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UPDATE 7/29/2012 : PEOPLEARMY HAS FOUND A WAY TO BACK UP, RESTORE, OR INJECT YOUR IMEI! BELOW I WILL PASTE A LINK. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO NOW HAVE A SOLUTION! PLEASE BE SURE TO THANK PEOPLEARMY, AND MOST OF ALL, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DONATE TO HIM, AS HE HAS SAVED MANT PEOPLE FROM WARRANTY EXCHANGES, BRICKED DEVICES, AND MILD HEART ATTACKS!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
UPDATE 7/30/2012: IT APPEARS THAT USER "GEEK", WHO PLAYED A LARGE ROLE IN PEOPLEARMYS IMEI SOLUTION, HAS NOW WRAPPED UP THE BACK UP PROCESS INTO A VERY SIMPLE AND EASY TO USE TOOL THAT ONLY REQUIRES FREEWARE! BELOW YOU WILL FIND A LINK TO GEEKS TOOL & EASY TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ACCOMPANIED BY A VIDEO DEMONSTRATION! PEOPLEARMY HAS SUGGESTED THAT HE BELIEVES IT WOULD BE BEST IF YOU WERE TO CREATE THE BACK UP USING BOTH METHODS. PLEASE BE SURE TO THANK GEEK WHEN YOU VISIT HIS "IMEI TOOL THREAD", AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IF YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO DONATE THEN PLEASE DO. WITHOUT THE HARD WORK OF BOTH OF THESE USERS, MANY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE LOST THEIR VERY EXPENSIVE GS3'S!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804123
Can u not just backup the EFS folder from the roother or not?
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laylovj said:
Can u not just backup the EFS folder from the roother or not?
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No, that's not even working for people!
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laylovj said:
Can u not just backup the EFS folder from the roother or not?
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No that doesn't work anymore.
I highly recommend you all read this thread & pass it on to other users! Maybe someone will post it in the Tmo development section also, but I wasn't sure if it was the proper place? This is a huge risk, and I don't want to see anyone else lose their phone, especially those without insurance!
androholic said:
I highly recommend you all read this thread & pass it on to other users! Maybe someone will post it in the Tmo development section also, but I wasn't sure if it was the proper place? This is a huge risk, and I don't want to see anyone else lose their phone, especially those without insurance!
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Really? I flash anything I want with zero issues regarding the imei. Rocking along on Tmo. Maybe you should mention the carrier you are using in the op. The thread you linked is an att thread.
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Really? I flash anything I want with zero issues regarding the imei. Rocking along on Tmo. Maybe you should mention the carrier you are using in the op. The thread you linked is an att thread.
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It's not just AT&T , a couple T-MOBILE users are experiencing the same
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I just read this thread.. now im scared. i just flashed 2 different roms and a new kernel.
Will a previous nandroid restore it if the imei gets removed?
Does this affect sprint GS3 owner??
circuit.007 said:
I just read this thread.. now im scared. i just flashed 2 different roms and a new kernel.
Will a previous nandroid restore it if the imei gets removed?
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No
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mmmajor said:
Does this affect sprint GS3 owner??
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Not known, but just assume so until proven otherwise.
what is the effect of not having the imei on the phone? why is it a big deal?
Is this IMEI disappearance a first for android phones?
Lieu10ant said:
what is the effect of not having the imei on the phone? why is it a big deal?
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Your IMEI is your phone's ID number to the network. No IMEI = goodbye connectivity to ATT/Tmobile/etc. Your phone just lost it's 2g/3g/4g capabilities. In the world of Apple, it's like your iphone turning into an ipod touch.
Lieu10ant said:
what is the effect of not having the imei on the phone? why is it a big deal?
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kite edit: That was cute - let's keep that kind of talk to ourselves, eh?
more bluntly, a phone without an IMEI won't get served a signal by AT&T, as posted earlier by someone else if you had read the topic. And what's a phone without a data OR voice connection.
potentdro said:
Is this IMEI disappearance a first for android phones?
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No, Samsung phones from way back have had a history of corruption of the EFS partition/file/whatever.
This happened to me with my captivate a few years ago the only way to fix it was to send it to Samsung for a factory firmware reflash.
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This happened to me with my captivate a few years ago the only way to fix it was to send it to Samsung for a factory firmware reflash.
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I'm going to hold off doing anything with this phone until we know what causes it or at least have a verified way to get it back.
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A user replied in my thread about jellybean that he flashed the jb gapps and lost his imei. Maybe it depends what recovery you have?
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circuit.007 said:
I just read this thread.. now im scared. i just flashed 2 different roms and a new kernel.
Will a previous nandroid restore it if the imei gets removed?
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NO a nandroid restore has been proven unsuccessful, and I don't want to scare anyone, I want ppl to be informed! I myself have chosen not to flash anything else until more is discovered, but that's just my choice & I'm not as advanced as many users here on XDA.
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Does this affect sprint GS3 owner??
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I've been to at least a half dozen hacker sites trying to locate ppl with the issue, and I've not yet discovered a sprint, or Verizon phone suffering from this issue, only gsm models . But, I can't promise it won't happen, but I would assume it doesn't affect you.
UPDATE 7/29/2012 : PEOPLEARMY HAS FOUND A WAY TO BACK UP, RESTORE, OR INJECT YOUR IMEI! BELOW I WILL PASTE A LINK. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO NOW HAVE A SOLUTION! PLEASE BE SURE TO THANK PEOPLEARMY, AND MOST OF ALL, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DONATE TO HIM, AS HE HAS SAVED MANT PEOPLE FROM WARRANTY EXCHANGES, BRICKED DEVICES, AND MILD HEART ATTACKS!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
UPDATE 7/30/2012: IT APPEARS THAT USER "GEEK", WHO PLAYED A LARGE ROLE IN PEOPLEARMYS IMEI SOLUTION, HAS NOW WRAPPED UP THE BACK UP PROCESS INTO A VERY SIMPLE AND EASY TO USE TOOL THAT ONLY REQUIRES FREEWARE! BELOW YOU WILL FIND A LINK TO GEEKS TOOL & EASY TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ACCOMPANIED BY A VIDEO DEMONSTRATION! PEOPLEARMY HAS SUGGESTED THAT HE BELIEVES IT WOULD BE BEST IF YOU WERE TO CREATE THE BACK UP USING BOTH METHODS. PLEASE BE SURE TO THANK GEEK WHEN YOU VISIT HIS "IMEI TOOL THREAD", AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IF YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO DONATE THEN PLEASE DO. WITHOUT THE HARD WORK OF BOTH OF THESE USERS, MANY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE LOST THEIR VERY EXPENSIVE GS3'S!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804123
Can u not just backup the EFS folder from the roother or not?
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laylovj said:
Can u not just backup the EFS folder from the roother or not?
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No, that's not even working for people!
Powered by the SGSIII
laylovj said:
Can u not just backup the EFS folder from the roother or not?
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No that doesn't work anymore.
I highly recommend you all read this thread & pass it on to other users! Maybe someone will post it in the Tmo development section also, but I wasn't sure if it was the proper place? This is a huge risk, and I don't want to see anyone else lose their phone, especially those without insurance!
androholic said:
I highly recommend you all read this thread & pass it on to other users! Maybe someone will post it in the Tmo development section also, but I wasn't sure if it was the proper place? This is a huge risk, and I don't want to see anyone else lose their phone, especially those without insurance!
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Really? I flash anything I want with zero issues regarding the imei. Rocking along on Tmo. Maybe you should mention the carrier you are using in the op. The thread you linked is an att thread.
jcbofkc said:
Really? I flash anything I want with zero issues regarding the imei. Rocking along on Tmo. Maybe you should mention the carrier you are using in the op. The thread you linked is an att thread.
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It's not just AT&T , a couple T-MOBILE users are experiencing the same
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I just read this thread.. now im scared. i just flashed 2 different roms and a new kernel.
Will a previous nandroid restore it if the imei gets removed?
Does this affect sprint GS3 owner??
circuit.007 said:
I just read this thread.. now im scared. i just flashed 2 different roms and a new kernel.
Will a previous nandroid restore it if the imei gets removed?
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No
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mmmajor said:
Does this affect sprint GS3 owner??
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Not known, but just assume so until proven otherwise.
what is the effect of not having the imei on the phone? why is it a big deal?
Is this IMEI disappearance a first for android phones?
Lieu10ant said:
what is the effect of not having the imei on the phone? why is it a big deal?
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Your IMEI is your phone's ID number to the network. No IMEI = goodbye connectivity to ATT/Tmobile/etc. Your phone just lost it's 2g/3g/4g capabilities. In the world of Apple, it's like your iphone turning into an ipod touch.
Lieu10ant said:
what is the effect of not having the imei on the phone? why is it a big deal?
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kite edit: That was cute - let's keep that kind of talk to ourselves, eh?
more bluntly, a phone without an IMEI won't get served a signal by AT&T, as posted earlier by someone else if you had read the topic. And what's a phone without a data OR voice connection.
potentdro said:
Is this IMEI disappearance a first for android phones?
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No, Samsung phones from way back have had a history of corruption of the EFS partition/file/whatever.
This happened to me with my captivate a few years ago the only way to fix it was to send it to Samsung for a factory firmware reflash.
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niezek said:
This happened to me with my captivate a few years ago the only way to fix it was to send it to Samsung for a factory firmware reflash.
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I'm going to hold off doing anything with this phone until we know what causes it or at least have a verified way to get it back.
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A user replied in my thread about jellybean that he flashed the jb gapps and lost his imei. Maybe it depends what recovery you have?
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circuit.007 said:
I just read this thread.. now im scared. i just flashed 2 different roms and a new kernel.
Will a previous nandroid restore it if the imei gets removed?
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NO a nandroid restore has been proven unsuccessful, and I don't want to scare anyone, I want ppl to be informed! I myself have chosen not to flash anything else until more is discovered, but that's just my choice & I'm not as advanced as many users here on XDA.
mmmajor said:
Does this affect sprint GS3 owner??
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I've been to at least a half dozen hacker sites trying to locate ppl with the issue, and I've not yet discovered a sprint, or Verizon phone suffering from this issue, only gsm models . But, I can't promise it won't happen, but I would assume it doesn't affect you.
Im going to root my phone tomorrow, but im curious if people are still losing imei's?
Any feedback is great. Thanks
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You can just back it up before you root your phone, but I haven't seen anything posted last couple days.
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You back it up before rooting? How would I go about doing this? Thanks
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Only thing I've really seen regarding the imei in the past few weeks are threads asking if its still a problem!
Imo, at this point its just not really worth worrying about.
It probably will happen again and probably will never really be solved, but we have the ability to backup and restore now and both cwm and twrp have since been updated.
Its just not as big an issue anymore as people seem to think.
Just how I see it anyway.
Don't let the imei bug ruin your fun!
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PulseMonkey said:
You back it up before rooting? How would I go about doing this? Thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804123
use that. i think this is the standard for backing up your IMEI. i just rooted today after holding off because of this issue. i havn't flashed anything yet but i have gone through most of the major ROM forums and nothing pertaining to the search term "IMEI" has popped up in the past few days besides just asking about it. I am still a tiny bit apprehensive on flashing just because of the potential issues and the fact that this phone works pretty well on its own. things were so much easier in the MT4G days ha.
There's also a thread by peoplearmy that should be linked in geeks thread as well.
If you're to nervous about what could happen, you should probably just skip rooting altogether. Not trying to be rude, but all things dealing with root come with risk. The number of imei losses is really quite low when you think about how many people have rooted dozens of times with no issues.
Id bet there have been more bricked S3's due to flashing international roms than there have been imei problems.
Just thought id try to add a little perspective!
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Hey would you mind linking the people army thread? I feel like rooting usually comes with risk but that risk is generally user error and a inability to read instructions or use common sense. This imei issue however is scary because no matter how careful you are it could get lost. I have even read about people after losing their imei and restoring it still not getting 4g
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
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PulseMonkey said:
Im going to root my phone tomorrow, but im curious if people are still losing imei's?
Any feedback is great. Thanks
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Yep ive lost mine for the first time its backed up but ive read and read and read and dont see how to use the tar.gz files. Any help would be cool. thanks
Rayn1328 said:
Yep ive lost mine for the first time its backed up but ive read and read and read and dont see how to use the tar.gz files. Any help would be cool. thanks
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Just follow the back up and restore guide if you were able to backup you can restore
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Jms122589 said:
Just follow the back up and restore guide if you were able to backup you can restore
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I've seen a ton of guides including the k tool which won't work on our T-Mobile version? My backup was done automatically when I flashed something else so now I have an efs backup file I can't figure out what to do with. Thought it was a simple flash through odin but that isn't the case it seems, and the nv viewer keeps not opening. Thanks again.
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Rayn1328 said:
I've seen a ton of guides including the k tool which won't work on our T-Mobile version? My backup was done automatically when I flashed something else so now I have an efs backup file I can't figure out what to do with. Thought it was a simple flash through odin but that isn't the case it seems, and the nv viewer keeps not opening. Thanks again.
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Ok, every thing on the t-mobile sgs3 xda thread should work for our phone...so if you try anything else I guess that's your fault. Also nothing backs up when you flash it you have to make a back up with your recovery. Also if you read any of the stickied guids before you rooted you would have known odin had nothing to do with imei.. you can PM me for more help
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PulseMonkey said:
Im going to root my phone tomorrow, but im curious if people are still losing imei's?
Any feedback is great. Thanks
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Definitely something to think about. I've read that even tho you can backup your imei, some of those that has restored, began having problems with extremely slow data service.
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Jms122589 said:
Ok, every thing on the t-mobile sgs3 xda thread should work for our phone...so if you try anything else I guess that's your fault. Also nothing backs up when you flash it you have to make a back up with your recovery. Also if you read any of the stickied guids before you rooted you would have known odin had nothing to do with imei.. you can PM me for more help
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OK....I understand what odin is I've been doing this stuff for a couple years so I also understand the importance of reading everything I can. I assumed since the efs file is a .tar file it was as simple as flashing it through odin. Again I will scour the site to find the right tools and procedure . I am looking at the correct file its an efs backup .tar.gz file? Thanks again and is there one specific link that is a proven working guide?
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Rayn1328 said:
OK....I understand what odin is I've been doing this stuff for a couple years so I also understand the importance of reading everything I can. I assumed since the efs file is a .tar file it was as simple as flashing it through odin. Again I will scour the site to find the right tools and procedure . I am looking at the correct file its an efs backup .tar.gz file? Thanks again and is there one specific link that is a proven working guide?
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Yea this imei stuff can be confusing but for guides how to back up and restore look at my post in the first page of this thread. Its a guide how to back up, restore, and create an imei ifn you didnt back up but lost it.
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Jms122589 said:
Yea this imei stuff can be confusing but for guides how to back up and restore look at my post in the first page of this thread. Its a guide how to back up, restore, and create an imei ifn you didnt back up but lost it.
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Has anyone, that has backed up with the su > reboot nvbackup, reported that they have lost their IMEI?
I just lost my IMEI and like an idiot I never backed it up. Is there a method for re-injecting it without a backup or am I screwed?
Check peoplearmy and geeks threads.
Check in dev section.
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lost my emei 2 weeks ago but followed peoplearmy's thread but now i have it backed up and its good to go
PulseMonkey said:
Im going to root my phone tomorrow, but im curious if people are still losing imei's?
Any feedback is great. Thanks
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Hello,
well I just installed beats audio on my Galaxy S3 I747M, it asked me to reboot the phone and now I am stuck at the Samsung screen the only
computer that I have is a MAC is there anyway to unbrick my S3???
BUMP
Are you rooted? If so then can you get into recovery. If so I hope you have a backup handy.if not then search heimdall its a program like odin for Mac I believe
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carhustler said:
Are you rooted? If so then can you get into recovery. If so I hope you have a backup handy.if not then search heimdall its a program like odin for Mac I believe
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Hey my phone is rooted but I don't have a backup!!...I also already have Hemidall already downloaded so what is the next process??
I've never used heimdall, I have Windows but go to galaxys3root.com and there is a guide there on how to root. Just follow those steps and it should work. You will lose all the data on your internal sdcard though
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TheModifier said:
Hello,
well I just installed beats audio on my Galaxy S3 I747M, it asked me to reboot the phone and now I am stuck at the Samsung screen the only
computer that I have is a MAC is there anyway to unbrick my S3???
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Did you install that from the market? If so that app has bricked countless sg3's including mine. That app should have a warning or just be removed from the market its terrible, there are other ways to get beats installed without bricking your device!!
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What other ways are there could you please help me out
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rmayesjr said:
What other ways are there could you please help me out
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Give pimp my rom a try it has an installer for beats audio
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carhustler said:
I've never used heimdall, I have Windows but go to galaxys3root.com and there is a guide there on how to root. Just follow those steps and it should work. You will lose all the data on your internal sdcard though
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DO NOT! AND I MEAN DO NOT USE GALAXYS3ROOT.COM! STAY on this Forum and search a little and you will find your answer!
And carhustler, dont direct anyone else to that page, its is known and has been said HUNDREDS of times that his method has hardbricked numerous devices..
qbking77 is the best dude to follow how to root thats how i rooted my phone
Tdiliplane said:
DO NOT! AND I MEAN DO NOT USE GALAXYS3ROOT.COM! STAY on this Forum and search a little and you will find your answer!
And carhustler, dont direct anyone else to that page, its is known and has been said HUNDREDS of times that his method has hardbricked numerous devices..
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I agree DO NOT USE that site. But my main reason for visiting this thread was to say Beats sucks. Get good headphones and PowerAmp and you should get way better sound quality.
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qbking77 is the best dude to follow how to root thats how i rooted my phone
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im sorry then i thought it was a ZEDOMAX site, he had the galaxys2root webpage. either way stay here, xda has all the answers you need if not, create a thread.
i softbricked my s3 the same way,noob mistake of not backing up my rom :/ . all i did was flash recovery, went on search for a custom rom flashed it and was back to using my s3 again .
Hello, I've been getting EDGE only for the past 2 weeks. Today I checked and my IMEI # is 0. How do I fix that?
Please help!
Thank you guys
Androiduser96 said:
Hello, I've been getting EDGE only for the past 2 weeks. Today I checked and my IMEI # is 0. How do I fix that?
Please help!
Thank you guys
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Odin back to stock and then reflash your ROM. Backup your internal sdcard before, Odin to stock wipes it.
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rani9990 said:
Odin back to stock and then reflash your ROM. Backup your internal sdcard before, Odin to stock wipes it.
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I will try that!
Still IMEI number is 0... ugh.
Androiduser96 said:
Still IMEI number is 0... ugh.
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ugh is right. damn it.
sorry i didn't see this sooner.... sometimes simply rebooting your phone will fix it... it is probably lost indefinitely now. shouldn't have odined the device with it not showing your IMEI, that was bad advice.
in your spot right now, and somebody please jump in here and correct me if i am wrong, i know of no way to fix it. sorry buddy
cobraboy85 said:
ugh is right. damn it.
sorry i didn't see this sooner.... sometimes simply rebooting your phone will fix it... it is probably lost indefinitely now. shouldn't have odined the device with it not showing your IMEI, that was bad advice.
in your spot right now, and somebody please jump in here and correct me if i am wrong, i know of no way to fix it. sorry buddy
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I know there is way to restore it I just don't know how.
Androiduser96 said:
I know there is way to restore it I just don't know how.
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yeah there is, but you have to have a backup of your original IMEI... which i assume you do not have. there is a thread about this issue in the dev section, and toolkit to back up your IMEI
just out of pure curiosity, what recovery are you using?
Nope, I do not have a backup.
Just search in the development section for imei recovery and there is one to get it back even without a backup. Might be issues with you not actually getting 4g again but this way you can return it back to complete stock.
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Will do. Hope I get 4G.. that was my main purpose on T-Mo.
mt3g said:
Just search in the development section for imei recovery and there is one to get it back even without a backup. Might be issues with you not actually getting 4g again but this way you can return it back to complete stock.
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really? wow, well that is good news for him. i was under the impression that once it was gone it cannot be retrieved again.
@OP, i'll dig up the thread right now for you... standby
EDIT>>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804123&highlight=imei
cobraboy85 said:
really? wow, well that is good news for him. i was under the impression that once it was gone it cannot be retrieved again.
@OP, i'll dig up the thread right now for you... standby
EDIT>>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804123&highlight=imei
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Thanks a lot for your help and the quick reply dude. Greatly appreciated! I did get back my IMEI.
Checking if its right.... stand by... YUP! it is correct. Now, im going to try and get my 4G back.. my main purpose.
Do any of you guys know how to restore 4G?
had the same problem, restored IMEI but still no 4G, luckily was able to still exchange the phone within the 2 week period... good luck
HtownImports said:
had the same problem, restored IMEI but still no 4G, luckily was able to still exchange the phone within the 2 week period... good luck
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most of the phone will cover under warranty for the 1st year.
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How did both of you get your IMEI erased?
Reading this post makes me want to back up my IMEI now.
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flashing without following the instructions
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That's not true. Very experienced android flashers have lost theirs, it's a fluke within the recovery and flashing a rom or modem anything being flashed has been reported to make it being lost. Only thing is I think TRWP hasn't been reported to cause it being lost. Anywho... back it up.
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Unless the s3s in diff batches are really different.
Has to be sloppy flashing. Jumping to jellybean without wiping data or using superwipe from the Hercules or something.
I've tried losing my imei.
I can't do it.
I had 3 s3s in my hand tonight. Posted with 2
Maybe using cwm from a different phone besides Sprint?
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There is a huge thread about the matter with a Google docs spread sheet with some good info deep in the threads somewhere.
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