clear data and stuff, amd a few moments later the VM notification is gone.
Shut down and reboot turns on even quicker if the setting is enabled.
XDA App - EVO - 2.3 unrooted. Help!
tx_dbs_tx said:
For those of you who don't want to wait for Sprint to fix this issue:
This WILL fix the bogus VM indicator issue.
1. Activate a NON-Visual Voicemail capable phone on your line. (basic Sprint phone).
2. Let the temporary phone provision then call your voicemail from the temp phone and go through the Voicemail setup process.
3. Once voicemail is setup, leave yourself a test voicemail from a different phone and wait for it to notify you on your phone.
4. Call your voicemail from the temp phone and delete ALL voicemails then end the Voicemail call.
5. Reactivate your HTC EVO and the problem is gone.
This problem is caused by our "old non-visual voicemail" indications being pushed to our phones for some odd reason.
If you don't have a plain non-visual voicemail Sprint phone, get one for a few bucks off craigslist or try your local corporate Sprint store. Most corporate stores have a few used phones from exchanges, etc that they may be willing to use to help you with this process.
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....by switching from one phone to another, will it affect anniversary dates for our upgrades?
Not at all. Billing system knows the last time you bought a phone using upgrade /new customer pricing on that line.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
I don't think I've had any problems for the last few days, it's been nice
Thank you all for your responses. This problem is due to the crappy Sprint network and an update will be release soon (6-20-11), which will alleviate this issue--hopefully.
http://androidandme.com/2011/06/car...ther-update-in-5-days-netflix-is-coming-back/
aka "Ghost VVM"
-sprint
*This problem arises when you do a phone swap and the previous phone has new voice messages.*
If you still have your previous phone, go on Sprint.com and reactivate it. Then clear your voicemail on it, and then you can switch back to your Evo.
I've read on another forum and it worked for me, go to Settings> Call > Voicemail Settings > Delete your phone number. This doesn't affect your voicemail and remove the persistent clear voicemail notification icon. Good luck.
tx_dbs_tx said:
For those of you who don't want to wait for Sprint to fix this issue:
This WILL fix the bogus VM indicator issue.
1. Activate a NON-Visual Voicemail capable phone on your line. (basic Sprint phone).
2. Let the temporary phone provision then call your voicemail from the temp phone and go through the Voicemail setup process.
3. Once voicemail is setup, leave yourself a test voicemail from a different phone and wait for it to notify you on your phone.
4. Call your voicemail from the temp phone and delete ALL voicemails then end the Voicemail call.
5. Reactivate your HTC EVO and the problem is gone.
This problem is caused by our "old non-visual voicemail" indications being pushed to our phones for some odd reason.
If you don't have a plain non-visual voicemail Sprint phone, get one for a few bucks off craigslist or try your local corporate Sprint store. Most corporate stores have a few used phones from exchanges, etc that they may be willing to use to help you with this process.
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This works. I just tried it yesterday and the message is finally gone after years on my HTC Hero and my EVO 4G (running CM7). However, it's not just a "wham bam" solution. At least not for me. First, I could not use the Sprint web site to downlevel my smart phone - I think it was because of the plan (price) changes. So I did a chat on the Sprint site and a very nice tech helped me (Astrid??). We switched phones and she helped me get the old Moto Razr V3 activated (it took some codes on the phone after she changed activations). And then afterwards we switched back to the EVO. The process took about 30 minutes with all the changes and calls to Voicemail. I then restored my Nandroid CM7, which worked but couldn't connect to Sprint. I had this before, so I knew I had to load a Sense ROM and then go to Profile (under updates) and re-activate my Profile under Sense for Sprint to connect. Now I won't go into the war story of switching to the Sense ROM (I used an original Sprint ROM which blew my Recovery (AmonRA) out of the water). But to get Sprint connected, I had to reactivate the Profile on the EVO under Sense, and then get back to my CM7 Nandroid. When finally done...Viola...no more phantom voicemail. So it works...and thanks for the post.
I was running tx_dbs_tx Hybrid X 3.0 up until this morning when my phone suddenly kept popping up the Data Roaming Guard. Whenever I would attempt to make a call, it would alert me to a Verizon error to reboot my phone -I am on Sprint. I flashed with Odin the stock OK1 software, and besides having Knox and ItsOn back on my phone and battery life being horrible once again, I am still receiving the Data Roaming Guard splash screen and still receiving the Verizon error when making calls. I was able to make a single call after using the Activate Device self-service, but it didn't even last 20 minutes.
Again, back on stock OK1 ROM from Sammobile, re-rooted with Freeza's OK1 stock kernel, SuperSU Beta 2.52, any help would be greatly appreciated.
BGray210 said:
I was running tx_dbs_tx Hybrid X 3.0 up until this morning when my phone suddenly kept popping up the Data Roaming Guard. Whenever I would attempt to make a call, it would alert me to a Verizon error to reboot my phone -I am on Sprint. I flashed with Odin the stock OK1 software, and besides having Knox and ItsOn back on my phone and battery life being horrible once again, I am still receiving the Data Roaming Guard splash screen and still receiving the Verizon error when making calls. I was able to make a single call after using the Activate Device self-service, but it didn't even last 20 minutes.
Again, back on stock OK1 ROM from Sammobile, re-rooted with Freeza's OK1 stock kernel, SuperSU Beta 2.52, any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Do you live in a 4G Sprint area? If not this EXACT same thing happened to me and my wife right before they started 4G in our area. Even service calls went to Verizon first. Evidently even the Sprint reps had no idea that 4G was getting turned on in my area, they had me do all the #* dialer codes and both our phones said we were in roaming for like a day or two.
ianmb said:
Do you live in a 4G Sprint area? If not this EXACT same thing happened to me and my wife right before they started 4G in our area. Even service calls went to Verizon first. Evidently even the Sprint reps had no idea that 4G was getting turned on in my area, they had me do all the #* dialer codes and both our phones said we were in roaming for like a day or two.
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Yes, San Antonio was one of the first markets with Sprint to have 4G WiMax and then 4G LTE. It had been running just fine for months, but suddenly stopped working. Even after flashing stock back on without root or any added apps besides Sprint's auto-downloads, it still had the problem. Took it to the store yesterday and baffled them all for 2 hours before they ordered me a replacement. They even tried a new sim card because I told them that I've had problems intermittently in the past with the Roaming Guard popping up and forums stated it could be a bad sim card. The Sprint # codes wouldn't even work. Anyways, they ordered me a replacement- won't have it until Tuesday but thanks for the response. I had never heard of anything like this happening before and it struck me as odd. I even checked the settings for the network and they all checked out fine, Sprint store reps did the same and were just as perplexed as I was.
Mine was doing almost the same. Seemed like it had to go to verizon when it would go between towers. Then back to sprint. So I did the ##72786# that is suppose to launch the hands free activation. Although it didnt launch it(due to custom rom), it did run the provisioning stuff and fixed mine. Hasn't went to roaming yet.
No promise it will work. But hopfully it will fix yours. Assuming you are on a note 4.
Txdaredvl said:
Mine was doing almost the same. Seemed like it had to go to verizon when it would go between towers. Then back to sprint. So I did the ##72786# that is suppose to launch the hands free activation. Although it didnt launch it(due to custom rom), it did run the provisioning stuff and fixed mine. Hasn't went to roaming yet.
No promise it will work. But hopfully it will fix yours. Assuming you are on a note 4.
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Yes, I am on Sprint Note 4, but the pound codes wouldn't even work. As soon as I put in the last # sign it just cleared out the dialer. I found a complete list of # codes on sammobile or samfirmware site, can't remember which, and even Sprint attempted them. I had flashed back to stock available on Sammobile prior to going to Sprint, but it still didn't work. You don't think different flashes or ROMs or kernels could have caused this do you?
Anyways, I have the insurance through Sprint and have a new one on the way Tuesday. I just hate not being able to figure out a software related problem. I was also trying to find a way to do it manually while rooted, but couldn't find the right edits because I cannot even remember how to get into the correct settings at the moment-mind cluttered with too many projects.
I appreciate all of the responses though and really enjoy learning about my device on xda and hope to either create my own apps or even cook a ROM in the near future.