Around 10pm last night i noticed my service went out completely on my phone. There were no bars, and a NO symbol through the area where bars would normally be. Upon inspection i rebooted the phone and re-seated the sim card a few times before i was able to get service back. When service was restored I was only able to access the 3G portion of the network.
*I took my phone to the Verizon store this morning to verify there are no current outages.
*I also got them to replace my sim card.
*Service is still running in 3G.
*Upon further inspection the IMEI number in my phones information is shown as "Unknown"
*When typing *#06# into the dialpad, my IMEI number shows.
Before any of this happened, for about a year and a half my phone has been rooted, and entitlements were set so I could use the mobile hotspot without paying for it. (Yes i have unlimited data)
After leaving the verizon store I went home and used RSD to flash back to the original stock rom (cdma_spyder_9.8.2O-72_VZW-16_1ff.xml)
The flash was complete, and I also did a complete data/cache reset.
I am still only getting a 3G connection, and Verizon is telling me there is something wrong with the hardware in my phone.
Any suggestions?