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My S3 says "upgrading" all the time

After updating the phone with an ATT update, every time I restart or boot up my device it says that "Android is upgrading". Does anyone have the same issue? How do I get rid of that?

MickeyS said:
After updating the phone with an ATT update, every time I restart or boot up my device it says that "Android is upgrading". Does anyone have the same issue? How do I get rid of that?
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I suspect that the update didn't go quite right. It says that when the system is rebuilding your cache/dalvik cache. It sounds like maybe one or both of those is getting cleared when you shut down or they may not be getting built properly in the first place. I'd suggest backing up whatever you care about and doing a factory wipe. It can be a bit of a pain, but it'll probably solve your problem.
Also, bring on the details yo. Phone? Android version you came from/upgraded to? Aaaaaanything at all.

I has Android 4.0.4 and the latest update. It's a rooted phone and AT&T is my provider.
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Are you running a custom ROM? I agree, you should do a factory reset. Just be sure to back up your data beforehand.

smartnphone said:
Are you running a custom ROM? I agree, you should do a factory reset. Just be sure to back up your data beforehand.
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No, I am not running a custom rom, all I have done to the phone is root it. What's the best way to back up your data? I useTitanium backup. How do I do a factory reset? I am new to the Android world and don't know much, any help will be greatly appreciated.

MickeyS said:
No, I am not running a custom rom, all I have done to the phone is root it. What's the best way to back up your data? I useTitanium backup. How do I do a factory reset? I am new to the Android world and don't know much, any help will be greatly appreciated.
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What phone do you have? Titanium backups are fine. Make sure the backups are on an external SD card or get them off the internal flash. If you need to shuffle files around, you can use ES File Explorer but BE CAREFUL if you give it root privs for some reason. No offense, but since you're kinda new to this if you screw up and erase the wrong thing, stuff's gonna break. Without knowing who makes your phone, the best I can tell you is to go into settings and dig around for the factory reset. Good luck!

I fixed the first problem with the factory reset but now I can't connect the phone to my Mac using Android file transfer. Could the update had something to do with it?
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MickeyS said:
I fixed the first problem with the factory reset but now I can't connect the phone to my Mac using Android file transfer. Could the update had something to do with it?
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I don't mean to be a jerk, but for god sake man/woman/person... For the 3rd time, what phone do you have? And yes, that's a good possibility...

He has said a S3 and ATT...I don't understand your question of what phone does he have?
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m3741 said:
I don't mean to be a jerk, but for god sake man/woman/person... For the 3rd time, what phone do you have? And yes, that's a good possibility...
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He did say s3 att my man.... And if not its in the s3 forum so it'd be a safe assumption it'd be an s3, and carrier for the steps he needs is regardless.
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corythug said:
He did say s3 att my man.... And if not its in the s3 forum so it'd be a safe assumption it'd be an s3, and carrier for the steps he needs is regardless.
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Apologies... I'm blind as hell apparently. No more late night XDA...

MickeyS said:
I fixed the first problem with the factory reset but now I can't connect the phone to my Mac using Android file transfer. Could the update had something to do with it?
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Like the other guy said, the update could be a possibility.
Reminds me when I had iPhones before I discovered Android. If you wanted to stay jailbroken, you'd have to make sure it's safe to do so before you update. Like you had to make sure it was iTunes safe, etc.

Did you install Google wallet?
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So if AT&T has an update and your phone is rooted, don't update? I went ahead and updated without thinking about it. I am an iPhone user and didn't think that ATT had anything to do with Android OS. I took care of the upgrading issue, before the update I was able to use Android File Transfer with my Mac and I would connect to the phone, now forget about it. I can only do it now using VMware Fusion. Kies works but it's kind of limited. My next thing will be to install a ROM, but I can't find exactly what kind of phone I have. I know it's a Galaxy S3 from AT&T.
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What kind of specific rom's I have to look for, I've herd that if you install the incorrect rom you will brick your phone.

Im not very familiar with mac or iOS but your problem sounds like a driver issue on the mac, not android. Is usb debugging enabled by chance? Settings>developer options>android debugging....if its on try turning off then reconnect your phone. If its off try turning it on and reconnect and see if it changes. Beyond that i would suggest deleting any samsung/android usb device druvers from the mac and reinstalling....although someone with more iOS experience will have to offer some advice in exactly how to do that if you dont know, i certainly dont.
As far as installing AT&T OTA updates with root, its generally not a good idea, especially if you do install a custom ROM. Even on a stock rooted ROM there is a pretty good chance the update will 'fix' your root access and if you are on a custom ROM there is probably an even better chance of screwing up the operating system to the point that it doesn't boot properly, or even brick. Only install updates to your ROM from the developer, and follow any instructions they give on how to apply the update.
Lastly, you are looking for AT&T i747 roms and you also have to pay attention to which version of android you are on as to how you go about installing the ROM. For instance if you are running the stock AT&T ROM and try to install an AOSP based rom without formatting the device you are more than likely to have all kinds of issues, IF the OS even boots properly. I would suggest you take some time to read up and become familiar with the terminology, differences in versions, etc with android before you just dive in. If you are unsure about something ASK SOMEONE...much better to look like a noob than standing in line at AT&T with a bricked phone.

I was under the impression that all of these show that when rebooting, its just a matter of how long it shows this message. I dont think anyone with a stock rom does NOT see this when they boot for a couple of seconds.

Any good place to begin looking for stock ROMS?
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[Q] Load OS on galaxy note 2 I317 (AT&T)

Hi
I have been having trouble with this device since I changed the digitizer after dropping and shattering the screen, it was unlocked but after that it would only take AT&T SIM card, when I inserted my simple mobile card it pop a stop sign on the signal bar and give emergency call only when I tried to call. I have tried downgrading & unlocking again, tried custom rooms but it still didn't work. Now major problem 2 is that I was trying to install a rom using twrp I accidentally but it wit no OS loaded and now it can't be recognized by the computer. How to I get to load the OS back? Please help with the 2 issues.
Android Newbie tinklier.....
thanks in advance

No problem dude.... its an easy fix! Just flash a rom, then a kernal. Done! As for your problems with a different network. Id suggest doing what u did, except try looking at your apn settings.. you can find those in setting,, more setting, mobile networks then access point names.
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Oh and p.s the reason why u are getting the no os message is u hit the wrong wipe in twrp.
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Musanch said:
Hi
I have been having trouble with this device since I changed the digitizer after dropping and shattering the screen, it was unlocked but after that it would only take AT&T SIM card, when I inserted my simple mobile card it pop a stop sign on the signal bar and give emergency call only when I tried to call. I have tried downgrading & unlocking again, tried custom rooms but it still didn't work. Now major problem 2 is that I was trying to install a rom using twrp I accidentally but it wit no OS loaded and now it can't be recognized by the computer. How to I get to load the OS back? Please help with the 2 issues.
Android Newbie tinklier.....
thanks in advance
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Do you still have twrp recovery? Not sure about you twrp part you said you accidentally did something. You will get that no OS message after you perpormed full wipe then reboot device without flashing a rom. Download a custom rom and save to external card then flash using twrp recovery if you can still access it.
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Load OS on galaxy note 2 (AT&T)
Thanks for the reply...
But how do I flash the rom/ kernel if I can't get the phone to be recognized by the computer? And I know how to do the rom but not the kernel, any help there too would appreciated.
P.s- I accidentally rebooted while in twrp when it was saying No OS installed.
Thanks once again.

Load OS on galaxy note 2 (AT&T)
Thanks for the help...
I can't access the twrp as the phone will not boot and will not be recognized by the computer...so how do I get to be identified.
I accidentally rebooted while in twrp after a wipe. Any help will be appreciated ..
Many thanks.

Go get a micro sd adapter plug it in ur computer. . Then load what u want to on it then flash in twrp
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Load OS Galaxy note 2 AT&T / no network (unlocked)
twanskys204 said:
No problem dude.... its an easy fix! Just flash a rom, then a kernal. Done! As for your problems with a different network. Id suggest doing what u did, except try looking at your apn settings.. you can find those in setting,, more setting, mobile networks then access point names.
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Oh and p.s the reason why u are getting the no os message is u hit the wrong wipe in twrp.
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Thanks a lot for your help. Was finally able to go to boot and use Odin to load stock 4.1.2. Then downgraded to 4.1.1 and went through the secret menu method to unlock but it still will not allow calls and still shows the stop sign @ the top right on the signal bars then it disappears. The apn settings are being recognized as t-mobile and everything as far as I can tell is ok but it can't call, says only emergency...any help here?
Thanks for your time.

Now no network now( galaxy note 2)
twanskys204 said:
No problem dude.... its an easy fix! Just flash a rom, then a kernal. Done! As for your problems with a different network. Id suggest doing what u did, except try looking at your apn settings.. you can find those in setting,, more setting, mobile networks then access point names.
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Oh and p.s the reason why u are getting the no os message is u hit the wrong wipe in twrp.
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jon3sh said:
Do you still have twrp recovery? Not sure about you twrp part you said you accidentally did something. You will get that no OS message after you perpormed full wipe then reboot device without flashing a rom. Download a custom rom and save to external card then flash using twrp recovery if you can still access it.
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Thanks so much..was able to finally boot it and install stock 4.1.2 and then downgrade it to 4.1.1 and used the secret menu method to unlock it (though it was unlocked in the first place) but it still will not allow calls, says only emergency when I insert my simple mobile SIM card. Though the APN setting that appear are t-mobile..
Any help here will be much appreciated.
Thanks.

Hmmm.. ur getting data.. but no calls? I realy dont know how u have ur apns set up, its probably automatic from your carrier. . Hopefully @bajaman sees this thread. Hes the apn masta!. I dont think its the modem/radio cause u get signal right? I think its ur apn.. look into that more. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: good luck man, there are allot of smart dudes in this fourm! Hopefully they chime in a bit.
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Musanch said:
Thanks so much..was able to finally boot it and install stock 4.1.2 and then downgrade it to 4.1.1 and used the secret menu method to unlock it (though it was unlocked in the first place) but it still will not allow calls, says only emergency when I insert my simple mobile SIM card. Though the APN setting that appear are t-mobile..
Any help here will be much appreciated.
Thanks.
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Try resetting apn to default just open apn settings then soft menu and choose reset to default.
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Can you run AT&T mods or stock on the international N7150
I have a chance to get a N7150 new and unlocked but I need to run it on either AT&T or Tmob and use LTE. If I flash the I-317 software do I have to flash a new kernel to get LTE or just flash the carrier modem?
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[Q] Tmo T999 No 4G

Hello,
Obviously from my posts I'm new posting, however, I've been reading the forums for a while now and have been a huge fan at the massive support of devs and other helpful people. My question, and I've tried searching hi and lo on this site and others to get an answer:
I rooted my phone about 2 months ago and kept ROM, kernel, etc. stock until about 1 month ago when I flashed CM 10.1. Everything was awesome, loved the layout and the customization of the ROM. About 2 weeks ago, I lost 4G/H+ coverage, and voice service was sometimes spottier than usual. Wifi was and is still fine, but anytime I left and wifi network, I was immediately given EDGE speeds. I ran speedtest.net and the display is accurate.
I tried searching a couple of sites and I read that flashing a different ROM could fix the issue. I flashed Wicked which again was a great layout, but didn't fix the 4G issue. Lastly, today I followed an unroot thread and unrooted my phone. I didn't reset my counter with triangle away because I didn't think that was an issue in the lack of 4G. And I didn't want to dig myself any deeper on possibly bricking my phone. So now, my phone is stock (minus the counter) with ROM, kernel, and recovery. Any tips or suggestions?
Something to note: When I tried flashing CM10.1 the very first time, I received an error 7 message on CWM recovery. After reading a couple of posts on here, it looked like the workaround was to remove the first line of code on the updater-script file in the zip. Doing so made the ROM flash without any hiccups. Or were there?
Again thanks in advance for taking the time to read my post.

Go to settings> about phone> status
Look under imei, is it still there or is it 0.
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Dakine,
Thanks for the reply. It says 0. Doesn't sound good based on the two options you said it could be.
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keeeoh said:
Dakine,
Thanks for the reply. It says 0. Doesn't sound good based on the two options you said it could be.
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Its not really bad, but its not great. It means you lost your imei, it just happens randomly when flashing a ROM (no one knows why, it just rarely happens). Its not the ROMs fault, it just happens.
If you haven't made a backup of your imei, then you'll have to restore/inject the imei so that you can use 4g again. I'll have to look for the threads that explain how to do that and I'll post them for you.
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keeeoh said:
Dakine,
Thanks for the reply. It says 0. Doesn't sound good based on the two options you said it could be.
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Da Kine said:
Its not really bad, but its not great. It means you lost your imei, it just happens randomly when flashing a ROM (no one knows why, it just rarely happens). Its not the ROMs fault, it just happens.
If you haven't made a backup of your imei, then you'll have to restore/inject the imei so that you can use 4g again. I'll have to look for the threads that explain how to do that and I'll post them for you.
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I wouldn't worry bout it. Unless you get lucky it can take a lot of searching and piecing info together to find all that's needed. Imei restoration can still be found, but a lot isn't too clear. Data restore after imei restoration is not so easy.
Also, one or two of the important threads are gone. If you ever need help with this issue, you can just pm me.
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Da Kine said:
This video will help you restore your imei, download links are in the video description.
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Huge help! Thanks for locating this. About to read up on restoring my imei. Thanks again, especially for the quick reply.

DocHoliday77 said:
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I wouldn't worry bout it. Unless you get lucky it can take a lot of searching and piecing info together to find all that's needed. Imei restoration can still be found, but a lot isn't too clear. Data restore after imei restoration is not so easy.
Also, one or two of the important threads are gone. If you ever need help with this issue, you can just pm me.
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And thank you too Doc! I'll post my results in case anyone else has this problem. I'm certain this will work. Thanks for the future reach-out invite as well.

Hey Doc, does everything in the video I posted restore 4g or does it just restore the imei? If it doesn't restore 4g, could you please post here or pm what steps are needed to get 4g going again?
I would just like to have a copy of everything just in case something goes wrong with my imei backup, If I end up losing my imei.
Edit: Hey keeeoh I removed the video (thank you Doc for the heads up). If you need the link to it, just let me know and I'll pm it to you. Once again, thank you Doc for letting me know.
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Da Kine said:
Hey Doc, does everything in the video I posted restore 4g or does it just restore the imei? If it doesn't restore 4g, could you please post here or pm what steps are needed to get 4g going again?
I would just like to have a copy of everything just in case something goes wrong with my imei backup, If I end up losing my imei.
Edit: Hey keeeoh I removed the video (thank you Doc for the heads up). If you need the link to it, just let me know and I'll pm it to you. Once again, thank you Doc for letting me know.
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Well, Success!!! Needed to do a couple more things but both of you were able to get me back up and running on 4G.
Dakine - Already got the video, so thank you anyways.
Doc - Finished those steps, for some reason I can't PM you so if you can PM me again to let me know what I need to do avoid this in the future, as I'd love to go back to a rooted phone.
Thanks again guys!

keeeoh said:
Well, Success!!! Needed to do a couple more things but both of you were able to get me back up and running on 4G.
Dakine - Already got the video, so thank you anyways.
Doc - Finished those steps, for some reason I can't PM you so if you can PM me again to let me know what I need to do avoid this in the future, as I'd love to go back to a rooted phone.
Thanks again guys!
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Awesome! Glad you got it working again.
Next thing is to create s n on-device backup of your nv data. This should only need to be done once, as you can't delete or overwrite it with common methods. It is also preventative so you shouldn't ever see this issue again.
Two methods
1. Install Andromizer and backup nv data
2. Install and open Terminal Emulator and enter this:
su
reboot nvbackup
That's it. Your phone will reboot and create the back up. If you do ever need to restore just enter this:
su
reboot nvrestore
Note: you cannot make copies of this as its stored across several partitions that are not easily accessible.
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keeeoh said:
Well, Success!!! Needed to do a couple more things but both of you were able to get me back up and running on 4G.
Dakine - Already got the video, so thank you anyways.
Doc - Finished those steps, for some reason I can't PM you so if you can PM me again to let me know what I need to do avoid this in the future, as I'd love to go back to a rooted phone.
Thanks again guys!
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What were the "couple more things"? My IMEI was wiped when I installed CWM and I had no signal showing at all. I have restored my IMEI and it now connects to Edge but it does not connect to 4G as it did. My wife's phone still gets a good 4G connection so I think it is the phone. I have tried wiping it, installing Cyanogen and have now reverted to Samsung factory UVDMD5. Everything about the phone seems to work great except it has no 4G. Tried changing APN type and forcing WCDMA -- no luck
Thanks!

touchsw said:
What were the "couple more things"? My IMEI was wiped when I installed CWM and I had no signal showing at all. I have restored my IMEI and it now connects to Edge but it does not connect to 4G as it did. My wife's phone still gets a good 4G connection so I think it is the phone. I have tried wiping it, installing Cyanogen and have now reverted to Samsung factory UVDMD5. Everything about the phone seems to work great except it has no 4G. Tried changing APN type and forcing WCDMA -- no luck
Thanks!
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Low 2g and 3g but no 4g
I also can never get 4G in the metro. Even right next to somebody with the exact same phone and same T-mobile service who gets it fine.. I had flashed Synergy ROM and now S3Rx (stock kernel) but no improvement. My IMEI is valid, the Mobile Network type is shown as: GPRS:1. It shows the APN as T-Mobile USA (epc.tmobile.com). Baseband version is: T999UVDMD5.
I don't know anything else to check. Sure would like some ideas.

Test with someone else's SIM card. Or call T-Mobile as it sounds like it may be an account issue. Odin back to stock. If it still continues, it could also be hardware.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Test with someone else's SIM card. Or call T-Mobile as it sounds like it may be an account issue. Odin back to stock. If it still continues, it could also be hardware.
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Do you know where I can find the stock ROM for this phone?

Firmware thread. In my Sig. Stickied in development.
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Missing IMEI I could not find other way to reach you but to post here
DocHoliday77 said:
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Hello Doc, I tried to pm you, but never received a reply, maybe my message is blocked.
I hope you can help me find cure for my phone!
After regular update of CM 10.2. using CWM my phone stopped connecting to 3g and 4g, I checked with T-Mobile and no problems on their end. I thought it was a failed upgrade reinstalled CM 10.2, didn't help. Then I totally reformatted Internal Storage and Installed LiquidSmooth 2.3.7, same thing, only EDGE data. Then I thought maybe I have to unroot and go back to Stock, and this time unrooted, upgraded baseband to the latest version, then installed Stock JB 4.3 but it didn't fix my problem. Then I came across this info about missing IMEIs, and there it was IMEI was showing Unknown at one point and now it is showing 0. I tried to follow some guides about nv_data.bin but my EFS folder doesn't seem to contain that file, it actually doesn't have more than that when compared to other user's screenshots.
At this point I rooted my phone again using TWRP with SU and De-knox and installed CM 10.2.0. Still EDGE only and IMEI showing 0.
Please, help! I can email screenshot of About Phone Status Page and EFS folder if you need.
Thanks!
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Having same issue, could you help me??
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Doc,
I just purchased a T999 on eBay with this same problem. When I got the phone, it had CM installed on it and had no IMEI (IMEI=0). I put it back to stock 4.1.2, still no IMEI. I did IMEI repair using Z3X box which worked, now IMEI is normal. Problem is that it always stays on EDGE network. I'm sure this is something to to with the phone and not something else. I have a couple of other T999's available to use to test SIM card, location, etc. and all other T999's I've tried work just fine. Only this one that I had to restore IMEI.
Can you please give me some advice?

Bricked?

So I found my old s2 and when I turned it on it always boots to safe mode where nothing comes up only screen with status bar and absolutely nothing else. Volume up works only when holding power button and volume down isn't working at all even in recovery so I am unable to get it into download mode or navigate recovery to try factory reset. Is it a lost cause? Or any ideas to fix?
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rruleford said:
So I found my old s2 and when I turned it on it always boots to safe mode where nothing comes up only screen with status bar and absolutely nothing else. Volume up works only when holding power button and volume down isn't working at all even in recovery so I am unable to get it into download mode or navigate recovery to try factory reset. Is it a lost cause? Or any ideas to fix?
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Nope, your phone is fine. Your volume button is stuck, which makes you boot into safe mode.
Open up your phone (if comfortable) and gently wipe the switch for any debris present.

Will try. Thanks
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sagirfahmid3 said:
Nope, your phone is fine. Your volume button is stuck, which makes you boot into safe mode.
Open up your phone (if comfortable) and gently wipe the switch for any debris present.
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I was kinda weary on taking apart since its still insured but it was a lot simpler than I had anticipated and wiped it down with alcohol pad and sure enough it worked like a charm. I was then faced with android.acore crashing but since I can now navigate recovery just did hard reset and back to normal. Any advice on best ROM and kernel combo and best way to flash? Thanks again
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Personally, I like the Hellybean 4.2.2 ROM. It has excellent performance, overclocked GPU, init.d support, overclocking/volting support, and a sick dark theme. (Don't go with the 4.3 Hellybean, it has memory leaks). I'm pretty sure there is a Hellybean 4.4 in beta at the moment, you can check that out if you wish.

sagirfahmid3 said:
Personally, I like the Hellybean 4.2.2 ROM. It has excellent performance, overclocked GPU, init.d support, overclocking/volting support, and a sick dark theme. (Don't go with the 4.3 Hellybean, it has memory leaks). I'm pretty sure there is a Hellybean 4.4 in beta at the moment, you can check that out if you wish.
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well so heres what i ran into. it wouldnt read my tmobile sim card and just had a circle with slash through it in the notification bar where signal should be and in settings its unknow baseband and imei and the same issue others have came across. tries gs2 repair from market and no go so i odined jb firmware from ics and now it just reboots while upgrading android. :-/ hoping its just corrupt download so redownloading it from another source and will try but my question is how i can fix the not reading sim issue. thanks ahead of time for any help

rruleford said:
well so heres what i ran into. it wouldnt read my tmobile sim card and just had a circle with slash through it in the notification bar where signal should be and in settings its unknow baseband and imei and the same issue others have came across. tries gs2 repair from market and no go so i odined jb firmware from ics and now it just reboots while upgrading android. :-/ hoping its just corrupt download so redownloading it from another source and will try but my question is how i can fix the not reading sim issue. thanks ahead of time for any help
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For CM10 and abovre, the minimum version radio firmware that you need is UVMC6. If you do not have that installed already, baseband will show up as unknown. Your SIM card is probably not being recognized because of this.
Search for the UVMC6 zip and flash it FIRST in your recovery (CWM,TWRP), before you install any ROM.

sagirfahmid3 said:
For CM10 and abovre, the minimum version radio firmware that you need is UVMC6. If you do not have that installed already, baseband will show up as unknown. Your SIM card is probably not being recognized because of this.
Search for the UVMC6 zip and flash it FIRST in your recovery (CWM,TWRP), before you install any ROM.
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iam completely stock.

rruleford said:
iam completely stock.
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Well then, install CWM or TWRP via ODIN, then install the UVMC6 radio zip.
Most likely, your current radio firmware is corrupted.

my issue with this is as follows. i can only odin into stock ICS any other attempt to odin jb or flash custom ROM on it results in constant rebooting during "android is upgrading" upon first boot... wipes have not alleviated this issue. on stock ICS i get a circle with a slash through it no baseband or imei. have flashed multiple radios and they dont seem to stick at all. the one thing i havent tried is flashing an ICS rom like cm9 or such and flashing the radio to see if itll stick that way. so i guess my question is is there a way to fix this issue or could the radio be fried?

Try using Odin 3.0.4. Only version I had luck with flashing stock jelly bean. Before you Odin tho....use the 2 infamous wipes. Cache one and superwipe one. Found in dev section.
Give that a go.
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You could also try telus or tmobile stocks.
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Remember no matter what you do.....to check your apn settings after. If they are right...you should get a signal.
Sent from my Moto X cellular telephone...

Also, could you please check if the /efs partition is intact?
That is where things like the IMEI and MAC address, etc, are stored.
Boot to recovery;
mount /efs;
Open a terminal:
adb shell
# cd /efs
# ls -a >> /sdcard/efscontents.txt
# exit
adb pull /sdcard/efscontents.txt
Paste the file here so I can compare it to my /efs.

kj2112 said:
Try using Odin 3.0.4. Only version I had luck with flashing stock jelly bean. Before you Odin tho....use the 2 infamous wipes. Cache one and superwipe one. Found in dev section.
Give that a go.
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You could also try telus or tmobile stocks.
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Remember no matter what you do.....to check your apn settings after. If they are right...you should get a signal.
Sent from my Moto X cellular telephone...
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Also, could you please check if the /efs partition is intact?
That is where things like the IMEI and MAC address, etc, are stored.
Boot to recovery;
mount /efs;
Open a terminal:
adb shell
# cd /efs
# ls -a >> /sdcard/efscontents.txt
# exit
adb pull /sdcard/efscontents.txt
Paste the file here so I can compare it to my /efs.
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Will definitely do once I have a few minutes to tinker. Thank you again for your help
Sent from my XT894 using Tapatalk

sagirfahmid3 said:
Also, could you please check if the /efs partition is intact?
That is where things like the IMEI and MAC address, etc, are stored.
Boot to recovery;
mount /efs;
Open a terminal:
adb shell
# cd /efs
# ls -a >> /sdcard/efscontents.txt
# exit
adb pull /sdcard/efscontents.txt
Paste the file here so I can compare it to my /efs.
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Adb shell returns Device not found
Sent from my XT894 using Tapatalk

Did you flash the latest TWRP (I believe 2.6.3.1) via Odin or Heimdall? If not, do that first.
Unless your USB port is broken on the phone, it should work and get recognized.
Have you used adb before on your phone?

sagirfahmid3 said:
Did you flash the latest TWRP (I believe 2.6.3.1) via Odin or Heimdall? If not, do that first.
Unless your USB port is broken on the phone, it should work and get recognized.
Have you used adb before on your phone?
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Using cwm. Will try twrp when I get a few to flash cuz I do know that allows u to use terminal within recovery unlike cwm where I had to reboot into ROM and use terminal emulator.. I haven't messed with adb a lot on the phone.
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Well it seems as though it was just dying. Went to Odin back to ICS again and now it doesn't come on at all. :-/
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rruleford said:
Well it seems as though it was just dying. Went to Odin back to ICS again and now it doesn't come on at all. :-/
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If it is dying, and the screen and other components are in working condition, you could sell it on eBay for around $85-90.
The SGH-I727 (Galaxy S2 Skyrocket) has similar specs to the T989, and you can find those being sold on eBay for around $100 to $150. I am not sure exactly why it costs lesser than the T989, but it is (and I bought one for my dad for $133 USD). Both have the same specs, same processor, GPU, storage, etc.

sagirfahmid3 said:
If it is dying, and the screen and other components are in working condition, you could sell it on eBay for around $85-90.
The SGH-I727 (Galaxy S2 Skyrocket) has similar specs to the T989, and you can find those being sold on eBay for around $100 to $150. I am not sure exactly why it costs lesser than the T989, but it is (and I bought one for my dad for $133 USD). Both have the same specs, same processor, GPU, storage, etc.
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Ended up buying a new galaxy note i717 brand new for 200$ I was actually thinking of posting it on eBay. Everything is flawless except seems the motherboard fried but everything else was working. Since screen and case are flawless was thinking of putting it for 100$ too much you think?
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rruleford said:
Ended up buying a new galaxy note i717 brand new for 200$ I was actually thinking of posting it on eBay. Everything is flawless except seems the motherboard fried but everything else was working. Since screen and case are flawless was thinking of putting it for 100$ too much you think?
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$100 seems a fair price if you're including the case. Go for it.

baseband error [CHINA]

That's my first post on xda, I'm sorry for my English.
The problem is that i changed the GSM band to USA BAND in *#*#4636#*#*, then it cannot match chinese GSM band. Before I did this change, GSM has worked well and phone or SMS could work. Someone said that the same problem has been reported on Moto X, but esay to solve: erase modemst in fastboot. Or the same problem on Sony Xperia series, it needs flash radio.img.
NOW I HAVE TRIED THEM ALL, but still cannot work.
unlock and reset to factory data
double wipe in recovery
fastboot erase modemst1 ------failed, failure information is "REMOTE: not support to erase this partition"
flash factory image, both MDB08I and MDA89F
flash radio file
so...I think that i need the baseband file to flash, but such a new phone how can i find it?
OR maybe caused by same reason that TWRP cannot work before FORMAT but not wipe to unlock the secure partition?
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UPDATE: QUESTION SOLVED
Thanks a lot to developers. bidomo gave a effective method on #10, and #31 may be helpful too.
At last, i tried to erase modemst1 and finally solved this problem, but it's so hard, it must through ADB to open the Linux file system immediately, find the modemst1 folder's location and delete it.

I did the same thing with my 5x a few days ago. I am so fed up looking for solutions that apparently do not exist. I have factory reset the phone. Flashed a few roms, flashed 3 different stock firmware versions and investigated a few toolkits to see if there are any interesting options that might help me out. Nothing.
Im in Croatia though. I bought the phone from Amazon.de and its a Dutch model. Everything was working great before I had a brain fart and changed the setting.
Im getting quite despondent about this.
Would love some input for me and the guy above.

was.once.dead said:
I did the same thing with my 5x a few days ago. I am so fed up looking for solutions that apparently do not exist. I have factory reset the phone. Flashed a few roms, flashed 3 different stock firmware versions and investigated a few toolkits to see if there are any interesting options that might help me out. Nothing.
Im in Croatia though. I bought the phone from Amazon.de and its a Dutch model. Everything was working great before I had a brain fart and changed the setting.
Im getting quite despondent about this.
Would love some input for me and the guy above.
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So what exactly is the problem you are having with your phone?
Mark.

Firstly, thank you for the prompt reply to this issue.
As the first poster did, I changed my radio band to USA and have no applicable settings on my phone which will allow me to change back to my European band. So, as a result I am unable to use my phone. It reads, no service. To be exhaustive, I have obviously turned phone on and off, aeroplane mode, changed to a different sim card, factory reset, flashed radio.img files on top of stock rom, flashed all the firmwares available for this device over fastboot, flashed pure nexus rom to see if it might have an automatic or global mode for providers like i recall CM roms having a few years ago. All to no avail. So now I am standing in front of my laptop with my reflashed stock 5x, downloading my apps over a spotty 3g broadband connection, hoping that someone such as yourself will have a file, zip, or answer for me.
Marko

was.once.dead said:
Firstly, thank you for the prompt reply to this issue.
As the first poster did, I changed my radio band to USA and have no applicable settings on my phone which will allow me to change back to my European band. So, as a result I am unable to use my phone. It reads, no service. To be exhaustive, I have obviously turned phone on and off, aeroplane mode, changed to a different sim card, factory reset, flashed radio.img files on top of stock rom, flashed all the firmwares available for this device over fastboot, flashed pure nexus rom to see if it might have an automatic or global mode for providers like i recall CM roms having a few years ago. All to no avail. So now I am standing in front of my laptop with my reflashed stock 5x, downloading my apps over a spotty 3g broadband connection, hoping that someone such as yourself will have a file, zip, or answer for me.
Marko
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First thing to try is an app called Nexus 5 field test mode. Im not sure if it will let you do anything for the 5X but its worth a shot. You need to be rooted to use this app so you may want to do that first.
Mark.

Thanks for the reply. I will get to it later on today when I get some time. However obsessed Im being over this issue, I cant ignore my 2 year old like I did yesterday. I just wished to ask what would be the second, third thing I might do if this app does not work or help. Just so I can crack on with something else asap.
Again, I appreciate the help.
Marko

'This app is only for nexus 5'. The play store showed incompatibility but I went and downloaded an .apk anyway. Nothing. What next?
Thank you again for any interest in helping me rescue my phone. Like I said before, I can't just "take it back to the store" or anything like that.
Marko

Having read and read and read some more, it seems that the course of action is 'simply' to flash a new or rather original QCN file using QPST software. However....I need a European Nexus 5x QCN file and...well, knowledge on how to use the tool.
Marko

maybe somebody whith knowledge can find out the solution from the source code https://android.googlesource.com/pl....0_r26/src/com/android/settings/BandMode.java

DyLiu said:
That's my first post on xda, I'm sorry for my English.
The problem is that i changed the GSM band to USA BAND in *#*#4636#*#*, then it cannot match chinese GSM band. Before I did this change, GSM has worked well and phone or SMS could work. Someone said that the same problem has been reported on Moto X, but esay to solve: erase modemst in fastboot. Or the same problem on Sony Xperia series, it needs flash radio.img.
NOW I HAVE TRIED THEM ALL, but still cannot work.
unlock and reset to factory data
double wipe in recovery
fastboot erase modemst1 ------failed, failure information is "REMOTE: not support to erase this partition"
flash factory image, both MDB08I and MDA89F
flash radio file
so...I think that i need the baseband file to flash, but such a new phone how can i find it?
OR maybe caused by same reason that TWRP cannot work before FORMAT but not wipe to unlock the secure partition?
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was.once.dead said:
I did the same thing with my 5x a few days ago. I am so fed up looking for solutions that apparently do not exist. I have factory reset the phone. Flashed a few roms, flashed 3 different stock firmware versions and investigated a few toolkits to see if there are any interesting options that might help me out. Nothing.
Im in Croatia though. I bought the phone from Amazon.de and its a Dutch model. Everything was working great before I had a brain fart and changed the setting.
Im getting quite despondent about this.
Would love some input for me and the guy above.
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Before both of you start editing and/or wiping your efs to cause more issues
I made a custom rom for nexus 5x which instead of querying the baseband for available band modes just displays all six band modes. I could not test it on a nexus 5x as I dont have the device, but for my nexus 5 it does work
When I set usa band I lose my signal, but when I select automatic band selection or euro band I get back my signal.
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Here is the nexus 5x rom
I hope it will boot up, and will fix your problem.

Wow. First of all, let me start of by saying THANK YOU VERY MUCH for showing an interest. Im going to download now and give it a try for sure. Im sorry that I did not reply to your prior post, I was just not in a sort my phone out mood in the last few days as I was more concerned with my daughters first few days of nursery.
I stated in another thread that I made a couple of days ago that I was going to send my phone back for a replacement which I did not think I would be able to do. But I still would rather see if your rom works to set back my bandmode instead. Rather than waiting weeks and keeping my fingers crossed so that a truly faulty unit does not make its way into my hands, if at all.
Again, even if this doesnt work, I really appreciate the help, not only as per your second post, but simply for your reply in the first instance.
Marko

thank you bitdomo it works and i back to stock factory rom and still works ....

Hi all, I have the exact problem on my newly nexus 6p phone, any chance if anyone can made custom rom for it as well?

bitdomo said:
Before both of you start editing and/or wiping your efs to cause more issues
I made a custom rom for nexus 5x which instead of querying the baseband for available band modes just displays all six band modes. I could not test it on a nexus 5x as I dont have the device, but for my nexus 5 it does work
When I set usa band I lose my signal, but when I select automatic band selection or euro band I get back my signal.
Here is the nexus 5x rom
I hope it will boot up, and will fix your problem.
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I have the same problem on my NEXUS 6P,i set my phone to usa band and can not set it back.Could you help me?

shuaishuai said:
I have the same problem on my NEXUS 6P,i set my phone to usa band and can not set it back.Could you help me?
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Started building the rom for nexus 6p. It will take 4-5 hours.

It is 00:04 in china ,thanks for your instant help,and many people who use nexus 6p will benefit from your work.In all great thanks to you???

shuaishuai said:
It is 00:04 in china ,thanks for your instant help,and many people who use nexus 6p will benefit from your work.In all great thanks to you������
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I sent you the download link in a private message to avoid people flashing nexus 6p rom on nexus 5x

bitdomo said:
I sent you the download link in a private message to avoid people flashing nexus 6p rom on nexus 5x
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Downloading it,and have a try .If it works ,i will feedback to you soon.

bitdomo said:
I sent you the download link in a private message to avoid people flashing nexus 6p rom on nexus 5x
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Tried it，but does not work.When use you rom ,IMEI bocome unknown.Flash to stock and IMEI come back.:laugh:I send you an email with some pictures in it.
They can help you know the problem.

shuaishuai said:
Tried it，but does not work.When use you rom ,IMEI bocome unknown.Flash to stock and IMEI come back.:laugh:I send you an email with some pictures in it.
They can help you know the problem.
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I think I failed about extracting the proprietary files for nexus 6p from the system image. Sadly google still havent release the proprietary binaries for nexus 6p.
I will try to build a rom based on purenexus rom but I left home and will not come back until weekend. So you have to wait or build your own android by commenting out
if (size > 0) {
for (int i=1; i<size; i++) {item = new BandListItem(bands);
mBandListAdapter.add(item);
if (DBG) log("Add " + item.toString());​
}
addBandSuccess = true;​
}
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in $buildtree/packages/apps/Settings/src/com/android/settings/BandMode.java