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[Q] Sprint and your Rom...

i just go done talking to sprint.... my phone has a Display problem...i asked for a warranty replacement. I told them what happened and i didnt tell them it was rooted because of the obvious reasons.... as it turns out sprint can actually remotely go into your phone and know exactly what you are running.... They asked about myn and warm 2.2.... so i had to tell them... so just a heads up be careful who you talk to.... did anyone else know this?

Wow, I didnt know that but thanks for the H.U.
Luckily I have TEP so its not much of a problem but that would be something to look out for if your phone starts acting up

What happened?
Did they follow through with the Warranty or void it? I do IT work for a few sprint stores and was told that rooting the phone would void its warranty (hence why I ask). In the same breathe, none of them at the stores would know
Thanks for the info.

jpagel said:
Did they follow through with the Warranty or void it? I do IT work for a few sprint stores and was told that rooting the phone would void its warranty (hence why I ask). In the same breathe, none of them at the stores would know
Thanks for the info.
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they said that my warranty is VOID until i can prove that im on stock rom and the only way to do that is by going to the store.

lui22 said:
they said that my warranty is VOID until i can prove that im on stock rom and the only way to do that is by going to the store.
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Dang man that's no good. Sorry to hear.

So what if you ruu back to factory settings? About 3 weeks ago I had to have a speaker replaced they didn't say anything about it but he actually asked me if I had ever thought about rooting I just played dumb. That's crazy though that they can see that remotely... actually no thats not that crazy.
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Just run the ruu. If your phone is usb connected and the only issue is the display that won't prevent you from going back to stock. You can check usb connectivity in windows or by doing an adb devices if you have set up adb.
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So flash back to a stock Rom and and turn s back on. That's proof...
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lui22 said:
i just go done talking to sprint.... my phone has a Display problem...i asked for a warranty replacement. I told them what happened and i didnt tell them it was rooted because of the obvious reasons.... as it turns out sprint can actually remotely go into your phone and know exactly what you are running.... They asked about myn and warm 2.2.... so i had to tell them... so just a heads up be careful who you talk to.... did anyone else know this?
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WHAT IS WRONG WITH SPRINT.that is Invasion Of Privacy completely Unlawful and unnessecary why cant they just have asked you .......very concerning

Just flash the 1.47 RUU then run S-ON. You'll be essentially downgrading low enough to where you can re-run Unrevoked with no problems whatsoever. Good luck.

where do i get the app that tells me what is on other people's phones

jasongthang said:
where do i get the app that tells me what is on other people's phones
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hold on let me call sprint i wanna see whats on my girlfriends phone......

fadimo305 said:
WHAT IS WRONG WITH SPRINT.that is Invasion Of Privacy completely Unlawful and unnessecary why cant they just have asked you .......very concerning
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Hold on, hold on...before we get all flared up, I don't think Sprint is actually logging on to our phones.
They are likely just getting Mod/Kernel version from About Phone menu option..just the way they can know about the PRL/PRI from their system (may be these are the traces that our phones leaves on the system).
If you guys are so worried, just go to build.prop and change the mod/build name.

JoeLithium said:
So flash back to a stock Rom and and turn s back on. That's proof...
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yeah ive dont that befor for some reason s stays off even after i updated like 3 times... i went back to the rom that came with the phone when i got it.... strange....and i can also charge while in amon_ra or clockwork mod i wonder if they will be able to see if i was on a non sense rom or on WP7? anyone wanna try and seee?

sshark said:
Hold on, hold on...before we get all flared up, I don't think Sprint is actually logging on to our phones.
They are likely just getting Mod/Kernel version from About Phone menu option..just the way they can know about the PRL/PRI from their system (may be these are the traces that our phones leaves on the system).
If you guys are so worried, just go to build.prop and change the mod/build name.
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good idea but what if it dont work?

lui22 said:
good idea but what if it dont work?
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enough with the what ifs

lui22 said:
good idea but what if it dont work?
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That's what we do on XDA...find what works spirit lives on...

jasongthang said:
enough with the what ifs
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alright enough with the "ifs" and lets get to work. your first

lui22 said:
alright enough with the "ifs" and lets get to work. your first
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sorry, not trying to be rude. But no sense asking what ifs, just because this seems to be news to everyone that Sprint can do this. So changing the build.prop might be a good start, if that doesnt work then I dont know. I don't develop these things. Maybe make some type of cached image that looks legit, so Sprint sees that instead of the actual figures. Or some type of block maybe
Or sue them

jasongthang said:
sorry, not trying to be rude. But no sense asking what ifs, just because this seems to be news to everyone that Sprint can do this. So changing the build.prop might be a good start, if that doesnt work then I dont know. I don't develop these things. Maybe make some type of cached image that looks legit, so Sprint sees that instead of the actual figures. Or some type of block maybe
Or sue them
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oh i know you didnt meant to be rude, sorry if it seemed i was i meant it as a joke of good spirit

[Q] Touch Keys Don't Work

I've done some searching and I haven't found any problems like mine yet. I ran the SGS unlock tool meant for Vibrant on my SGS2 (i know i know) and it didn't work. Ever since my touch keys don't work. I just reflashed my rom and they still don't work.. help!
PS. I'm odining now. Hopefully that'll fix it.
Crap crap crap crap crap odin didn't fix it.

Tynen said:
I've done some searching and I haven't found any problems like mine yet. I ran the SGS unlock tool meant for Vibrant on my SGS2 (i know i know) and it didn't work. Ever since my touch keys don't work. I just reflashed my rom and they still don't work.. help!
PS. I'm odining now. Hopefully that'll fix it.
Crap crap crap crap crap odin didn't fix it.
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Unable to offer much insight but seems that if you go back to stock they would certainly assume it's a hardware failure.
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avarize said:
Unable to offer much insight but seems that if you go back to stock they would certainly assume it's a hardware failure.
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I bought the phone off craigslist though, I don't know if they'll replace it.

Tynen said:
I bought the phone off craigslist though, I don't know if they'll replace it.
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iv'e gotten most of my phones from craigslist and they still replaced them for me. i just waited like a week to make sure that my imei number showed up in there system so they didnt question me where i got my phone from lol.

Yeah my phone was only working for less then 24 hours, I don't think there's any hope for tmo to replace it. What I don't get this is someone at some point bought it from tmobile, why do they care if it changed hands?

damn that sucks. it wont show up in there system if it was only used for less then 24 hours. sometimes i would just chat with tmobile online and tell them that i want to make sure they have my correct imei number in there system and they ask me what my imei number is then they tell me its not the right one and if they want me to have them update it and i say yes then they tell me it can take up to 48 hours for there system to update it. idk why they care if u didnt get it from them.

i already paid for a jtag service so I'll just go that route, but I'll keep all of this in mind the next time i hard brick a phone... =P

Tynen said:
i already paid for a jtag service so I'll just go that route, but I'll keep all of this in mind the next time i hard brick a phone... =P
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alright well hopefully u can unbrick the phone.. good luck

Tynen said:
i already paid for a jtag service so I'll just go that route, but I'll keep all of this in mind the next time i hard brick a phone... =P
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dude, did you unbrick your phone yet ?
I got mine solved by inputting
*#*#86824#*#*
and press update firmware.
credit goes to Memeber - ecips

Out of here :S

Ive always loved android sprint phones since the htc hero and ive always made them work in mexico and usa but now i have this amazing phone that have become the worst one...this is why
-unknown number bug when getting a call no matter what i do
-not receiving sms or mms or anything
-not having even a good radio with signal or wifi(is amazing how a b/g ipod touch can receive wifi networks that an a/b/g/n cant even get)
ive never seen anything like this with any phone and i see alot of them at work and because i dont see a future on how to solve this problems i think ill change this phone for a sensation or a gnex :S
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So sorry to hear about your departure, you should totally make a thread about it.

Honestly never had any of those problems, except on alpha Roms up for testing. What setup have you been on?
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So you have some issues, which in my opinion are related to a slightly uncommon situation and it was worth you cluttering this forum with a thread about it?
I fail to see the value of your post, Or the response you roused me to make because of it.
Thanks.

_MetalHead_ said:
So sorry to hear about your departure, you should totally make a thread about it.
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LOL. That's funny right there

*GalaxyDev* said:
Ive always loved android sprint phones since the htc hero and ive always made them work in mexico and usa but now i have this amazing phone that have become the worst one...this is why
-unknown number bug when getting a call no matter what i do
-not receiving sms or mms or anything
-not having even a good radio with signal or wifi(is amazing how a b/g ipod touch can receive wifi networks that an a/b/g/n cant even get)
ive never seen anything like this with any phone and i see alot of them at work and because i dont see a future on how to solve this problems i think ill change this phone for a sensation or a gnex :S
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This guys is trolling and should be left alone.

Not trolling really i love this phone....really..... i have shown and humilliated all my izombie family and have tried every setup (aokp touchwiz gb ics el... fc... fb... everything) and i didnt even noticed anything cause i love this baby and cause i used to get sms but now not even that and have posted this so i could keep the phone but i dont see an answer ohh and thank for you sarcasm
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_MetalHead_ said:
So sorry to hear about your departure, you should totally make a thread about it.
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lmao!!! yall crazy

*GalaxyDev* said:
Not trolling really i love this phone....really..... i have shown and humilliated all my izombie family and have tried every setup (aokp touchwiz gb ics el... fc... fb... everything) and i didnt even noticed anything cause i love this baby and cause i used to get sms but now not even that and have posted this so i could keep the phone but i dont see an answer ohh and thank for you sarcasm
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Have you tried resetting your data profile with ##72786# need msl. If that doesnt work it is probably something on the backend call tech support get them to refresh your sms and data from their end. :banghead:
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@GalaxyDev
Your problems are very likely caused by "making it work" on different carriers. There must be some settings that are just not correct. As for the radio on the Epic 4g Touch, I agree it is weak. But since the EL29 update and beyond, the radio performance has improved GREATLY and it works as it should now. The Motorola Photon has the BEST radio of any Sprint phone I've ever used. Side by side comparisons proved that to me. The Phonton is a cdma/gsm global device so it's something you might want to consider.
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wytecaztle said:
Have you tried resetting your data profile with ##72786# need msl. If that doesnt work it is probably something on the backend call tech support get them to refresh your sms and data from their end. :banghead:
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+1 I think that's a good idea to try.

Well thanks for not trolling ill try the carrier thing and the reset msl thing...i really dont want to go...thanks
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Sounds like carrier issues to me. If a significant number of android phones had these issues nobody would buy them.

I think so well i did the msl this lets see what happens
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*GalaxyDev* said:
I think so well i did the msl this lets see what happens
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Lmk what comes of it. This happens all the time with Sprint.
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Well it didnt worked fine....now its borked and dont call anymore :/ well ill go with my uncle's repair shop next week and see if he can help or if not i think ill do the last resort and change

*GalaxyDev* said:
Well it didnt worked fine....now its borked and dont call anymore :/ well ill go with my uncle's repair shop next week and see if he can help or if not i think ill do the last resort and change
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Perhaps you just have a lemon? Flash it back to stock and take it in to a Sprint store and get it swapped.
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Agreed with the bad signal reception.
Its the worst i ever had on a phone with many disconnects

Yeah phone might be bad take it to Sprint ASC service center and get it swapped out.
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Yeah I think it was because i reactivated it in mexico cause i wanted to use it and then returned sooo i think i kinda borked something, well time to return stock hmm next time ill buy an international phone...cant go this way cause im always going back and forth
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Did you ever think it might not be the phone and maybe the fact that your using it in a different country than it was designed for and on a different carrier than intended? No of course not, in fact, everyone on this forum and the millions of other who bought this phone have the exact same issues as you but we just put up with because the phones so great...

Need advice pls.

So I have a T-Mobile Samsung gs2 that locked up on me. I took it to T-Mobile store and they refered me to a shops that ended up fixing it for me. I believe they changed the imei number. But when they did this it went back to GB when I originally had the 4.0.4. Now he said he could flash and install update but will charge. So my question is it a regular rooting and flashing which I know I can do myself or is it really something only he can do. I really don't feelfeel paying for something I know I can do myself. Thank you in advance

Gingerbread is what originally comes with the phone, there was an upgrade to ICS later on.
To your question, If its stock, you can just upgrade to ICS through kies (which he's gonna do). No rooting etc necessary, unless you want to later. Do it yourself, he's scamming you!
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Darkny8 said:
So I have a T-Mobile Samsung gs2 that locked up on me. I took it to T-Mobile store and they refered me to a shops that ended up fixing it for me... I believe they changed the imei number...
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I think you should be more worried about the changed IMEI number!

Bluntified said:
Gingerbread is what originally comes with the phone, there was an upgrade to ICS later on.
To your question, If its stock, you can just upgrade to ICS through kies (which he's gonna do). No rooting etc necessary, unless you want to later. Do it yourself, he's scamming you!
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I thought the same thing but when I did the upgrade through Kies it ended up getting locked again so I had to take it back to the guy. That's when he mentioned rooting and flashing. I told him I could do it but he made it seem like it's something he should do.

DinoSoup said:
I think you should be more worried about the changed IMEI number!
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Yea after finding out what he they did I looked up what it was to change the imei number, because I never had this problem before, I understand its a bad thing. But I wasn't the one who did it. I was actually surprised T-Mobile told me to take it in to have this done. But what I've learned is mobile can't tell when this is done. So I'm ok with it and besides soon as the note 2 comes out I'm selling the phone. It's unlocked as well so I'll prob sell it to an AT&T user. Thanks for heads up though bro

Darkny8 said:
I thought the same thing but when I did the upgrade through Kies it ended up getting locked again so I had to take it back to the guy. That's when he mentioned rooting and flashing. I told him I could do it but he made it seem like it's something he should do.
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You could also use ODIN, instead of Kies, to flash the stock recoveries, you just need to look for the files on here!
Edit, found a guide that will help you get back to "fresh" stock, so that you can upgrade to ICS with Kies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359

Bluntified said:
Gingerbread is what originally comes with the phone, there was an upgrade to ICS later on.
To your question, If its stock, you can just upgrade to ICS through kies (which he's gonna do). No rooting etc necessary, unless you want to later. Do it yourself, he's scamming you!
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He's not scamming you, just trying to make a sale. But yes you can do it yourself .
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Bluntified said:
You could also use ODIN, instead of Kies, to flash the stock recoveries, you just need to look for the files on here!
Edit, found a guide that will help you get back to "fresh" stock, so that you can upgrade to ICS with Kies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359
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Thank for that man ill check it out. I really feel more comfortable flashing an update because of the issue that the kies gave me. But I'll send look into it thanks

elesbb said:
He's not scamming you, just trying to make a sale. But yes you can do it yourself .
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I get where's he's coming from but some honesty goes along way. Cuz to make it seem like only he can do it isn't coo. I would've rather have him be honest than to try and trick me into having him do it. But thanks man. Hope your right cuz if not then I'm stuck taking it back to him.

elesbb said:
He's not scamming you, just trying to make a sale. But yes you can do it yourself .
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I assumed he was scamming because the OP mention the IMEI number was changed (fishy), and mostly likely flashed a custom or modified gingerbread ROM, that's why Kies won't read the phone. If the repair person brought the phone back to full stock, it should be able to connect no problem, which doesn't look like he did.

Bluntified said:
I assumed he was scamming because the OP mention the IMEI number was changed (fishy), and mostly likely flashed a custom or modified gingerbread ROM, that's why Kies won't read the phone. If the repair person brought the phone back to full stock, it should be able to connect no problem, which doesn't look like he did.
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yea he did change the imei number. and kies updated just fine. it brough my phone back to 4.0.4 but the problem was that after the update the phone got locked again. im guessing the imei number went back to its original. so my thing is im wondering if i root and flash an updated zip will my phone lock again. from my understanding flashing shouldnt mess with the imei number but thats why i wanted advice from people on this site. im still a nood but was able to learn what i know from this site. thanks again bro

imei
I dont think the imei is a problem.
I had in the past the galaxy and glaxy 4g that had a changed imei (dou to unlocking)
it never gave me any problems.

orisolo said:
I dont think the imei is a problem.
I had in the past the galaxy and glaxy 4g that had a changed imei (dou to unlocking)
it never gave me any problems.
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So after changing imei number you rooted and were able to to flash without a prob? Now is this just a one time flash or multiple?

One can change the IMEI number? that is crazy, this is like changing the VIN number of the car, how is it even possible?

doanthaitu said:
One can change the IMEI number? that is crazy, this is like changing the VIN number of the car, how is it even possible?
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Yea you can. It's not something I recommend doing because it is illegal. But so are bootleg movies and burning music from the internet. You can Google info on how to do that though.

Darkny8 said:
Yea you can. It's not something I recommend doing because it is illegal. But so are bootleg movies and burning music from the internet. You can Google info on how to do that though.
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That's kinda scary. What if they use my IMEI by some stroke of "luck"?!

[Q] HELP, IMEI shows as Zero

Hey guys,
i was having this problem in this topic,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2216074
and i was trying to fix it, and i took things to a whole new level! IMEI currently shows as zero, and i was searching around, and there is different ways to do it, but nothing for the Canadian version ( Rogers )
please senior members, help! im back to iphone for less than 24 hours and i hate every min of it!
i live in Edmonton, so if there is any local members here, we can meet somewhere, and willing to pay you for your help..
i own a Samsung galaxy s3 locked with Rogers.
any feedback would be greatly appreciated it

MH_91 said:
Hey guys,
i was having this problem in this topic,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2216074
and i was trying to fix it, and i took things to a whole new level! IMEI currently shows as zero, and i was searching around, and there is different ways to do it, but nothing for the Canadian version ( Rogers )
please senior members, help! im back to iphone for less than 24 hours and i hate every min of it!
i live in Edmonton, so if there is any local members here, we can meet somewhere, and willing to pay you for your help..
i own a Samsung galaxy s3 locked with Rogers.
any feedback would be greatly appreciated it
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Okay few questions;
What ROM are you on ?
When did this happen ? (Some show zero and the IMEI is fine after a reboot)
Does nothing work ?
Try this thread. Its a life saver for many and many with littel experience have all had success.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
It takes some time i.e. more than an hour sometimes at first but it will work. Next time back it up before hand

hednik said:
Okay few questions;
What ROM are you on ?
When did this happen ? (Some show zero and the IMEI is fine after a reboot)
Does nothing work ?
Try this thread. Its a life saver for many and many with littel experience have all had success.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
It takes some time i.e. more than an hour sometimes at first but it will work. Next time back it up before hand
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Hey buddy,
thanks for the quick replay!
after i was having no outcome and income data and phone calls, what i did, restored the phone into rooted stock rom. and i was still not having anything, so what i did was, i unrooted my phone so back to original factory stock version. Still i got full signal but nothing was working ( data, calling and text )
nothing works at this moment. I left my phone at home right now, i was trying this thread before posting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804123
but it didnt worked even thought it shows successful. The one that you showed me, is confusing me big time, maybe it was very late when i found this link, now i got my coffee and ready for action, so i will try it tonight.
question for you, if my IMEI shows as a random number instead of my original IMEI, dose my phone still works? when it comes down to data and phone calls and text?
Thanks in advance mate,

If your phone shows up some random number as IMEI, that's not correct. Try to get back your original IMEI.
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diablo009 said:
If your phone shows up some random number as IMEI, that's not correct. Try to get back your original IMEI.
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And how i can restore it to the original IMEI ? i'm ready to kick ass tonight, so please provide me all the sources i need please and thank you!

I haven't tried this method yet but let me know how it goes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117
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Domoo said:
I haven't tried this method yet but let me know how it goes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117
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Tried it today morning, and it didn't worked. ( seems like this method works only with US version only )

What carrier are you on ? Use the one I posted. It works for the Canadian carriers listed. You will use it to restore your original imei from back of phone to your software
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phone is back online and works like a charm!
thank you everyone for the feed back!
Cheers,

Awesome. Glad it worked. What did you do ?
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hednik said:
Awesome. Glad it worked. What did you do ?
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Thanks man, i just followed the link that you told me.
i mostly focused in this part though, what happened was, after i injected my IMEI, my phone was working, however, i was having slow connection, so i just reflashed my phone to the stock version rooted, and it worked

Consider yourself very lucky I had the same problem and tried for two full days using Peoplesarmy method. I couldn't get it to work and had to go thru my insurance to get another phone.
My advice is to make an NV backup just in case it happens again. Happy flashing:thumbup::thumbup:
"Indians scattered on dawns highway bleeding while ghosts crowd the young childs fragile eggshell mind"

S3freak said:
Consider yourself very lucky I had the same problem and tried for two full days using Peoplesarmy method. I couldn't get it to work and had to go thru my insurance to get another phone.
My advice is to make an NV backup just in case it happens again. Happy flashing:thumbup::thumbup:
"Indians scattered on dawns highway bleeding while ghosts crowd the young childs fragile eggshell mind"
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Oh Wow.. i am sorry to hear about your phone.. hopefully this won't happen to me again. But i can't help it i just love to tweaking around sometimes you know what i mean?
thanks for stopping by!

Oh I'm a flashaholic and I have no idea how it happened but now I'm all backed up and safe...I hope lol
"Indians scattered on dawns highway bleeding while ghosts crowd the young childs fragile eggshell mind"