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[Sprint HTC One (M7)] coctostan:
No, it is not s-off presently. I originally rooted it a year ago when new and installed ViperOne 1.0.

Do you know where I can find the latest firmware? Are you suggesting I downgrade TWRP from 2.7.0.1 to 2.6.3.0?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] slickrick54:
No dont downgrade your recovery you will be ok there but you can update it if you want. Here is the link to the newest firmware bud http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2687690. I would definitely recommend getting s-off though if i were you
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] coctostan:
Anybody else have actual experience with a specific Firmware version that works nicely with ViperOne 5.8? My phone works well as it is but it I wouldn't mind getting more up to date performance.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] slickrick54:
Dude i've flashed every firmware update there was. The newest one would be the best for you but if not why not try them all then and find out which one works best for your phone. Here's the link to the newest one if you want http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2687690. Also searching really helps out. ;)
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] coctostan:
Much appreciated. So I flashed the latest firmware from that link and when ViperOne loads back up it keeps showing "Unfortunately Setup has Stopped". Did I do something incorrectly?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] slickrick54:
To be honest with you i would back up your apps and data with titanium backup from the playstore and then just do a full wipe in twrp meaning system and data as well. Just dont erase internal storage. Then reflash the rom zip and everything will be fresh and new. Then restore everything with titanium.

PS: just to let you know viper one has been updated to sense 6.0 if you check there link again.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] coctostan:
Unforunately, I can't seem to do that now. Neither TWRP or Philz will allow me to do anything. Did I overwrite the SuperSU app?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] jcoinster:
I know reception is bad enough as I is, but if I made a better antenna from a cut headphone wire, is there a way to force the output to the speakers? Ive seen it on other phones before.

Sent from my M8
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] daddydark:
Click settings and check output to speaker :)
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] jcoinster:
I just went back into the app and I see the popup. I missed it the first time because I had headphones in already. Thanks!

Sent from my M8
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] drigout:
I do wish they could also use the USB plug as an antenna. We have awesome speakers why put headphones in.

Heck I could do without a headphone jack at all and have a small headphone to micro usb adapter. This would allow better speaker docks like ipods/phones/pad/maxipad/iPod mini/iPod nano. Etc... I know MHL works great for video/audio but I think it is a combined all or none. Would be nice to just take the audio from there.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] jcoinster:
I was looking up some cheap 3.5 mm FM antennas that are out there. I mean. I'm sure they'll look dumb, but if they're retractable and I can play the radio at say, the beach, or something, seems worth it.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] drigout:
I do not see them being much better than a chopped off pair of headphones. I have headphones everywhere from flights old crappy broken ones etc...
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] weidnerj:
You ever consider using Tune-In to pull in your locale channels via WIFI/cellular data connection? That is how I get my local channels, and others that are too far away. Search for Tune-In in the apps store, it is free.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] jcoinster:
I'd have no problem with Tune in but my favorite station isn't on there because they have been having stream issues for the past few months...

Sent from my M8
[Windows Phone 8 General] reker:
HTC 8X/8S

HUAWEI W1

Confirmed brick after 8.1 developer update with CDMA network.

Lumia 822 Verizon

Confirmed no problem if you use GSM/WCDMA.

If you have already bricked your phone, try this:

1.Power down phone by pressing Power button.

2.Press Power button and Volume +/- button at the same time, phone will go to flash mode.

3.Press Camera button for 5 seconds to power off your phone.

4.insert a GSM/WCDMA SIM card in your phone and turn on phone.

It seems that 8.1 not compatible with CDMA SIM card.
[Windows Phone 8 General] starsoccer9:
I have it on my htc 8xt and its working fine. Well I am having lockscreen issues but the network is working fine for me on sprint.
[Windows Phone 8 General] life25ak:
the problem with me no wifi

no mobile data
[Windows Phone 8 General] GoodDayToDie:
That is so far from something you could call a "brick" it's not funny. "Brick" means un-recoverable. If you can "un-brick" something without diassembling it or at least using hardware a normal user couldn't have access to, it's not a brick!

Also, has anybody else actually had this problem? A few people seem to indicate that they have *not*...
[Windows Phone 8 General] tonbonz:
No problems what-so-ever updating and running on my Odyssey...other than taking forever to download and install.
[Windows Phone 8 General] roycio:
Working fine in my Lumia Icon from Verizon.
[Windows Phone 8 General] fgr:
No cellular data after hard reset

I by no means have a brick, but I do now have an issue. Here’s what happened.

I have a Sprint ATIV S Neo, GDR3, Interop-unlock, the whole deal.

Installed the 8.1 update yesterday, and

everything

was working. I have been playing with all kinds of “stuff” in the registry and such, so I decided that since I had just installed 8.1 I would start fresh and do a hard reset. I don’t really care about keeping interop-unlock at this point. Even with it, so much is still locked down. I’m sure in the future someone will get this cracked and we can really have fun, but until then, just being developer unlocked is good enough.

So, when I got home I reset the phone (power+volume down, exclamation point, then the remaining sequence).

Phone boots back up, and I connect to my WiFi and set everything back up. I think life is wonderful at this point. Then decide to test my 4G download speed so I turn off wifi.

Oops, no cellular data, phone calls and text are fine (didn’t try mms, but probably doesn’t work, blank url in the provisioning). Tried all the usual tricks (##72786# and such). I have my msl, so I go into the provisioning, and things look messed up. My MDN and MSID are 000003872. That makes no sense, so I set them back to the correct values and still no go.

Called Sprint. They ran me through all the usual things that I had already done (hour on the phone with them).

Long story short: The activation program seems to be missing from my phone. Hands free activation never tries to start, in fact, after hard resetting again and watching closely, during setup it says “Activate your device can’t be opened”. And the network settings are missing from the settings menu.

So after work I’m going to take it to Sprint and hopefully they have a factory image they can flash (hopefully an older version so I can update things myself).

My thinking is that the 8.1 update is basically the new rom, but during install doesn't delete the existing carrier programs. When I hard reset, all that got re-installed was the strictly Microsoft stuff, not the carrier specific items i.e. hands free activation.

PS Sorry about the novel...
[Windows Phone 8 General] reker:
HTC confirmed this yesterday, they awared the problem and contacting with MS. Announcement by HTC China

The problem covered both HTC 8s(A620D) and 8x(C620d)

8X/8S have similar but more serious problem with gdr1 - gdr2 upgrade last year, even can't boot into SPL.

By the way, to normal users, if their phone turn into black screen and can't boot, it's a brick. No one will care about if it's a real brick, what they know is: I can't use my phone, it's not working, just like a brick.
[Windows Phone 8 General] fatdata:
i got the same issue with my ativ s.

everything works except mobile data.

is there some settings i can try since i didnt do a hard reset but the normal reset from the phones "about" menu.

my network is WIND greece.
[Windows Phone 8 General] iknowsingh:
No need to apologize for the novel! I did the SAME exact thing as you (except I hard resetted via settings > about > more info > reset your phone). Luckily I know my MSL, and have my MSID handy. I wiped my settings by doing ##72786# and selecting ok twice. I rebooted my phone manually and then went to the 'activate my device' app in settings. It did what looked like a profile update and it said my phone was successfully activated with my phone number listed.

I can browse the web on Sprint's network, make/receive calls and send/receive texts. The only thing I can't figure out to fix is MMS. I can't get or send picture mail, group texts or any kind of MMS at all.

I've managed to get my coworkers settings from his ATIV S Neo but I can't figure out how to edit them on my phone. Going into ##3282# doesn't let me edit things that deeply.

From what I've heard on other forums is that we're basically SOL unless Sprint releases their firmware updates and their release of 8.1 soon (which they have confirmed they will do this summer).

I figured from the get go when this started yesterday that this 8.1 release doesn't seem to properly support CDMA and judging by how many people have this issue, I was correct. Microsoft really needs to work better on the CDMA side of things.
[Windows Phone 8 General] ZogJones:
I saw your reply to my thread for the same issue. I did some research on WP Central and found another thread where someone was having the same issue with an Ativ S and the solution was to manually enter the APN information. I don't know what the APN info is for Sprint, but when I checked it on my phone it was blank. It seems like a safe bet that updating that info would fix the issue.

---------- Post added at 04:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:40 PM ----------

Would you be willing to post the settings? I am guessing that the issue may be partially related to APN settings being missing under Settings, Cellular+SIM, SIM settings. I read a post by someone on another forum who had the same data issues but fixed them by entering the APN information for his carrier. I've tried a couple of different APN settings that I've found out on the web for Sprint, but I'm not sure they are accurate. All I know is that they were missing when I checked them on my phone.
[Windows Phone 8 General] fatdata:
i have fixed my issue with some internet research.

adding manually the APN of the provider in the APN settings solved the issue for me.

hope i helped.
[Windows Phone 8 General] iknowsingh:
I would not mind at all! I went into ##3282# on his phone, selected 'view' then 'others' then 'MMSC URL' . The two pictures are attached, the order of the settings begins with the picture that says 'globalroaming@WAP'. The second pic is literally a continuation as it starts right where the first picture ends (I scrolled neatly!)

I've been trying to find the correct Sprint APN settings around the web, and a lot of sites have similar settings as options but either Windows Phone doesn't have enough fields for the settings, and the fact that in the APN settings on 8.1, it doesn't let me change the authentication type.

I noted on my coworker's ATIV S Neo that in his 'cellular+SIM' section, he doesn't have options to input APN like I do... the hard reset must've kicked the CDMA stuff in our phones to the curb.
[Windows Phone 8 General] iknowsingh:
Would you mind posting the APN settings you used? That would be appreciated... I've tried going to various sites but wasn't sure what was the correct ones.
[Windows Phone 8 General] fatdata:
they are for greek providrs though... I think you need to find the ones for your provider.

note: i just used the GPRS APN address for wind (my provider) and it worked the rest seemed to not make any diference

VODAFONE

GPRS APN: - internet.vodafone.gr ή webonly.vodafone.gr

Username: - {κενό}

Password: - {κενό}

MCC=202

MNC=05

APN type=default

DNS: - 213.249.17.10, 213.249.17.11

WIND

GPRS APN: - gnet.b-online.gr ή gint.b-online.gr

Username: - {κενό}

Password: - {κενό}

MCC=202

MNC=10

APN type=default

DNS: - 212.152.79.19, 212.152.79.20
[Windows Phone 8 General] iknowsingh:
Ahhhh, Vodafone... I assumed you were a Sprint brethren... I appreciate your post nonetheless! Thank you, sir. Now to continue the hunt for correct Sprint settings -_-
[Windows Phone 8 General] fgr:
Just got back from two Sprint stores and a Best Buy with Samsung reps on hand. None of them had access to any means of reflashing to stock, and really had no useful information. I was surprised by how little they knew about any Windows phones.

I do have TEP though, and they ordered me a new phone. I should have it in a few days. Costing me nothing :)

Wish I had something useful to tell you folks...
[Windows Phone 8 General] iknowsingh:
I actually work for a Sprint store (non service/repair location) and I don't have TEP. I actually DO have an upgrade available since I bought the ATIV S Neo off-contract. I wouldn't mind using my upgrade on another ATIV S Neo... and whatever Windows Phones Sprint gets in the future, I'll have to buy off contract (which is nothing new to me lol).

I could technically add TEP to my line and wait a few days then do an advanced exchange at a local repair center but I'll most likely get a refurb as most of them are. I'd rather a brand new device :P

So I'm currently debating using my upgrade...
[Windows Phone 8 General] ZogJones:
Did you mention the update to 8.1 or did you just play dumb? I am thinking I am going to have to do the same thing as you but I don't want to walk in there and tell them that I did the update and have them tell me I'm SOL.
[Windows Phone 8 General] fgr:
I was completely honest, gave them the whole story from start to finish. Even pointed out some of the cool features of 8.1 :laugh:

If this was the new Galaxy they might have given me a hard time, who knows.
[Windows Phone 8 General] fengsam:
sadly

my 8x(620e) is also soft bricked and it bootloop after auto reboot.then i try to use y cable to flash nbh.it says image version less than device version. any chance get it back?
[Windows Phone 8 General] iknowsingh:
I made a post about this on Microsoft's MSDN forum for Windows Phone OS Preview -

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Fo...ice-after-a-hard-reset?forum=winphoneosissues

Feel free to leave replies and let's get Microsoft to fix the CDMA issues!
[Windows Phone 8 General] fgr:
Been trying to leave a reply and vote, but it won't let me. I think it due to my works security software. I'll try when I get home.

On another note, I called Samsung to try and get this resolved (even though I'm getting a new phone through TEP), and they said they had no way of reflashing the phone. They said I would have to do it though Microsoft...
[Windows Phone 8 General] iknowsingh:
I doubt Microsoft would do anything since simply being part of the Dev Preview warned you that this will break warranty, there is no way to downgrade, and all of that stuff. We can only hope they release another update to hopefully fix these issues or either Sprint releases their official version sooner than later.

At this point, I'm pretty fine having calls, text and data but not being able to send or receive any kind of MMS sucks.
[Windows Phone 8 General] fgr:
Hmmm...

Maybe the approach to Microsoft should be something like this:

Developing new software involves some risk. You never know when a new app you created somehow trashes the phone.

How can I be comfortable testing apps on my phone (even though they may have worked on the emulator) if I have no way of recovering from disaster?

Or no way of recovering from Microsoft's own preview release? ;)
[Windows Phone 8 General] DavidinCT:
No problems on a Nokia Lumia ICON (AKA the 929).... Yep, CDMA and LTE (GSM)
[Windows Phone 8 General] RealMcAlec:
Thank you for the warning. :good:

I don't have such a phone personally, but I know a few of my customers have those.

Good to know!
[Windows Phone 8 General] Jnanadarshan:
Verizon 8X for international use.

Hey Guys....sorry for off topic Q&A but couldn't find a thread where to put it.

I'm planning to buy Verizon HTC 8X from ebay and use it in India. I've found that there are some problems with messaging that it by defaults adds +1 to Outgoing SMSes. Can anyone conform I can change country is settings and use in India without any significant problems ?

If there's a thread for this please let me know.
[Windows Phone 8 General] Najee72:
I got my data back!

I was able to reset my data and now everything but my hotspot on my Sprint Samsung ATIV S Neo is working. What I did was go to my dialing screen, put in ##72786# and hit ok twice. This reset all of my network settings. Next I connected to the WiFi and went to device self service and set it to activate. I let the process start and run for 3 minutes and then I just shut it down before it finished activating. I left the phone off for 5 minutes and when I turned it back on, my 4g was showing and I could browse the internet. My messaging works as well. the only thing left out of this is that my mobile hotspot will not configure. I can try to name it and enter a password but when I start to save it, nothing happens. Oh well, can't win them all.
[Windows Phone 8 General] fgr:
Was just checking in on things at [MENTION=1217628]iknowsingh[/MENTION] thread at the Microsoft Developer website.

They are asking for people with this problem to post logs so they can look in to it.

Head over HERE and read the last post.

Hopefully they will come up with a resolution soon.
[Windows Phone 8 General] BrotherFidelis:
Hey folks,

I've been following the goings on here for the last four months (I know, still a noob), yet I wanted to say that the 8.1 preview has a particular registry key that changes on factory reset that gets in the way of PRL updates (which may be a cause of the cellular data issues).

In HKLM\Software\OEM\OMADM, the "DisableNetworkProfileUpdate" DWORD key now = 1. (Credit to a user named Blue_Frog on the Sprint forums for this, BTW - not me). I've verified it on my phone with GoodDayToDie's Native Webserver, but I have not been able to find a way to edit the registry since I lost my interop unlock and the registry tools I know.

So, maybe someone else can test this or provide a registry editor for a mere dev unlocked ATIV Neo S for me to test it? Just a thought for the smarter and more experienced folks here.

Thanks for all you guys do!
[Windows Phone 8 General] tonbonz:
Checked this on my Odyssey with SamWP8 and the value is indeed set to 1. Testing this would require changing the value to "0" and doing a factory reset am I correct? Unless there's a guarantee of not bricking my device or screwing up any unlocks then not willing to risk testing.

Afterthought: Then again there is the [MENTION=2734362]-W_O_L_F-[/MENTION] custom rom...
[Windows Phone 8 General] GoodDayToDie:
Factory resetting the phone after changing a registry value is like demolishing your house after repainting it: not only will you not get a nicely painted house (or behavior-changed phone), you also will lose a lot of other stuff and make a ton of pointless work for yourself. I don't understand how people keep not getting this: hard reset wipes user registry changes!

Network profile updates should happen periodically. At worst, you might need to reboot the phone, or possibly use the cellular settings to try switching to a different network and then back, though simply switching Airplane Mode off and then on again would likely work, as would just waiting a day or so (tops; it shouldn't take that long).
[Windows Phone 8 General] fgr:
It Works !!!

@BrotherFidelis, great find !!!

I have been looking for this. I passed right over OMADM, didn't think it would have anything to do with hiding the network profile update. I knew the update was still there since Cortana could find it.

I already had all of my data back after hard reseting after the 8.1 update, but it is still nice to be able to get this back in the settings menu.

The only thing that is still not working for me is my mms. Network profile update doesn't fix it. The URL sticks when I set it, but the User-Prof and User-Agent do not. They are always blank after I back out then go back in. I know they are correct because I took screenshots of all the settings when I first got the phone.

Really need the "Hands Free Activation" to work. I don't think it's built into windows, probably something Sprint adds. Don't know...
[Windows Phone 8 General] BrotherFidelis:
Glad I could help, fgr! So to be clear, cellular data is at least up for you now? Again, bigger thanks belong to Blue_Frog on the Sprint forums. He's boss. So, did you manage to edit the registry in 8.1 post-factory reset? If so, how'd you go about that? (That's where I'm stuck since I can't find a way to edit the key value after Sprint told me to factory reset...)

MMS is weird on some carriers, as has been documented elsewhere on various forums. Must be another (so far undiscovered?) registry key. I'm hopeful you and other sharp folks here will find a solution. So far, Blue_Frog and people like him sorted a problem Sprint has been struggling with for 6 months...
[Windows Phone 8 General] fgr:
Here's some history: READ THIS POST

And THIS POST

I was amazed that Sprint replaced my phone for free (TEP). I was completely honest and told them the whole story. The new phone I received was still GDR2 (and they were nice enough to give me my MSL). First thing I did was take screenshots of all the settings screens (##3282#). Then I developer and interop unlocked and upgraded to 8.1.

I now tested everything and it worked, including mms. Checked the settings screens and everything was the same as the previous screen shots. Cool.

Then........

I was trying something, don't remember what, I think I was trying to get WiFi hotspot to work (for free), and after rebooting (NOT resetting), had no data, mms, etc...

Manually entered all the info back in the settings screens and data was back, minus mms. Must have something to do with the User-Prof and User-Agent I mentioned before.

And yes, I can edit the registry fine, since I unlocked BEFORE upgrading to 8.1.

If you hard reset after upgrading to 8.1, you're basically screwed...
[Windows Phone 8 General] BrotherFidelis:
Ha! Yeah, for the short term, true.

Maybe I'm overly optimistic, but I suppose I can flash back to vanilla 8, unlock, and use the info that we know now to get 8.1 up and running properly (or just skip 8.1 for now). Thing is, going to 8.1 and doing a factory reset gave me roaming- something I needed more than cellular data. Now, though, I know how to edit the registry to give me roaming with vanilla 8.

I'm not too worried. Just gonna take some time to mess with it. I was just hoping that there might be a better way. I'm gonna give it a couple days, then proceed with The Plan.
[Windows Phone 8 General] BrotherFidelis:
Just an update (small, but it's something) from Microsoft on the issue. I'm assuming the ATIV Neo S is one of the devices in question. See below:

From the thread here (myself, fgr, iknowsingh, and others participating) : http : / / bit.ly/1n5z7ET (I can't post links yet)
[Windows Phone 8 General] jerdel:
I was looking to do just that. Is there no rom we can flash that will get Sprint to update to their current Ativ S Neo rom?
[Windows Phone 8 General] Paul_Hammons:
Hey BrotherFidelis!

Blue_Frog here, just stumbled on this post. Thanks for the kind words. If your not interop unlocked, open Cortana and type "network profile". It will start guessing what you mean. Click on the "network profile settings" option that appears. It should open the Network Profile screen, even if your still interop locked. It won't add it to the settings, but you can call it and use it anytime you need it. See screener for clarification.

This can also be used to open the hidden USB settings menu

Hope this helps!

-Blue_Frog
[Windows Phone 8 General] mgfootballer:
Worked for me

I did ##72786# and pressed OK once. Reset my phone. Turned WiFi on. Went to Device Self Service and it reactivated itself. I am now able to use data. Havent tried MMS yet.
[Windows Phone 8 General] Infinite Infinities:
It seems to work okay for me