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Can't fully install stock ROM with Odin - help please!

Hi, and firstly, thanks to any and all who offer their knowledge to assist my conundrum.
I recently purchased a Bell Canada version of the SG Note 2 (i317), I am on Telus so I attempted to Unlock the phone. I looked online and found people were having success unlocking these phones for free using the *#197327640# method, (whereby you go into the service mode, turn off the PERSHO_256 and then INITIALLIZ).
I tried this method and the phone then seemed to work with my telus sim, but only for voice, not data. When I put in a Bell SIM from a friend, both voice and data worked fine - which tells me its not a hardware (radio) issue. I also tried using another friends Telus SIM and had the same results as mine - which tells me it's not a SIM error. Also, all the settings in the mobile network area appeared to be correctly set up.
So, my next step was to try and reflash the phone to the stock Bell ROM and then just buy an Unlock code. I downloaded the stock ROM (2 different ones actually) and used Odin 3.07 to reload the ROM. I've tried it several times now, with both Bell ROMs and each time it says it's been successful, but the phone remains in the same, partially unlocked state.
It seems as though by using the PERSHO_256 method I have permanently, PARTIALLY unlocked the phone. I can't seem to re-lock it by installing the stock Bell ROM, and since it's unlocked, I can't get the foreign SIM error to come up to enable me to put in my purchased unlock code.
If anyone has any insights, it would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!
-Luke

did you check and/or setup the apn? it may be just the apn is not set correctly or you have to manually input hte apn

sounds like just APN needs setting...

APN?
How would I check/setup the APN? Is this to allow me to do a full reflash to a stock ROM or to access data with the phone in it's current state?

left ownsho
So I went into ACCES POINT NAMES and checked the sp.telus.net box, no change. Did a restart. No change Any ideas?

Wooooo Hooooo!!!
So, it's working now!!! I dug a little deeper and found the correct APN settings for TELUS. NOW IT F*@^&#*&@ING WORKS!
Thanks so much for pointing me in the right direction!!!

T889V cannot register on WIND network

Hi, my note 2 T889V is on stock rom right now with TMOBILE baseband. Flashing WIND modem will result the phone in bootloop. When I insert my WIND sim card, I can see the WIND and WIND AWAY APNs but it's unable to register. However, when I insert my TMOBILE sim card, it sees ROGERS APN and can register as roaming.
Some additional details: There is a thread with the title "SGH-t889V Stuck in Bootloop with Stock ROM" Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119074 with similar problem. I have started this thread since my problem is not the bootloop if that make any sense? I did follow that thread instruction to get where I am now ie fixed bootloop and IMEI.
Phone was working fine since I got it until a recent bad flash. SIM card is working and able to register on WIND network when inserted in a TMOBILE phone.
I appreciate any help I can get, thanks.
-Ben

Odin original stock and start from scratch..... or try a custom rom....or flash the Tmo radios.

resolved
Thanks but I have tried that already, in the end this is what resolved my issue:
I went across this site
http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-no...te-2-sgh-i317/
It's a tutorial on how to enable aws on the AT&T note 2. It had just what i needed: a qcn file. Ive follwed the directions on the site; flashed the qcn file with the QPST software and rebooted the phone.

bpun said:
Thanks but I have tried that already, in the end this is what resolved my issue:
I went across this site
http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-no...te-2-sgh-i317/
It's a tutorial on how to enable aws on the AT&T note 2. It had just what i needed: a qcn file. Ive follwed the directions on the site; flashed the qcn file with the QPST software and rebooted the phone.
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So all is good?? :good:

i257M Canadian S4 Mini: Can't register on network after SIM unlock.

Ok, I know there have been similar threads here on XDA and on other forums, but none have been able to help. Also, I haven't seen many discussion specifically pertaining to the Canadian i257M variant. So here goes...
As the story typically goes, I unlocked an S4 Mini and I can't get it to register on any network, no matter what I try. The phone itself seems to not be SIM locked anymore, in the sense that it doesn't give warnings about incompatible SIMs anymore. But no matter what I try, it will not register on a network. And yes, I have tried to manually connect to a network in the Mobile networks settings. Strangely, networks are visible there but none will connect.
I have tried RegionAwayLock, in case it might be a region lock problem. Nothing.
The phone was originally locked to Rogers (and yes it was able to register on Rogers then). My network is Koodo, so I tried flashing it with the Koodo firmare - nothing. I tried flashing a modem form the European LTE variant (in theory similar to the i257) - it fails to flash in Odin, perhaps to my benefit.... I have tried changing the CSC manually, nothing. I have tried all the service menu tricks (enabling different LTE & 3G bands) - nothing.
For what it's worth: the phone is currently on KK 4.4.2. The baseband is I257MVLUBNG1. Build number is KOT49H.I257MVLUBNG1. I have put the phone through various states of rooted/unrootedness and even tried flashing CM12 at some point to see if it would help (it didn't).
Also, this is a used phone that I obtained pre-rooted. So I tried to unlock it while rooted. No idea if that caused the problem.
Even though the phone reports having a baseband I get the feeling the modem software might be somehow messed up (though the Wifi works).
Anyone have the modem files for the I257M model? I haven't been able to find those, only whole (single-file) Samsung firmwares.
And - anyone have any brilliant ideas on what's going on? Honestly I've scoured the web and tried all kinds of stuff and I can't imagine what else to go.

I have been having issues (and still do) with my modem as well, although not quite as bad as yours. I just don't connect to a new network when travelling / roaming and sometimes need to reboot the phone to get call audio to work again. I downloaded the different Rogers firmwares, extracted the modems and created Odin flashable .md5 files so I could try the different modems. You can download those files from here:
Rogers SGH-I257M Modem Files
Note that I just checked today and it looks like there was a new release from Rogers on 01 Sept 2015 (I257MVLUBNG2). Downloading now and will add that to the folder as well shortly. Crossing fingers that helps both of us!

Thanks! Will give them a try.

sgh-i257 Bell receives notifications but no network connection

I'll try to be brief. lol .Before finding this site I brought my unlocked S4 mini to wind to see if it will work. The guy found the 1700 freq in the phone service menu and changed something and said it won't keep on 1700 then he said something about the nv write. After a while he handed it back and said it wouldn't work. I put my bell sim in afterward it said no sim. it won't find any bell sim now. I tried a friends telus sim and it finds the sim fine and shows voicemail notifications but when I tried to call it says not connected to network. I can see the networks but when trying to connect, the signal drops and phone says "network not available try later". After it tries to connect the signal returns to normal.
So I found this site
I successfully rooted the phone with S4Mini_RootKit_v2.zip. It worked fine but had the same network problem. I fully rooted with cm11, then 12. Same problem.
I loaded a pit file gotten gaciously from sammobile. Same problem
I've returned all firmware to factory and undone root but still same issue.
The imei and serial number match the sticker on the back so they are not invalid.
The wifi and bluetooth and general operations are normal.
I'm guessing that the nv was rewritten and to recovery as well? But I really don't know as I am very new at this but have been doing a lot of reading.
1. Is there a way to restore the nv without a backup from my phone?
2. Is there a way to restore the service programming back to factory default? (I've seen this question asked before but only found the answer it is proprietory, whatever that means)
I have qpst and efs professional and a qcn file I was able to download from the internet
3. This qcn file is from unreliable source. Could I damage my phone more than it already is, and can i edit my imei and sn into it?
Thanks very much.

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Miniwish said:
I'll try to be brief. lol .Before finding this site I brought my unlocked S4 mini to wind to see if it will work. The guy found the 1700 freq in the phone service menu and changed something and said it won't keep on 1700 then he said something about the nv write. After a while he handed it back and said it wouldn't work. I put my bell sim in afterward it said no sim. it won't find any bell sim now. I tried a friends telus sim and it finds the sim fine and shows voicemail notifications but when I tried to call it says not connected to network. I can see the networks but when trying to connect, the signal drops and phone says "network not available try later". After it tries to connect the signal returns to normal.
So I found this site
I successfully rooted the phone with S4Mini_RootKit_v2.zip. It worked fine but had the same network problem. I fully rooted with cm11, then 12. Same problem.
I loaded a pit file gotten gaciously from sammobile. Same problem
I've returned all firmware to factory and undone root but still same issue.
The imei and serial number match the sticker on the back so they are not invalid.
The wifi and bluetooth and general operations are normal.
I'm guessing that the nv was rewritten and to recovery as well? But I really don't know as I am very new at this but have been doing a lot of reading.
1. Is there a way to restore the nv without a backup from my phone?
2. Is there a way to restore the service programming back to factory default? (I've seen this question asked before but only found the answer it is proprietory, whatever that means)
I have qpst and efs professional and a qcn file I was able to download from the internet
3. This qcn file is from unreliable source. Could I damage my phone more than it already is, and can i edit my imei and sn into it?
Thanks very much.
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I painstakingly manually edited using qpst and restored all changed setting to a previous copied save.

Help Needed to read SIM on unrooted S3- NO SIGNAL

Ok So I have a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy s3 (SGH-T999L) (LTE Version). I previously rooted it and installed custom ROM using Cyanogenmod, then changed to TWRP later. Then, i wanted to revert to stock and unrooted my phone. I was told to install latest firmware and did so (Android 4.3 T999LUVUBOH1). Since then, i went from T-Mobile to MetroPCS. The phone is unlocked. When trying to use metropcs sim card on s3, it works for about 5 minutes (able to call & text), then all of a sudden i get NO SIGNAL and cannot do ANYTHING! I used my husband's metropcs sim card and same thing happened. Then, I tried my mom's AT&T sim card and it did seem to work fine for awhile. I tried accessing mobile networks to change APN while I had my mom's sim in there and was able to but when i insert my sim card it says: "Insert Sim to access network services" and there IS a sim in there. Our sims work fine on other phones. I don't understand what's going on. I've tried to flash a modem and even rooting it again, but Odin keeps failing or not responding. I cannot flash ANYTHING!!! Please help!

Flash back to a stock ROM and make sure everything works. Once this is done, call MetroPCS to see if they need to register the phone's imei on their system.

Thanks. It had official stock Rom already on it. I can try again if Odin decides to work for me. I have USB debugging on. I'll let you know what happens. I will also call Metro PCS. thanks again.

audit13 said:
Flash back to a stock ROM and make sure everything works. Once this is done, call MetroPCS to see if they need to register the phone's imei on their system.
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Omgoodness!! Thank you SO much! Calling metro pcs worked. I'm in disbelief! So simple, I didn't even think of it. I really appreciate your help!

No problem. Glad it worked. We're all here to help and learn from each other.