X98 C5J6 – no 3G???

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Hi everybody, I am new here and a recent owner of a X98 3G Air from Gearbest.com. All is fine, product looks nice and shipment went OK.

After a short while I decided to update Android to Mirek Lollipop V 6.0 ultralight flashed with Mirek batch tool. Unfortunately I did not check 3G connection in Android or Windows.

<span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Android Mirek Lollipop V6.0 3G problem</span>

Phone works just no data whatever I do. I have a SIM from a local provider. X98 I switch off WIFI, immediately no data. I test SIM in my old Galaxy Tab2 with WIFI off and this works fine to email and open web pages in Firefox Android. Enough MB available, 3G connection HSPA is there etc, full 3G connectivity with Internet. So SIM and connection should be OK. Even called  provider APN is OK according provider and what I find on Internet. It is the same as on my Galaxy Tab2 on Kitkat 4.4.4. which has NO problem it works flawlessly so SIM or account are not locked.

Again same SIM in X98 with Mirek V6. I adjust all settings the same, APN etc. Switch off WIFI. Exclamation mark, no web page loading Firefox Android, my Whatsapp text and smileys however working almost instantaneously two ways. But high res pics both ways NOT working. Lo res pics I do see both directions up and download.

So almost like there is some filter cutting off anything larger than say 1024 bytes or so.  Also working in stock Android browser does not change anything, it does not even open google.com but is like stuck at 25% error name not resolved.

Is there a bug somewhere in the ROM? Or is this some setting I missed somewhere?  I tried a lot of things such as dialing *#*#4636#*#* etc, calling my provider, again putting the SIM in my old Galaxy Tab2, checking Android Status.
Data bundle, SIM, provider, APN, general settings all are OK. Status tells me network name, signal strenght -78 dBm, UMTS, In service, roaming (required by provider), network state = connected, IMEI is known. Phone works, Whatsapp works and small amounts of data are transferred. Just loading a web page does NOT work so there is some data block.

I also read a lot about some bug in Lollipop 5.0? Could that be in this Mirek ROM? Anyway there is a connection to the provider network, there just is NO data. Anyone have a clue and can help?

<span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Windows 10 (stock) 3G problem</span>

In addition to above I was checking how to enable 3G data in Windows 10. I see NO indication of 3G networking next to WIFI in my X98. I received a new C5J6 model with Windows 10 preinstalled, I changed absolutely nothing to BIOS or Windows 10 and the same SIM as mentioned does NOT show up. Incredible.

I do not know what is going on but I am really getting a bit upset here, 3G was reason for buying X98. It is supposed to have 3G by default in Windows 10 default and it does not even see the 3G SIM. In Android I did upgrade to Mirek Lollipop V6 works fine and does see the SIM, I can even call, <u>but NO data</u>. How can I have problems in 2 operating systems?

Can this be wrong in the stock BIOS? How can I see what BIOS is installed?

 

<span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Flashing problem</span>
Flashing MIrek Lollipop went smooth but for some reason the flasher does not see the X98 any more. Driver issue possibly. Installed various drivers multiple times using different methods as discussed here. Trying MFT and Mirek’s bat file to flash. X98 is in DnX mode for sure, I did switch on USB developer. Restarted PC and X98 several times. I guess this is some driver issue, but unclear why this is happening. I run Windows 10 on my desktop.

 

<span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Battery problem</span>

Also today battery went down from 60% to 20% in like 30 mins, straight line. Not even using it. Before also several times now battery level drops off really steep at say 50-60% goes down to 20% in 30 min. Nowhere close to 8-10 hours running time, more like 3-4 which is really unacceptable. Did they change battery capacity (indicated something 4800 mAh instead 8500 mAh). I just read this may be fixed by improved Android flashing method.

 

As you can read several problems, but the most irritating is NO 3G data in Mirek Lollipop Android and NO 3G at all in stock Windows 10. I am a bit lost and hope someone can give me some suggestions. Thanks in advance!

 

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