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Typing delay + more!

alright when i first got my phone i never had a problem with a typing delay. but now my phone is 6 mopnths old and i am now having lots of problems. fristly a few weeks ago i had to do a complete factory reset becuse my phone totally went rretarted. i was sitting in a restuarant and i was txting someone and her name is tiffany. i texted her and then the next message she sent me showed her number in stead of her name(like from tiffany now says from 72789846) but i didnt think anything of it like maybe she had her friends phone or something. so i didnt do anything about it. and then i got home that night and fell asleep and when i awoke i had 2 missed called so i clicked missed calls on the htc home plug in and the phone totally locked up. i reset it and upod reset i found that i cannot make calls. cant recieve calls. it said i didnt have service. couldnt go online . lost all my contacts. and the only thing i could do is text. i was furious of course. this would be the second time this year i lost all my contacts! So i called sprint and they could do nothing for me. So i did a factory reset and sucked it up!. this itself is a huge prblem becuase i no longer trust my phone at all. but i reset it and then found the new sprint rom so i loaded that on there (2nd format basicly) and its all good i suppose. its a little bit slower than it used to be. but now my cpu is as 90-95% with nothing running. slowing down my ppc to almost a standstill. it takes a very long time to open anything. but thats not why im bothered. now whenever i type the typeing delay is sooooooooo badd.. i will type a full text message and it wont type anything then i will put my phone down and 5 seconds or so later the message will be typing itself!. i want this to be fixed. also i want to speed up my phone because its very agrivating. a cheap 20 dollar phone is faster than this 350 dollar POS. but i am forced to live with my phone. and its a dam shame because i love the phone. i love everything you can do. but i want to be able to do those things well..i mean i paid 350$ for a good phone not frustration. if anyone can be of assistance please post thank you

xxbarrxx said:
alright when i first got my phone i never had a problem with a typing delay. but now my phone is 6 mopnths old and i am now having lots of problems. fristly a few weeks ago i had to do a complete factory reset becuse my phone totally went rretarted. i was sitting in a restuarant and i was txting someone and her name is tiffany. i texted her and then the next message she sent me showed her number in stead of her name(like from tiffany now says from 72789846) but i didnt think anything of it like maybe she had her friends phone or something. so i didnt do anything about it. and then i got home that night and fell asleep and when i awoke i had 2 missed called so i clicked missed calls on the htc home plug in and the phone totally locked up. i reset it and upod reset i found that i cannot make calls. cant recieve calls. it said i didnt have service. couldnt go online . lost all my contacts. and the only thing i could do is text. i was furious of course. this would be the second time this year i lost all my contacts! So i called sprint and they could do nothing for me. So i did a factory reset and sucked it up!. this itself is a huge prblem becuase i no longer trust my phone at all. but i reset it and then found the new sprint rom so i loaded that on there (2nd format basicly) and its all good i suppose. its a little bit slower than it used to be. but now my cpu is as 90-95% with nothing running. slowing down my ppc to almost a standstill. it takes a very long time to open anything. but thats not why im bothered. now whenever i type the typeing delay is sooooooooo badd.. i will type a full text message and it wont type anything then i will put my phone down and 5 seconds or so later the message will be typing itself!. i want this to be fixed. also i want to speed up my phone because its very agrivating. a cheap 20 dollar phone is faster than this 350 dollar POS. but i am forced to live with my phone. and its a dam shame because i love the phone. i love everything you can do. but i want to be able to do those things well..i mean i paid 350$ for a good phone not frustration. if anyone can be of assistance please post thank you
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I am sorry, that is one of the hardest things to read I have ever seen on this board. Good luck to you and to whoever can read that and find an answer for you.

OP: I have to agree with RevSand.
I Tried - really, I did. But, the simple fact is, my eyes crossed trying to read that ?paragraph?
You'll have much better luck getting a response if you
A) shorten that whole thing to include relevant details
B) don't type it like you're typing a text message
C) Line breaks. Paragraph Breaks.
People on message boards (myself included) generally browse through pretty quickly. VERY long winded and difficult to read posts often get read 5% of the way through, and not finished. I'm sure you can see why this would be detrimental to your getting a response/solution.
Have a great day,
Ben

xxbarrxx said:
alright when i first got my phone i never had a problem with a typing delay. but now my phone is 6 mopnths old and i am now having lots of problems. fristly a few weeks ago i had to do a complete factory reset becuse my phone totally went rretarted. i was sitting in a restuarant and i was txting someone and her name is tiffany. i texted her and then the next message she sent me showed her number in stead of her name(like from tiffany now says from 72789846) but i didnt think anything of it like maybe she had her friends phone or something. so i didnt do anything about it. and then i got home that night and fell asleep and when i awoke i had 2 missed called so i clicked missed calls on the htc home plug in and the phone totally locked up. i reset it and upod reset i found that i cannot make calls. cant recieve calls. it said i didnt have service. couldnt go online . lost all my contacts. and the only thing i could do is text. i was furious of course. this would be the second time this year i lost all my contacts! So i called sprint and they could do nothing for me. So i did a factory reset and sucked it up!. this itself is a huge prblem becuase i no longer trust my phone at all. but i reset it and then found the new sprint rom so i loaded that on there (2nd format basicly) and its all good i suppose. its a little bit slower than it used to be. but now my cpu is as 90-95% with nothing running. slowing down my ppc to almost a standstill. it takes a very long time to open anything. but thats not why im bothered. now whenever i type the typeing delay is sooooooooo badd.. i will type a full text message and it wont type anything then i will put my phone down and 5 seconds or so later the message will be typing itself!. i want this to be fixed. also i want to speed up my phone because its very agrivating. a cheap 20 dollar phone is faster than this 350 dollar POS. but i am forced to live with my phone. and its a dam shame because i love the phone. i love everything you can do. but i want to be able to do those things well..i mean i paid 350$ for a good phone not frustration. if anyone can be of assistance please post thank you
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I suggest finding a reliable ROM from either DCD kitchens or no2chem. Then uploading it into your phone ( sprint rom ofcourse ) maybe the tweaks they have made can help you out.
But if you want to stay at a stock rom ( with out GPS or Rev.A ) im sure DCD has a very stable rom for that too, or you can exchange your phone for a new one if everything else fails.

[email protected]$ said:
I suggest finding a reliable ROM from either DCD kitchens or no2chem. Then uploading it into your phone ( sprint rom ofcourse ) maybe the tweaks they have made can help you out....
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I second [email protected]$'s sentiments. I'm using DCD's 3.0.1 ROM and it is great!
The 15 minute solution is to first reflash your phone with the latest Official Sprint Mogul ROM 3.35:
http://www.htc.com/us/FAQ_Detail.aspx?p_id=75&act=sd
This will not only hard reset your device (erases all data), it will upgrade both the operating system and the radio. The upgraded radio enables GPS and also enables even faster data speeds.
Copy the .exe file of dotFred's PIM backup v2.8 (for WM5 & WM6)
http://www.dotfred.net/default.htm
into a directory (doesn't matter) on your Mogul and schedule it to regularly, AUTOMATICALLY backup all of your Contacts (and whatever else you want) onto your MicroSD every night.
There is LOTS of detailed information in this great forum about this. For further info on the Stock Sprint upgrade you can also check out:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=20641
Depending upon your job or environment, it is possible that you subjected your Mogul to an electric shock or EMP of some sort that might happen again (which could erase or corrupt your personal data), so you probably want to make a habit of backing up/synchronizing your unit with your desktop PC.
If you want to use a customized ROM, I would recommend one of DCD's latest. At the top of the "Titan Upgrading" section of XDA-Developers, you'll see DCD's latest ROM "dcd's titan ROMs & kitchen 3.0.4" or you can do a search for "DCD titan Rom 3.0.1" and select the .exe "Sprint ROM" made by |||bored||| posted by DCD in the first post. These can speed up your device even more and offer some nice features.
However there are some careful (but easy) steps that you'll want to follow when upgrading to a customized ROM, so I strongly recommend reading the forums carefully. I found this one helpful:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=17667
Also, because most of the customized ROMs are streamlined to operate faster and more efficiently, some features that you MIGHT want have been disabled or removed. Browsing the forums can help identify how to re-enable/re-install any of these that are important to you. That being said, they've added LOTs of nice features not available on the stock ROM.

Samsung I9000M 2.2NL Help..

I hate to post a thread like this, but after searching and basically pulling my hair out, I've decided it was time.
Anyway, as title suggests I have an I9000m with the 2.2 UGJL2 *Typo in title, sorry!!*
Heres the problem with the phone...
Its a bell phone, unrooted or modified. Its running 2.2 JL2. When used with an bell SIM it will dial out and receive, receive texts, send them. However it won't receive picture messages, well it receives but just says downloading (and the plan does have it)
It also won't connect to the mobile network. If I manually set APN it does, but then its ability to call out is brutal for some reason. Also I threw my virgin mobile sim in it, set apn and it would go onto the internet no problem, but calling and text suffered big time.
It also seems to lag huge all the time, it'll freeze, you hit the center button and it just takes screen shots.
Its a refurb phone if that helps. Its actually my gfs phone, I picked her up a HTC incredible S... she says if we can fix the old one she kinda wants the samsung back.
Any help would be appreciated.
Mike

Have you tried a factory reset to see if that fixes the problems? That would be the best starting point.
Sent from a telephony device

radeon_x said:
Have you tried a factory reset to see if that fixes the problems? That would be the best starting point.
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Been done twice. Also have had two new sim cards installed aswell. I figured before I tried rooting it would be best to consult you guys. Is it possible that there's a hardware issue?
Thanks
Mike

Based on your description it doesn't sound like a hardware issue, but no way to know for sure.
I think your next best bet would be to try reflashing JL2 (or KC1 even) using Odin; as long as you can get to download mode via the 3 button combo. If you're still having problems after that then probably it is hardware.
Sent from a telephony device

radeon_x said:
Based on your description it doesn't sound like a hardware issue, but no way to know for sure.
I think your next best bet would be to try reflashing JL2 (or KC1 even) using Odin; as long as you can get to download mode via the 3 button combo. If you're still having problems after that then probably it is hardware.
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Got er fixed. After I put the phone down and enjoyed a beer for a bit, I went back and basically wiped the phone clean, I think I did it 3 times in a row, using both the 3 button download mode one, and two different ones than can be accessed via the dialer. After doing that I retryed the APN settings again and ALAS it finally worked correctly. Its now connecting to the HSDPA and is also downloading MMS messages like it should. Its also yet to lag again. I'm assuming it was an app that was causing that aswell.
Regardless, the misses is happy, I might keep the Incredible S (currently have the HTC legend, lovely phone, but it does feel under powered compared to the I9000 and the Incredible S)
Sometimes I think a guy has gotta step back and relax for a minute lol!!
Thanks again

Okay so I lost my Heros phone number when I flashed a ROM [RESOLVED]

DOH! Flashed to Zero Hero and my phone is now displaying the wrong phone number. Will someone please clue me in on how to fix this?
Additional information: I have 4 Heros all activated on Metro PCS. The other 3 are working and have Damage Control 1.0 installed on them, so possibly I can retrieve settings from one of my working phones?
I have flashed ROM's before and this hasn't happened, not blaming it on the ROM though, could have been my own stupidity. The ROM looks awesome and I cant wait to get it working so I can test it for replacement on my other 3 phones.
Many Thanks!
EDIT: Been searching Google for hours now.. so I guess the fix is not an easy one??
Edit 2 to add that this cant be done. When the phone was originally flashed the guy didnt use my phones MEID for whatever reason.. therefore the phone is not in the MetroPCS system. I tried to get the info from MetroPCS but no dice.
I will not go back to the same place to get it fixed.

Hahahaha!
Sorry.... that's all I got.
Are you sure you're not looking at the wrong thing
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

Yeah, looking at the phone info under settings. If I try to make a call I get the standard Sprint "Your account can not be validated" recording.
Not gonna give up.. I know its possible. I may be a nOOb but I know how to follow directions and be persistent.
Will probably need to update the PRL as well.. but I have found some info on that.. just not able to find for changing the MDN. I am guessing I will need to download QPST workshop.. been looking for a download of that as well.. well I have a copy but its from 2006, so I am guessing thats why my phone wont connect.
Its always something.

lol well first of all if your supposed to be on metropcs and your getting sprint recordings, definitely change out your prl to one that works with metro.
second of all, if your getting a weird phone number, flash back to stock sense rom and use the ##msl# (? i think thats the one) to switch your mdn and msid to what they are supposed to be. if you dont know what they are supposed to be im sure you can call metro and find out.
good luck and ask more questions if you need more help
edit: pm me if you need more help, i may be able to help

Yeah I guess changing the PRL is a good place to start... I need a break from trying to fix the MDN anyways.
As far as the msid is concerned.. do you think MetroPCS has that information? Or even willing to give it to me? I dont want to go back to the place that originally flashed my phone to Metro because they charge $65 each time. What would I tell Metro for the reason I need my msid?
Thanks!

Okay got the MSID #. According to the CS rep its the same for all my phones, hope like hell he knew what he was talking about.
Now I am still stuck, unable to get QPST set up properly as I have no options to install any com port at all...... Back to Google.

you shouldnt need qpst, just flash back to a stock rom, nfx stock is pretty good for this, and enter ##msl# (your 6 digit msl number instead of the word msl) into the dialer, and there it should give you the option to change your mdn or msid.
keep us updated, hope you get this phone working again
edit: if you want to use qpst, i know for cyanogenmod you can open up adb shell in your command prompt on computer (or terminal emulator from market i beleive) and enter this
echo 1 > /dev/qct_diag_enable
and windows will see the diag driver needs installed and adds a com port. YMMV but i would think it is universal for roms, but dont quote me on that. here is the link i found this at: http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...t-cdma-codes-on-dialer-need-diag-mode-solved/
good luck

I have tried
echo 1 > /dev/qct_diag_enable
and it didnt work for me. If I connect my other phone to qpst or CDMA I get the com ports and can connect so I know I have that part right.
Installing another ROM kind of defeats the purpose as I suspect that this ROM is what overwrote my settings, so if I install another ROM I would be back at square one when reinstalling this one. Unless of course there is a way to back these individual settings up that I am not aware of?
I wouldnt go through this much trouble for any other ROM as I feel that Pico Gingerbread is exactly what this phone needs. I like the stock look and feel.

i know it seems inconvenient, but if you cant enter diag mode or use ## codes on zero hero (which i know you cant use the ## codes, those are only able to be used on stock rom) then your hand is pretty much forced to go back to stock. i've flashed many roms on my hero after getting the phone settings set, and never have i lost the phone number, data, etc.
try flashing back to stock with nfx's sprint stock rom, and get your phone all good to go again, and then try to reflash to zero hero. it shouldnt take much time, and if it does it again (where you lose your phone number) then we know something is going wrong in the process, at which time you should ask mattcrystal in the zero hero rom thread.
edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849024 is nfx rom, i suggest it over stock but remember to flash the kernel that comes with it or your phones cpu will be pegged down around 200 mhz

Thanks for your reply.. I did as suggested and installed nfx's sprint stock rom.
With that I was able to get into diag and I played around with various programs ALL damn day.
Problem was the MIN was wrong. On phones flashed to MetroPCS sometimes the MIN is not the same as the MDN.
Now when I call 611 I get the proper MetroPCS recording.. but when I make a normal call I get a strange recording about "if I would like to make a prepaid call"
(Virgin mobile perhaps??)
But, progress is good. In the end I will try the Zero Hero ROM again.. at least if something goes wrong I will know how to fix it.
At the rate I am learning I should be cooking ROMs in a couple weeks.
EDIT: I have the information I need to make this phone work, but I am doing something wrong. Gonna make a new post in a non-legacy forum in hopes that I get some much needed help.

your mdn is your phone number, and your min(msid) should be the routing number (a generic phone number that i think is like a routing number, metro should be able to give it to you, it sounds like you already have it.) your close to being done, just program your mdn as your phone number, and your min(msid) as the number you have that isnt your actual phone number. (that metro gave you)
hopefully you get it going, your close to the finish line
"EDIT: I have the information I need to make this phone work, but I am doing something wrong. Gonna make a new post in a non-legacy forum in hopes that I get some much needed help."
theres no need for that, i told you what you need to do to fix it, whether you take my advice or not is now your problem. if you dont have your msid(min) whatever you want to call it, call metro and tell them you need that info, and they should give it to you.

I have tried and failed at entering the MIN. I have tried in CDMA tools, QPST and DFS CDMA and the phone itself. No matter what number I put in leads to the phone not working. I am at a loss of anything else I can think of to try.
What I think I might need is someone with a lot of CDMA experience... but then again I have been wrong before or I wouldn't be where I am now.
Thanks
Edit 2 to add that this cant be done. When the phone was originally flashed the guy didnt use my phones MEID for whatever reason.. therefore the phone is not in the MetroPCS system. I tried to get the info from MetroPCS but no dice.
I will not go back to the same place to get it fixed.

good luck and if you figure it out please share with us how you did it

Cannot update PRL or Profile Error codes

So for a while now I have not been able to update my PRL or Profile. It hasn't bothered me because for the most part the phone has worked fine until recently. A friend texted me and said he was going to call me. He text back a few minutes later and ask why I didnt answer. Phone was next to me the whole time and it didnt ring or so any kind of notification that he had tried to call. Took him 3 calls before my phone rang and he got through.
I have applied for a few jobs within the past few weeks and have heard nothing from anyone which I am surprised because I was referred to one company by and friend who put in a good word for me and said that his supervisors were really impressed with my resume. So now I feel like this issue could possibly be costing me job opportunities and I want to get it figured out.
The errors are 6602 and 407. I've tried to do it over 4G and put my phone just in CDMA mode for 3G only and get the 407 code for 3G and the 6602 over 4G.
I am running Stock rooted/odexed MK2 and I just did a clean flash of the rom again clearing data/cache and dalvik seeing if that would help which it didn't. I have reflashed the modem seperately also with no help.
I have seen many threads of others having this issue but no answers on a fix. Has anyone experienced this and actually done something that has resolved the issue?

If you feel it may be costing you a job, why not flash a nand of a stock rom, assuming you have one
Sent from my SPH-L720 using XDA Free mobile app

I did, I flashed back to MF9 using this http://www.rwilco12.com/Files/Devic...H-L720)/Stock ROMs/MF9/Full Restore/Unrooted/
Which should be a stock factory restore, still would not update profile or prl. From there I updated to NG2 with Samsung Kies and I am still not able to update either.

tenaciousj said:
I did, I flashed back to MF9 using this http://www.rwilco12.com/Files/Devic...H-L720)/Stock ROMs/MF9/Full Restore/Unrooted/
Which should be a stock factory restore, still would not update profile or prl. From there I updated to NG2 with Samsung Kies and I am still not able to update either.
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What kernel do you use?
(I fixed this issue I my phone, but SERIOUSLY, what seemed to fix it MADE NO SENSE, so I'm not going to to relate it again, you can look up my posts if you want, but I wouldn't waste your time. I'm more interested in what kernel you are using... if it isn't KT-SGS4, then it doesn't matter.)
Other than that, have you tried the ##72786# dialer code, which is supposed to reset that stuff (didn't fix it for me personally)? You may have to reactivate your phone though (I did), which isn't that much of an issue...

rsngfrce said:
What kernel do you use?
(I fixed this issue I my phone, but SERIOUSLY, what seemed to fix it MADE NO SENSE, so I'm not going to to relate it again, you can look up my posts if you want, but I wouldn't waste your time. I'm more interested in what kernel you are using... if it isn't KT-SGS4, then it doesn't matter.)
Other than that, have you tried the ##72786# dialer code, which is supposed to reset that stuff (didn't fix it for me personally)? You may have to reactivate your phone though (I did), which isn't that much of an issue...
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For kernel version it shows 3.4.0-2162929 which I'm guessing is the stock NG2. I haven't flashed anything else since updating through Kies to NG2.
I've done the 72786 dial code a handful of times and it still didn't help. The only thing that solved was a issue I had after I first updatd to NG2 I had no working 4G. Phone would only connect to 3G and that was when it was in CDMA only mode. Aside from that it hasn't helped with the PRL/Profile update issue I'm having.

tenaciousj said:
For kernel version it shows 3.4.0-2162929 which I'm guessing is the stock NG2. I haven't flashed anything else since updating through Kies to NG2.
I've done the 72786 dial code a handful of times and it still didn't help. The only thing that solved was a issue I had after I first updatd to NG2 I had no working 4G. Phone would only connect to 3G and that was when it was in CDMA only mode. Aside from that it hasn't helped with the PRL/Profile update issue I'm having.
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Yeah, that does sound like a stock kernel to me. Have you tried updating it through the Sprint Zone app? In Settings, More Networks, Mobile Networks, Network Mode, if it is not set to Automatic, you can try setting it to that and see if it lets you update after reboot, I have heard that can help but did not fix it for me (I have it set to LTE/CDMA). Have you seen this thread: Galaxy S4/Note 3/Mega - Update Profile/PRL/HFA Fix for Sprint/Boost/Virgin Mobile/etc? It is complex (don't IGNORE steps 5, 6, 7 and 8, which most people in the thread seem to...). I have not personally used this method, I was planning to before my issue resolved itself, but I didn't have a donor GS4 either (damn it, I JUST remembered that I DO, I f*ed up the USB port on my first one and completely forgot about that! BLOW MY MIND! But anyways...).

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Yeah, that does sound like a stock kernel to me. Have you tried updating it through the Sprint Zone app? In Settings, More Networks, Mobile Networks, Network Mode, if it is not set to Automatic, you can try setting it to that and see if it lets you update after reboot, I have heard that can help but did not fix it for me (I have it set to LTE/CDMA). Have you seen this thread: Galaxy S4/Note 3/Mega - Update Profile/PRL/HFA Fix for Sprint/Boost/Virgin Mobile/etc? It is complex (don't IGNORE steps 5, 6, 7 and 8, which most people in the thread seem to...). I have not personally used this method, I was planning to before my issue resolved itself, but I didn't have a donor GS4 either (damn it, I JUST remembered that I DO, I f*ed up the USB port on my first one and completely forgot about that! BLOW MY MIND! But anyways...).
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Thanks for the link I'll check it later. My account is actually a SERO account but I did have working updates when I first got the phone. The phone was also new and activated on the account as soon as I got it.
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tenaciousj said:
Thanks for the link I'll check it later. My account is actually a SERO account but I did have working updates when I first got the phone. The phone was also new and activated on the account as soon as I got it.
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Yeah, I honestly don't really understand what that thread means when it talks about flashing to legacy accounts. I believe I have a SERO account (I don't know, my wife pays the bill... :silly: ) and the updates worked fine until I think messing with the APNs to try to fix my inability to send MMS messages messed things up. I never flashed any legacy accounts or anything.
So... at this point, even though IT MAKES NO SENSE, I will tell you what SEEMED to fix the issue for me. I STRESS, this MAKES NO SENSE TO ME, but after months of being unable to update my PRL/PROFILE, after doing the following, I was suddenly able to update them. It is likely an EXTREME coincidence, but for the hell of it I will now tell you.
Using the Pro version of Solid Explorer, I copied the Carrier folder from the root of my phone to my external SD card. THAT IS IT. YES... THAT IS IT. NOTHING MORE. I did NOT copy it back, I did not change anything. HOW this could possibly have cured the problem would seem to make very little sense, I can only conjecture that Solid Explorer, in the act of copying the folder to my external SD card, somehow 'refreshed' something in the carrier folder in the root of my phone... and I am grasping at straws here. I think you can probably understand WHY I did not want to reveal that this is what SEEMED to cure my issue, because it is so unlikely, and more likely an extreme coincidence and something else happened that I am not aware of, but that is the only thing I know of that I did related between when it was not working to when it was. So now you know at least (and as I have told a few others, there is no point in not trying, other than the crushing disappointment of it almost certainly not working)...
I should add as well however, now that it occurs to me, that I use the KT-SGS4 KitKat 4.4 TouchWiz kernel, and had for a long time suffered from a loss of mobile connection and GPS. requiring a reboot to get them back (within a similar time period to my PRL/PROFILE issues). I seem to have fixed the mobile connection/GPS loss by choosing the 'correct' governor to use with that kernel for my ROM, and it is not IMPOSSIBLE that THIS occurred at the time I was able to update my PRL/PROFILE, but I do not remember exactly, and I'm PRETTY CERTAIN I still had the issue with the mobile connection/GPS loss after updating my PRL/PROFILE, so I think that likely rules out KT-SGS4 as a culprit in this issue. (But then, I was forgetting that we already established that you were on a stock kernel...)
KNOWN issues with KT-SGS4 Sprint KitKat 4.4 TouchWiz kernel

rsngfrce said:
Yeah, I honestly don't really understand what that thread means when it talks about flashing to legacy accounts. I believe I have a SERO account (I don't know, my wife pays the bill... :silly: ) and the updates worked fine until I think messing with the APNs to try to fix my inability to send MMS messages messed things up. I never flashed any legacy accounts or anything.
So... at this point, even though IT MAKES NO SENSE, I will tell you what SEEMED to fix the issue for me. I STRESS, this MAKES NO SENSE TO ME, but after months of being unable to update my PRL/PROFILE, after doing the following, I was suddenly able to update them. It is likely an EXTREME coincidence, but for the hell of it I will now tell you.
Using the Pro version of Solid Explorer, I copied the Carrier folder from the root of my phone to my external SD card. THAT IS IT. YES... THAT IS IT. NOTHING MORE. I did NOT copy it back, I did not change anything. HOW this could possibly have cured the problem would seem to make very little sense, I can only conjecture that Solid Explorer, in the act of copying the folder to my external SD card, somehow 'refreshed' something in the carrier folder in the root of my phone... and I am grasping at straws here. I think you can probably understand WHY I did not want to reveal that this is what SEEMED to cure my issue, because it is so unlikely, and more likely an extreme coincidence and something else happened that I am not aware of, but that is the only thing I know of that I did related between when it was not working to when it was. So now you know at least (and as I have told a few others, there is no point in not trying, other than the crushing disappointment of it almost certainly not working)...
I should add as well however, now that it occurs to me, that I use the KT-SGS4 KitKat 4.4 TouchWiz kernel, and had for a long time suffered from a loss of mobile connection and GPS. requiring a reboot to get them back (within a similar time period to my PRL/PROFILE issues). I seem to have fixed the mobile connection/GPS loss by choosing the 'correct' governor to use with that kernel for my ROM, and it is not IMPOSSIBLE that THIS occurred at the time I was able to update my PRL/PROFILE, but I do not remember exactly, and I'm PRETTY CERTAIN I still had the issue with the mobile connection/GPS loss after updating my PRL/PROFILE, so I think that likely rules out KT-SGS4 as a culprit in this issue. (But then, I was forgetting that we already established that you were on a stock kernel...)
KNOWN issues with KT-SGS4 Sprint KitKat 4.4 TouchWiz kernel
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Yeah that copying the carrier folder don't seem like it would do anything but maybe I'll give it a try. Whats the best way to root right now? I just want to make sure it will let me unroot the phone if it dont work and no trip knox incase I have to bring this in.

Do you know what bootloader you are on? You said you were on Sys MK2, then went back to MF9 and now are on NG2. When you went to NG2, unless you took very specific steps to keep the MF9 bootloader, you would be on the NG2 bootloader now, which includes Knox, and you can no longer go back beyond NAE I think. If you don't know what bootloader you have, get DeviceInfo https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jphilli85.deviceinfo from the Play Store and under the Software heading, see what it shows for the last 3 digits for Bootloader. This makes a difference on the best root method.

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Do you know what bootloader you are on? You said you were on Sys MK2, then went back to MF9 and now are on NG2. When you went to NG2, unless you took very specific steps to keep the MF9 bootloader, you would be on the NG2 bootloader now, which includes Knox, and you can no longer go back beyond NAE I think. If you don't know what bootloader you have, get DeviceInfo https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jphilli85.deviceinfo from the Play Store and under the Software heading, see what it shows for the last 3 digits for Bootloader. This makes a difference on the best root method.
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Bootloader and software version both show up as NG2 on Device Info.

tenaciousj said:
Yeah that copying the carrier folder don't seem like it would do anything but maybe I'll give it a try. Whats the best way to root right now? I just want to make sure it will let me unroot the phone if it dont work and no trip knox incase I have to bring this in.
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I'm not an EXPERT on this subject, but if you are on NG2 stock unrooted right now, I believe you can use: CF-Auto-Root to root it. Or, here is a stock rooted version of the NG2 ROM:
[ROM][NG2] Stock Rooted NG2 (which mentions that it has Knox removed).
As far as tripping stuff, I'm somewhat unsure about that to be honest. I have always used Triangle Away on my phone, but it has a warning now not to use it with a custom kernel (which I use). My counter is at 3, but I am out of warranty anyway.

I spent a few hours on chat with Sprint. They couldn't figure it out so I'm bringing it in tomorrow. Guessing I'll get a new phone. The people at the Sprint store seem rather limited in their knowledge, at least they were last time I was there.
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tenaciousj said:
I spent a few hours on chat with Sprint. They couldn't figure it out so I'm bringing it in tomorrow. Guessing I'll get a new phone. The people at the Sprint store seem rather limited in their knowledge, at least they were last time I was there.
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I guess if there are no signs that it has been rooted, that's probably a good way to go. You apparently had a phone pre-Knox and now I think you will get one with a Knox system, but it doesn't matter in your case since went beyond the point of no return already with the bootloader... I don't know if you have the new Spark model (tri-band), I don't know if the still make the old plain one like I have anymore...

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I guess if there are no signs that it has been rooted, that's probably a good way to go. You apparently had a phone pre-Knox and now I think you will get one with a Knox system, but it doesn't matter in your case since went beyond the point of no return already with the bootloader... I don't know if you have the new Spark model (tri-band), I don't know if the still make the old plain one like I have anymore...
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I got the phone I have now about a month after the GS4 came out so its non sparks. I stayed on MK2 for so long because I couldn't find a newer rom that looked to be stable and not have to jump through a bunch of hoops to install it. The Odin screen shows everything being zero and offical software so I should be good. I am going to sign out of all of my accounts before I bring it in being I have a lot of apps bought through the store that only work on rooted phones. I hope I can get a tri band to replace it. My friend has a triband GS4 and it gets much better data speeds than mine.

Yeah, I mentioned elsewhere here before that I actually didn't know of the existence of the "Sparks" version of the G4. I screwed up the USB port on my G4 before upgrade time, so I had to buy another G4 on Amazon. Upgrade time has come up, so I was just looking and saw my phone listed as "Non-Sprint Sparks", which I thought meant that they called it the "Sparks" model because I hadn't bought it from Sprint... took me a while to figure out what that actually meant... :laugh:

Sprint online nor the store could fix it so I got a new one.

No rooting but error 407
As titled, I've not rooted the phone. I'm getting error code 407 on attempts to update PRL and Update profile. Download updates manually does nothing. Note I'm on a Samsung Note 4, Sprint. Had updated to Marshmallow 6.0.1 late March but then above actions persist since then. I'm using Wi-Fi only, Sprint service disconnected as I couldn't pay bill when I lost job during a disabling illness.

I haven't been able to update prl profile or firmware for over 8 months. I am not rooted never have been I have called customer service over and over replaced SIM card did the ## stuff nothing has helped. The phone works although service isn't as good as it could be and says there is a prl update available but I always get connection error 6 on all 3. I also have serious battery draining issues as far as my data I do get a strong 4g lte connection just service is low and sometimes drops when I am close to a sprint tower every other phone gets full bars really on any network especially sprint. I hope someone can help I like my sph-720 other that that and honestly I can't afford to keep up with the Joneses. Hopefully this is enough info please help

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I haven't been able to update prl profile or firmware for over 8 months. I am not rooted never have been I have called customer service over and over replaced SIM card did the ## stuff nothing has helped. The phone works although service isn't as good as it could be and says there is a prl update available but I always get connection error 6 on all 3. I also have serious battery draining issues as far as my data I do get a strong 4g lte connection just service is low and sometimes drops when I am close to a sprint tower every other phone gets full bars really on any network especially sprint. I hope someone can help I like my sph-720 other that that and honestly I can't afford to keep up with the Joneses. Hopefully this is enough info please help
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Have you done a factory reset via recovery? Or you might want to flash latest full stock

My LG-H918 (T-Mobile variant) updated, and is stuck with "no service/radio off"

Wow, seeing that this is quite the phenomena. It seems everyone has this in some form since that December update
I'll skip the small talk because this issue is widespread enough... here's what HASN'T worked
- *#*#4636#*#* (Trying to use "Phone information" leads me immediately to "this application does not work on this device")
- Taking out SIM and battery for 30min
- Swapping SIM
- Factory Reset
- Praying that anyone at T-Mobile has attained a level higher than "Totally clueless"
- Praying that anyone at LG would provide a working solution
- Dialing ##UPDATE# (Afaik, this only works on Sprint)
- Five hours of googling
As it stands, I'm stuck with a phone that's awesome at doing everything but being a phone. Apparently I can flash a radio file... but I haven't the slightest idea how to do any of that.
Any idea how to fix this?
*UPDATE* looking into the dirtysanta method of flashing the modem.img, it appears that's not even an option for the T-Mobile variant.
Sounds like LG's solution is to have you send it in... I've already seen other users go through that and end up having their phone hostage for a $21 diagnostic or a $378 proposed HARDWARE fix for a SOFTWARE problem _they_ caused.
While I personally have had good experiences with LG in the past, looking into this really kicked the hornet's nest on others who've had this issue. Many coming from the V10 who were told a V20 would save them from this.
Sounds like it's time to sick the social media beast on a company to make them stop being shady.

I have a tmobile v20 and I have not had any issues with service and I have not seen much on the forums. What issue are you having exactly? Were you rooted? Any errors besides no service?

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I have a tmobile v20 and I have not had any issues with service and I have not seen much on the forums. What issue are you having exactly? Were you rooted? Any errors besides no service?
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Basically that's it. Phone worked perfectly, did an OTA update, and now it's like my cellular radio just doesn't work at all. Which means I now have a WiFi only media player that can't make calls, SMS, MMS or utilize cellular data.
Goes straight to "no service". I can go under Network settings and it displays that my phone's radio is off. T-Mobile rep confirmed that my SIM didn't shoot craps, and that none of theirs work in this phone either. They actually showed that the phone was even detecting my SIM by showing me that it's picking up my phone number.
Surprised you aren't hearing about this, I'm seeing this reported all over the place. This is just a couple of links. Been going at this all since the OTA hit me at 6PM yesterday.
https://community.giffgaff.com/t5/Help-Support/LG-V20-No-Service-after-update/td-p/21190404
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/guide-us996-service-radio-off-ota-kdz-t3727126
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/help/lg-v20-us996-radio-off-security-update-t3718507
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/help/lg-v20-us996-network-radio-button-off-t3727986
An XDA user sent his in, and ended up having to either pay a $21 diagnostic fee, or pay $400 for them to shove a bunch of aftermarket parts in his phone (which is insane given that the only thing between the phone features working and not working was an OTA).

Have you tried reflashing a kdz? It is possible that something happened during the update. Make sure you flash a kdz with the same anti rollback number (most likely 1 if it took the recent ota). I believe the patched LGUP can flash just the modem partition.

Yeah. I heard about this. For the other xda user, he had purchased a refurbished device from a third party seller of some sort. Some where along the way the internal parts (motherboard) were replaced with cheap knock offs. LG flagged the phone for having non-LG parts inside. The upgraded firmware didn't play nice with the hardware, since it wasnt built to LG's specifications. Anyways not entirely LG's fault on that. A kdz could help but I doubt it will do anything. For people who have lost radio functions entirely to just a simple ota, most of them have had to get hardware replaced to fix. All around bummer. Hopefully lgup can bring it to life.

I'm having a similar issue and can say that for us with ARB=1 (i.e those with the Security Patch past 01/01/18) aren't going to find salvation this way
It's coincidental this thread popped up, because I'm trying to diagnose a similar nature as well. I've been swapping out parts and testing to see what's going on as part of my phone repair. After swapping between different plastic bumpers (this is the antenna bumpers). I can say this is not a hardware issue for us DIY'ers. I've taken the picture in the Settings > About Phone > Network to show that my antenna signal is just as normal without a SIM inserted. (Picture 1). I believe this is not an IMEI issue because it comes up clean for both ESN and Tmobile's side. If it was a blacklisted phone, then I shouldn't be able to connect to Wifi Calling. However, multiple instances: I've gotten a Notification from Call Services yet still able to call/sms test but only with Wifi Calling enabled; which reinforces the observation that this isn't hardware-related. (Picture 2).
LTE Discovery confirms a working radio, as the EARFCN information populates with connecting cell tower activity that's typical of SIM activity; with the sole exception of my Data/Voice Network Types coming up UNKNOWN (Picture 3). MCC+MNC Information proves our phones are talking to Tmobile, at the least, which further shows this being less of a hardware issue. I've KDZ'd my phone with LGUP as far back as 10P to no success.
If there is a problem relating to OTAs; someone else has to investigate before the ARB = 1(Anti-RollBack) to discover more information. Those of us on 10P aren't allowed to test out previous modems due to our bootloaders; which incidentally is all of us with this No Service problems. Ack!
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10p Warnings based on what we know:
WARNING #1 You must flash the 10p modem and bootloader for this to work. If you don't you will soft brick.
WARNING #2 Once you go to 10p modem and bootloader you can't go back to previous versions. If you try you will HARD brick your device.
WARNING #3 10P rom only works with 10p modem and 10p bootloader. Any other combo SOFT bricks.
WARNING #4 TWRP backups of previous versions will not restore correctly once you are on 10p. When you restore a previous version (10k and before) you will soft brick. You can unbrick by just installing the 10p ROM, modem, and bootloader over the top of your restore *****Restores and Backups of 10p roms work just fine.
BOTTOM LINE: Going to 10p is a TOTAL commitment and there probably will never be a way to go back. That said, I'm on 10p and so far it works great.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/rom-10p-debloated-rom-beta-flashable-zip-t3656616
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Same sentiments can also be verified here as well..
[FIRMWARE] [H918] [10p] [10k] [10j] [10i] [10d] TWRP Flashable Bootloader and Modem

I'm having problems with a VS995. Bought it new on ebay, received it today 10/27/2018. I did get signal, then upgraded via phone software update, but it failed, and failed, and failed. so i used the verizon software via pc. Successfully upgraded to 7. then NO SIGNAL. so i updated via phone, but the download kept disconnecting. so i downloaded the 8 bin, upgraded via LGUP, success. Still NO SIGNAL. =( . Returning the phone now. buying a used one, might be better.

Was this problem solved? Because I have the same thing, radio off & really slow charge (phone has to be off in order to charge, when on the battery drains faster than it charges). I've flashed 10p with lgup & it's the same thing, right now I'm rooted with TWRP recovery, Magisk & the H91810u rom. I've done factory reset, flashed modem zip file, installed a network app that trys to manually start the radio (radio on) but it fails & stays "radio off". Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I'm almost ready to give up on this thing.

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Was this problem solved? Because I have the same thing, radio off & really slow charge (phone has to be off in order to charge, when on the battery drains faster than it charges). I've flashed 10p with lgup & it's the same thing, right now I'm rooted with TWRP recovery, Magisk & the H91810u rom. I've done factory reset, flashed modem zip file, installed a network app that trys to manually start the radio (radio on) but it fails & stays "radio off". Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I'm almost ready to give up on this thing.
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If you read you'd know it wasn't, as stated by earlier posters the only fix is to send to LG for repair, you probably got one of those knock off phones
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cnjax said:
If you read you'd know it wasn't, as stated by earlier posters the only fix is to send to LG for repair, you probably got one of those knock off phones
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How could that be this phone was bought from T-Mobile, I would doubt that they would pull a stunt like that. And wouldn't it have had the same problem before when I rooted the first time? Or am I missing something here?

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How could that be this phone was bought from T-Mobile, I would doubt that they would pull a stunt like that. And wouldn't it have had the same problem before when I rooted the first time? Or am I missing something here?
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Return it to, Tmobile, or send it LG to be repaired, scrap it and buy a new phone.
Sent from my LG-H910 using XDA Labs

Here on my LG V50 ThinQ am having same issue after an OTA update which lasted for like 4 days, I've kdz'ed my phone with different variant of the LG V50 stock ROM even has to crossflash to an EU stock ROM yet no way and i can say for sure it's no hardware issue but rather LG been messed up somehow