I have a ATT Galaxy S4 NI1 that was running the stock ROM from ATT. This phone will randomly stop receiving calls and texts but I don't know that because the signal bar is still showing signal. I have read where a lot of people are having these issues after they did the latest ATT update. I decided that I would root the phone and install a new ROM. I put on the Goldeneye ROM and I am still having the same issues. I was hoping that by changing the ROM, that the problem would be fixed. Does anyone have any insight on how I can fix this or do you think this is a hardware issue? Thank you.
I did flash the NEXUS 4.4.4 ROM and things have worked for about 3.5 hours. We will see if it continues to work into the weekend.
It turns out that this didn't help and it's still losing signal even though it says it has signal.
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Anyone have any thoughts?
I bet your SIM is bad. Go to AT&T and get a new one.
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I'm dealing with the same problem. I've tried just about everything I can think of and have done as much reading as I can.
New sim will be here tomorrow.. hoping that will fix things.... but doubtfull.
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And unfortunately there are quite a few threads reporting the same problem that go back for months. I havne't found one that actually had a working solution.
New sim card didn't help.
I'm pretty much giving up. This problem has been reported on numerous forums.... Different providers.... No one has come up with a solution or exactly what the problem is.
Samsung refuses to acknowledge the problem at all. $200 phone down the drain....
I did find a thread on reddit which had this pic of a service bulliten that was issued. Guess we're still waiting...
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I've been running Liquidsmooth's rom (switched straight from stock to v2.8 and then 2.9, switched from the default kernel to ktoonsez's, baseband UCUAMDL) and I've noticed, like a few others on the Q&A threads, that there is a problem with the call audio, particularly on incoming calls. I can never hear anyone who calls me, they can't hear me, and I have to always call them back.
I thought this was an issue with liquidsmooth, but it turns out there are folks on Task's rom with the same problem. I'm not sure if this seems to be an issue with all non-tw custom roms, but I was wondering if anyone figured out a solution to this.
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sevengroove said:
I've been running Liquidsmooth's rom (switched straight from stock to v2.8 and then 2.9, switched from the default kernel to ktoonsez's, baseband UCUAMDL) and I've noticed, like a few others on the Q&A threads, that there is a problem with the call audio, particularly on incoming calls. I can never hear anyone who calls me, they can't hear me, and I have to always call them back.
I thought this was an issue with liquidsmooth, but it turns out there are folks on Task's rom with the same problem. I'm not sure if this seems to be an issue with all non-tw custom roms, but I was wondering if anyone figured out a solution to this.
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Its an upstream issue on all aosp ROMs ( non tw) its being worked on but it doesn't happen to everyone only choice is to make due with the issue and wait or flash a tw ROM
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These are CM10/aosp bugs and you will have to wait until these are resolved, I have been waiting for a year now...go figure.
For what its worth, I had absolutely no issues when running the Task650AOKP rom.
MattMJB0188 said:
For what its worth, I had absolutely no issues when running the Task650AOKP rom.
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Ya man its hit or miss on all aosp ROMs some users have the issues other don't I only had it once a month ago haven't since but I have seen other running the same ROM as me have it a lot
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TheAxman said:
These are CM10/aosp bugs and you will have to wait until these are resolved, I have been waiting for a year now...go figure.
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That's a pretty impressive wait time considering the phone has only been available for a few months. :cyclops:
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If you lurk the dev thread for CM10.1, you'll see that they are very close to squashing this bug.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2275545&page=132
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That's a pretty impressive wait time considering the phone has only been available for a few months. :cyclops:
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If you lurk the dev thread for CM10.1, you'll see that they are very close to squashing this bug.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2275545&page=132
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That's what I was thinking - I find it a little hard to believe that this problem is a year old, because I've had both the SII and SIII on a combination of task's or liquidsmooth's roms and they've worked fine.
I agree that it seems to be hit or miss. I definitely didn't anticipate the problem because I came straight from stock, full wipe/reset etc. For the people who are using task's rom, what baseband are you on? Does that even matter?
Please forgive me I did a search on XDA here in the GS4 forums and on google and could not find any results with my issue, if i did miss it please point me in the right direction "after week getting little agitated".
I have the AT&T i337 32gb version, was rooted running stock last week, on Tuesday all of a sudden I lost the ability to talk on the phone and use data at the same time, which I have been doing for years with AT&T and worked fine on the GS4 the first month or so I had the phone. Odin back to stock multiple resets, APN restores etc... no go. Sooooo did the stupid thing and took the OTA update just to see if was SW issue, of course wast so no more ROM for me. woohoo... took phone to store they messed with for over an hour and couldn't figure it out as well advsd me to call in to tech support which they did stuff for an hour and they couldn't get it either, sent me a warranty replacement. Thank god it came with mdl so before even putting sim in rooted and disabled the OTA update feature. Well after getting new phone set up have the same problem. They have escalated the issue and im supposed to hear something back this evening, i am just curious if there is something i can have them look at on the back haul of things that could be messed up, also I have 2 other phones on my same plan and they are working fine with talking and data simultaneously. Any ideas I can try would be appreciated.
FYI I have loaded the KANGABEAN rom on my device and using it now, but the problem happens on a completely stock ROM, i very seriously doubt i have 2 bad devices in a row doing the excact same thing, ive been wrong before so its very possible just dont see it.
Any advice I would love to hear and try
Thanks
I do know they throttle data while on a call even though they advertise it... I uploaded photos of proof that they throttle and while on a call, data is nearly useless. This has been brought up a few times since I've joined xda in the last two years even when I had an iPhone.
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Ahh they servers were different. Here's another pic of me on call on the same server as the second photo (Carlsbad). Download is barely usuable but upload froze and trying to do any data related task on the phone during a call just doesn't work. I guess my question would be is your data not working at all during a call? Try doing a speed test and report back.
Edit: didn't read your post thoroughly lol. If it stopped working all of a sudden maybe it's the towers but that wouldnt explain the other two phones working. Either way I just wanted to put my two cents in about them throttling. Sorry if I wasn't much help.
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It has to be something with the towers around my work area... I have about hour commute to the area I work, I work mobile so drive multiple counties and it will work fine till I hit certain spot then nothing. Now just have to figure out how to get att to see it. Thanks for input
If there is anyone around the Kernersville, Walkertown NC area that could test and see if they have the same issue I would appreciate it, I know i cant be the only one
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Hi Guys,
i'm thinking of buying the 4g NOTE 3 but as a constant traveller I'm concerned with this region lock thing. Do custom ROMs remove this issue?
No. Customs roms are OS images. All frequencies and networks locking is done in baseband/radio firmware.
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Apo11on said:
No. Customs roms are OS images. All frequencies and networks locking is done in baseband/radio firmware.
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OK - first, baseband/radio updates are available.
Secondly, Chainfire released a simple fix for it this today Enjoy!
Monty Burns said:
Hi Guys,
i'm thinking of buying the 4g NOTE 3 but as a constant traveller I'm concerned with this region lock thing. Do custom ROMs remove this issue?
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Just put in a local sim FIRST (if it's sim-free and bought from the UK, then any UK sim). Once the phone registers with that local sim, the region lock is automatically removed and you can then use it with any sim in the world.
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Just put in a local sim FIRST (if it's sim-free and bought from the UK, then any UK sim). Once the phone registers with that local sim, the region lock is automatically removed and you can then use it with any sim in the world.
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That's the problem. That's what Samsung say to do but the big issue that's NOT how it's working for everyone. Go check up the massive thread on it.
Besides which, the issue appears to have been resolved for the moment by Chainfire. I'll mark the thread solved.
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That's the problem. That's what Samsung say to do but the big issue that's NOT how it's working for everyone. Go check up the massive thread on it.
Besides which, the issue appears to have been resolved for the moment by Chainfire. I'll mark the thread solved.
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It worked fine for me, and so for a lot of people too. My advice would be:
Put in a local sim. Leave it on for a couple of minutes so it catches maximum signal, then make a local call so it registers it properly, and that should be it! Bob's your uncle!
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Monty Burns said:
Hi Guys,
i'm thinking of buying the 4g NOTE 3 but as a constant traveller I'm concerned with this region lock thing. Do custom ROMs remove this issue?
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By the way, love your signature! Where did you get the picture from of the team?
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It worked fine for me, and so for a lot of people too. My advice would be:
Put in a local sim. Leave it on for a couple of minutes so it catches maximum signal, then make a local call so it registers it properly, and that should be it! Bob's your uncle!
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As a heavy international traveller I was NOT prepared to spend £5/600 on a phone which would maybe work as I needed it. Until Chainfire fixed it this morning, it was very hit or miss.
Plenty of evidence
The Register
XDA massive thread
If you wish to remain under the dilusion that it worked for everyone following Samsungs method, then please carry on .... but it doesn't. It works for SOME people and doesn't work for others - until Chainfire implemented a software fix this morning.
So, as far as I'm concerned, threads dead and can be closed.
arsi123 said:
It worked fine for me, and so for a lot of people too. My advice would be:
Put in a local sim. Leave it on for a couple of minutes so it catches maximum signal, then make a local call so it registers it properly, and that should be it! Bob's your uncle!
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By the way, love your signature! Where did you get the picture from of the team?
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When I lived in South Africa, they came out to Durban and smashed SA for the traditional Boxing Day test. I lived in Uhlanga Rocks and lived in the Pearls, they stayed in the Oyster Box hotel next door.
Monty Burns said:
That's the problem. That's what Samsung say to do but the big issue that's NOT how it's working for everyone. Go check up the massive thread on it.
Besides which, the issue appears to have been resolved for the moment by Chainfire. I'll mark the thread solved.
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Well since its a general thread for all kinds of Note 3's (including my wifes SM-N 900) you should reconsider doing this because Chainfire did not confirm its working in all Note 3 models... And believe me its not..
Monty Burns said:
Hi Guys,
i'm thinking of buying the 4g NOTE 3 but as a constant traveller I'm concerned with this region lock thing. Do custom ROMs remove this issue?
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Some custom roms have the region lock deactivated. .. so if you flag them you won't need to do anything else. ...
Monty Burns said:
Hi Guys,
i'm thinking of buying the 4g NOTE 3 but as a constant traveller I'm concerned with this region lock thing. Do custom ROMs remove this issue?
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Title says it all actually!
Recently I've been having issues with my Note 4. I'll be in a perfect signal area, full signal everything firing on all cylinders...except when people call me I don't get the calls.
And attempting to call anyone back, results in my call sitting there counting down the timer until it times out and ends the call.
So I recently unlocked my Note 4 Retail bootloader (CID conversion). Rooted, and am running stock upgrade 5.1.1 which I grabbed from the Development section here for our phones.
Same deal as before.
Shame too, this phone is running so smoothly too, the best it ever has.
Have tried flashing stock FW through Odin 3.10.6, and not converting the CID or rooting, no dice.
Can't make phone calls, can't receive phone calls.
My sim card is fine as well, it was working about 4 or 5 days ago prior.
Didn't know where else to post this problem, have searched for hours (maybe in the wrong places?) and have no progress to show for it. This phone is my daily driver and I have no other, nor the cash to pay for a replacement from VZW right now.
Are there any settings I can change, or something I missed? Did I flash the wrong 5.1.1 upgrade file in Odin? I'll link to the one I used specifically.
Topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-verizon/development/firmware-firmware-kernel-modem-recovery-t2942937
FW used = N910VVRU2BPA1:
Full Firmware: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24411628330026105
Thanks and sorry for the light novel!
Any further details can be provided!
Did you update the modem?
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Did you update the modem?
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Yup, updated the modem. Not sure if I flashed the correct file or not though.
I flashed this file: N910VVRU2BPA1_Modem.tar.md5 the other day, but no noticeable changes have happened. Looks like its new phone time unfortunately...
Thanks for replying by the way!
Apologies for taking so long to respond!
Same thing just happened to me using Kyubi Note 5 port. I just wiped everything and re-flashed Paulpizz's ROM. When I say wiped everything, I mean everything including internal storage. Data and calls working normally now.
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I'm not sure if Paulpizz's OP was updated but I'm using his most recent update that is posted on page 7 of the thread. ROM is stable and clean. With Xposed installed I'd have to say it is the best ROM available. His ongoing support for the ROM is amazing. Just waiting for him to port some Note 5 features.
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xelanetloads said:
Same thing just happened to me using Kyubi Note 5 port. I just wiped everything and re-flashed Paulpizz's ROM. When I say wiped everything, I mean everything including internal storage. Data and calls working normally now.
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I'm not sure if Paulpizz's OP was updated but I'm using his most recent update that is posted on page 7 of the thread. ROM is stable and clean. With Xposed installed I'd have to say it is the best ROM available. His ongoing support for the ROM is amazing. Just waiting for him to port some Note 5 features.
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Thanks for the reply!
Hate this happened to you as well, but feel a bit relieved at least one other person has dealt with this.
I'll try wiping everything completely again and see what happens. But I'm pretty sure VZW have stopped service on my Note 4 in particular...
It's a long story no one is interested in, but I actually got my Note 4 for free from a relative.
I worked out a deal where I repaired and rooted a couple phones for him, and he gave me his old Note 4...which unfortunately he lost at work, received a replacement, then the old one turned up a week later on the job site he was working at...then gave that phone to me, so if anyone is familiar with similar situations such as this, that basically means the phone was blacklisted (lost or stolen list).
Can't get a new sim card for it either, that's how I found out about all this the other day. Got 8 months use out of it though...can't complain too much.
Longer story short, ended up spending my first paycheck from the new job on a Nexus 6 today, be here in a few days probably...
The Note 4 is going to be my media player though, due to sd-card slot and all .
Thanks for the replies everyone!
Apparently only a security fix though it appears newer than the 1AQEB rolling out in Europe and other places. No apparent Bluetooth fix, though my very, very brief range test with the S3 Classic worked. I did not get disconnected until I was about 25-30 feet away. More testing is required of course. The patch seems light in size compared to the 1AQEB, with 1AQEJ coming in at approximately 270MB VS. 670MB for the 1AQEB. Only visible difference is that I am now on May 1st, 2017 security patch.
Interesting.
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Unlocked or a carrier?
Edit: Apparently this is for Bell, for now.
thurask said:
Unlocked or a carrier?
Edit: Apparently this is for Bell, for now.
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You can download and flash this to any Canadian variant of S8/S8+. They are all exactly the same phones.
Received it OTA on Telus this morning.
Strange. I'm on Bell and OTA says I'm on the latest with 1AQDE.
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You can download and flash this to any Canadian variant of S8/S8+. They are all exactly the same phones.
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How/where to download?
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zirt57 said:
Strange. I'm on Bell and OTA says I'm on the latest with 1AQDE.
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How/where to download?
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Did you buy your device direct from Samsung, full retail, or subsidized? As for where to grab it, I suppose I could download the latest firmware for my device and upload it somewhere or alternatively you can look for somebody posting it here on XDA or Sammobile.
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Strange. I'm on Bell and OTA says I'm on the latest with 1AQDE.
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I received it as well this morning, I'm on Virgin Mobile
Not available on Rogers yet.
I have massive battery drain all of a sudden. Google Play Services are keeping the device awake all the time. Nothing changed since yesterday except the new update. Cleared the cache a few minutes ago. Have to see if there is any impact.
Got this OTA update on my Bell S8+ this morning. Since i got the update Im having issues on screen sensitivity, like Im texting then menu option pops up or just scrolling my chat messages and then out of the blue it's menu pop up. Using a tempered glass screen protector which has adhesive on edges, working perfect before the update. Will still monitor it and report back tomorrow.
My device got hosed after this update. I had to factory reset it. I am going to attempt a restore now from a backup but I have a feeling that I'm in for a nice new setup from scratch. The phone just went nuts this morning and progressively got worse. Play Services started draining battery like mad, Play Store stopped working, random glitches and crashes, etc. I finally decided that enough is enough. I wasted at least 2 hours troubleshooting the issues in the hope that factory reset won't be necessary. I ought to know better.
After 3 days using this update i guess it's time to do a hard reset. The glitches I'm experiencing are just annoying and there's a slight battery drain issue too.
After factory reset the device seems to be back to normal, more or less. Have to wait out the first 3-5 days for the device to settle in but all the glitches I was seeing are gone now.
Okay, got a chance to test the Bluetooth connection again. There seems to be a bit of improvement in range. This might be placebo effect. Beyond that, nothing has improved at all. I am still having trouble with Bluetooth dropping at random, connectivity and discovery issues, etc. Same as before. I don't believe that this update incorporated any of the Bluetooth fixes that were discussed for 1AQEB.
Got it today on Vidéotron, no issues so far.