So a lot of us have used THIS ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014982 ) method to unlock the ATT Note 2, and reported that it works, well, for me it "worked", it unlocked the phone but with a Simple Mobile and T-Mobile SIM it just never gave me access to the network, it connected to it but I wasn't able to make a call, only emergency calls. ( if anyone knows what I'm talking about and has a fix please let me know )
So I looked all over for a way to revert the changes done to the phone and was not lucky. I started playing with that Service Mode menu till I found a way to revert the changes, so I will post here the steps just in case someone wants to do that.
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I navigated the whole Service Mode menu of the Samsung Note II and finally found the option to revert the changes made to the phone.
Steps:
Enter the Service Mode menu:
Dial *#197328640#
//After keying the last # sign the menu will open by itself now follow this menu options:
[1]UMTS
[6]COMMON
[6]NV REBUILD
[4]RESTORE BACKUP
//There should be a written msg in the bottom that says "Golden-Backup exists..." after selecting this option the phone rebooted by itself and all the changes I did reverted back to how they were ( I did lots of changes trying to get this phone back to defaults but I logged all changes I did and they reverted after this )//
When I went back to this menu after using it, the written MSG changed to "Golden-Backup does not exist you man not use option 4-5" I believe that the Golden Backup is created when you do the first change on the phone using this Service Mode menu, I have not verified what I just said because I haven't made any change to the phone after this.
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So a lot of us have used THIS ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014982 ) method to unlock the ATT Note 2, and reported that it works, well, for me it "worked", it unlocked the phone but with a Simple Mobile and T-Mobile SIM it just never gave me access to the network, it connected to it but I wasn't able to make a call, only emergency calls. ( if anyone knows what I'm talking about and has a fix please let me know )
So I looked all over for a way to revert the changes done to the phone and was not lucky. I started playing with that Service Mode menu till I found a way to revert the changes, so I will post here the steps just in case someone wants to do that.
========================================
Do this procedure AT YOUR OWN RISK
========================================
I navigated the whole Service Mode menu of the Samsung Note II and finally found the option to revert the changes made to the phone.
Steps:
Enter the Service Mode menu:
Dial *#197328640#
//After keying the last # sign the menu will open by itself now follow this menu options:
[1]UMTS
[6]COMMON
[6]NV REBUILD
[4]RESTORE BACKUP
//There should be a written msg in the bottom that says "Golden-Backup exists..." after selecting this option the phone rebooted by itself and all the changes I did reverted back to how they were ( I did lots of changes trying to get this phone back to defaults but I logged all changes I did and they reverted after this )//
When I went back to this menu after using it, the written MSG changed to "Golden-Backup does not exist you man not use option 4-5" I believe that the Golden Backup is created when you do the first change on the phone using this Service Mode menu, I have not verified what I just said because I haven't made any change to the phone after this.
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I wonder if it resets the entirety of the service menu? I just tried it The reason why I wanted to try this is cause I messed up something in there that didnt allow me to use the menu to change UMTS to EDGE and so on
hyelton said:
I wonder if it resets the entirety of the service menu? I just tried it The reason why I wanted to try this is cause I messed up something in there that didnt allow me to use the menu to change UMTS to EDGE and so on
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So did this solved your issue?
As of right now I'm having one issue with my AT&T Note 2, its unlocked but it wont get connected to any other network but AT&T, on T Mobile and Simple Mobile I only get emergency calls.
0bscuridad said:
So did this solved your issue?
As of right now I'm having one issue with my AT&T Note 2, its unlocked but it wont get connected to any other network but AT&T, on T Mobile and Simple Mobile I only get emergency calls.
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Don't you need T-mobile RADIO to get it working on T-mobile network?
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Hi,
last night this problem just came out of nowhere. I was texting and calling fine like hour before I noticed it happen, but whenever I try to call it hangs up, and whenever I try to text it tells me to try again when service is available. On the lock screen it tells me "Emergency Calls Only", but sometimes it shows "Virgin" I'm with Virgin Mobile Canada, but still doesn't work. I've tried the following:
1. Pulling out battery and putting it back in.
2. Nandroid restore to when I first rooted it, and when it was working fine.
3. Take out SIM card, battery, and memory stick
4. Putting it into airplane mode and disabling airplane mode about 30 seconds later.
5. Unrooted to original Bell Stock Rom image from a thread and now have normal recovery
6.Data/factory reset
The only thing I do have a possible lead on is that yesterday I created a recovery tar file, from a recovery image I got from cwm website under AT&T, thought it was also for Bell (Model wise) as well, so don't know if that's the case, does that have to do with anything? I'm back to stock recovery and rom and from a thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 and downloaded the Bell/Virgin image, and flashed with Odin, I am back to stock, but still did not fix issue. It says Virgin on the top sometimes, and sometimes back to "Emergency calls only" could the recovery flash have changed radio or something? I also did do a restore before I flashed the new recovery and when phone was being normal just before unrooting but that also didn't work. Now I am unrooted and not on custom recovery. But still no service. Most of the time the service is 1 bar, but even when it's on 5 for like 10 seconds, it still doesn't work. Is it me or my carrier? I also noticed that even when the signal shows full strength it tells me "Emergency Calls Only". Thanks for the help.
I'd call Virgin and ask if your service was interrupted for any reason.
Yeah I'm going to do that, but I just looked at the IMEI number on the back of the phone, and looked at it in settings, but it did not match the number it had at the back. It just says 0 in the phone settings. Does that have anything to do with it? I wanna know if this is has anything to do with that first before calling.
EDIT: Okay so I did some research and yes that is apparently the problem, so I rerooted to custom recovery, and followed this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997 my IMEI is back, and matches, and it says "Virgin" now at the top of my lockscreen, but still, I can't send messages or call. Did the deleting of IMEI also delete something else I should restore? Or is it something on their side? I am connected to Virgin Mobile, but the connection is extremely weak, and does not complete any calls or texts. There's also "IMEI SV" under settings and it says "01" is that an issue?
EDIT 2: Nevermind I just had to follow post 3 after fixing IMEI in that thread I linked and it worked! In case you researched and got here. Follow thread I linked up.
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I'd like to resurrect this thread for a moment. Papaniz's problem is exactly like mine, same carrier & country.. but the link is dead.. any idea what the process was or where another link might be? Thanks Guys
tutorialhedz said:
I'd like to resurrect this thread for a moment. Papaniz's problem is exactly like mine, same carrier & country.. but the link is dead.. any idea what the process was or where another link might be? Thanks Guys
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The thread was remove to avoid illegal problem. You'll most likely have to look somewhere else to recover your IMEI if flashing stock firmware doesn't fix it.
ok seems to be a common problem and i have done a lot of googling to no answer,maybe you guys can help.
So I have a note 2 from Vodafone i got it unlocked so i can use my O2 card in it,everything worked fine, i did not get the unlock code from Vodafone i brought to a shop and they unlocked it for me,its worked for the last three months fine then all of a sudden it keeps saying "NOT REGISTERED ON NETWORK" it hasnt been able to make 1 phone call or sms since and is not a coverage problem,I've tried all the usual take bat out reinsert sim check for flight mode etc etc....
On the status screen it says "emergency calls only" when i try to select the network manually it finds the o2 network but when i select it it says "UNABLE TO CONNECT TRY AGAIN LATER" WEIRED THING IS MY DATA WORKS AND GETS THE 02 APN SETTINGS but still no calls and texts........,THE WEIRDER THING IS i put my vodafone sim in and it works fine make calls send texts no problem,,its like the phone is locked to Vodafone again by itself but its not prompting for the unlock code with other network sim,any ideas guys??
i dont want to root fone,but the status does say "modified" and i do not know why
i can see my rom build no in the downloads section could i reflash the same rom to the phone and it should relock it to vodafone then ask me enter the unlock code which i can get from vodafone????would this use the flash counter thing would it void my warrenty??????i dont want to void warrenty.
Thanks,
Eamonn
Sounds to me like u need to restore your efs I had the samr problem and hsd wiped my imei somehow
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
ruffneckZeVo said:
Sounds to me like u need to restore your efs I had the samr problem and hsd wiped my imei somehow
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
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thanks for the reply,can u tell me how to do this?
imei no with #06# is the same as on back of phone if that means anything?
If your IMEI showing correctly then chances are less you have broken EFS folder.
I don't know this will work, but you can try
Dial *#197328640#
Main Menu - UMTS - Debug Screen - Phone Control - Network Lock - Options Perso SHA256 OFF - wait 30 seconds,
then go back
Network Lock then choose - NW Lock NV Data INITIALLIZ
wait for a min and reboot
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Ok so i tried rhat but when i select network lock im presented with the following.
Menu not exist.
Current command 186
Anymore ideas??
Thanks
Also all day i have the orignal vodafone sim in the phone and it will not call out it goes straight to "call ended" but it will send sms and use data Well doesnt seem to be much on the interweb im finding the same stuff that I have mentioned.....
Can I reflash the stock rom its in the forums here to download? My only worry is that if it doesnt work and I still have the same problems will my warrenty be void when I send it to vodafone to be fixed? If I can restore the phone back to the way it is now with no worry of warrenty being void then ill whack away and flash new rom to see if it helps.....any help appreciated my head is melted
try restoring your EFS ,
go to this link :-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1922473
and do exactly same as they have told to , then let me know if you still face the same problem ..
So stupid me was fooling around in the *#197328604# menu and I accidentally screwed up my IMEI number (whoops my bad. not going in there again). After watching a YouTube video (Found via Googling), I managed to restore it (It now once again matches the IMEI on the bottom of the phone's box). However, I still have no cell service.
1. When I have the phone on the lock screen, it says "Emergency Calls Only". From time to time it may also say "Invalid SIM" or something along those lines.
2. When I look for mobile services (Settings -> More Settings -> Mobile Networks), it pops up an error, "Insert SIM card to access network services", even though the SIM card is inserted.
3. Sending a text message fails. It just says it will wait with it until a network is available.
4. Placing phone calls fail. "Not registered on network"
5. The phone can read the SIM though. Going to the Contacts, and going to Import/Export has the SIM card options, and nothing goes wrong when selecting them.
Where can I go from here? I've cleared the Dalvik Cache to no avail as well. It almost works, so I think it's software related, or perhaps my SIM is malfunctioning, but I want to exhaust every possibility before going back and saying "my phone is acting wonky".
Have you tried a factory reset? If that fails, you might need to reflash the ROM.
Mac of York said:
Have you tried a factory reset? If that fails, you might need to reflash the ROM.
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Yeah. Resetting it failed. I can't get past the setup. After skipping WiFi setup, I just get a black screen and nothing shows. I may have to do a stock reflash. If that too fails, I may see if I can bring it in.
Edit: Stock reflash failed to fix it as well. Gonna bring it back and get it replaced.
Edit 2: Got a replacement SIM, didn't fix the problem. Seems it's hardware based (or software). Is it possible to remove all traces of a root before sending it in to make it appear unmodified?
*#197328640#
It's not *#197328604#, it should be *#197328640#
been there lol
Team Fail said:
Yeah. Resetting it failed. I can't get past the setup. After skipping WiFi setup, I just get a black screen and nothing shows. I may have to do a stock reflash. If that too fails, I may see if I can bring it in.
Edit: Stock reflash failed to fix it as well. Gonna bring it back and get it replaced.
Edit 2: Got a replacement SIM, didn't fix the problem. Seems it's hardware based (or software). Is it possible to remove all traces of a root before sending it in to make it appear unmodified?
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I've recovered from doing the exact same thing. It will take a lot of trial and error. What network are you on?
Hi all
I'm currently having a problem with entering service mode
When I was on 4.1.2, I usually used *#197328640# or *#0011# then press menu>back to go to main menu of service mode that would look like this.
However, once I updated to 4.3, I could not use *#197328640# code anymore. *#0011# would send me to the page that shows cell site data, but I could not go back to main page.
I need to use service mode to set certain frequency that I would want my phone to connect to i.e only connect to WCDMA 2100, not 850 or 900.
Furthermore, under service menu, I could check whether WB AMR was successfully enabled or not.
Already tried replacing servicemode.apk from 4.1.2 rom with no success.
Anyone know how I could enter service menu on 4.3 sammy rom?
This menu wont' come up on Omega, DrKetan and Official Sammy 4.3 rom.
:crying::crying::crying:
I have the same issue after upgrading.
I use to dial *#0011# then menu>back then menu>keyinput> type "1". I imagine they've just made in more complicated because too many people found out about it.
Please post if you know how to do it now.
Hi,
while i was messing around with the network setting via *#*#4636#*#* menu, I accidentally selected the USA bands, and it has caused me to not able to make any phone calls or even be connected to the network.
It does not allow me to change back to the default bands I was - international
Understand that this seems to be quite common mistakes across different devices.
But specifically for Desire 816, anyone can help me with this? My device is not rooted (i'd like to keep it taht way) and bought unlock.
Anyone? I'd be super grateful! Panicking like crazy right now...
lushtea said:
Hi,
while i was messing around with the network setting via *#*#4636#*#* menu, I accidentally selected the USA bands, and it has caused me to not able to make any phone calls or even be connected to the network.
It does not allow me to change back to the default bands I was - international
Understand that this seems to be quite common mistakes across different devices.
But specifically for Desire 816, anyone can help me with this? My device is not rooted (i'd like to keep it taht way) and bought unlock.
Anyone? I'd be super grateful! Panicking like crazy right now...
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Hey its simple and worked on mine!
Got to *#*#4636#*#*, then enable Flight mode using the Power menu, or your status bar toggle, then click Select Radio Band and you should see Automatic, now before you select it, disable flight mode. Hope it works, else in order to reset RSD settings, you need to factory reset (unless u root ofc)
tpr0 said:
Hey its simple and worked on mine!
Got to *#*#4636#*#*, then enable Flight mode using the Power menu, or your status bar toggle, then click Select Radio Band and you should see Automatic, now before you select it, disable flight mode. Hope it works, else in order to reset RSD settings, you need to factory reset (unless u root ofc)
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Thanks for the reply!
Tried it, but the automatic option did not show up on mine
So how do you factory reset? I did reset through the phone settings already, also tried recovery, none worked...
Help
Please help me same problem i m facing i need your help.. i changed slot 1 settings in *#*#*4636#*#* three months ago then network gone.. from that day i m using my sim in slot 2 and slot 1 is not detecting network. I tried changing settings those settings again also done hard reset but not working
After flashing CM-12, Both SIM are not working. Flashed stock L firmware but still problem is there... any solution?