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went to bed last night with 4g speeds and everything...turned phone on this morning and now im stuck on EDGE:2 and i just cant get it back to regular hspa+....can anyone lend a hand?? been like this all day and its driving me crazy
EDIT/SOLVED: idk how but it fixed it right up...back in july when the whole IMEI scare was going on,i waited until Peoplearmy released a way to back up and restore the IMEI. All though i didnt have a IMEI problem i was dealing with a random data loss problem and the restore method said it could fix that too. yesterday i tried to restore 7 qnc backup files i previously made( made one for each new modem released and then used the generate qnc option just to be sure) and NONE OF THEM WORKED! 10 minutes ago, i realized that i never tried restoring the very very first qnc back up on my phone; i was busy restoring all the newer versions. so i restored that very first qnc back up i ever made, rebooted the phone and now i get HSPDA with my first speed test resulting in 18mbps! i think a tear came from my eye! this issue drove me crazy all day yesterday so to those who never made a qnc back up on your phone i suggest you DO IT NOW....never know if you wake up one day and just lose your 4g data, like me.
Sounds like you lost your IMEI. Check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29514187
Good luck man!
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sleevasteve said:
Sounds like you lost your IMEI. Check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29514187
Good luck man!
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i have my IMEI...i know all about the IMEI issue and that dosent seem to be the problem im having...imei is in intact, i can text and call but I just cant get pas EDGE:2
i was stock on edge also but i did lose IMEI , if you have a NV backup maybe try to restore it or maybe try a different modem.
Does it stay this way when you go to a different area? You may want to call tmobile, they're doing a lot of work all over their network and it could be an issue with the tower.
Try putting it to wcdma preferred/only and see if that helps. Dialer code *#4636#
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i was stock on edge also but i did lose IMEI , if you have a NV backup maybe try to restore it or maybe try a different modem.
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have tired both methods and it still only stays on EDGE.....really wish I can resolve this issue without calling tmobile
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Does it stay this way when you go to a different area? You may want to call tmobile, they're doing a lot of work all over their network and it could be an issue with the tower.
Try putting it to wcdma preferred/only and see if that helps. Dialer code *#4636#
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tried this also...still only stuck on EDGE:2....looks like ima have to call tmobile but i really dont want to restort to that,ugh
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EDIT/SOLVED: idk how but it fixed it right up...back in july when the whole IMEI scare was going on,i waited until Peoplearmy released a way to back up and restore the IMEI. All though i didnt have a IMEI problem i was dealing with a random data loss problem and the restore method said it could fix that too. yesterday i tried to restore 7 qnc backup files i previously made( made one for each new modem released and then used the generate qnc option just to be sure) and NONE OF THEM WORKED! 10 minutes ago, i realized that i never tried restoring the very very first qnc back up on my phone; i was busy restoring all the newer versions. so i restored that very first qnc back up i ever made, rebooted the phone and now i get HSPDA with my first speed test resulting in 18mbps! i think a tear came from my eye! this issue drove me crazy all day yesterday so to those who never made a qnc back up on your phone i suggest you DO IT NOW....never know if you wake up one day and just lose your 4g data, like me.
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YOU Sir are Awesome. Had the same issue and had tried a few of the peoplearmy qnc's as well. I was just about to re-ODIN my S3 as the next step when I came across this thread.... I had never tried my original qnc either, and when I did it worked like a champ! Thanks so much for pointing out something that should have been so obvious to me.! :good::good::good:
currently using the resources i found in this thread.
thanks for the OP. and thanks for the links.....im still working mine out....pretty sure i lost IMEI due to the ODEX app in the FrostyJB rom i just installed......
I am sure this will get worked out and ill post my experiance as well...
OP, did you just notice slower speeds or was your phone stuck on E? I rooted last night and notice slower speeds.
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Can someone help me get my 4G restored? I lost my imei number ( was set to 0), I was able to use nv_items_reader_writer along with the SGS3 nv gen to inject my correct imei number back into the phone.
I have checked under status and my imei is no longer 0 & displays the correct imei, but still no 4G - only edge.
I then made a full nv backup, then restored that backup, but still nothing.
Lastly, I have even tried going into the hidden menus that take you into the phone setup/network setup & that did not work.
I am on the stock rooted rom (root66)
I did not have a original nv backup, hence why I am here lol
any other ideas?
ratcityrain said:
Can someone help me get my 4G restored? I lost my imei number ( was set to 0), I was able to use nv_items_reader_writer along with the SGS3 nv gen to inject my correct imei number back into the phone.
I have checked under status and my imei is no longer 0 & displays the correct imei, but still no 4G - only edge.
I then made a full nv backup, then restored that backup, but still nothing.
Lastly, I have even tried going into the hidden menus that take you into the phone setup/network setup & that did not work.
I am on the stock rooted rom (root66)
I did not have a original nv backup, hence why I am here lol
any other ideas?
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You only need to post in one thread. As I said, stand by for a few and ill send you the solution. No worries, it should be a pretty easy fix.
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MMontanez347 said:
went to bed last night with 4g speeds and everything...turned phone on this morning and now im stuck on EDGE:2 and i just cant get it back to regular hspa+....can anyone lend a hand?? been like this all day and its driving me crazy
EDIT/SOLVED: idk how but it fixed it right up...back in july when the whole IMEI scare was going on,i waited until Peoplearmy released a way to back up and restore the IMEI. All though i didnt have a IMEI problem i was dealing with a random data loss problem and the restore method said it could fix that too. yesterday i tried to restore 7 qnc backup files i previously made( made one for each new modem released and then used the generate qnc option just to be sure) and NONE OF THEM WORKED! 10 minutes ago, i realized that i never tried restoring the very very first qnc back up on my phone; i was busy restoring all the newer versions. so i restored that very first qnc back up i ever made, rebooted the phone and now i get HSPDA with my first speed test resulting in 18mbps! i think a tear came from my eye! this issue drove me crazy all day yesterday so to those who never made a qnc back up on your phone i suggest you DO IT NOW....never know if you wake up one day and just lose your 4g data, like me.
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What did you do to fix this? My note 2 from T-Mobile is having the same problem.
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What did you do to fix this? My note 2 from T-Mobile is having the same problem.
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Give me a couple of min. Then check your PM's.
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I also need help
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Give me a couple of min. Then check your PM's.
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I have the same problem with my TMO Note 2. I need help.
data help
DocHoliday77 said:
Give me a couple of min. Then check your PM's.
I also have this problem on my LG Optimus g (e970) this is the attached version but I'm on T-Mobile. I have rooted and am running a debloated stock ROM. I have never lost my imei info but I had to make some APN files to get my data to work. I can get 4g to work by restarting the phone and then I have 4g until I lose it and then its locked on to edge. I don't believe I have ever seen the 3g symbol either.
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sirk595 said:
DocHoliday77 said:
Give me a couple of min. Then check your PM's.
I also have this problem on my LG Optimus g (e970) this is the attached version but I'm on T-Mobile. I have rooted and am running a debloated stock ROM. I have never lost my imei info but I had to make some APN files to get my data to work. I can get 4g to work by restarting the phone and then I have 4g until I lose it and then its locked on to edge. I don't believe I have ever seen the 3g symbol either.
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I seriously doubt there's anything that we could do for your problem. The tools we have to work with the IMEI and nv items have only worked for the S3 for me. Tried on several other Samsung models with no success.
Plus if it were to work on your device you'd already have had backups created. Like the OP said, he had to restore the original backup he had made before his problem ever occupied.
Have you tried flashing back to stock? Have you considered that with all the network upgrades T-Mobile has done that maybe the changes you made before to make it work are no longer valid? Have you called T-Mobile to make sure it's not a tower problem on their side?
Also, it's completely normal to never see 3g in the status bar...at least for our S3's anyway.
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Save my phone please!!!
I' m having a same issue like all the others. I restored my imei, and I'm stuck on edge:crying:
Can you please help me?
Thank you in advance
ratcityrain said:
Can someone help me get my 4G restored? I lost my imei number ( was set to 0), I was able to use nv_items_reader_writer along with the SGS3 nv gen to inject my correct imei number back into the phone.
I have checked under status and my imei is no longer 0 & displays the correct imei, but still no 4G - only edge.
I then made a full nv backup, then restored that backup, but still nothing.
Lastly, I have even tried going into the hidden menus that take you into the phone setup/network setup & that did not work.
I am on the stock rooted rom (root66)
I did not have a original nv backup, hence why I am here lol
any other ideas?
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I'm in the exact same boat and followed the same procedures. Still stuck on T-Mo EDGE. :/ I've read through and tried all other fixes in the forums (and Google searched like crazy for external solutions) but to no avail.
DocHoliday77, any chance you could PM me a solution, please?
aymex7566 said:
I' m having a same issue like all the others. I restored my imei, and I'm stuck on edge:crying:
Can you please help me?
Thank you in advance
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cupC4KE said:
I'm in the exact same boat and followed the same procedures. Still stuck on T-Mo EDGE. :/ I've read through and tried all other fixes in the forums (and Google searched like crazy for external solutions) but to no avail.
DocHoliday77, any chance you could PM me a solution, please?
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PM sent to both.
For people with this issue in the future, don't worry about posting, just PM me directly and you'll get a quicker response most of the time. Include the following in your PM
Device model
Current Rom
Current status (imei restored or not. Any other related issues)
How was the imei initially lost
Need to know this so I know what you will need.
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I am using s3 atnt i747
Current ROM: rooted atnt Rom 4.1.1
Lost IMEI when I installed CM 10
Injected IMEI, had no backup, so created a new one by following a thread on XDA and injected it
The problem is I am stuck on edge, there is no 3G network on my phone.
Please help!!
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Give me a couple of min. Then check your PM's.
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Hello,
I hope someone has some idea as to what I can do to fix my T889 Note 2 as right now it has no signal, does not register on the TMobile network and even worse, after playing with it some more it seems I have erased the IMEI in the EFS folder... Here is what I did:
I was initially using the Jedi X 7.2 ROM with Perseus Kernel, and everything was just fine. But I guess I was itching for something else :laugh: ... Reading thru the threads here I saw that some of us had flashed AT&T roms like Cleanrom without any problems. They said Cleanrom did not include an AT&T radio so it would work just fine for the T889. But just to be sure, after full wipe and flashing Cleanrom, I have also flashed a Tmobile Modem and Perseus Pernel for T889. That's when the problems started....
After flashing Cleanrom I had NO signal and the network unknown message... At that point the phone still showed the IMEI number... I have tried going back to Jedi X and Odin back to stock, nothing helped.... It still showed Unknown Network, and Not registered on network, impossible to make calls....
Reading some more thru other XDA threads I saw that someone had posted a solution that had worked for him by going into the Service menu (by pressing *#197328640#) and then going to UMTS, then COMMON then NV REBUILD and then ERASES ALL EFS1/2/3....
At that time I was pretty desperate and seeing that it had worked for someone else with a similar problem I tried it immediately... Now that I really give it some thought, I can't believe I pressed Erase all EFS !! :laugh:
That's when I also got the phone showing me IMEI 0.... I guess now I have lost my IMEI as well? I have not made any backups, so restoring is not an option for me at this point !!
Would anyone have any ideas to help me revive this phone? thanks a lot :victory:
P.S. I should add that I still do have the IMEI number of course, it's written on the back of the phone and the original box as well...
chriss29 said:
Hello,
I hope someone has some idea as to what I can do to fix my T889 Note 2 as right now it has no signal, does not register on the TMobile network and even worse, after playing with it some more it seems I have erased the IMEI in the EFS folder... Here is what I did:
I was initially using the Jedi X 7.2 ROM with Perseus Kernel, and everything was just fine. But I guess I was itching for something else :laugh: ... Reading thru the threads here I saw that some of us had flashed AT&T roms like Cleanrom without any problems. They said Cleanrom did not include an AT&T radio so it would work just fine for the T889. But just to be sure, after full wipe and flashing Cleanrom, I have also flashed a Tmobile Modem and Perseus Pernel for T889. That's when the problems started....
After flashing Cleanrom I had NO signal and the network unknown message... At that point the phone still showed the IMEI number... I have tried going back to Jedi X and Odin back to stock, nothing helped.... It still showed Unknown Network, and Not registered on network, impossible to make calls....
Reading some more thru other XDA threads I saw that someone had posted a solution that had worked for him by going into the Service menu (by pressing *#197328640#) and then going to UMTS, then COMMON then NV REBUILD and then ERASES ALL EFS1/2/3....
At that time I was pretty desperate and seeing that it had worked for someone else with a similar problem I tried it immediately... Now that I really give it some thought, I can't believe I pressed Erase all EFS !! :laugh:
That's when I also got the phone showing me IMEI 0.... I guess now I have lost my IMEI as well? I have not made any backups, so restoring is not an option for me at this point !!
Would anyone have any ideas to help me revive this phone? thanks a lot :victory:
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Im in the same boat a few days ago. I already did a lot of things a nothing fix it hope someone can help us
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Sorry you had to go through this man.. i was going through the same thing when i first got my phone. Xda didn't have a forum for the T-Mobile Note II so i decided to root and flash one of the international version Roms without even making a backup first (dumb of me) then i went ahead and flashed "Android Revolution HD" Rom and lost signal and IMEI showed Unknown.. so i asked for help but no answers.. and then "cmenard" dropped a stock Rom which i'm going to link you to.. i flashed that and flashed the modem on top and that solved the problem for me. So i will go ahead and give you the link to the Stock Rom and the modem i flashed to get my phone to work. Please follow the instrucations. Hope this helps!
Stock Rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957209
Modem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957380
Have a wonderful day!
-Addis
AddisG said:
Sorry you had to go through this man.. i was going through the same thing when i first got my phone. Xda didn't have a forum for the T-Mobile Note II so i decided to root and flash one of the international version Roms without even making a backup first (dumb of me) then i went ahead and flashed "Android Revolution HD" Rom and lost signal and IMEI showed Unknown.. so i asked for help but no answers.. and then "cmenard" dropped a stock Rom which i'm going to link you to.. i flashed that and flashed the modem on top and that solved the problem for me. So i will go ahead and give you the link to the Stock Rom and the modem i flashed to get my phone to work. Please follow the instrucations. Hope this helps!
Stock Rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957209
Modem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957380
Have a wonderful day!
-Addis
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Dude i lost my imei when i had my gs3 back in july.. I had no one to help me... thanks for hooking the dude up i can only wish someone like you helped me back then... you da man!!!!:good:
appreciate your kind words bro! I hope this helps him get his phone to work again. :fingers-crossed:
I would love to know if this worked for the people that posted no IMEI... If you could post if this worked... It would let me know to keep these two files in a special recovery folder. Thanks
Thanks very much Addis !!! I truly hope this works, will try as soon as I get home from work, in about an hour or so... After trying so many things I have doubts about everything now, but I am keeping my fingers crossed
(UPDATE) : Have managed to download the rom, I am not sure if the file is corrupted or anything, but I keep getting an error message: E:Can't open / external_sd/deodexed_UVALJ1.zip (bad)
Weird, since other roms have flashed just fine....
guys, one thing you MUST DO with gsm devices... back up your IMEI... this is actually stored in a partition on your device, and as of recent there is a handy little app in the themes and apps section to back it up. it is a free app found on the market and offered here on xda. before this there was a tool somebody created to back up and restore this partition
here is the app... download this, back up your IMEI (your efs partition). https://play.google.com/store/apps/...omizer&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
chriss29 said:
(UPDATE) : Have managed to download the rom, I am not sure if the file is corrupted or anything, but I keep getting an error message: E:Can't open / external_sd/deodexed_UVALJ1.zip (bad)
Weird, since other roms have flashed just fine....
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Yes, probably a bad file... I'll upload it tonight after work for you or try downloading it again. Have a blessed day guys!
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AddisG said:
Yes, probably a bad file... I'll upload it tonight after work for you or try downloading it again. Have a blessed day guys!
Sent from my SGH-T889
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Thank you Addis, no need for you to upload, it seems I finally got a proper download... Flashed it with TeamWin Touch Recovery and no changes, I will try to flash it with CWM also, but that has given me problems with this file.... let's see... Thanks for your help, I will hit your thanks button as soon as I finish writing this...
If all else fails, I will just go ahead and return everything to factory settings and send it in for repair....
P.S. I should mention that I have used a tool found on the GS3 AT&T threads which has worked for my T889 to re-inject my IMEI number back... So now my IMEI number shows up again... But that's about it... Network is still listed as UNKNOWN and Status is listed as Disconnected...
Bestplayer55 I will send you a link to the thread where I have found the program used to reprogram your IMEI, in the evening when I get home.... While it has helped me get my IMEI back, I am still stuck without network or signal, but it may help you more
chriss29 said:
Thank you Addis, no need for you to upload, it seems I finally got a proper download... Flashed it with TeamWin Touch Recovery and no changes, I will try to flash it with CWM also, but that has given me problems with this file.... let's see... Thanks for your help, I will hit your thanks button as soon as I finish writing this...
If all else fails, I will just go ahead and return everything to factory settings and send it in for repair....
P.S. I should mention that I have used a tool found on the GS3 AT&T threads which has worked for my T889 to re-inject my IMEI number back... So now my IMEI number shows up again... But that's about it... Network is still listed as UNKNOWN and Status is listed as Disconnected...
Bestplayer55 I will send you a link to the thread where I have found the program used to reprogram your IMEI, in the evening when I get home.... While it has helped me get my IMEI back, I am still stuck without network or signal, but it may help you more
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Have you gone into the settings menu, more settings, mobile network and tried connecting to T Mobile that way? If that doesn't work then try to reflash stock T Mobile ROM with Odin and it should reset your network.
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chriss29 said:
Thank you Addis, no need for you to upload, it seems I finally got a proper download... Flashed it with TeamWin Touch Recovery and no changes, I will try to flash it with CWM also, but that has given me problems with this file.... let's see... Thanks for your help, I will hit your thanks button as soon as I finish writing this...
If all else fails, I will just go ahead and return everything to factory settings and send it in for repair....
P.S. I should mention that I have used a tool found on the GS3 AT&T threads which has worked for my T889 to re-inject my IMEI number back... So now my IMEI number shows up again... But that's about it... Network is still listed as UNKNOWN and Status is listed as Disconnected...
Bestplayer55 I will send you a link to the thread where I have found the program used to reprogram your IMEI, in the evening when I get home.... While it has helped me get my IMEI back, I am still stuck without network or signal, but it may help you more
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MAN!! i cant wait to do the same and get mi imei back!!! have a good day!
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MAN!! i cant wait to do the same and get mi imei back!!! have a good day!
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Hello again,
Bestplayer55 and anyone else who might need this, this is the tool I have used:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
It's written for the Galaxy S3 for AT&T and other carriers, but it worked for me on the T889 Note 2. Try to read all the instructions carefully .
One of the things you have to do is change a setting in the hidden menu which you access by dialing *#7284# using the stock dialer. In the hidden menu or PhoneUtil menu select USBSettingsMenu choose the correct mode and click ok. The correct mode for the Galaxy S3 is called RMNET + DM + MODEM mode, there was NO SUCH setting for my NOTE 2, but there is one that's very similar, so I chose that....
Then you jump to the section called IMEI Injection ... Pay attention to the way the IMEI is entered, it's a specific sequence, almost backwards....
You have the Instructions in the original thread there, or here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2077805
In the end thanks to Peoplearmy for developing this tool.
P.S. I just got home from work, so I will keep trying to flash different roms, now that I got my IMEI number back... Hopefully I can restore service as well...
Rhiannon224 said:
Have you gone into the settings menu, more settings, mobile network and tried connecting to T Mobile that way? If that doesn't work then try to reflash stock T Mobile ROM with Odin and it should reset your network.
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Thanks a lot for the suggestions, I believe I have tried them before I lost my IMEI number, but I will try them again, it won't hurt !!
Phone is going back to Samsung for repair.... Nothing I have tried has worked ... Let's see what they can do
Hey I was messing with this on my T-Mobile Note II and I changed my RAT mode to WCDMA and now I'm unable to get LTE.
I've done EVERYTHING. I've even ODIN restored it. It WILL NOT connect to LTE anymore. Nothing I do to it makes it want to connect to LTE.
What do I do? Why won't it connect to LTE anymore even after flashing the factory image?
Will erasing EFS1/2/3 do anything to help or is that a really bad idea?
I have no clue what else there is to do. I've tried loading NV defaults but it gives an error for whatever reason.
I have a Galaxy Note 2 on the sprint network. Yesterday someone sent me a text and i tried to sent them a text back but my phone didn't have a signal. It reset itself a bunch of times. It stopped resetting and now there is no signal to the tower. I looked on my phone and Baseband version, network, mobile network type say unknown. service state is out of service, username is unavailable. mobile network state is disconnected, my phone number is unknown, min unknown, prl version unknown, meid unknown, imei unknown, iccid unknown. device status modified.
I rooted my phone when i first got it with the method that doesn't make your flash counter go up. I had super user installed and had the OTA survival mode checked and did the OTA update for multiwindow and then lost root. This wasn't a big deal to me so I just left it alone, everything worked. Its been a couple of months and then this happened. I reflashed a stock rom on the phone and that didn't fix anything. I rooted it with the Samsung Note 2 toolkit and that went well. But it somehow got stuck on the boot screen again after a while so i just reflashed to stock.
I downloaded QPST and entered my IMEI into the nv line 550 and clicked the write NV block and returned an error. Im stuck. I have insurance and I've only had the phone a couple of months. What the heck happened? Was it somekind of wipe? I have been working on this all day and I'm going to bed now, but can someone help me out?
I would not have been so quick to start messing with qpst.In most cases where ive seen this the imei and related numbers were fine and it was a system screw up. That said,This happened to me recently and even odin wouldnt fix it. I ran THIS and it brought me back so I would try that first.
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I would not have been so quick to start messing with qpst.In most cases where ive seen this the imei and related numbers were fine and it was a system screw up. That said,This happened to me recently and even odin wouldnt fix it. I ran THIS and it brought me back so I would try that first.
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thanks. I am downloading that now and will try it and let you know. I didn't want to start messing with qpst but i saw a tutorial that you can enter your imei back into your phone with it. i got my numbers off the box and went to work. but qpst would not write the values into my phone.
when i plug the usb into the phone a flag pops up in windows and says hardware id is missing as well.
billard412 said:
I would not have been so quick to start messing with qpst.In most cases where ive seen this the imei and related numbers were fine and it was a system screw up. That said,This happened to me recently and even odin wouldnt fix it. I ran THIS and it brought me back so I would try that first.
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i went to the link. i downloaded the file. it was a zip file so i put it on an sdcard and slapped it in my phone. i used the vol up, home key, and pwr key and then i used the update from zip file on external storage. it did some stuff and rebooted. i checked my flash counter and it went up and said i was running custom, custom.
i didn't see any instructions with your post that you linked and I probably didn't use that file the way it was supposed to be used. how exactly do you use it? and when i turned my phone on it still said baseband unknown.
thanks again for helping me with this.
dd807 said:
i went to the link. i downloaded the file. it was a zip file so i put it on an sdcard and slapped it in my phone. i used the vol up, home key, and pwr key and then i used the update from zip file on external storage. it did some stuff and rebooted. i checked my flash counter and it went up and said i was running custom, custom.
i didn't see any instructions with your post that you linked and I probably didn't use that file the way it was supposed to be used. how exactly do you use it? and when i turned my phone on it still said baseband unknown.
thanks again for helping me with this.
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Do you have Root Explorer? If baseband is showing unknown makes me wonder if build.prop is there and complete...?
It needed flashed in a custom recovery. Did u use twrp or cwm to flash it? If so, you did it right. Is it only the baseband thats unknown or everything still? Did you try a ##72786# dialer code reset?
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Do you have Root Explorer? If baseband is showing unknown makes me wonder if build.prop is there and complete...?
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I don't have root explorer on here right now because I was trying to return the phone back to stock for a return to the sprint store.
I used the stock rom that you download from the samsung note 2 tool kit. how do i check what your talking about?
billard412 said:
It needed flashed in a custom recovery. Did u use twrp or cwm to flash it? If so, you did it right. Is it only the baseband thats unknown or everything still? Did you try a ##72786# dialer code reset?
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everything is still unknown.
when i dial ##72786# it goes to a meny labeled SCRTN but is blank with no options.
at this point I used triangle away and flashed the stock rom on my phone, it keeps randomly resetting. in the setttings it still has baseband unknown. i did the ota update and the build number is JROO3C.L900VPALJC
under status, everything is unknown and at the botton it says device modified.
when i put it into download mode right now it says custum binary: no ; current binary: samsung official; system status: custom
this started when the phone just started resetting a bunch after my buddy texted me and then it didn't have service and all the values were wiped, i just want to take it back to sprint because ive only had it for a couple of months. will the above values be ok for a trip to the sprint store?
billard412 said:
It needed flashed in a custom recovery. Did u use twrp or cwm to flash it? If so, you did it right. Is it only the baseband thats unknown or everything still? Did you try a ##72786# dialer code reset?
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i didnt use twrp or cwm to flash it. just used the factory recovery to. i will use twrp to do it now. thanks man.
billard412 said:
It needed flashed in a custom recovery. Did u use twrp or cwm to flash it? If so, you did it right. Is it only the baseband thats unknown or everything still? Did you try a ##72786# dialer code reset?
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i think i have a corrupted EFS. can anyone help?
I had this happen to me when I first got the phone and rooted. Scariest first day of ownership thought I was going to have to go in to sprint. Thankfully I flashed the full stock tar and my phone came back to life. Maybe you should try flashing it and see how it turns out for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035566
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RayTrue04 said:
I had this happen to me when I first got the phone and rooted. Scariest first day of ownership thought I was going to have to go in to sprint. Thankfully I flashed the full stock tar and my phone came back to life. Maybe you should try flashing it and see how it turns out for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035566
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I went back to full stock with :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769
i also went baclk to full stock using the samsung note 2 toolkit and triangle away.
both methods left me with custom binary as no and current binary as samsung offical, but system status says custom.
both ways.
and the screenshots that i posted earlier are the same.
i found this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611796
and i think i have a corrupt EFS.
as it is, does the spring store take your phone back if system status is custom and device says modified?
b.) if i can fix it, it would be better than taking it back. everything on the phone still works, but it obviously cant see a cell phone tower or make calls. data on wifi only type deal.
thanks for any help...
dd807 said:
I went back to full stock with :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769
i also went baclk to full stock using the samsung note 2 toolkit and triangle away.
both methods left me with custom binary as no and current binary as samsung offical, but system status says custom.
both ways.
and the screenshots that i posted earlier are the same.
i found this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611796
and i think i have a corrupt EFS.
as it is, does the spring store take your phone back if system status is custom and device says modified?
b.) if i can fix it, it would be better than taking it back. everything on the phone still works, but it obviously cant see a cell phone tower or make calls. data on wifi only type deal.
thanks for any help...
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I'm not familiar with that EFS issue since I've never read about it. However I would try that tar I posted as a last resort since the stock zip didn't do anything for you. The issue you're describing is the exact same thing that happened to me and that tar brought me back. And about being custom/modified it all depends on the Sprint Rep you get. Some are cool about it some are not.
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garwynn said:
Do you have Root Explorer? If baseband is showing unknown makes me wonder if build.prop is there and complete...?
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i just downloaded root explorer.
i think im having some efs issues. i downloaded efs pro to help with it but it says my phone is not perm rooted. but i do have root right now.
btw- the galaxy note 2 tool kit is friggin awesome- totally donating.
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I'm not familiar with that EFS issue since I've never read about it. However I would try that tar I posted as a last resort since the stock zip didn't do anything for you. The issue you're describing is the exact same thing that happened to me and that tar brought me back. And about being custom/modified it all depends on the Sprint Rep you get. Some are cool about it some are not.
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thanks, ill try it. i mean- whats one more flash right? could fix it. fingers crossed. thanks for your help man.
ill let you know.
also to everyone helping, i made a backup of all my system settings with my backup pro app before all this happened. i was wondering if it backs up your efs data anywhere and if it does, how could i get it back on my phone?
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RayTrue04 said:
I had this happen to me when I first got the phone and rooted. Scariest first day of ownership thought I was going to have to go in to sprint. Thankfully I flashed the full stock tar and my phone came back to life. Maybe you should try flashing it and see how it turns out for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035566
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flashed the sextape back to stock rom and it didn't work. i think my efs is corrupted- gunna take something more than flashing- like editing some files to put my meid and other info and pushing it back to my phone.
looking at this right now:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2060085
dd807 said:
flashed the sextape back to stock rom and it didn't work. i think my efs is corrupted- gunna take something more than flashing- like editing some files to put my meid and other info and pushing it back to my phone.
looking at this right now:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2060085
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Damn that sucks! I really thought it might bring you back since it worked for me. Good luck!
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Update-
my phone is screwed. i got the MSL and put it in my phone and nothing happens. i have to take it back and get a new one.even though all the hardware works, just cant program the info back in the phone for meid, baseband, username, icc id, etc. etc. so no voice calls.
the bummer is that this all happened randomly. i wasn't messing with my phone at all and it was running great then it reset a bunch of times and then wiped everything. i don't know if it would have helped, but i highly reccomend everyone backing up their EFS. because you never know when this will happen to you.
take care, thanks for the help everyone.
Ok I just got tmobile US galaxy note 2 unlock so I can use it on AT&T. Before I rooted the phone, everything worked. I could make calls text and use google play.
But after rooting and flashing paranoidandriod 3.10, I don't have signal, it wont read sim card and google play won't work as in it goes into "unfortunately google play has stopped" crap. Same thing with Goo manager. I tried the suggestion for those apps and nothing worked. So then, I've been on this board trying to find the right answer. To make things worst, I then flashed MyRom Revolution still no signal or won't read sim card however google play works. Now I'm trying to go back to stock and that seems to be a challenge since twrp won't flash it. I was able to flash it back to stock but still won't read sim card and the imei shows null/null. this is just a bad day. Can anyone help me? What am I doing wrong? This has just been a bad experience.
anyone want to tackle this?
Do you have an efs partition backup?
Your messed your efs partition up, there was a thread on how to fix it, I'm at work and can't search well though so you'll have to find it.
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_Dennis_ said:
Do you have an efs partition backup?
Your messed your efs partition up, there was a thread on how to fix it, I'm at work and can't search well though so you'll have to find it.
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I don't have my efs partition backup. I'm currently looking the thread on efs partition.:crying:
Vallista said:
Ok I just got tmobile US galaxy note 2 unlock so I can use it on AT&T. Before I rooted the phone, everything worked. I could make calls text and use google play.
But after rooting and flashing paranoidandriod 3.10, I don't have signal, it wont read sim card and google play won't work as in it goes into "unfortunately google play has stopped" crap. Same thing with Goo manager. I tried the suggestion for those apps and nothing worked. So then, I've been on this board trying to find the right answer. To make things worst, I then flashed MyRom Revolution still no signal or won't read sim card however google play works. Now I'm trying to go back to stock and that seems to be a challenge since twrp won't flash it. I was able to flash it back to stock but still won't read sim card and the imei shows null/null. this is just a bad day. Can anyone help me? What am I doing wrong? This has just been a bad experience.
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Ok first off, Calm down.. evening will be ok. Which pa did you flash. Have you tried going into recovery and factory resetting & wiping caches
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Well I dont really know how I got mine back to life, tried all the standard stuff from the threads,got my imei back but had no network,network type,service nothing helped. last resort I said whatever ill try anything now. Came across this
http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-n...3g4g-aws-bands-on-att-galaxy-note-2-sgh-i317/
whatever it did it restored everything (cold see carrier,network,etc)but corrupted imei, next i followed this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117
used the imei generator, then the writer (link on post does not work for the imei generator,so found it here
http://d-h.st/vVV
Wrote my imei back and presto, back in action. Fully functional again, including 4G
Like I said this was a last resort, but worked
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Ok first off, Calm down.. evening will be ok. Which pa did you flash. Have you tried going into recovery and factory resetting & wiping caches
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Yes, I tried that and nothing. I flashed PA 3.10
rail205 said:
Well I dont really know how I got mine back to life, tried all the standard stuff from the threads,got my imei back but had no network,network type,service nothing helped. last resort I said whatever ill try anything now. Came across this
http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-n...3g4g-aws-bands-on-att-galaxy-note-2-sgh-i317/
whatever it did it restored everything (cold see carrier,network,etc)but corrupted imei, next i followed this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117
used the imei generator, then the writer (link on post does not work for the imei generator,so found it here
http://d-h.st/vVV
Wrote my imei back and presto, back in action. Fully functional again, including 4G
Like I said this was a last resort, but worked
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I tried the first link and qpst won't recognize my phone. It reads "no phone connected" in qpst config, That read Phone unknown, no ESN, Banner known and Port com6
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I tried the first link and qpst won't recognize my phone. It reads "no phone connected" in qpst config, That read Phone unknown, no ESN, Banner known and Port com6
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Use the one by <geek> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117.... b4 you do watch the youtube clip.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQkUozRhGvw&feature=youtube_gdata_player.... If you need help pm me EDIT: Dial *#7284# and select "Qualcomm USB Settings" then check "RNDIS + DM + MODEM"
deeznutz1977 said:
Use the one by <geek> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117.... b4 you do watch the youtube clip.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQkUozRhGvw&feature=youtube_gdata_player.... If you need help pm me EDIT: Dial *#7284# and select "Qualcomm USB Settings" then check "RNDIS + DM + MODEM"
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I did that too and my phone won't recognize it. I'm just going to send it back to samsumg
I just sent it back to Samsung. Hopefully I'll get a replacement or they will fix it.
Hey all so I picked up a T-Mobile T999 the other day phone seems good. But she's got a couple issues.
Issue 1 edge only data, checked the about and imei seems intact, phone is rooted/midified and previous owner claims ignorance.
Issue 2 power button. Seems to be software related, only the first time after booting/unlocking phone does the power button read a keypress, it oddly enough goes straight to shutdown menu, not screen off.
Appears to be on a stock rom. Just rooted at this time. Any idea's out there? Obviously restoring my original NV data won't work in this situation as the previous owner is the one who modified this device and claims complete ignorance.
boystuff said:
Hey all so I picked up a T-Mobile T999 the other day phone seems good. But she's got a couple issues.
Issue 1 edge only data, checked the about and imei seems intact, phone is rooted/midified and previous owner claims ignorance.
Issue 2 power button. Seems to be software related, only the first time after booting/unlocking phone does the power button read a keypress, it oddly enough goes straight to shutdown menu, not screen off.
Appears to be on a stock rom. Just rooted at this time. Any idea's out there? Obviously restoring my original NV data won't work in this situation as the previous owner is the one who modified this device and claims complete ignorance.
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The best place to start would be to Odin flash the firmware. If you want to remain rooted, use the root66 version. Both can be found in my firmware thread linked in my sig. This way at least you know it is FULL stock with no unknown mods or changes.
boystuff said:
Issue 1 edge only data, checked the about and imei seems intact, phone is rooted/midified and previous owner claims ignorance.
Issue 2 power button. Seems to be software related, only the first time after booting/unlocking phone does the power button read a keypress, it oddly enough goes straight to shutdown menu, not screen off.
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1. - Can only figure out after your Rom issues are over. Follow Doc's advice.
2. Is your power button stuck or just plain bad ? You may have to take it to a T-Mo shop for repair.
Perseus71 said:
1. - Can only figure out after your Rom issues are over. Follow Doc's advice.
2. Is your power button stuck or just plain bad ? You may have to take it to a T-Mo shop for repair.
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I'm gonna go out on a limb here and assume hardware wise the power button is fine, judging by it's behavior I'm going to make the hypothesis that it is software related as it only registers key presses the first time after unlocking, and only goes to the power off menu. It boots the phone quickly without issues.
If by perchance the previous owner messed with the dialer code functions, will a stock odin flash restore those codes to factory spec?
boystuff said:
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and assume hardware wise the power button is fine, judging by it's behavior I'm going to make the hypothesis that it is software related as it only registers key presses the first time after unlocking, and only goes to the power off menu. It boots the phone quickly without issues.
If by perchance the previous owner messed with the dialer code functions, will a stock odin flash restore those codes to factory spec?
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Yes Roms and kernels can potentially re-map the buttons. A re-flashing of Stock may or may not wipe Dialer code Changes. Especially those done in the NV domain.
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Yes Roms and kernels can potentially re-map the buttons. A re-flashing of Stock may or may not wipe Dialer code Changes. Especially those done in the NV domain.
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ok odined back to stock UVDMD5 doesn't seem to have accomplished anything. oddly enough it didn't even wipe the phone.
so whats the next step in my troubleshooting and repair lol
boystuff said:
ok odined back to stock UVDMD5 doesn't seem to have accomplished anything. oddly enough it didn't even wipe the phone.
so whats the next step in my troubleshooting and repair lol
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Next Step, check your Access Point Network choices. Those typically are under Settings > More. (I forgot where they are on Touchwiz. ) Your APN should be set to FAST.TMOBILE.COM. If it is not set to that one, you need to. Also while there, check on Network Mode as well. That should cover LTE and WCDMA.
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Next Step, check your Access Point Network choices. Those typically are under Settings > More. (I forgot where they are on Touchwiz. ) Your APN should be set to FAST.TMOBILE.COM. If it is not set to that one, you need to. Also while there, check on Network Mode as well. That should cover LTE and WCDMA.
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T999 didn't have lte lol it's set to auto gsm + wcdma
boystuff said:
ok odined back to stock UVDMD5 doesn't seem to have accomplished anything. oddly enough it didn't even wipe the phone.
so whats the next step in my troubleshooting and repair lol
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Odin doesn't wipe data. If you're still having problems, boot recovery and factory reset. Wipes all user data. Including internal sd.
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Odin doesn't wipe data. If you're still having problems, boot recovery and factory reset. Wipes all user data. Including internal sd.
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still no 3/4g ok so how do I reset NV parameters and fix the imei if it was at one point corrupted and not restored properly?
Is it currently zero? If not, does the imei in Settings match the one under the battery?
Have you checked online or called T-Mobile to see if it's been blacklisted?
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Is it currently zero? If not, does the imei in Settings match the one under the battery?
Have you checked online or called T-Mobile to see if it's been blacklisted?
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phone has a mismatched imei. waiting for T-Mobile to contact me back gonna ask them about the original being blacklisted or not. now is there a way to restore my imei?
edit: just got off the phone with customer service imei isn't blacklisted, so now how do I restore the original imei? doing so "should" fix the data issues I hope.
boystuff said:
phone has a mismatched imei. waiting for T-Mobile to contact me back gonna ask them about the original being blacklisted or not. now is there a way to restore my imei?
edit: just got off the phone with customer service imei isn't blacklisted, so now how do I restore the original imei? doing so "should" fix the data issues I hope.
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Check your PM's please.
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