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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hperry:
Got a strange issue here. My wife and I have had evos since release and 4g worked fine on both when we got them. We're in Boston and since Boston didn't have official 4g until last week, neither of us have used the 4g radio until we read that boston was flipped on last week. On both evos, we're finding that when we toggle 4g on, it takes the normal ~20 seconds to turn on and then it scans for a second or 2 before turning itself off. After turning off, it turns on again and repeats this on/off routine indefinitely. I am only able to stop the loop by pressing the "4g off" button while the radio is scanning for a few seconds. The radio then turns off and stays off. On my wife's phone, the scanning only happens for a split second so it's almost impossible to stop the loop. Her battery dies in ~4-5 hours because of this.

Both evos are stock 2.2 and both pretty different launcher/app setups. I've tried removing common apps between the phones with no luck. I'm at a loss for what might be causing this. I've searched and found this thread but there is no solution:

http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-support-troubleshooting/158160-4g-failed-connection.html

Next step is to call sprint but that is always a last resort. Any ideas?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Last-Chance:
that's pretty weird. From what i know this happens when you root and flash roms/kernels. Your mac address gets changed. I'm having the same issue atm, but my evo is rooted.

Either your mac address was changed for some reason, or your rsa keys are gone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hperry:
i read about people losing 4g due to rooting issues and keys getting lost. but from what i read, it seems these people are able to turn on their 4g radio without issue but it just scans forever even though they are located within range of a 4g tower. i'm seeing something different here. the 4g radio goes into an on/off loop and barely scans at all.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Compusmurf:
Not sure I'll be much of a help, but....

Make sure you are outside in a guaranteed coverage area. 4G signal doesn't have the penetration or range of 3G/EV or 1x Voice radios. Confirm that you have 4G signal in that area with someone else who has a 4G capable device.

Then, if that doesn't help, you can go for more extreme methods, such has completely reset one of them back to factory, redo your data profile and test again.

If that doesn't work, you'll probably be stuck with calling Sprint.

If it were me, I'd do the outside and confirm 4G first, then call sprint and see if they can refresh your profile or something before going to the extreme of hard resetting back to factory. :)

Just because the maps say you have 4G, doesn't mean you do right where you are. There's an app in the market that folks are using to find actual coverage, called Mapviewer by Sensorly. That may help you see where others have reported good signal.

GL!!!!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hperry:
thanks for the tips. when i was playing around with 4g back when i first got the evo, i found that i could turn the 4g radio on even when there was no 4g signal and it would just scan for a long time. is this still how it is supposed to work or did they implement some auto-off feature such that the radio turns itself off if it doesn't see a signals after a second or 2? because right now, the 2 evos in my house turn off immediately after turning on and then continue the on/off loop. so it doesn't seem like i can get the evos to behave properly even without 4g signal. i may try calling sprint to try the data reset.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
I would give it some time to ramp up - I started in another thread how all of a sudden I'm getting 4G in NJ - and we're not supposed to have it yet at all. I can connect, but it just cycles through connected and diconnected (making it essentially unusable). I would imagine it will begin to normalize after a while.

edit - misread the op, sounds like you're having a different kind of issue. nm ;)

Also, that is how the antenna works - it will keep scanning indefinately until either the battery is dead, or it connects.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Last-Chance:
nah he's having the same exact issue as me.

Here is the order of what happens:

1. Turning on...

2. Scanning...

3. Authenticating with sprint.. (sometimes you see this, sometimes you dont)

4. Turning off

5. Go back to 1, and repeat

^^ From what he said, that is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. And that's the same problem I'm having with rooted phone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hperry:
that's pretty much it except i've never gotten to the authenticating part since this issue started. also, my phone scans for a few seconds before the 4g turns off. my wife's phone turns off almost instantly after the radio finishes turning on. this is the biggest issue because there is no way to interrupt the loop on her phone. even a reboot with battery pull doesn't stop it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hperry:
performed a hard reset on my wife's evo and that fixed it on her phone. mine will be tricker because of customizations. what a PITA.

called sprint and the tech support basically said the 2.2 update has caused lots of problems and they are waiting for "htc and android" to release fixes. so, of course, not sprint's fault at all. she told me just to use 3g and not 4g. pathetic.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hperry:
did the hard reset on my evo and now the 4g radio won't turn on at all. it just sits on "turning on 4g..." for a few minutes before coming back with "unable to start 4g". i've tried 3 different types of hard resets (buttons, clear storage, and ##786#) and all with the same result. sprint is telling me my phone may be hosed but they won't give me a replacement because a fix is supposed to be released eventually. ugh...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rezrez12:
Did anyone find a solution to this problem?

I was in Las Vegas on Friday, and 4G worked fine, but since then my 4G is doing what the OP said. I haven't changed anything in the Rom or Kernel.

Thanks!
[Captivate General] venkss:
Guys & Gals,

I have had Captivate for almost 3 weeks now and I like it overall. But two things have frustrated me enough, that I am considering returning the phone. Before I do that, I want to find out from you all if you experience similar issues or have any workarounds.

1. The TOP FRUSTRATION with this phone is the four buttons on the bottom (Menu, Home, Back & Search). The "back" button is a hit or miss. I have to almost hit the back button multiple times for it to recognize the input. This is really frustrating since the "back" button is what I generally use a lot. The buttons get worse when you apply screen protectors. Without a screen protector, it is a little better but still many occasions have to hit the "back" button multiple times.

2. The phone has dropped calls for me several times for no apparent reason. At times, I press "hang up" after the call, all buttons on the screen gets greyed out but the call is still active. I can't press any keys and have to restart the phone.

I DO NOT Like Samsung TouchWIZ. I think it is a piece of crap software. If this is all due to the TouchWiz, can I just plain disable it and use default Android?

More importantly, will the sensitivity of the four capacitive buttons at the bottom get better with Froyo or has it not anything to do with it.

I have already exchanged the phone once to eliminate the possibility that I got a lemon. My friend also has the back button issue. Otherwise, I love the phone. Please help me keep the phone.
[Captivate General] Divinedark:
I've actually had all of the issues you're talking about, but my capacitive touch buttons would also push themselves repeatedly, which was horrible when you're trying to do something and the Back button kept going off.

I've heard that the newer firmwares actually fix this, but I haven't flashed my phone.

If you don't like Touchwiz, go to the market and download Launcher Pro or ADW Launcher. They're much better replacements and clear up a lot of the latency issues.

If you're willing to wait till the end of the month for the GPS fix and Froyo, then let it ride. Enjoy the phone for what it is and wait for the gooey goodness of Froyo.

If you're a bit more impatient, then you're probably going to have to return it for something else. Samsung isn't known for their support in the handset market, but maybe they'll remedy that here with having a real potential winner on their hands.
[Captivate General] venkss:
Is there a specific firmware that will increase the sensitivity of the back button?
[Captivate General] sparker366:
I would only return the phone if you plan on getting a replacement and seeing if that improves the buttons responses. Test it out in the store alot to make sure it suffices for you

I would get odin and flash your phone to the jh3 firmware then apply the sre rom to it.

I have messed with my phone a lot have not had those issues but its real stable on that combination. Or you can flash back to full stock with the odin on click downloader that is in the development forums and see if that fixes your issues. If you are rooted then do a titanium backup of apps and data that way you can re root and load that back on with all your apps.
[Captivate General] Smallsmx3:
Why do u have a screen protector? This supposedly has gorilla glass and does not scratch easy. I've had mine since launch and have yet to scratch it so maybe its true. There is a Rom in the dev section that has touchwhiz removed. It's pretty sweet.

If your having issues with the buttons then u might need to exchange it
[Captivate General] Divinedark:
Don't buy into this Gorilla Glass pipe dream. The technology is already showing it's true colors. The iPhone 4 is the most prone to scratching of any of the iPhone models, both front and back are Gorilla Glass. My and many others Captivate scratched in my pocket by itself in the first week.

Just use google and search "iphone 4 screen scratch" and "captivate screen scratch".

Get a screen protector or regret it later. Gorilla Glass is supposed to have a high tensile strength. That will keep it from shattering, not scratching. On that front... It's no different than regular glass.
[Captivate General] venkss:
Thank you all.

Can anyone confirm that the touch button sensitivity is software controlled? That will give me hope that some day we will be able to increase the sensitivity of the four buttons at the bottom of the phone.

I would love to keep this phone if the "back" button can be made more sensitive to touch.
[Captivate General] terrigan:
1. I've never had a problem with the Back button, i'm not sure why you're having so many problems. It is quite responsive, maybe system lag is why you're having this problem of unresponsiveness? If this is the case then maybe you need to root the device and apply the lagfix. Touchwiz is very sucky and bogs the phone down and can very possibly be the culprit here.

2. This may very possibly be network related. AT&T sucks in my area and the phone averages 2 bars indoors for me. Outdoors is another story. As to the keypad greying out, i've never had that occur.

3. I agree on the touchwiz thing. It's not necessary and slows the phone down badly. It is something that's in dire need to be removed. I've attempted eugene's Vibrant/Captivate Rom, which is coming along nicely. However, it's not to the point where I want to keep it. It fixes quite a few problems with lag as it removes almost all of touchwiz. You have to be comfortable with messing around with modding the phone to accomplish this, as well as rooting it.

If you can manage to keep the phone and possibly try to mod it or perhaps wait for Froyo, which might address some of these issues you'd be well to do so. The Captivate is an excellent device all around.
[Captivate General] SirBalto:
bump. I have this very same problem plus. no 3 button combo to go into recovery plus I run ubuntu on my computer. Can anyone confirm if this is solved with a custom rom/kernel? I really like the captivate in stock, I think I will like it better with a custom ROM so if anyone knows of any rom or fix for this please let me know. there doesn't seem to be too much info on the forum on this. Thanks
[Captivate General] Superalpaca:
Cognition is really nice, it's got a stock feel with crap taken out and good stuff put in.

You can just google 3 button combo, there are multiple methods. MobileTech Videos has a video guide on how to do it, but I can't give the link out due to an issue with promoting sales of a jig.
[Captivate General] SirBalto:
Yes actually I found a post with a Fix for the 3 button combo. But the capacitive button sensitivity is still low, specially the back button is a hit and miss. and the phisical layout doesn't help either. My girlfriend has a vibrant and the capacitive buttons are supersensitive. Is this a hardware problem?
[Captivate General] Superalpaca:
Have you flashed Cognition or another ROM? There's no way to tell if it's an actual problem with the handset or just some funky software screwup on your stock ROM until you do that.

I know that mine sometimes "skips" when on stock 2.1(for all the 10 seconds it's on there), but that's due to lag because it's such a ****ty ROM. Once I have a custom one flashed it's fine.
[EVO 4G General] Success100:
dumb question, CM6 has an option for a welcome message on the vanilla lock screen, and this is one small thing I miss when going back to other roms. Does anyone know how to do it easily if not on CM6?
[EVO 4G General] omegasun18:
i am not a CM user so can you get a screen shot of what you mean? i knwo there was a guide poste at one point for changing the Sprint message ont he lock screen to what ever you like is that what you mean?
[EVO 4G General] Success100:
its different from changing the sprint banner, there is an option under security for custom lock screen message, and its a custom message shown under the time and date on the vanilla lock screen
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gibb3h:
Hello folks,

Having seen that cyanogenmod is currently being developed for the galaxy S, and also noting that it should be bringing with it HID profile support, I was wondering if it is likely that a stock rom could have the BT changes implemented but leave the rest (relatively) untouched? There are a few features on the stock rom that I like, I'd just like to be able to use my bluetooth controllers! :D

cheers

Gib
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sf_Superreverb:
Hi there!

I was wondering if there is an app that let's you unlock the HD2 after stand-by with drawing a pattern on screen. Like a password, but faster and very personal. Not like a vingerprint or so, but a stroke with the finger in a pre-defined way. For instance you have to draw a triangle (or something like that) on the left side to unlock the device.

Are there apps/updates like that?

Thanks!

B
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ASCIIker:
"throttlelock"
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FriedSushi87:
Android
[Streak 5 General] mancuk29:
im just about to buy the streak because i love the size of the screen .... im on a htc desire at present (your gonna say im mad but ive got bored with the desire) and am use to google map navigation

i know when i had the htc hero google maps wasnt active until the 2.1 upgrade but a friend of mine who has the streak says it is active and he has voice navigation

i have checked the internet and got mixed messages so i thought i would ask users on this great forum

im buying direct from dell as im gonna use a 3 uk sim so i know they havent released 2.1 upgrade and more than likely will release 2.2 .....

so is voice navigation on the 1.6 streak ???

cheers

chris
[Streak 5 General] toyfreak:
Yes, it is there. Pinch-zoom is not present in 1.6 but Maps and Nav (with turn-by-turn voice prompting) is.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Dragooon123:
This is a question that came to my mind, if you got a phone with both the 3 button modes working, would it be possible to brick it? Even if you get stuck in "Phone - ! - PC" screen?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
that is what the 3 button does

every time you hit this screen

you can go into the 3 button download mode and download a new firmware

so unless you do something horribly wrong, it should be unbrickable every time
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swathinath:
i updated the rom but its showing no image file pls hlp me
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonny4911:
so then u haven't updated the rom?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Badwolve1:
Moved to Q&A as not Rom Dev
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ridgid:
Some days ago i updated the rom on me HD2,It was originally French (Orange) I updated with a ROM from this site (enrgy--which is bl**dy Awsome).But when i send an email form the phone it sticks a French message at the botton of the email page.Anybody know how to get rid of this?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
email tab, inbox, menu, tools, options, signatures.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmstlist:
I remember when the Milestone got one of its updates, Motorola set it up so that the notification light would only pulse when the screen is off. This is helpful because it can be very distracting, and besides which, there is already a notification bar displaying the same information.

Is there any way I can do the same with the Nexus One, and suppress the glowing trackball only when the screen is off?

Thanks

C
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tech_Boy:
If you are on cyanogen you can. You can change the colors too.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmstlist:
Yes I'm already on CM6 and I'm loving the custom trackball colours. But I can't find an option to disable it when the screen is on. Could you direct me to this feature? *EDIT: I found it, "always pulse" is in the Advanced menu. I think the behaviour is a bit wonky though because I already had it disabled and I was still sporadically getting pulses with screen on. I will have to test this further.

Also I'm wondering how CM6 comes up with the list of apps whose colours I can customize. I'm running the Trillian Beta and it pulses white for notifications, but there is no option to customize it in-app and Trillian doesn't appear in the package list for custom colours. I'd love to customize that one too.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmstlist:
Okay I just experienced it again. I was using androidVNC when a text message came in. The ball started glowing green even though the "always pulse" option was disabled. I went into Settings to confirm as much. I checked the option and unchecked it, and then the pulsing stopped.

So it seems that sometimes the OS "forgets" and pulses the trackball anyway even though the screen is on?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arkalos13:
ive got the complete opposite problem, sometimes for me it doesnt pulse and sometimes it does only wen the screen is on. but it seems as if it does watever it wants to. must be some sort of problem... also mine doesnt pulse the colors i ask it too as if it doesnt get that i just got an email and i want to pulse it blue instead just white. it seems messed up
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thegreatcity:
I have no limits on my SMS messages (cause I'm a packrat), yet every time I open the messaging application it asks me if I'd like to set limits on conversations. I select "no limits" every time, but it still pops up every time.

Haven't seen this posted anywhere, so am I the only one?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkPudding:
Are you using the default messaging app? It sounds like caused by a 3rd party app setting or some kind of data restriction that you've put on it.

And you do have unlimited text right? Check your t-mo myaccount app to see if you've put the alert on.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yaydaveeson:
I tried to ask the same thing. Nothing yet.

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=774573
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterotaku:
This is only an issue for extreme SMS packrats....

In the message app settings you can disable the auto deletion of messages that run past the set cap (defaults are 200 for sms, 20 for mms). So, disable deletion and increase the cap.

The SMS setting apparently has a hard cap at 5000. If that isn't enough ...well.....although that not being enough would normally entice me to make semi sarcastic remarks about hobbies, spare time, and the relative power of ones sphincter muscles, there are at least apps that can backup your sms threads for you.

SMSBackup for instance will let you backup SMS threads to your gmail acct. Since you can always access your gmail acct from your phone, this should be as good as packratting every friggin text directly on your phone. If you need to remind someone of what they said to you 7996 messages ago, sheerly for the "told you so factor" this can work. A bit creepy, but this can work! :)

And this is but one of many apps to back up SMS....

Consider the hard limit a feature, and backup your SMS to get them off your phone. That's my two cents...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yaydaveeson:
Thank you. That's a great approach to this problem. It solves it for me.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwntwnall4u:
Does Wimax relate to only 4G? And what about wifi hotspot? 3G or 4G?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Success100:
Wimax is the technical term for 4G (well, one of them)

LTE is also a popular 4G technology.

The hotspot option works in 3G and 4G areas as long as your paying Sprint the $29.99 fee or if you are rooted and have wireless tether
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwntwnall4u:
Hmm. Ok so no 4G here, but with wireless tether app I can't connect my PC but with wifi hotspot I can connect my PC.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ms79723:
with both you can connect the pc to the phone's 4g or 3g through wifi
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aragorn182:
The Wireless Tether app will only work if you've rooted your phone. Have you done that?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
Correction:

WiMax is 802.16e. WiMax and LTE (Verizon, AT&T's, and possibly T-Mobile's "4G") are not actually 4G, as they do not have the speed or latency requirements to be called such. Calling these technologies "4G" would be like calling GSM EDGE "3G" just because it's one-step better than regular GSM.

Real 4G has a >100mbps connection and fully backwards-compatible (see this page for detailed information). Current LTE and WiMax technologies do not fit either of these requirements (nor the other requirements for 4G, such as a fully IPv6 and VoIP network). However, their successors do fit these requirements: LTE-Advanced, and 802.16m (also called WiMax, but a noticably different version. To give an example, 802.11b and 802.11n are both called WiFi, but calling them the same thing would be far from appropriate).

So why do these companies call their "new" networks "4G"? It's a marketting term. That's all. Just like the stuff the GSM-based carriers (AT&T, mostly) pulled back when EDGE came out: Calling it more than it is, to try and look better than everyone else.

Just clarifying for everyone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Success100:
i mean thats all fine and dandy, but the average person doesnt really think about that stuff, 3g in theory is specs alot faster than it actually does in practice
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
Still, if you're going to call LTE and 802.16e "4G", let's just extend that and call EDGE "3G" and 56kbps dial-up can be "broadband." It's sorta like the whole "I run CM6 because I believe in OSS" deal.