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[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Olivier V:
I recently rooted my phone using the Chinese vroot tool and then installed SuperSU to remove the Chinese su. After that I installed busybox, pimp my rom, system cleaner and no bloat free to remove all the crap Samsung put on this phone. Now think I might have gone a bit overboard with my cleaning... The problem I have is that i can take a few photos, then close the app, re-open the photo app and then if I try to take a photo it won't save it to the sd card until I unmount and remount the sd card. Any ideas what could be causing this?

Thanks for your help
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Olivier V:
The problem is more complicated than i thought. The phone recognizes the extrenal SD but only in read-only mode. I can only briefly write to it before it gets back at read-only mode :(

I reflashed the stock firmware with Odin but the problem is still there.

It goes so far that if I connect the phone to my PC with USB the external SD Card is found but it doesn't show any folders or files when I select it.

And after a little further investigation I found that I can take pictures as normal (save to external SD) untill i open the file explorer, then the external SD card only gets read-only!! Frustrating!

Update: looks like the sd card itself is the problem. I put in a different one and everything seems normal.

I'll try to do a chkdsk on the old one.

It was a corrupted file system. Fixed it and everything is back to normal.
[HTC Typhoon] Looking Glass:
Hi!

I had a Typhoon for a few weeks while my JAM was delayed by Expansys. I finally got the JAM and passed the Typhoon to my wife, who is beginning to hate me.... her new phone answers the incoming calls by itself, just the slightest touch in the joystick, even the pouch pressure while looking for the phone in her purse, answers the call unwilingly. All this happens with the button lock enabled, and the system set to NOT reply with any button.

Any help? Please...

:?
[HTC Typhoon] Groby:
Hi,

the problem is the bad isolation for high frequency wave on the joystick-cable which connects the joystick with the "mainboard". You can fix it with some aluminium foil which will isolate the HF-radioation.

It sounds stupid, but it works fine.

Be aware: you have to isolate the circuit board with some adhesive tape, that it's not short circuit! This bug is known as "menue ghost" -maybe you find a toturial with picture for it.

My phone works fine with it (before it was horrible)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deli pastrami:
Hello! I have a question for the z1....

I'm looking to get a z1 but I am trying to get the right model to support the AT&T LTE network. I believe it's bands 17 and 4 that are mostly used which leaves me only the c6906 for only option (correct me if I'm wrong please).

The problem is I don't see anything for this model on the Sony store anywhere. How or where do I get one?

The current one listed on the Sony store is the c9602 I think. Would that still work?

Thanks again!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhagiratha:
You should be fine. I have a C6906 and I'm using it on Straight Talk here in NY and getting 4G LTE
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deli pastrami:
Thanks for the heads up. So where did you get yours? I can't find it on the Sony store..... And does that mean the c6902 would pretty much be useless then?

Thanks
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhagiratha:
Yea I don't think the c6902 will with getting you 4G LTE. I was going to get the C6903 but thought I would be better off with the C6906 since it has all the bands baked in. Can't go wrong with that.

I was lucky to get mines on eBay from a seller in Miami. Brand new untouched! :) three seconds left on the auction. The others don't see it coming, bet they were all pissed! Lol
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deli pastrami:
Grrr.... Now I just gotta find a good deal for that then. What price did you get yours at?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhagiratha:
I paid $770.00
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mfreema:
You can get them through Negrielectronics now.

http://negrielectronics.com/sony-c6906-xperia-z1-lte-unlocked-black.html#.Uq3HFPRDvvw

looks like all the 6906 models are either on back order or out of stock at the moment though.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhagiratha:
You might be in luck ...

http://swappa.com/listing/RLS175/view
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nutzisme:
I got mine from Omegacell

I got mine from Omega cell, They're selling the network unlocked Rogers version (C6906).

I got lucky, I bought it during their Black Friday sale + Discount code. (Double Bang!! :D)

My total including shipping was $690 (1 year warranty from Omegacell)

Reliable place to buy.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsteelx:
Hi,

I got my Nexus 5 from a 3rd party Sprint Dealer, known as Wirefly.com -- Is anyone having problems accessing 4G LTE from Sprint? I am in the 100% best coverage zones according to Sprint.

I have done heaps of troubleshooting steps with Sprint, to no avail. They are blaming it on a faulty phone.

Anyone else having this issue?

Its been happening since I received the phone on Dec 4th.

Thank you
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CRIME INC.:
Are you rooted? What radios are you on?

sent from my HAMMERHEAD neXus
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsteelx:
No, I haven't rooted. I am on the stock radio
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvanA:
Sprint here too, but no issues. Do you have a SIM card installed? It is required to access LTE on sprint.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CRIME INC.:
Are you on 4.4.2? Cuz im on sprint and i had to roll back to the 4.4 radios. The 4.4.1 radios were horrible. I too got my phone from wirefly. You have a 14 day guarantee with them

sent from my HAMMERHEAD neXus
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsteelx:
Yeah, I am on 4.4.2.

Wirefly is currently out of stock, otherwise they said they would replace it. I am going to keep checking back with them everyday to get a new one. Any suggestions in the mean time? Sprint tech support has been hit or miss. I have been told that there is tower problems from Baltimore to Southern Virginia, then another tech support agent tells me no problems at all!

I do not know what to believe anymore or what to do!

:mad:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CRIME INC.:
Well i know i got perfect lte the first two weeks i had my phone, then almost three weeks without it, then now its back. I know its a sprint thing. Are you getting lte anywhere at all?

sent from my HAMMERHEAD neXus
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsteelx:
First, thank you for your replies. I am not too up to date with rooting and such, so I apologize for that in advance.

The most I can get is LTE with 1 bar. That has been when I am driving around.

I can see the tower from my Condo, and according to their coverage maps, I should be getting "LTE Best" at home and work.

Thank you again.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsteelx:
I switched from TMobile to Sprint (in-contract, so I had to pay to get out of TMobile) with the hopes of Sprint being better, but as of now, I have not seen that at all! :(
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CRIME INC.:
Im pretty sure it will get better when sprint rolls out spark (officially), and Google updates the radio again

sent from my HAMMERHEAD neXus
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsteelx:
Well I have every intention of still getting a new phone from Wirefly.

It was odd, did Wirefly send you the phone with the SIM (or whatever they call it ICCA?? card) inside of it already?

Any ETA on the rollout of that?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CRIME INC.:
Yes the sim is already in your phone. And i don't blame you for wanting a new phone, best to rule out a bad phone

sent from my HAMMERHEAD neXus
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsteelx:
Yeah definitely.

Thank you for your help! It is much appreciated!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lafester:
If you are on 4.4.2 then you need to root and flash a different modem or wait for google to send out an update.

Since you are getting lte but with a weak signal this is most likely the problem of course coverage maps are very vague and it may be that you are just too far from the tower.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsteelx:
I can literally see the tower from my balcony at my condo.

Leary of doing anything to the phone because I am going to get a new one from Wirefly when they have them in stock.

Thanks for your input!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cephaus:
Read up on This. Im on 4.4.2 and since i got my nexus 5, i was experiencing no LTE in my area, Yesterday i was finally able to get a LTE signal near and inside my home.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsteelx:
Yeah, I am only able to get 3G with 2-3 bars at a time. Like I said, if I drive around, I will barely get LTE, maybe 1 bar.

How good is the signal strength?

Anyone know of an ETA on when Google will push out a new update?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cephaus:
Pretty good. -91dBm from here in my bedroom. You can force lte via dialer codes such as "*#*#4636#*#*" but you will not be able to receive calls or texts.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsteelx:
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Ahh.

They did heaps of dialer codes when I called tech support. I forget exactly which ones, but they made me do them several times.

Also, when going into Settings > More > Mobile Networks > Preferred Network Type > does anyone's else default to GLOBAL instead of LTE? I keep switching mine to LTE, but it shunts it back to Global randomly.... I can't figure out why...

:(
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsteelx:
Anyone else having this by chance?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eat it iPhone:
I'm on sprint but using 32GB play version. I felt the same about weak signal but there are a couple things that play into this.

The biggest is Sprint is actively upgrading their towers, as an example right now in my apartment my phone switches between 3g and LTE constantly. My assumption is this is because im between 2 towers and they updated one but not the other as i didn't have this issue prior. So it is possible that the weak signal or slow speed is temporary.

The N5 has 4 bars total, so each bar covers a wider range of signal strengths then other phones. I compared my N5 to my wifes S4. She gets 2-4 (of 6) bars while i get 1 or 2 at best in my apartment. However going into Settings | About Phone | Status ours both read the same network and signal strength.

Make sure to update your profile and PRL (Settings | wireless & networks | More | Mobile Networks | Carrier Settings).

You can change from global to lte to 3g under Settings | wireless & networks | More | Mobile Networks | Preferred Network Type. I think global allows the widest range of bands.

Lastly, if you have reason to think the phone is faulty in any way, exchange or return it. My first N5 had a dead external speaker. If you can confirm that other phones get a signal and your N5 doesnt, assume the phone is bad. I had a Evo 4g lte and my wife has a S4, and my N5 gets the same actual signal as they did, but less bars make it appear as if its lower.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsteelx:
Thank you for your input. This is a great community, and I appreciate everyones support.

From what Sprint told me, it should always be set to LTE, under Preferred Network Type. But I've been getting the run around from them, so who knows.

Yeah, I have been updating the profile and PRL, still experiencing the same thing.

I am waiting for Wirefly to have the phone in stock, then I will go ahead and get a replacement.

Thanks again for your input, it is very much appreciated!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CRIME INC.:
They told me the same, set it to lte, but it always changes to global

sent from my HAMMERHEAD neXus
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsteelx:
So, that leads me to believe its a problem with the phone and their network :(

Anyone know when a Google update will come out? Do they have news releases on these or something?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrzood:
You need to set it to 'LTE/CDMA auto (PRL)' to be able to make/receive calls properly. If setting it on this mode gets you 3g only then you are most likely affected by the CSFB/eCSFB issue that Sprint is working on resolving. If you set the phone to LTE only, it will ONLY get LTE... No calls/texts.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsteelx:
I am sorry, I may not be following you properly.

I have it set to LTE, and I am able to make and receive calls/texts fine. However, sometimes it shows I have atleast 3G Service, but will not allow me to send texts nor receive calls. This has been intermittent though.

Please elaborate on the other topic you were speaking of.

Thanks!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrzood:
Sounds like it is working properly besides the no calls/texts while on 3g deal.

The CSFB/eCSFB issue is described in detail on this S4GRU article: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-357-nexus-5-and-lg-g2-experience-temporary-sprint-lte-connectivity-issues-due-to-circuit-switched-fallback-technology/

When you're setting your phone to LTE only, you're doing it in the *#*#4636#*#* dialer code menu, correct? This is the one I'm referring to when I say setting to LTE only will make the phone stick on LTE. This is where you'll want your phone set to 'LTE/CDMA auto (PRL)'. This is also where you can set the LTE/GSM auto(PRL) mode if you happen to use ATT or T-Mobile.

Do you happen to be roaming when your phone falls back to 3g only? Signal Check from the play store will definitely tell you should the roaming indicator not show up on the signal bars.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsteelx:
When I set the phone to LTE I go to Settings > More > Mobile Networks > Preferred Network Type > LTE.

It just auto shunted back to Global even though I had it set on LTE. It does that randomly sometimes.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsteelx:
When doing the *#*#4636#*#*, going into Phone info, it does indeed have "LTE/GSM/CDMA auto (PLR)" selected.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrzood:
Try running just 'LTE/CDMA auto (PRL)' and see if it helps. With gsm in the mix, it's essentially global mode and unnecessary.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsteelx:
Okay, I did as you suggested. Did a restart of the phone. Still only getting 3G 1-2 bars. Even though I am outside, can see the tower from my balcony, etc...

Many thanks for your input. I hope I can get this thing working properly and get what I am supposed to be paying for... Damn Sprint! :(
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrzood:
Are you certain the site that you can see is Sprint? Sounds like that may not be the case depending on the EVDO signal strength and Ec/Io to get the whole picture. It is possible that you are connecting to the site in question with good signal strength but bad Ec/Io (busy site) - hence the low bars.

Looking at the site acceptance maps on S4GRU, Baltimore looks to have very spotty LTE coverage right now. Many sites are only 3g accepted, doesn't necessarily mean they are actual live yet.

If their service is unacceptable for you during the site upgrade transition phase, I'd suggest picking up a prepaid T-Mobile or AIO SIM and using a prepaid plan that suits you best for the time being if you can justify the costs of two carriers. Once Sprint has fully rolled out all the site upgrades in your area, they'll be top notch with triband LTE.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PynkFloydd:
I called Sprint yesterday and spoke with their tech support for SERO accounts. The rep I spoke with told me that they had 2 memos that affected my Nexus 5 situation:

1. The first was related to the Nexus 5, which I believe he said was also a problem with the G2. He said that there is a firmware bug that isn't allowing the wifi radio and the LTE radio to property handle traffic between wifi and LTE. This is causing most of the wifi and signal issues that you're seeing all over forums. He said that LG is aware of the issue and there should be an update soon, but didn't give me an ETA or any technical details.

2. The second is regarding the Airave I use. He said that starting on 12/19/13, an update will begin to push out that improves the way phones switch onto the Airave when they're switching from an LTE signal. He suggested that they're working on both the carrier and manufacturer end to solve the signal issues people are dealing with.

This is what I would suggest for troubleshooting:

-If you happened to turn on Tri-Band LTE (Spark) by going into *#*#3282#*#*, turn it off ASAP. I'm in Manhattan, which is supposed to have tri-band enabled and when I turned on LTE bands 41 and 26 I had nothing but problems!

-Revert to 3G under Preferred Network until the issues are solved. Yes, it's horrible, but it's really the only option for most of us.

-If you're going to need to use LTE when you're away from home, turn off wifi. The Sprint rep suggested that LTE and wifi aren't playing nice, turning off one of these should help.

- Try *#*#72786#*#* This combo reprovisions your phone. If you made any changes, it should return them to Sprint's defaults.

Hopefully one of those helps!

EDIT: I've looked deeper into the issue and compared other phones with similar specs. While the Galaxy Note 3 also has the same Snapdragon SOC that handles LTE, it uses the older Broadcom BCM4335 for wifi. The Nexus 5 uses the newer BCM4339 and is one of the few phones that does so. Broadcom states:

Broadcom BCM4339

This might be the exact problem that is being worked on.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjeff2:
Take a look at this sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhjoCbLKCt72dHJKMTVrc3lrSE95cklOTnB0V0c0M1E&usp=sharing#gid=0

If you're in a non-incumbant market, then Triband phones will not be able to connect to LTE if the 3G hardware on the towers have not been upgraded yet.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PynkFloydd:
That's not what that means. Being in a non-incumbent market means that the legacy equipment isn't compatible with the new hardware that they're installing in the area. It can cause all kinds of issues until ALL of the towers are upgraded in the area, regardless of the signal band. In the Chicago area, I was unable to receive text messages for a few months because of this!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjeff2:
That's not what what means?

The internal memo from Sprint listed here http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/...-due-to-circuit-switched-fallback-technology/ states
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PynkFloydd:
Yes, exactly. LTE is available, there just may be issues. This does NOT mean that "Triband phones will not be able to connect to LTE," as you stated.

Definition from memo of incumbent vs. non-incumbent:

I dealt with these issues for around 5 months in Chicago and then moved to NYC. When I came back, the upgrades were completed and service was flawless. While I was in Chicago, I experienced sporadic service and a number of other issues. You can actually call Sprint and find out if there are any tower upgrades happening in the area and see what the ETA is.

Also, that memo specifically discusses "Circuit Switched Fallback." You may have also missed their mistake:

So, yes, it's not what it means.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjeff2:
Ok yes - you can connect to LTE in these area's if you force the phone to connect but you'll loose the ability to receive phone calls.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cephaus:
try LTE only. but you wont get calls or texts.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrzood:
Did not know that texts now work over LTE... Good to know!

Just tested it out on my N5 w/Sprint and can confirm it does not drop down to 1x to send/receive texts.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raistlin1:
I am pretty sure that this setting in the dialer menu changes when you change the setting in the mobile networks menu. I remember doing this and checking that menu and it being changed in there as well. Whenever I do a profile update the phone reverts to Global and the setting in the dialer menu is also changed.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsteelx:
Yep, that is the problem I am facing as well...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsteelx:
Now, the short times I am able to get LTE, I cannot send the texts now..

Ugh, this **** is definitly pissing me off!

Anyone have anything new that they've learned from Sprint or other forums or here?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsteelx:
So, I am sure everyone knows this by now.

Talked with a pretty good tech support guy from Sprint.

He did a lot of Google searches with me about how Nexus 5 not able to connect to LTE on Sprint.

Found heaps of Sprint Forum posts, documenting everyone who is having issues.

He is confident that a software update will resolve the issue, the only problem is, there is no ETA on when that rollout would be.

So I am (we are) kind of stuck in a ****ty place at this time.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raistlin1:
Enabling or disabling the other two bands had zero effect on my LTE in Manhattan, same with disabling wifi and using LTE, still the same crappy speeds. I know its not just my phone because I have hit LTE speeds in NJ varying from 5-10mbps and a few times over 20mbps. If this was a problem with the phone then why could I get these speeds in NJ but not get anything over .50 to 1 down in NYC?

I hope this is just a software fix because NYC is an official market and official Spark market, so we should see these benefits soon but not soon enough.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsteelx:
From what the Tech Guy told me today (and like I said, he was pretty good), hopefully a new software rollout will help us all... But yeah, that needs to come very very soon. I am locked into my Sprint contract now, so hoping this gets fixed soon.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PynkFloydd:
I'm on the UWS and I can't really use LTE because of the issues with not getting calls or texts when wifi is enabled. I did try LTE a few days ago when I was out and I noticed a weaker signal and slower speeds (than my Galaxy S4) also. I had a better signal in the subway than with my S4, but as soon as I lost LTE it wouldn't switch out of 3G on its own. I just leave it on 3G, for now.

I called Sprint again today and the elevated support tech that I spoke with was very, very knowledgeable. Apparently they have a lot of bulletins in their system from Google regarding wifi, LTE and other issues, so they're aware of everything that's going on. He said that a lot of the issues were intensified by the latest 4.4.1/4.4.2 updates. He didn't have an ETA for the fixes, but said that another update is expected soon (maybe 4.3.3?). He also told me that the Tri-band/Spark bands are disabled on the modem's firmware level, so switching them on in the software really shouldn't do anything. This is just what I was told. I really have no way of verifying this, but he sounded knowledgeable and had no reason to give me incorrect information. After our discussion, I'm confident it'll be resolved soon with another update.

I would suggest that you personally call and escalate the matter to a technician and discuss your issues. I was able to learn a lot. There is a LOT of misinformation on these forums (and others) and at best, there are a lot of guesses.

The weird thing is that I'm also getting extremely slow download speeds on wifi. I'm on AC with a >300Mbps (usually throttled to around 100Mbps) connection and Speedtest usually doesn't go above 10Mbps on my Nexus 5. Download speed on LTE and 3G are also very slow. I really think it's a conflict between the LTE and wifi radios.