Ok quick summary: (Or long version here: [[Q] Older MD4 NAND backup applied to MK3 or ND8 phone)
Old Phone broke, used NAND backup to recover to new phone.
Old phone at MD4 using CM10.1.2, New phone at ND8, was stock.
Used NAND backup made with CWM to restore to new phone.
IMEI (and all other associated info) is now unknown if I flash back to stock (using the NAND backup I made)
IEMI information in CM is there, but has the previous owners phone number.
New phone gets data access (LTE only, doesn’t get 3G), but not voice/text.
Added: I did try using Samsung Tool - Universal Support to make a backup , all I got was an empty folder.
My question is how can I recover my IMEI from CM and get it to stock so I can do a prefile reset to get the phone to fully activate.
NEED serious help, I am going crazy on this.
Why cant things go right and be easy?
ODIN ND8 tar. I don't recommend using a backup from another device. I thought it was a good idea when I got my new S3, in short, it's not.
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bilgerryan said:
ODIN ND8 tar. I don't recommend using a backup from another device. I thought it was a good idea when I got my new S3, in short, it's not.
My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
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So Using the ND8 tar will get me back to stock with IMEI information intact? If it does wonderful!!!!
Can't try it now, at work.
I was hoping to use my backup so I would not have to rebuild from scratch. But will now if I have to, getting desperate.
It should. Only way I can think of to put it back the way it was when you got it.
My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
Thanks, will know later tonight when I get home and give it a try.
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I did attempt to go back to stock by loading a NAND backup I made of the phone before loading my backup (old phone). I did this to make it easier to activate the phone, and this is when I found the IMEI info missing.
Not sure if this will make a difference in your answer above about the ND8 tar working.
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Thanks, will know later tonight when I get home and give it a try.
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I did attempt to go back to stock by loading a NAND backup I made of the phone before loading my backup (old phone). I did this to make it easier to activate the phone, and this is when I found the IMEI info missing.
Not sure if this will make a difference in your answer above about the ND8 tar working.
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Nope, it wouldn't. Just delete those nandroids and put stock back on and you should be good.
My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
Thanks...I hope it does...then I'll just load CM10.3 and rebuild from there.
Here is what I will do later tonight: [FULL RESTORE][TAR] Stock ND8 Odin FLASHABLE [4.4.2]
Then pray that it will work while it loads....don't like popcorn.
There would be dancing in the streets right now if it was sooo cold.
Odin the ND8 target recovered me back to stock with IMEI intact. Cheers....
now to flash CM...
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I got my galaxy note ii from Canada Rogers network just yesterday. In order to add more language option, I falshed a N7100 ROM to my I317M. After that I got no signal on the phone, and I check into the 'about device' option, I see unknown baseband, IMEI, network and so on. I had backup the efs file, but when I trying to flash back to my phone, just nothing happen.
I did research on that, find out that to flash a stock ROM maybe have a chance to fix the problem. however, I can not find a Rogers stock ROM anywhere, so I am writing to ask if someone can help me about to fix the phone. Thanks very much.
Consider yourself LUCKY you don't have a brick right now. There is a reason there are different threads on here for each of the galaxy note 2 variants. There was talk about being able to flash roms of one variant on to another but I don't think much lead way was made. My suggestion to you is, 1. find a stock i317M rom and flash it using pc odin and then stick only to the thread corresponding to the variant you have to flash custom roms!
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Consider yourself LUCKY you don't have a brick right now. There is a reason there are different threads on here for each of the galaxy note 2 variants. There was talk about being able to flash roms of one variant on to another but I don't think much lead way was made. My suggestion to you is, 1. find a stock i317M rom and flash it using pc odin and then stick only to the thread corresponding to the variant you have to flash custom roms!
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If you hunt around in the different variants development forums, you'll see that it's possible to flash roms from one variant to another. The catch is, if the variants have different radios (LTE/HSPA vs just HSPA), you'll lose all cell functions, which is exactly what happened to the OP. That's probably not a trade-off most people are willing to make, but I'm hopeful this is an easy issue for devs to overcome.
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If you hunt around in the different variants development forums, you'll see that it's possible to flash roms from one variant to another. The catch is, if the variants have different radios (LTE/HSPA vs just HSPA), you'll lose all cell functions, which is exactly what happened to the OP. That's probably not a trade-off most people are willing to make, but I'm hopeful this is an easy issue for devs to overcome.
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I found a ROGERS_MODEM_I317MVLALJ2 file, I will try to flash the Att version of stock rom to my phone and flash the rogers modem file after, ill get back if I done it.
I was try to flash the ATT stock rom using odin, but keeping get fail message, any suggestion? ill upload the pic after
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I can not upload pic right now because i am a new user, check link below
http://i914.photobucket.com/albums/ac346/jiazeng/Galaxy/Untitled1212.jpg
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
Have fun, and if you ever feel the need to flash an inteenational rom again make sure to grab an n7105 rom.. its the lte version
Also have you tried with out repartition ticked
and to nandroid your current ROM so you have something to go back on.
shadow664 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
Have fun, and if you ever feel the need to flash an inteenational rom again make sure to grab an n7105 rom.. its the lte version
Also have you tried with out repartition ticked
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thank you so much, ill have a try.
When I put pit file in Odin, the repartition ticked itself. Also tried unticked, no working either
jjzeng said:
thank you so much, ill have a try.
When I put pit file in Odin, the repartition ticked itself. Also tried unticked, no working either
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fool !
you did it all wrong!
get the odin tar here, rename the file without the md5, put it in PDA and flash!
then download the modem, and put in Phone and flash it!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1883823
Sadly, it seems my IMEI has been set to zero.
I can still make calls and text, but my data is on Edge network only.
I've been doing some searching and reading (by some I mean a lot) and I guess I'm getting a little confused in it all.
Would using ODIN to reset my phone to stock fix the IMEI?
I have the IMEI on a sticker on the phone, could TMobile reset the IMEI for me?
Thanks in advance.
Swap it if you have insurance. If not search xda for fix.
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Yes Odin will fix the Issue. Please choose correct firmware to flash via Odin.
Thanks for the response.
Trying to confirm I get the RIGHT rom for my device.
Went to sammobile.com/firmwares/
Looking at all the options for SGH-T999, do I have to made basebands to what I have now (T999UVDLJA) which is dated Oct 2012, or is that something that gets "updated" if I apply the latest rom (March 2014)?
Depends on what you had before all these problems. You must choose that same version otherwise you may hard brick the phone.
*sigh*
And I suppose there's no way to know that? I don't have a back up or anything...
Is there anyway to determine?
Thanks for your help and direction thus far!
Oh Sure. There are other ways to determine. If possible post a photo of the download screen. Otherwise type out exactly what you see when the phone is in download mode.
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I'm assuming that is the info you were looking for?
Yes that's what I needed. I suggest please use UVDMD5 Version of Root66 to flash via Odin.
Excellent.
So follow directions and get files from here?: http://www.androidayos.com/2013/05/...y-bean-without-binary-flash-counter-increase/
Well. Yes. I'd direct you to the Thread here under Android Development.
Yeap. The link I posted actually takes you back to the link you provided.
Both bookmarked.
I hope to do this tonight.
If I understand this correctly, this should flash my phone back to stock with my valid IMEI
Using this Route66 I will have root on the phone and should then be able to do a CM install if I choose?
Yes and yes.
If that is your desire, then while you are in Odin, flash a custom Recovery such as TWRP or CWM as well.
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flash a custom Recovery such as TWRP or CWM as well.
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... I will have to research on how to do that too then.
First concern is getting the IMEI back so that I can actually USE the phone with data -- regardless if it's CM or stock OS.
As the UVDMD5 will have correct modem, hopefully that will restore IMEI. Otherwise we may have to see what happens.
hmmm sort of seems to have worked... stuck at the "SAMSUNG" screen though.
Reading other links says I should have cleared cache before doing?
Hmmm cleared cache.
Did factory reset.
Still stuck at pulsating "SAMSUNG" logo...
Ok got into phone... ugh is stock ROM just painful. Who designs these things?!?!
Sadly, IMEI is still set at 0
this doesn't seem to have worked
Using odin will not restore your imei you have to use qpst
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Using odin will not restore your imei you have to use qpst
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ARGGGHHHH Are you serious? Googling now, but this looks much more complicated compares to Odin
Can't TMobile just restore the IMEI if I take it to one of their stores?
So I am about to load the ND8 stock tar over my MD4 rom (because I want to ultimately load the latest CM11)... but I am confused.
One of the posts here seems to loosly suggest that after loading the samsung stock tar of MD8, I can simply follow up with ODIN of TWRP. From there I can then load any rooted rom and have root?
Is this right? Seems that in the past, one needed root before installing a recovery.
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So I am about to load the ND8 stock tar over my MD4 rom (because I want to ultimately load the latest CM11)... but I am confused.
One of the posts here seems to loosly suggest that after loading the samsung stock tar of MD8, I can simply follow up with ODIN of TWRP. From there I can then load any rooted rom and have root?
Is this right? Seems that in the past, one needed root before installing a recovery.
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Yes, but I highly recommend Philz Recovery over TWRP, it has zero problems with TouchWiz and AOSP, TWRP seems to have problems with TouchWiz. Philz also has a root option in the recovery so you can just root your stock ROM and download SuperSU from the Play Store and done.
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Yes, but I highly recommend Philz Recovery over TWRP, it has zero problems with TouchWiz and AOSP, TWRP seems to have problems with TouchWiz. Philz also has a root option in the recovery so you can just root your stock ROM and download SuperSU from the Play Store and done.
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Thank you so much for the reply! Is it the same if I go to NJ2? Flash the stock and then odin the recovery? Or will NJ2 block me?
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Thank you so much for the reply! Is it the same if I go to NJ2? Flash the stock and then odin the recovery? Or will NJ2 block me?
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Yes, it's the same.
My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
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Yes, it's the same.
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Thanks again for your reply. I am trying to find the right "PhilZ" but it seems there is a d2spr and a d2lte version. The spr versions are older. Which one should I go with?
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Thanks again for your reply. I am trying to find the right "PhilZ" but it seems there is a d2spr and a d2lte version. The spr versions are older. Which one should I go with?
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https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2lte/philz_touch_6.48.4-d2lte.tar.md5/
Then just run it through Odin (I suggest you uncheck Auto Reboot and wait until it says PASS and then pull the battery and go into Recovery, go to Philz settings and there will be a ReRoot option. Then reboot and download SuperSU from the Play Store, and you have root).
My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
New to the forums and everything having to do with rooting and what not, but I may have hard or soft bricked my galaxy s6 yesterday. I searched for hours to find someone with my particular problem and found nothing so I was hoping someone could help me on here. I had successfully rooted my phone and tried to flash a custom rom into the device and I guess it failed and now I can't get out of Odin or download mode. I tried to do the recovery thing where you hold the power, home, vol down then up thing without success. What it does is, it'll reboot, show the Galaxy s6 splash screen for a split second and go right back into download mode. It's android 5.1.1 and I tried downgrading and I get a fail each time. Even tried 5.1.1 firmware also with no success. If anyone can help me with this, I would be so thankful for it since I had to buy an iPhone 4s today lol.
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New to the forums and everything having to do with rooting and what not, but I may have hard or soft bricked my galaxy s6 yesterday. I searched for hours to find someone with my particular problem and found nothing so I was hoping someone could help me on here. I had successfully rooted my phone and tried to flash a custom rom into the device and I guess it failed and now I can't get out of Odin or download mode. I tried to do the recovery thing where you hold the power, home, vol down then up thing without success. What it does is, it'll reboot, show the Galaxy s6 splash screen for a split second and go right back into download mode. It's android 5.1.1 and I tried downgrading and I get a fail each time. Even tried 5.1.1 firmware also with no success. If anyone can help me with this, I would be so thankful for it since I had to buy an iPhone 4s today lol.
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I don't have much experience with device yet, as I have only rooted 5.0.2. With so little available and only TW, I have not made the leap. Hopefully, someone will be able to help you out.
If you have upgraded to 5.1.1, there is no going back. I would think you should be able to flash 5.1.1 stock again. How does this fail? Are you using Odin 3.10.6? Use your original USB cable and put the 5.1.1 tar in the same directory as odin.
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I don't have much experience with device yet, as I have only rooted 5.0.2. With so little available and only TW, I have not made the leap. Hopefully, someone will be able to help you out.
If you have upgraded to 5.1.1, there is no going back. I would think you should be able to flash 5.1.1 stock again. How does this fail? Are you using Odin 3.10.6? Use your original USB cable and put the 5.1.1 tar in the same directory as odin.
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I'll check all of the above and make sure. But when I flash it fails after nand write.
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This is what I get when trying to flash 5.1.1
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View attachment 3411267This is what I get when trying to flash 5.1.1
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try flashing it in the BL... im not sure, but i never flashed anything in the AP
You have to use Odin 3.10.6 with 5.1.1. It looks like you are using an older version of Odin. Also, make sure you are opening Odin as an administrator.
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Probably this is a common issue, and you may want to kill me after opening a new thread for this. I'm so sorry, at the moment I'm very worried because my phone suddenly lost network services and I have no idea how to deal with these things, I'm really bad at flashing and such thing.
Problem is that after a year and half since I bought my Samsung Galaxy Note II GT-N7100, suddenly today this issue appeared.
The device has root access (not performed by me) with Kingo SuperUser/SuperSU. Once I realized it was rooted, I googled and proceeded to perform a factory reset (restarted device with power + volume up + home buttons, which leaded me to android system recovery 3e), which didn't help at all.
If I dial *#06# the IMEI it shows 004999010640000 / 01 but the one I see under the battery slot is (2014) IMEI: 359xxx/05/853xxx/4 (I don't know if this data is relevant, just trying to help).
I found this thread in this forum, which seems to be the same problem I'm facing right now, but I don't have any backup of those files, plus I don't know how to flash this specific phone :crying:
I'll really appreciate any kind of help you can provide me to fix my phone.
Here's a screenshot of the device info (it's in spanish but some names are easily understandable)
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I recommend removing the imei # (359358...) from your post and refrain from publishing imei #s on a public forum.
Have you tried flashing the latest stock ROM from sammobile.com?
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I recommend removing the imei # (359358...) from your post and refrain from publishing imei #s on a public forum.
Have you tried flashing the latest stock ROM from sammobile.com?
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Thanks for the advice!
I haven't tried anything but a hard reset. I don't know how to flash a phone, and I'm pretty sure I can screw it up if I try xD
I just heard about sammobile.com, but I don't know how to proceed even on that website.
Anyway, I hope there's something I can try before making that kind of "flashing"
If the imei doesn't get restored after flashing the latest stock ROM from Sammobile.com, you would need to try other methods to fix there imei problem.
Common issue... More than you imagine. Happens to me all the time. But I have one solution in my case Wich is just flash the EFS partition in my previous nandroid backup, but since to be you only were rooted and not custom recovery, I guess you don't have a nandroid backup. Only solution here is flash thru Odin and all will be good.
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If the imei doesn't get restored after flashing the latest stock ROM from Sammobile.com, you would need to try other methods to fix there imei problem.
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I get your point, but I don't want to flash the ROM if I'm not sure that shall fix the IMEI Plus, I don't know how to do it, and what to download from that website.
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Common issue... More than you imagine. Happens to me all the time. But I have one solution in my case Wich is just flash the EFS partition in my previous nandroid backup, but since to be you only were rooted and not custom recovery, I guess you don't have a nandroid backup. Only solution here is flash thru Odin and all will be good.
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Hi imrock666, what do you mean by "flash trough Odin"? What's Odin and how can I do that? Forgive my huge ignorance