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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] fmmsf:
Guys, can you give me your advice here?

My Leo can't for the life of it get a GPS lock. I'm currently running android but I reverted to WM6.5 to check if it was a software issue: I installed GPS Test, downloaded the agps files for the region, and went to wide-open to test the whole thing.

GPS test dis SHOW the satellites on the bottom but it failed to lock to any.

Now, I would have opened my phone already but it came from the repair shop some weeks ago with a stripped screw and I can't open it that way.

Does this sound like poor signal reception to you? Both Wifi and celphone network work flawlessly.

Do you guys think the gps antenna pads might not be properly 'connected' to the phone itself?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Tigermoto:
Hi dude,

I can confirm that the GPS is controlled by some of the flexible pins within the device, as per this post

If those pins are no longer touching the pads, or worse still broken, and you can't get inside your phone........game over i think man
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] fmmsf:
Well, I borrowed a dremel and I'll be using it later tonight to remove the striped screw's head and assess the situation.. if it's just a poor antenna connection I'll solve it :)

Anyway, I'll report back with the results!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] fmmsf:
I can confirm it didnt work on my HD2 :(

Looks like no Gps for me..
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dertester123:
hmm maby your gps cable broke or your gps board is dead?

Have you tried windows mobile stock and at least 30minutes under clear sky.

If you want to change the gps board and cable you can sent me a pm,

i got some spare parts from an old hd2 that had a broken screen and display.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] fmmsf:
Hmm sorta.. I did install WM6.5 and let it look for a gps signal for about an hour. I left it outside my window (I left it there because I'd got a GPS lock with a samsung ace there) but to no avail :(

I should have taken a photo of the thing but the GPS cable seemed to be ok both the one on the phone and the antenna on the chassis (even though I can't say much about the latter seeing it is covered by the white plastic..).

What do you guys suggest?..
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dertester123:
You mean the white isolation of the gps cable?

Well is you had your hd2 apart it could be that cable. Its a very tiny coaxial cable. Problem here is when assembling back together you have to put it in the right spots in the housing. On the right upper corner is a very stupid place where you lay the cable and it looks fine but when you press the back cover on you squeeze it without seeing because the inner side of the battery cover is in front the sight.

Maby open battery cover and check when battery is out if the upper right corner in the battery housing is not sitting correctly or the cable is squeezed there.

Heres a pic of what position i mean:

Another thing you could try:

1.Make a logcat when you start gps and maby dmesg too. Maby a dev can look if the gps is responding at all.

2.Im not sure but i think there are apps that allow to save the nmea data into a file. If im not wrong these data even come when there is no sattelite in view but you could check this way if your gps is responding at all.

Hardware-wise:

you could check if your coax cable didnt squeze, jump of or was placed on the wrong connector. I think i remember there was a spare connector on the mainboard :o

The antenna itself is glued to the backcover. Maby your little connectors are not placed on it correctly?

If i were you, i would take the phone apart one more time and check for all errors. If its not working then i would think about one spare part gps antanne ~5€ or a bluetooth gps antenna.

=> The more you take your hd2 apart the more likely something else ( i think about volume buttons, cables) will get damaged too.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] :
One of my pins broke off on one of my HD2 mobos, and because I didn't have a 15W soldering iron, I used some weather stripping, electric tape, and aluminum foil to "fix" it.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] oucha:
Confirming that his method has been working for a few months now: all ok

Actually, I cut a very small piece of double sided mounting tape and placed it under the the contacts to reinforce them a little - be careful with this not to break the contacts though
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jamdog30:
Thankyou for this post as it gave me the confidence to open the phone and repair the points of contact and also to discover that the wifi cable was disconnected from the board???

Anyway i have wifi on my HD2 not bad when I bought the phone for £55 quid:D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] klaberte:
For me, it was the wifi coax cable

I noticed that my wifi signal on my hd2 was unexpectedly low. I took apart the phone (had done so earlier to replace the speaker) and straightened the contacts. Reassembled, but no joy. Then I read:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1364319

and checked the black wifi coax cable running straight down from the wifi antenna board to the top of the mother board. Took both ends off, and noticed the bottom was already mostly off. Put it back with a satisfying (yet tiny) click, reassembled, and all is good!!! Thanks to everyone!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] :
This was a fantastic fix! Thanks a lot! I needed to be able to use this phone for another month until my iPhone 5 comes in. I am not going to give it to my friend, too! Thanks a lot!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] a2kolev:
Problem is, if you will connect wifi,network and BT antennas into a single(3 in 1) somewhere outside of the phone, just got an idea!?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ninickname:
HUGEEEEEEEEEEEEE THANKSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

my hd2 was lying down for like a year , i upgrated my phone because of the signal issues ! (now i m a prownd owner for almst a year of the one X )

and i was never brave enouth to do such thing, as dissasembeling that expencive (at it time) and compilicated phone .

i just walked throuth your guide and i its like new !

huge thanks !
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] yeskaa:
worked

i literally had to stand in front of my router to get two bars now signal is awesome
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] zerolal:
Thanks a lot guys!!!.....this truly fixed my problem

Appreciate your time and effort.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] a54i54:
Unfortunately, I have broken 2 of those pads or flaps or feet. I know ones for phone signal so unless I am outside, the caller gets not available message. The wifi isn't great add well.

Any idea or tips on fixing these flaps would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Ash
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kierran.clarke:
Hi all,

Just flashed Supernova from and all is working smoothly apart from when i go to messages, it says '' Unable to manage your messages because your storage is full. Please delete content from other applications to make more space ''

Any ideas?

And i've downloaded apps from the market and they have installed fine too.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsddave:
I have a new nook on its way to me and ive been reading up as much as I can on the potential this device has.

From what I have gathered so far it seems best to install Phiremod on this device.I dont have any real interest in the Barnes and noble software as I prefer Alkido and use this alot on my current tablet. I also want as trouble free experience as possible.

Questions I have are as follows:-

1) Is phiremod v7 worth going for yet? Or should I stick to 6.3?

2) Is it worth upgrading the tablet to B&N 1.2 update and using ManualNooter 4.6.16 to root it or should I stick with 1.11 and use something else? What is best here or does it not matter?

3) Can I use phiremod as my main rom installed to the internal hd and have say one of the honeycomb mods or cm7 run from a sd card? Naturally the sd would need a menu for this.

Many thanks to any help in advance :)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AidenM:
1) Phiremod is kinda old. I suggest the latest CM7 nightly, or MIUI (which is extremely simple to use)

2) If you install custom ROM, the BN Software is trashed. What's the point upgrading?

3) Stick with a good functional OS on the internal hd (call it the emmc) and put an OS you like but is not stable on the sd card.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsddave:
1) But what about the latest version? I understand its based on a recent cm7 nightly anyway? Maybe you were not aware of it.

2) Yes this was what I wondered. Thanks for the confirmation.

3) Yes I was thinking this.So I can have say cm7 or a variation on main drive then honeycomb on sd then from what your saying. Thats great. Thanks :)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IFLATLINEI:
I believe Phiremod was built on cm7 and development has either stopped or is well behind. I would also recommended CM7 though. It really makes this device very useful.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dabiddabird:
Phiremod is just a themed version of CM7. The stable release of Phiremod is based of CM 7.0.3 and the test version of Phiremod is based off cm nightly 110 or something like that.

So yes Phiremod is outdated and the CM 7 nightlies and Miui releases are the most current roms you can get.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsddave:
Thanks alot for the info guys I will go with cm7 :)
[Samsung Mesmerize] jrusch:
I have a US Cellular Mesmerize and I recently installed CyanogenMod 7 (mesmerizemtd).

I am having the following problems and was wondering if it is just me:

1) USB mass storage doesn't work most of the time. If I connect my Mesmerize to my computer using the USB cable it will charge but it won't connect to the SD card and USB debugging doesn't appear.

2) LED flashlight apps don't work

3) Wi-fi hotspot doesn't work. I can get ad-hoc apps working but not the included hotspot.

I did a backup in cwm recovery before installing, can I restore this to go back to Froyo? And then can I go back to CyanogenMod by restoring another backup?
[Samsung Mesmerize] scarmon25:
The flashligh apps won't work right now. They are still working on that.

The usb issue. Try installing the nexus drivers. If that doesn't fix it try a different usb cable

The wifi hotspot I have no idea as I personally never use it. I'm sure someone else will chime in with ideas for it though.

Tap-a-Talked from my Mesmerize

Running CM7 @1.2ghz w/ Tk-Glitch ML Kernel.

Thank you to all the Dev's working to advance the many names of the SCH-I500. :D You guys Rock! :D
[Samsung Mesmerize] sageDieu:
+1 to scarmon... cm7 uses nexus s USB drivers so install those. torch is not working yet but will come in a nightly eventually.

As for wifi hotspot, it doesn't work with the built in one. I've had no problems running as ad-hoc with wireless tether and with barnacle tether.

Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500
[Samsung Mesmerize] das1116:
ongoing CM7 issue

I'm having quirky issues as well:

Can't stream for very long, not related to the screen timeout. It tends to be more aligned with a weak signal. I didn't have this problem with PnP or Heinz so I know it's not the location since I've always had a decent signal. I've tried *228 and reflashed multiple times and tried the 3 different governor settings with no difference.

Also related to this (I assume): my screen jumps back and forth and the keyboard posp up/disappears regularly with a low signal.

I like the ROM, speed, and options CM7 has provided but I need to stream since I commute 1 1/2 hrs to work!

Not complaining but I just wanted to discuss with others some issues and hopefully help each other out.

Thanks for the effort everyone puts into the community!
[Samsung Mesmerize] scarmon25:
Are you us cellular or cell south. If uscc. See if its set to automatic under mobile networks. If cell south. Leave it on home only

Tap-a-Talked from my Mesmerize

Running CM7 @1.2ghz w/ Tk-Glitch ML Kernel.

Thank you to all the Dev's working to advance the many names of the SCH-I500. :D You guys Rock! :D
[Samsung Mesmerize] akellar:
As far as I know the Rom shouldn't impact your signal but I could be wrong. Your using the same radio as you did before. Try pulling the battery for 30 seconds or so and give it another try. Supposedly this reconnects your phone to the network with a fresh connection. Don't know if it's just tech BS or not but it seems to help me.
[Samsung Mesmerize] scarmon25:
From the reading I've done its not BS. It resets some of the small componets that get trapped or gated or something. Apparently only removing all power for an extended period of time can fix this. Since finding this out I do it about once or twice a week. May be why I very rarely have issues. I don't know. Could just be luck

Tap-a-Talked from my Mesmerize

Running CM7 @1.2ghz w/ Tk-Glitch ML Kernel.

Thank you to all the Dev's working to advance the many names of the SCH-I500. :D You guys Rock! :D
[Samsung Mesmerize] sageDieu:
You should put all of your glitch voodoo color and voltage settings, that would rock.

Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500
[Samsung Mesmerize] das1116:
I tried the battery pull but didn't know it needed to be an extended period of time. Works like a charm for streaming now. I do still get the keyboard pop up when I'm at work because of the weak signal but no biggie. No other issues that no one else hasn't mentioned, but well worth the risk for the battery life and speed. As always, you guys kick a$$!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gwollmar:
try to degrade my Atrix to 2.2 and the result was that now only appears on the screen in SVF message: 105:1:2 failed to boot, can someone help me to recover:(
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xploited:
Did you downgrade via SBF? If the answer is "yes", then sending it to Motorola service is the only solution.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
If that's all you see on the screen, (SVF message: 105:1:2 failed to boot 0x1000), you have bricked.

See here -----> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1160408.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aundrew88:
i have the same problem except it puts me into bootmode.... says:

No OS detected, going to rsd mode in 5seconds press a key to stop count down available modes are:

1)rsd

2)fastboot

3)NvFlash

4)Bp HW Bypass rsd

5)BP HW bypass QC Dload

6)BP HW diag & Boot AP

7)BP HW Bypass BP only

8)BP SW Bypass RSD

9)Android recovery

10)boot android (no BP)

11)Device UID

12)console=tty50,115200n8

13 Early USB enumeration

14)BP tools

Is this a hard brick? or do i have a chance stil?

edit: nvm fixed it!!!!! selected rsd then went to rsd lite nd just downgraded to 1.2.6

nvm false alarm now i dont even have tht menu just turns on shows SVF message: 105:1:2 failed to boot nd turns off :'(
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xploited:
man... you just bricked your phone. :( and it seems like you had a chance to save it too.

downgrading - is what causes a brick. if you were on gingerbread, you should have SBFed gingerbread. that would have been the fix.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aundrew88:
^i think your right :'(
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Javi97100:
that is not bricked, what steps did you take to get that screen?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aundrew88:
well i didnt do anything i flashed it the previous night downgraded to a 1.2.6 then ran all the updates from motorola but then i did some stupid thing and used rsd lite and used a file name zomgunlock-lite.sbf...thats wen it started doin

SVF message: 105:1:2 failed to boot

No OS detected, going to rsd mode in 5seconds press a key to stop count down available modes are:

1)rsd

2)fastboot

3)NvFlash

4)Bp HW Bypass rsd

5)BP HW bypass QC Dload

6)BP HW diag & Boot AP

7)BP HW Bypass BP only

8)BP SW Bypass RSD

9)Android recovery

10)boot android (no BP)

11)Device UID

12)console=tty50,115200n8

13 Early USB enumeration

14)BP tools
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mysticdrew:
You were not hard bricked. You had to do the Fastboot oem unlock command again (yes, 3 times )to complete the process. But NOW you are ruined because you RSD'd to 1.26 after you got this. Once you tried to downgrade you're phone is dead.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
Send me all your bricks people..............I will build Atrix Chateaux with them!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] defnow:
i have one thats been water damaged. you can have that. :D
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bamastang:
defnow.. is you Atrix Up and running after the Water damage?? I Jumped in the pool with mine on my hip and was swimming for about 5 minutes before I realized it!! lol..(all water indicators, including the one on the front of the motherboard are RED!!) Needless to say, after rice, rubbing alcohol, T5 torx and patience.. It is up and running and now on 2.3.4 OC to 1.1ghz!!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] defnow:
No. :( i was in the river for a good while before it finally hit me..everyone knew something was wrong when my eyes went :eek:..then i slowly swam back to shore with my head down cause i knew it was done for.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bamastang:
That sucks!! How long ago did it happen?!?!?! Did you try booting it up right away?? I immediately took my battery out and threw it in rice.. then after about an hour gave it a rubbing alcohol bath, then let it sit for about 7 days.. I had already researched ebay and saw some Water Damaged Atrix going for over $200 so I was going to sell, found one to buy on Craigslist for $250, or send it in to Here for repair $40.. until I put the batter back in, hit the power button and It came to life!!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] defnow:
This happened maybe 2 months ago. I did the rice thing..blow dryer but nothing. I was lucky to find an Atrix on craigslist for $120. Im curious to see if that website will fix a water damaged phone....$40?? Wow. Wouldn't mind having 2 of them..1 stock and 1 to play with.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itsauniquesn:
my phone is stuck on the failed boot 0x1000 and turns off... are you able to save this?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bivrat:
any way to solve tht problem
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Javi97100:
No, you are hardbricked, there's no way of saving it
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcarpenter85:
He is NOT hard bricked. To fix this all he has to do is enter fastboot mode and then 'Fastboot OEM Unlock' from a command prompt. This happens when you try to flash pudding to a 2.3.4 OTA phone.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Javi97100:
I'm talking about the Guy above me
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pigpiles:
My atrix will not go past Starting Fastboot protocol support. It also wont let me make a selection from the list it brings up as well. Any suggestions? It will also flash entering nvflash then shut off.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pigpiles:
Well was able to select Android Recovery and it had said Magic Value Mismatch: Reading odm fuse: 1
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mysticdrew:
Starting fastboot protocol support is all you're phone is supposed to do. Just means you're phone is in fastboot mode.

The command are run from your computers command prompt with the fastboot.exe package installed on your computer
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pigpiles:
Thank You for that info. That had helped me figure out how to fix it. Atrix is up and running.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] czausmouse:
People need to do more research before messing around with their $500 phones haha
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BravoMotorola:
I've seen so many threads like this and it upsets me. The warnings are everywhere...and people are still bricking their phones.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gervin:
The problem is half of you guys write like retards using English as a third language.

For example, I'm a competent network tech, and have been trying hard to find how to root my phone once receiving a replacement with Gingerbread already installed.

I've bricked twice (recovered) and still trying.

Funnily enough, all I want to do is restore a ROM saved from ROM MANAGER to get my phone back to it's original glory.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enomai:
root any atrix: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1138204

Not everyone is from the States, man.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PURESKILLZZZ:
Has any one successfully recovered from this state ? That's something that needs to be wiki'ed if so ... I am looking if I find it ill change this post and post a link to it ...

Still searching ...

More work being done -----> eval thread.

some help ... kennethpenn thread.

if you are a noob you should have read this thread ... Swiftks thread.

And if you only soft bricked ... designgears thread.

P.S. This is specially for Gary's son who's bricked atrix is on my desk and brought me here to the atrix threads.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mysticdrew:
There is no fix for the hard brick. (0x1000 with NO options, only nvflash). With options is only a soft brick and is fixable.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phalanx7621:
Here's the idea. Someone comes into forums, reads one or two posts without fully understanding, and hard bricks their phone. I can understand how exciting it is discovering something new. But to all who just started on this road---take your time. Really expensive paperweights are no fun. Make sure u use the search tools and understand the risks. Good luck to all and happy flashing.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Austin2048:
i just tried to unlock the bootloader on my Atrix running 2.3.4 using RSD Lite 5.3.1 and now everytime i boot up the phone it says

SVF:105:1:2

Failed to boot 0x1000

No OS detected, going to RSD mode in 5 seconds

Press a key to stop count down

Available modes are:

1 RSD

2 Fastboot

3 NvFlash

4 BP HWBypass RSD

5 BP HW Bypass QC Dload

6 BP HW Diag & Boot AP

7 BP HW Bypass BP Only

8 BP SW Bypass RSD

9 Android Recovery

10 Boot Android (No BP)

11 Device UID

12 Console=tty50,115200n8

13 Early USB Enumeration

14 BP Tools

------------------------------------------

Vol Up to select, Vol Down

for next choice

Current choice is mode:

RSD

Starting Fastboot protocol support

That is a soft brick, right? How can i fix that?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alcapone263:
boot into fastboot mode and use the command 'fastboot oem unlock' and then follow the instructions to unlock your bootloader.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mikebritt81796:
Help help help help

I NEED HELP MY ATRIX THAT I GOT 2 DAYS AGO SAYS

SVF : 105:1:2

FAILED TO BOOT 0X1000

ENTERING NvFLASH RECOVERY
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
Did you even bother to read this thread???

Assimilated via WinBorg 4G
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KPMcnabb:
Hi MystricDrew, i have all the options RSD, Fastboot, etc. what do i select in order for me to recover from this soft brick. i have read this whole thread as well as many others. I do not understand what you guys mean by the "fastboot.exe" method. Please reply. THANKS,

Kyle.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iRobby:
Fastboot is a program ran in command promt.. it is a command line.

Sent from my CM860 ;)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] austech9:
The phone is not bricked.

1) Take the battery out.

2)Put it back in

3)Turn it on

4)Volume down-> Fast boot

5)Volume up->select

6)open command prompt->type "fastboot oem unlock"

7)You will get the unique ID in the command prompt plus disclaimer

8)Type in: fastboot oem unlock" now turn cap lock on type the unique ID

9)you should get phone unlocked in command prompt

10) type: fastboot reboot (in lowercase)

11) if it dont boot to OS, take battery out, back in, power on , should now boot to OS