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[FIX] IMEI Backup/Restore using QPST

With the ongoing issues surrounding lost IMEI's and lost phone functionality due to a lost IMEI. It may be in all of our interests to backup the NV Data to our phones. I have provided in this thread information on how to do so. Hope it helps =)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
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Thanks for the guide. I got as far as starting the backup in QPST, but got an error.
SPC given could not unlock the phone. The phone will not respond for 10 seconds.
Guess I need to try on an insecure kernel, but can't find one for our phone. The two that used to be on samsung-updates.com are dead links as of right now.

I got the same SPC lock error.

I believe that is because you need the MSL. This should work for you phone credit to shiftr182 for this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1745888
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Peoplearmy said:
I believe that is because you need the MSL. This should work for you phone credit to shiftr182 for this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1745888
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Thanks. Got a little further. It starts the backup, but now fails at 16% with "Roaming Lists could not be read."
Tried on both stock and insecure kernel. Tried PRL/Profile update + reboot for kicks, no change. Not sure what else to try, googling doesn't help.
edit: Do you know of anyone on Verizon that has successfully backed up? I checked their forum and they only have a guide for doing the IMEI injection. I'm assuming the 7 successful Verizon restores you have listed in your original thread are restores by injection and not from a backup?

Philosuffer said:
Thanks. Got a little further. It starts the backup, but now fails at 16% with "Roaming Lists could not be read."
Tried on both stock and insecure kernel. Tried PRL/Profile update + reboot for kicks, no change. Not sure what else to try, googling doesn't help.
edit: Do you know of anyone on Verizon that has successfully backed up? I checked their forum and they only have a guide for doing the IMEI injection. I'm assuming the 7 successful Verizon restores you have listed in your original thread are restores by injection and not from a backup?
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That is correct 6 were through injection 1 was through a backup. There are however plenty of Verizon folks who were able to do the backup without any problems. They also however didn't need their MSIL and were able to use the default spc of 000000. I will have to dig a bit deeper for Sprint. I prefer us all safe and not just 3 carriers. Thank you for your efforts
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Are there any reports of this happening to sprint users? Jw
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did anyone try...
The option in mskips toolkit. Cant say wheather it works(as I haven't had to restore it) but it does a efs backup now. I know the imei isn't there anymore (don't know that I necessarily believe that) but don't hurt to try.
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Are there any reports of this happening to sprint users? Jw
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Haven't seen any with this phone. Have seen cases on other sprint phones tho, so I'd definitely say it can

Backup work for me with the default 000000, but that being said the only way i was able to get my MSL was an app "Get My MSL" from google play
this guilde didn't work for me http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1745888
credit goes to hofs1 for post in guilde above
with "Get My MSL" if it doesn't work at first for you do these steps
1. run get my MSL app
2. hit home button to not close app
3. go to dialer type ##DATA#
4. select edit
5. type any code
6. rerun get my MSL app
you should be gtg

spyderdreams said:
Backup work for me with the default 000000, but that being said the only way i was able to get my MSL was an app "Get My MSL" from google play
this guilde didn't work for me http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1745888
with "Get My MSL" if it doesnt work at first for you do these steps
1. run get my MSL app
2. hit home button to not close app
3. go to dialer type ##DATA#
4. select edit
5. type any code
6. rerun get my MSL app
you should be gtg
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How exactly did that guide "not work for you" but your repeating the the instructions almost to a T here? Dont get it

billard412 said:
How exactly did that guide "not work for you" but your repeating the the instructions almost to a T here? Dont get it
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getprop ril.MSL in terminal and / or adding /system/bin/msl and running getprop ril.MSL is not the same thing as downloading an app from the market
I am not going to go into anymore in detail about this for you cause we will be getting off topic
edit: ok found hofs1 post further in thanks "hofs1"

If "get my msl" fails to return a number ho to the dialer an ##3282# select edit and enter any Number. Press home and run get my msl again.
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ooxcfhxoo said:
If "get my msl" fails to return a number ho to the dialer an ##3282# select edit and enter any Number. Press home and run get my msl again.
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It worked perfectly for me!
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Philosuffer said:
Thanks. Got a little further. It starts the backup, but now fails at 16% with "Roaming Lists could not be
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I realize this is the Sprint forum and I have a US Cellular phone my Google search landed me here. I am getting this exact message and was wondering if you have been able to get past this and get a complete backup of your IMEI. If so could you describe how you did it hopefully the info would be helpful for us USCC users.
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how are people loosing their imei in the first place

Roaming Lists could not be read.
I put in my correct MSL. Is there a fix for this?
When attempting to do the AWS mod I get:
Could not Communicate in Diagnostic Mode
I now have a bricked modem due to some sort of lock. I'll flash a modem and see what happens.

I flashed a ROM and my ICCID is now listed as "unknown". Any fix for that?
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I have a SPRINT SPH-L710 (Galaxy S3) with stock Rom and it is NOT rooted.
I have not lost my IMEI i just want to make a regular backup.
I have followed the directions in the first post perfeclyt and i can see my phone in backup section and under Port (it shows my phone)
I enter my SPC and hit "Start Button" to start backup procedure and it unlocks phone and starts to read phone and backing up.
it makes it to 47% every time and says
Status = Memory Backup Failed
Errors = Received an invalid command from the phone
thanks
just wanted to add i have now rooted phone and installed CWM and it still does same exact thing

[Q] Cynogenmod 10.1 Mod Stuck with EDGE Service

Ever since I rooted my phone I've been stuck on EDGE, I can't run 3g or 4g at all I havethe Cynogenmod 10.1 Mod. Which is dope. I had a Nexus 4 before this so it's tight but what's going on with the service. I know I am not the only one it's taking me like 10 hours to get the nightly upgrades and I don't know what to do. Can someone please help and maybe hit me up with a link to the original romantic for the Samsung Galaxy S3 too. Just so I have it. I have to switch back if I'm going to be stuck in 2g forever. Please help me ASAP. Thanks.

I think your IMEI is gone. System settings > About phone > status.

Check your imei , if it's 0 then search it in the Dev section for the nvrestore and read up. It's an s3 issue there are about 150 threads on the matter.
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Samsung Galaxy S3 with EDGE
Thanks for responding so quickly I will check it out and I hope this nightly upgrade helps? I also will download load the Touch wiz I appreciate it all a lot cuz running this slow sucks lol

I think you're confused. You need to fix the issue with IMEI restore other wise nothing will fix it. You need to odin back to factory sesttings and then use the NV restore to get back to having "4G"
How to restore, search and read it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804123
Odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687

im having this same issue i flashed cynogenmod and lost 4g i clicked the link but its invalid

Bupp100 said:
im having this same issue i flashed cynogenmod and lost 4g i clicked the link but its invalid
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Look in Settings > About Device > Status, Is your IMEI intact? If its a bunch of numbers, its fine. If it shows zero, shoot me a PM and I can help.

Bupp100 said:
im having this same issue i flashed cynogenmod and lost 4g i clicked the link but its invalid
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Or just reboot if you still have your IMEI

[Q] Galaxy note 2 stuck on Samsung screen, cannot load custom OS.

Alright so first off I already already read about 20 threads on this topic. The problem is that the phone is stuck on the Samsung screen when I try to turn it on. I can go into recovery mode (Home+Down+Power), and ODIN recognizes the phone. When I put the phone in my computer ODIN recognizes it. Now one thing I did when I rooted this phone by accident was put the .tar file in the bootloader part of odin and not the PDA part.

Additional information: Sprint version, US

When I use ODIN to try to load the stock recovery it saus there is no PIT partition

Search around the original Dev threads. I believe there is a post in there that contains the pit files needed for odening the phone.
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xKrisx said:
Search around the original Dev threads. I believe there is a post in there that contains the pit files needed for odening the phone.
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Yeah I found a few but the link was no longer available for download. Trying to download the second one off http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32273406&postcount=5 hope it works.

That did not do anything I think im going to try and see if Sprint will still accpet it.

Mo_Mann said:
That did not do anything I think im going to try and see if Sprint will still accpet it.
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Try this... but read it. Then when you are done reading it, read it again before you do anything!!!

I'm experiencing the same problem but my phone has no warranty. I bought it some place else. I googled about the problem but no luck so far. I just find it weird that a lot of people are experiencing the same problem recently.. I found this
http://pomeroy.me/2013/02/solved-samsung-galaxy-note-ii-stuck-on-samsung-logo/
but it didn't really help me as mine is stuck on the Samsung Galaxy note II loading screen, not exactly the samsung logo. It might help you so be sure to try it out.
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[Q] Soft bricked my business phone please help

I have a galaxy SIII bought from walmart using straight talk. I tried to root it and now all I get is a the words on the screen Samsung then galaxy 3 then nothing but a blue light blinking light in the upper left hand corner I am new to all this so pleas use little words LOL. How can I fix this its my business phone so time is of the essence

Need more info. How did you root, what files did you use. Can you get into download mode(phone powered off, press volume down+home+power)? If you can get into download mode then use odin and the correct tar file to reflash it to stock. I'll try to dig up some links.

aristoi said:
I have a galaxy SIII bought from walmart using straight talk. I tried to root it and now all I get is a the words on the screen Samsung then galaxy 3 then nothing but a blue light blinking light in the upper left hand corner I am new to all this so pleas use little words LOL. How can I fix this its my business phone so time is of the essence
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Try a factory wipe in recovery. I know its basic but it helps sometimes
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Need more info. How did you root, what files did you use. Can you get into download mode(phone powered off, press volume down+home+power)? If you can get into download mode then use odin and the correct tar file to reflash it to stock. I'll try to dig up some links.
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I used odin and TeamEpic-Sprint-SGS3-stock-boot-and-recovery.tar.md5 I can get to the down load screen after any tries. I dont know ware to get the correct tar file looked all over the web and cant fig it. its SCH-S960L thanks for any help..

Is this what you used?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011491
[Beginners Guide] Rooting the Sprint GalaxyS3 the Easy Way

You flashed a Sprint file to your phone. You need to hope someone 'round here has the .tar for Straight Talk. I don't remember seeing one but I wasn't specifically looking.

Kevets said:
You flashed a Sprint file to your phone. You need to hope someone 'round here has the .tar for Straight Talk. I don't remember seeing one but I wasn't specifically looking.
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Yeah what he said. And unfortunately I don't think there is one I was trying to find a link. It really does matter what carrier you have when you're rooting flashing ROMs ect.
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Yea I can't find much info for straight talk. Try this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321387
Sch-s960L help!!

It seems that there are a number of Straight Talk users who didn't bother to read before flashing. Many have asked but so far it doesn't look like anyone has volunteered the stock firmware.
However, I saw a few forum posts stating that SlimBean worked for them. Might as well try it, nothing to lose at this point.

what is this and how do I use it
I am not sure who but somebody from this forums sent me this file com.android.vending-423.apk. Who ever it was thank I am sure you were trying to help. However I don't know what to do with it. I cant nothing shows on my screen to download a converter off playstore so it hasn't helped but thanks anyway. if somebody could convert it for me I would be grateful. if in fact it is meant for my phone.

That's an apk for the playstore, click it and it installs. It will do absolutely nothing to fix your brick.

[Q] Galaxy GT-S7560 / Galaxy Ace 2

Default [Q] Phone won't boot, enter Recovery Mode, nor connect to PC - what do?
I followed a root-guide a couple of weeks ago and my phone worked perfectly.
I have no memory of what ROM I used, nor do I remember if I flashed a Kernel or not. I'm pretty new at this.
Now, today, my phone sent a notification that a new firmware update was available. Stupid as I am I just press "install" right away. Not much later my phone tried to reboot and suddenly was stuck at the Samsung logo screen. I tried pulling out the battery to reboot and it still wouldn't work. If I connected it to my PC it shows a battery but the spinning arrow-thingy is frozen.
After searching these forums and other places I found several guides on how to fix stuff like this, by either flashing with a new kernel - or rom or w/e I don't know - or going into recovery mode and do something funky. The problem is that I can't reach recovery mode at all, and when I enter download mode it's just frozen at "Downloading..." and I can't get it to connect to my PC at all (tried both with and without Kies). In Odin the ID:COM cells won't update when I connect my phone.
Do you guys have any idea how to resolve this? Do I have to take it to a service centre?
Edit: The phone is out of battery, suddenly, apparently, so I tried to charge it, but that doesn't work either. What the **** has happened to my phone? Please help if you can!
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I've got the same problem as the listed above. I did root my Phone (it's an Galaxy Trend) and then after i wanted to install an custom rom... It was the kitkat 4.1 or something? But then after when i was about to reboot my phone did not start at all. The samsung logo pops-up and it is an yellow triangle on the very bottom. And i've read so many forums and threads and tried various usb modes, adb recovery tools, recovery bootloader's and so on. But none of them does work. And i can't bring my phone to service either. And for a fact i did use Odin and it did work great when i rooted but what should i do? I can boot into download mode and use odin to "transfer" an new rom/zip file but since i can't boot into recovery mode so how can i ever start my phone? I could continue only if my phone would boot into recovery mode.. and i did wipe/reset factory data too before the phone wouldn't start if that's any help for you. And i have all backup for my phone on my pc, all my system data, sd memory, apps and all data i could backup. Please help me, thanks in forward!

Is your phone the Galaxy Ace 2 or the Galaxy Trend?

a.cid said:
Is your phone the Galaxy Ace 2 or the Galaxy Trend?
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as i did write it is an Galaxy Trend....

hofling96 said:
as i did write it is an Galaxy Trend....
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So why is is still 'Galaxy Ace 2' in thread title?
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teddytsen said:
So why is is still 'Galaxy Ace 2' in thread title?
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well because galaxy ace 2 is the same phone and system as galaxy trend and to root trend you have to follow galaxy ace 2 guide to succed rooting trend. it is simply just the same phone and you dont find any solutions if you search the web for trend because it onlycome solutions for galaxy ace.

No its totally different in hardware. Ace 3 is more like trend but definitely not ace 2...
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teddytsen said:
No its totally different in hardware. Ace 3 is more like trend but definitely not ace 2...
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well please notice that it is Trend GT-S7650 and not Trend Duos or Trend Plus or something. well if im wrong i did root my trend successfully using the instructions on how to root galaxy ace 2 so how do you explain that? well anyway if i rooted it using galaxy ace 2 instructions, the solution (if there is) well probably be either of galaxy ace 2 or trend instructions? well i did just ask if anyone knows the answer and if you already did know that there is an big difference between these two phones you would the know how to continue?

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well please notice that it is Trend GT-S7650 and not Trend Duos or Trend Plus or something. well if im wrong i did root my trend successfully using the instructions on how to root galaxy ace 2 so how do you explain that? well anyway if i rooted it using galaxy ace 2 instructions, the solution (if there is) well probably be either of galaxy ace 2 or trend instructions? well i did just ask if anyone knows the answer and if you already did know that there is an big difference between these two phones you would the know how to continue?
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If the phones are different, then you are risking a lot. Just because some method worked does not guarantee that all corresponding ones would. Do not complain if your phone gets bricked.

a.cid said:
If the phones are different, then you are risking a lot. Just because some method worked does not guarantee that all corresponding ones would. Do not complain if your phone gets bricked.
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Yup i did knew that and all the riskes, therefore i did save/backup all system files/data etc. and i do know to that ofc the phones are not precisley simiular but i have read that they are in some way the same too. and as i wrote in the last reply i can be wrong to about they being in any way the same, but still please don't be so sarcastic because i did ask if you/anyone could in any way solve this problem i have.. well now you know that if this is the wrong forum my questions is in can you help me either way? i know what riskes i did take and that maybe there's no so much to do but is there anything at all i can do to start my phone? without any service reparation? and i know so much that if i can start my phone i can then enter recovey mode and fix it... and if there's anything more you'll have to know to help me so ask and i'll say what steps i did take to root and so on... please just help me

Have you tried using a JIT to force boot to recovery?
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teddytsen said:
Have you tried using a JIT to force boot to recovery?
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actually not. but i've tried with adb "boot recovery mode" tool but it only works if i could start my phone. that's just my problem, i cant start it so i cant us adb boot recovery tool to boot into recovery mode. but does JIT work in same way as adb or can you force to boot into recovery mode even if phone wont start and is off ?

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hofling96 said:
Yup i did knew that and all the riskes, therefore i did save/backup all system files/data etc. and i do know to that ofc the phones are not precisley simiular but i have read that they are in some way the same too. and as i wrote in the last reply i can be wrong to about they being in any way the same, but still please don't be so sarcastic because i did ask if you/anyone could in any way solve this problem i have.. well now you know that if this is the wrong forum my questions is in can you help me either way? i know what riskes i did take and that maybe there's no so much to do but is there anything at all i can do to start my phone? without any service reparation? and i know so much that if i can start my phone i can then enter recovey mode and fix it... and if there's anything more you'll have to know to help me so ask and i'll say what steps i did take to root and so on... please just help me
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Apologies if it sounded sarcastic. It was more out of concern than out of sarcasm. I have seen newbies fumbling around and flashing files of vastly different phones and then lamenting their loss. Just wanted to make sure you knew what you were getting into.
Anyways, I do not possess this phone so I can not help you further in this matter. But it would be prudent if you edited the main post to be more clear about your situation. :good:

a.cid said:
Apologies if it sounded sarcastic. It was more out of concern than out of sarcasm. I have seen newbies fumbling around and flashing files of vastly different phones and then lamenting their loss. Just wanted to make sure you knew what you were getting into.
Anyways, I do not possess this phone so I can not help you further in this matter. But it would be prudent if you edited the main post to be more clear about your situation. :good:
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The Galaxy Trend GT-S7560 is the same phone with Galaxy Ace 2x S7560m i think that's where he got the rooting package he missed an x ..