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Root 621 possible fix found

Yeah that's what it said to me before I had reinstalled the .621 sbf. I would wipe the heck out of everything so you are working on a clean system. Then sbf .621 then sbf .604 and try again. Something is hanging around that is giving you major grief. If it makes you feel any better it took me 6 hours on Sunday to learn enough of the quirks to make it happen.
 
Yes, it's frustrating, because I can smell root....lol I will try a factory reset throught the phone, then wipe again through the recovery and try again.... I also re-downloaded the 604 rom and will see if that might help... Hopefully it will take soon..
 
Everything worked fine for me. I am rooted with on .604 :). Everything seems to be working except MMS messages will not go through. I have gone through the .621 sbf, .604 sbf, then rooted twice now and still can't get MMS to work. I get "message not sent". Anyone else with this issue?
 
BTW, I have not put a custom ROM on. I sbf'd to .604 and am using that. Do I have to install a custom ROM to make MMS work?
 
you need to wipe it all, then use Windows to sbf .621 then linux install .604 to reset all of you radios and system stetting to factory. It will take 45 to an hour but at least you know it will be fixed. It should be working properly.
 
Sorry to but in, but is it ok to SBF to 621 through Linux? Thats what I've been doing, but it seems my stuff is working... haven't received any mms so maybe I'll have a friend send me something to see if its working. I had originally taken the OTA 621, then went to 604 through linux... since then I borked it up a few times and have been using Linux for everything except the Zerg rooting after 604..
 
From what I understand, the official way is to flash .621 via RSD lite (or take the ota) and .604 via Linux. RSD Lite will flash things like radio, that Linux does not.

If you've already done it correctly the first time (RSD or OTA to .621), I would think you'd be ok with just Linux after that tho.
 
The difference is that using windows updates the radio and the .604 radio doesn't work in America. So using Windows for .621 id fine, just not for .604.
 
The problem comes from using RSD lite (instead of Linux) to flash .604 or not using OTA or RSD lite to flash .621.

You're not doing that so no, you won't have trouble. :D
 
WhoDoo Voodoo said:
you need to wipe it all, then use Windows to sbf .621 then linux install .604 to reset all of you radios and system stetting to factory. It will take 45 to an hour but at least you know it will be fixed. It should be working properly.
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Voodoo, that's exactly what I did and i have done it twice. Another thing is that the first time I did it I had had the problem (can't send MMS) so I installed Liquid GB ROM and then I was able to send MMS. I didn't care much for Liquid so I installed CM9 and MMS also worked. I didn't want to stay with CM so I wanted to go back to .604. I used linux to go back to sbf .604 but after that it went into boot loop. So I went into stock recovery mode and reset all (wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache) and did exactly what you said above and I am back to rooted .604 but still no MMS messaging. Sounds like others are not having this problem so must be just me. :mad: Oh well, I will just keep playing with it.:) Thanks for all of the suggestions so far.
 
Probably getting MMS errors on stock because VPN settings are incorrect on the .604 SBF since its an nTelos system version. Verizon will still recognize it for 3G, etc but some settings are incorrect. You can either flash a ROM to correct or edit your VPN settings.
 
peppermintprb, YES! Another person with my problem! Glad I am not alone. LOL :) :D I tried voodoo's suggestion of re-downloading and got the same results...still no MMS.

Goose, do you mean APN settings?

ylexot, there has got to be a way other then a custom ROM. What does a custom ROM replace on the 604 sbf?
 
I'd bet there is a way, but I haven't seen anybody figure it out yet.

BTW, you might want to look at what people who converted their Droid X's over to Cricket Wireless had to do to get MMS to work. The fix is probably similar, but with Verizon information instead of Cricket.
 
DROIDX71 said:
peppermintprb, YES! Another person with my problem! Glad I am not alone. LOL :) :D I tried voodoo's suggestion of re-downloading and got the same results...still no MMS.

Goose, do you mean APN settings?

ylexot, there has got to be a way other then a custom ROM. What does a custom ROM replace on the 604 sbf?
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LOL yeah. I bet the APN settings are nTelos. Changing those to Verizon settings would probably resolve? I could try if you need a guinea pig, I'm on .604, I'm just running Gummy right now though, and didn't bother making a nandroid of .604, so I'd have to SBF back and look. But I'm pretty sure that's all that would be needed. The other thing that was mentioned about flashing to different providers involves using CDMA Workshop, and that shouldn't be necessary. That's for changing info in the radio (NV values, etc; tower and data provisioning provider, etc.) - APN would be a pretty easy fix though. Or if you want a blur-based ROM I patched most of them to work on .621; you have to manually enter in some WIFI info to get it to work correctly (Milestone X kernel doesn't speak right to WIFI hardware on blur-based ROMs, not sure why) - but that would be another feasible option and you'd still be on blur as well.

BTdubs, 1KDS has a linux disc out that does the .604 root and zergrush, super easy. Just burn the disc and boot, and after about 3-4 key presses your SBF'd and rooted, easy peazy. May want to add a link to that in the OP.
 
Thanks goose, tell me the steps that you think will work and I will try them. I really like the swype word suggestion showing up across the top of the kbd in 604. Can't do that with regular droid x 621 or previous sbfs. I could live without mms if I absolutely had to but dangit I want it working! Lol :D especially since everything else is working fine (except overclocking apps but that's ok) :rolleyes:
 
DROIDX71 said:
Thanks goose, tell me the steps that you think will work and I will try them. I really like the swype word suggestion showing up across the top of the kbd in 604. Can't do that with regular droid x 621 or previous sbfs. I could live without mms if I absolutely had to but dangit I want it working! Lol :D especially since everything else is working fine (except overclocking apps but that's ok) :rolleyes:
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Welp it may be a bit more involved than I thought. Usually what you do is go to Wireless & Networks -> Advanced (I think, it says you can set APNs) and then hit menu and it'll pull up to add an APN. That's how it works on stock... but on .604 when you hit Menu nothing comes up at all. I went into the APN files in root explorer (found in /system) their editable xml files, everything looked legit already for Verizon but I went ahead and made a few modifications to make sure, rebooted, and it didn't fix it :( I'mma keep looking at it. In the interim if you need MMS you can always flash the stock-debloated-605 ROM, you just need to do the WIFI fix but everything else is tops AFAIK.

[ROMS] Multi-ROM Thread - Blur-Based ROMs for those on .621/.604! - RootzWiki

I'll dig into it a bit more. I nandroided the .604 system so I can pull it apart on my computer (blur just absolutely drives me nuts! lol) but I'm doing it between work/college/girlfriend/other development stuff/etc. I would eventually like to get the build.prop fixed as well if I can.
 
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