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Smart Switch not showing Software Update

Hey guys,
I wanted to clean update my Sprint Note 4 to the latest firmware update that had been released not so long ago from today (almost 1 month back I guess). I connected my phone and opened Smart Switch but it didn't show any update notification is it does usually. I tried installing and uninstalling many times but it doesn't show the update option at all when the phone is connected.
Also, I was having issue of Backup being stuck at 100% and no disk activity was happening at that moment (which is now fixed because I installed SS on the 64-bit Program Files folder).
Does anyone know a fix to this?
Regards.
Zeekay.

Zeekayy said:
Hey guys,
I wanted to clean update my Sprint Note 4 to the latest firmware update that had been released not so long ago from today (almost 1 month back I guess). I connected my phone and opened Smart Switch but it didn't show any update notification is it does usually. I tried installing and uninstalling many times but it doesn't show the update option at all when the phone is connected.
Also, I was having issue of Backup being stuck at 100% and no disk activity was happening at that moment (which is now fixed because I installed SS on the 64-bit Program Files folder).
Does anyone know a fix to this?
Regards.
Zeekay.
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Download latest firmware from www.sammobiles.com
And flash through odin.

Trex888 said:
Download latest firmware from www.sammobiles.com
And flash through odin.
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Yeah but that would completely wipe off my data, SS updates the phone with all the data in place.

Zeekayy said:
Yeah but that would completely wipe off my data, SS updates the phone with all the data in place.
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No it won't wipe unless if you stuck in bootloop after flashing and you have to do factory reset.

No SIM Card detected with MM Bootloader

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I have a Zenfone 2 (Z00A) and I used to have LineageOS (Android N 7.1) installed, however after some time I noticed the SIM Card wasn't getting detected anymore. At first I tought it was Lineage, so I updated it to the latest experimental, still, nothing. Then I decided to test the SIM in another phone with the same version of Lineage, with my old Zenfone 5, and the SIM still worked. So I reset my Zenfone 2 back to stock ROM, stock Bootloader, stock everything, and the SIM worked. Still thinking it was Lineage, I installed Ressurection Remix, which also requires the MM Bootloader, and the SIM didn't work once again.
*** TL;DR ***
I believe the MM Bootloader is causing the phone to not read the SIM card. It only happens with this provider, since other providers' cards are still recognized. It's very weird. Any help is fairly appreciated.
(This is my first thread and english is not my primary language so sorry for any mistakes.)

1) Which stock ROM does it work with , surely its MM bootloader ?
2) Which TWRP did you have installed.
3) Depending on Which TWRP you do have and what stock ROM (answers from 1&2 above) , you back up stock rom which works , back up in TWRP and simply restore it, a two minute job .
Depending on all answers above...
Try slim7 ROM till linos is fixed . RR is based on linos.
Latest linos does take approx 5 mins to register sim after reboot, don't touch device , leave screen / display setting to half hour and watch it connect without touching the phone.
This question should be answered in thread of ROM development you had trouble with , reading related threads is also wise .
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71270877&postcount=25

timbernot said:
1) Which stock ROM does it work with , surely its MM bootloader ?
2) Which TWRP did you have installed.
3) Depending on Which TWRP you do have and what stock ROM (answers from 1&2 above) , you back up stock rom which works , back up in TWRP and simply restore it, a two minute job .
Depending on all answers above...
Try slim7 ROM till linos is fixed . RR is based on linos.
Latest linos does take approx 5 mins to register sim after reboot, don't touch device , leave screen / display setting to half hour and watch it connect without touching the phone.
This question should be answered in thread of ROM development you had trouble with , reading related threads is also wise .
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71270877&postcount=25
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1) I am currently running SuperZen which is based on Android L, works fine.
2) 3.0.2 and I tried with older 2.x.x versions too, no success.
3) Can you specify a little more? A bit confused with what you mean.
I will try LineageOS once again, and shall also try Slim7.
I posted this here since I didn't, and still don't, beleive this has to do with the ROM, but with the Bootloader itself.
I read a lot of threads, including the one you sent me, tried everything without success.
Thank you for now!

kronkraken said:
1) I am currently running SuperZen which is based on Android L, works fine.
2) 3.0.2 and I tried with older 2.x.x versions too, no success.
3) Can you specify a little more? A bit confused with what you mean.
I will try LineageOS once again, and shall also try Slim7.
I posted this here since I didn't, and still don't, beleive this has to do with the ROM, but with the Bootloader itself.
I read a lot of threads, including the one you sent me, tried everything without success.
Thank you for now!
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Backed up, completely wiped, installed MM Bootloader and flashed Slim7. No SIM. Set Sleep Timer to 30 minutes, rebooted, unlocked screen and left the phone for 10 minutes. No SIM. Did it again but this time didn't even unlock the phone, no SIM. Completely wiped and flashed LineageOS, same process, no SIM. Even went further and tried CM13 (Android M), same process and still no SIM. At this point I am 99.9% sure it is the MM Bootloader that is causing the issue, because as soon as I fallback to the L Bootloader and flash any L ROM, like Stock ASUS or Super ZEN the SIM works fine.

Try stock M , there's been about 6 stock updates in stock M

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Try stock M , there's been about 6 stock updates in stock M
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Not sure where I can find Stock M, but I found an update on ASUS' Website, Firmware version UL-4.21.40.144 that is Brazil specific, wonder if it has something to do with the SIM not working.

kronkraken said:
Not sure where I can find Stock M, but I found an update on ASUS' Website, Firmware version UL-4.21.40.144 that is Brazil specific, wonder if it has something to do with the SIM not working.
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are you from Brazil ?
It shouldn't by rights , yes there was probs with Brazilians receiving signal but jrior dev , incorporated those fixes for Brazilians into CM which should be carried through lineageOS.
I don't have anytime right now but will help you update.
Watch you don't brick doing anything daft.
:crying::crying:

timbernot said:
are you from Brazil ?
It shouldn't by rights , yes there was probs with Brazilians receiving signal but jrior dev , incorporated those fixes for Brazilians into CM which should be carried through lineageOS.
I don't have anytime right now but will help you update.
Watch you don't brick doing anything daft.
:crying::crying:
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Okay, for now I will just restore my backup! Thanks!

kronkraken said:
Okay, for now I will just restore my backup! Thanks!
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I was able to get the Official MM Bootloader installed, and SIM works fine. Not being able to install any MM-based ROMs tho, they all give Error 7: "This package supports Ifwi Versions: %2; 0094.0183;this device has Ifwi version ."

OnePlus 3 - Android Oreo Camera Unknown Error!

Hi,
Today im facing a strange issue with camera
Actually all the applications related to camera are not working
It seems there is a problem in the physical camera it self !
Snapchat, instgram once i open its cam, original camera, and google camera..
It shows me this message
"Unknown Error"
My phone is already updated to stable version 5.0 which is oreo.

By the way, I already restart my phone, and also clear the data & cach of the camera : it doesn't work

Just to be safe, have you tried other ROM? If that still doesn't work, then try downgrading to Oreo. If all fails, then welp, at least you know that ROM isn't the cause of it.

dream2poet said:
By the way, I already restart my phone, and also clear the data & cach of the camera : it doesn't work
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same happened with me on open beta 27.
i clean flashed ob 28, everything good so far.
try a factory reset or a clean flash.

I've had this issue before where I flashed nougat modem onto marshmallow and it gave me this error..it took accidentally wiping my phone to figure this out.
So try reflashing 5.0 rom or check whatever zip you flashed is not the culprit.

F4uzan said:
Just to be safe, have you tried other ROM? If that still doesn't work, then try downgrading to Oreo. If all fails, then welp, at least you know that ROM isn't the cause of it.
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LELBOT said:
same happened with me on open beta 27.
i clean flashed ob 28, everything good so far.
try a factory reset or a clean flash.
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tofuboi01 said:
I've had this issue before where I flashed nougat modem onto marshmallow and it gave me this error..it took accidentally wiping my phone to figure this out.
So try reflashing 5.0 rom or check whatever zip you flashed is not the culprit.
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Thank you guys for helping me,,
I did Factory Reset (without internal storage) and all working fine now..
I think the problem happen because I did not do factory reset once i updated to Oreo

sim card not working oreo/noughat

hi i have had the pleasure of using the developer oreo img and enjoyed it,but decided to reflash stock noughat img
until the official oreo comes out.heres where my issue started,after a successful flash and start up,my sim no
longer shows as inserted,i even tried a restore of my noughat back up.the only way my sim will work nowis with the
oreo stock img reflashed..anyone else have this isssue

Are you sure you flashed all the files included in the Nougat fastboot package zip? There must be an image called 'modem' and anoter 'dsp' which should take care of that.
Try reflashing the Nougat image once again.

I will try again

Having the same exact issue
Flashing the MR3 factory image results in no SIM card, same with fkashing MR1 @TheCrazyLex
EDIT: reflashed again the next day and it's now working....ugh annoying

Had exactly the same issue. Although on initial boot back to Nougat, everything worked fine.
It was only after a restart or two the SIM was then undetected.
I'm flashing stock Nougat again just now, hopefully that resolves it for me too.
EDIT. Ok I've now tried flashing multiple images, they all flash successfully and boot successfully, but none of them are detecting a SIM card.... any ideas anyone?
EDITS AGAIN: It would appear now working after flashing Oreo again, then back to Nougat. Very odd....
I want to lock the bootloader again, which is how I ended up in this mess, so I'm now flashing latest Global ROM again, rebooting and then attempting to lock the bootloader again.
I shall update with results.

any update in the same boat

I'm still having same issues,I'm just using Oreo which is working really well.only downfall I noticed is tethering doesn't seem to be working on it

Are you running the right image as Razer and Three have their own build so wanted to point this out as ThreeUK may not work right with the Razer build. i Remeber them saying something about making sure you use the right build

UPDATE - if anyone is having this issue.
--Take the Oreo preview and flash_all.bat via bootloader
--Let it boot and get in to Android just so you can enable debugging via dev options
--reboot to bootloader and flash_all.bat with the latest Three or Global image
--Again let it boot and enable debugging again
--Now reboot to bootloader, and do BOTH the following in fastboot:
---- fastboot flashing lock_critical
---- let it reboot and go back to bootloader again and perform the next lock
---- fastboot flashing lock
Once finally back in, only then did I have a locked bootloader + working SIM card.
Hope this helps someone.

Locking the bootloader doesn't fix things lol. I was on Oreo yesterday and flashed back to nougat and had signal and relocked the bootloader then 10 minutes later .y phone rebooted and lost sim. Only was to get it back was flashing Oreo then booting then flashing nougat mr1 and got my sim back. Then I locked bootloader and took the ota and now I'm back to normal and can take otas again

This is such a weird issue. like for instance I went back to MR1 from Oreo and had signal but when I picked the bootloader and ota to MR3 it was gone.then just unlocked bootloader flashed MR3 still nothing. So went back to Oreo and it worked and then flashed MR1 again and randomly worked even after the ota to MR3
So absolutely random.

hi i found a simple way to solve this issue.all i did is use the global 7.1.1 nougat factory img.but before flashing via the flash all bat.swap out the modem img from the nougat folder with the one from the oreo developer one.worked first time and after several reboots.hope this helps....
just an update i just installed recovery,magisk without issues too

SIM card issue
Hey @parky169, @Roxas598, @linuxct, @kickassdave, @joemossjr
Thanks for posting about this issue that you saw about the SIM not being detected. Our engineers would like to learn more about this and EXACTLY what happened. Can you please PM me with the details:
What carrier you guys are on?
What was the previous build you were on before you flashed the Oreo developer build?
Can you please walk me through EXACTLY what happened that caused the SIM to go undetected
Were any APNs changed prior/after?
Were any changes made to the files or phone (rooted, custom ROM, etc.) prior to flashing the O build?
How did you resolve this situation? Is this repeatable?
Thanks again for testing the developer build! Please PM me if you run into any more issues!
Best,
Khanger

parky169 said:
hi i found a simple way to solve this issue.all i did is use the global 7.1.1 nougat factory img.but before flashing via the flash all bat.swap out the modem img from the nougat folder with the one from the oreo developer one.worked first time and after several reboots.hope this helps....
just an update i just installed recovery,magisk without issues too
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Same issue as the rest. I wonder if this will work with the Oreo OTA modem img, I'm gonna give it a shot. I will report back
EDIT: Well there is probably no reason it shouldn't have worked I would assume the modem images are identical in 8.1 Dev and 8.1 OTA, but it does work by putting the 8.1 MR0 OTA modem img in the 7.1 MR3 and flashing. Honestly i ws too lazy and didn't want to wait for the Dev image to download and I already had a copy of the 8.1 OTA ON MY pc.

Hi
I had the same issue, I updated the APN settings from the carrier's website (three) and everything went back to normal!

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Jonlines94 said:
Hi
I had the same issue, I updated the APN settings from the carrier's website (three) and everything went back to normal!
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I can't edit or add any APN setup - nothing happens after saving new or edited APN items.
How did you do that?

NoXXX said:
​I can't edit or add any APN setup - nothing happens after saving new or edited APN items.
How did you do that?
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Any update on this? I am in the same boat after standard OTA update. Can not save apns either. (at&t)

Thanks!!!
parky169 said:
hi i found a simple way to solve this issue.all i did is use the global 7.1.1 nougat factory img.but before flashing via the flash all bat.swap out the modem img from the nougat folder with the one from the oreo developer one.worked first time and after several reboots.hope this helps....
just an update i just installed recovery,magisk without issues too
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Thanks for finding a fix. I was worried my phone was jacked up. I was having the same issue. I wanted to downgrade from Oreo since there is an issue with HDMI not having audio. I got signal now whoooo

Oneplus 5t issues with hard reset

Hey there,
in all my years using/modding android phones I was never this lost on finding the issue.
My Oneplus 5t was unlocked, had latest blue_spark TWRP 3.40 recovery and stock oos 10.0.0 with the blue spark kernel and magisk installed. I just upgraded to the 8t and wanted to revert my phone back to stock. So I made a nandroid backup in TWRP and used the unbrick tool to get the phone in the fastest way possible fully wiped back to stock.
(https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5t/how-to/oneplus-5t-unbricking-tool-confirmation-t3733012 OOS 5.1.7).
Well after my phone was fully stock I was already kinda suspicious about it not finding any OTA updates and manually installed the latest oos 10.0.1 update. First it seemed like everything was working just fine but then I realised that the camera is not starting anymore and gives me the error "Error starting camera" ("Fehler beim Öffnen der Kamera). Since then I have tried everything possible for 2 days but I still am unable to fix the issue.
Everything I tried.
1. deleting camera app data/cache and phone cache in stock recovery
2.factory resetting the phone
3.Using the latest 9.0.11 unbrick tool from this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5t/how-to/op5t-collection-unbrick-tools-t3898890
-with this my wifi was not working but the camera was working again
- and this also showed me (while using mobile data) that there is a ota update available (oos 10.0.1)
- after updating my wifi was working and the camera was not working
4.Using at least 7 or 8 different unbrick versions (still from this thread here https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5t/how-to/op5t-collection-unbrick-tools-t3898890)
- here I noticed that as soon as I had a android version below 9 it would not show me available ota updates and would not even let me manually update but camera and wifi was working
5. unlocking the bootloader, flashing twrp 3.40 and restoring my nandroid backup
- camera is not working
So as you guys can see I am really close on losing my mind with this phone and I would appreciate any help you can give me :fingers-crossed:
// looks like I need to send in my phone to Oneplus
//Oneplus "certified" service in poland was unable (my guess is they did not even bother) to find the issue and quoted a 300€ repair bill for changing the mainboard ^^