Problems with 3.27 radio on VZW XV6800

[badutahboy]

Originally Posted by GaryJohnson

Hello all,

I've been searching for about a week for a solution to the issues I've been having, to no avail. I've seen some users complain about similar problems, but they're buried in the custom rom threads with no solutions. I'm curious to see if any others are experiencing what I'm seeing:

After flashing from stock VZW 2.09 Rom / 1.30.6 Radio to a custom Rom (tried Sprint Beta 3.16, DCD and No2Chem's) / 3.27 Radio, the phone will sit and search for a tower to connect to for 15-20 mintues. I confirmed that my EPST settings did not change, and my PRL is the same as before the flash. Once the connection is made, I do not seem to have any issues. After a soft reset or switching the radio on/off, it happens again. Performing a *228 option 1 does not seem to help at all.

The second problem is not too much of an issue, but I haven't seen anyone else describe quite the same thing. After each attempt to flash, I return to the stock Verizon radio and rom. I can always make incoming / outgoing calls without an issue, but attempting to connect to #777 for a data connection gives me a "incorrect username or password" error. Setting the username / password doesn't seem to matter, and the settings do not appear to hold. Every time I've had to badger tech support and they try things on their end until I'm back online. I've pushed them to tell me what they do so I can request it by name, but they've refused so far.

Has anyone experienced any of this? Does anyone have any ideas or solutions?

Thanks!

I have the exact same issue (I'm on cricket, not verizon.)

What makes it even more frustrating is it seems the GPS Roms freeze my phone at least once or twice a day, forcing me to soft reset, and leaving me without a phone for 20 min at a time (which is a SERIOUS pain for someone who uses 5,000 min/month.)

I'm glad to know the problem isn't tied to the cricket service, but I have no idea what it is. Hopefully someone can help us out.

[GaryJohnson]

I had briefly considered that the issue might be tied to the hardware (defective, or new revision), but since I'm on the same stock VZW radio / rom version as everyone else started with, and since the phone works perfectly fine under that configuration, I think the chances are pretty slim that it's hardware related.

I'm guessing that it might be some specific to my location or the tower I usually connect to, coupled with the fact that I'm using a potientially buggy radio version. The Verizon coverage map doesn't tell me if I'm in an EVDO Rev. A area, so I need to look into that.

Next weekend I will be visiting two remote areas that I usually can get Verizon signal in without roaming. What I will do is flash back to 3.27 before the trip, and soft-reset in each of those areas to see if the long connection waits are limited to just where I live.

badutahboy, I don't know much about Cricket. Are they a virtual network (piggy-backing on another carrier's network)? Do they have any Rev A coverage where you are?

[badutahboy]

Originally Posted by GaryJohnson

I had briefly considered that the issue might be tied to the hardware (defective, or new revision), but since I'm on the same stock VZW radio / rom version as everyone else started with, and since the phone works perfectly fine under that configuration, I think the chances are pretty slim that it's hardware related.

I'm guessing that it might be some specific to my location or the tower I usually connect to, coupled with the fact that I'm using a potientially buggy radio version. The Verizon coverage map doesn't tell me if I'm in an EVDO Rev. A area, so I need to look into that.

Next weekend I will be visiting two remote areas that I usually can get Verizon signal in without roaming. What I will do is flash back to 3.27 before the trip, and soft-reset in each of those areas to see if the long connection waits are limited to just where I live.

badutahboy, I don't know much about Cricket. Are they a virtual network (piggy-backing on another carrier's network)? Do they have any Rev A coverage where you are?

I hadn't even considered the Rev. A issue... Let me know if it works faster for you in a rev. A area...

Cricket doesn't have Rev. A at all.. In fact, they just barely launched evdo.

As for their network.. they don't piggyback on anyone.. They've got their own infrastructure for their home markets, but they roam on both sprint and verizon... I'd love to switch to verizon, but my bill would jump to $200+/month, and Cricket offers unlimited everything for $50... so I can't justify it.

[bradleyem]

I get the incorrect password error also, BUT ONLY when attempting to connect through BT DUN. The data connection on the phone works fine. BUT, if I do try to connect through BT DUN, then my data connection on the phone stops working too. After a soft reset the phone works fine again. I thought that maybe it had something to do with the fact that I disabled Multi-NAI, but I reenabled it and same thing. That was the only thing that I could think of that would differentiate the BT vs phone data connection.

[JoeBobOneHalf]

Originally Posted by badutahboy

I hadn't even considered the Rev. A issue... Let me know if it works faster for you in a rev. A area...

Cricket doesn't have Rev. A at all.. In fact, they just barely launched evdo.

As for their network.. they don't piggyback on anyone.. They've got their own infrastructure for their home markets, but they roam on both sprint and verizon... I'd love to switch to verizon, but my bill would jump to $200+/month, and Cricket offers unlimited everything for $50... so I can't justify it.

50 a month for everything? nice. Best sprint can do is 99 month for everything.