Okay, I have a PLAY 4G that I got from AT&T so it's an 800at. Used it with AT&T for about a month, canceled, got the unlock code form them. Switched to T-Mobile prepaid $50 plan, used it for around 5 months. A few months into T-mobile I rooted it with Super One Click, everything was fine. Now a few months later my signal to T-mobile started cutting in and out 2 days ago. After about an hour or two of losing the network it finally never came back. I did all the standards, resetting, popping battery in and out, etc. Still didn't work with T-mobile, tried SIM in another phone, it works fine. Also got a new SIM from T-Mobile, no difference. Unrooted phone with Super One Click and no difference, did all the resets and battery in and out. Still won't work with or even see T-Mobile. Put an active AT&T SIM in and it works fine! So it seems the phones hardware is fine and the SIM is fine. My last hope is I have a software/firmware problem. One thing that's weird is after the master reset the Home button stopped working and when the joypad is slid out it doesn't switch automatically to games. Phone always says "Emergency Calls Only". Please help, I'm running out of idea's.
I do believe APN's are the problem.
Had to deal with the same thing when I switched to straight talk.
Game stuff and the home button seems like a software issue.
Reflash 2.3.3 stock for AT&T phones. Should be fine after you reset the APNs
Still Stumped
Thank you for your input, I deleted my T-Mobile APN and re-entered it, and it's still not finding the network. I've been wanting to reflash the original firmware back on. Do you know if I have to unlock the bootloader to do that? I was going to try a different ROM but my warranty is still in effect for 6 more months. I'm thinking reflashing the original ROM shouldn't need the bootloader unlocked. I also need to find the original ROM to reflash it with. Is it safe to reflash a generic Xperia PLAY ROM instead of AT&T bloatwares ROM?
I would use flashtool to reflash the AT&T ftf, then just manually input the APN settings for T-Mobile. That should do the trick. IF you try and still a no go I would unroot and soo about a warranty replacement.
You already voided your warranty when you rooted..
Can they know that you had rooted it if you unroot it?
Sent from my R800i using XDA
I may be wrong but I thought that if you ftf back to stock they will not necessarily be able to se you have rooted your phone? As its fresh out of the box firmware....
leots said:
Can they know that you had rooted it if you unroot it?
Sent from my R800i using XDA
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Yes, but only if you bring it in to them or send it away to get fixed
jgregoryj1 said:
I may be wrong but I thought that if you ftf back to stock they will not necessarily be able to se you have rooted your phone? As its fresh out of the box firmware....
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No, flashing an ftf file still holds root and it evident.You can unroot, then reroot if need be,but personally I've never unrooted
Thanks for all the input everyone!
Thank you for all the responses, I will try flashtool this evening and report back what I get. In terms of root, my research has led me to believe that rooting/unrooting is undetectable. But unlocking the bootloader cannot be covered up, Sony has records of all bootloader activity. But I could be wrong, just tossing in my two pennies.
It's fixed!
I used flashtool and reflashed the original software back to the phone and it's good as new again. Thank you everyone for your input! I wish I could tell you what caused the problem, but I'm happy I could at least relay what the fix was.
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Ok just recently unbricked my phone and started flashing once again. First I did the HARD SPL change from 2.03 to 2.10 Olipro. I flashed the current vp3G a few times but I was getting no phone service. I flashed the schaps and it did the same. My was getting no service and when I clicked on settings it said this.
Unknown SIM status.
Only emergency calls can be made without a PIN.
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Did some googling and found some sources where it said my default PIN was either 1111 or 2222. I went ahead and called ATT and explained to them I was getting no service but of course never mentioned I had a cooked ROM. They said the same that the default was 1111. Of course for some reason when I was talking to them I could not get to the settings to enter it. I told them I would call them back.
Finally got to enter it in and nothing. It is still not working. I'm in some desperate need of suggestions. Thank You.
- Monty
Flash the OEM ROM from your provider. This should get your service back if your using a legit SIM
i see you have unbricked your phone, try loading up a new radio
http://rapidshare.com/files/60589318/radio1.54.07.00.rar
oh yea, thats the radio im using for my 8525, its the updated version 1.54 it works pretty well, hope that fixes your problem
I have that same problem but it seems that changing the radio does not work, although I havent tried every single radio. Some radios will give say i have no service even when i don't have the sim card in (it should be saying no sim)
This might help
If you are in USA and if you have a CINULAR sim card in your phone go to a AT&T store for a FREE AT&T sim card. It might resolve the issue as AT&T just changed some settings in some towers.
Read about in VP's 3.62
here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1637422&postcount=445:)
fuzzvirus said:
If you are in USA and if you have a CINULAR sim card in your phone go to a AT&T store for a FREE AT&T sim card. It might resolve the issue as AT&T just changed some settings in some towers.
Read about in VP's 3.62
here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1637422&postcount=445:)[/QUOTE
I have a new AT&T sim card and I still have the problem
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Monty, have you found a solution?
ihavetinyballs said:
Flash the OEM ROM from your provider. This should get your service back if your using a legit SIM
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That is how I bricked my phone in the first place. Could not flash OEM either 2.15 or the most recent 3.62 WM6 upgrade.
asianr0cker said:
oh yea, thats the radio im using for my 8525, its the updated version 1.54 it works pretty well, hope that fixes your problem
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When I got unbricked I updated my SPL like you mentioned and now I'm running 2.10. I did try to update the radio but that also got locked up and had to hard reset to get it back. I was trying 1.54 also.
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Monty, have you found a solution?
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No I have not.
More reading and more reading. Ok I realize I have no GSM and no Radio. When I try to install radio it gets stuck on 0% then locks me out. Then I'm stuck in the Tri-Color mode and am forced to reflash ROM. I'm thinking "Problem 5" is the problem I'm having but can anyone confirm or help me out please.
My ATT flash screen says:
R None
G None
D 3.62
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That means I have no Radio and GSM correct? What do I do?
warranty?
How far into your warranty are you, assuming you're still under warranty? Same thing happened to me. I played stupid with AT&T tech support (then Cingular), had no distinguishable drop marks or water damage, and they replaced it under warranty I even had it stuck on the bootloader screen If you're still under warranty, try to load an oem rom back on it and see if you can get them to replace it.
kalrykh said:
How far into your warranty are you, assuming you're still under warranty? Same thing happened to me. I played stupid with AT&T tech support (then Cingular), had no distinguishable drop marks or water damage, and they replaced it under warranty I even had it stuck on the bootloader screen If you're still under warranty, try to load an oem rom back on it and see if you can get them to replace it.
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Unfortunatley im out of warranty
Is there anyway to completely erase everything that is on the hermes at once? except for the stuff on the eeprom, i already had to deal with that
can no one help us?
i heard from my friend who works at an att non corp store that just recently non corp stores were given the ability to give the new contract discounts. that he just has to make a 5 min call and it gets approved and they can offer you the 2yr discount although it might extend your contract.
reason im saying this is even if your not up for an update, any att store should be able to (if the guy chooses to be helpful) hook you up with the discount regardless of how long or how little you've been in contract.
just food for thought in case you cant find a solution.
when I reset my device i see no GSM ocassionaly, well since an hour ago, its been saying nothing but No GSM, I have tried to fix it using the unbrick direction in the wiki, but to no avail.
I bought a Canadian Optimus LTE P930 unlocked off ebay. I have no idea which carrier it was originally locked to (most likely either Bell or Telus). It came with Gingerbread, and I immediately rooted and installed CM10 M2 snapshot. My carrier is Fido (subsidiary of Rogers) and my Fido sim card worked on Gingerbread, and was working on CM10 until just now. When it was working, it showed up as Rogers rather than Fido, but that's not unusual for custom ROMs.
After seeing some suggestions that changing the baseband could help with the random reboot problem on CM10, I went to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1842763 and proceeded to try out the AT&T V18f baseband (from http://www.mediafire.com/?nniz00g7c7b3p). I installed the zip through CWM (I have the latest, 6.0.something).
After rebooting, my phone was completely unable to access the cellular network! I tried manually connecting to Rogers from the settings menu - no dice. I tried locking the phone in 2G mode and then reconnecting - no luck. Then I went back to that mediafire link and tried out every single baseband with the exception of P936 ones, and still no luck.
Finally I tried reinstalling CM10 from scratch (full wipe and everything) and still no dice even after trying all of the above again. I even reset APN settings to default.
I have not tried downgrading back to stock gingerbread (actually, I can't even find the ROM, other than in the Unbricking guide). I hope I won't have to end up buying an unlock code for a phone that came unlocked in the first place.
Due to my own stupidity, I did not take note of what the baseband was on my phone before I tried flashing a new one, so I really don't know which baseband is supposed to be working. I fear that this baseband experiment ended up re-locking my phone or something.
I have tried my Fido SIM in my other phones and it works, no problem.
Does anyone know what I can do? Thanks for any possible help.
That sucks that you are having a problem with the basebands. Lots of people have been using my zips and literally no one has reported any issue with them before, so it seems very strange that it would have caused something weird to happen on your phone.
I will say that I haven't had a chance to test the zips yet with the new version of CWM (6.0.1.5). Probably the first thing I'd try is downgrading CWM to 5.8.2.0 just because I really have no other idea why you'd be having that problem. Maybe someone else can chime in and let me know if the zips are working properly with 6.0.1.5 so we can rule that out as a possibility, but in the meantime it's something easy to try.
To downgrade, open ROM Manager, and scroll down to the very last option from the main menu. Select 5.8.2.0 and it will flash it for you. After that, reboot to recovery and try flashing one of the basebands again.
I just tested it with CWM 6.0.1.5 and it worked properly on my phone, so I don't think this is the cause of the problem.
I have just tried using the P936 basebands, and they did not work.
With every baseband I tried, my phone can detect that Rogers, Bell, and Telus networks exist (the latter two show up as a weird number on P936 basebands) if I use 3G mode, but can't connect to a single one. If I toggle 2G-only mode, it only detects the Rogers network, and still cannot connect. This is the behavior you'd expect from using a foreign SIM in a network-locked phone. From this, I think I can conclude that both the phone's radio chip and my SIM card are in working condition.
From what I have read, baseband flashing should not affect the network lock on a phone right?
If I can't find any alternative, I'm going to have to use the unbricking guide to downgrade to Gingerbread, which I hope not to do as it's a lot of time wasted, and I honestly don't even know if it'll solve the problem.
edit: to add, I don't have an LTE sim card (was planning to get one later this week) so all attempts to connect to a network are only 3G and 2G,
I don't know because I haven't ever had any reason to unlock my device.
Unless it has changed since the last time I tried it, CM9 and CM10 do not have support for unlocking your phone in the case that it is locked (but will work fine if the phone is already unlocked). Let's assume for the moment that your phone still works fine, but was relocked by installing a new baseband for whatever reason. If that's the case, then you must install one of the LG official ROMs in order to unlock the device again.
You don't actually need to unbrick though. I'd suggest that you take the system and boot images from the unbricking guide, push them to the device using adb, then force reboot the phone -- that way you won't lose CWM in the process.
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I don't know because I haven't ever had any reason to unlock my device.
Unless it has changed since the last time I tried it, CM9 and CM10 do not have support for unlocking your phone in the case that it is locked (but will work fine if the phone is already unlocked). Let's assume for the moment that your phone still works fine, but was relocked by installing a new baseband for whatever reason. If that's the case, then you must install one of the LG official ROMs in order to unlock the device again.
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Yeah that's true, pretty much all custom ROMs don't have the SIM unlock feature and that's fine. I am assuming my seller on ebay just entered the unlock code on stock Gingerbread before shipping it (at least that's what I would have done).
I guess I'll flash on an official ROM tonight. Do you know where I can find a CWM-flashable stock GB ROM? The unbricking guide looks pretty darn complicated and I would prefer not to spend too much time on this, since my phone isn't bricked.
edit: Let's pretend for the moment that flashing stock GB will solve the problem and restore network access. Is there a way I could back up the baseband afterwards?
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Do you know where I can find a CWM-flashable stock GB ROM?
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I can make one fairly easily, give me a moment... Edit: nevermind, it will take forever to upload it.
Here's what you can do:
Download system and boot images from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1597488
Then from either terminal emulator or adb shell, do this:
Code:
su
dd if=/sdcard/boot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8
dd if=/sdcard/system.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p27
Then force shut off the phone (remove battery or hold power button for long time), and before you let it boot up, go to CWM (by powering the phone holding the volume down button) and do a factory reset from CWM, then reboot the phone normally and you should be in business.
Thanks a lot for your help, drumist. I am downloading the files now and trying my luck! Be back with the results later.
Oh, one other thing. I'd go ahead and flash the Bell v11a baseband before you do anything else. That's probably the one you want to use with that phone, and you don't want to flash another baseband after unlocking (at least, that seems to be the case).
Got the stock AT&T Gingerbread ROM running - and the first message I got was asking for a SIM network unlock PIN!
Looks like flashing the baseband indeed re-locked my phone (I didn't think this was even possible).
edit: Called my ebay seller and got the unlock code that he'd used before sending me the phone. All is well!
thanks drumist for saving me a lot of time with your "simplified steps".
This is all very strange because I also have an unlocked p930 but flashing new base bands has done nothing to affect my unlock.
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hereric said:
This is all very strange because I also have an unlocked p930 but flashing new base bands has done nothing to affect my unlock.
Sent from my LG-P930 using XDA Premium HD app
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Yeah, a lot of sites say unlocks are permanent due to how they affect hardware switches. Well, half an hour later I'm finally back on CM10 with network enabled.
Just tried flashing the V18f baseband from AT&T. This time it didn't affect my network.
Weird...
Background: (beginner level 1) I bought an i317 Note 2 online to use in Canada. Came with 4.1.2 so I did the downgrade to 4.1.1...ALJ2 modem and all to use the free unlock method. I followed the method to the letter and I thought it worked.
Problem: it just doesn't register on the network, it just displays a circle with a line through it where the network bars are supposed to be. I've spent hours, honestly, just searching through several threads and have tried almost all methods I came across to put it to stock and somehow get it to work. I've put in my Rogers sim card and even my friend's sim but same result.
So after months of quietly browsing through XDA and finding the solutions, I am forced to call the seasoned pro's to help me. Again, I've flashed the stock 4.1.1 ROM to put it back to stock and even flashed the modem for it separately and still no luck. The only other thing I suspect could be an EFS issue but I don't know if that is the case, or have the know-how to check and resolve if required. Please help.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/icons/icon9.gif
Thanks,
Allen.
First check your imei by doing *#06# could be corrupted imei.
Sent from my SGH-I317M
And cheak ur apn
Yes, I checked and made sure that the IMEI matches to both the box and the sticker on the back. Also the APN appears for Rogers when I have the sim inserted and I am able to select it as well.
Having imei showing is a good sign
Use rom from here MA3 for Rogers you can also find correct odin from that thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
And flash modem from this post they have latest ma3 modem for Rogers too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2016575
Sent from my SGH-I317M
Thanks - pardon my ignorance but my Note 2 is from AT&T hence me putting the AT&T firmware and modem. Are you consciously suggesting me to put the Rogers Firmware and modem overwriting the AT&T stuff? If not, anything else I can try?
allen81 said:
Thanks - pardon my ignorance but my Note 2 is from AT&T hence me putting the AT&T firmware and modem. Are you consciously suggesting me to put the Rogers Firmware and modem overwriting the AT&T stuff? If not, anything else I can try?
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My bad sorry.. didnt see that you bought l317 model. Don't flash the rom above cuz it will automatically flash Rogers modem too. Did you try resetting apn settings to default with your new sim?
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jon3sh said:
My bad sorry.. didnt see that you bought l317 model. Don't flash the rom above cuz it will automatically flash Rogers modem too. Did you try resetting apn settings to default with your new sim?
Sent from my SGH-I317M
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Yes - the APN automatically detects from the sim card but to be on the safe side I even created a new entry for Rogers. But I'm not getting any connectivity - no voice or data.
Calling all pro's - please help. I have even tried the method mentioned by this OP and still no luck.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145967
NOW the problem is that its just stuck in Airplane Mode - a little Googlin' leads me to believe that it could be a corrupt EFS issue but I'm not savy enough to check and fix myself.
Guys please help.
Thanks.
Check this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2068041
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317
Efs issue. You should of backed up you're efs folder....
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
allen81 said:
Calling all pro's - please help. I have even tried the method mentioned by this OP and still no luck.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145967
NOW the problem is that its just stuck in Airplane Mode - a little Googlin' leads me to believe that it could be a corrupt EFS issue but I'm not savy enough to check and fix myself.
Guys please help.
Thanks.
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Hopefuly its not efs problem cuz I know if you have efs issue you will get that yellow box with hardware info showing once you turn on the phone. You also mention that imei is still good and showing when you enter *#06# its more on enabling data connection with Rogers network.
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jon3sh said:
Hopefuly its not efs problem cuz I know if you have efs issue you will get that yellow box with hardware info showing once you turn on the phone. You also mention that imei is still good and showing when you enter *#06# its more on enabling data connection with Rogers network.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317
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Yes, the IMEI shows properly and matches to the sticker on the back. Also the baseband (modem) info also shows up correctly. It just remains in Airplane Mode and everytime I attempt to disable it, the phone pretends to be "processing" but the Airplane Mode option greys out - and the airplane mode remains active. I've spent all weekend on this and still no luck - guys I need help to bring my phone back to life. Earlier today I reflashed the 4.1.1 ALJ2 stock file through ODIN and still no change.
Also can someone point/guide me on how to restore the defaults on Service Mode/Menu - I bought it second hand and not sure if the previous owner made any changes trying to unlock the phone. I just want to revert everything back to stock to end with a working phone. Will flashing a stock ROM fix/revert any changes?
(I'm talking about the Service menu that is access using the *#197328640# used to unlock the phone)
Thanks.
Guys - I reflashed the original QCN (not sure if its proper or corrupted) that I got with the phone which has returned the phone to out of airplane mode but now I'm not catching any signal. I backed it up before proceeding to try with a dumbimei qcn with the aws mode thinking that might fix my problem. I'm really dumbfounded and need help. It's been 4 days now and I'm still without a phone...
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Guys - I reflashed the original QCN (not sure if its proper or corrupted) that I got with the phone which has returned the phone to out of airplane mode but now I'm not catching any signal. I backed it up before proceeding to try with a dumbimei qcn with the aws mode thinking that might fix my problem. I'm really dumbfounded and need help. It's been 4 days now and I'm still without a phone...
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So left the phone on overnight - woke up today and saw 1 bar and the phone registered on Rogers Network - so the problem now is low signal. I carried the phone around with me covering a variety of areas, especially those where signal should have been high, it still did not go above 2 bars... Please help.
allen81 said:
So left the phone on overnight - woke up today and saw 1 bar and the phone registered on Rogers Network - so the problem now is low signal. I carried the phone around with me covering a variety of areas, especially those where signal should have been high, it still did not go above 2 bars... Please help.
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Glad u fixed it and get it going. What modem are you on right now maybe updating modem will boost your signal.
Sent from my N2
I'm having a similar issue with just seeing the Circle with a line through it and after going to *#06# all that appears is "null/null" Any ideas to help me out please?
EDIT: solved it by wiping system and then flashing a ROM
Need help with lost unlocked
Hi, I've been trying to read as much as I can to solve my issue but no luck... I'm about to give up but thought someone here might be able to help hopefully!
Here's what happened, I bought an sgh-i317 running on 4.1.1 from someone online the phone worked properly at the time. I purchased an unlocked code from internet put it in everything worked fine. I later found the way to unlocked for free with the *#197.... but I said what the heck its already done... kept on reading got excited and decided to flash 4.1.2 rooted with odin... after that my nightmare began...
First I inserted an ATT sim and got the mm#2 sim not provisioned, then I tried a friends ATT it worked but when he putted back to his iphone he got his phone block so he had to call ATT to make it work again
Whenever I insert a T-Mobile sim or simple mobile I get the phone not allow mm#6
At first I thought the phone has been reported but I called ATT and they say it isn't, then I kept reading and nothing seems to repair this
I even reflashed everything to stock 4.1.1 to try to unlocked it with the *#197... again but it seems to do nothing now
then I found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2045563
where they say that once you are unlocked you shouldn't flash with odin... I guess I messed up...
My imei matches, the phone has not been reported, whenever I insert a foreign sim car I don't get the network lock screen but the phone not allow mm#6 message
I think that somehow when I updated to 4.1.2 with odin... I either lost or damage my unlock
could someone help?
Thanks in advance
regules6 said:
Hi, I've been trying to read as much as I can to solve my issue but no luck... I'm about to give up but thought someone here might be able to help hopefully!
Here's what happened, I bought an sgh-i317 running on 4.1.1 from someone online the phone worked properly at the time. I purchased an unlocked code from internet put it in everything worked fine. I later found the way to unlocked for free with the *#197.... but I said what the heck its already done... kept on reading got excited and decided to flash 4.1.2 rooted with odin... after that my nightmare began...
First I inserted an ATT sim and got the mm#2 sim not provisioned, then I tried a friends ATT it worked but when he putted back to his iphone he got his phone block so he had to call ATT to make it work again
Whenever I insert a T-Mobile sim or simple mobile I get the phone not allow mm#6
At first I thought the phone has been reported but I called ATT and they say it isn't, then I kept reading and nothing seems to repair this
I even reflashed everything to stock 4.1.1 to try to unlocked it with the *#197... again but it seems to do nothing now
then I found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2045563
where they say that once you are unlocked you shouldn't flash with odin... I guess I messed up...
My imei matches, the phone has not been reported, whenever I insert a foreign sim car I don't get the network lock screen but the phone not allow mm#6 message
I think that somehow when I updated to 4.1.2 with odin... I either lost or damage my unlock
could someone help?
Thanks in advance
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Read this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2068041
Sent from my Galaxy Note ll
can AT&T deactivate my SIM or block my IMEI if they detect a custom ROM?....my SIM is not working anymore I Rooted . FreeGee'd and Restored to this ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2419802
I got 4G LTE fine (after changing to a different "pta" APN) but couldn't call. Found out I flashed the baseband for the E988 instead of the E980. I went to CWM and flashed the proper AT&T E980 baseband after a CWM wipe and restore again....my Sim still wasn't working
I saw some things that AT&T can deactivate a SIM if they detect a break in...can i just buy a new SIM?
I used the LGFlashTool. flashed back to stock completely. (relocked and unrooted) and it still gives me the red "X" near the signal strength and it won't save APN's
contacted online tech support said that "AT&T deactivated my SIM card as they thought my phone was being broken into and they thought it was stolen" is this something new? can I just get a new SIM at the AT&T store?
i've rooted and flashed an (including my significant other, co-workers at various places of work and my own handsets) HTC thunderbolt, HTC rezound, 2 Galaxy SIII's, a LG Optimus S, LG Optimus V, ZTE Warp,Galaxy SII, and even a Droid Razr and I have NEVER had the provider deactivate the Sim card because of hacking.
was the tech support person "Andy" trying to scare me?..is it true?..or did I bork the SIM by flashing the wrong baseband the first time?...because my SIM still isn't working
any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Go to att store and get a new SIM card.
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Go to att store and get a new SIM card.
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they won't ask any other "questions" or find out that I DID root / Flash and Unlock?....
stanleyopar2000 said:
they won't ask any other "questions" or find out that I DID root / Flash and Unlock?....
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No just go in tell them your SIM card isn't working and you need another.. those people working at the att store don't care if your rooted or running custom roms.. unless your trying to do a warranty return...
sim card replacement should be free also
turns out....it wasn't the SIM card....new one was put in and it still didn't work..the guy looked at the IMEI and it said unknown....had no idea how it got there...but made a jab at LG for making cheap phones and said "theres a reason why we dont carry LG" .fortunately I was still in the return window process and got an exchange same day at a nearby corporate store...do you think it was something I did?
either way..not rooting or flashing until a year has passed
stanleyopar2000 said:
turns out....it wasn't the SIM card....new one was put in and it still didn't work..the guy looked at the IMEI and it said unknown....had no idea how it got there...but made a jab at LG for making cheap phones and said "theres a reason why we dont carry LG" .fortunately I was still in the return window process and got an exchange same day at a nearby corporate store...do you think it was something I did?
either way..not rooting or flashing until a year has passed
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Thought I had read on some of the ROM threads that flashing an incorrect baseband can cause some major issues, such as wiping out your IMEI...
You simply needed to use LGFlashtools to return to stock and your phone would have been fixed. Always make a backup of your currently 'FULLY' working Rom that way if something goes wrong, you can return to stock and be up and running. What happened was that your baseband was incorrect after flashing the wrong modem. Flashing the correct modem didn't fix it fully because that partition became corrupt. Restoring a fully functional backup would have fixed that issue.
Glad you got your phone returned though. Hopefully they don't bill you when they see that your phone is rooted and hacked. They might.
Jammol said:
You simply needed to use LGFlashtools to return to stock and your phone would have been fixed. Always make a backup of your currently 'FULLY' working Rom that way if something goes wrong, you can return to stock and be up and running. What happened was that your baseband was incorrect after flashing the wrong modem. Flashing the correct modem didn't fix it fully because that partition became corrupt. Restoring a fully functional backup would have fixed that issue.
Glad you got your phone returned though. Hopefully they don't bill you when they see that your phone is rooted and hacked. They might.
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oh no problem..they gave me a new phone because i returned it back to stock using the LG FlashTool
It was your own fault not the phones. Flashing an baseband not meant for your phone will cause this...
I used xda and found out how to unlock my s3 i747 after following the instructions I thought I had unlocked it but when I put my sim back in it wouldn't read it... I have tryed other sims but none will work n when I use the code *#0197328640# and look at the sim data everything say none.. I contacted at&t and they said Samsung had to fix it but when I contacted Samsung they said at&t had to fix it.. I bout the phone without a contract and it cost a lot and u really love my phone does anyone know how I can fix it?
There quite a few things you could screw up from that menu. Any idea what options you hit?
Just to take a shot in the dark, you might have set your phone to work as cdma.
Try this:
-In the dialer, dial *#2263#
-Press wcdma band preference
-Press wcdma 1900
-Press the menu key
-Press end
See if it gives you a signal. It should take less than a minute. After that, be sure to go back into the menu (*#2263#) and choose "automatic" so you're not stuck on just the 1900 band.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
I used the *#197328640# method And thought I had followed the instructions Correctly so I'm not sure...
I tryed ur suggestion but it didn't work... thanks for trying to help any other suggestions will be very appreciated
If this will help at all in service mode in sim info reads following
General info:
Sim phase:0
Card capability:0
Sim_pb:removed 3035
Sim_pb:removed 3035
Usim_pb_global_ pub:removed 30
Usim_local_pb:removed 30
First_inst_class:gsm
Sim voltage class:3v
Sim none
Qmi him status:
Card_state:error
Card_error:no_art_received
App_type:none
App_state:unknown
Perso_state:unknown
Perso_ feature:nw
Pin1_state:not_initialized
Pin1_number(0),puk1_num(0)
Pin2_state: not_initialized
Pin_num(0),puk2_num(0)
Did you find a solution?
Hey, I have the same problem that you had.
Did you ever end up finding a solution?
curzpemmel said:
Hey, I have the same problem that you had.
Did you ever end up finding a solution?
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Did you use the same method? You're on 4.1.1?
audit13 said:
Did you use the same method? You're on 4.1.1?
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I was on 4.2.2 and turned off the persosha256 to see if that would unlock my phone. I then upgraded to 4.3 and now I can no longer find the menu to turn it back on.
curzpemmel said:
I was on 4.2.2 and turned off the persosha256 to see if that would unlock my phone. I then upgraded to 4.3 and now I can no longer find the menu to turn it back on.
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The dialer combination you used only works on stock 4.1.1 with a 4.1.1 bootloader. In order for the combination to work, you would have needed to downgrade everything to 4.1.1 from 4.2.2.
Now that you are on 4.3, you cannot downgrade the bootloader, only the ROM.
You could try using mobile Odin to downgrade the ROM back to 4.2.2 and reverse what you originally did.
The only solution may be to have the phone Jtagged back to stock 4.1.1 if possible.
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The dialer combination you used only works on stock 4.1.1 with a 4.1.1 bootloader. In order for the combination to work, you would have needed to downgrade everything to 4.1.1 from 4.2.2.
Now that you are on 4.3, you cannot downgrade the bootloader, only the ROM.
You could try using mobile Odin to downgrade the ROM back to 4.2.2 and reverse what you originally did.
The only solution may be to have the phone Jtagged back to stock 4.1.1 if possible.
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The only problem is that this is a new phone. I am scared of losing my warranty if I root it. Do you know if you root the phone if you will automatically lose the warranty?
curzpemmel said:
The only problem is that this is a new phone. I am scared of losing my warranty if I root it. Do you know if you root the phone if you will automatically lose the warranty?
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I'm not sure which methods will or will not trip the counter as I never updated my phone beyond 4.1.2.
Can you get the phone fixed for free under warranty?
no i havent found a solution for fixing deleting my sim reader... but for the other question rooting my phone didnt void the warrenty... my prob came after i softbricked my first one n being a noob and didnt know how to fix it and the number code works with 4.1 and 4.2 ... i got my 2nd one rooted n when i went to unlock it is where my prob began..