So my phone was @ EL29. I decided that when I was updating from CM9-alpha3 to CM9-alpha4 that I'd also go ahead and update my modem. I updated CM9, and it rebooted fine and was still working.
Went back and Odin'd the FE16 modem, and it rebooted. Once it booted up, I got a 'Activate your phone' page stating "A special call needs to be made to activate your phone service. After pressing 'Activate'... " but this doesn't work (The number or code you dialed is incorrect.)
From what I can tell, this is because ICS doesn't support the ## dialer codes? I did some searching, but couldn't come up with much. I found this post in the modem thread, which links to a "multiboot" ROM for the Epic 4G (not the Touch) that boots a stock ROM off the SD Card and doesn't affect the current running ROM, which lets you do things like Update PRL / Update Profile / etc.
Is there anything like that for the E4GT? Or am I going to have to wipe, go back to GB, re-activate/update profile/update prl on stock, wipe again and go back to CM9?
Another option is to program your phone through QPST, but you might find that to be just as troublesome as flashing back to stock.
A quick search pointed me to this thread for QPST. Doesn't seem too terribly difficult (except that I'm on a Linux box, might have to do some fun VirtualBox emulation to get it working on a Windows VM).
Technically I lied when I said I flashed the stuff using Odin... actually used heimdall, but it does the same thing.
What's funny is my data is working 3G/4G with no problem. If I try to place a call, it immediately hangs up. Trying ##72786# gives a recording that "Your phone is not yet activated. To activate, press end and call customer service"
Service is through ting (who uses Sprint's network)
jlmccorm said:
What's funny is my data is working 3G/4G with no problem. If I try to place a call, it immediately hangs up. Trying ##72786# gives a recording that "Your phone is not yet activated. To activate, press end and call customer service"
Service is through ting (who uses Sprint's network)
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It sounds like you need to reprogram your MDN and MSID? Are the correct values shown under About, Status? Check the PRL field too.
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Hmmm, yep - looks like my MDN and MSID got fubarred?
About->Status:
Network: Sprint
Service State: In Service
Roaming: Not Roaming
Mobile Network state: Disconnected
My phone number: 000-000-2603
MSID: 0000002603
PRL Version: 60683
i actually had something like this happen about a week or two ago. I used heimdall on my mac to flash a new modem while on an AOSP rom, and was told I had to activate the phone. I couldn't figure out anything to do except restore a TW backup and activate then restore back to my current AOSP setup. I never experienced having a modem flash de-activate the phone, but this was the only time i ever used heimdall, usually use Odin on windows.
Odin back to a stock ROM using a one click, Odin a stock modem of your choice and check clear phone efs, and boot up and allow it to reactivate.
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First I tried extracting the packages from the OdinOneClick to use heimdall to flash it back to stock. Ended up in a bootloop on the Spring 4G screen. Brought up a Win7 box and used the oneclick on Windows to get back to stock. Reactivated, reflashed the FE16 modem. Now back to CM9 I go.. oh well, all fixed
Thanks ya'll
revamper said:
Odin back to a stock ROM using a one click, Odin a stock modem of your choice and check clear phone efs, and boot up and allow it to reactivate.
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Good going JLM!
Btw Revamper, I think any of the one-click flashes both the stock modem and kernel along with the rom so you don't necessarily have to flash a modem right away.
Edit: Also, what's the 'clear phone efs'?
tdunham said:
Good going JLM!
Btw Revamper, I think any of the one-click flashes both the stock modem and kernel along with the rom so you don't necessarily have to flash a modem right away.
Edit: Also, what's the 'clear phone efs'?
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It does but you can't clear phone EFS. that clears all sprint data and forces your phone to activate again.
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jlmccorm said:
So my phone was @ EL29. I decided that when I was updating from CM9-alpha3 to CM9-alpha4 that I'd also go ahead and update my modem. I updated CM9, and it rebooted fine and was still working.
Went back and Odin'd the FE16 modem, and it rebooted. Once it booted up, I got a 'Activate your phone' page stating "A special call needs to be made to activate your phone service. After pressing 'Activate'... " but this doesn't work (The number or code you dialed is incorrect.)
From what I can tell, this is because ICS doesn't support the ## dialer codes? I did some searching, but couldn't come up with much. I found this post in the modem thread, which links to a "multiboot" ROM for the Epic 4G (not the Touch) that boots a stock ROM off the SD Card and doesn't affect the current running ROM, which lets you do things like Update PRL / Update Profile / etc.
Is there anything like that for the E4GT? Or am I going to have to wipe, go back to GB, re-activate/update profile/update prl on stock, wipe again and go back to CM9?
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Did you do a full restore or a data preserve?
Edit; if you did a data preserve, your phone will act funny when coming from a ROM. You should do a FE16 full restore if you haven't already, it will reset all your phone settings to factory, but it's the best option when coming from a ROM.
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If you're worried about modem speed, FE16 to me is the best modem since FC18.
To debrick my Note 2 I ODIN'd MT2-4.3_Decodex_Rooted_12-4.zip
It worked greatly so I installed CWRM.
After resintalling most of my Apps and turning OFF Airplane mode, the Note 2 popped up
"Hands Free Activation"
Then Congratulations, your device has been activated.
Then it says, Performing PRL update then rebooting for Factory Reset! WTF?
When it reboots, CWRM warns me that root may be lost (and do select recover root)
Sometimes when it reboots after the PRL update, it says
ROM may flash stock recovery on boot
I ignore that and do nothing. It boots back up but once again asks brings up "Hands Free Activation".
Important note: I am on the edge of service and sometimes I am roaming.
Not sure but we are mk4 not mt2
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I'm curious about this myself. On both the MC2 stock rom that was here and the new Synergy MK4 rom updating the PRL triggered an automatic factory reset the instant the update completed with the"you might lose your custom recovery and root" warnings.
This really ticks me off since I just got that MK4 rom stable and running GEL with the "Okay, Google" voice commands working.
And I have no clue why it's doing this since the MA2 rom used to update the PRLs just fine.
Is this normal?
Edit: I don't have the hands-free activation chunk. After the factory reset it still functions, I'm just missing all my accounts/apps, etc.
Edit2: Ironically the fix for me is to actually initiate the Hands-free activation in order to snag the PRL without triggering the factory reset. So good luck, op!
Hello everyone. Looking for some help. I suddenly lost the ability to use WiFi. I have 4g and cell service. When I try to turn on WiFi my phone reboots. After the reboot I get a message that the phone is in factory mode. I opened my EFS folder to make edits but it is empty. Can anybody help?
EDIT: I'm currently on 4.4.4 NH7 rooted.
Try flashing stock firmware, ShinySide has a link in general to download samsung stock firmware.
Pp.
I flashed the stock firmware. Wifi is somewhat working without rebooting. After a reboot i still get a message that factory mode is on and the phone turns off wifi. I also have to re-enter my wifi password to reconnect. Any ideas on how to turn off factory mode?
EDIT: Also when I trying flash anything in recovery I get a message in red saying unable to mount efs.
Try this Samsung Galaxy S4 : How to Get out of Factory Mode: http://youtu.be/d8dbrerUacw
Pp.
I already tried that. But for some reason my efs folder is empty. I'm guessing I need those files.
EDIT: Anyway someone can share their EFS folder?
Even after flashing stock NH7?
Try reflashing again, maybe open nh7 rom on pc with adb and copy content to your folder and reboot.
Pp.
I've flashed Shiny Sides modem through Odin. Then I followed it up by flashing his NH7 Stock ROM. No luck. The positive is that I have WiFi working again. The Bad side is that I get the "Factory Mode On" message on reboots and I have to re-enter my WiFi password.
What roms where you running before ShinySide's rom?
Where you on CM11?
Check your bootloader.
Pp.
I was on Phoenix Rom 4.4.2. Then I flashed Eudemony 4.4.4. It had some bugs so I restored back to Phoenix Rom. This is when my wifi and factory mode on issues began.
Try flashing Phoenix again, see if that fixes it.
Pp.
Panch, thank you for sticking around and trying to help me find a solution to my problem. I'll give re flashing Phoenix a shot later today and report back.
Got a Tab 3 7.0 from a coworker he tried to flash it
im a little knowledgeable with flashing Odin ect. i cant figure out what he did
its a SM-T217S Wi-Fi will not stay on for more than a Second BT same i used a active Ting Sim it says No sim card no data
i re flashed the Original Stock JB rom no luck
Any ideas ?
Sparky the clown said:
Got a Tab 3 7.0 from a coworker he tried to flash it
im a little knowledgeable with flashing Odin ect. i cant figure out what he did
its a SM-T217S Wi-Fi will not stay on for more than a Second BT same i used a active Ting Sim it says No sim card no data
i re flashed the Original Stock JB rom no luck
Any ideas ?
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Have you performed a factory reset or full data wipe from recovery? (flashing an Odin package does not wipe data).
Wifi and bluetooth disconnecting can sometimes be resolved by deleting the wifi and bluetooth (or bluedroid) folders located in the /data/misc directory. A factory reset will also remove those directories and allow them to be re-generated after a reboot.
There is also KitKat firmware (4.4.2) available at sammobile.com that you could download and flash through Odin.
Can a custom or non-stock PRL be written or flashed to this phone anymore?
I'm wondering the same? Using MOAR and updated to the most recent prl and firmware, then my lte suddenly stopped. Tried lte priority in data mode, tried to Odin to ok1 stock tar, nothing works. Network mode is on cmda/lte and access point is apn2 lte with roaming off. Thinking it's either the prl or just an outage! If I do a carrier reset on MOAR, after it resets, I get the activation menu and a pop-up message appears with a internal error 106. It does activate correctly if I'm on a stock rom!
I do believe that you can.. It is you nee a modified IOTHHIDDENMENU with PRL write enabled. .
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