Hello,
I bought a broken screen T989 from ebay. I needed the motherboard from the device. However, upon receiving device, i swapped motherboards no problem. However, i have an "Unknown" imei and baseband number.
I know there is a way to restore the IMEI from scratch on my galaxy S III (T999) but i am not sure if that method will work on the SII (Also quite afraid to as it most likely may brick it)
Does anyone know the manual method for restoring it?
Also, google lead to a bunch of promissing looking threads about the I9100 (International version) but from what i have read the T989 uses a different partition for the EFS stuff.
Thanks everyone!!
Do you know the imei number by any chance?
Don't type it btw just answer yes or no lol
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Wolfygang said:
Do you know the imei number by any chance?
Don't type it btw just answer yes or no lol
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yes i do know the IMEI number. Its on the sticker of the case.
THis is urgent...
elesbb said:
THis is urgent...
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Another bump.. Seriously NOBODY has ANY clue?
elesbb said:
Another bump.. Seriously NOBODY has ANY clue?
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Please don't do this...
elesbb said:
THis is urgent...
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Seriously...
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ArianaGrande said:
Please don't do this...
Seriously...
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Lol I have too. I miss feeling like a n00b.
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flash the zip from my thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611796
and flash a different radio that is supported by android version u are using
icenight89 said:
flash the zip from my thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611796
and flash a different radio that is supported by android version u are using
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No way. So I just flash the efsfix.zip and then a radio?! Sex. If this works I'll love you forever I also cannot use Odin cause the seller failed to mention the USB port doesn't work except for charging. -.- ugh fml
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Yeah this was a no go...
elesbb said:
Yeah this was a no go...
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Did you ever fix it? If so do share please.
the-Mike_D said:
Did you ever fix it? If so do share please.
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Nope i never did. Everything i ever found lead to using a Jtag box. Which costs about 100 bucks xD And i don't know anyone who has one.
elesbb said:
Nope i never did. Everything i ever found lead to using a Jtag box. Which costs about 100 bucks xD And i don't know anyone who has one.
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I got my T-989 fixed about 30 minutes after posting my question to you. I'm just not sure which one of the steps I took was the actual bullet. But I'll post what I did here in the same order.
1. Downloaded and put onto the phone's sd card these files for future flashing back to back. They are. the "efsfix.zip" file from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611796. Also, this rom which comes with it's own modem. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818305. That's it. Now maybe the trick is in the steps though?
So what I did was boot into clockworkmod recovery "latest one for this phone." Used the factory reset option. Next went to mount the phone to usb option so I could access the internal memory card's files and deleted them all. I had a suspicion that maybe there's something corrupt in the data files or whatever. Really this might be silly but whatever, I did it. I still had my 2 files from before on the external sd card so no worries. Next I unmounted and disconnected from the pc. Then cleared cache again, then cleared dalvic again (I do these two steps a lot when flashing stuff back to back). Then flashed the efsfix.zip. Then clear cach, dalvic again. Then flashed the rom shown above which installed everything in one swoop like kernel, modem, system files, ect. After that finished I cleared cache, dalvic one last time. Then let it reboot.
So, it boots normally but upon the first "What is your name" screen it loads with a funky keyboard. It's a lol factor. Apparently a goof of the rom that happens sometimes. Just skip it all or figure out how to choose the T9 by using the menu key. Anyway, after changing my keyboard from inside the working settings menu to the samsung one I realized that I was so distracted by the keyboard issue that I I was just now noticing that I had a working baseband and it was connected to the network (T-Mobile) again as usual. Problem solved. Now as a last precautionary step I reboot into recovery (clockwordmod) again and use the option to backup efs folder to external sd card just for good measure. Then finally make nandroid backup of the whole working rom as well. You could probably flash any rom you want after this though. Anyway, something in there made it work so I hope it might work for you too.
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Hi Friends I Need Help With This Device After installing a Program Gone Freeze and now Keep restarting i did try root from sd but say main version is older,and i can flash it i new in that if someone can help please post it.
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Hi Friends I Need Help With This Device After installing a Program Gone Freeze and now Keep restarting i did try root from sd but say main version is older,and i can flash it i new in that if someone can help please post it.
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Pull the battery. Put the battery in. Hold the volume down button and hit power on, which will take you to recovery. Do a wipe data/factory reset and reboot.
I did it but work the fisrt time and get bad again and dont work,any solution?
What? Reflash the rom.
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david279 said:
What? Reflash the rom.
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That's my suggestion too. Get into recovery, do another wipe, (factory, cache, dalvik) then reflash the ROM.
Ok Sir I will do it but Can you give a link with the Reflash.
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Ok Sir I will do it but Can you give a link with the Reflash.
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I suggest reading the wiki links at the top of the forum. They'll give you detailed instructions on what you're trying to do.
smw6180 said:
I suggest reading the wiki links at the top of the forum. They'll give you detailed instructions on what you're trying to do.
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Ok Sir but i did it and im asking for that i cant root and reflash When i tried to root say main version is older and when i tried to reflash dont find the image and dont work.
Re: HTC EVO 4G Keep RestartingArrow
I had this same problem and it was driving my nuts, i had the phone exchanged and it still kept happening. after troubleshooting apps and blaming roms, I found the problem, it was the case, I don't know why but sense i removed the rubber protective case the problem went away.
I hope that helps
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I had this same problem and it was driving my nuts, i had the phone exchanged and it still kept happening. after troubleshooting apps and blaming roms, I found the problem, it was the case, I don't know why but sense i removed the rubber protective case the problem went away.
I hope that helps
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Dont Work For Me and i cant Reflash Because im not Rooted and when i did try i get the error Main version is older,Dont know what must i do?
Run one of the stock ruu installs. Search for "ruu" in this forum.
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Run one of the stock ruu installs. Search for "ruu" in this forum.
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I did try that but always say the phone its not conected i put the phone in recovery and hboot usb and fast boot and get nothing always the phone its not conected.
My Inc. won't boot and I get 5 vibrations alerts with blank screen. I can get into fastboot, tried flashing RA and Clockworks recovery which flashes, but when I go into recovery it does the same thing.
Is my phone bricked?
Flash a kernel
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MicroMod777 said:
Is my phone bricked?
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Prob so, check q&a, theres a few threads on it.
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Flash a kernel
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...and head over to the Q & A forum. So many question marks, just not the right forum
do some research on this. it's happened to me twice. call for a refurb.
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Flash a kernel
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I can't get into recovery. It just goes blank with 5 vibrations.
spacemanps said:
u flash a PB31IMG.zip yet?
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Yea, it flashed but then when it went to boot did the same thing.
ACD168 said:
do some research on this. it's happened to me twice. call for a refurb.
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Called VZW and they say its dead. Won't even do factory reset. Their sending me a CLNR.
Plug in your usb cable then power it on.
That sucks! What's the last thing you did on it?
Its not bricked. Happened to my brothers Inc and I was able tto fix it.
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That sucks! What's the last thing you did on it?
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Well I bought it as a Certified Pre-Owned, and I guess it was just bad from the beginning. It just rebooted on its own and went dead.
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Its not bricked. Happened to my brothers Inc and I was able tto fix it.
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How he fix it then?
MicroMod777 said:
Well I bought it as a Certified Pre-Owned, and I guess it was just bad from the beginning. It just rebooted on its own and went dead.
How he fix it then?
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Keeptrying to reboot into recovery. Try various things. Like for example take the battery out and plug it into the charger and then try boot into recovery without the battery and just keep trying different things. It will go eventually.
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chingy51o said:
Keeptrying to reboot into recovery. Try various things. Like for example take the battery out and plug it into the charger and then try boot into recovery without the battery and just keep trying different things. It will go eventually.
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I didn't think the phone ran without the battery, Hence the reason why it's been said not to try and flash a ROM without 25% battery.
Am I wrong there?
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/6433-solved-messed-up-partitions-on-internal-storage/
happened to mine... vzn just sent me a new phone but this is might work
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Yea, it flashed but then when it went to boot did the same thing.
Called VZW and they say its dead. Won't even do factory reset. Their sending me a CLNR.
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CLNR? Ok what is that? what ever happened? what is the ending to the story?
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http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/6433-solved-messed-up-partitions-on-internal-storage/
happened to mine... vzn just sent me a new phone but this is might work
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Ok, thanks. I'll check it out. I should get replacement phone hopefully tomorrow.
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CLNR? Ok what is that? what ever happened? what is the ending to the story?
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CLNR (Certified Like New Replacement). Waiting for new phones, still bricked.
If you can get into hboot then go into recovery and re flash a rom. I had the same problem but got into recovery and rehashed a rom and it booted
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If you can get into hboot then go into recovery and re flash a rom. I had the same problem but got into recovery and rehashed a rom and it booted
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Wont go into recovery. Does 5 vibs instead. Already got replacement from VZW.
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Alright, so I was trying to use the RUU_Marvel_Virgin_Mobile_1.37.351.1_Radio_47.10.35.3029H_7.46.35.08_release_188032_signed.exe RUU that is in the sticky in the development section.
Now I have three vibrates. I have read that there is a way using the .zip file, but I cannot find one. Does anyone have such a file or know an alternate way to fix it?
Maybe this thread will help you understand what I mean: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1128733.
The fix is 3 or 4 posts down in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21119377
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Using the method that is in that thread, I only receive three vibrations still. I reformatted my SD card and placed the .zip file on there.
That might be the gsm virgin mobile (so confusing)
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kagevazquez said:
That might be the gsm virgin mobile (so confusing)
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It's definitely a CDMA phone. Marvelc (and I remember from the the Settings>About Phone.
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It's definitely a CDMA phone. Marvelc (and I remember from the the Settings>About Phone.
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I meant the file (I'm just as confusing ) I'll look around and see what I can find for you
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kagevazquez said:
That might be the gsm virgin mobile (so confusing)
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Why would the gsm version be in the marvelUSc thread? I mean, you could be right, i just don't see why Simon would do that.
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I meant the file (I'm just as confusing ) I'll look around and see what I can find for you
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Thank you! I have no clue why my file isn't working. I've downloaded it several times and I reformatted two MicroSD cards (a 32GB and a 2GB).
All it does is vibrate three times and then that's all. I tried to follow the directions anyway (wait 5 minutes, Vol Up x1, wait another 10 Vol Up x1) but it didn't work...
Thank you for looking! I hope you find something.
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Why would the gsm version be in the marvelUSc thread? I mean, you could be right, i just don't see why Simon would do that.
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I meant the RUU I know Simon would never do that lol
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I meant the RUU I know Simon would never do that lol
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Yes, I am certain. I got it from http://www.filefactory.com/f/7b4aa0a541dcf00f/.
That was a GSM ruu. Ill talk to my partner of providing a entire zip. Could be that when I broke the signature it prevented hboot flashing it. Or could just be the radio screwing away everything. If the new zip doesn't work when I post it I'd say you need to call VM and get a replacement
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If the new zip doesn't work when I post it I'd say you need to call VM and get a replacement
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Would it be covered under warranty? Would they be able to tell that I previously was unlocked and had CM7 and CWM?
Thank you, though!
Nah they wouldn't know after what you did. Your partitions, blank. Just be sure to say that you accepted the update that you've been ignoring since November, and that happened. Nothing more. If they try to help, let them
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I was just thinking and I had an idea...
What if someone ran the HTC Dev RUU for VMU Marvelc and took the rom.zip, renamed it to PG76IMG.zip and then I were to flash it? Would that work?
Obviously I couldn't do it so I would need a little help, but would it work?
Um it would restore hboot. Can you see if you can comect to your phone with a com port.? If not you need whole thing, as the radio is wrong even
You can see if it will vibe 5 tines though
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Um it would restore hboot. Can you see if you can comect to your phone with a com port.? If not you need whole thing, as the radio is wrong even
You can see if it will vibe 5 tines though
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Oh, I thought that the Radio and HBOOT were in the same zip image now. I cannot connect it to my computer (which is why I'm using a MicroSD->SD adapter.)
The download is too small for that. You can try though
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Alright, so I contacted RadioShack (that's who I have my warranty with) and I setup a claim. I had flashed CM7 and CWM will they be able to see that those are on there?
Also, will they know that I had previously unlocked (I doubt it; the RUU failed at "Waiting for bootloader")
According to everyone I've talked to from RadioShack, just installing the FOTA and then having it not turn on is covered so that is the claim I am using.
Hello everyone, firstly I'd like to apologize in advance if this has been answered before. I searched and could not find a resource to help me with my problem. Here goes, I recently purchased a SGH-T889 Galaxy Note II. I managed to unlock the device and popped in a AT&T sim card. All was well until I decided to flash the AT&T varient stock firmware on it and that's when everything went wrong. Odin failed at the very end of the flash and the phone would not boot. I flashed back to TMobile stock and the phone boots into the OS fine but now the IMEI is blank, the baseband is unknown, and it says there is no SIM inserted. I also noticed when the phone is connected via USB the internal storage is not accesible, says there is 0 space. After searching around and reading up a bit it seems I have screwed up my EFS partition. Being the extreme noob that I am unfortunately a backup was not made prior to flashing. Am I screwed? I've tried reflashing different versions of the stock but I still get the same results. Is it possible to use a EFS backup from a different phone and insert the IMEI from my phone? Any help will greatly be appreciated.
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(Please forgive me if you are an advanced user) Are you sure that you are following the step-by-step instructions for flashing that are available here on the forum? I have resolved many problems myself by reading from the list of steps as I flash rather than relying on memory.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145967
Nailed it!!!!!!!!! My 4g is back again
See if that helps u
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bellator7 said:
(Please forgive me if you are an advanced user) Are you sure that you are following the step-by-step instructions for flashing that are available here on the forum? I have resolved many problems myself by reading from the list of steps as I flash rather than relying on memory.
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Hi bellator7, I have followed the flash back to stock directions exactly with different variations of the stock rom the phone has available since release.
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Hi bellator7, I have followed the flash back to stock directions exactly with different variations of the stock rom the phone has available since release.
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Flashing to stock is not your problem. If you're booting you're fine. You will need to restore your imei now. There is a guide in development (edit I actually didn't find it when I just checked, but that guide above should work). I'm sure you realize this now, but never Odin something not made for your phone.
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moabizzi said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145967
Nailed it!!!!!!!!! My 4g is back again
See if that helps u
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Thanks for the links. I don't have the phone on me at the moment but will give this a try and hopefully this will fix the issue. When this happened to you were you able to see any internal storage from your PC and or the phone itself? When I went into the storage area under settings it displayed how much space was being used by the apps but it also said 0 was available.
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Flashing to stock is not your problem. If you're booting you're fine. You will need to restore your imei now. There is a guide in development. I'm sure you realize this now, but never Odin something not made for your phone.
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Oh believe me I've learned my lesson. I will never flash without making a full backup first and stay away from roms not made for the device. I hope I can get this fixed otherwise it will be a very expensive music player
cbper66 said:
Oh believe me I've learned my lesson. I will never flash without making a full backup first and stay away from roms not made for the device. I hope I can get this fixed otherwise it will be a very expensive music player
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I think you'll get it. If it's booting and showing life there's a way to fix it. It may just take a lot of work. When you get the phone check out that link above. It should fix you up.
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try this i backed up my imei.... Also i fixed my borked imei on the s3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117 .. If you need help let me know btw the imei generator program link doesn't work in thread i Have it in my dropbox... Here's a youtube video demonstrating.
http://bit.ly/ZCHWMI
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try this i backed up my imei.... Also i fixed my borked imei on the s3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117 .. If you need help let me know btw the imei generator program link doesn't work in thread i Have it in my dropbox... Here's a youtube video demonstrating.
http://bit.ly/ZCHWMI
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Very cool, I will try this when I get home. Thanks for the links. Since the phone is booting ok into the OS I'm hoping these options will bring this will do good
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Very cool, I will try this when I get home. Thanks for the links. Since the phone is booting ok into the OS I'm hoping these options will bring this will do good
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I believe it Will let me know when you do I'll help you along if you need,,
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So I was able to generate my IMEI file with my phones number but I cannot write it to the device. The only way I can get my phone to communicate with my PC is if its in download mode. I really screwed up my partition along with the EFS.
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So I was able to generate my IMEI file with my phones number but I cannot write it to the device. The only way I can get my phone to communicate with my PC is if its in download mode. I really screwed up my partition along with the EFS.
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Did you watch the youtube video,. i told you the program you need is in my dropbox
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Did you watch the youtube video,. i told you the program you need is in my dropbox
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When I dial *#7284# there is no Qualcomm USB settings option. Only UART modem\pda and USB modem\pda. (save and reset)
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When I dial *#7284# there is no Qualcomm USB settings option. Only UART modem\pda and USB modem\pda. (save and reset)
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Try again.... What rom are you on
deeznutz1977 said:
Try again.... What rom are you on
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Stock T889UVBMB4
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Stock T889UVBMB4
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And it doesn't show like it did in my pic
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And it doesn't show like it did in my pic
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No it doesn't. Only the settings I mentioned are shown
I was trying to get apps to sdcard working and I managed to foul something up. I know I should have made a backup first, but I thought I only made a change to platform.xml. Thanks in advance.
Anybody? Please? If you're installing a new ROM, you have to do a wipe user data/factory reset anyway. If you could make a backup from there, it would be greatly appreciated.
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Anybody? Please? If you're installing a new ROM, you have to do a wipe user data/factory reset anyway. If you could make a backup from there, it would be greatly appreciated.
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There is a guide on how to get back to stock in G Pad forum. Why don't you try that.
abdulm said:
There is a guide on how to get back to stock in G Pad forum. Why don't you try that.
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It looked a little sketchy. So I'm not surprised that I'm stuck in a bootloop now. I thought for certain someone had 3 minutes or so to spare while switching ROMs to make a backup. I'd spend five minutes of my time to save you an hour and a half of aggravation. And I'm no saint.
I'd make one except I have a gpe tab and I'm assuming u have the standard LG edition.
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I'd make one except I have a gpe tab and I'm assuming u have the standard LG edition.
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Yep. Thanks for the offer. I tried some of the stock restore tools. Now I can't get my phone to boot and I can't seem to get into recovery or fastboot modes...
GTabJosh said:
I was trying to get apps to sdcard working and I managed to foul something up. I know I should have made a backup first, but I thought I only made a change to platform.xml. Thanks in advance.
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I would help you out but I don't have my gpad yet still lurking till I save a little more cash. Hopefully someone will message you soon.
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naruto.ninjakid said:
I would help you out but I don't have my gpad yet still lurking till I save a little more cash. Hopefully someone will message you soon.
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Using the R&D Test tool, I can get my tablet into a bootloop where I can execute adb commands. I just haven't figured out what I need to do. I can't reboot into recovery or bootloader.
Holy crap. I finally got somewhere. CWM and CM11 installed. So I can use my tablet again. I'd still like a stock ROM tho. Pretty please?