[Q] Sim not found, multiple restarts and then works... ideas? - HD2 General

Morning all, hope you can all help.
I have 2 HD2, one for my partner. And one for me. Both we purchased second hand and have been flashed to android on both.
My question/query is this. One of the phones I have purchased I believe was working fine when I had purchased it. before using it with android I had flashed it with hspl 2.08, a new radio and an energy rom.
It got worse and worse in that as soon as I turn my phone off. It would not always recognise the Sim, it would say sim not found. After a number of restarts the sim would then be seen and it would work flawlessly until the phone is powered off again. The clarity of the calls and the permanent connection once it is running would indicate that there are no loose connections.
We had thought that the issue may be with the sim, so we purchased a new one. and yet the same issue remains with the new sim – which works flawlessly in the other hd2.
I then thought it may have been a radio issue, so I flashed this faulty phone with the same radio and distro as my fully working hd2 – and yet the same fault remains. How annoying!
Im now unsure if the fault is hardware or firmware (as I didn’t task29 before any flashes) but my other hd2 works totally fine.
Do you guys have any ideas of what the fault may be, as im now well and truly, utterly stumped.
Thanks in advance.

Have you tried a sim swop with the other phone to see if the issues carries over?

I have indeed. its only that phone that seems to be affected, no matter what Sim i use/try

task29, wipe all cashes & use more stable ROM

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Help: No service.

I have a tmobile wing and I had it for awhile but just started using it again recently but when i put my sim card in the phone and turn it on it just keeps saying Searching...
I get service for like 2 minutes then it would just go away. This would happen when I leave the sim in the phone, it would get service once in awhile, like for 2mins every 2-3 hours, but never consistently.
My sim card works perfectly on other phones and when i insert a friends sim card into the wing it still has the same problem, it keeps saying Searching... I don't think its a problem with the sim card since it works fine with other phones.
I tried soft reseting it and hard reseting it but it still seemed to have the same problem. Does anyone have any idea what the problem could be or what I can do to try and fix it?
what radio rom does your phone have and what rom are you using?
you can check your radio rom by going to settings>system>about ( i believe). If not that, then settings>system> device info.
also, if you don't know what rom you're using, it's probably the stock rom.
It might also be that the particular spot you are in is just unlucky for reception and that other phones have better reception by design.
fzzyrn said:
what radio rom does your phone have and what rom are you using?
you can check your radio rom by going to settings>system>about ( i believe). If not that, then settings>system> device info.
also, if you don't know what rom you're using, it's probably the stock rom.
It might also be that the particular spot you are in is just unlucky for reception and that other phones have better reception by design.
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It says Radio version: 02.83.90
And i believe it is the stock rom since i never changed it or anything. and I doubt it is the area because I tried using it in several other towns.
anyone have any idea what could be wrong?
p4350
well on my p4350 over the past 2 weeks i have been receiving little signal like every 5 - 7 hours i mite get it for a bit but only for a sort time. i was wondering if it needs its radio updating?
any help?
Hi, I just want to share my story. maybe it could help you out.I had a wing for more than a year now. recently it had the same problem. it just don't have any signal at all, just keep searching. I tried what you did before. hardreset, softreset, and update the firmware. Nothing helps. since my phone is out of warranty, i can't send it to t-mobile. So i went to a local repair shop. They told me it could be hardware problem. I paid $50 to get it repair and no problem since. I don't know what they did, maybe replacing something inside. So don't just look at the software side, it could be hardware problem.
I have the exact same problem, and it's really pissing me off.
benjin89 said:
Hi, I just want to share my story. maybe it could help you out.I had a wing for more than a year now. recently it had the same problem. it just don't have any signal at all, just keep searching. I tried what you did before. hardreset, softreset, and update the firmware. Nothing helps. since my phone is out of warranty, i can't send it to t-mobile. So i went to a local repair shop. They told me it could be hardware problem. I paid $50 to get it repair and no problem since. I don't know what they did, maybe replacing something inside. So don't just look at the software side, it could be hardware problem.
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what kind of repair shop was it?

Can't get HTC HD2 working again!

Hi
Ok so my phone was working fine on a custom ROM when suddenly yesterday an exclamation appeared next to the phone signal and stopped from receiving/making calls and texts. I thought it had just crashed but after soft and hard resets and changing to a few others sims I just can't get my phone signal back.
Really strange as everything was working fine. I now have trouble flashing custom ROMs and am struggling to run a stock ROM because I'm on a mac.
It's driving me crazy as my phone is now useless.
Any ideas guys?
thanks
Quick update
I've managed to get the Leo Lite ROM running and everything is good except that damn exclamation mark next to the phone to phone, which means I can't get the phone working.
Anyone know know why this is???
Have you tried the sim in a different phone?
could just be a simple issue
And I know it a simple thing............but have you got flight mode on?
johnerz said:
Have you tried the sim in a different phone?
could just be a simple issue
And I know it a simple thing............but have you got flight mode on?
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Thanks for the reply John.
Yeah currently having to use the sim in an ancient motorola and it works fine, tested with calls and texts. Also tried turning on and off flight mode but still that bloody exclamation mark stays.
That sounds like its been blocked. Theres a network there it just isn't letting it connect. Did you buy it second hand? or off ebay?
samsamuel said:
That sounds like its been blocked. Theres a network there it just isn't letting it connect. Did you buy it second hand? or off ebay?
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Hey Sam
Do you know what, I did buy it second hand, from a reputable store in town.
However this raises more questions than answers;
1. Why would it be blocked after several weeks of normal use.
2. Doesn't some sort of message need to be displayed stating the handset has been blocked.
Does anyone know if this is what happens when a HTC HD2 is blocked? i.e. the exclamation being shown all the time.
I presume a handset is blocked for security measures like theft. I will take it back to the shop tomorrow, they will have all the details of the person who sold it to them.
However is there no way this can happen from flashing custom ROMs? Even though that doesn't really make sense cause I had a ROM that was working fine and this happened when I was out and about.
It could be a bad rom, but it certainly wouldn't be in every rom.
I think id try going back to the stock rom, radio and spl (i.e an sd card flash, do you now if it has a provider locked rom?) and see if it is still there. If it still won't work, then it's definately either hardware or network.
The reason it could have taken weeks is, , seller trades in phone for cash, waits a little while, thinks 'i know'..., reports the phone lost/stolen to claim on insurance, insurance won't pay out without the imei being blocked.
samsamuel said:
It could be a bad rom, but it certainly wouldn't be in every rom.
I think id try going back to the stock rom, radio and spl (i.e an sd card flash, do you now if it has a provider locked rom?) and see if it is still there. If it still won't work, then it's definately either hardware or network.
The reason it could have taken weeks is, , seller trades in phone for cash, waits a little while, thinks 'i know'..., reports the phone lost/stolen to claim on insurance, insurance won't pay out without the imei being blocked.
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Well I've tried flashing at least 6 custom ROMs, all show the exclamation mark.
The phone was sold to me as being unlocked to all networks, however I never tried with anything other than a o2 sim.
Now going back to the original ROM has its own problems. First off i'm quite new at this so sorry for sounding silly. How on earth do i go about finding out what the original stock rom, radio and spl is?
When I have these I can't easily go back as I don't have a pc, using a mac. I would have to use the sd card way but I can't find an official signed .nbh file.
I have a brand new T-Mo US HD2 with similar issue (out of the box). It's like the radio will not initialize. Did hard resets, tried to force it finding a carrier, etc, and it just will not turn on the radio.
I did find out that there is a likely issue with my SIM slot. If I attempt to remove my SIM card (which works fine in other phones) it is almost unremoveable and feels jammed in. However, once removed, I get connectivity via wifi and touch response is great.
If I insert a SIM card, it takes a LOT of pressure to reinsert it (yes, inserting it in the correct orientation), and the phone cannot connect turn on the phone's radio. Also, I get random phone.exe and credential.exe error message (plus the phone becomes very slow.
Don't know if you have any of these other symptoms, but the lack of connectivity sounds similar.
Supposed to get a replacement HD2 today, and we'll see.
I had the same problem too. I got unlocked code from tmoile and everything working fine for a month. It was working great after upgrade the latest rom 3.14 from tmobile download site (i got the message from them to upgrade), until i went out off country last month then the phone could not turn the phone's radio on. It kept at airplane mode. I been try to flash back and forth all the tmobile .50 stock rom and still having the problem.
Does any one know the issue to fix it? TIA
Looks like a hardware fault. You need to open case and check bottom two brass hinges are in working order and correctly hinged to make contact with antenna which is on the rear case at the bottom.
Follow the guide of opening s HD2 on YouTube there is a factory guide to dismantling the HD2.
xlr8me said:
Looks like a hardware fault. You need to open case and check bottom two brass hinges are in working order and correctly hinged to make contact with antenna which is on the rear case at the bottom.
Follow the guide of opening s HD2 on YouTube there is a factory guide to dismantling the HD2.
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Thanks for reply xlr8me. I just check the two brass hinges at the right side of usb connector. It looks fine to me. The other thing i didn't mention on the above post I was flash the dft_leo_nand android after tried all the stock rom from tmobile and the android said "no sim card", i also checked and cleaned the sim slot. Do you think any thing else to cause that problem?
One more thing without the sim or sd card the about phone show up all info of phone: imei, serial..... But with sim card in it just blank when i read the about phone hardware info. Thanks again
Did you try simcard from another carrier?
cecobald said:
Did you try simcard from another carrier?
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Yes I did tried the sim from the carrier of the asia country i was traveling to last month, that why i call tmobile to get the unlock code before i go. When i was there and inserted their carrier's sim and it won't work, even when i get back to U.S. I been tried either tmobile or at&t sim too. The phone radio won't turn on. The rest is working ok except those above error messages "A problem has occurred with device.exe" and "Credential.exe".
Do you think i can reflash with WWE rom .50 radio instead of tmobile's official rom?
Thanks
htcphonelover,
You will have to reset the phone back to default rom from htc website. You may also need to reformat sd card but the radio should still work regardless of whether the sd card is in or out.
My only concluding thoughts are that if the above fails to work then try a different sim card and still no good then probably something with the motherboard on HD2.
Good luck and update us with any new info..

Not Your Ordinary FREEZING Issue!

So my HD2 freezes constantly. I don't have the unlock freezing issue nor the black screen freezing issue. My phone will just freeze quite constantly. Doesn't matter if I'm just doing a message, online, or it's just sitting there doing nothing. It will freeze and will have to remove the battery and restart it. I've reinstalled MAGLDR, CWM, and tried several ROMS and it still doesn't make a difference. I remove the battery and have to let it cool for around an hour just to turn it on and be able to use it for a period of time.
Any suggestions out there? Could the battery be bad? The hardware? I constantly use Task Killer and Data Eraser to make sure there aren't unnecessary programs running. I've narrowed my app collection to just the necessary ones that I need. Still doesn't make a difference. Any programs out there that would help with this issue in any way. Would repartitioning my SD card help at all. I have pretty much everything on my SD card as well so the hardware shouldn't be overloaded at all.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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LOADS of people are having this problem including myself.
As long as Mobile Data and Gps are OFF, I have no freezing issues.
BUT, if I turn on Mobile date or Gps, or both, then GAME OVER.....it freezes within seconds.
It's not your battery, or SD card and don't listen to the muppets who repeat themselves by saying "do a task29" coz it doesn't work.
I've tried 5 different SD card, got 2 hd2's, task29, over 100 roms, different radios etc etc.
Never used to happen on SD builds, only Nand.
if i had the cash, i'd smash my hd2 against the wall and get a Android native phone.
this aint ever gonna be solved.
matt
freeridindirtbiker said:
So my HD2 freezes constantly. I don't have the unlock freezing issue nor the black screen freezing issue. My phone will just freeze quite constantly. Doesn't matter if I'm just doing a message, online, or it's just sitting there doing nothing. It will freeze and will have to remove the battery and restart it. I've reinstalled MAGLDR, CWM, and tried several ROMS and it still doesn't make a difference. I remove the battery and have to let it cool for around an hour just to turn it on and be able to use it for a period of time.
Any suggestions out there? Could the battery be bad? The hardware? I constantly use Task Killer and Data Eraser to make sure there aren't unnecessary programs running. I've narrowed my app collection to just the necessary ones that I need. Still doesn't make a difference. Any programs out there that would help with this issue in any way. Would repartitioning my SD card help at all. I have pretty much everything on my SD card as well so the hardware shouldn't be overloaded at all.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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Hi,
It might be worth trying to flash an original ROM and seeing if the same thing occurs in WinMo.
Have you properly formatted card? (overwrite with size adjustment)
Which rom are you using?
Does it do it on multiple roms?
Have you done a task29?
have you tried a different radio version?
TheATHEiST said:
Have you properly formatted card? (overwrite with size adjustment)
Which rom are you using?
Does it do it on multiple roms?
Have you done a task29?
have you tried a different radio version?
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I've tried all those things. I'm using the Nexus 2 Gingerbread ROM by tytung. I've tried winmo roms, android, etc. I've done task 29 several times. Different radios as well. It doesn't make a difference at all. I found a thread that might be the culmination of it all. If anyone else is having problems like I am, take a look at this thread. It's definitely the motherboard overheating and freezing/and or shutting itself off.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982454
Luckily, I pay insurance through t-mobile so I will be picking up a new HD2 pretty soon.
I had a similar problem, but mine came about under different circumstances. I smashed my HD2 against a wall for whatever personal reasons that you shouldn't care about, anyway, so I ordered a replacement display. When I installed the display the phone would freeze just as described by OP. I found that disabling GPS and WiFi allowed me to use it for a longer time, but if I ever so much as applied any pressure to the display (rather than just lightly touching it) the screen would freeze and sometimes it would just straight shut off until it didn't turn back on at all (this was barely the first day after installation). I opened the phone and tested, found out that the LCD flex cable had a defect to it where if it was bent (the position it's supposed to be in once the phone is assembled) the display would "short out" and with the cable fully extended no problems would be present, even after applying pressure to the display or any of the other internal components.
I'm sending my LCD back for a replacement and hopefully the new one will work fine. I've read that some LCD's cause the HD2 to freeze and I think I was unlucky enough to receive one such. I need the phone to hold on long enough until I get my contract renewal May 2012. I'm surviving on my Dream right now and I'm going through Angry Birds withdrawal...
Compatible-Bad Hardware-Insurance Questions
freeridindirtbiker said:
I've tried all those things. I'm using the Nexus 2 Gingerbread ROM by tytung. I've tried winmo roms, android, etc. I've done task 29 several times. Different radios as well. It doesn't make a difference at all. I found a thread that might be the culmination of it all. If anyone else is having problems like I am, take a look at this thread. It's definitely the motherboard overheating and freezing/and or shutting itself off.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982454
Luckily, I pay insurance through t-mobile so I will be picking up a new HD2 pretty soon.
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I have similar issue. Could use advice. Please.
My HD2 is about a year old. Decided to try android on the sd.
Device: HTC HD2 TMOUSA
Radio: 2.10.50.26 (Original) NOW flashed to 2.15.50.14
SPL: 2.10.xxxx (Original) NOW HSLP 2.08.0000
Android Rom: SD AmeriCanAndroid AOSP HD2 GB234 CM71
WM Rom: 2.13.531.1 (Original)
ACA seemed ok but would freeze randomly. So I flashed the radio to the 50.14. Seemed a little better but still a few freezes in android. Thought I would try the partition to improve the sd card performance. can't tell if it helped or not to many freeze ups to use android during the day. NOW my winmo side it giving me random reboots. It gets hot reboots, especially bad if using gps. I know overheating is part of the issue because during the middle of the day in my car without A/C it is terrible.
I also have an OTTERBOX Defend which has kept the phone looking great but is a really pain with on all the battery removal with the freeze ups.
I have read that this can be a mainboard issue, but how can I tell if it is or not?
Could the radio and winmo rom be incompatible?
Should I flash the winmo rom to a more compatible android rom?
Should I send it in since I have TMO insurance? (Anyone know if there is a deductible if you didn't lose the phone?)
I have also noticed the on the winmo side it reboots less if I turn htc sense off.
Not sure if I should go back to a different radio or send it in?
Are the insurance replacements refurbished or new? do they have the same issue?
Thanks for any expertise you care to share.
Had similar problems with Tmous HD2. Problems were really bad in Winmo; aca worked somewhat better. Read forums, tried standard "solutions". With time the problems got to the point where the HD2 would not boot unless it had been placed in the refrigerator for 5 minutes.
Did T-Mobile warranty exchange in April. Replacement was refurb (arrives without battery or sd card, used old one), but looked fine. Had a week to test "new" phone, before sending the old one back. Replacment phone works much better. In Winmo, gps, videos, sense no longer cause reboots; aca also works great.
Hope this helps...
TheATHEiST said:
Have you properly formatted card? (overwrite with size adjustment)
Which rom are you using?
Does it do it on multiple roms?
Have you done a task29?
have you tried a different radio version?
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Exactly as my post from a few days ago predicted..."task 29"
FFS.

[Q] Hardware issue?

K so i have a long list on how i got to where i am.
My light sensor wasn't working so i wanted to see if a factory reset would fix it.
It didn't, instead my proximity sensor stopped working after a factory reset.
Thinking that it might be a problem with the software and not hardware, I went on a search to find out how i could get it back to how it was when i first bought it from rogers, with out No-DO or any other updates.
I found a link to the original rom from someone on the forum here and i set it back to how it was when i got it.
After that my phone has rarely connected to the network. I get E and G connections but it never shows 3G. And when it does connect, it quickly looses the connection.
It isn't an issue with my sim card since i tried it in another phone and it worked.
I'm wondering if this is a software error or hardware...
Thoughts? Possible fixes?
More technical details please:
- what carrier are you currently using it on (I understand the phone was on Rogers originally)?
- os/radio/fw version
- are you using a microSD card and what class/size/brand
Also, I didn't understand: after flashing 7004, your sensors started working again? Or in addition you're having 3G problems.
I am still with rogers.
The OS that i put on it was 7004.
Radio software: 2124.20.12.2
Radio hardware: 0.0.0.3
After installing the sensors didn't start to work again and the radio stopped working properly.
I get Edge and G connections with full bars for about 10 seconds and then they go away and come back randomly. I can send a text and receive them when i get these signals. But i never get a 3g connection.
No micro SD card
Yep... besides my Focus continually restarting at random, I also have the same issue as above. My proximity sensor does not work anymore!! But i've learned to live with it and I just turn the screen off when I'm on a call.
Focus = Cheap
WP7 = Winning
Titan = My next phone
pdangcil said:
Yep... besides my Focus continually restarting at random, I also have the same issue as above. My proximity sensor does not work anymore!! But i've learned to live with it and I just turn the screen off when I'm on a call.
Focus = Cheap
WP7 = Winning
Titan = My next phone
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Unfortunately i cant make a call
dudedud said:
Unfortunately i cant make a call
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Sorry bro... I can still do everything. Mango has worked flawlessly besides the random restarts. But fear not!!! AT&T will have the new Mango phones on November 7th.
pdangcil said:
Sorry bro... I can still do everything. Mango has worked flawlessly besides the random restarts. But fear not!!! AT&T will have the new Mango phones on November 7th.
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Still hasn't been a year so hardware should still be under warranty.
Hopefully they wont see that i played around with the software by unlocking it, installing mango beta, and official mango early
dudedud said:
I am still with rogers.
The OS that i put on it was 7004.
Radio software: 2124.20.12.2
Radio hardware: 0.0.0.3
After installing the sensors didn't start to work again and the radio stopped working properly.
I get Edge and G connections with full bars for about 10 seconds and then they go away and come back randomly. I can send a text and receive them when i get these signals. But i never get a 3g connection.
No micro SD card
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Looks like a hardware problem. After flashing to 7004 you should have an equivalent of factory product. If that doesn't work properly, it's not software. Go for warranty.
Just an update... i took it back to AT&T to have them look at it, and when they realized that they could not re-flash it, they replaced it for me with a brand new one.
I hope this is the case for me.
DO you think they will know if i flashed it back to the factorization rom from rogers? the one found on this forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131022
I really hope they don't give me a $100 bill for fixing the phone
dudedud said:
I hope this is the case for me.
DO you think they will know if i flashed it back to the factorization rom from rogers? the one found on this forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131022
I really hope they don't give me a $100 bill for fixing the phone
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They're not going to know. I took it to AT&T and when they realized that they could not reflash it, they just went ahead and replaced it. The sad thing though is that they still gave me the same back cover and not a new one!

Dell Streak is going to the silicon heaven or not?

Hello everybody!
I have a serious problems with my Streak. Few days ago, i installed an update from DSC v1.1 to the DSC v1.7. Two or three days everything was fine but then started a hell.
First problem, which appeared, was that it reboots itself. Anytime, for no reasons. Doesnt matter if I was working on the Streak or device was on the table. Then next day came the second problem, which is much more worse. When I was calling somebody from my Streak, the person on the other end was not able to hear, because everything was "lagy". Phone call was discontinuous.
I tried to reinstall that ROM (DSC v1.7), to perform a factory reset or go back to the previous version of DSC ROM.
Then new problems appeared - nothing is running now on the Streak, and most applications or processes is ended on the startup. And phone calls are still discontinous.
There is only one hope, is it possible to get back all the stuff from factory? I mean completely - ROM, kernel etc.
Thanks for every idea and help.
(I am sorry for my english).
Read this topic, you will know what to do after that.
From HERE:
_2bad4u_ said:
100% the problem comes from internel sd card, i used to have this problems, after testing dif. rom and settings, i got the impresion it was from the internel sd card and change it, and no more reboot problems, it's a good thing because i could sell it, and i sold it last week.
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Thanks for helping. This can solve problems with rebooting, but do you thing thats the reason for problems with GSM - Cell phone network?
Try it, and then you tell us if it's that the problem or not. Because i suspect the sd card, but maybe there is a problem with the streak.
is flashing another ROM doesn't solved the problem?
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Flashing another ROM doesn't solving this problem on my device. I will try to replace the internal SD card tonight and I will post news about it.
Rebootinf - fixed, phone calls problem not.
Hello everybody.
Yesterday, I tried to change the internal SD card in my Streak to solve problems with booting and with the discontinuous phone calls. And here is the result:
Problem with rebooting was solved, but not with the phone calls. I found only one solution to fix the problem with phone calls. I took screen from this Streak and I put it into another one with broken screen (which I had, because it was cheaper to buy a used Streak than new screen). So I made from two devices, with a different problem, one device which is working fine.
I think that there was some problem with Main Board.

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