Maybe noob question, but should we back this up still? If so with what method? I know I lost mine once on my s3, so like to have everything handy before going flash happy on my one. I spent over a year on my sammy so a lot of this htc stuff it's unfamiliar to me. Hate to break my phone I love it!!!
jessbowring said:
Maybe noob question, but should we back this up still? If so with what method? I know I lost mine once on my s3, so like to have everything handy before going flash happy on my one. I spent over a year on my sammy so a lot of this htc stuff it's unfamiliar to me. Hate to break my phone I love it!!!
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You should keep a record of it somewhere. It is less important to keep track of now though because of the SIM card. Your account used to be associated with a MEID, now it is associated with your SIM ID.
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You should keep a record of it somewhere. It is less important to keep track of now though because of the SIM card. Your account used to be associated with a MEID, now it is associated with your SIM ID.
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When I lost it on my s3 lost all data, even with my SIM card. I tried restoring a known working backup, nothing worked. Ultimately I had to odin back to stock. Then used synergys script to back up my imei. Didn't know if it would work in this phone as well as I don't want to lose it again.
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I'm just curious. I know what the recommendations are, and mostly I do remove the cards, but I want to know, how do you flash your phones .
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I'm just curious. I know what the recommendations are, and mostly I do remove the cards, but I want to know, how do you flash your phones .
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(Assuming you're talking about flashing a rom using the USB-connected-to-PC method.)
I never remove my card when flashing an OS-rom and nothing has ever gone wrong for me in dozens of rom-flashes.
YMMV.
I read that you should remove the sim so a phone call or text message won't interrupt the flash.
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I read that you should remove the sim so a phone call or text message won't interrupt the flash.
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I've read the same, and that's obviously the best way to insure that never happens...but I would think that turning the radios off while in the old ROM would be enough at that point, and the new ROM wouldn't receive any signal until the flashing is complete anyway...?
It's probably like the old adage about letting your PC sit for a minute (long enough for the capacitors to naturally discharge) before powering it back on during a reboot....it's not really necessary in the majority of instances, but it's never a bad idea to do, just to be safe
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I read that you should remove the sim so a phone call or text message won't interrupt the flash.
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I've read the same, and that's obviously the best way to insure that never happens...but I would think that turning the radios off while in the old ROM would be enough at that point, and the new ROM wouldn't receive any signal until the flashing is complete anyway...?
It's probably like the old adage about letting your PC sit for a minute (long enough for the capacitors to naturally discharge) before powering it back on during a reboot....it's not really necessary in the majority of instances, but it's never a bad idea to do, just to be safe
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Turning off the radio before flashing has been my approach, too. If it was easier to remove the sim card I might do so, same goes for the sd card...but it's too hard...and I prefer the excitement of living on the edge anyway.
There's no real point, IMO. You're not on the network when flashing with the SPL, so there's no reason to remove the SIM, and flashing via MicroSD is an accepted method of flashing ROMs, so that's also out of the question. The last post I've seen from a major PPC hacker to remove both cards was made years ago, and I don't really think it applies anymore, especially with HardSPL. It's pretty hard to brick with HardSPL, so I don't bother removing the cards ever. Hell, I don't even go into airplane mode. The only time I've ever had to remove the SIM was when I upgraded HardSPL on my old Kaiser, because the SSPL wouldn't flash a new SPL until both cards were removed. I have yet to brick a device, and I don't ever remove cards
There are no interactions going on b/t the rom flashing and you having a sim inside the phone, I keep my SD in my leo never took it out before.
Thank you guys. I think I will not remove them anymore, because it's just so annoying . You don't even enter a PIN until the flash is completed anyway...
TyTN->Kaiser->Touch->Touch Pro->Xperia->Touch Pro 2... I dont know how many flashes in total, but always had my cards in... Also few flashes with i600 (backup phone)
Same here,
5 years flashing with both inside with no prob
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I used to take them out, but now that I have set up my UC, I don't know why I would want to remove my SD.
Hey everyone.
So I have finally decided that the dust being under my evo's screen has gotten annoying enough to where i want to get it cleaned. Problem is that i'm rooted. My question here today is that will flashing a barebones stock rooted sense rom and removing the superuser app be enough to get by the sprint repair techs? I really don't want to have to unroot and then turn s-on.
Link to barebones rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=874251&highlight=stock+rooted
Any input?
Nobody can really say if it's enough or not. It's a gamble. I used a ruu for mine and put everything back to stock. I also removed my sd card because I had read about someone taking their phone in and the tech saw on the card there was root related stuff on there. The guy must have did something or the tech was an ass because he said they refused to fix it and flagged his account that it's a rooted phone.
If you can run the autoroot method, then it's not difficult to do. The script does all the dirty work for you.
If you were too lazy to put everything back to stock and they found out, you would be kicking yourself in the ass for not being more thorough. I'm not trying to be a **** or insult you. I'm saying better being safe than sorry.
If the tech discovers tampering, and they are a ****, then it's all over for your hopes to get it fixed man. Good luck
Here is where I got the one I used before taking it in. I got version 3.70 at the bottom.
http://www.shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Supersonic
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I agree with the hammer. It isn't that hard to unroot your phone at all, it should only take 15 minutes or so. I have heard of some Sprint tech's being cool, and working on a phone regardless of whether it was rooted or not. I have also read of people being given a hard time, and even having their account red flagged. There is no way of knowing if you will get a cool tech, that won't care, or a guy that takes his job too seriously and plays by allt he rules. Due to it being such an unpredictable outcome, I would recommend just unrooting before going in. If you rooted with unrevoked, flash their S-on tool in recovery, then RUU back to stock, or run a PC36IMG of a stock rom through the bootloader. If you never ran unrevoked or unrevoked forever, I don't think you need to flash the S-on tool, just running the RUU should turn your S-on. Once it's all fixed up, use one of the many root methods available, and it'll be like a clean start!
I appreciate both responses and am just gonna run with the unreveoked s on since that's how I rooted. My nands should still be good though correct?
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I appreciate both responses and am just gonna run with the unreveoked s on since that's how I rooted. My nands should still be good though correct?
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As long as you end up with the same phone (which you surely will). You just don't really want to interchange nandroid backups between different phones, as you run the risk of over writing your RSA keys. If you do, you need to remove the wimax.img from the nandroid backup before running it. And one more thing. Not to be paranoid, but I've seen someone get screwed from it...you should remove anything from your sd card that is related to rooting, flashing, etc. I've seen a guy report of getting his account redflagged and service was refused, because the tech found ROMS, kernels, mods, and other stuff on the sd card. That was supposedly enough evidence of rooting to red flag the account. Surely that is unlikely, but you never know. So it may not hurt to copy your sd card to your computer, then format the card before bringing it in. Or just taking the sd card out all together before you bring it in. Take it for what its worth, and good luck on getting your screen fixed!
I gave the advice that probably 99.9% will get you to where you need to be to safely get it fixed or replaced. It is up to you if you do or do not want to take a chance with a modded phone.
Hello,
I used to be a Service an Repair Area Manager. In the MI area.
I personaly did not care if the phone was rooted or not, being the screen is just dirty I personaly would have never even looked at software.
If Your really worried about your sprint tech's looking into things its also not hard to just take the digitiser off and clean it yourself, let me know if you want to know how to get it done.
jxr94 said:
Hey everyone.
So I have finally decided that the dust being under my evo's screen has gotten annoying enough to where i want to get it cleaned. Problem is that i'm rooted. My question here today is that will flashing a barebones stock rooted sense rom and removing the superuser app be enough to get by the sprint repair techs? I really don't want to have to unroot and then turn s-on.
Link to barebones rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=874251&highlight=stock+rooted
Any input?
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Isn't this the millionth thread about should I take a rooted phone in?
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Non-software related issues do not warrant checking software. If you bring a rooted device into my store for hardware issues, I probably won't even check it. And if I do notice, it's not a problem since hardware != software.
Now if you come into my store complaining that your device is freezing, camera isn't working, etc and you're a jerk when I say it could be the root or ROM, then I'll flag your account.
All in all, if you're having software problems on a root device, don't take it to Sprint. Hardware is still a go.
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Non-software related issues do not warrant checking software. If you bring a rooted device into my store for hardware issues, I probably won't even check it. And if I do notice, it's not a problem since hardware != software.
Now if you come into my store complaining that your device is freezing, camera isn't working, etc and you're a jerk when I say it could be the root or ROM, then I'll flag your account.
All in all, if you're having software problems on a root device, don't take it to Sprint. Hardware is still a go.
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That is the same thing i would do, The worst thing is to have someone come in beeing a "Jerk" then yes I would flag the account. Never payes to be a "Jerk"
sand1303 said:
Isn't this the millionth thread about should I take a rooted phone in?
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Hahaha! Not this time. But nice try. Hopefully u understand that it is a gamble and there is no real answer. It just depends on the tech and the actual store. My lcd was replaced and I was worried because I couldn't unroot mine without a display. Turned out they fixed it no questions asked. I got lucky. Some people don't. It is either rooted or not no matter how far u customize. And they either care or don't.
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Got my refurb Evo in the mail the other day and put in my old 32gb sd card from my original Evo with all of my Titanium Backup data on it. I restored all of my apps but when I open HomerunBattle3D I am at the beginning again. I had played for quite a while and had the best unifrom, bat, gloves, hat, etc. Now I guess I gotta start all over again. That sucks!! Does the game recognize its a new device and keep me from moving my records to the new Evo? That really sucks if thats the case. I try to log in using my name but it says that the name is already taken....what gives? Any way around this?
I emailed the devs about the same thing. You can retrieve your items but that's it (on same device); all stats, items and gold balls can only be linked with that one device. So basically you pretty much lose everything when switching to another device. Sorry
I lost my thunder bat lol and all my best items.
i restore mine with titanium and once i didn't work so i did it again and VOILA!
idk if you get a whole new device but i don't think that would matter if its on your sd card but i could be wrong.
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i restore mine with titanium and once i didn't work so i did it again and VOILA!
idk if you get a whole new device but i don't think that would matter if its on your sd card but i could be wrong.
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They don't let you restore items from SD card cause then people could cheat and share items and gold balls. They keep it on a server stored and they attach your data to each individual device. Once you change devices you're screwed.
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They don't let you restore items from SD card cause then people could cheat and share items and gold balls. They keep it on a server stored and they attach your data to each individual device. Once you change devices you're screwed.
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it don't matter because i would molest all you guys in that game
when i use to be addicted to that game i searched for cheats and people use to put things on the sd card and delete the game then restore it again or some**** like that and it worked for a while but it might have been patched by now
Well thats what I was afraid of....that REALLY SUCKS!! I'm also going to contact the dev about this issue. They should make it where you can log in to your account from any device. That way I could play as my guy from my Evo, Ipod Touch, and my tablet that I'm about to get. If they did that I would be more than happy to pay extra for that option....
Thanks for all of the replies guys!
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Well thats what I was afraid of....that REALLY SUCKS!! I'm also going to contact the dev about this issue. They should make it where you can log in to your account from any device. That way I could play as my guy from my Evo, Ipod Touch, and my tablet that I'm about to get. If they did that I would be more than happy to pay extra for that option....
Thanks for all of the replies guys!
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They won't ......many have asked. If they do that then users can share and transfer items and since they offer paid items now its definitely not going to happen.
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So last night I attempted to root my first Dinc 2. I followed the tutorial exactly using revolutionary to S-Off and the SU zip to root. Everything went smooth except I lost 3G signal. I then flashed several roms (CM7, virtuous, MIUI) and they all worked fine except still no 3g. I then tried a list of about 8 different radios incuding the newest 1.09.01.0622, still nothing.
At that point I decided to call verizon. They then informed me that my MEID was put on the lost/stolen list (crazy i kno), and that they could not help to activate it. They suggested I call amazon to get a new phone, which I did and it will be here tomorrow.
Naturally I still want to root but this issue is extremely frustrating and I want to make sure it doesnt happen a second time. So... does anyone have any suggestions for avoiding radio problems during the root?
Any help is appreciated... thanks!
Flashing a rom or rooting will not put your meid in the lost/stolen list. You confusing your radio issue with this. If your meid is on that list u cant ever get it activated ever.... No matter what. So basically u got bad phone from them. This is not a radio issue
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Flashing a rom or rooting will not put your meid in the lost/stolen list. You confusing your radio issue with this. If your meid is on that list u cant ever get it activated ever.... No matter what. So basically u got bad phone from them. This is not a radio issue
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I agree with you, 100%. The funny thing is that when i first got the phone yesterday morning I activated it and had 3g up and running just fine. It wasn't until I rooted and started flashing roms/radios that the 3g disappeared and I eventually had to call verizon.
I'm guessing the bad meid was a result of changing the radio so many times. So my primary concern is losing the 3G radio again when I go to root the new phone.
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I agree with you, 100%. The funny thing is that when i first got the phone yesterday morning I activated it and had 3g up and running just fine. It wasn't until I rooted and started flashing roms/radios that the 3g disappeared and I eventually had to call verizon.
I'm guessing the bad meid was a result of changing the radio so many times. So my primary concern is losing the 3G radio again when I go to root the new phone.
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If I'm not mistaken someone has to report a phone lost or stolen in order for the MEID to be blocked by verizon. However it could have been someone doing just this and fat fingered the number.
Changing radio's multiple times or doing anything with root will not cause your meid to be blocked. Sounds like it was a mistake on the part of Verizon, in which case they owe you a phone right then and there.
Luckily Amazon is a great company and they made it right for you.
True, amazons support is amazing. I agree it must've been an error on verizons part but I also was thinking that I mightve rooted to quickly. I literally activated the phone and rooted like 2 mins later and my old phones service hadn't switched off yet. Idk, either way I'm waiting a day or 2 on the next one.
Rooting is like installing another version of windows on your pc. Its irrelivent from what verizon does. It just runs the phones hardware. I rooted all my phones like 10 mins afer i got em. Verizon cant see you have root remotly atm.. and they really dont care unless your sucking bandwidth with free pc tether. So rest assured u can root asap ur new phone.
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Good call man I just rooted phone #2 and everything's working great. Off to grab some roms. Thanks guys.
**** spoke too soon maybe? getting superuser force close when I try to flash clockwork recovery in rom manager. Tried to reset the phone, and reinstall rom manager but its still SU still isnt granting permissions. any ideas?
EDIT - NVM got permissions working just reinstalled SU
How in Gods name did you just get a dinc2 that didn't have 2.3.3? Just got mine today from VZ and the OTA got pushed to my phone before I even got of the store. Now I'm stock without Root. meh.
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Guys I would just purchase an XTC clip. I'm sure raskal is going to continue supporting new devices even though HTC is going to unlock them eventually. The thing with that though is that they do it wayyy too late, and you have to submit a bunch of info an void warranties. no thanks that's like christmas morning theres a bunch of presents under the tree but you can't open them until new years, maybe february.
All of the dinc 2's shipped by amazon right now have 2.2
Hi everyone,
So earlier today I was standing in Walmart when my phone froze and I restarted it, after booting up it indicated that the Public Mobile network was unavailable, since then I've been unable to connect to any networks. I can scan for networks, select public mobile, it sits there for five minutes trying to connect and then says "Please Try Again Later".
Now a couple of months ago I had my phone unlocked by a local place, they initially did a bad update because my WiFi stopped working, and then I noticed that they put a Rogers Firmware onto my phone which originally comes from Telus. Could this pose an issue ?.
I've also noticed that my IMEI number on the back of the phone is completely different from what is on screen. What can I do to get my phone working again or am I f***d ? I have no experience rooting or flashing my phone but if someone could walk me through it that would be awesome.
My phone is a Samsung Galaxy SIII (SGH-I747M) Telus, running android 4.4.2
Thanks !
You could try re-injecting the original IMEI using nvwriter.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117
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You could try re-injecting the original IMEI using nvwriter.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117
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Thanks, I tried following the steps but couldn't figure it out, I don't have the original IMEI number backed up, but I do have it, is there a way I can go in and change it ? When I tried to use nvwriter it tells me my phone isn't responding.
Oh boy.......I'd go to wherever you had it serviced and find out exactly what they did. Sounds kind of like they put a different motherboard in and did not tell you. They probably did something to really screw up the original but didnt want to admit it or pay for it, so they gave you whatever they had on hand. This just a guess of course, but it would explain the firmware and the IMEI being different. You shouldn't be able to flash the Rogers firmware on any other carriers device or vice versa. So I find all of that extremely suspicious.
Check the IMEI's to see if they're blacklisted. (Im worried the one you see in settings will turn up to be so....hopefully not).
Do not try to change the IMEI though. If my suspicions are correct, it means the one its using is the one belonging to that board. Not only does changing the IMEI often cause a lot of ither issues, it is also almost always illegal.
***(And just fyi, be careful posting the tools or instructions for doing so, is against XDA rules. Same for just about every forum on the net.)
Even if all of that were not anything to be concerned about, you have to consider that if they did swap your motherboard, they may have fixed it later and now someone else has it with that IMEI. If you put it on your device, and both are seen on the network with the same one, it'll get blacklisted.
I really hope I am wrong....I really really do. But if I am not, i don't know if you will be able to do much without more info from whoever worked on it.
I am sorry btw, Im not trying to scare you about it, that's just what I see as the most likely scenario based on the info provided. Like I said, I could be wrong.
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Oh boy.......I'd go to wherever you had it serviced and find out exactly what they did. Sounds kind of like they put a different motherboard in and did not tell you. They probably did something to really screw up the original but didnt want to admit it or pay for it, so they gave you whatever they had on hand. This just a guess of course, but it would explain the firmware and the IMEI being different. You shouldn't be able to flash the Rogers firmware on any other carriers device or vice versa. So I find all of that extremely suspicious.
Check the IMEI's to see if they're blacklisted. (Im worried the one you see in settings will turn up to be so....hopefully not).
Do not try to change the IMEI though. If my suspicions are correct, it means the one its using is the one belonging to that board. Not only does changing the IMEI often cause a lot of ither issues, it is also almost always illegal.
***(And just fyi, be careful posting the tools or instructions for doing so, is against XDA rules. Same for just about every forum on the net.)
Even if all of that were not anything to be concerned about, you have to consider that if they did swap your motherboard, they may have fixed it later and now someone else has it with that IMEI. If you put it on your device, and both are seen on the network with the same one, it'll get blacklisted.
I really hope I am wrong....I really really do. But if I am not, i don't know if you will be able to do much without more info from whoever worked on it.
I am sorry btw, Im not trying to scare you about it, that's just what I see as the most likely scenario based on the info provided. Like I said, I could be wrong.
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Thanks, I just took it back to the place that serviced it. They said to leave it with them for an hour or so and I should be good, didn't sound like he's going to charge me anything either since he remembered when I was in last and he said he had to reinstall the OS. So fingers crossed, otherwise I'm just going to grab a new Moto G to use with my network. I'm kind of over the SIII anyhow, so if its not fixable its not the end of the world, still sucks nonetheless lol