I know there's been multiple threads on this topic but I can't figure out how to solve it after reading each one. Here's my story. I rooted it and then flashed CM10 via cwm recovery and everything was working fine. One day later without doing anything my 4g started slowing down and eventually I can't get anything but edge. I looked around xda and found out that i might be missing my IMEI. Sure enough my IMEI was a 0. I tried recovering to a back up but that didn't fix it so I injected it back in via Peoplearmy's method. The IMEI is now in place but I still wasn't getting anything but edge. I tried using odin to flash it back to stock which worked but I still wasn't getting anything but edge. Does anyone know what I need to do to fix this? I have contacted Peoplearmy but he hasn't replied yet and i need this fixed asap so it would be great if someone could help me out. This is the T-mobile version of the s3. If you need any more information please ask. Thanks. I would post this in another place but I don't have enough posts. Relatively new here.
Another victim... Listen man, it's hard to say how to fix this issue. Nobody really knows how people are losing their imei although I think there is a ****ty cwm recovery floating around. If you read through the imei recovery thread there is a ton of people with the same issue as you.
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This is keeping me from flashing roms right now lol I have my gnexus to play with roms for now
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thephoneguyusa said:
This is keeping me from flashing roms right now lol I have my gnexus to play with roms for now
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From what I have read is due to cwm. Just flash twrp and you'll be fine. What you can do is just root and keep it stock. At least that gives you more freedom.
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drunksmokingjurk said:
I know there's been multiple threads on this topic but I can't figure out how to solve it after reading each one. Here's my story. I rooted it and then flashed CM10 via cwm recovery and everything was working fine. One day later without doing anything my 4g started slowing down and eventually I can't get anything but edge. I looked around xda and found out that i might be missing my IMEI. Sure enough my IMEI was a 0. I tried recovering to a back up but that didn't fix it so I injected it back in via Peoplearmy's method. The IMEI is now in place but I still wasn't getting anything but edge. I tried using odin to flash it back to stock which worked but I still wasn't getting anything but edge. Does anyone know what I need to do to fix this? I have contacted Peoplearmy but he hasn't replied yet and i need this fixed asap so it would be great if someone could help me out. This is the T-mobile version of the s3. If you need any more information please ask. Thanks. I would post this in another place but I don't have enough posts. Relatively new here.
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I think you need to restore the entire backup, not just the imei. I would also check the imei recovery threads as they would probably have more information that will be more useful.
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chrisram88 said:
From what I have read is due to cwm. Just flash twrp and you'll be fine. What you can do is just root and keep it stock. At least that gives you more freedom.
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Gonna root today I tried to flash twrp but for some reason it didnt take
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oops... wrong thread.
drunksmokingjurk said:
I know there's been multiple threads on this topic but I can't figure out how to solve it after reading each one. Here's my story. I rooted it and then flashed CM10 via cwm recovery and everything was working fine. One day later without doing anything my 4g started slowing down and eventually I can't get anything but edge. I looked around xda and found out that i might be missing my IMEI. Sure enough my IMEI was a 0. I tried recovering to a back up but that didn't fix it so I injected it back in via Peoplearmy's method. The IMEI is now in place but I still wasn't getting anything but edge. I tried using odin to flash it back to stock which worked but I still wasn't getting anything but edge. Does anyone know what I need to do to fix this? I have contacted Peoplearmy but he hasn't replied yet and i need this fixed asap so it would be great if someone could help me out. This is the T-mobile version of the s3. If you need any more information please ask. Thanks. I would post this in another place but I don't have enough posts. Relatively new here.
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I would re-read the entire OP's of both methods and try again.
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Gonna root today I tried to flash twrp but for some reason it didnt take
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Just use the goo manager app from the market. If you Odin the recovery it will add 1 count to the ticker. Confirm this way it won't. Once installed give root permissions>select menu>install recovery script(something along those lines) and you should be all good.
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I would re-read the entire OP's of both methods and try again.
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Doesn't the op in Peoplearmy's thread specifically address this problem?
Looks like he even has an app for this now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29618968
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Just use the goo manager app from the market. If you Odin the recovery it will add 1 count to the ticker. Confirm this way it won't. Once installed give root permissions>select menu>install recovery script(something along those lines) and you should be all good.
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Got it to work going through the goo app. Thanks!
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hypmatize said:
I think you need to restore the entire backup, not just the imei. I would also check the imei recovery threads as they would probably have more information that will be more useful.
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I don't have a back up and I posted here because I did not have ten posts yet but I think I have everything figured out. Just waiting for this application by Peopearmy
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Doesn't the op in Peoplearmy's thread specifically address this problem?
Looks like he even has an app for this now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29618968
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Yeah I can't seem to get my hands on that app yet.
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Yeah I can't seem to get my hands on that app yet.
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Oh, didnt realize he took it down temporarily. Did you make the backup required by it though? Once you have that just pm peoplearmy. Hes been extremely helpful to a lot of people.
Read through his threads while you are waiting for his reply as there is most likely a way to do it manually anyway.
I know its a long one so try searching the thread for qcn restore or backup or anything related.
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Yeah, he just posted stating that people without data should do a backup and pm him. That's what I just did
Right on! Good luck with it!
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Right on! Good luck with it!
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Thanks:laugh:
thing is the app is out. ive injected an IMEI and im still getting nothing....ive written the back ups back to the phone. ive written the new imei and it gives me the IMEI but im stuck on G right onw on Frosty JB v2.....
it broke during an ODEX process i ran.....so im guessing the EFS folder or something got damaged....
does anyone have a recovery of the STOCK EFS folder? or what else should i do?
The QCN generator appearnatly doesnt have the Tmobile binaries...so now what?
Is there anything I can do to backup my IMEI, while I still have it?
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Is there anything I can do to backup my IMEI, while I still have it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1913767
Check out my thread someone posted a link in the 3rd post to a program u can use to backup ur imei its really easy and only takes minutes
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I am willing to pay $50 to the person who can help me solve my problem.
I have a successfully rooted T-Mobile T989 that I have been using for 2 weeks. I decided to un-root the T989 using the procedures listed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319830
Then installed the :
SGH-T989-UnRoot_ROM_Zedomax.zip
When I rebooted my phone the ROM does not appear to take at all - instead it restores my phone to a state it was in on 10/20. The phone also keeps rebooting itself over and over.
When I install the SGH-T989-UnRoot_ROM_Zedomax.zip from recovery, it reboots 2 seconds after it says "Setting Permissions"
I have tried wiping everything, factory resetting but to no avail.
hold volumen down or up + power
go back into download mode
use odin to flash back the root
with root you can fix most of those issues
in CWR select the option to Fix Permissions
use wipe factory reset, to wipe out everything
then reboot a couple of times to make sure it's stable
once it's confirmed, then you can try to flash the un-root back into the phone
using this info http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319830
by flashing this file SGH-T989-Stock-Recovery.tar
Where are you located?
Right. Thats why I hold myself from rooting my SGSII until there is a proven tested method without surprises.
Screwing up your phone is easy but paying bounty to get it fix sounds to me like a self-torture. No, thanks.
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esdwa said:
Right. Thats why I hold myself from rooting my SGSII until there is a proven tested method without surprises.
Screwing up your phone is easy but paying bounty to get it fix sounds to me like a self-torture. No, thanks.
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If you read extensively and follow directions to a T there's no way possible you can brick your phone. I don't know about you guys but I read about how to root, how to unroot, etc so you save yourself from headaches. Some people probably jump into things without reading and that's where issues show up. I even watch videos to get an idea if I'm not too confident.
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If you read extensively and follow directions to a T there's no way possible you can brick your phone. I don't know about you guys but I read about how to root, how to unroot, etc so you save yourself from headaches. Some people probably jump into things without reading and that's where issues show up. I even watch videos to get an idea if I'm not too confident.
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hes got a point its a no brainer!!!
OuncE718 said:
If you read extensively and follow directions to a T there's no way possible you can brick your phone. I don't know about you guys but I read about how to root, how to unroot, etc so you save yourself from headaches. Some people probably jump into things without reading and that's where issues show up. I even watch videos to get an idea if I'm not too confident.
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This is exactly what I do also. I cover all ends when messing around with root. I didn't root till I knew there was a definite way back to stock.
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This is exactly what I do also. I cover all ends when messing around with root. I didn't root till I knew there was a definite way back to stock.
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That's how everyone should do it. Its almost fool proof to do it that way. When I rooted my first Android phone (G1) it took me about 3 days to finally do it. I read extensively and watched videos etc till I built up some confidence and got the job done with no issues at all.
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did u make nandroid backup? If so go to recovery and restore backup.
Seattle, WA
Bojmir said:
Seattle, WA
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Metoo ^^ welcome to the forum btw!
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Metoo ^^ welcome to the forum btw!
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Me three. Ghey
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Me three. Ghey
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What part.. Btw im curious what 4g speeds do u get?
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AllGamer said:
hold volumen down or up + power
go back into download mode
use odin to flash back the root
with root you can fix most of those issues
in CWR select the option to Fix Permissions
use wipe factory reset, to wipe out everything
then reboot a couple of times to make sure it's stable
once it's confirmed, then you can try to flash the un-root back into the phone
using this info http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319830
by flashing this file SGH-T989-Stock-Recovery.tar
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Thank you for the quick reply - unfortunately this process did not work. Although I have root access, when I delete a file through ADB and reboot the phone, the file re-appears. I tried re-flashing other ROMs but when I reboot, the phone returns to a state it was in about 1 week ago...not sure what is going on.
Saw the cautionary note about bounty's - I had the best of intentions but will refrain from offering them again.
Have you tried this method to unroot the phone - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1323878 ? It's very simple,straightforward and works.
azsl1326 said:
Have you tried this method to unroot the phone - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1323878 ? It's very simple,straightforward and works.
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Thank you for the reply. I did but to no avail. Nothing that I write to the phone sticks. Although I have root access and went in and deleted an .apk through ADB, successfully, when I rebooted the phone (after clearing everything under the sun) the .apk re-appeared as though it had never been deleted.
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What part.. Btw im curious what 4g speeds do u get?
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Greenwood/Phinney area
Will let you know about speeds when I get my darn phone working again....
Lol iight
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just want to let you know that Sprint firmware is ready for download
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L710
Is that the current sprint software?
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Yay i finally may be able to fix my phone **crosses fingers**
Indeed great news!
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Just Flash It !!!
good find
Does this push through keis or wud we have to make a flash able of it
I only ask bcuz I've never used to keis before it reminds me of like an iTunes clkne for android haha.
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Do you think I am safe doing updates after rooting...all I did was root no Rom or kernel..so all stock except for root and free hot spot
hunterbeav said:
Do you think I am safe doing updates after rooting...all I did was root no Rom or kernel..so all stock except for root and free hot spot
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yes you are safe.
Do you all sleep?
Not in a thread like this haha btw when I lkug my gs3 into my computer and let it connect with keis I goctj the updates panel and it says my phone is not comparable to receive updates through keis why is this?
Plz excuse the poor pwnman ship its 3 in the morning and I don't have a hardware keyboard any more haha
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what does this mean. are we gonna get some roms to finally try out?
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Anyone know what does this update fix?
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Anyone know what does this update fix?
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This fixes broken phones.
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mattrb said:
This fixes broken phones.
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what in particular? Was the SGS 3 released with bugs? Still waiting on my phone by the way.
DC_MTP said:
what in particular? Was the SGS 3 released with bugs? Still waiting on my phone by the way.
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Fixes phones that have soft bricked themselves by bad flashes.
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what in particular? Was the SGS 3 released with bugs? Still waiting on my phone by the way.
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Don't believe this is an update. This is simply the stock firmware that came with the phone. It might come in handy if/when something goes terribly wrong and a backup won't fix your issue.
mercado79 said:
Don't believe this is an update. This is simply the stock firmware that came with the phone. It might come in handy if/when something goes terribly wrong and a backup won't fix your issue.
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That's exactly what it is.
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I'm curious if by flashing this it resets the Device Status to "Factory Mode" for those of us who rooted and run into a situation where it needs to be taken back to the store.
CapsLockKey said:
I'm curious if by flashing this it resets the Device Status to "Factory Mode" for those of us who rooted and run into a situation where it needs to be taken back to the store.
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I'm not exactly sure if this is the stock tar or not.....
BUT if it is, you should be able to just restore your stock nandroid and pull out the recovery file and put that in the pda slot of odin.
Or just put the entire tar in the pda slot... looking for some confirmation on this
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I'm not exactly sure if this is the stock tar or not.....
BUT if it is, you should be able to just restore your stock nandroid and pull out the recovery file and put that in the pda slot of odin.
Or just put the entire tar in the pda slot... looking for some confirmation on this
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I'm just concerned about whether that Device Status field in the About Phone settings is something that is stored underneath the OS and can't be changed once you flash something. This would be an easy indicator that the phone has been messed with and clear void of warranty for normally clueless reps even if you do a return to stock type flash. Before I rooted, it said "Factory Mode“ but now says "Modified“. I haven't touched anything else other than flashing CWM and Superuser.
Ok I am coming from a HTC sensation and I am not to familiar with Odin and I particularly don't know where to get it from to make sure it's the right one so i dont brick my baby(sgs III)?
Secondly, I have been reading through many many threads about users losing IMEI's with rooting so another question I have is what is the safest method to root to avoid this problem?
Also I am interested in flashing freegs3 by team sonic after I root so I just wanted to get some advice and stuff on this before I think about starting it so I don't end up like many users who just jumped into it and now have a paperweight.
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Go to the developers section and go to the bible thread and in there there's a link on a step by step rooting process that does not trip the counter.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1799860
[BIBLE] T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S III
After following that step by step and you have the clockworkmod recovery installed, turn your phone off hold volume up and home and press and hold power button to get to recovery screen, I would factory reset data, wipe cache/dalvik flash the Rom that you want flash the kernel for that Rom and reboot.
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Ok I am coming from a HTC sensation and I am not to familiar with Odin and I particularly don't know where to get it from to make sure it's the right one so i dont brick my baby(sgs III)?
Secondly, I have been reading through many many threads about users losing IMEI's with rooting so another question I have is what is the safest method to root to avoid this problem?
Also I am interested in flashing freegs3 by team sonic after I root so I just wanted to get some advice and stuff on this before I think about starting it so I don't end up like many users who just jumped into it and now have a paperweight.
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The imei thing is random, more or less. i believe . Root the method posted then flash insecure kernel in odin also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746964 after backup your phones imei whit this method using qpst http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997. I can confirm it works im the t mobile phone the op mentions in the beginning
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The imei thing is random, more or less. i believe . Root the method posted then flash insecure kernel in odin also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746964 after backup your phones imei whit this method using qpst http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997. I can confirm it works im the t mobile phone the op mentions in the beginning
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I don't think it's random at all. I think people that used root methods from other carriers lost their marbles when flashing.
You have any proof to this? I haven't really seen anything that points one way or the other and I'd like to try and get to the bottom of it.
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I don't think it's random at all. I think people that used root methods from other carriers lost their marbles when flashing.
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this.
mrmako777 said:
this.
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Yeah. I keep expecting to run into the imei problem since i put a new rom on daily, but i follow directions and haven't had issues.
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OK, so here is my deal. I got my SGS2 a little over a year ago. With the help of this forum I was able to root without issue and flash many of roms. I am now at a point in my playing around that I am having issues doing anything. I would like to just factory reset in Kies, but I can't even do that. For some reason (I have a telus phone), Kies thinks I am a T-Mobile phone, or at least its what I can tell. When I launch Kies and it displays the phone and the and its settings eg: PDA, Radio, etc they all say TMB. I have no idea if that has nything to do with it or not. I tried flashing the Telus radio via Odin, though nothing changed in Kies. The last ROM I used seemed to have screw my Clock Work Recovery and I cannot figure how to get it back. I have tried re-flashing CWR, but I don't think I really understand the difference between Touch and Touch-less. As you can see I am fairly lost at this point. I am turning to all of you for help. I am open to trying anything, just point me to some guides, tips, tricks. I have tried a ton of stuff with no luck. I know these questions get asked all the time and I apologize for making another. I would not be doing so unless I really needed the help as usually I am pretty good with this stuff. I appreciate everyone in this forums and all the time they have put in to bringing us great information. I am thankful to anyone that can help me out. If you need any further info please just ask and I'll provide it as fast as I can!
Have you tried flashing the stock Rom with Odin?
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jd1639 said:
Have you tried flashing the stock Rom with Odin?
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I have, actually I may be running it now actually. It just seems like I have a lot of over lapping stuff. Things that were not fully removed, parts left behind, etc. Is there a easy way to lock up what ROM is running. I assume it's the stock rom as I have the Samsung Apps application on my phone and that is removed with most custom roms. Like I said I really just want to nuke this biatch and start from step one again. She is running like crap atm.
If you flashed the stock Rom you won't have cwm any more. You'll have to reflash it. The phone will be like it was when it was new.
You can get the stock Rom from Sammobile.com for your device and carrier. You 'll have to extract the tar.md5 file out of it using 7_zip. Then flash it with Odin
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If you flashed the stock Rom you won't have cwm any more. You'll have to reflash it. The phone will be like it was when it was new.
You can get the stock Rom from Sammobile.com for your device and carrier. You 'll have to extract the tar.md5 file out of it using 7_zip. Then flash it with Odin
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I think the reason I am confused is if it worked, which it appears that it did why does it retain all my data? I would just like to totally kill the ***** to nothing. I'll try flashing to stock again with the site you provided when I get. I appreciate your help!
When you say kill it, do you want to make it so it never works again?
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When you say kill it, do you want to make it so it never works again?
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Nah, I meant just no data totally factory. Which last night I did figure out how to do finally. I think I just had a lot of messed up info, wrong files etc. I also think my permissions were totally messed on my phone. Anyways I got it all sorted. Thank you!
Sounds good, don't forget the thanks button.
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if that doesnt work, follow these steps. easy as pie?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359
Every two days or so I dirty install the newest nightly Cyanogenmod.
2 days ago, after installing, my phone won't connect to LTE. In fact the best I can get is Edge
I am beside myself because I didn't have a back up in place.
Last night I tried many solutions. Installing a different kernel, installing a modem, wiping the phone, the cache, fixing permissions.
All to no avail
The phone works fine except for cellular data.
I need advice/suggestion/help.
The only thing I have not done is call AT&T to find out if LTE is down. Or do have my line reprovisioned....but I doubt that will remedy the issue
Please help
check under settings system info/ i bet you lost your imei.
lgkahn said:
check under settings system info/ i bet you lost your imei.
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wow
Yes, I lost it.
Is there hope for me?
What should I do?
Thanks
Can you recall and post the steps you that erased your IMEI. This could help lots of folks on here as steps to avoid.
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Tjisana said:
wow
Yes, I lost it.
Is there hope for me?
What should I do?
Thanks
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Follow this thread carefully and make a backup before flashing ROM's next time
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
It seems difficult at first but once you do it will seem easier if it happens again. Always make a backup
diablo009 said:
Can you recall and post the steps you that erased your IMEI. This could help lots of folks on here as steps to avoid.
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I believe imei loss is random. Nothing specifically does it, it just happens after some flashes. That's why its recomended to backup your imei before you start flashing anything. It's easier to back it up than to get it back.
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Thanks
special thanks to
lgkahn
hednik
my phone has LTE once more