Hello everyone,
I wonder if anyone can help me. I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S III from T-mobile, running CM 10. Since last week I've been having trouble with it after I updated the CM 10 rom. For some weird reason I cannot receive calls while I am using my data connection, incoming calls are always sent to voicemail. I tried the ##DATA# code to try to turn off the DDTM mode but later on I read that I cannot access this menu unless I am on stock ROM, I tried to flash T-mobile's stock ROM with Odin but the process kept getting stuck with no progress at all.
I kept looking and I came to the idea that my problem was my IMEI, which when I checked, was 0. I restored my IMEI and now I have my IMEI number and everything but I my internet connection is still stuck on EDGE and I cannot receive any calls. I even tried updating my modem I tried several different T-mobile modems for my phone and none of them can take my phone off EDGE.
then I tried changing the network type with the *#*#4636#*#* the actual network type option that it has selected is WCDMA preferred, I went ahead and selected LTE/GSM/CDMA but that option doesn't stay!!! I am going nuts here!!! I want my 4G connection back, I have tried everything with no luck at all.
I just hope that somebody out there has gone through this and found a solution cause I am losing all my hope and I don't want to take my phone to T-mobile since I cant flash it back to stock rom.
If anyone here could please help out I will be extremely thankful.
Thanks in advance.
Did you try Post 3 of the IMEI recovery thread?
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Thetenthdr said:
Did you try Post 3 of the IMEI recovery thread?
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^This^
It's more to it than simply injecting your IMEI. You have to inject it, back it up, and then restore it.
Well i had to enter my IMEI manually to generate a .txt to write it to my phone because the one i had before was corrupted cause it was 0.
Was thete any other step that I skiped doing?
I figure i wouldnt make a back up before injecting my IMEI manually cause i didnt have one.
Am I screwed??
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Yes, you skipped two complete steps. There's three steps, again, Injection, Backup, and then Restore. Go back to Peoplearmy's thread and follow it completely.
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Look at all these results..
http://bit.ly/Ws08di
Towle said:
Look at all these results..
http://bit.ly/Ws08di
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Stop doing that ****, seriously.
Don_Perrignon said:
Stop doing that ****, seriously.
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I've shown him an easy way to find answers to future questions he may have. Now stop telling me what to do.
But on a serious note, the search function on XDA works extremely well. If I ever need to find something, I type it in that box and 95.7342% of the time, it pops right up in front of me.
Search is a beautiful thing.
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I have actually searched quite a lot since I've been having this problem from a few weeks now. Only thing is that whenever i find a possible solution i doesnt fix it since it seems it is something else. I am trying now to do peoplearmy's post to see if this one does the trick. The first time i put manually my IMEI i did it following a different thread so I hope this one fixes the problem.
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Poeplearmy's post is the industry standard for IMEI recovery. Just remember that there are more steps than just the first post. I'm sure you'll get it worked out.
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I did this method, I cant actually check if my 4g is working since unfortunately at home I always get EDGE so I will check later when I go out.
I have a question, I did check on the dialer my IMEI but I saw a picture of somebody on peoplearmy's thread and their IMEI included a /0# at the end and I realized that mine doesn't.
Does the IMEI need to have that /#0 at the end in order to work or is it ok? I just want to make sure since I can only check my connection speed when I go out.
thank you
Rocksee said:
I did this method, I cant actually check if my 4g is working since unfortunately at home I always get EDGE so I will check later when I go out.
I have a question, I did check on the dialer my IMEI but I saw a picture of somebody on peoplearmy's thread and their IMEI included a /0# at the end and I realized that mine doesn't.
Does the IMEI need to have that /#0 at the end in order to work or is it ok? I just want to make sure since I can only check my connection speed when I go out.
thank you
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As far as I know, your IMEI should just be a simple number. If the IMEI you're seeing on the software matches your IMEI on the back of your phone, then you're good in that department. If you also followed the steps for the backup and restore. Then you're good. The backup is important, because it allows for the restore. The restore has some (stuff) that adds all of the settings back to allow you to connect to 4G. Does that make sense? It's a three-step process when you lose your IMEI for the first time.
Inject, backup, restore. It has to be done, because the restore really does add something back to make it work properly.
Should you lose it again in the future, you can simply just restore and be right back.
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As far as I know, your IMEI should just be a simple number. If the IMEI you're seeing on the software matches your IMEI on the back of your phone, then you're good in that department. If you also followed the steps for the backup and restore. Then you're good. The backup is important, because it allows for the restore. The restore has some (stuff) that adds all of the settings back to allow you to connect to 4G. Does that make sense? It's a three-step process when you lose your IMEI for the first time.
Inject, backup, restore. It has to be done, because the restore really does add something back to make it work properly.
Should you lose it again in the future, you can simply just restore and be right back.
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well then I guess I am ok, I followed every step, I will check my connection when I move from this location. Thank you for your response.
I just tested my connection and now i have full 4G!!!! At last thank you all for your answers you hrlprd me a lot!!!!
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I'm having the same issue (IMEI is reinjected but still can't connect to 4g, NO BACKUPS of ESN or NV) but the links in the thread are all dead can someone help me out and point me in the right direction ?? I have been searching for days and right when I think I have a post that has the answer, the link that solved it all for them is dead!
Can someone please help? I need 4g for work and cant keep eating at McDonalds for wifi all the time.-)
Thank you.
massiveloop said:
I'm having the same issue (IMEI is reinjected but still can't connect to 4g, NO BACKUPS of ESN or NV) but the links in the thread are all dead can someone help me out and point me in the right direction ?? I have been searching for days and right when I think I have a post that has the answer, the link that solved it all for them is dead!
Can someone please help? I need 4g for work and cant keep eating at McDonalds for wifi all the time.-)
Thank you.
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Check your PM's.
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Check your PM's.
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Thanks for the assist Doc!! You are the man!!
ALSO, big thanks to MotoDefier for assisting as well! the people on these boards are awesome !!
DOC can you assist me as well? I restored my IMEI but I need help getting data back.
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Hey guys I dont see the 3g signal on my phone. I guess i went into ##DATA# and messed something without my knowledge. Now the 3g symbol does not at all come up whatsoever. Advice appreciated. Thanx a lot.!
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I guess i went into ##DATA# and messed something without my knowledge.
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You "guess" you messed around with something???
Call Sprint
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I am actually from India! Using it on a indian service provider. About the guess yeah, I dont remember actually if i changed anything. I even flashed the phone to stock/custom rom. No use
Flashing stock ROM wont reset those settings. You will need to reset the activation on a stock ROM. I'm not sure of the code for that but its been in the treads a few times....
Which would be ##786#.....
Still no avail brother!
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I am actually from India! Using it on a indian service provider. About the guess yeah, I dont remember actually if i changed anything. I even flashed the phone to stock/custom rom. No use
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Is this device compatible with the 3g service your provider uses?
Yes it is. I have been using for quite a some time now.
Having the exact same issue. Not sure what caused it or how to fix it. I too am on stock rom
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Yes it is. I have been using for quite a some time now.
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Have you contacted your cellular provider? If you changed some settings, most likely calling your provider to get the right settings will be your best course of action.
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Alright,so over here in india we use nvitems (dump files) for evdo Else known as 3G. I tried everything but it doesnt seem to go back. Any way to make a phone go back TOTALLY to its 1st stage? When it came out when it was shipped? As in the whole parameters to be new. I tried flashing new parameters,prl, No avail. Just cannot see the 3g logo.
Any help?
We are probably going to need a little more info than that if you want help...
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brooksyx said:
We are probably going to need a little more info than that if you want help...
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Agreed... ankurcshah you've given us very little to go on here. You have to remember that the ET4G your using is mainly a US/Sprint base device.
Have you rooted, installed a rom/moden... Help us out some so we can help you out.
ankurcshah said:
Alright,so over here in india we use nvitems (dump files) for evdo Else known as 3G. I tried everything but it doesnt seem to go back. Any way to make a phone go back TOTALLY to its 1st stage? When it came out when it was shipped? As in the whole parameters to be new. I tried flashing new parameters,prl, No avail. Just cannot see the 3g logo.
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As far as I know and someone else has already posted this... You can do a factory reset to bring the os back to a "out of box" state. But this in no way will effect, change or the dialer or radios. Those settings are set by the carriers.
ankurcshah said:
Hey guys I dont see the 3g signal on my phone. I guess i went into ##DATA# and messed something without my knowledge. Now the 3g symbol does not at all come up whatsoever. Advice appreciated. Thanx a lot.!
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Again, this is your original post. In it you clearly state that you "guess" you did the "##DATA# dialer code and" messed something with out my knowledge".
After rereading your original post again I'm thinking it really should have read this way...
"I went into ##DATA# and messed with some of the settings and didn't really know what I was changing." See the difference???
Those setting in "##DATA# or set by the carriers... They are there to tell the radios on your device how to communicate with and what frequency to use for the towers your cellular providers uses.
I'm going to assume that when you got your ET4G you had to contact your cellular provider to get it setup to use their service, right???
Questions:
1. If not how did you get it setup to see their towers???
2. Did they (provider) give you some kind of codes to enter in the ##DATA# settings???
3. If they did, do you still have them and have you tried that???
I've said this before... I really think you need to contact your provider and see if maybe they can re provision your radios.
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SouthPhilly said:
Agreed... ankurcshah you've given us very little to go on here. You have to remember that the ET4G your using is mainly a US/Sprint base device.
Have you rooted, installed a rom/moden... Help us out some so we can help you out.
Yes,currently on el29 one click. but stock kernel without cwm
As far as I know and someone else has already posted this... You can do a factory reset to bring the os back to a "out of box" state. But this in no way will effect, change or the dialer or radios. Those settings are set by the carriers.
Could you link me?
Again, this is your original post. In it you clearly state that you "guess" you did the "##DATA# dialer code and" messed something with out my knowledge".
After rereading your original post again I'm thinking it really should have read this way...
"I went into ##DATA# and messed with some of the settings and didn't really know what I was changing." See the difference???
Those setting in "##DATA# or set by the carriers... They are there to tell the radios on your device how to communicate with and what frequency to use for the towers your cellular providers uses.
I'm going to assume that when you got your ET4G you had to contact your cellular provider to get it setup to use their service, right???
Nope, I just needed the dump file for the 3g to work, 3g works on my dad's phone and it doesnt on mine. I use the same dump as his. Still? Wierd
Questions:
1. If not how did you get it setup to see their towers???
I just flashed a prl
2. Did they (provider) give you some kind of codes to enter in the ##DATA# settings???
nope, I had set the msl to 000000
3. If they did, do you still have them and have you tried that???
They are not aware of such a thing also.
I've said this before... I really think you need to contact your provider and see if maybe they can re provision your radios.
I tired they don't understand "reprovision radios"
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As you were saying about the out of box state? Could you elaborate a bit more on that. I just need to reset the data settings of the phone to the state in which the phone had come. In the sense as in out of box.
Answers are in bold.
Thanx for your help
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As you were saying about the out of box state? Could you elaborate a bit more on that. I just need to reset the data settings of the phone to the state in which the phone had come. In the sense as in out of box.
Answers are in bold.
Thanx for your help
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The reset I mentioned is a "factory reset" ... But like I already posted... It will only delete all of your user data and reset settings like wifi, email passwords...
It won't reset the radios...
If you had already flashed these files to get your phone working when you got it, Don't you still have them???
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My 2 cents here, not completely sure but I saw this today.
Know your msl
>go to phone enter ##data#
>Click edit
>Then enter msl
>click other
>go into Korea mode
>click on India mode, press okay.
>reboot
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Tried out! No changes takes place. Gonna take the qcn of a friends write it onto my phone,change imsi,meid,mdn and check.
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Were u mentioning the one click thingys? Yes i have tried out every damn thing now.
Now on ics still no 3G
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The one click restore files are for Sprint phones so I doubt if they would work for you
Hmmm,all right
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Hello. I finally decided to root my galaxy s3 a few days ago. After I did so I downloaded some themes, ad block, etc. the normal stuff. The next day I started noticing something odd with the phone, such as very poor data connection (I can restart the phone and it will say I am on 4g for a minute or two although the connection doesn't say the same, but then it will either go to EDGE or give me no connection at all.) and poor network (says I have good bars but texts don't send often and take 10 minutes to receive; phone calls drop.}
I took the device to the AT&T store and got a new SIM card and that did nothing. 45 minutes of "support" did even less for me. I unrooted it, factory restored it, nothing.
I am desperate, if anyone would give me a workaround / fix, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Not sure. Did you check your APN settings? Did you flash any ROMS, modems or kernels at all?
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rebuto tran
jasvncnt1 said:
Not sure. Did you check your APN settings? Did you flash any ROMS, modems or kernels at all?
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I don't think so...I did everything this tutorial on galaxyroot told me to do...would link but can't.
Sorry I am not too experienced with rooting
APN looks fine...Then again I don't know what I am looking for lol. It says ATT PTA and it is checked.
I did have apex launcher I don't even know if that was a rooted app though lol..........
Sean A said:
I don't think so...I did everything this tutorial on galaxyroot told me to do...would link but can't.
Sorry I am not too experienced with rooting
APN looks fine...Then again I don't know what I am looking for lol. It says ATT PTA and it is checked.
I did have apex launcher I don't even know if that was a rooted app though lol..........
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LOL, ok. Just realized my IMEI has changed to 0. Now are there any options or do I have to deal with **** ATT?
Refer to the following link, on how you can fix/recover
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
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0u7br3ak said:
Refer to the following link, on how you can fix/recover
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
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Thank you, now for the QCN..........I will be very happy when this is fixed lol.
So whenever I try to create a QCN I am unable to find it in the location I placed it, and I have hidden files visible. When I try to slide it to a different folder it says the file doesn't exist anymore. My phone has moved to "Unspecified" in devices and printers and I am unable to access any of its files even after trying to reinstall drivers multiple times (it gets stuck on the 5th one...network something...). Does anyone have any suggestions on how to resolve the problem with not being able to access my phone?
Ok I figured out how to access my phone and I think installing a new modem fixed it.....we will wait a couple hours and see.
You would think I learned my lesson but im back to square one. This time however I did back up the file and did the restore. My problem is the connection is horrid very slow I tried some of the methods posted but no luck. What I'm noticing is the dBm keeps going up and down and switching from edge to HSDPA and to utms I believe it is called. Anyone with these problems?
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UPDATE: For those with similar issues all i did was use to NV writer with my old qnc backup and shot it to my device, 4g working like normal. Whew.
What file was that, exactly?
Aerowinder said:
What file was that, exactly?
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I backed up the file as peoplearmy thread says to do as soon as i got the phone. Everything was fine and then i lost my imei, i so no biggie, located my backed up qcn file and restored. Afterwards i seen my 4g come up, i said cool i tried to use it the arrows would go about then signal would drop. Then when i back out of say Market app because nothing is happening the signal goes back up to full, like every time i try to download something the signal goes out, the dBm goes crazy too.
Try to flash a radio?
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Try to flash a radio?
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Yea flashed every radio available no luck, i doubt switching sim cards will work but i'm even going to try that.
bump for those who have similar issues in the future.
I'm noticing slower speeds after rooting. How do I know if I lost IMEI? I see in About -> Status. I didn't. Back k it up before I rooted. No one mistake. Is it too late to fix?
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Thing is i have no QNC back-up.......there is a QNC generator but it says the binaries are not finished for Tmobile....so that leaves me wondering....could i use your binaries and write my NV back up over that to get everything working again?
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You would think I learned my lesson but im back to square one. This time however I did back up the file and did the restore. My problem is the connection is horrid very slow I tried some of the methods posted but no luck. What I'm noticing is the dBm keeps going up and down and switching from edge to HSDPA and to utms I believe it is called. Anyone with these problems?
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UPDATE: For those with similar issues all i did was use to NV writer with my old qnc backup and shot it to my device, 4g working like normal. Whew.
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What about those of us that didnt backup a qnc or efs before root?
I've been searching all day for a way to get my 4g back after losing it following a permission fix in CWM. I love that the 20+ tutorials I read on how to root your phone never once mentions backing up these additional items. At this point, I would sacrifice all my contacts and apps just to get my data connection off EDGE and back on to 4g.
Ok, So I have an Epic 4g flashed to Cricket, I have made everything work(mms,test,talk,ect.) I have it on Android 4.1.2. My problem is I only get 3G and its not very dependable. I live in Phoenix, A.Z. Anyone have any ideas on what to do?
Did you change anything with the phone recently? Did you recently move homes?
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Ihave not moved at all....
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shaunfrazier said:
Ihave not moved at all....
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Ok, and what of the first question.
How do I fix the data problem.. I can't just use 3g it not stable in phx. Goes in and out a lot even sitting still and not moving the phone.
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shaunfrazier said:
How do I fix the data problem.. I can't just use 3g it not stable in phx. Goes in and out a lot even sitting still and not moving the phone.
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Look, I'm trying to assist you. If all you are going to do is plead for help over and over again without providing answers, then I cannot help you.
Have you done anything to the phone since you last had stable connections?
nikon120 said:
Look, I'm trying to assist you. If all you are going to do is plead for help over and over again without providing answers, then I cannot help you.
Have you done anything to the phone since you last had stable connections?
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I think he's implying that that's how it's always been, or possibly that he has done all of this within the last few days. However long it's been, to me it doesn't sound like a recent issue that has cropped up.
Just my obversvation though. Unfortunately that's all the help I can offer heh
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I think he's implying that that's how it's always been, or possibly that he has done all of this within the last few days. However long it's been, to me it doesn't sound like a recent issue that has cropped up.
Just my obversvation though. Unfortunately that's all the help I can offer heh
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Well, you're reading into what he typed; which means that he wasn't clear. lol
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Well, you're reading into what he typed; which means that he wasn't clear. lol
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haha Definitely no argument there! :highfive:
So hears what happen, I bought this phone 2 months ago I rooted the phone than flashed acouring to a tutorial I found on this site. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780742)
After that I instealed the Provision Rom
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2129233)
After that I flashed the Cricket mms fix found here
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1649508&highlight=cricket+mms)
So I did not notice the 3g to 2g/1g switch because most of the time I am around wifi.. I have changed it since then or added anything.. I hope this is a better disription...
thanks
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So hears what happen, I bought this phone 2 months ago I rooted the phone than flashed acouring to a tutorial I found on this site. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780742)
After that I instealed the Provision Rom
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2129233)
After that I flashed the Cricket mms fix found here
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1649508&highlight=cricket+mms)
So I did not notice the 3g to 2g/1g switch because most of the time I am around wifi.. I have changed it since then or added anything.. I hope this is a better disription...
thanks
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I don't use a MVNO, so I am not sure which regular troubleshooting steps would clear away your carrier settings. (I'm thinking using EFS Clear in Odin is the only concern, but that is sometimes needed for modem issues.)
Based off that rom's thread, you must be using the NS4G modem. Since your issue is with connectivity:
Perform a CWM backup of your current setup.
Flash an Epic modem rom and FC09 modem. (You can flash the modem using CWM. There's a thread in the dev forum w/ links.)
Try testing connection again.
I'd normally tell a Sprint Epic user to boot into FC09 multiboot and update profile & PRL, but I don't even think the PRL update would work for you. I'd then say, start from scratch by using Odin to flash FC09 with repartition checked. If they still had issues with connectivity, then I'd recommend using EFS clear in Odin when reflashing either just the FC09 modem or the entire FC09 tar.
Because you are on another carrier, I'm weary of suggesting you use Odin so quickly. If you haven't already, dive into your phone settings and document your carrier specific info you changed to get it working. This way, if you end up doing something that resets your original changes, then you can reconfigure it.
So give the suggestion that is listed above a try.
Since I'm very much a noob myself, I'm only tossing this out to possibly trigger an idea for someone else: Would perhaps the issue lie in the Build.prop or one of those similar files? I've poked around so many of them I can't remember which hold what tidbits of info... I know the Build.prop holds most of the primary carrier info, but I seem to recall another one that stored a bunch of info for a bunch of the other carriers (though that might have been for roaming and may not be of any help here).
*shrug* Otherwise, I's gots nothin' lol
So I installed CWM-SuperSU_v0.87.zip, got Wicked v10 loaded and my SD card stopped working. Tried clearing cache/resetting to defaults. Didn't work.
Downloaded T999UVDLJA_T999TMBDLJA_TMB and restored to factory. external SD started working again but now I'm in 2G mode.
I noticed my IMEI had been wiped, so I restored that using NV-items reader_writer...
I didn't back up anything before I did this, and I'm probably going to pay for it. I don't care if I have to ship this off to a trusted member to get it fixed, I'd rather just not have to spend another $300 to get a 4g phone again.
If anyone has some input, I'm all ears. I'm not completely daft, just careless.
What phone do you have?? If all was right with what you installed and you have checked you have "3g/4g" enabled not just GSM then follow all the steps in the recovering 4g thread. This has been brought up about 1000 times in this forum about restoring it and still not seeing "4g" just follow steps and read up.
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What phone do you have?? If all was right with what you installed and you have checked you have "3g/4g" enabled not just GSM then follow all the steps in the recovering 4g thread. This has been brought up about 1000 times in this forum about restoring it and still not seeing "4g" just follow steps and read up.
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SGH-T999
I'm running basic stock firmware/rom now - so I don't even have an option to turn off/on 3g/4g. My network mode is set to 'LTE/GSM/WCDMA (Auto Mode'.
I tried using the search function on the site, but it's broken - figures =D If you have it bookmarked could you toss that thread my direction?
Thanks for the quick response, if you need me to get more info, just let me know the steps.
Hold on I'll look for you and bookmark for me and others in the future.
There is this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1808408
there is a video here as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AlQmfMJBK0
mt3g said:
What phone do you have?? If all was right with what you installed and you have checked you have "3g/4g" enabled not just GSM then follow all the steps in the recovering 4g thread. This has been brought up about 1000 times in this forum about restoring it and still not seeing "4g" just follow steps and read up.
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Hold on I'll look for you and bookmark for me and others in the future.
There is this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1808408
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the link on that thread is dead... on the last page there's a link to a tool on google play, is that it?
Between that and the youtube video are options. I don't know I've never lost mine.
mt3g said:
Between that and the youtube video are options. I don't know I've never lost mine.
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I've actually already recovered the IMEI using that method, but I'm thinking that my phone has a damaged/corrupt ERI.
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I've actually already recovered the IMEI using that method, but I'm thinking that my phone has a damaged/corrupt ERI.
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That much I can't help with, especially without the search function on this forum. I'll do google to see what I can find.
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mt3g said:
That much I can't help with, especially without the search function on this forum. I'll do google to see what I can find.
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Everything I'm finding is a 404 forbidden site or the thread is removed. Really weird.
You can continue searching or reading if you'd like, hopefully someone else steps in
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sitesearch.php?q=IMEI restore
mt3g said:
That much I can't help with, especially without the search function on this forum. I'll do google to see what I can find.
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Everything I'm finding is a 404 forbidden site or the thread is removed. Really weird.
You can continue searching or reading if you'd like, hopefully someone else steps in
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sitesearch.php?q=IMEI restore
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thanks... i'll look into those threads and maybe find something. the phone works (i can make/place calls..) just stuck in 2g mode kind of sucks. I'm usually in range of wi-fi, this just sucks is all.
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thanks... i'll look into those threads and maybe find something. the phone works (i can make/place calls..) just stuck in 2g mode kind of sucks. I'm usually in range of wi-fi, this just sucks is all.
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I know your pain. I was testing roms last year with my g2x and we ported a o2x rom and it made me not be able to send sms over 4g, only 2g lol. That was a huge pain haha. Whn the search function pops back up and I can look closer I'll get into it, at least for today.
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So I installed CWM-SuperSU_v0.87.zip, got Wicked v10 loaded and my SD card stopped working. Tried clearing cache/resetting to defaults. Didn't work.
Downloaded T999UVDLJA_T999TMBDLJA_TMB and restored to factory. external SD started working again but now I'm in 2G mode.
I noticed my IMEI had been wiped, so I restored that using NV-items reader_writer...
I didn't back up anything before I did this, and I'm probably going to pay for it. I don't care if I have to ship this off to a trusted member to get it fixed, I'd rather just not have to spend another $300 to get a 4g phone again.
If anyone has some input, I'm all ears. I'm not completely daft, just careless.
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I have the same problem with my IMEI disappearing an only being on 2G. Did you have a backup of your IMEI or how did you restore it with the NV-items reader_writer? I am curious because I don't have a backup of my IMEI and I have that util...but the other utility to re-write the file to be uploaded seems to have disappeared off the internet and the only copies I have found have been infected with multiple virus'.
Thanks in advance.
euched said:
I have the same problem with my IMEI disappearing an only being on 2G. Did you have a backup of your IMEI or how did you restore it with the NV-items reader_writer? I am curious because I don't have a backup of my IMEI and I have that util...but the other utility to re-write the file to be uploaded seems to have disappeared off the internet and the only copies I have found have been infected with multiple virus'.
Thanks in advance.
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Didn't take any sort of precaution... I just started flashing ROMs without reading anything. I actually ended up hard bricking the thing and I'm now waiting for the phone to come back from a JTAG repair. I ended up buying another S3 off of craigslist and doing a nvbackup and andromodizer backup before I did anything else. I'm now running cm10.1 with 4g. I'll probably just keep my 2g'd phone as a backup. My only guess as to the now MIA program is that it could be used to circumvent IMEI blacklists... Which sucks.