Ok, I have a SG3 from net10 that uses sprint towers. only. sch-690l i believe. so i flashed a new rom to my phone, couldnt get data so I flashed back to recovery of stock. Then flashed back to new rom and flashed new modem because i read somewhere it would give me data. Then booted it up and no signal at all. Went back to restore stock and the same thing. PRL, profile wont update. ##72786# wont work.
I brought the phone to phone geeks to see if they could help, and was told that Sprint locked out my phone signal. Because they found something wrong and i guess happened to be looking at the time. I was told they are the only company that does this, but it is hard to find information about it. Is this true??
If so, can i replace the logic board? Does it change the serial number? Thanks!
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I have a post or two regarding my errors with having my evo metro flashed...
Although it was metro flashed successfully, my rooting wasn't which caused hell for me and the evo. (2nd time was a charm...or so I thought). While stock rom and internet worked, my actual phone service didn't. Then, no service at all.
Today, I tried to have metro pcs re-metro flash the evo and they couldn't, saying that their computer wasn't picking up the evo. The metro said that they had a rep from their flash service company trying and it didn't read.
At the time they were trying to reflash, I had metrodroid 2.0 (rooted) on the evo.
After that visit, I have gone back to the sprint stock rom (10-2010) and stock prl.
1) Do I need to get the cdma workshop settings reversed to reflect sprint?
2) Does being rooted prevent or have anything to do with the metro flash? My number and "metro pcs" show up in the phone settings...but not working.
3) Should I de-root then have them re-flash again?
thanks
I don't have any personal experience with this issue, but I think unrooting and then re-flashing may solve it, as certain files, ect get bypassed/overwritten with rooting, not to include any additional mods you made.
Hey fellas, ok so heres my deal, i have a nice Galaxy S3 i747 that i sold to a customer, i previously unlocked it by downgrading modems and doing the 197328640 trick, and everything was fine, the customer is using it on Solavei, which im sure you all kn ow is a tmobile carrier, so then she calls me and tells me the phone is saying "phone not allows mm#6" so i had her bring it back and i just gave her another S3 to get her out of my hair, so doing my damage control, i look at the phone, and she did exactly what i emphasized not to do! which was updating OTA, and now the phone is on 4.3, so as of right now ive flashed the 4.3 insecure kernel, since i cant go back otherwise ill brick the phone, and i need to RE-Unlock it, however when i try to flash an earlier baseband everytime i boot into the phone it says Basband version: Unknown, so i reflashed the MJB Modem, but i cant unlock this way.....Any ideas?
Hello community, I have looked for the stock Samsung s3 I747 AT&T firmware. I have found it but its a download from Hotfile, which has been shut down. I was wondering if the android forums could provide me with the Stock firmware? I plan on using Odin3 in installing the firmware. This is why I am wanting to do this, it appears I am stuck on edge network. I have manually set the phone to use 4g and 3g it still reverts back to edge. This occurred after I updated to 4.3, so my plan is to install stock firmware and re-do the 4.3 update maybe something went wrong somewhere during the update. If you have other suggestions other than trying to install the initial stock firmware, I am open to anything.
Xander98 said:
Hello community, I have looked for the stock Samsung s3 I747 AT&T firmware. I have found it but its a download from Hotfile, which has been shut down. I was wondering if the android forums could provide me with the Stock firmware? I plan on using Odin3 in installing the firmware. This is why I am wanting to do this, it appears I am stuck on edge network. I have manually set the phone to use 4g and 3g it still reverts back to edge. This occurred after I updated to 4.3, so my plan is to install stock firmware and re-do the 4.3 update maybe something went wrong somewhere during the update. If you have other suggestions other than trying to install the initial stock firmware, I am open to anything.
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You'll have to have a look in development. Since you already took the 4.3 update, you can no longer "start with stock and redo the update". You will hard brick. AT&T was not nice enough to provide an ODIN flashable 4.3 rom. In development or general is a custom recovery flashable ROM that should help you out, but that is assuming you have a rooted and custom recovery phone. If not, there should be someone along to help.
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You'll have to have a look in development. Since you already took the 4.3 update, you can no longer "start with stock and redo the update". You will hard brick. AT&T was not nice enough to provide an ODIN flashable 4.3 rom. In development or general is a custom recovery flash able ROM that should help you out, but that is assuming you have a rooted and custom recovery phone. If not, there should be someone along to help.
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Re-installing the stock update probably wouldn't help me anyhow. This phone has had a IMEI repair, assuming this is the problem now.
The phone, after a re-boot will do 4g, well at least it shows the 4g emblem, then shortly after it will go to edge. Some people I talked to said it could be a weak antenna or some other hardware issue. I think it has to do with the IMEI repair! Well I guess this phone is garbage, its a shame, it looks brand new, my fault for going the craigslist route
When you say IMEI repair, you mean the IMEI was injected into the phone using NV writer?
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When you say IMEI repair, you mean the IMEI was injected into the phone using NV writer?
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Yes. I did not do this myself.
However, I did find another program well actually two programs, QCN Generator and DanX which I created a back up and injected the IMEI number into my back up QCN bin myself. With no luck I am still a 2g AT&T user.
I am thinking that the original QCN back up (the initial) was corrupted or something.
Is there anyway to rebuild a QCN? lets say, someone has a back up of a Sammy g3, and I injected my IMEI to a spare QCN. Does that make any sense? sorry still learning, I have learned this with in 24hrs, I am a Xbox 360 Rooter, not an android guru.
I bought the phone from craigslist, which was a bad idea in the first place. So I am now stuck with this paper weight, I have managed to get this phone in at least a working state. I wish to get 3 or 4g back on the phone. I can re-boot it will show 4g with 3 bars then will drop to one and go back up to 3 bars, then drop to 2,1 then it will then automatically switch to edge. I know this is a 4g area, maybe not LTE, but 4g. I have changed APN settings, also manually set the phone to GSM and WCMDA, Still working on it.
I have a Sprint s3 flashed on pageplus is there anyway to reset every single thing back to complete stock and be able to activate it on Sprint again? I tried flashing a sprint prl but the guy at the sprint store said something about the serial number not matching the servers? It has a clean ESN if that has anything to do with it.
First of all I have searched for hours on end trying to figure out how to get my Note 2 working again. Some necessary background information, it is an unmodified Sprint Note 2 running 4.4.2. I have never rooted the device or attempted any kind of modification. Apparently the device was attempting a system update and it shut off. It turned itself back on and from there it lost signal and was unable to make calls. Sprint was not helpful at all when I took it to the repair center. They basically told me to go through insurance which for $150 is not worth it for a refurbished Note 2.
I discovered that the phone lost its IMEI, baseband, PRL and all other related nv information. I have tried numerous times to read the phone with NV items reader writer and EFS professional however neither program worked since the phone is not rooted. I really need to get this phone working asap as I have lost many work opportunities due to not being able to receive calls.
I have absolutely no interest in flashing custom roms, modems/radios. I want to keep the phone as close to stock as possible. I dont mind rooting the phone if that will help me restore the IMEI data. Every thread I have read related to losing the IMEI have been related to flashing custom roms and other modifications which is not the case here. I have no tried to use odin yet to restore the phone if possible that way. I have tried to use the skipsoft unified toolkit but it seems it does not support the 4.4.2 firmware yet so there is no way for me to install a clean stock rom with that.
If there is anyway for me to recover/replace/restore my IMEI information without flashing a stock rom that is the route I would like to go.
Would rooting the phone and using nv items reader writer tool to edit the IMEI be all that is necessary to work?
Model SPH-L900
Android Version 4.4.2
Kernel Version 3.0.31-1561791
Build Number KOT49H.L900VPUCNE2
Network unknown
mobile network type unknown
Service state out of service
MIN unknown
Prl unknown
MEID unknown
IMEI unknown
ICCID unknown
I don't know how you can fix your phone yourself, but if it was me I'd be flipping out at your sprint store. I'm not a "Sprint-basher" (love my phone, love my service) but you have an un-modified phone that went to hell on a OTA. if I screw up my phone that's my fault. But, in your case it was sprint's phone and sprint's OTA that caused the problem. Personally, I'd harass the crap out of them...
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Anyone? Will flashing the stock .tar through odin restore the imei?