Background is, I was flashing JAC's latest kernel onto my phone, which I had done twice before. Unfortunately, ODIN was getting stuck at zimage. After trying a few times, I decided to go back to the version of the kernel I was running previously, which I knew worked. I tried to flash the kernel but odin kept getting stuck on zimage again.
I tried restarting the computer, battery pulls on the phone, different usb ports and nothing has worked.
In desperation I tried to flash the stock firmware back, but ODIN gets stuck at cache.rfs.
Did I brick my phone?
Which version of windows are you using? Try from a different computer.
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Windows 7 32bit. I've also tried a computer running xp home.
My main pc runs windows 7 64 bit, but odin doesn't work on it, even in compatibility mode.
The phone is f'ed. Im going into the tmo store this morning, I hope they dont give me a hard time.
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My main pc runs windows 7 64 bit, but odin doesn't work on it, even in compatibility mode.
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BS! Heh, I restored my phone using ODIN flasher. I have windows 7 64 bit. I don't have to do anything special, just followed directions and it worked. Make sure you have 64 bit Samsung Drivers.
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BS! Heh, I restored my phone using ODIN flasher. I have windows 7 64 bit. I don't have to do anything special, just followed directions and it worked. Make sure you have 64 bit Samsung Drivers.
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Done. The phone is detected by odin in 7 - 64, but when I try to flash, odin throws up a couple of messages in chinese and then sits there doing nothing. It never starts the flashing process.
hey did you fix your phone...im having the same issue
You guys try flashing anything via clockwork recently? There are recovery images for stock inside the odin thread from jac and stock I images for a kernel in his kernel thread... That's if you can even get into recovery now.....
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on the same boat any other solutions
have you guys tried the toolbox?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
Here is another good thread to check out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1013967
Flag eugenes froyo that doesn't brick. Look it up it will fix it
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No idea if this will help, but make sure you are using a later version of Odin (1.7 or above).
Also might try flashing with Heimdall. Works very well in my experience.
Alright heres the catch. i installed nero v4. with voodoo enable (wich i forgot to disable), i flashed a stock 2.2 kernel on my phone and jk6 modem. Now my phone is soft bricked. Now i can get to the stock 2.2 recovery but when i select "reinstall packages" phone just reboots and does not go to cmw. It also says cant mount to "E". Also whenever i connect the phone to odin in download mode, odin does not recognize it but does if the phone is not in download mode and is just stuck at the samsung screen. Can anyone help me?
Is Nero still on ur SD card? Reflash through CWR maybe.
Sent from THE Vibrant......
Sorry just reread ur post. Try using a different usb port.
Sent from THE Vibrant......
have you figured it out?? what verstion of odin are you using??
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have you figured it out?? what verstion of odin are you using??
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no i havnt figured it out. im using v1.7 odin 3 and i am getting nothin. i really need my phone.
Update the samsung drivers?
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I had to reset my laptop one time when my drivers were failing it might help not sure though
i finally got odin to recognize my phone. what i did is got a windows 7 pc. installed the samsung drivers and put the phone in download mode and odin recognized it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! finally, my beloved phone is working. by the way im still flashing nero v5 in this, bricking doesn't scare me,lololol.
Hey guys rookie mistake went to flash a new seemingly successful rom and forgot to make a back up first. Now my phone is on but black screen. I can get into recovery but I have no backup. Also when I connect my phone to the computer it no longer recognizes it. I have all up to date drivers. They worked yesterday. Ive been reading about bricked g2 on boot loop and other variances and trying different things all day with no success. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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This may have been discussed before. Ive searched here and google. Plenty of horror stories and the only one ive seen with the same problem never got a fix or least didnt reply on the boards about being fixed. My phone will not turn off no matter what I do. The screen is slightly lite up and will only boot to recovery(where I have no backups) and download mode where it basically does nothing and will not connect to my computer reguardless of it having the right drivers. So I have no way to my knowledge to flash a new/stock rom. I even got desperate and did a hard reset. Changed nothing but deleted the original rom I was attempting to flash.
Install pda net driver or koush drivers.
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Ok I'll try that. Ty
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Hey guys,
I would appreciate a little help here cause I am about to throw my bricked L5 into the sea........
After a lot of tries I have rooted my e610v and ported V20 bb and CM10.1. Though, the google apps kept crashing no matter how many times I re-installed the firmware and the gapps-signed.zip
So, I did the mistake to put it into emergency download progress and now I am stuck there like....forever
I ve tried everything. Hard resets, cold reboots, everytime the phone starts again it shows "download in progress do not disconnect cable". I've tried any possible key combination found in the internet but nothing seems to get me out of there.
I ve also tried to change firmware back to a V20 rooted with CWM or a stock V20 rom with KDZ FW Updater but I get an update error wparams=500, lparams=100
I dont know what else to do, KDZ updater doesnt work maybe because I am trying to downgrade from CM 10.1 to CM 10 ?????
Any help would be much appreciated!
thnx
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please guys any help here?
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are you using a windows based pc? If so, go to your pc to advanced options and find modems and disable LG mobile modem, reboot your pc then open kdz and run windows enabler. Set kdz to DIAG. Remove the battery from your phone.
Then hold vol - and connect your phone to your pc.
Now flash the original LG frameware for your device. Let finish.
KDZ will crash after it finishes update.
That is normal.
The lg logo will appear on your device and you may get stuck in a boot loop.
Just disconnect your device.
Dont put the battery back in yet. Just hold vol - and home button and connect your usb cable again. The device should factory reset and boot normally.
a nother way to a successful factory reset. Turn on your device with your battery inserted. Remove the back of your phone.
Turn on your device. Then hold vol- and just remove the bottom of your battery. When the screen turns off quickly put the battery back in. Keep holding vol - when menu lights up press and hold home key.
The phone will eventually enter recovery. Or recovery mode.
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are you using a windows based pc? If so, go to your pc to advanced options and find modems and disable LG mobile modem, reboot your pc then open kdz and run windows enabler. Set kdz to DIAG. Remove the battery from your phone.
Then hold vol - and connect your phone to your pc.
Now flash the original LG frameware for your device. Let finish.
KDZ will crash after it finishes update.
That is normal.
The lg logo will appear on your device and you may get stuck in a boot loop.
Just disconnect your device.
Dont put the battery back in yet. Just hold vol - and home button and connect your usb cable again. The device should factory reset and boot normally.
a nother way to a successful factory reset. Turn on your device with your battery inserted. Remove the back of your phone.
Turn on your device. Then hold vol- and just remove the bottom of your battery. When the screen turns off quickly put the battery back in. Keep holding vol - when menu lights up press and hold home key.
The phone will eventually enter recovery. Or recovery mode.
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firstly id like to thank u very very much for your reply!!
ok now some qs...
1st of all, some things have changed since the last time i did the first post, in the meantime Ive uninstalled and reinstalled the adb universal drivers, the lg modem in device manager keeps showing up as disabled everytime I connect to my pc and I get a USB Composite device which seems like my LG phone (im running windows 7).
Since I reinstalled adb universal drivers the KDZ gives me a new error, PHONE WAS NOT FOUND!
2nd my phone status is bootloader v2, it was rooted and I had ported cm 10.1 right before it died! also Im not sure if last time it was unbricked if I had Usb debugging enabled and I cant change it now with my phone bricked.
3rd I cant find windows enabler. was it inside the kdz folder? I could only find msxml. also by saying stock firmware I assume you refer to V20G_00.kdz found on lg-phone-firmware.com, right?
4th as I havent managed to do anything differently as Ive done millions times, at that step flashing I dont think flashing will work now! Ive also tried your methods for factory reset and the method described last for entering recovery but nothing worked
thanks a lot again!
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firstly id like to thank u very very much for your reply!!
ok now some qs...
1st of all, some things have changed since the last time i did the first post, in the meantime Ive uninstalled and reinstalled the adb universal drivers, the lg modem in device manager keeps showing up as disabled everytime I connect to my pc and I get a USB Composite device which seems like my LG phone (im running windows 7).
Since I reinstalled adb universal drivers the KDZ gives me a new error, PHONE WAS NOT FOUND!
2nd my phone status is bootloader v2, it was rooted and I had ported cm 10.1 right before it died! also Im not sure if last time it was unbricked if I had Usb debugging enabled and I cant change it now with my phone bricked.
3rd I cant find windows enabler. was it inside the kdz folder? I could only find msxml. also by saying stock firmware I assume you refer to V20G_00.kdz found on lg-phone-firmware.com, right?
4th as I havent managed to do anything differently as Ive done millions times, at that step flashing I dont think flashing will work now! Ive also tried your methods for factory reset and the method described last for entering recovery but nothing worked
thanks a lot again!
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if you can enter download mode its ok.
Find a new kdz file with windows enabler. Yes it should be in kdz folder. Reinstall xsml. disable lgmobile modem on your pc and reboot. Then run window enabler and use my first instruction. Yes i mean the original v20 frameware from LG
when in download mode usb debbuging and if your phone is rooted or not and how many times you used kdz or what rom you were running is irrelevant.
As long as your phone enters download mode it can be restored
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if you can enter download mode its ok.
Find a new kdz file with windows enabler. Yes it should be in kdz folder. Reinstall xsml. disable lgmobile modem on your pc and reboot. Then run window enabler and use my first instruction. Yes i mean the original v20 frameware from LG
when in download mode usb debbuging and if your phone is rooted or not and how many times you used kdz or what rom you were running is irrelevant.
As long as your phone enters download mode it can be restored
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nope nope nope nope and nope again.........
phone not found error still pops up.
tried to uninstall adb universal drivers and reinstall them, same for the msxml and run windows enabler but still nothing!
also note that im using original LG cable (first time I tried to flash it couldnt get it done because the cable wasnt original )
btw when i reinstalled usb drivers the modem came up again so I disabled it after connecting my phone to the computer
update #2, i just tried on another pc, same error, phone not found :crying::crying::crying: im gonna toss it down the river
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nope nope nope nope and nope again.........
phone not found error still pops up.
tried to uninstall adb universal drivers and reinstall them, same for the msxml and run windows enabler but still nothing!
also note that im using original LG cable (first time I tried to flash it couldnt get it done because the cable wasnt original )
btw when i reinstalled usb drivers the modem came up again so I disabled it after connecting my phone to the computer
update #2, i just tried on another pc, same error, phone not found :crying::crying::crying: im gonna toss it down the river
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no, dont toss it in the river. Try to turn the modem on reboot your pc and re try.
Make sure that your battery is not in your phone when in download mode.
Your device will be found eventually.
Its set to 3Q and DIAG?
I used a pc running windows xp. I have a L5 e610 and a L7 p705.
I used kdz many times till now.
it works. Something may be blocking your connection to the pc. Btw i didnt use the original LG cable. I used a cable from htc one. i did have the same phone not found problem.
But is different every time. I wish i could take a look at your device personally. Its a hard for me to figure out whats wrong like this.
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no, dont toss it in the river. Try to turn the modem on reboot your pc and re try.
Make sure that your battery is not in your phone when in download mode.
Your device will be found eventually.
Its set to 3Q and DIAG?
I used a pc running windows xp. I have a L5 e610 and a L7 p705.
I used kdz many times till now.
it works. Something may be blocking your connection to the pc. Btw i didnt use the original LG cable. I used a cable from htc one. i did have the same phone not found problem.
But is different every time. I wish i could take a look at your device personally. Its a hard for me to figure out whats wrong like this.
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Hey Nesh, two last questions!
first of all, the modem drivers are missing and I have disabled the modem. should I search for them (probably I have to install the LGModem firmware exe file)
also my computer does not detect the phone via adb.exe when I run adb devices. this clearly shows that it is a connection problem? shouldnt I be able to see the phone through adb before proceeding with the kdz updater
thanks a lot :good:
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Hey Nesh, two last questions!
first of all, the modem drivers are missing and I have disabled the modem. should I search for them (probably I have to install the LGModem firmware exe file)
also my computer does not detect the phone via adb.exe when I run adb devices. this clearly shows that it is a connection problem? shouldnt I be able to see the phone through adb before proceeding with the kdz updater
thanks a lot :good:
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wwwwwWWOOOW!!! :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::highfive:
after months of trying my phone and the usb drivers got enlightened by the easter spirit apparently and they found common ground.
this is what I did:
I used a new PC Windows XP based
Uninstalled completely every single android driver on my computer (I did that already before) - I was using Universal Adb drivers because this made FWUpdater to work last time. I first uninstalled the devices from the device manager and afterwards from the uninstall programs.
I spotted that the LG mobile modem driver was not installed.
Downloaded official drivers from LG site, specifically for my mobile.
connected my computer, let the drivers find communications and install phone as USB Composite device & modem as LGE Modem.
Disabled the LG Modem from device manager
Restart the PC
(I already had MSXML SP3 installed)
Disable antivirus
Run Windows enabler
Run KDZ_FW_UPD and patch the firmware :laugh:
the proccess hasnt finished yet but I dont think there will be a problem as this will most definately get me out of emergency download mode so I can install anything I want from the SDCard - I swear to god I will not mess again with usb drivers, ADB and KDZ FW Updater :fingers-crossed:
tony.crete said:
wwwwwWWOOOW!!! :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::highfive:
after months of trying my phone and the usb drivers got enlightened by the easter spirit apparently and they found common ground.
this is what I did:
I used a new PC Windows XP based
Uninstalled completely every single android driver on my computer (I did that already before) - I was using Universal Adb drivers because this made FWUpdater to work last time. I first uninstalled the devices from the device manager and afterwards from the uninstall programs.
I spotted that the LG mobile modem driver was not installed.
Downloaded official drivers from LG site, specifically for my mobile.
connected my computer, let the drivers find communications and install phone as USB Composite device & modem as LGE Modem.
Disabled the LG Modem from device manager
Restart the PC
(I already had MSXML SP3 installed)
Disable antivirus
Run Windows enabler
Run KDZ_FW_UPD and patch the firmware :laugh:
the proccess hasnt finished yet but I dont think there will be a problem as this will most definately get me out of emergency download mode so I can install anything I want from the SDCard - I swear to god I will not mess again with usb drivers, ADB and KDZ FW Updater :fingers-crossed:
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hi friend, i honestly hope you managed to retrieve your device. If you got stuck on lg logo just factory reset. Your phone will boot normally
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hi friend, i honestly hope you managed to retrieve your device. If you got stuck on lg logo just factory reset. Your phone will boot normally
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yeap, its all good right now! I d like to thank u one more time for the tips and the courage u gave me, hah
im running CM10.1 now. I tried to flash CM11 first, but it failed.
-sorry for going offtopic, but as someone with experience on the E610, would you recommend flashing CM11 beta 4 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/optimus-l3-l5-l7/development/l5-cyanogenmod-11-t3042615) ? Will it slow down, my phone-battery drain and have any more issues? whats ur opinion on that?
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yeap, its all good right now! I d like to thank u one more time for the tips and the courage u gave me, hah
im running CM10.1 now. I tried to flash CM11 first, but it failed.
-sorry for going offtopic, but as someone with experience on the E610, would you recommend flashing CM11 beta 4 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/optimus-l3-l5-l7/development/l5-cyanogenmod-11-t3042615) ? Will it slow down, my phone-battery drain and have any more issues? whats ur opinion on that?
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cm 11 is recommended, cm11 sbp rom project and sbp caynhacker also. You can also flash the L speed mod by @Paget96 for better performance and battery life. I run my e610 on sbp rom project cm10 it is a really good rom.
And im glad i could help
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cm 11 is recommended, cm11 sbp rom project and sbp caynhacker also. You can also flash the L speed mod by @Paget96 for better performance and battery life. I run my e610 on sbp rom project cm10 it is a really good rom.
And im glad i could help
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I am running CM10.1 for some days now and I wouldnt say I am satisfied from the phone's speed after restoring my old apps+data from the Titanium Backup. (about 45 apps I'd say), although I've created partitions, swap etc.
I know that lots of apps make the phone run slow, but most of them are needed + I dont think they run on the background, so I cant understand the speed decrease...
Do you think flashing the CM11 and the Lspeed mod would make things run smoother and faster? :/ or should I switch back to CM10 ?
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I am running CM10.1 for some days now and I wouldnt say I am satisfied from the phone's speed after restoring my old apps+data from the Titanium Backup. (about 45 apps I'd say), although I've created partitions, swap etc.
I know that lots of apps make the phone run slow, but most of them are needed + I dont think they run on the background, so I cant understand the speed decrease...
Do you think flashing the CM11 and the Lspeed mod would make things run smoother and faster? :/ or should I switch back to CM10 ?
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L Speed mod is recommended for all devices and all roms, you just need to find the correct settings for your specific rom and device.
CM11 is smoother then CM10.
cm11 sometimes has bugs, cm10 does not. My recommendation is to try both cm10 and cm11 and flash the L Speed mod and try to find your optimal settings
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L Speed mod is recommended for all devices and all roms, you just need to find the correct settings for your specific rom and device.
CM11 is smoother then CM10.
cm11 sometimes has bugs, cm10 does not. My recommendation is to try both cm10 and cm11 and flash the L Speed mod and try to find your optimal settings
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can you recommend the optimal settings for L speed mod??
I have these shown in the picture bellow right now, I changed them a bit from the default, I also run battery calibration, but I still have some problems:
first of all there is a battery drain which is pretty bad, sometimes battery gets very low without even using the phone.
also my phone is really slow when using some apps, specially with multitasking. at first when I didnt install all the apps I am using it was really fast and stable, now even though I tried not to install so many apps, I am having a serious problems as phone lags so much, and many times I have to restart it.
I think that not having enough RAM is the problem of that, can you give any advice on that?
** edit: I have partitioned my card and also have swap. is there any chance my sd is slow and its slowing down the entire phone? :/ I have a Kingston SDHC 8gb
tony.crete said:
can you recommend the optimal settings for L speed mod??
I have these shown in the picture bellow right now, I changed them a bit from the default, I also run battery calibration, but I still have some problems:
first of all there is a battery drain which is pretty bad, sometimes battery gets very low without even using the phone.
also my phone is really slow when using some apps, specially with multitasking. at first when I didnt install all the apps I am using it was really fast and stable, now even though I tried not to install so many apps, I am having a serious problems as phone lags so much, and many times I have to restart it.
I think that not having enough RAM is the problem of that, can you give any advice on that?
** edit: I have partitioned my card and also have swap. is there any chance my sd is slow and its slowing down the entire phone? :/ I have a Kingston SDHC 8gb
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well every thing depends on the rom you using, i keep my settings at default. And im on cm10. My ram is always maxed out but when i use LS all i do is boost memory. Theres always a little lag. But my device works pretty well. No i dont think sd card is the issue. My battery darin is high to when i actively use my device. In deep sleep battery hardly drains. Your battery problem may be the battery it self, Samsung devices have a battery issue. The bat needs to be changed every 6 months. Iv bin using mine tow years now. But its still working well.
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hey guys not sure if this is the right place for this but i was wondering if someone can hlep me out.
in an attempt to trouble shoot why i had no connectivity i reflashed the phone. sys data cache and all. dont remember what i tried to update, but the phone reboot into twrp and now is stuck in a twrp bootloop. i can get into download mode... but my pc cant see the device. i tried to install adb and the drivers... but the device still wont pick up. i dont know how to skip the twrp update to get into the OS.
N910W8VLU1ANJ3
any advice?
ryecola said:
hey guys not sure if this is the right place for this but i was wondering if someone can hlep me out.
in an attempt to trouble shoot why i had no connectivity i reflashed the phone. sys data cache and all. dont remember what i tried to update, but the phone reboot into twrp and now is stuck in a twrp bootloop. i can get into download mode... but my pc cant see the device. i tried to install adb and the drivers... but the device still wont pick up. i dont know how to skip the twrp update to get into the OS.
N910W8VLU1ANJ3
any advice?
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First thing I'd do is remove the ADB drivers. Install kies is the simplest way to have proper drivers. You must put this fw on by Odin so if your phone doesn't connect in download mode, that's your issue.
Connect Odin
Flash new fw
Flash rom
Rejoice
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I would check the cable first. I've had tons of bad cables cause that problem
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Pick_A_Name said:
I would check the cable first. I've had tons of bad cables cause that problem
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no kidding. it has to be a normal usb 2 cable a none powered usb port.
i was using the original fast charge usb cable, clearly that was a mistake.
anywho its at 6% hopefully this goes through and i can initialize the device.
oh since i have you guys is there any reason why my data only connects when wifi is connected?
i tried a variety of things and i cant seem to get thing to get service.
i have a ! by the rogers indicator.
it seems to work with my s4 just fine.