I purchased a Sprint S3 from eBay flashed to PagePlus a couple of years ago. Since PP no longer accepts flashed phones I want to put it back on Sprint to use Ting. I see that it has "Warranty Bit" listed so it is on the knox bootloader so the thread I found to return it to stock would brick it. I currently have it rooted and on a ROM I like so the ideal solution would be to just apply whatever PRL needed to get it back on Sprint but since I bought it flashed to PP I am not sure how it was done. Can someone point me in the right direction to change it to Sprint?
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I bought this Galaxy s3 and originally its a ATT version i even looked up the imei on the back of the phone and it came up as ATT.
But the guy who i bought it from try to unroot it and ended up putting a Verizon rom on it. And its not letting me activate the phone is there anyway i can put the Att original version Software on it. Please any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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I bought this Galaxy s3 and originally its a ATT version i even looked up the imei on the back of the phone and it came up as ATT.
But the guy who i bought it from try to unroot it and ended up putting a Verizon rom on it. And its not letting me activate the phone is there anyway i can put the Att original version Software on it. Please any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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Download the stock ROM from the development section and flash with Odin.
Hey there!
So here's my situation: I recently got rid of a Rogers cellphone plan and decided to sell my GS3. Someone I know, immediately showed interest and decided to buy it from me. Good! At that moment, the device was locked to Rogers and was running stock Samsung GS3 (SGH-i747M) firmware.
That person decided to play with the phone, try to root it, flash Cyanogenmod or whatever it may be, and having failed several times, he decided to return the phone and get his money back. I shouldn't have accepted to reimburse him knowing how much he fiddled with it but I did.
Anyways too late now. The good thing is that I believe the phone is 100% functional (it boots, runs perfect and under system info shows everything as usual except under Status > Device Status, it shows modified.
I am not 100% sure of that what means but I believe it has something to do with a modified ROM or something like that.
That person supposedly unlocked the device because he was with another carrier.
Now I am putting the phone in the classifieds. Obviously I would like to have the phone back to 100% factory settings and ROM, no aftermarket stuff whatsoever BUT I'd like to keep it unlocked (if that's possible).
That way, it will be easier to resell.
So here's my questions:
What does "Device Status: Modified" really means?
How can I find out if the phone has been altered in any ways?
If it has been altered, is there a LINUX based procedure to restore EVERYTHING back to factory?
If I restore whatever has to be restored, will it re-lock the device?
As you can see, I am a total noob in that field. I would appreciate if someone can help me to prepare this device to be resold.
I don't want to cause any problems to anyone, that wouldn't be fair.
I appreciate. Thanks!!!
Okay a lot of questions, you can download the stock firmware from Samsung updates and if it is rooted you can get triangle away on the play store and reset the counter the using kies or the Samsung galaxy s3 toolkit from mskip's to flash the original firmware, your phone should be unlocked as none of the procedures should/could reloj the simple card
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jimchee said:
Okay a lot of questions, you can download the stock firmware from Samsung updates and if it is rooted you can get triangle away on the play store and reset the counter the using kies or the Samsung galaxy s3 toolkit from mskip's to flash the original firmware, your phone should be unlocked as none of the procedures should/could reloj the simple card
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Ok I have verified with an app called Root Checker Basic, and it said that the device wasn't rooted. I wonder if this is reliable.
I wiull check mskip's toolkit or Kies to restore the stock firmware.
What a pain..
Thanks jimchee for replying!!
Actually it's pretty easy but you can probably sell it just as easy if it's rooted and that way you can clear the counter, there is also a post in the Samsung sIII THREAD for AT&T that will walk you through restoring to stock, just make sure you download the file for your device the link is also in the att thread, if you have any trouble pm me and I can help, I am just a tinkerer but been doing it since my 1st original Motorola Droid
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Probably the easiest approach would be to look for the Samsung S3 V7.0 toolkit post. This is a flash (programming) tool. It would easily root your phone if it needs that. Then you can use the app referred to earlier to reset the phone to an "unmodified" status.
Then finally go to the Samsung updates site as suggested and flash the phone with a stock Rogers firmware. I'd recommend a 4.1.1. version. Probably your phone will still be unlocked at this point. But if not, the stock v 4.1.1. Rogers firmware will allow you to unlock it again from an onscreen menu (search for "S3 unlock code *#197328640#"). And your phone will report an unmodified status at the end.
mrwhite0732 said:
Hey there!
So here's my situation: I recently got rid of a Rogers cellphone plan and decided to sell my GS3. Someone I know, immediately showed interest and decided to buy it from me. Good! At that moment, the device was locked to Rogers and was running stock Samsung GS3 (SGH-i747M) firmware.
That person decided to play with the phone, try to root it, flash Cyanogenmod or whatever it may be, and having failed several times, he decided to return the phone and get his money back. I shouldn't have accepted to reimburse him knowing how much he fiddled with it but I did.
Anyways too late now. The good thing is that I believe the phone is 100% functional (it boots, runs perfect and under system info shows everything as usual except under Status > Device Status, it shows modified.
I am not 100% sure of that what means but I believe it has something to do with a modified ROM or something like that.
That person supposedly unlocked the device because he was with another carrier.
Now I am putting the phone in the classifieds. Obviously I would like to have the phone back to 100% factory settings and ROM, no aftermarket stuff whatsoever BUT I'd like to keep it unlocked (if that's possible).
That way, it will be easier to resell.
So here's my questions:
What does "Device Status: Modified" really means?
How can I find out if the phone has been altered in any ways?
If it has been altered, is there a LINUX based procedure to restore EVERYTHING back to factory?
If I restore whatever has to be restored, will it re-lock the device?
As you can see, I am a total noob in that field. I would appreciate if someone can help me to prepare this device to be resold.
I don't want to cause any problems to anyone, that wouldn't be fair.
I appreciate. Thanks!!!
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Give this a shot.........works well. I've used it a number of times on both my phones ( SH-I747M/SH-I747 )
[ROM/RESTORE][AT&T/ROGERS/TELUS/BELL]Return to UNROOTED STOCK WITH FLASH COUNT RESET
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2363882
Once the phone is unlocked it will stay that way whether you go back to stock or not.
Hi!
I have the T889V variant of the Note 2 and I have been rooted for quite a while now, but I need to go stock as I am selling my phone and the buyer wants it absolute stock. I am running Jedi X. I remember when I flashed Jedi, I chose the carrier files for Bell as I am a Virgin Mobile user (although the phone is with Wind but it is unlocked).
I have found a back-to-stock guide on here which basically told me to Odin back to stock image > root > triangle away > super SU unroot
One of the threads also has a stock BUT rooted image file. Can I use that instead to make the first two steps as one? And also, will flashing that give me stock recovery?
Finally, will I run into trouble because I chose another network's carrier files during installation (instead of Wind)?
Please someone help me. I am using the money to buy my parents their 25th anniversary gift. I am a university student and I'm on a student budget and selling this will likely be my only source of money.
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I got your PM. Have you at any point flashed a baseband meant for any other model than the T889V? (e.g. if you applied my LTE mod or while installing some ROMs.)
If no: contact me, I'm looking for some partition dumps. Then just flash the 4.1.2 BMA3 mrRobinson rooted image through Odin. Triangle Away, then unroot (or cleaner yet: flash the stock unrooted Odin ROM.)
If yes: remember how I said in my LTE guide that the "mod permanently damages your phone, and irrevocably voids your warranty"? Well... That's the exact thing I was referring to. I haven't found a way to go back to the T889V modems, which means any attempts to genuinely go back to stock will end in boot loops and frustration. (That's what I'm thinking those partition dumps may help relieve, but I haven't tested it out yet.)
Jedi ROMs are TouchWiz based and thus contain "carrier specific content" a.k.a. CSC files, the "carrier" files which you chose on install. Since you're doing a factory reset and changing them back to Wind's, they're not going to be much of a concern here.
Ok so I'm currently on att w/ an s4 and the dreaded mk2 locked bootloader. In all my reading in the forums tmobile does not lock their bootloaders, correct me if I'm wrong please . They are offering to pay to get people out of their contracts(good move tmobile) before I go ahead and do it I just want to make sure I'm not going to go there and be disappointed with another s4
with a locked bootloader. Thanks in advance!
PaSsAtDrOiD said:
Ok so I'm currently on att w/ an s4 and the dreaded mk2 locked bootloader. In all my reading in the forums tmobile does not lock their bootloaders, correct me if I'm wrong please . They are offering to pay to get people out of their contracts(good move tmobile) before I go ahead and do it I just want to make sure I'm not going to go there and be disappointed with another s4
with a locked bootloader. Thanks in advance!
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That was true prior to the MK2 release.
Technically the bootloader isn't really 'locked'. It can easily be rooted still. But the latest version does have the Knox enabled bootloader, so there will be no way to hide that you've previously rooted the phone if you need to return it.
You might get an older inventory phone from T Mobile that comes with 4.2 but most are being sold with 4.3 and Knox installed now.
t-mobile gives you a 14 day return/replace window... So, You can check the bootloader before you walk out of the store. if it's the new one, come back in a day or two with "an issue" and swap out phones.
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t-mobile gives you a 14 day return/replace window... So, You can check the bootloader before you walk out of the store. if it's the new one, come back in a day or two with "an issue" and swap out phones.
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Chances are good that if the first phone is the knox version so will be the next. Also if the knox version of the S4 is any thing like the Note 3, then most reps do not bother to look to see if the knox counter has been tripped or not.
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Chances are good that if the first phone is the knox version so will be the next. Also if the knox version of the S4 is any thing like the Note 3, then most reps do not bother to look to see if the knox counter has been tripped or not.
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I actually bought my s4 brand new a few weeks ago. dec 31st to be exact. It came with 4.2.2 and no knox.
and in my head, since inventory has been around far longer than the update, the chances of getting an s4 with 4.2.2 are greater (in my opinion)
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.
pre4speed said:
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.