Hey guys, so i was trying to flash my Gs3 to VM and my data worked had 3g and all, but my calls wouldn't work, searched and found i forgot to change my esn and meid, so i followed this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkXQFgvfD6o&feature=c4-overview&list=UUmoc6r7GJZyhC02tf4u0X6A to the T and now my esn is permanently 0000000000 and when i went into DFS to fix the problem my spc didnt work... so i tried to get it again from "get my msl" witch worked before. and it shows my msl as blank, i opened my 85 i had saved on my desktop and all it says is NULNULNULNUL.... Any help ? please i just got this phone and cant wait to use it =/ well anyways, Thanks XDA.
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I had this problem last week. Im not sure what caused it tho.. I just woke up one morning and it was like that.. sprint ended up sending me a new s3
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I can't get anew s3 since I bought it from a friend...
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ANY HELP???
i would pay anyone 20$ if they can help me fix this....
I know it may sound like a pain, but I went through this before, while doing flashing work. I believe that ##72786# worked for me, and I was then able to get my msl. It was awhile ago, so I do not fully remember.
snekiam said:
I know it may sound like a pain, but I went through this before, while doing flashing work. I believe that ##72786# worked for me, and I was then able to get my msl. It was awhile ago, so I do not fully remember.
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i did that and my phone restarted, is this normal?
symbiiote said:
i did that and my phone restarted, is this normal?
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Yes, this is normal. Try your flashing again, and it should work.
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Yes, this is normal. Try your flashing again, and it should work.
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i can flash roms no problem, i cant get my msl because its blank. if i flash with odin, can that help?
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i can flash roms no problem, i cant get my msl because its blank. if i flash with odin, can that help?
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Yes, when changing carriers, it is called flashing. ##72786# is a network reset, which should give you your MSL back.
i already know my original msl code, its when i changed it to 000000 now no password i in put works at all
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Yes, when changing carriers, it is called flashing. ##72786# is a network reset, which should give you your MSL back.
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did didnt work... im totally locked out of my nvm folder now, even with the unlock code (01F2030F5F678FF9) i cant get into my efs files or even write in DFS....
You can try flashing an LJ7 Rom. Then use the method from THIS thread. Also you may want to check out the thread HERE. Especially THIS post.
prboy1969 said:
You can try flashing an LJ7 Rom. Then use the method from THIS thread. Also you may want to check out the thread HERE. Especially THIS post.
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ive done all of this and ive seen that guys videos, thats where i learned it from. its just after i changed 85 like his video my msl became unlock-able and now i cant do anything with the phone... i have the same rom as him and everything, even flashed that radio to.... im running out of ideas:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
I had to go back to stock unrooted before I got my MSL. I wrote it on the battery cover so I'll never have to search again. It took me hours before I got it
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jeremy112683 said:
I had to go back to stock unrooted before I got my MSL. I wrote it on the battery cover so I'll never have to search again. It took me hours before I got it
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thats the thing.... i already HAVE the MSL code but when i tryed to CHANGE it to 000000 it got corrupted some how.
symbiiote said:
thats the thing.... i already HAVE the MSL code but when i tryed to CHANGE it to 000000 it got corrupted some how.
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You may want to ODIN back to Stock. Then try and start the process again.
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You may want to ODIN back to Stock. Then try and start the process again.
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did that yesterday... nothing... i guess its hopeless....
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did that yesterday... nothing... i guess its hopeless....
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Not sure at this point. I'll see if I can do a bit more searching tomorrow night. But I don't know if it will help.
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Can someone help me with this? I found that if you remove sprintandroidextension.apk it goes away but it didnt. I also found that by removing SprintOMADMConnMOPlugin.apk it goes away, but i cant find it on my Galaxy note 2. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
If you let it go all the way through HFA once it won't return. Since you removed sprintandroidextension.apk I'm not sure it will succeed now. Try re-adding that first.
Under system/app, look for Sprintdm. Apk ///// change it to Sprintdm. Bak
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If you let it go all the way through HFA once it won't return. Since you removed sprintandroidextension.apk I'm not sure it will succeed now. Try re-adding that first.
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I tried doing that many times but it never worked, it just gave me an error.
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Under system/app, look for Sprintdm. Apk ///// change it to Sprintdm. Bak
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Thank you! it worked
interesting. found this thread buried, and there still seem to be many people with this issue... seemingly related to the chameleon FCs some are getting, somehow possibly related to the LK8 update and/or a return to an earlier stock version...
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If you let it go all the way through HFA once it won't return.
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I've let it complete (personally) aprox 20+ times, so no go.
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Under system/app, look for Sprintdm. Apk ///// change it to Sprintdm. Bak
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could the "fix" really be this simple? (at work, can't test this right now.)
kingdazy said:
could the "fix" really be this simple? (at work, can't test this right now.)
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yes, and you can delete the activation.apk as well to stop it
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Under system/app, look for Sprintdm. Apk ///// change it to Sprintdm. Bak
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thanks, stopped the HFA, still have the chameleon errors to deal with...
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yes, and you can delete the activation.apk as well to stop it
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and I suppose I could do that too.
but both of these workarounds are "dirty fixes", and not fixing the fundamental issue.
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thanks, stopped the HFA, still have the chameleon errors to deal with...
and I suppose I could do that too.
but both of these workarounds are "dirty fixes", and not fixing the fundamental issue.
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your solution is to thoroughly wipe and reflash whatever rom you are running.
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your solution is to thoroughly wipe and reflash whatever rom you are running.
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I would have thought so too. As I've been advised by other as well. But...
I have, at least five times, run a return to stock, both through ODIN and OneClicks.
I still have the issue. Baffles the mind. Makes little sense. But there it is. And I'm not the only one.
(Just so it's noted, and before you accuse me otherwise, I am not new at this, and I follow directions fastidiously. I've never once had a problem that I didn't cause myself, and I've always been able to fix them by further reading/researching.)
Just for SnG's I'll quote myself and others from a few other posts in other threads:
kingdazy said:
well, this is annoying. I seem to be stuck with the "hands free activation" and chameleon fc.
i'm assuming a nice total stock one click should fix it?
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garwynn said:
Sure should! Please try the stock restore or rooted restore.
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kingdazy said:
interestingly, it didn't fix it... "preparing network", "hands free" and chameleon FC on every reboot. this is after the rooted full restore OC. what am I missing? weird.
(history: I was rooted stock w/ twrp from the mskip toolkit method of rooting, got rid of twrp using the mrRobinson stock w/ root, and flashed the sxtp update to lk8, got a wifi failbug and tried to get back to stock rooted using mrRobinson and started getting this issue. lol. ok. so... one-clicked your rooted full restore, still there. is that even possible?)
well, my phone seems to work, as long as I don't reboot.
but I find it worrisome.
have to sleep for work now, but if you had any advice for things to try when I wake up, let me know? thanks dood.
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kingdazy said:
Just my 2 cents, my experience with this error.
I'm getting the Chameleon FC, and the persistent HandsFree Activation on every reboot. All started when I lost wifi on the LK8 update zip (I was rooted, thanks to Voodoo OTA rootkeep), and tried to get back to LJC...
And this morning, I tried the following:
Installed TWRP with GooManage, restored a nandroid from my orig rooting using the toolkit, no luck, same two errors.
So then I OneClicked the Full Restore (SPH-L900_LJC_Stock_Restore.exe), and wtf, still there.
As I mentioned in my quote, it (the Note2) works, not broken, but I find the persistent error worrisome.
I am open to criticism, suggestions, whatever. What am I missing?
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Itchiee said:
I'm having similar issues, I was on the release before LK8, then updated to LK8 but wanted to start over again.
Once i downgraded to LJ1? the hands free bug kept popping up every reboot, until I moved onto to LJC then LK8 update file which is fine.
I'm trying to figure out myself how to go back to the original firmware (pre any updates) without the issues... /subscribed.
Wonder if this is tied into it somehow...
I dunno, my head is exploding reading all these posts, replies.... 5 different versions of restore.
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I have tried the one click restores back to ljc and the original tar, and I still have the hands free activation issue and the chameleon error. And when I update to lk8 I get no wifi. I have tried returning to stock about 4 times and then updated to lk8 with the same results. I always go back to ljc bc I need wifi.
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interestingly, even using a stock oneclick full restore (and even using a TAR in Odin), still have the handsfree repetition and chameleon FCs. (lol, I'm not complaining really, it's early in the dev life for this device I suppose. )
Also, I've been reading that re-flashing the LK8 update.zip (via sxtp?) while it seems to fix the HFA and ChameleonFC, it kills the wifi? (it killed my wifi after aprox 2 days use, when I orig updated...)
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I'm starting to wonder if the move to 4.1.2 changed something that isn't handled properly by older versions. Without a gn2 will be hard to confirm... but I may be resolving that soon as well!
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It would apear that something in the LK8 changes ... something. Permanently?
So, any new advice would be welcome...?
Would renaming the chameleon apk have the same result as hfa
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Would renaming the chameleon apk have the same result as hfa
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fine question, but without knowing what the chameleon apk does, i'm reluctant to f**k with it.
anyone know? (a goog search gave me nothing...except this XDA rom w/ a fix...? I'm going to try n PM him...)
and again, my concern is the issue seems to be more significant, seeing as a Full Wipe to Stock doesn't fix it.
has anyone with our issue attempted to get their MSL, do a NVflash reset? (##786#)
I am (for some reason) unable to get my MSL, so can;t test this.
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If you need to clear NVRAM/Sprint data login info, perform a ##72786# reset from the Dialer and enter MSL.
Type getprop ril.MSL in adb shell or terminal to retrieve your MSL.
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has anyone with our issue attempted to get their MSL, do a NVflash reset? (##786#)
I am (for some reason) unable to get my MSL, so can;t test this.
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I tried it, it doesnt work. You have to go to settings and activate device to get your info back, and it still does handsfree on every boot and no way to update profile
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I tried it, it doesnt work. You have to go to settings and activate device to get your info back, and it still does handsfree on every boot and no way to update profile
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Same here I tried it no luck.
Charles
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So I ended up returning my phone to Sprint, the swapped it out pretty easy, let them see the issue and error, they said "yeah, that ain't normal", got me a new one.
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it would seem that the factors that all of us with this issue have in common are: a) rooting w/ ToolKit ver2 b) flashing LK8 update zip c) trying to return to stock LJC/LJ1 because of a wifi problem... please chime in if you have the issue, but not one of those factors?
After everything, I just returned to stock LJC w/ Flash Counter @ 0 (no) w/ the errors still present, took it into Sprint store said, 'hey guys, this is weird, i've got a persistent error, won't go away after resetting my phone." (IE, acted dumb enough to not have rooted/flashed unofficial shtuff/etc, but smart enough to know that it's a real issue), they looked at it, asked a few obvious questions, replaced it, because obviously something was wrong in a permanent way. I want to a corp store, not a "repair center". I think it was a good thing that these guys were not super techie.
I told them as little as possible, that I had a "wifi issue after an update, tried full reset (through the android settings menu, of course), and the problem didn't go away, no matter what". Once they heard that I had done a full factory reset, and saw the problem/error happen, it was a no-brainer to swap out.
I'll be avoiding the LK8 leak for now, and frankly gun-shy about the toolkit.
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I had someone ask how I got it back to stock unrooted w/ no flash count, and while that might be abvois to some, just in case someone doesn;t want to hunt around, or ask this is what I did, with links:
kingdazy said:
ok, to get back to stock, first use this OneClick to get to Stock+Root, it will wipe ALL internal memory except SD card:
http://rwilco12.androidfilehost.com...sung Galaxy Note II (SPH-L900)/LJC/ROM/Rooted
Instructions are here:
http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showt...-TAR-SPH-L900-LJC-(LJC-Modem-Kernel-ROM-Stock)
then use TriangleAway, this will set your counter at 0 (reads as "no" in download mode). it should also say "Official" And "Samsung Official"
Then, if you want to get Total Stock unrooted, for returns to Sprint, or any other reason, use Odin (not mobile) to flash this:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390214368362234120
Instructions for flashing that are here:
http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?76-TAR-STOCK-Full-L900VPALJC-quot-Back-to-Stock-quot
After I did those things, I was stock unrooted, no flash count.
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Good luck to the people with this error, I feel for you, very frustrating. I am hoping that Samsung releases an official OTA soon similar to LK8, that you will be able to flash that will fix the error and the wifi.
And I hope the devs are reading these posts (even if they are not responding), are at least looking into it.
I know we have the attentions of garwynn, he's made the SxTp team at least aware that there might be an issue.
You'll be seeing me.
Yeah, I have to give it up to garwynn, he hooked me up with the pit file for our phone. Good people.
ProjectROM 2.1
Did a clean install and I get this as well =/
RussellAlan said:
Did a clean install and I get this as well =/
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a clean install, coming from what? And what did you use to get back to stock? (Just asking so people will have a clear history of what is causing this. In case a dev wants to look closer at the problem, have clear ideas where to start)
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Same here I tried it no luck.
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+1
Sent from my galaxy note 2....
kingdazy said:
So I ended up returning my phone to Sprint, the swapped it out pretty easy, let them see the issue and error, they said "yeah, that ain't normal", got me a new one.
I had someone ask how I got it back to stock unrooted w/ no flash count, and while that might be abvois to some, just in case someone doesn;t want to hunt around, or ask this is what I did, with links:
Good luck to the people with this error, I feel for you, very frustrating. I am hoping that Samsung releases an official OTA soon similar to LK8, that you will be able to flash that will fix the error and the wifi.
And I hope the devs are reading these posts (even if they are not responding), are at least looking into it.
I know we have the attentions of garwynn, he's made the SxTp team at least aware that there might be an issue.
You'll be seeing me.
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I try that method but mine still show 1 on the counter. Is there a way to get rid of that?
Guys,
I made a call to sprint today to complain about my 3G speed. The lady I talked to did something to my phone and now when I try to make calls it says my account cannot be validated.
I called them again and she tried to help me by asking me to punch ##somenumbers# but because I'm on CM10 this proceedure does not work.
I did a hard reset on my phone but could not activate it.. How can I fix this?
Thanks
teco2010 said:
Guys,
I made a call to sprint today to complain about my 3G speed. The lady I talked to did something to my phone and now when I try to make calls it says my account cannot be validated.
I called them again and she tried to help me by asking me to punch ##somenumbers# but because I'm on CM10 this proceedure does not work.
I did a hard reset on my phone but could not activate it.. How can I fix this?
Thanks
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Try this but I seem to recall that there is a separate one for CM10 and I can not locate it so not 100% sure.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1464791
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Try this but I seem to recall that there is a separate one for CM10 and I can not locate it so not 100% sure.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1464791
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Will try
Thanks..
This option does not exist in CM10... and I can't find it anywhere online. Sprint rep can't help me either cause I'm on a ROM other than stock.
teco2010 said:
This option does not exist in CM10... and I can't find it anywhere online. Sprint rep can't help me either cause I'm on a ROM other than stock.
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That is what I was afraid of back up everything odin to stock fix then redo CM10 only solution at this moment.
Try this first. Its a temp boot stock ROM.
http://epiccm.blogspot.com/2012/01/boot-el30-stock-from-sdcard.html?m=1
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propjockey said:
Try this first. Its a temp boot stock ROM.
http://epiccm.blogspot.com/2012/01/boot-el30-stock-from-sdcard.html?m=1
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When I go to this page in setting, there is only 1 button which is check for updates... There is no Update Profile, Update PRL. option there.. I even downgraded to CM9
propjockey said:
Try this first. Its a temp boot stock ROM.
http://epiccm.blogspot.com/2012/01/boot-el30-stock-from-sdcard.html?m=1
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Thanks Prop I thought I saw it the other day cruising on the CM site. Just wasn't 100% bookmarking now LOL
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teco2010 said:
When I go to this page in setting, there is only 1 button which is check for updates... There is no Update Profile, Update PRL. option there.. I even downgraded to CM9
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I will test it either tonight or tomorrow depending on real life and get back to you. If you can't wait Odin back to stock and fix it for now then put CM10 back on. Just make sure you do a nandroid and you will be fine. Although your current setup might be corrupt and you will need to run TB or MBP for data only.
EDIT: I tested I already had v3 on my sd card and it worked it even updated my prl. Get the one that I posted which is v3 then d/l the upgrade and follow the upgrade instructions.
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Guys,
I made a call to sprint today to complain about my 3G speed. The lady I talked to did something to my phone and now when I try to make calls it says my account cannot be validated.
I called them again and she tried to help me by asking me to punch ##somenumbers# but because I'm on CM10 this proceedure does not work.
I did a hard reset on my phone but could not activate it.. How can I fix this?
Thanks
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You could flash a ns4g modem via odin, then use the ns4g modem patch for cm10 with then gives you the option to update profile and prl in settings
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I have a Galaxy Note 2 on the sprint network. Yesterday someone sent me a text and i tried to sent them a text back but my phone didn't have a signal. It reset itself a bunch of times. It stopped resetting and now there is no signal to the tower. I looked on my phone and Baseband version, network, mobile network type say unknown. service state is out of service, username is unavailable. mobile network state is disconnected, my phone number is unknown, min unknown, prl version unknown, meid unknown, imei unknown, iccid unknown. device status modified.
I rooted my phone when i first got it with the method that doesn't make your flash counter go up. I had super user installed and had the OTA survival mode checked and did the OTA update for multiwindow and then lost root. This wasn't a big deal to me so I just left it alone, everything worked. Its been a couple of months and then this happened. I reflashed a stock rom on the phone and that didn't fix anything. I rooted it with the Samsung Note 2 toolkit and that went well. But it somehow got stuck on the boot screen again after a while so i just reflashed to stock.
I downloaded QPST and entered my IMEI into the nv line 550 and clicked the write NV block and returned an error. Im stuck. I have insurance and I've only had the phone a couple of months. What the heck happened? Was it somekind of wipe? I have been working on this all day and I'm going to bed now, but can someone help me out?
I would not have been so quick to start messing with qpst.In most cases where ive seen this the imei and related numbers were fine and it was a system screw up. That said,This happened to me recently and even odin wouldnt fix it. I ran THIS and it brought me back so I would try that first.
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I would not have been so quick to start messing with qpst.In most cases where ive seen this the imei and related numbers were fine and it was a system screw up. That said,This happened to me recently and even odin wouldnt fix it. I ran THIS and it brought me back so I would try that first.
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thanks. I am downloading that now and will try it and let you know. I didn't want to start messing with qpst but i saw a tutorial that you can enter your imei back into your phone with it. i got my numbers off the box and went to work. but qpst would not write the values into my phone.
when i plug the usb into the phone a flag pops up in windows and says hardware id is missing as well.
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I would not have been so quick to start messing with qpst.In most cases where ive seen this the imei and related numbers were fine and it was a system screw up. That said,This happened to me recently and even odin wouldnt fix it. I ran THIS and it brought me back so I would try that first.
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i went to the link. i downloaded the file. it was a zip file so i put it on an sdcard and slapped it in my phone. i used the vol up, home key, and pwr key and then i used the update from zip file on external storage. it did some stuff and rebooted. i checked my flash counter and it went up and said i was running custom, custom.
i didn't see any instructions with your post that you linked and I probably didn't use that file the way it was supposed to be used. how exactly do you use it? and when i turned my phone on it still said baseband unknown.
thanks again for helping me with this.
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i went to the link. i downloaded the file. it was a zip file so i put it on an sdcard and slapped it in my phone. i used the vol up, home key, and pwr key and then i used the update from zip file on external storage. it did some stuff and rebooted. i checked my flash counter and it went up and said i was running custom, custom.
i didn't see any instructions with your post that you linked and I probably didn't use that file the way it was supposed to be used. how exactly do you use it? and when i turned my phone on it still said baseband unknown.
thanks again for helping me with this.
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Do you have Root Explorer? If baseband is showing unknown makes me wonder if build.prop is there and complete...?
It needed flashed in a custom recovery. Did u use twrp or cwm to flash it? If so, you did it right. Is it only the baseband thats unknown or everything still? Did you try a ##72786# dialer code reset?
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Do you have Root Explorer? If baseband is showing unknown makes me wonder if build.prop is there and complete...?
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I don't have root explorer on here right now because I was trying to return the phone back to stock for a return to the sprint store.
I used the stock rom that you download from the samsung note 2 tool kit. how do i check what your talking about?
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It needed flashed in a custom recovery. Did u use twrp or cwm to flash it? If so, you did it right. Is it only the baseband thats unknown or everything still? Did you try a ##72786# dialer code reset?
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everything is still unknown.
when i dial ##72786# it goes to a meny labeled SCRTN but is blank with no options.
at this point I used triangle away and flashed the stock rom on my phone, it keeps randomly resetting. in the setttings it still has baseband unknown. i did the ota update and the build number is JROO3C.L900VPALJC
under status, everything is unknown and at the botton it says device modified.
when i put it into download mode right now it says custum binary: no ; current binary: samsung official; system status: custom
this started when the phone just started resetting a bunch after my buddy texted me and then it didn't have service and all the values were wiped, i just want to take it back to sprint because ive only had it for a couple of months. will the above values be ok for a trip to the sprint store?
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It needed flashed in a custom recovery. Did u use twrp or cwm to flash it? If so, you did it right. Is it only the baseband thats unknown or everything still? Did you try a ##72786# dialer code reset?
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i didnt use twrp or cwm to flash it. just used the factory recovery to. i will use twrp to do it now. thanks man.
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It needed flashed in a custom recovery. Did u use twrp or cwm to flash it? If so, you did it right. Is it only the baseband thats unknown or everything still? Did you try a ##72786# dialer code reset?
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i think i have a corrupted EFS. can anyone help?
I had this happen to me when I first got the phone and rooted. Scariest first day of ownership thought I was going to have to go in to sprint. Thankfully I flashed the full stock tar and my phone came back to life. Maybe you should try flashing it and see how it turns out for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035566
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RayTrue04 said:
I had this happen to me when I first got the phone and rooted. Scariest first day of ownership thought I was going to have to go in to sprint. Thankfully I flashed the full stock tar and my phone came back to life. Maybe you should try flashing it and see how it turns out for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035566
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I went back to full stock with :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769
i also went baclk to full stock using the samsung note 2 toolkit and triangle away.
both methods left me with custom binary as no and current binary as samsung offical, but system status says custom.
both ways.
and the screenshots that i posted earlier are the same.
i found this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611796
and i think i have a corrupt EFS.
as it is, does the spring store take your phone back if system status is custom and device says modified?
b.) if i can fix it, it would be better than taking it back. everything on the phone still works, but it obviously cant see a cell phone tower or make calls. data on wifi only type deal.
thanks for any help...
dd807 said:
I went back to full stock with :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769
i also went baclk to full stock using the samsung note 2 toolkit and triangle away.
both methods left me with custom binary as no and current binary as samsung offical, but system status says custom.
both ways.
and the screenshots that i posted earlier are the same.
i found this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611796
and i think i have a corrupt EFS.
as it is, does the spring store take your phone back if system status is custom and device says modified?
b.) if i can fix it, it would be better than taking it back. everything on the phone still works, but it obviously cant see a cell phone tower or make calls. data on wifi only type deal.
thanks for any help...
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I'm not familiar with that EFS issue since I've never read about it. However I would try that tar I posted as a last resort since the stock zip didn't do anything for you. The issue you're describing is the exact same thing that happened to me and that tar brought me back. And about being custom/modified it all depends on the Sprint Rep you get. Some are cool about it some are not.
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garwynn said:
Do you have Root Explorer? If baseband is showing unknown makes me wonder if build.prop is there and complete...?
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i just downloaded root explorer.
i think im having some efs issues. i downloaded efs pro to help with it but it says my phone is not perm rooted. but i do have root right now.
btw- the galaxy note 2 tool kit is friggin awesome- totally donating.
RayTrue04 said:
I'm not familiar with that EFS issue since I've never read about it. However I would try that tar I posted as a last resort since the stock zip didn't do anything for you. The issue you're describing is the exact same thing that happened to me and that tar brought me back. And about being custom/modified it all depends on the Sprint Rep you get. Some are cool about it some are not.
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thanks, ill try it. i mean- whats one more flash right? could fix it. fingers crossed. thanks for your help man.
ill let you know.
also to everyone helping, i made a backup of all my system settings with my backup pro app before all this happened. i was wondering if it backs up your efs data anywhere and if it does, how could i get it back on my phone?
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RayTrue04 said:
I had this happen to me when I first got the phone and rooted. Scariest first day of ownership thought I was going to have to go in to sprint. Thankfully I flashed the full stock tar and my phone came back to life. Maybe you should try flashing it and see how it turns out for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035566
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flashed the sextape back to stock rom and it didn't work. i think my efs is corrupted- gunna take something more than flashing- like editing some files to put my meid and other info and pushing it back to my phone.
looking at this right now:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2060085
dd807 said:
flashed the sextape back to stock rom and it didn't work. i think my efs is corrupted- gunna take something more than flashing- like editing some files to put my meid and other info and pushing it back to my phone.
looking at this right now:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2060085
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Damn that sucks! I really thought it might bring you back since it worked for me. Good luck!
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Update-
my phone is screwed. i got the MSL and put it in my phone and nothing happens. i have to take it back and get a new one.even though all the hardware works, just cant program the info back in the phone for meid, baseband, username, icc id, etc. etc. so no voice calls.
the bummer is that this all happened randomly. i wasn't messing with my phone at all and it was running great then it reset a bunch of times and then wiped everything. i don't know if it would have helped, but i highly reccomend everyone backing up their EFS. because you never know when this will happen to you.
take care, thanks for the help everyone.
Hello,
Obviously from my posts I'm new posting, however, I've been reading the forums for a while now and have been a huge fan at the massive support of devs and other helpful people. My question, and I've tried searching hi and lo on this site and others to get an answer:
I rooted my phone about 2 months ago and kept ROM, kernel, etc. stock until about 1 month ago when I flashed CM 10.1. Everything was awesome, loved the layout and the customization of the ROM. About 2 weeks ago, I lost 4G/H+ coverage, and voice service was sometimes spottier than usual. Wifi was and is still fine, but anytime I left and wifi network, I was immediately given EDGE speeds. I ran speedtest.net and the display is accurate.
I tried searching a couple of sites and I read that flashing a different ROM could fix the issue. I flashed Wicked which again was a great layout, but didn't fix the 4G issue. Lastly, today I followed an unroot thread and unrooted my phone. I didn't reset my counter with triangle away because I didn't think that was an issue in the lack of 4G. And I didn't want to dig myself any deeper on possibly bricking my phone. So now, my phone is stock (minus the counter) with ROM, kernel, and recovery. Any tips or suggestions?
Something to note: When I tried flashing CM10.1 the very first time, I received an error 7 message on CWM recovery. After reading a couple of posts on here, it looked like the workaround was to remove the first line of code on the updater-script file in the zip. Doing so made the ROM flash without any hiccups. Or were there?
Again thanks in advance for taking the time to read my post.
Go to settings> about phone> status
Look under imei, is it still there or is it 0.
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Dakine,
Thanks for the reply. It says 0. Doesn't sound good based on the two options you said it could be.
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keeeoh said:
Dakine,
Thanks for the reply. It says 0. Doesn't sound good based on the two options you said it could be.
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Its not really bad, but its not great. It means you lost your imei, it just happens randomly when flashing a ROM (no one knows why, it just rarely happens). Its not the ROMs fault, it just happens.
If you haven't made a backup of your imei, then you'll have to restore/inject the imei so that you can use 4g again. I'll have to look for the threads that explain how to do that and I'll post them for you.
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keeeoh said:
Dakine,
Thanks for the reply. It says 0. Doesn't sound good based on the two options you said it could be.
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Da Kine said:
Its not really bad, but its not great. It means you lost your imei, it just happens randomly when flashing a ROM (no one knows why, it just rarely happens). Its not the ROMs fault, it just happens.
If you haven't made a backup of your imei, then you'll have to restore/inject the imei so that you can use 4g again. I'll have to look for the threads that explain how to do that and I'll post them for you.
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I wouldn't worry bout it. Unless you get lucky it can take a lot of searching and piecing info together to find all that's needed. Imei restoration can still be found, but a lot isn't too clear. Data restore after imei restoration is not so easy.
Also, one or two of the important threads are gone. If you ever need help with this issue, you can just pm me.
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Da Kine said:
This video will help you restore your imei, download links are in the video description.
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Huge help! Thanks for locating this. About to read up on restoring my imei. Thanks again, especially for the quick reply.
DocHoliday77 said:
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I wouldn't worry bout it. Unless you get lucky it can take a lot of searching and piecing info together to find all that's needed. Imei restoration can still be found, but a lot isn't too clear. Data restore after imei restoration is not so easy.
Also, one or two of the important threads are gone. If you ever need help with this issue, you can just pm me.
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And thank you too Doc! I'll post my results in case anyone else has this problem. I'm certain this will work. Thanks for the future reach-out invite as well.
Hey Doc, does everything in the video I posted restore 4g or does it just restore the imei? If it doesn't restore 4g, could you please post here or pm what steps are needed to get 4g going again?
I would just like to have a copy of everything just in case something goes wrong with my imei backup, If I end up losing my imei.
Edit: Hey keeeoh I removed the video (thank you Doc for the heads up). If you need the link to it, just let me know and I'll pm it to you. Once again, thank you Doc for letting me know.
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Da Kine said:
Hey Doc, does everything in the video I posted restore 4g or does it just restore the imei? If it doesn't restore 4g, could you please post here or pm what steps are needed to get 4g going again?
I would just like to have a copy of everything just in case something goes wrong with my imei backup, If I end up losing my imei.
Edit: Hey keeeoh I removed the video (thank you Doc for the heads up). If you need the link to it, just let me know and I'll pm it to you. Once again, thank you Doc for letting me know.
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Well, Success!!! Needed to do a couple more things but both of you were able to get me back up and running on 4G.
Dakine - Already got the video, so thank you anyways.
Doc - Finished those steps, for some reason I can't PM you so if you can PM me again to let me know what I need to do avoid this in the future, as I'd love to go back to a rooted phone.
Thanks again guys!
keeeoh said:
Well, Success!!! Needed to do a couple more things but both of you were able to get me back up and running on 4G.
Dakine - Already got the video, so thank you anyways.
Doc - Finished those steps, for some reason I can't PM you so if you can PM me again to let me know what I need to do avoid this in the future, as I'd love to go back to a rooted phone.
Thanks again guys!
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Awesome! Glad you got it working again.
Next thing is to create s n on-device backup of your nv data. This should only need to be done once, as you can't delete or overwrite it with common methods. It is also preventative so you shouldn't ever see this issue again.
Two methods
1. Install Andromizer and backup nv data
2. Install and open Terminal Emulator and enter this:
su
reboot nvbackup
That's it. Your phone will reboot and create the back up. If you do ever need to restore just enter this:
su
reboot nvrestore
Note: you cannot make copies of this as its stored across several partitions that are not easily accessible.
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keeeoh said:
Well, Success!!! Needed to do a couple more things but both of you were able to get me back up and running on 4G.
Dakine - Already got the video, so thank you anyways.
Doc - Finished those steps, for some reason I can't PM you so if you can PM me again to let me know what I need to do avoid this in the future, as I'd love to go back to a rooted phone.
Thanks again guys!
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What were the "couple more things"? My IMEI was wiped when I installed CWM and I had no signal showing at all. I have restored my IMEI and it now connects to Edge but it does not connect to 4G as it did. My wife's phone still gets a good 4G connection so I think it is the phone. I have tried wiping it, installing Cyanogen and have now reverted to Samsung factory UVDMD5. Everything about the phone seems to work great except it has no 4G. Tried changing APN type and forcing WCDMA -- no luck
Thanks!
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What were the "couple more things"? My IMEI was wiped when I installed CWM and I had no signal showing at all. I have restored my IMEI and it now connects to Edge but it does not connect to 4G as it did. My wife's phone still gets a good 4G connection so I think it is the phone. I have tried wiping it, installing Cyanogen and have now reverted to Samsung factory UVDMD5. Everything about the phone seems to work great except it has no 4G. Tried changing APN type and forcing WCDMA -- no luck
Thanks!
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Low 2g and 3g but no 4g
I also can never get 4G in the metro. Even right next to somebody with the exact same phone and same T-mobile service who gets it fine.. I had flashed Synergy ROM and now S3Rx (stock kernel) but no improvement. My IMEI is valid, the Mobile Network type is shown as: GPRS:1. It shows the APN as T-Mobile USA (epc.tmobile.com). Baseband version is: T999UVDMD5.
I don't know anything else to check. Sure would like some ideas.
Test with someone else's SIM card. Or call T-Mobile as it sounds like it may be an account issue. Odin back to stock. If it still continues, it could also be hardware.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Test with someone else's SIM card. Or call T-Mobile as it sounds like it may be an account issue. Odin back to stock. If it still continues, it could also be hardware.
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Do you know where I can find the stock ROM for this phone?
Firmware thread. In my Sig. Stickied in development.
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Missing IMEI I could not find other way to reach you but to post here
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Hello Doc, I tried to pm you, but never received a reply, maybe my message is blocked.
I hope you can help me find cure for my phone!
After regular update of CM 10.2. using CWM my phone stopped connecting to 3g and 4g, I checked with T-Mobile and no problems on their end. I thought it was a failed upgrade reinstalled CM 10.2, didn't help. Then I totally reformatted Internal Storage and Installed LiquidSmooth 2.3.7, same thing, only EDGE data. Then I thought maybe I have to unroot and go back to Stock, and this time unrooted, upgraded baseband to the latest version, then installed Stock JB 4.3 but it didn't fix my problem. Then I came across this info about missing IMEIs, and there it was IMEI was showing Unknown at one point and now it is showing 0. I tried to follow some guides about nv_data.bin but my EFS folder doesn't seem to contain that file, it actually doesn't have more than that when compared to other user's screenshots.
At this point I rooted my phone again using TWRP with SU and De-knox and installed CM 10.2.0. Still EDGE only and IMEI showing 0.
Please, help! I can email screenshot of About Phone Status Page and EFS folder if you need.
Thanks!
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Having same issue, could you help me??
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Doc,
I just purchased a T999 on eBay with this same problem. When I got the phone, it had CM installed on it and had no IMEI (IMEI=0). I put it back to stock 4.1.2, still no IMEI. I did IMEI repair using Z3X box which worked, now IMEI is normal. Problem is that it always stays on EDGE network. I'm sure this is something to to with the phone and not something else. I have a couple of other T999's available to use to test SIM card, location, etc. and all other T999's I've tried work just fine. Only this one that I had to restore IMEI.
Can you please give me some advice?
ok i have been reading and trying for two day with only one hour of sleep i have a SPH-L710 s3 on sprint right now i want to flash to metro i have my MSL number and can see everything in dfs tools can read but will not write says that file is read only wite failed i have pulled out my 0,85,194?files rewote them but will not go back in no matter what i try i have had to recover phone useing keis now and fully lost on what i should do at this point please any and all help at this point
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ok i have been reading and trying for two day with only one hour of sleep i have a SPH-L710 s3 on sprint right now i want to flash to metro i have my MSL number and can see everything in dfs tools can read but will not write says that file is read only wite failed i have pulled out my 0,85,194?files rewote them but will not go back in no matter what i try i have had to recover phone useing keis now and fully lost on what i should do at this point please any and all help at this point
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Did you fully read THIS thread? Sounds like your phone is not rooted when you say read/only.
joeyhdownsouth said:
Did you fully read THIS thread? Sounds like your phone is not rooted when you say read/only.
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i got it i had to flash my radio to l2 and poof it worked now im just trying to get internet working now any ideas
ihave999issues said:
i got it i had to flash my radio to l2 and poof it worked now im just trying to get internet working now any ideas
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Thread I linked to explains how to get internet and mms working
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