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Help Can't enable Wi-Fi

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thephanatik

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I just bought a used HTC EVO V 4G, but I can't turn on the Wi-Fi. Whenever I try to turn it on, it will either say "Error" if I'm in the Settings page, or says "Turning Wi-Fi on..." if I'm on the Wi-Fi page.

I've tried clearing the dalvik cache and fixed permissions, and when that didn't work, I tried a factory reset. I've also tried the *#*#526#*#* trick to reload the drivers and that didn't work, and ##CLEAR# to reset the network information.

I know Bluetooth and WiFi are typically on the same chip, so I tried enabling Bluetooth and that turns on just fine.

I just tried turning on 4G and that doesn't seem to be turning on either. It will try, then say it can't turn on and turns back off.
 
dragonslayer95 said:
Is it rooted or was it already when it was bought?

Sent From My HTC Evo 3D Using TapaTalk 2
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It was factory reset when I received it. My cousin's girlfriend's cousin and her boyfriend both bought the same phone, but found out the Sprint network sucked where they lived, so my cousin bought 1 phone and he shipped me the other.

I just installed Connectbot and it shows I don't have root access, but I did notice a couple things that seemed a little strange.

I noticed the CPU is showing 1566Mhz Anthrax'ed Dual Core, which seemed weird, since the specs on the site say 1.2. I also noticed USB debugging was enabled, which wasn't by default on my old phone. *edit* I'm guessing this setting was brought over with my gmail settings.

The kernel version is showing 3.0.16-anthrax-shooter-ics--gda953d9
*edit* I just checked with my cousin, who has a different kernel than the one I have listed above, so I suspect he loaded a custom kernel on it?

Factory reset and everything was done through 4ext recovery, which was installed on the phone when I got it, not sure if that is included with these phones?
 
kagevazquez said:
Look for mobsters power kernel and flash it then everything should work
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I copied it to my microsd card, rebooted in 4ext and installed it. It said it installed successfully, but when I booted it back up the kernel didn't change. I also tried again, but cleared the cache + dalvik beforehand and it still didn't work.
 
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