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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] itsLYNDZ:
I do use Signal Reset to connect to the nearest tower. And according to coverage checker I should have amazing service. Tired of looking at my phone and having zero bars. What can APNs do? Is there a better setting I should change them to?

Thats great for home, but that doesnt help when im away from home.... Plus I use wifi when im home.

This NEVER happened on my Samsung Blaze. I hear so many people with poor service with this phone.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Yes the APNs primarily control Data connection. But especially they will control how phone will calculate nearest tower.

You appear like you have made your mind that this phone has a problem with signal. If so, anything we say or do to help is not going be worth jack. We are not in the business of changing your mind about the phone let alone Samsung / T-Mo customer service. You hate the phone go return it to T-Mo or get repaired from Samsung.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Could be the antenna isn't seated/connected internally. If it's an issue no matter where you go, and you have flashed the latest stock firmware via Odin, this leaves hardware as the only possible culprit. I've seen a few posts in the past where people opened the phone and it was the antenna. Pretty easy to do, you just have to be willing to do it!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] itsLYNDZ:
How can I change the APN & what should I change it to? Are there other things I can try before I open the phone and check the antenna?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] itsLYNDZ:
Im not sure I feel comfortable doing that. I do get signal in some places. Sometimes its 3-4 bars of service. But usually its not. I want to try some other things before I open the phone. Might have to if other things dont work.

I find its more when im inside a building. Outside its totally fine.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
If you do try it, as I understand it you just open the phone and reseat the antenna. Should be easy to get to and easy to do. There are vids online that walk you through the teardown process.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] itsLYNDZ:
Under APNs I have

Name: T-Mobile US

APN: epc.tmobile.com

Proxy: not set

Server: not set

MMS proxy: not set

MMS port: not set

MCC: 310

MNC: 260

Auth type:none

APN type: default,mms,supl,dun

APN protocol: IPv4

APN enabled

Anything I should change?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] itsLYNDZ:
Can you post a link to a video? Im not sure what I would even search for to find this walkthrough process...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Just search galaxy s3 T999 (or I747) teardown youtube
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] itsLYNDZ:
Any suggestions as to what I should change my APN to?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Try

epc.t-mobile.com

or

fast.t-mobile.com
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Woody:
Don't use Fast.t-mobile From what I have read, that doesn't work on our handsets and everyone that I have seen use it, has gone back to epc.t-mobile.

My APNs are the exact same as yours except I don't have DUN and I don't know what that is.

APN type: default,mms,supl,dun

Have you tried any build.prop edits? Look at Post #3 in Doc's Modem thread. And before you ask, here are mine.

ro.ril.hsxpa=3
ro.ril.gprsclass=12
ro.ril.hsupa=6
ro.ril.hsdpa=14

These work for me in my area. At home I get a great signal. I work downtown and am surrounded by buildings. I do have a window, but line-of-sight is just another window across the street. I have zero signal issues. Might want to test those build.prop edits and test them for yourself in your area. FWIW, I put these build.prop edits in every ROM that I run or test.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] itsLYNDZ:
I updated it with your stats. I dont see any bars or data yet..... But I already have epc.t-mobile as my APN.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Woody:
Just go in and change those values. Not sure if they all will be there or not, but if not you just put them in. If you use Root Explorer, it will automatically create a backup of the original build.prop as build.prop.bak or something like that.

I'm not going to upload my build.prop for 2-4 lines of edits that you can do yourself. It's not like you are chaning the device ID or something. Roll your sleeves up and get in there.

Stay on epc.t-mobile APN.

Edit:

Reboot your device and then test it out for a few hours. Come back tomorrow and let us know how it works. Like I said above, those are

my

values. You may have to tweak the ro.ril.hsupa=6

ro.ril.hsdpa=14 values to suit you. Again, see Doc's Post #3 for why they can be different for some people.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Just copy/paste what he has listed and delete any already there. Much easier for everyone and faster for you.

And he was saying under apn type to delete "dun"
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Really ? I thought Fast gave better results. At least it did for me. I will go make some speed test right now. Thanks Woody.

BTW DUN = Dial Up Networking. AKA USB Tether
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] itsLYNDZ:
What other build.prop signal tweaks do you have? And I didnt delete dun. Ill delete dun and let this run for today. I did read post #3 of the modem page, but I dont understand a whole lot. So I dont know how to modify those for where I am. Im in chicago. so lots of buildings....

My building is also a dead zone for people with T-mobile & AT&T. So now im getting 1 bar intermittently. Outside I get great service, but it seems once I go inside a building anywhere with this phone I have issues. Hopefully these mods will help.

Maybe Doc can suggest other values for me to try tomorrow?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
As stated in the thread, you simply have to test the values for yourself. I give a good starting point, as has woody. Just change the value, reboot and test. Make note of your results, try the next value, test and take notes, try the next value, test and take notes. From there determine what gave you the best results.

I'm not trying to be difficult, but please don't expect anyone to literally make the changes for you every time and then tell you what your best results were. Jump in, take a chance, it's not that hard.

All I'm getting at is we are happy to help, but we won't do all the work for you. We all have plenty of things we want/need to do for ourselves and others.

---------- Post added at 01:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:35 PM ----------

Fast.T-Mobile.com I believe is the best choice if your areas been upgraded. If not it probably won't do much.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] itsLYNDZ:
I tried the link from your post #3 in your modem post and it no longer works. id like to see if my area is upgraded.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Sorry, thought I had fixed that. It's been moved here.

http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=251624&p=irol-newsarticle&ID=1805489

Not sure if it's fully up to date anymore. They used to update it, but I know they are still upgrading some areas and the number seems to be the same as before....If I'm remembering it right.

There's a pdf you can download at the top. I'd attach it but tapatalk only allows pics.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Take a look here.

[MENTION=4081205]DocHoliday77[/MENTION]

Please update your LTE Roll out coverage link to T-MoNews.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] itsLYNDZ:
Since changing the build.prop tweaks yesterday, i noticed I cant send texts. And i havent gotten any today either. When I try to send they just sit on sending.... Could it be related to changing the build.prop? Ive been getting 3-4 bars of service where ever I am, but if I cant send or receive texts its kinda pointless.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Validate your APN?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] itsLYNDZ:
How do I do that? Its still the epc.t-mobile.com
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
That's what I wanted to confirm if that's still the same. I understand you are getting bars, but does it indicate any status about Data? Also I do assume your data is actually on ? :fingers-crossed:

Now the following is bit dulicate but determine according to this fact sheet, if you are in LTE Area or not. If you are then your Build.prop edits should be

ro.ril.hsxpa=3

ro.ril.hsdpa=24

ro.ril.hsupa=6

If you are not in LTE area then

ro.ril.hsxpa=3

ro.ril.hsdpa=14

ro.ril.hsupa=6

Reboot when done. Also next time the mms sits there, please turn on Airplane mode for a minute or 2 and then turn off.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Build.prop values will be different from one area to the next for the most part. Those may be good starting points to test from, but chances are they wouldn't be my best or his. Maybe better than now, but not the best.

I can go to the other side of town, for example, and find that different values are better there than where I am now.

No need to wait to toggle airplane mode back off. Once everything disconnects it should reconnect to the closest/best available tower.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Woody:
Yup. I have had this happen to me multiple times on various ROMs. Sometimes the Settings>More>Mobile Networks>Data Enabled gets unticked for some reason. Build.prop edits (at least the ones that you did) shouldn't effect Mms.

Can you access other things that move data like Browser, XDA, PlayStore? Do you see Up and Down arrows in your status bar? Usually if I don't see arrows and my Data Enabled is still checked, I just reboot and everything works as it should. Sometimes it can be as easy as a reboot.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] itsLYNDZ:
Data works find, but I just noticed I cant send/receive texts....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Is it just Texts or MMS ? Is your Account ok on Quota and what not ?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Woody:
Did you revert back to your previous Build.Prop values and reboot to see if that was the problem? First step in troubleshooting to the revert to see if the change you made prior to the breakage is what caused the break.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Sorry if you already answered/tried this and I overlooked it. But I'd consider making a nandroid backup, then Odin flash either the MD5 or LJC firmware. Factory reset (will wipe internal sdcard if you have stock recovery) and test while fully/purely stock. This will at least remove any variables introduced by a Rom, mod or kernel.

And you said you tried all modems, but does this include the new 4.3 modem? UVUEMJ4.

If none if that helps, maybe try one of our new 4.3 leaked TW roms along with it. Many people are reporting significant improvements with these.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] itsLYNDZ:
Yeah its fine with quota. But both texts and MMS....

Im actually going to flash the Slimrom 4.3 this weekend and Ill report what I find.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mricchio:
I recently installed LiquidSmooth ROM 4.2.2 and now whenever i uninstall an app i get

"cannot read /data/xposed/modules.whitelist" message.

How can i fix this?

I tried downloading the latest xposed APK. but i looks like i already had it install on my phone.

not sure what to do now?

thanks all

Razr Maxx
[Huawei Ideos X6] milkchug2000:
Hi,

The battery cover is not flush with the device. Only on the left side.

Does anyone else have this problem?? I bought the phone used, but this issue was not mentioned.

Thanks
[Huawei Ideos X6] Arya_3RDNumber:
Are you mean the battery cover cant closed nicely?

if yes,ok we dont have that issue. and you must know that is hardware problem

maybe you need to change phone case,both front and back
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] stmaryaxe85:
hello,

my carrier said me that if i do something they change my himalayas by a magician for free. What I should to do?

Please, answer me soon.

Thank you,

Jontxu(Dino)
[Huawei Ascend P1] lmvsilva90:
Please help me, I have a huawei ascend P1 (aka u9200), and been playing around with it for about a month. I've been trying other to find out which one would suit the best. I changed from stock to EmotionUI (Jelly Bean+EMUI1.5), and after that, I flashed Cyanogen Mod (.zip file installed in TWRP recovery).

I can't flash anything now... Can't even force install intermediate pack! (Place UPDATE.APP in sdcard\dload\update.app, and turn on phone pressing up and down keys with original recovery on it. The 1st time I flashed intermediate pack (before installing emotionui) it all went well, but now intermediate pack won't flash. I get the same error every time "Version List Verify Fail. Huawei sdcard update fail."

I think I read ALL of the post's you have about flashing Roms for this device and none of them is helping me. I tried everything:

-with stock and modified recovery.img

-with stock and modified boot.img

-changing build.prop to the one that comes with intermediate pack flash files.

Everytime I mess around and try to sucessfully install Intermediatepack, I end up with no solution besides flashing Cyanogenmod again! I have to flash it in .zip format through cwm, and that's the only way I get a bootable rom in my device. I also tried to flash a stock rom in .zip format (found them in some german foruns), and it flashes, but somewhat it doesn't work. Get's stuck on boot logo. Again, I have to flash cyanogen rom...

Please can someone help me install Intermediatepack so I can flash another Rom?

Thank You! ;)
[Huawei Ascend P1] harrymason37:
In cwm wipe cache, dalvic, data and system, then flash miui 3.11.1 from there, without editing build prop force upgrade to intetmediate pack
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] djmt99:
I've searched through (both here and on Google) but can't seem to find a definite answer (or process, for that matter) if it is possible to carrier unlock a Sprint S4 for Verizon, with full functionality. I've seen some fixes for MMS, so I'm assuming it can be done.

Am I missing or over-looking something?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cruise350:
No, not fully functionality, the Sprint S4 cannot receive Verizon's LTE signal. SELL it and buy a Verizon S4.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] djmt99:
I haven't purchased yet, nor will I be thanks to the info! It was a decent deal at $275 too. Damnit.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Xuereb:
Yeah, they use different cell signal types, which is why nexus 4 didn't work on sprint
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peejay323:
Anyone here wo can make a CM 10.2 with all the KitKat goodies such as the statusbar and sounds?

Like this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47094954

Would love to see that on our lovely advance!
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mathei:
Try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2506623

and:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2513204
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AntaresOne:
Attention: the flashable zip is only for stock 4.1.2 ROM, flashing on CM bricks the ROM and you have to flash CM again or push CM files with adb to make it work again. If you want it on CM you can modify the files with this guide present in the thread.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] icewolf293:
Saw this for sale at a local Cell phone shop but they were asking $40 for it, checks online don't show any better of a price.

My question is, Is this particular screen protector worth it over the $5-6 ones i can find online?

Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Patchworks-Co...ie=UTF8&qid=1383597578&sr=1-2&keywords=usg+s4
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] tech_head:
Nope. Not worth the extra coin.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] jax5ter:
i think you are mistaken for a plastic screen protector vs tempered glass. Tempered glass protectors usually run around the price you see on amazon ( i have yet to find a reliable tempered glass protector for under $10 not talking about chinese knock-offs).

The one you posted from amazon is .4mm which is significantly thick and you will feel that you are touching an extra piece of glass. There are better ones out for a lower price (.15mm is the thinnest glass protector i know of from Spigen).
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] icewolf293:
No confusion, I'm finding a lot of sub $10 Tempered glass screen protectors on ebay, there is even a thread dedicated to them from another website
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] JohnHK:
Hi

When I go to Settings > Apps > Running Apps, I notice, every time, that my Xperia sola isn't showing the maximum value of my RAM (which is supposed to be nearly 500MB ). It shows almost 390MB ONLY. Then there's 110MB missing!! Where are these lost MBs?? And how can I release my device to reach all of my 500MB RAM??:confused:

Thanks.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ChikeD:
Youre phone only has 500MB RAM you don't expect it to use some of it do you?

What exactly do you see used and free?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nathanael_Mtd:
Missing RAM are for a part of the hardware ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] JohnHK:
Hey, I see 291MB USED and 100MB FREE if I enter Settings > Apps > Running Apps. You can calculate easily 291+100=391. Then my device shows ONLY 391MB, not 500MB. I hope you now understand what I'm talking about.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ChikeD:
Like [MENTION=5265948]Info4Geek[/MENTION] said, some memory used by the system, for XP it's almost 200MB.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kopter36:
And don't forget GPU also take ram as part of their VRAM.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] basv81:
Hi there,

So I was installing CM10.2 on my HTC One (GSM) m7ul this evening when suddenly everything went wrong.

- I copied the CM .zip and GAPPS .zip to the internal storage using windows (7) file explorer;

- I installed the CM boot.img via fastboot flash boot boot.img;

- I rebooted into recovery mode (twrp 2.6.3.0);

- wiped cache and dalvik cache;

- Tried to find the installation.zip;

No zip files found. Actually, twrp did not find any file and could not mount f.i. system, cache, sdcard, etc

I tried using another bootloader (clockwork touch 6.0.4.3), but has the same issues as twrp.

ADB is not working as my phone was not in developer mode when I started to install CM10.2. Rebooting my phone is not working also because I replaced the boot.img via fastboot. I cannot reach my backup via twrp (on phone and PC).

Do you have tips for me to get my phone to work properly again?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
Mate you made a bad move flashing the boot.img file before installing the .zip. Always install the zip first then flash the boot.img and after clear cache. And make sure the zip is at the root of your sdcard in twrp before proceeding to anything! ;)

You mean ''I tried another RECOVERY''

try holding power + Vol down and reboot in bootloader

Nowt that you are in bootloader, select fastboot and connect usb cable, navigate to your adb/fastboot folder of your computer and start a cmd prompt from there.

you can flash twrp again as your recovery

fastboot flash recovery <name-of-recovery>.img

reboot into bootloader

fastboot reboot bootloader

then go in recovery (adb is supported inside twrp).

push your zip files to your phone

adb push <name_of_rom>.zip /sdcard/
adb push <name_of_gapps>.zip /sdcard/

- install the zip of your cm rom first via twrp ---> select ''install'' and then navigate to /sdcard/ and select your zip.

- reboot phone in bootloader ---> select reboot from twrp main menu, after select bootloader.

- when in bootloader select fastboot

flash your kernel:

fastboot flash boot boot.img

after go back in twrp recovery and install you gapps.zip and after clear cache and dalvik cache then reboot normally.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] basv81:
Thanks for your reply.

:good:

Done all that. ADB sideload option tells me it cannot mount /sdcard, /data, /system.

ADB cannot find the device.

twrp and cwmod can't see any files (although I allready put the zip files in the root directory of the device)

I think the data on my device somehow got corrupt.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] basv81:
Most recent drivers installed. I only don't get any serial numbers on my screen (only "List of devices attached" and below is empty). Not sure whether I get te "error: device not found" message with that command.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
to check you're /data partition, reboot to recovery then:

adb devices -> to make sure it's connected, if OK proceed with below:

adb shell

~ # umount /data

umount /data

~ # e2fsck -n -v -f /dev/block/mmcblk0p37

and see if it reports errors or not. (copy/paste your command prompt)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] basv81:
I'll do that tonight (that's within 12 hrs). :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stolper:
ADB tells you that? You are using the fastboot commands? ADB cannot communicate with fastboot and shouldn't tell you anything.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
We're one hour apart, so hopefully I'll check in on you tonight :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] basv81:
fastboot commands work perfectly within fastboot, but adb does not as the ADB sideload options in twrp and cw fail.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
Are you using a Sprint Htc one? (M7WLS) If yes you need a different version of twrp. Go back in fastboot and type "fasboot getvat all" and copy paste info here (remove imei and s/n)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] basv81:
No, I'm using a HTC One (GSM) m7ul :)

I'll post the info tonight.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheOneDev:
I had the same crap happen on SPRINT HTC One. All I ended up doing in the end was booting to bootloader and derp- I mean, uh, running a stock RUU. Repartitioned all the partitions.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] basv81:
C:\Users\Bas\Desktop\HTC_One_files\HTCOneRoot\HTCOneRoot>adb devices
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
HT35CW***** recovery

C:\Users\Bas\Desktop\HTC_One_files\HTCOneRoot\HTCOneRoot>adb shell
~ # ←[6numount /data
umount /data
umount: can't umount /data: Invalid argument
~ # ←[6ne2fsck -n -v -f /dev/block/mmcblk0p37
e2fsck -n -v -f /dev/block/mmcblk0p37
e2fsck 1.41.11 (14-Mar-2010)
e2fsck: Superblock invalid, trying backup blocks...
e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/block/mmcblk0p37

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>

~ # ←[6n
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] basv81:
C:\Users\Bas\Desktop\HTC_One_files\HTCOneRoot\HTCOneRoot>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.54.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.17.3250.14
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 2.24.401.8
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno: **********
(bootloader) imei: ***************
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0710000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__E11
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4318mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-d959c75800
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.047s
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
oh man, it's pretty late. can we pick this up anytime tomorrow or over the weekend? i need to get some sleep, and yeah looks like a corrupt partition. sorry man, i hate to be the bad guy

check into this: http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com/2013/10/fix-data-htc-one.html

first thing you need to make sure of, is "cat /proc/emmc" to make sure we're looking at the right partition.

I can't do this tonight, but you might wanna check: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2504542

page 8 or 9 and onwards.

sorry man, but too late for me, i need to get some sleep before work tomorrow