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AT&T imei issues?

How common is this I would likevcto flash some roms and all that good stuff. I have been reading about people phones not working after rooting and applying a Rom. Should I be worried ? Should I wait? And if it's all good any methods that worked cleanly for other people ? Thanks in advance
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Any help greatly appreciated ready to flash away
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I wouldn't say its very common as there are tons of people flashing and we dont hear about half the forum crying about corrupting their imei, thats not to say that its a non issue though. As you can probably see from the numerous threads (main one in the att development). Its advisable to wait, but with any flash you know the risk you are taking.
I was actually holding off till yesterday, ended up just saying eff it and flashed, did the non trip rooting, flashed the latest cwm from the official cwm site. Flashed Aokp, no imei wipe (was scared ****less the whole time though ) Decided i didnt even like the AOKP rom and flashed my carriers stock rom again through odin, So far so good.
However in the future im waiting for a full solution to this imei problem before i root or flash again. :good:
Id say just read the threads, if you understand the risks and want to proceed go ahead. good luck

So you went through all the steps and your fine? Thanks I may wait A week or so the stock Rom is actual nice I just like to try new stuff
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tyshemi said:
So you went through all the steps and your fine? Thanks I may wait A week or so the stock Rom is actual nice I just like to try new stuff
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yeah man i say check out the stock first, if you can wait, wait. The stock rom is best i find. and yes i followed all the steps, downloaded the latest cwm from the rom manager site and whatnot. pushed the cwm through terminal emulator on the phone.

unleashed12 said:
yeah man i say check out the stock first, if you can wait, wait. The stock rom is best i find. and yes i followed all the steps, downloaded the latest cwm from the rom manager site and whatnot. pushed the cwm through terminal emulator on the phone.
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What site did you use for cwm ? Link please and thank u

Anyone have any insights
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What's the Safe way to achieve root and cwm ? I have searched and read a lot but like hearing peoples opinions
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i flashed my phone with the original at&t root method (which increased flash counter). since then, i've flashed the stock rom (UCALEM) to get non-modified status, reset the flash counter, and flashed the stock update rom (UCALG1) with no problems so far. i wasn't even aware of the imei issues until poking around the forums the other day. i suppose ignorance really is bliss.
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i should add.. i used the stock root injected roms (after the initial flash) from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426

So ish there a chance even if we follow AT&T stuff directly? I've never heard of this happening I've had and flashed a lot of phones and never heard of such a thing should we worry or what I wanna flash but don't won't a brick
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i think there's always the chance... but you can reduce that chance significantly if you read up and follow the directions.

EK02 to EL29

hey guys i was needing some help on how to get from rooted EK02 to stock EL29 any answers would be helpful, thanks

There is a whole thread dedicated to this. It's a stickie in the development section
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abadasstanker69 said:
There is a whole thread dedicated to this. It's a stickie in the development section
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101 this is the one correct? just making sure don't want to brick anything

bossman82011 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101 this is the one correct? just making sure don't want to brick anything
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I am having a problem. I used Sfhub's EL29 method, I am on el29 and Calks rom. Odin works and goes all the way except it never says complete... It just stays there. Any ideas?

bossman82011 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101 this is the one correct? just making sure don't want to brick anything
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Yes, that thread is the correct one for going to EL29. Be advised to read the entire OP as you said you want to go to stock el29. Using either the full restore or no data version will keep you rooted. There are directions in there to unroot.
As always, take your time, read it once, then read it again...
I do have some questions - how did you end up on ek02 and not get the automatic update notice to el29? Did you just get the phone from someone? Did you purposely put it back to ek02 rooted?
The reason I'm asking it that it seems the automatic update pushes have been suspended. Just trying to get your background..

i was on and ics rom the aokp mileston6 but my phone froze and wouldnt reboot so i used qbking77 on how to go backto stock unrooted using odin because i was worried my phone was bricked lol once i finally got on eko2 stock i tried to update through update android and it told me my system was up to date so im going to get on el29 unrooted and follow 2 of his instruction videos to get on rooted ics no rom

bossman82011 said:
i was on and ics rom the aokp mileston6 but my phone froze and wouldnt reboot so i used qbking77 on how to go backto stock unrooted using odin because i was worried my phone was bricked lol once i finally got on eko2 stock i tried to update through update android and it told me my system was up to date so im going to get on el29 unrooted and follow 2 of his instruction videos to get on rooted ics no rom
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Understood. The ota process is down apparently and you got stuck in holding just like everyone else wanting to get the otas. I purposely went back to ek02 to see if the process is back up, which it isn't.
Just use that thread and you'll get back to el29.
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I have followed all directions and I can Not unroot... I followed QBKings video and it just isn't working at all. Any ideas?

Sean-El said:
I have followed all directions and I can Not unroot... I followed QBKings video and it just isn't working at all. Any ideas?
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Judging by you're previous posts all over xda, surely you jest, dear sir..
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MoHoGalore said:
Judging by you're previous posts all over xda, surely you jest, dear sir..
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Lol?.. No really> I am pretty good with android and a little good at theming but I can not for the life of me get this to unroot. I am selling my phone tomorrow and this thing is pissing me off. Now I did the EL29 in QBKings vid and its stuck at RQT Close in Odin.

Sean-El said:
Lol?.. No really> I am pretty good with android and a little good at theming but I can not for the life of me get this to unroot. I am selling my phone tomorrow and this thing is pissing me off. Now I did the EL29 in QBKings vid and its stuck at RQT Close in Odin.
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Ooh. I seriously thought you were kidding.
If you're back on el29, did you try using sfhubs autoroot package to unroot?
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I am going to redownload Kies and see if that garbage software does the trick.
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MoHoGalore said:
Ooh. I seriously thought you were kidding.
If you're back on el29, did you try using sfhubs autoroot package to unroot?
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Yep, it got stuck as well. ANy ones; you suggest? I think I tried 3 of them. I am on EL29 Modem.
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Hmmm. Well not it's unrooted but I need to go back to stock.. Factory reset or will that screw **** up?
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Okay, so now I am unrooted and with a stock recovery but calkulins rom... wtf mate?

Sean-El said:
I am going to redownload Kies and see if that garbage software does the trick.
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Yep, it got stuck as well. ANy ones; you suggest? I think I tried 3 of them. I am on EL29 Modem.
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Hmmm. Well not it's unrooted but I need to go back to stock.. Factory reset or will that screw **** up?
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Okay, so now I am unrooted and with a stock recovery but calkulins rom... wtf mate?
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Whoa. I'm confused.
Sorry, just got done putting some beers back.
How can you be on el29 modem and on calks ROM if you used the el29 full restore?
Its just a matter of running the one click.
Can you explain what you did?
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MoHoGalore said:
Whoa. I'm confused.
Sorry, just got done putting some beers back.
How can you be on el29 modem and on calks ROM if you used the el29 full restore?
Its just a matter of running the one click.
Can you explain what you did?
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it's ok. The one clicks DO NOT work. I used sfhubs method to unroot and go back to stock Recovery but then I was on Calks rom but unrooted..
If I could find just a stock EL29 or Stock TW rom I would be good. Then the Triangle problem is ttill there so I am going to flash ICS and then triangle away. This is really a headache and risiculous.

Sean-El said:
it's ok. The one clicks DO NOT work. I used sfhubs method to unroot and go back to stock Recovery but then I was on Calks rom but unrooted..
If I could find just a stock EL29 or Stock TW rom I would be good. Then the Triangle problem is ttill there so I am going to flash ICS and then triangle away. This is really a headache and risiculous.
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If youre used to using tars with Odin or mobile, sfhubs posts, usually the second one, has them listed in the resources post I believe..
And how are you going to flash ics?
Why not just flash ff18 rooted, use triangle away and then unroot?
You'd be the same as of you had the ota..?
I'm confused sir.
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Me too....I read this a few times and I don't get how things aren't working, plus I have used the one click flash from sfhub a couple different times with zero issues on different builds.
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MoHoGalore said:
If youre used to using tars with Odin or mobile, sfhubs posts, usually the second one, has them listed in the resources post I believe..
And how are you going to flash ics?
Why not just flash ff18 rooted, use triangle away and then unroot?
You'd be the same as of you had the ota..?
I'm confused sir.
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I have root and recovery now.
I flashed Calks ICS and just flashed Triangle away and am clear.
The one clicks do not work with me so it seems.
I guess I can try FF18 and see.
See what I mean? The one clicks from sfhub do not work, they get stuck at the end.
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Sean-El said:
I have root and recovery now.
I flashed Calks ICS and just flashed Triangle away and am clear.
The one clicks do not work with me so it seems.
I guess I can try FF18 and see.
See what I mean? The one clicks from sfhub do not work, they get stuck at the end.
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Are you saying to do this all on the phone like his instructions say? As in not to use the PC at all?
That's what I see from his thread on ff18. I guess it is a little confusing.
I am confused, lol.

Sean-El said:
I have root and recovery now.
I flashed Calks ICS and just flashed Triangle away and am clear.
The one clicks do not work with me so it seems.
I guess I can try FF18 and see.
See what I mean? The one clicks from sfhub do not work, they get stuck at the end.
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Considering the number of people that have used them, myself included, there is nothing wrong with them. Something in your phone or PC isn't set correctly.
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dante32278 said:
Considering the number of people that have used them, myself included, there is nothing wrong with them. Something in your phone or PC isn't set correctly.
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I know but I can't seem to find out what is wrong, any ideas?
I have kies and the drivers downloaded.

Sean-El said:
I know but I can't seem to find out what is wrong, any ideas?
I have kies and the drivers downloaded.
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Silly question, but one that has solved a few problems for some..
Have you ran a windows update lately?
And did you install kies?
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Go back to ICS from new OTA Jelly Bean on an unrooted phone

Hello folks,
I am a newbie to the forum but I am constantly on the site checking stuff out and finally decided to join!
Anyways,
I recently updated my phone to the new Jelly Bean OTA released from sammobile and find that the wi-fi calling feature that doesn't work is a big no-no for me. I need it constantly since I am in college and most of my classes have wi-fi in basements that have no cell phone service.
If anyone can help me out I would appreciate it.
I tried downloading the stock rom from sammobile and installing it and I got an error:
"signature failed".
I did factory wipe and partition wipe prior to trying to apply the update. I also put the file as update.zip (no I did not make the file update.zip.zip) in the root of the external sd card.
Any other tips?

DL zip from this post, extract and use Odin to flash.
It's the H2 ICS update.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31185703
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ThC23 said:
DL zip from this post, extract and use Odin to flash.
It's the H2 ICS update.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31185703
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I cannot find the ICS zip in that thread.
Can I restore ICS on my unrooted S3 without flashing it?

Excuse me for misreading the post. Like none of you guys ever done that before, oh yeah I forgot this place is full of XDA God's who never make mistakes.
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Download this and flash in Odin it is UVALH2 ROOTED TAR which is good it won't mess with your flash counter then u can just install cwm or twrp from there
https://s3.amazonaws.com/test_file_66/root66_TMO_T999UVALH2.7z
Thank Mr. Robinson
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Markor13 said:
Factory data reset.
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Eehh.....y u no make sense....he wants to go back to an ics ROM lol if he factory reset he still on jb lol

sarni84 said:
Download this and flash in Odin it is UVALH2 ROOTED TAR which is good it won't mess with your flash counter then u can just install cwm or twrp from there
https://s3.amazonaws.com/test_file_66/root66_TMO_T999UVALH2.7z
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Eehh.....y u no make sense....he wants to go back to an ics ROM lol if he factory reset he still on jb lol
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This should work fine
Factory reset, had a good laugh lol
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If you are a newbie, you might need this guide to how to use odin as well: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671969

Thanks a lot guys!!!
Worked no porblems.

officially confused about how to root.

while im not a newbie on getting root on htc phones im new to this phone. i have firmware fh13 which i assume is fixed with the emmc cap erase bug. but im confused on how to root as most methods show up to ff18? do i have to downgrade to root and what custom recovery do i need? i read some pages cwm is not accepted and some that say it is? i read about odin but when i load that up it confuses me more than ever. i have ics 4.0.4 on the phone. thanks for the help.

All you need is the FH13 rooted one click tar file, put the phone in to download mode volume- + power and run the tar file.
There are two versions, the full restore will wipe everything, the no data will keep your apps and data intact.
Files and instructions here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30264881
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As for recovery any of Agat63's kernels or the Kuban kernels in original development are safe from the brick bug
If you want to flash A.O.S.P roms then you will need the El26 kernal or Chris41g's Cwm6 also in the other development thread
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gmzombie said:
while im not a newbie on getting root on htc phones im new to this phone. i have firmware fh13 which i assume is fixed with the emmc cap erase bug. but im confused on how to root as most methods show up to ff18? do i have to downgrade to root and what custom recovery do i need? i read some pages cwm is not accepted and some that say it is? i read about odin but when i load that up it confuses me more than ever. i have ics 4.0.4 on the phone. thanks for the help.
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Heres a step by step video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMD0pybakeE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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How to Unroot/Revert Note 2 to Stock for AT&T Return?

How do I go about unrooting , removing my custom rom and getting the phone back to stock? I plan on returning the phone and am assuming one must remove all rooting/roms before doing that. I have a Mac, so not sure how that complicates matters. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Search before creating new threads please............
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1992303

Yes I had seen that, but it looks to involve some use of .exe files. As I stated in the OP, I have a Mac, which is why I started the thread. Thanks

How did u root in the first place?
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The ExynosAbuse directly on the GN2
Is there a solution for this or am I 100% screwed? Assuming AT&T won't take a rooted phone running a custom rom back.

Lol. See thats the problem with those easy root methods like that,,
Makes it way to easy,, im guessing u never hear of hiemidal or what ever its called?
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Bootcamp?

No sir, I have not. Not too technologically advanced, but had rooted my Galaxy Nexus pretty easily and the GN2 wasn't much of an issue. But now I'd like to return the phone and I find myself in this big predicament.

I think thats the way you do it on a mac... im no expert on that
Iv just read a few threads..ill find a link for u now hold up
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Do u have a custom recovery?
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Yes. Clockworkmod, I believe. Recovery boots into the TeamWin screen

Thats twrp , not clockworkmod.........okay so now that u have a recovery your gonna hafto go to the play store and buy chainfires triangle away then run it
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Alright, so after I do that, what is my next step? Looks pretty dangerous and says only on stock firmware. I'm currently running CleanRom

Lol as long as your not running any international roms tryangle away
Is safe...its from the same guy who dose root for samsung devices...as long ur device model maches what u choose in the app its good...
Keep in mind im guiding u in the right direction. Iv not used hemidall method due to I use pc,, but I have used triangle away on my i317m and it works
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Since u have custom recovery on your phone that will trip your counter ..triangle away resets that counter. Then u would flash back to stock from there.
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Thank you again for all your help
Re: Custom recovery...Right, but how do I go about flashing back to stock? Is that what you are not sure of as I use a Mac?

See. Thats what your gonna hafto read about.....I dony know about that....what I suggest is read till your eyes bleed, wait for more people to chime in on this thread... u seem smart so I know it will go good for u
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Do a simple search on google goes along way.....remember read and completly understand b4 flashing.. number 1 rule around here.
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Start here, it is initial root on a Mac so it will at least give you a walk through of heimdall, I am still looking, there was a thread in here somewhere with what you are looking for. You will do the same steps and tar file as windows I believe, just with heimdall. Please research a little to make sure I am right though.
http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-2-on-mac-osx/

Similar situation
I'm having a similar issue. I'm on Linux, so no ODIN. I'm using heimdall, though. I had rooted and flashed several different ROMs (mostly CleanROM), and had things generally working. However, now I've tried flashing back to stock, to begin this process, but now my phone won't boot at all. I get the boot logo, the AT&T ball-dropping with the noise (although the noise gets cut off), and then it sticks at the "SAMSUNG" logo with the flashing blue shadow. I've tried various versions of stock ROMs I've found (UCALJ1, UCALJ2, UCALK7), but none complete the boot process. I've also done a factory reset/wipe in stock recovery.
I'm able to get into download mode without issue, and can easily flash TWRP or stock recovery (and enter those). However, something's causing my phone to not boot all the way. Any tips, pointers, ideas ... ?

Why don't you non pc people install a virtual machine with a Windows OS? Then use Odin without all the problems. ..
Google virtual machine for mac or whatever os...
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Odin via VM?
royalh said:
Why don't you non pc people install a virtual machine with a Windows OS? Then use Odin without all the problems. ..
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From what I've read, Odin doesn't work well through VM's. Can't post external links yet, but Google turns up plenty of people having trouble.
Either way, that wouldn't help me. I can flash just fine through heimdall. The problem is either I don't know what to flash to fix my phone (is it boot? is it kernel? something else?), or I don't have what I need to flash. The stock ROMs I've tried all come with system.img, recovery.img, cache.img, hidden.img (what is this anyway?), boot.img, and modem.bin. None of them seem to have a kernel. Could that be what's missing?
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OK, just got one of Scott's rooted stock de-odexed ROMs to boot (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2070105). At least I'm back in business.
From here, how would I get back to completely stock (for return purposes)? I can flash stock recovery, Triangle Away, and un-root from SuperSU, but that doesn't restore the stock odex-ed version of the ROM.

twanskys204 said:
Lol. See thats the problem with those easy root methods like that,,
Makes it way to easy,, im guessing u never hear of hiemidal or what ever its called?
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I have used hiemidal with good results on my mac there sre tutorials on youtube and it works similar to odin
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