com.android.phone error on 2.2 ROMS - PARTIAL SOLUTION!!

[Guest Jhet]

Bit of background to this problem.

When a user switches on their phone they get the following error:

"The process com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again"

The error must be forced closed. However it reappears over and over again until the SIM is taken out.

Some others on Irish forums have posted complaining about this error. At the moment the pattern i've noticed is:

1. They are all Vodafone IE customers. (Vodafone Ireland)

2. The problem does not occur on the any of the 2.1 roms.

Partial Working Solution:

Best answer - Oskyldig (Top Contributor) Go to this answer

I have just experienced this exact problem on my magic.

The way to solve the problem is (at least in my situation - returning from a holliday in France)

1. Choose SETTINGS - WIRELESS CONTROLS - MOBILE NETWORKS -

2. uncheck everything unnecesary ie. "Data Roaming" and "Enable always-on mobile" -

3. Change setting on "Use only 2G networks", wait 10 seconds, then change it back.

4. Now try NETWORK OPERATORS. Here you will get a network error (Not the "com.android.phone" error)

Just continue and you'll get your wanted network.

The reason for this behavior is that android uses a new type of network and supports old ones.

Some countries dosen't use this new network.

When your android phone makes a handshake in these countries it'll accept without error, but when it returns to the new type it won't connect.

This must be a bug and you can solve / workaround this by doing the above

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Google Solution Link

I'm on Vodafone IE but the above solution only partially works. When you turn the phone off and turn it back on again the error reappears.

The error seems to be related to the handshaking process old Network types V's new Network Types. It a bit over my head to be honest and the solution above is poorly written. The long and short of it is that its a bug, a bug that google appear to have done nothing to fix. I'm speculating here but if its a problem for Vodafone IE I'm guessing it could be a problem for other users around the world on similar Network types.

Solutions I've recieved that DON'T WORK:

1. Reseting phone and wiping data

2. Wiping various cache's

Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Edited January 27, 2011 by Jhet

[Guest hecatae]

okay a bit of background on this would be nice, does this happen on Vodafone Ireland branded Android handsets, or just unbranded Android phones with Vodafone Ireland simcards?

how long has this been going on for?

Edited January 27, 2011 by hecatae

[Guest slartibardfast0]

Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Hi Jhet, I had the same trouble with my vodafone ireland sim.

Thankfully, the solution is simple, just go into any vodafone shop and get a free replacement sim!

Edit: Apparently some pre-2008 Vodafone Ireland SIM cards exhibit problems with Android. A new (free) 128k sim fixes this issue.

Edited January 27, 2011 by slartibardfast0

[Guest The Soup Thief]

okay a bit of background on this would be nice, does this happen on Vodafone Ireland branded Android handsets, or just unbranded Android phones with Vodafone Ireland simcards?

how long has this been going on for?

Hiya

I've a blade in Ireland running on a Vodafone ie sim (PAYG)

Have seen this problem once or twice after flashing a new rom or after doing something a bit daft (like shoving on a new wallpaper incorrectly). Each time I assumed it was happening cos of the daft thing I just did and undid it. So reflashed the ROM properly or whatever

Aside from this I don't think I've seen it, and not since about November anyway, since which time I've been using Froyo ROMs exclusively

Fraid the answer from Oskyldig doesn't make much sense wrt my own experiences, but I can't speak for others obviously

For one, I generally have 3G networks and data connectivitiy (other than wireless) switched off

Out of interest, where are the Irish forums? I saw a couple of posts on boards.ie before christmas but assumed that had all died down

Are people still posting?

[just checked] Crikey! There's 36 pages of chat! May have to have a look when I've more time

EDIT - just saw slartibardfast0's post - by the strangest coincidence, I got a new sim for my phone in mid October after losing the old one

Not sure if this coincides with the most recent episode of the problem, but as I say it never seemed to happen other than after a bit of brain surgery and was always pretty easily remedied with a reflash of a recently misinstalled ROM or whatever

Edited January 27, 2011 by The Soup Thief

[Guest Jhet]

Hi Jhet, I had the same trouble with my vodafone ireland sim.

Thankfully, the solution is simple, just go into any vodafone shop and get a free replacement sim!

Edit: Apparently some pre-2008 Vodafone Ireland SIM cards exhibit problems with Android. A new (free) 128k sim fixes this issue.

Thanks mate! Will try that. Makes perfect sense would have been round the time the whole iphone/android thing started to kick off so obviously a new sim was required.

@The Soup Thief

yep its was boards.ie! The oul ZTE Blade is getting quite a reputation over there!......mainly due to all the work the good folks over here are doing!

Thanks Guys!

[Guest hecatae]

Hi Jhet, I had the same trouble with my vodafone ireland sim.

Thankfully, the solution is simple, just go into any vodafone shop and get a free replacement sim!

Edit: Apparently some pre-2008 Vodafone Ireland SIM cards exhibit problems with Android. A new (free) 128k sim fixes this issue.

newer sims also use less voltage, sims from the late 90s used 5v, newer sims are using less and less

[Guest Lew247]

Some others on Irish forums have posted complaining about this error. At the moment the pattern i've noticed is:

1. They are all Vodafone IE customers. (Vodafone Ireland)

2. The problem does not occur on the any of the 2.1 roms.

Out of curiosity which Irish forum?

[Guest shadowninty]

Out of curiosity which Irish forum?

boards.ie

[Guest The Soup Thief]

Other Blades in Ireland! Dozens of 'em!

That Newry branch of Orange is doing good business, eh?

[Guest Jhet]

Other Blades in Ireland! Dozens of 'em!

That Newry branch of Orange is doing good business, eh?

haha......thats where i got mine.........in the argos on merchants quay in Newry!!

It was either that or a Samsung Europa for €120.......a no brainer really!! :lol:

[Guest jt_mcg]

haha......thats where i got mine.........in the argos on merchants quay in Newry!!

It was either that or a Samsung Europa for €120.......a no brainer really!! :lol:

+1 on the no brainer!

I've picked up 6 at Orange in the Buttercrane! 1 for myself to play around with back in Oct and then realised what a steal it truly was and there was Christmas sorted from me and the gf!

Glad your probs were something simple like an old sim!

[Guest pgheat]

Hi Jhet, I had the same trouble with my vodafone ireland sim.

Thankfully, the solution is simple, just go into any vodafone shop and get a free replacement sim!

Edit: Apparently some pre-2008 Vodafone Ireland SIM cards exhibit problems with Android. A new (free) 128k sim fixes this issue.

Thank you!

I had this exact problem - no idea how old my sim was but probably before 2008.

Went to vodafone store, got a new sim and it worked straight away! Though I did put the new sim into my old phone first to make sure it was working.