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[Xperia Play General] kanej2006:
I did indeed contact the seller and am awaiting his answer...

Is the fault easy, quick and more or less cheap to fix from a local mobile phone shop?
[Xperia Play General] kanej2006:
If I was to download & use a custom rom, could this possibly fix the problem?

In the past I've had problems with bluetooth/wireless lan refusing to work even though everything else did.

After trying another rom it then worked.

This makes me wanna try another rom before returning the phone and waiting weeks for a replacement.

The seller however got back to me saying it was all working before, he has no idea why it's not reading simcards and to return it should it not work.

I will update the rom and report back.
[Xperia Play General] hiu115:
Flashing a new ROM won't repair the problem. What country was the seller in when he sold it to you? Maybe it's still sim locked. Try to unlock it using a 3rd party.

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wow, i like this slogan.
[Xperia Play General] kanej2006:
It was a UK seller to a UK buyer (me)

I've tried 4 different simcards of all different networks, not reading any simcard.

The phone appears to be unlocked according to the seller.

Can this issue be easily & cheaply fixed in a local mobile repair shop?
[Xperia Play General] mac_d4di:
if its not been bootloader unlocked and then ota bricked then it sounds to me like its blacklisted in other words reported lost/stolen or fraudulant and so pretty much useless to anyone in the UK
[Xperia Play General] kanej2006:
Hmmm, how can I find out WTF is actually wrong with the phone?

The LAST thing I wanna do is return it, and then waiting ages for a replacement or refund.

Is it worth me taking the phone to a mobile repair place and asking them to look into this?
[Xperia Play General] edokassiah:
dont think its sim locked since its saying please insert sim card if it was locked more than likely itll say please enter network unlock code

does sound like a hardware issue do you have the battery cover on when your trying it?

i know my play when the battery cover is off the sd card wont work etc maybe its the same with the sim card

sure i dont have to ask your putting in the simcard correctly right?

shame nonetheless it might be more expensive to try and fix it since parts are not easily available
[Xperia Play General] Deoxlar:
The sim card works without battery cover... If you inserted the card in properly... It should work.... If not then refund it.
[Xperia Play General] mac_d4di:
Best thing to do is pop it into an orange shop and ask them to check the imei on the blacklisting website, if it comes up blocked you know for certain. If it not then it could be a hardware issue but i doubt it. Good luck
[Xperia Play General] kanej2006:
This is a good idea.

Anyway I've just come back from a few mobile repair shops.

After checking the phone, the engineer said it appears to be blocked and will only work outside the country.

Should this be the case, it's not a major issue since I live in Dubai. I happen to be in London for a holiday.

The phone was bought from ebay, and if the handset is indeed blocked then the seller is taking the piss since he simply mentioned the phone being an unwanted upgrade as well as unlocked!

I will contact the seller now and see what he says.
[Xperia Play General] mac_d4di:
it will work mostly everywhere except the uk
[Xperia Play General] DAVIDGBJONES:
This is the only problem with buying phones off eBay, it happend to my sister twice. The good news is that it will work in other country's if it's ota blocked, as it just means that the imea number don't work with UK networks as they have a UK database with all phones that have been reported lost or stolen.

The problem with eBay/PayPal is you only have so many days to file a dispute, so the seller waits till times up then reports it lost or stolen then claims on there insurance, or in some cases take out a new contract just to sell the phone on eBay then not pay the bill. There's a chav lad near me that pays ppl to take out contracts and pays them so much for the phone, what these ppl don't realise is there ruining there credit rating.
[Xperia Play General] kanej2006:
Yeah, I've had quite bad experience using ebay even when buying from ebayers with high & perfect feedback.

Anyway the seller got back to me and swears it is a genuine phone that was claimed from an insurance company and is unlocked and sim free.

He said he tried 2 different sim cards with the phone before advertising it.

My question is how did it previously work yet now it refuses to read any sim?

I may take the phone to an alternative shop and ask them to look into this.

Could it be the sim/sim reader is faulty or damaged and therefore not reading sim cards?
[Xperia Play General] waz000000:
if it was blocked by networks it would just scan for networks and not be able to register on one, it wouldnt say insert sim.

This has been badly flashed IMHO and to my knowledge there is no fix
[Xperia Play General] Bin4ry:
Go into Service Menu and check Simlock Status:

Dial this:

*#*#SERIVCE#*#*

There are also different Service Tests. For me this problems sounds like the "faulty" method which was used to fix the OTA-Brick on unlocked bootloader!

If it is this problem, your phone will be simlocked (not network-locked!!!) to ANY sim card. And you have to unlock via Software -> Omnius/SE-Tool etc. etc.

Regards
[Xperia Play General] kanej2006:
Thanks everyone for your support.

As of now I have no idea of what the problem is.

All I can say is the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is in a repair shop.

It will cost me £45 and on tuesday it should be repaired regardless.

Should they be able to fix the item, great, otherwise if they are unable to fix it then I will get a refund.

I will get back to you lot on tuesday with the results!

My poor 24 hour old brand new Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is in for repairs already and it's still got all the front and back protectors still on... :(
[Xperia Play General] zerojay:
I've had the simcard reading thing happen to me a few times. After a few reboots, it would be fine again.
[Xperia Play General] kanej2006:
How annoying. Could this be an actual problem with the phone itself, as in the exact model?

Are Xperia Plays known for these problems/bugs not reading simcards?

Someone else recently opened a new forum which says ''Xperia play unable to read sim & sd cards, so a case worse than mine!
[Xperia Play General] haverdaden:
same problem

I have the same problem . I unlocked and rooted and now it says instert sim card everytime i've tried with many sim cards but it doesn't work. We need a fix for this .
[Xperia Play General] Alejandrissimo:
You have a damaged SIM Lock, is easy to fix by unlocking with setool.

There is a thread about that on General forum.
[Xperia Play General] pricey2009:
Sounds to me that the phone has been reported stolen and has been blocked.. There is a way to check the status of the imei but I can't remember what website..
[Xperia Play General] Paul1989:
imei checker

http://www.numberingplans.com/?page=analysis&sub=imeinr
[Xperia Play General] kanej2006:
Thanks for the link, however, what is it used for?

I typed in the imei number and it basically said ''very likely'' for the imei number validity.

Here is a copy & paste:

Type Allocation Holder	Sony Ericsson

Mobile Equipment Type	Sony Ericsson R800i Xperia Play Z1i

GSM Implementation Phase	2/2+

IMEI Validity Assessment

>|<

Very likely

Information on range assignment

Est. Date of Range Issuance	Around Q1 2011

Reporting Body	British Approvals Board of Telecommunications (BABT)

Primary Market	Europe

Legal Basis for Allocation	EU R&TTE Directive

Information on number format

Full IMEI Presentation

Reporting Body Identifier	35

Type Allocation Code	35730204

Serial Number	113370

Check Digit	2

Tomorrow morning I will either collect my phone still not working or should I be lucky it will be fixed.

As of now the engineer still hasn't been able to fix it.

Should this be the case then the phone needs to be sent directly to Sony Ericsson themselves & professionally repaired.

Tomorrow afternoon I will update the news on the faulty handset once it has been collected.
[Xperia Play General] kanej2006:
Update guys & girls!

Collected my Xperia Play this morning and apparently it has been repaired!

As I collected the phone from the shop, I cheked my simcard and straight away it fired up and it read my sim, all my contacts, messages, etc...

Anyway, I asked the guy the cause of this annoying problem. He straight away said the sim card reader was faulty. He changed the sim card reader and right away it worked and read sim cards as normal.

I then paid the remainder of the deposit so a total of £45 was paid along with a 6 day wait...

Now was that really worth it? Well since I paid just £240 for the phone brand new plus £45 to repair it or pay £320+ for it online?

Said that I still got the phone for a bargain and now that it's all been sorted I'm off to download some roms for FPse! :)

Thanks everyone.
[Xperia Play General] mac_d4di:
Glad you got it sorted
[Xperia Play General] mikrom.cz:
i had same problem and i solved it!

i flash first R800i_4.0.2.A.0.62_phoenixvendor.ftf - no signal

then R800i_4.0.2.A.0.62_(1253-4437).ftf - no signal

then R800i_4.0.2.A.0.69_World.ftf - still no signal :/

but someone mentioned baseband, and i found R800i_-80_Baseband_GSM.ftf - this is only baseband, and voila!

its definitely problem with it. with some versions of basebands it not work, strange
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zgomot:
I deleted com.htc.twitterwidget.apk and twitter.apk about a week ago and then I found I needed them back.

I got them from LeeDroid's HD port rom zip (the one I'm using now) put them into /system/app and /data/app but they don't show up in the app drawer with all the other apps, not even a reboot of the device.

What I want to do is add my twitter account to friendstream and am having no luck thus far.

Your suggestions?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k3lcior:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.twitter.android :confused:

For friendstream you would have to copy it to /system/app and set permissions.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sm_rasmy:
no twitter for android r not htc twitter

u can un zip the rom and search for htc twitter and install it again
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zgomot:
I tried to install it again but it didn't work.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
Did you get an error message? What did you do to install the app?

TouchPaled from Oxygen with Transparent XDA App
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stankyou:
Maybe heck the permissions of the apk's when you placed them in the system folder then maybe clear dalvik and cache so it can rebuild everything including the new apk's.

Or just reflash the ROM again?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zgomot:
It just said Application was not installed.

I did, I checked all those permission boxes (?)

If all else fails I'll do just that, thanks.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
Sign apk and try to install it again. If this does not work, move the apk to /system/app. If you are s-off, you can do this in runinng system with e.g. root explorer; if you are still s-on, you hav to do it via adb. Now reboot your phone.

But make nandroid backup before, just in case.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zgomot:
I reflashed the ROM as none of the above worked.

end_of_message / COMPUTOR4500
[Desire HD General] arknailed7754:
Hi I'm running lord desense,its a great Rom,a lot of effort was put in,its fast,graphically the fire

Two issues though

The weather force closes everytime any idea why it could keep happening.

Second whilst I love the Rom,the font is a bit much,can I change the font while keeping the lords Rom?
[Desire HD General] rogerpwc:
Yes you can. Just cook up your own font on uot kitchen.

Or you could get an app called absolute system from the market

Sent from my HTC Desire HD A9191
[Desire HD General] arknailed7754:
Hi roger,thanks for the response would that change the whole system font not just notification area?
[Desire HD General] misterblue31:
UOT kitchen is very good for personalise a rom
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] korro:
Hello.

Can i use app2ext solution on stock froyo with custom kernel?

Which one is the best.

On my N1 i'm using S2E and it's great.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bx19:
Not sure. But i think u can.

Use Nfinity kernel and Dtapps2sd. Or use link2sd.
[Galaxy S II General] paulo91:
Hi, all. I was having some problems with my samsung galaxy s2's USB port where it won't connect to the computer and it thinks theres a cable always connected to it and I sent it off through vodafone and now they've just rang me up and claimed it has water damage just on the usb port and want £100. This is utter tosh as its never seen water! Is there anything I can do to fight against it? Only had it 2 months :(. Cheers.
[Galaxy S II General] buxz777:
get it back then send it to samsung mate , the usb port probs just needs a clean with a toothbrush it has happend on a few sgs2 handsets there is a thread in the q+a section about it

also if you google vodafone water damage phone see how many hits come up , they dont seem to like warranty work and just seem to say nope water damaged and ask for £100 this must be the 10th thread ive read in two weeks about voda doing this

google it and see what comes up you'll be shocked and even more angry that they are trying to rip you off

get the phone back and go to samsung dont mention vodafone and water damage just pretend you dont know whats up , explain your problems and leave it with them , i bet they dont say anything about water damage and you get your phone back working :-)

also check out the q+a threads for more info on cleaning the usb port , one person used a electric friendly cleaner spray and now says it works flawless another says their usb port was damaged inside and it needed to be bent with flat head screwdriver , loads of handy info in that thread about usb problems

hope you get it sorted and i hope voda stop this scam asap
[Galaxy S II General] m2smoe:
If theres alot of topics about this, I suggest you sent them an email, telling them if they don't send you back your phone in perfect condition, you will forward every topic about this fake water damage to fraud services.

They won't like the hassle and will just fix it and send it back. Alternatively you can ask for it back and send it directly to samsung.
[Galaxy S II General] buxz777:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=vo...s=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a

that is the hits i get with just ''vodafone water damage'' in google

as you can see from just reading a few of them links its a big issue here in the uk and i dont know how they are getting away with it !! i needs to be investigated but what we need users to do is take up a manufactuer warranty when this happends and get proof it wasnt water damage then when loads have people have done this voda can get the ass wooping they deserve :-)

its a joke how they are getting away with it , its been going on well over a year now :-(
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Water damage is often a condensation issue triggering the water ingress measure inside a phone .

Fairly standard to reject under warranty across all providers and under Samsung warranty .

Very difficult to prove no water damage if the water indicator actually indicates water ingress .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] dragon546:
I had this usb issue but I was still within 14 days so I whinged at P4U and finally they replaced it with a white SGS 2 I wanted :). Hope you get yours sorted, it's an awesome phone.
[Galaxy S II General] artesea:
The phone has a couple of stickers which turn red upon being in contact with water. Like this

Not sure where they are on the GSII but they will be red if they are refusing to honour the warranty due to water damage.
[Galaxy S II General] stuclark:
There's one water indicator on the SGS2 and it lives on the underside of the rear chassis, to the left of the camera if you're looking at the chassis when attached to the phone. (so in other words, no where near the USB ports)

Incidentally, the USB ports are NOT on the motherboard, they're on a daughter board which also houses speaker, microphone and aerials, so it's definitely not £100 to replace.
[Galaxy S II General] StupidIdea:
Here is the thread about USB problems

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1132588

Cleaning USB port is the first thing to try.
[Galaxy S II General] dragon546:
I had this when I was on Holiday recently the place was humid and I thought it was the cable. I used micro fibre cloth to clean the port and then also lightly used a hair dryer from a distance to blow out any excess grime. It worked after that.
[Galaxy S II General] santoz:
Avoiding liquid damage

Unfortunately phones aren't waterproof. Apart from not taking your phone with you when you go swimming, here are a few things that can help protect your phone from water damage.

To avoid liquid damage, do not:

Use your phone in the rain.

Keep your phone anywhere damp (e.g. a window ledge or glove compartment).

Expose the phone to condensation.

Take your phone from a very cold climate into a warm climate as condensation can form.

My phone's got wet - help!

Oops! If your phone's got wet there's no need to panic - but you need to act quickly! Follow these instructions to as soon as you can to try to get your phone back up and running.

Take out the phone's SIM card and battery

Wipe away as much moisture as possible using a cloth or paper towel

Put your phone in bowl of rice and leave in a warm, dry place. The rice will help draw moisture out of your phone

Don't put your phone anywhere hot, including on a radiator. Excessive heat can damage your phone.

Leave your phone to dry for 24 hours, replace the SIM card and battery and try turning it on again. If it's still not running properly, repeat the drying process using a bowl of rice
[Galaxy S II General] khanimania:
it worked for i clean bought alcohol from the pharmacy cost me a dollar, and use tooth pic and put cotton and cleaned all dirt is gone its fine

now
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xIceCream:
Hi guys,

Im using Optimus 2x currently and have an opportunity to get a new phone.

I'm thinking of getting SGS2, but I'm unsure about how things work in SGS2.

About how to root.

What to do if a phone is bricked. In optimus 2x, it can be easily reset to normal using NVFlash.

And last of all, is it worth changing ? :)

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingofthebraves:
I say keep the optimus 2x and wait for the nexus prime if you really want to upgrade because I have a feeling it is going to blow away the sgs2!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xIceCream:
I see. Alright then ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
Optimus prime will have 720p display where s2 has 480p, apart from that most of the specs seems to be same, also the processor is clocked upto 1.5ghz by default. Both s2 and prime will be getting android 4.0.(prime will get it earlier though). Apart from that all are same. If you feel you are satisfied with the samoled+ @ 480p, then you can defenitely go for the upgrade...
[XPERIA X8 General] Spevky:
Yes Devs have cracked the bootloader yes were exited and happy But why do you have to spatr SOOOOO MANY SPAM theards like Bootloader has been cracked thareds they need to be deleated!
[XPERIA X8 General] Dare-Devil Inside:
And wtf is this thread than...
[XPERIA X8 General] Chris95X8:
EPIC FAIL
[XPERIA X8 General] Nikkopt:
I'm going to open a thread saying this one needs to be deleted..
[XPERIA X8 General] deedii:
Oops good intention but wrong actions. Spevky its ok they are just excited, I hope AF will not be pissed cleaning our excitement mess :)
[XPERIA X8 General] terrormattie:
Hahaha dude, epic indeed!
[XPERIA X8 General] moaj:
epic! rofl
[XPERIA X8 General] nyan:
ohhh that poor guy, he just had a good intention

why being so nasty to him?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenneth.f:
Not sure if this is the place to post, but here goes.

Anyone experience the same problems?

My tab: Stock P7510UEKME

Issue list:

1. Wireless sometimes unable to reconnect after hibernation: Only solution - Reboot

2. Randomly unable to unlock after hibernation: Solution - Reboot

3. GUI lags a bit compared to my wife's Ipad

4. Battery drains much faster compared to my wife's Ipad.

5. Random reboots

6. Installing from Market sometimes requires several attempts. It just says "ready to install" but does nothing.

These are not huge problems. But, they are very annoying when they happen.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mroneeyedboh:
1. This could be your router- when you hibernate the tab sleeps its wifi. So on your tab change wifi sleep to never. Reason for this is to hold your IP address in the router. When wireless devices ask for internet from the routers, they assign a ' floating ' IP address. So in this case you turn on the tab and the router gives the tab an IP address of 192.168.1.3. ( the router assigns its IP's in sequencial order. So the next one would be 192.168.1.4 and so on. ) but then say you hibernate the tab, the router sees its lost the connection with the tab and deletes that floating IP address it had previously assisnged to the tab. Then say another device wants wifi, the router is going to give it the lowest available IP address, and it might be the one that the tablet was assigned to. So say it does, now your tablet cannot connect because it is looking for the old IP address that it was on. The tablets wont ask for a new ip address, and tries to reconnect with that same IP address, without success.

You can fix this by doing and making a static IP address on the router just for the tablet. But that's more involved and I would check to see if the wifi keep policy is on never.

2. Hmmm how long is this tablet on hibernation? Sounds like you have too much going to or loaded in the bkgd and getting GUI lag...

3. Each pad has its owe inherent lags. Rooting , custom roms and over locking kernel will fix this.

4. Could be a placebo that it seems like it is. I would root and use the calibrate battery app in the market. Also don't leave your screen on full brightness, put it low until you need it. Also you may just be doing that much more than your wife, causing more drain.

5. Custom rom will fix this. Samsung has the whole system all jacked up...

6. I have had this myself, but never fret. Just reboot or delete google account and log back in and that should fix it.

Sent from my Galaxy Tab!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gokpog:
I think these are all known issues.

1. happend twice to me in the ~50 day I have the Tab

2. heard of an "unresponsive to touch" issue after sleep, never happend to me

3. stock launcher is slow compared to eg. ADW EX

4. mainly depends on your settings and the apps you run in the background, especially those who keep the Tab from "sleeping". Mine loses ~2% per 24h with wifi shutting down when the screen is off

5. heard of that issue, never happend to me

6. this is annoying and we are all waiting for an update for the Market app from google
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenneth.f:
Thanks for replying.

1. No, the wireless issue is not the router. It happens outside of the my home as well. Currently on a business trip, and it happened this morning too.

2. Several hours or overnight, usually.

3. OK

4. I got some more sync activity (emails and such) going on, but other than that, it is pretty much the same. I know Android have had battery issues in the past, maybe they're not quite fixed yet.

5. Custom rom might fix this issue, but I don't want to introduce new problems by using a custom rom. The lesser of two evils, right :-).

6. OK, but no biggy really.

Again, thanks for your reply. Appreciated.