What's up guys! Resident tech guru here in desperate need of your assistance. I finally got the chance to see my friend again after he'd been going through some personal issues and was devastated to find out that he was not at all happy with his Samsung S2. I ,of course, chimed in and told him all about xda dev and the awesome things you guys do everyday. So now he wants me to flash a new rom onto his device that will make his phone seem brand new. The problem is that his phone is on Simple Mobile and I don't know if I can just flash any rom and still be able to connect to his carrier's network.
1. I guess what I need is a link on how exactly to flash a t989 (I think I found this but not sure if the instructions I found are still relevant) in 2014.
2. Which rom is the most current and compatible with simple mobile.(Not having too much luck on my own)
3. Is there anything I can do after the flash to make sure that his info will be sync'd back to his phone correctly?
4. How can I backup the current state of his phone just to make sure that I have a safety net?
1. If you have a t989....any ROM here will work. Just may need to debloat some stuff with titanium backup.
2. All will work. What's best is up to the user. Everyone has a different opinion....no point in asking.
3. Bad idea. Restoring system apps or data is a big no no. User apps and data you could use titanium backup. Transfer the back up folder to PC to be sure it doesn't get wiped. Then back to phone after. Have to be rooted before and after tho.
4. Root first, flash custom recovery and do a nandroid backup. Then continue. Just don't erase internal SD, or its gone.
Good luck!
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There's no guarantees any of his info will be saved tho. Transfer pics and important things to PC first to be safe.
thanks KJ, i figured that the process would be straight forward I really just wanted to be sure that i could reconnect to simple mobile's network afterwards.
urphonesux said:
thanks KJ, i figured that the process would be straight forward I really just wanted to be sure that i could reconnect to simple mobile's network afterwards.
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At worst you'd need to alter or add your APN settings.
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I'd write them out first...exactly as they are.
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hey guys whats up, im stuck here. i am rooted and on the newest CWM. . heres the deal all of a sudden my phone shows no signal and doesnt let me make calls text, etc,, etc. how the hell can i get it back to where it should be.?please help. stuck without the phone.
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baseband version+unknown, frimware version=2.2.1 kernel version =2.6.32.9 builkd number= srf 1.10 / twilight 1.1.0 hardware version = unknown.......thats the info on my phone please help .
Did you flash the journal on zip immediately after flashing the rom?
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Odin a modem...any modem...should solve your issue
sent from my epic 4g. with the key skips.
If it just won't make calls and stuff, try updating profile and then PRL. If it is FC'ing all over do a factory data reset, reflash the ROM and kernel, flash the journal on zip as John suggested, then redownload apps. Do not restore any data unless you are sure it is good and absolutely need it.
i cant make calls, text, internet, nothing , so i cant update the prl or profile. whats the journal? im fairly new to this ive been rooted and on the custom roms for a few months now.how do you do a factory reset.? this blows i gotta get it up and running. i appreciate the advice from all
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i cant use odin, ive never used it plus im at work right now and dont have access to download stuff.
jimmyjames72 said:
i cant make calls, text, internet, nothing , so i cant update the prl or profile. whats the journal? im fairly new to this ive been rooted and on the custom roms for a few months now.how do you do a factory reset.? this blows i gotta get it up and running. i appreciate the advice from all
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i cant use odin, ive never used it plus im at work right now and dont have access to download stuff.
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You don't have a baseband...nothing will work until you get a modem onto it. Your going to have to use odin
ugothakd said:
You don't have a baseband...nothing will work until you get a modem onto it. Your going to have to use odin
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This ^^^^^^^^^
And here is the thread how:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1123103
Hi Guys. I started a new thread about a week ago but no one has answered in a while and i'm really desperate, confused, and fear for the life of my phone. I had BeastMOD ROM II v3.0 for about a month and one night i turned it off for a minute and turned it back on and i had lost network, i checked and i had no IMEI or Baseband version. I tried a method from another user that is supposed to restore to stock and remove root and it did but it didn't fix the network problem and it would reboot my phone constantly. When i try to do a restore of my very first backup before installing any ROM it gives me a "MD5 mismatch!" error and am very confused. i would really appreciate if someone with free time stayed in contact with me to fix this until it is fixed and give some suggestions.
Did you ODIN back to stock? Or cwm back to stock?
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I had the exact same problem with my co-workers phone. Since the unlock/efs files have been stashed away in our phone there is no hope in restoring the backups that the device automagically creates.
Your phone is a pricey media player. You need to explore your replacement options or seek a Samsung repair center to have the baseband fixed.
GBGamer said:
Did you ODIN back to stock? Or cwm back to stock?
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ODIN, it was a method i was recommended.
matthenry87 said:
I had the exact same problem with my co-workers phone. Since the unlock/efs files have been stashed away in our phone there is no hope in restoring the backups that the device automagically creates.
Your phone is a pricey media player. You need to explore your replacement options or seek a Samsung repair center to have the baseband fixed.
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so are you saying that "I" can't fix it and that i should just give up or what could i do to fix it?
Isn't there any way to fix the baseband or IMEI problem, is this a problem with my radio?
The files that control your baseband/radio have become corrupt. It seems to happen at random. You didn't happen to be messing with heimdial(sp?) were you?
There is no way that you can fix your phone unless you go into a Samsung service center, steal their equipment, and learn how to use it.
Flash back to stock, unroot, and ______________. I work for T-Mobile so I'll let you fill that blank in yourself lolol.
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Even if you ODIN back to stock the files in your efs directory do not get modified (hence why you keep your IMEI between roms.)
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The files that control your baseband/radio have become corrupt. It seems to happen at random. You didn't happen to be messing with heimdial(sp?) were you?
There is no way that you can fix your phone unless you go into a Samsung service center, steal their equipment, and learn how to use it.
Flash back to stock, unroot, and ______________. I work for T-Mobile so I'll let you fill that blank in yourself lolol.
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Even if you ODIN back to stock the files in your efs directory do not get modified (hence why you keep your IMEI between roms.)
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at random? so that means it wasn't my fault? bkz i rooted, flashed the ROM all correctly and was perfect for about a month and it just suddenly happened out of nowhere. I'm on a tight budget and just wanna get this nightmare over with. so do you have any method to return to stock and get rid of any evidence and then get it fixed by warranty? or is this good: http://galaxys2root.com/t-mobile-galaxy-s2/how-to-unroot-t-mobile-galaxy-s2-sgh-t989/
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odin to stock from link below and get a warranty replacement. simple as that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391174
shehrammajid said:
odin to stock from link below and get a warranty replacement. simple as that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391174
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The files that control your baseband/radio have become corrupt. It seems to happen at random. You didn't happen to be messing with heimdial(sp?) were you?
There is no way that you can fix your phone unless you go into a Samsung service center, steal their equipment, and learn how to use it.
Flash back to stock, unroot, and ______________. I work for T-Mobile so I'll let you fill that blank in yourself lolol.
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Even if you ODIN back to stock the files in your efs directory do not get modified (hence why you keep your IMEI between roms.)
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Thank you both
that should be good, but I believe the rom is still deodexed, but they don't really check for that anyways.
Deodexed?? Srry i'm not familiar with that
I know i have another thread but its changed. My galaxy nexus is gsm and my brother accidentally flashed verizon stock on it. Now my nexus can only go in download mode and fastboot mode. I have tried flashing stock using odin and fastboot however it goes back to the google logo and just stays till it dies. I also cant access recovery mode because it goes to the google logo. 30 dollars reward thanks
Boot to the bootloader (Fastboot/Download) and give us the information on the bottom. Also give us the link to whatever you're trying to flash. I'll dig up the return-to-stock thread and see if I can't walk you through it. Gotta save that Nexus!
Also it'd be easier if you got on IRC. You can find a lot of us (including me) on irc.freenode.net in the channel #gn so stop on by!
Here's a link if you've never been there: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=gn&uio=d4
Wug's Toolkit???
have you tried Wug's Toolkit???
I've bricked mine for the same reason for flashing a GSM rom alpha state on a LTE Nexus.
All I had to do was hit the restore button. And it was fixed in ten minutes. I was able to save my data thanks to dropbox. Cuz I just so happened to back up my data there a lot by saving my recovery back ups
But your case is different. Use wug's toolkit and ATTEMPT to save your data by using the backup feature. MAYBE u can still recover your apps. Maybe you broke your CWMR and damaged the system.res or something. So just flash stock+Unroot. As long as you can fast boot I think you can fix it like me.
Give it a try if you have not done this yet. And let me know how it out. =p
Hope it works for u just as well as it did for me.
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have you tried Wug's Toolkit???
I've bricked mine for the same reason for flashing a GSM rom alpha state on a LTE Nexus.
All I had to do was hit the restore button. And it was fixed in ten minutes. I was able to save my data thanks to dropbox. Cuz I just so happened to back up my data there a lot by saving my recovery back ups
But your case is different. Use wug's toolkit and ATTEMPT to save your data by using the backup feature. MAYBE u can still recover your apps. Maybe you broke your CWMR and damaged the system.res or something. So just flash stock+Unroot. As long as you can fast boot I think you can fix it like me.
Give it a try if you have not done this yet. And let me know how it out. =p
Hope it works for u just as well as it did for me.
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could you gimmie alink for that toolkit
Unbrickable
Also you can't truly brick a Nexus device. ESPECIALLY a GSM variant.
So you can fix this. I'll try to find another way just in case this way fails. but also there is a tool on the right side of the panel do the Wug's Toolkit panel. Never actually used them, but maybe it can make your phone work again without even having to flash stock+Unroot.
But again I'll try to find a another method of how this can be fixed. Hopefully someone has a tool to fix this.
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Sorry. XDA won't let me post a link. =/
Since I just registered and all but don't worry I'm experienced with this stuff.
Just type Wug's toolkit v1.3 Galaxy Nexus and it should be on Android Central
. Hope this saves ur $400-$600 google device. =p
Know how u feel on this.
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This should work because I just read the website and it says that if you flash stock+unroot it should unbrick your device. And maybe an OEM lock is required but your a GSM variant so I dunno since u came out of the factory unlocked.
If you were to fix your Nexus Device u don't have to do your $30 reward.
1. I'm 16. =p
2. Don't have a way of receiving money except by mail, which is a big hassle of nonsense.
3. Just wanted to help since I know how u feel.
Wow lol
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Wow lol
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I'm now able to post the link.
Here's the link for the toolkit. It's extremely useful and has fixed some problems for me.
http://www.wugfresh.com/dev/gnex-root-toolkit/
Full step-by-step instructions here.
Hello, well here i have been searching for over a year and reading the forums as well and getting more and more frustrated and need a straight forward answer from some one.
Issue 1 i would like to have a custom rom on my phone BUT and a big but it is, that the signal not be reduced in Any way i would not even settle for 1/2 db loss. from what i have been reading the biggest problem is screwing with roms that change the modem file. (am i right?) basicly what i would like is to have a stock android rom (vanilla) like cleanrom, but have my phone signal absolutely equal to my stock, of course if it got better which i don't expect it to, i wouldn't object to that.
Issue 2 How can i back up my current modem on my phone, i have yet to find any info how to do this step by step, or even find a true stock modem file from telus.
Issue 3 Is there a way that if i screw everything up and get no signal or less signal, a way to truly back up the entire phone so i could revert back to the way i am now 100%? ( an example would be if i had a computer and had made a image and burnt it to a cd if i screwed up the computer i would just reload the image and i would be back with every little crum of data from when i made the image). From what i have been reading it seems like most all backup of the current state of a phone don't include 100% everything, am i right or wrong?
Issue 4 Is there any true stock android (vanilla) rom out there ie. not something that someone other than google has made?
Anyway, accept my appreciation in advance for your help, maby i am just stuck with the stock telus offering but i am hoping for some enlightenment.
Oh and one more thing before i go one of the main things about stock that is really ticking me off is outgoing or incoming mms messages that are just pictures show up as a slide show, from what i have read feature.xml has a setting that i can add to fix this BUT i don't have feature.xml on my phone, do i have to download it somewhere and if so i have seached high and low for it and nothing plus is there a specifically formatted feature.xml for telus I317M?
Once again thanks in advance!
There are numerous custom ROMS that do not touch or include a MODEM, so there is nothing to mess-up as it relates to your signal strength. Your only concern needs to be selecting the correct kernel and ensuring you have your EFS partition (containing your IMEI) backed up.
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fish6107 said:
basicly what i would like is to have a stock android rom (vanilla) like cleanrom, but have my phone signal absolutely equal to my stock
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Cleanrom already does that perfectly well.
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fish6107 said:
Issue 3 Is there a way that if i screw everything up and get no signal or less signal, a way to truly back up the entire phone so i could revert back to the way i am now 100%?
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Using ClockWorkMode to create a NANDroid backup and (if needed) restore using a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM is the process you are asking about. THis will fix a soft-brick.
A hard brick...is another story.
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Issue 4 Is there any true stock android (vanilla) rom out there ie. not something that someone other than google has made?
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Vanilla, would be something like the "plain/boring" interface that comes with the Nexus4. This would NOT have TouchWiz. Your S-Pen will no longer work as there are no drivers for it in the Vanilla interface. It was Samsung that wrote the drivers for the S-Pen and implemented the functionality for S-note and the gestures. Also, the integrated Wacom screen would be useless in the Vanilla interface until someone adds something to the Vanilla configuration that Google deployed (didn't you say you only wanted Google's version?).
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BUT i don't have feature.xml on my phone
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I believe your i317M has it too. Most of the good stuff is tied into your CSC anyway, so it's not worth the effort to mess with that. I'd spend the time to play around with the build.prop instead.
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Your easiest option is to simply root your Stock ROM and debloat the carrier bloatware. If anything goes wrong, you can always use ODIN to flash the stock firmware (and not lose anything in the process).
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Hello, well here i have been searching for over a year and reading the forums as well and getting more and more frustrated and need a straight forward answer from some one.
Issue 1 i would like to have a custom rom on my phone BUT and a big but it is, that the signal not be reduced in Any way i would not even settle for 1/2 db loss. from what i have been reading the biggest problem is screwing with roms that change the modem file. (am i right?) basicly what i would like is to have a stock android rom (vanilla) like cleanrom, but have my phone signal absolutely equal to my stock, of course if it got better which i don't expect it to, i wouldn't object to that.
Issue 2 How can i back up my current modem on my phone, i have yet to find any info how to do this step by step, or even find a true stock modem file from telus.
Issue 3 Is there a way that if i screw everything up and get no signal or less signal, a way to truly back up the entire phone so i could revert back to the way i am now 100%? ( an example would be if i had a computer and had made a image and burnt it to a cd if i screwed up the computer i would just reload the image and i would be back with every little crum of data from when i made the image). From what i have been reading it seems like most all backup of the current state of a phone don't include 100% everything, am i right or wrong?
Issue 4 Is there any true stock android (vanilla) rom out there ie. not something that someone other than google has made?
Anyway, accept my appreciation in advance for your help, maby i am just stuck with the stock telus offering but i am hoping for some enlightenment.
Oh and one more thing before i go one of the main things about stock that is really ticking me off is outgoing or incoming mms messages that are just pictures show up as a slide show, from what i have read feature.xml has a setting that i can add to fix this BUT i don't have feature.xml on my phone, do i have to download it somewhere and if so i have seached high and low for it and nothing plus is there a specifically formatted feature.xml for telus I317M?
Once again thanks in advance!
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I use Telus Note 2 so I'll answer your questions based on my experience.
1) I don't notice signal differences. I've used stock roms, modded touchwiz roms, vanilla android, and I don't notice a signal difference. That being said, I don't check my signal because it's not as important as you finding it important. I don't think an issue at all.
2) Just make a nandroid backup after rooting your phone. Rooting won't change your modem. In TWRP recovery, you can nandroid backup with the modem. Also, some custom ROM threads, e.g. JEDI or Cleanrom have TELUS modems in the original post. You can flash that if your modem is changed (and as above poster mentioned, a lot of the ROMs don't even touch the modem anyways)
3) Nandroid (after rooting). You could also download the stock rom that you are on at the moment on www.sammobile.com (whether it's 4.1.1 or 4.1.2)
4) I don't know what you exactly want. CM? SlimBean? Clairfy please.
Also, I don't use MMS so I can't tell you. But you could always try a custom ROM to see if that helps. I use CleanRom 5.0 myself right now and it's been working fine.
Lost my modem
Hi
I flew off half cocked. I flashed something on ODIN that gave me root but it appears I no longer have mobile data. Ok - it's been fun but where might be the original file for my phone?
i317m from bell. I am downloading the firmware from SAMmobile now - will that be all I need? Aw heck I am dangerous.
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I flew off half cocked. I flashed something on ODIN that gave me root but it appears I no longer have mobile data. Ok - it's been fun but where might be the original file for my phone?
i317m from bell. I am downloading the firmware from SAMmobile now - will that be all I need? Aw heck I am dangerous.
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Yes if you downloaded the .tar for your device put it into the PDA slot in Odin and flash.
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sorry to say the firmware does not fix the mobile data problem
It seems that no - flashing the firmware doesn't fix my mobile data problem. going to try samsungtools tonight
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Yes if you downloaded the .tar for your device put it into the PDA slot in Odin and flash.
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It seems that no - flashing the firmware doesn't fix my mobile data problem. going to try samsungtools tonight
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Mobile data? Have you checked you apn settings?
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I live in the sticks, haven't touched my modem files at all (running ProBam) but I recently noticed that while I can send pix as attachments to texts, I cannot receive them. If someone tries to send me a pic, nothing happens. I have tried probably a hundred different APN name settings, nothing seems to make a difference one way or another. There are approximately seven trillion results if you do a Google search on the subject, with just under seven trillion different 'answers'.
As for the modem files themselves, I have never touched mine (other than to back them up) and I am running the MA3 modem on my Telus phone. One thing I have noticed is that I never get LTE, not even when I go to the city where it is, but... Otherwise, I can't complain about the speed. I would be more curious about battery life and wi-fi speeds when it came to modem files, there is a chance that the older modem would work better for people in the sticks.
So I went to far with modding, I didn't know when to stop, but now I do.
I have ROM toolbox (pro) and i started modding my phone like crazy, changing boot animations, icons and so on then i decided to change my framework (big mistake) But i still did it anyways all though it said use with extreme caution and i didn't think anything about it so i still did it and I made a backup it said it needed to reboot for it to work so I rebooted it turned on and everything slid the unlock slide and drew the unlock pattern and it froze and after about 5 seconds it restarted, i can do anything but unlock it and make an emergency call, when i tap emergency call it doesn't do anything not even restart, I have USB Debugging on and my backup of the framework is on my SD card, anything else you need just comment and i will tell you
All you have to do is go into recovery and restore a backup. You should still be able to get into recovery.
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All you have to do is go into recovery and restore a backup. You should still be able to get into recovery.
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i can't get into recovery, never could, by backup i meant backup of my framework
Are you on a custom kernel?
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Are you on a custom kernel?
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No, could never flash anything, sorry about not replying right away, I have to wait 5 minutes
How so? Is it because of pc or laptop? Drivers? Or just no want for it?
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How so? Is it because of pc or laptop? Drivers? Or just no want for it?
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I do really want to flash one but I don't know why i can't i think it because my phone can't go into fastboot or my phone boot loader can't be unlocked (for free) and i don't want to be scammed, something like that
You can still flash back to stock... If you have the ftf for your model. You will lose what you have but you can always redo the edits you have made.
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But alejandrissimo is great at unlocking bootloaders. I had mine done ages ago. Can't remember how much but it was worth it.
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You can still flash back to stock... If you have the ftf for your model. You will lose what you have but you can always redo the edits you have made.
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But alejandrissimo is great at unlocking bootloaders. I had mine done ages ago. Can't remember how much but it was worth it.
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Is that the only thing i can do or can i fix it without flashing because i dont want to lose everything but i willl if i have to
Only if you had a nandroid backup in recovery... There is a cwm installer for locked bootloaders. I used it for a while when I first got this phone. But that's the only way unless you manually push the old framework back into it then set permissions
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But that's the only way unless you manually push the old framework back into it then set permissions
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One last thing, how can i do this, sorry, but if you tell me and it works i will thank every post you made on this thread