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Ive been rooted for the past 3 days with zero issues and no bloatware installed. Everything was great until today. I left for work and then I got zero data. Checked in my settings and it didnt even have my number in there or anything, just showed zero about a network or anything. Took it back to t-mobile today and they tried to hard reboot it and now I cant even get to the main screen. Tried a stock rom to recover it to factory and nothing. When I turn it on it just shows samsung now. Is there a way to go back to stock with odin or anything I can do?
Also when I boot into recovery its no longer cwm, and when I uploaded another stock rom onto it, I cant even see the sd card now.
Odin a stock rom. Your just soft bricked if you still have some activity.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
How do I odin a zip file? I cant find a tar file thats stock OS , only roms in zip form.
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How do I odin a zip file? I cant find a tar file thats stock OS , only roms in zip form.
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Heres a tar. Of the 2.3.6 update with wifi calling also beforehand flash stock recovery via odin if u dont have it already....then flash this tar. Good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391174
Edit....it is totally stock so you will be good then for root just use melvins root process it works u might have to flash root 2 or 3 times while in recovery . But it works
Is there a link to the stock recovery? All im seeing is cwm.
Let me know....hold on.....here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319830
I will also get u the root file and cwm its in same thread u will do that after u flash rom tho. Right now just get to stock recovery then rom
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Heres the root and cwm (recovery) thread like i said do this after your rom is odined on device. Flash cwm then go into cwm make backup let it finish then attempt root. (i said backup cuz u always should do this) also when looking for a file in odin hit pda then search for your tar. U downloaded select it and start odin!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311194
Ok I finally got back to stock setup but I still have zero data and when I go into the status menu its unknown network, no signal, no mobile, and it says out of service. I did get a new sim card from t-mobile earlier today but both do the same thing. Phone defect or a problem caused by rooting?
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[/COLOR]Heres the root and cwm (recovery) thread like i said do this after your rom is odined on device. Flash cwm then go into cwm make backup let it finish then attempt root. (i said backup cuz u always should do this) also when looking for a file in odin hit pda then search for your tar. U downloaded select it and start odin!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311194
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That is the root I had on my phone all week before my phone became "out of service state". All I did was delete bloatware I would never use or want and it worked fine for 3 days, zero issues.
Nah cant be.....thats weird idk dude sorry i tried i got one more suggestion go to rootzwiki.com go to there forums and go to our gs2 variant and hit up development section whitehawkx has the flashable modem as a zip so u can flash it in cwm. Try that. Because it sounds baseband related (modem)
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Michowski said:
That is the root I had on my phone all week before my phone became "out of service state". All I did was delete bloatware I would never use or want and it worked fine for 3 days, zero issues.
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Oooooh what bloatware exactly did u remove? Try restoring certain things and never remove it just freeze them in titanium in case some **** like this happens u can unfreeze easily
Thanks a lot bro, really appreciate the help. Hopefully I can pay it forward with this knowledge or personally return the favor to you some day.
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Thanks a lot bro, really appreciate the help. Hopefully I can pay it forward with this knowledge or personally return the favor to you some day.
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Hey man np....let me know how things go
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Oooooh what bloatware exactly did u remove? Try restoring certain things and never remove it just freeze them in titanium in case some **** like this happens u can unfreeze easily
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I just removed the t-mobile mall,tv and other crap like that. The email app, basic apps like that, and the free games. I had everything backed up as well so I know it wasn't anything I deleted.
100% stock phone now, reflashed the modem seperate, 2 sim cards and still have an out of service phone. Has to be a hardware issue. I can use wifi and get online and app market with no problem but nothing from t-mobile.
So I was wondering if any of you have heard of a phone not urning on at all. Like no download mode, no recovery, NOTHING!!! Mine just did it out of nowhere...
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So I was wondering if any of you have heard of a phone not urning on at all. Like no download mode, no recovery, NOTHING!!! Mine just did it out of nowhere...
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Yes, that happened to me on monday when my phone first arrived. I ended up getting a new phone from the t-mobile store by me. Plugging in the usb cable to charge the battery didnt even work. The ONLY thing I think that causes this is having re-partition and F. Reset time checked off in odin. On my replacement phone I was very careful to double check everything checked off and not checked along with software chosen and it then worked like a charm. If your phone blacked out you need to get it replaced, I havent read of anyway to fix that problem.
Wasn't paying attention when updating my ROM for a AT&T GS3 and accidentally tried to install the Verizon Equivalent. Original ATT Rom was AOKP Jelly bean.
Anybody have any ideas on what to do? The phone doesn't seem to be able to enter recovery mode, but can enter "Downloading... Do not turn off target !!"
FML
Odin back a stock firmware and see if that works. Look in the stickies in development section.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium
Yeah, if you get the "downloading" then you're golden. Just use Odin to restore to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722686
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And here is the stock image you would flash to your phone using ODIN:
http://www.samsdroid.com/2012/07/i747ucalem-android-404-usa-at-stock-rom.html
Or at least it's the one I use for my ATT SIII.
Filename is: I747UCALEM_I747ATTALEM_I747UCALEM_HOME.tar.md5
Thanks guys. I started getting worried when the new version of Odin was not connecting with my GS3. Luckily, the older version on my computer synced right up and am going back to stock.
Phew!
KTownGT said:
Thanks guys. I started getting worried when the new version of Odin was not connecting with my GS3. Luckily, the older version on my computer synced right up and am going back to stock.
Phew!
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Good thing it seems like the architecture of the US GS3s is similar enough that flashing another carrier's ROM won't result in a nice hard brick that requires JTAG/warranty fix.
KTownGT said:
Thanks guys. I started getting worried when the new version of Odin was not connecting with my GS3. Luckily, the older version on my computer synced right up and am going back to stock.
Phew!
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Just becareful next time bro....not alway lucky like this....
Hello,
I hope someone has some idea as to what I can do to fix my T889 Note 2 as right now it has no signal, does not register on the TMobile network and even worse, after playing with it some more it seems I have erased the IMEI in the EFS folder... Here is what I did:
I was initially using the Jedi X 7.2 ROM with Perseus Kernel, and everything was just fine. But I guess I was itching for something else :laugh: ... Reading thru the threads here I saw that some of us had flashed AT&T roms like Cleanrom without any problems. They said Cleanrom did not include an AT&T radio so it would work just fine for the T889. But just to be sure, after full wipe and flashing Cleanrom, I have also flashed a Tmobile Modem and Perseus Pernel for T889. That's when the problems started....
After flashing Cleanrom I had NO signal and the network unknown message... At that point the phone still showed the IMEI number... I have tried going back to Jedi X and Odin back to stock, nothing helped.... It still showed Unknown Network, and Not registered on network, impossible to make calls....
Reading some more thru other XDA threads I saw that someone had posted a solution that had worked for him by going into the Service menu (by pressing *#197328640#) and then going to UMTS, then COMMON then NV REBUILD and then ERASES ALL EFS1/2/3....
At that time I was pretty desperate and seeing that it had worked for someone else with a similar problem I tried it immediately... Now that I really give it some thought, I can't believe I pressed Erase all EFS !! :laugh:
That's when I also got the phone showing me IMEI 0.... I guess now I have lost my IMEI as well? I have not made any backups, so restoring is not an option for me at this point !!
Would anyone have any ideas to help me revive this phone? thanks a lot :victory:
P.S. I should add that I still do have the IMEI number of course, it's written on the back of the phone and the original box as well...
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Hello,
I hope someone has some idea as to what I can do to fix my T889 Note 2 as right now it has no signal, does not register on the TMobile network and even worse, after playing with it some more it seems I have erased the IMEI in the EFS folder... Here is what I did:
I was initially using the Jedi X 7.2 ROM with Perseus Kernel, and everything was just fine. But I guess I was itching for something else :laugh: ... Reading thru the threads here I saw that some of us had flashed AT&T roms like Cleanrom without any problems. They said Cleanrom did not include an AT&T radio so it would work just fine for the T889. But just to be sure, after full wipe and flashing Cleanrom, I have also flashed a Tmobile Modem and Perseus Pernel for T889. That's when the problems started....
After flashing Cleanrom I had NO signal and the network unknown message... At that point the phone still showed the IMEI number... I have tried going back to Jedi X and Odin back to stock, nothing helped.... It still showed Unknown Network, and Not registered on network, impossible to make calls....
Reading some more thru other XDA threads I saw that someone had posted a solution that had worked for him by going into the Service menu (by pressing *#197328640#) and then going to UMTS, then COMMON then NV REBUILD and then ERASES ALL EFS1/2/3....
At that time I was pretty desperate and seeing that it had worked for someone else with a similar problem I tried it immediately... Now that I really give it some thought, I can't believe I pressed Erase all EFS !! :laugh:
That's when I also got the phone showing me IMEI 0.... I guess now I have lost my IMEI as well? I have not made any backups, so restoring is not an option for me at this point !!
Would anyone have any ideas to help me revive this phone? thanks a lot :victory:
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Im in the same boat a few days ago. I already did a lot of things a nothing fix it hope someone can help us
Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda app-developers app
Sorry you had to go through this man.. i was going through the same thing when i first got my phone. Xda didn't have a forum for the T-Mobile Note II so i decided to root and flash one of the international version Roms without even making a backup first (dumb of me) then i went ahead and flashed "Android Revolution HD" Rom and lost signal and IMEI showed Unknown.. so i asked for help but no answers.. and then "cmenard" dropped a stock Rom which i'm going to link you to.. i flashed that and flashed the modem on top and that solved the problem for me. So i will go ahead and give you the link to the Stock Rom and the modem i flashed to get my phone to work. Please follow the instrucations. Hope this helps!
Stock Rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957209
Modem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957380
Have a wonderful day!
-Addis
AddisG said:
Sorry you had to go through this man.. i was going through the same thing when i first got my phone. Xda didn't have a forum for the T-Mobile Note II so i decided to root and flash one of the international version Roms without even making a backup first (dumb of me) then i went ahead and flashed "Android Revolution HD" Rom and lost signal and IMEI showed Unknown.. so i asked for help but no answers.. and then "cmenard" dropped a stock Rom which i'm going to link you to.. i flashed that and flashed the modem on top and that solved the problem for me. So i will go ahead and give you the link to the Stock Rom and the modem i flashed to get my phone to work. Please follow the instrucations. Hope this helps!
Stock Rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957209
Modem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957380
Have a wonderful day!
-Addis
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Dude i lost my imei when i had my gs3 back in july.. I had no one to help me... thanks for hooking the dude up i can only wish someone like you helped me back then... you da man!!!!:good:
appreciate your kind words bro! I hope this helps him get his phone to work again. :fingers-crossed:
I would love to know if this worked for the people that posted no IMEI... If you could post if this worked... It would let me know to keep these two files in a special recovery folder. Thanks
Thanks very much Addis !!! I truly hope this works, will try as soon as I get home from work, in about an hour or so... After trying so many things I have doubts about everything now, but I am keeping my fingers crossed
(UPDATE) : Have managed to download the rom, I am not sure if the file is corrupted or anything, but I keep getting an error message: E:Can't open / external_sd/deodexed_UVALJ1.zip (bad)
Weird, since other roms have flashed just fine....
guys, one thing you MUST DO with gsm devices... back up your IMEI... this is actually stored in a partition on your device, and as of recent there is a handy little app in the themes and apps section to back it up. it is a free app found on the market and offered here on xda. before this there was a tool somebody created to back up and restore this partition
here is the app... download this, back up your IMEI (your efs partition). https://play.google.com/store/apps/...omizer&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
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(UPDATE) : Have managed to download the rom, I am not sure if the file is corrupted or anything, but I keep getting an error message: E:Can't open / external_sd/deodexed_UVALJ1.zip (bad)
Weird, since other roms have flashed just fine....
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Yes, probably a bad file... I'll upload it tonight after work for you or try downloading it again. Have a blessed day guys!
Sent from my SGH-T889
AddisG said:
Yes, probably a bad file... I'll upload it tonight after work for you or try downloading it again. Have a blessed day guys!
Sent from my SGH-T889
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Thank you Addis, no need for you to upload, it seems I finally got a proper download... Flashed it with TeamWin Touch Recovery and no changes, I will try to flash it with CWM also, but that has given me problems with this file.... let's see... Thanks for your help, I will hit your thanks button as soon as I finish writing this...
If all else fails, I will just go ahead and return everything to factory settings and send it in for repair....
P.S. I should mention that I have used a tool found on the GS3 AT&T threads which has worked for my T889 to re-inject my IMEI number back... So now my IMEI number shows up again... But that's about it... Network is still listed as UNKNOWN and Status is listed as Disconnected...
Bestplayer55 I will send you a link to the thread where I have found the program used to reprogram your IMEI, in the evening when I get home.... While it has helped me get my IMEI back, I am still stuck without network or signal, but it may help you more
chriss29 said:
Thank you Addis, no need for you to upload, it seems I finally got a proper download... Flashed it with TeamWin Touch Recovery and no changes, I will try to flash it with CWM also, but that has given me problems with this file.... let's see... Thanks for your help, I will hit your thanks button as soon as I finish writing this...
If all else fails, I will just go ahead and return everything to factory settings and send it in for repair....
P.S. I should mention that I have used a tool found on the GS3 AT&T threads which has worked for my T889 to re-inject my IMEI number back... So now my IMEI number shows up again... But that's about it... Network is still listed as UNKNOWN and Status is listed as Disconnected...
Bestplayer55 I will send you a link to the thread where I have found the program used to reprogram your IMEI, in the evening when I get home.... While it has helped me get my IMEI back, I am still stuck without network or signal, but it may help you more
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Have you gone into the settings menu, more settings, mobile network and tried connecting to T Mobile that way? If that doesn't work then try to reflash stock T Mobile ROM with Odin and it should reset your network.
Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda premium
chriss29 said:
Thank you Addis, no need for you to upload, it seems I finally got a proper download... Flashed it with TeamWin Touch Recovery and no changes, I will try to flash it with CWM also, but that has given me problems with this file.... let's see... Thanks for your help, I will hit your thanks button as soon as I finish writing this...
If all else fails, I will just go ahead and return everything to factory settings and send it in for repair....
P.S. I should mention that I have used a tool found on the GS3 AT&T threads which has worked for my T889 to re-inject my IMEI number back... So now my IMEI number shows up again... But that's about it... Network is still listed as UNKNOWN and Status is listed as Disconnected...
Bestplayer55 I will send you a link to the thread where I have found the program used to reprogram your IMEI, in the evening when I get home.... While it has helped me get my IMEI back, I am still stuck without network or signal, but it may help you more
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MAN!! i cant wait to do the same and get mi imei back!!! have a good day!
Bestplayer55 said:
MAN!! i cant wait to do the same and get mi imei back!!! have a good day!
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Hello again,
Bestplayer55 and anyone else who might need this, this is the tool I have used:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
It's written for the Galaxy S3 for AT&T and other carriers, but it worked for me on the T889 Note 2. Try to read all the instructions carefully .
One of the things you have to do is change a setting in the hidden menu which you access by dialing *#7284# using the stock dialer. In the hidden menu or PhoneUtil menu select USBSettingsMenu choose the correct mode and click ok. The correct mode for the Galaxy S3 is called RMNET + DM + MODEM mode, there was NO SUCH setting for my NOTE 2, but there is one that's very similar, so I chose that....
Then you jump to the section called IMEI Injection ... Pay attention to the way the IMEI is entered, it's a specific sequence, almost backwards....
You have the Instructions in the original thread there, or here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2077805
In the end thanks to Peoplearmy for developing this tool.
P.S. I just got home from work, so I will keep trying to flash different roms, now that I got my IMEI number back... Hopefully I can restore service as well...
Rhiannon224 said:
Have you gone into the settings menu, more settings, mobile network and tried connecting to T Mobile that way? If that doesn't work then try to reflash stock T Mobile ROM with Odin and it should reset your network.
Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda premium
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Thanks a lot for the suggestions, I believe I have tried them before I lost my IMEI number, but I will try them again, it won't hurt !!
Phone is going back to Samsung for repair.... Nothing I have tried has worked ... Let's see what they can do
Hey I was messing with this on my T-Mobile Note II and I changed my RAT mode to WCDMA and now I'm unable to get LTE.
I've done EVERYTHING. I've even ODIN restored it. It WILL NOT connect to LTE anymore. Nothing I do to it makes it want to connect to LTE.
What do I do? Why won't it connect to LTE anymore even after flashing the factory image?
Will erasing EFS1/2/3 do anything to help or is that a really bad idea?
I have no clue what else there is to do. I've tried loading NV defaults but it gives an error for whatever reason.
After several hours of trial and error, I found a way that worked for me. It will trip the Knox counter though. Also, what worked for me may not work for everyone else. If you brick your device that's not my fault in any way, so good luck
Using this guide, flash back to the stock TAR (not the UVUAMDL TAR). This restores 4.2.2, which allows access to the menu. However, this alone is not enough, as it won't give you access to the perso functions. Attempting to flash the UVUAMDL TAR will result in an error (at least, it did for me).
Second, extract the modem.bin from the UVUAMDL file, and flashed it to the phone using Odin. It's similar to the guide above, but instead of using PDA, you use phone. This gives you access to the perso functions, as it forces the baseband back to UVUAMDL from UVUEMK2. It may be possible to flash the UVUAMDL.tar modem files found in other threads, I haven't tried this out myself though.
Now, at this point you can follow the instructions in this thread, as every option should now be available. If they're not, make sure your Android version is 4.2.2 and that the baseband is UVUAMDL.
If it works at this point, great, go on to the next step (you may have noticed by now that your sound is not working). If not, use RegionLock Away to fully unlock the phone. At this point, your phone should be fully unlocked and you can see it connected to the network. However, dialing/calling lags significantly, and there is no sound.
The next step is to use Odin to fully restore UVUEMK2, which would restore full functionality. You can download the file from here, and flash using the same steps above. This will restore full sound and phone functionality, while your device remains unlocked. If it gets stuck during the boot animation, you simply need to do a factory wipe from recovery (not sure if this works, haven't tested it myself), or just install your recovery of choice from Odin and install whatever ROM you want to use (what I did, which still required a full factory reset from recovery). Skipping restoring UVUEMK2 and installing your ROM of choice does not work, however. You will still have no sound and the phone function will lag considerably.
If everything goes well, you should have a fully unlocked T-mobile Galaxy S4.
Better guide by kali323:
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1. Download MDB Tar. Extract from 7zip file and then rename the file (remove the .md5) so the filename should be "SGH-M919-UVUAMDB-k0nane.tar"
http://www.hunterspad.com/Domains/S...ir=Xda/Galaxy+S4/T-Mobile+S4/Return+To+stock/
2. Odin the MDB Tar in the PDA slot and once it finish go to recovery and factory reset.
3. It will take forever to reboot and it will be stuck at the boot up screen for awhile with this error "Kernel is not seandroid enforcing set warranty bit: Kernel". In about to 5-10 mins it will boot up.
4. Now youre in MDB 4.2.2 with MK2 modem.
5. Odin the .bin file below. Use the PHONE slot in odin and not PDA. Again it will take 5-10 mins to boot up with the error "Kernel is not seandroid enforcing set warranty bit: Kernel"
https://mega.co.nz/#!S9AjUAYA!GOOIp2B4z5dIZy2RFxwQBsMz_v7nRJiOypoAjkuAwtc
6. Now you have MDB Rom with MDL modem
7.Odin CF AutoRoot with the link below in the PDA Slot. It will take 5-10 mins to boot up with the error "Kernel is not seandroid enforcing set warranty bit: Kernel"
http://download.chainfire.eu/328/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-jfltetmo-jfltetmo-sghm919.zip
8.Download RegionLock Away 1.3 App either in the thread below or buy it at the google play store to support the developer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2470551
9. Run RegionLock Away and click reboot now. It will take another 5-10 mins to boot up and if you dont ask you for an unlock code with a non tmobile or non tmobile mnvo sim then youre are unlocked.
10. Odin 4.3 or 4.4 and youre done
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This method works the only problem I encountered is while flashing the modem i couldn't make it flash, i would flash it but then in settings my baseband would stay mk2 so the way to fix this is to flash in odin with auto reboot off. then when its done flashing unplug the phone then pull the battery and boot straight into download mode and flash the modem.bin once again same drill, auto reboot off then pull the battery then reboot and it should work.
edit: just kidding this method did not work for me, the unlock prompt no longer shows up, but an at&t sim card still will not work, although it does tell me i have five voicemails that i cannot listen to. no texts no calls no data, where it should say at&t in the notification panel it says no service... :/ any ideas? I havent yet updated back to 4.3/4.4 yet could that be the problem?
when I try to call it just says "not registered on network"
turns out that it is just because i havent updated back yet, not even a t-mobile sim works. turns out I have a blacklisted imei! but i think I am unlocked hopefully this (at least the first part) answers a few questions aroused during this process, may be the op could get updated with a couple key peices in this post. also huge kudos for this!
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hello,
i tried to flash the stock tar as you said, but i get an error.
it says:
write protection: enable
secure magiccode check fail : boot
what can i do in this case?
thank you!
ionutul said:
hello,
i tried to flash the stock tar as you said, but i get an error.
it says:
write protection: enable
secure magiccode check fail : boot
what can i do in this case?
thank you!
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I'm not too sure actually, I didn't run into that error, and I don't have other S4s I can try it out on.
There were several things I did do before trying to flash back though, that may have had an effect. The first is rooting through motochopper's method. The second was installing and running regionlock away. Try rooting first and then flashing. Otherwise, I might have to chalk it up as something unique with my phone I'm not aware of.
Tsumi said:
After several hours of trial and error, I found a way that worked for me. It will trip the Knox counter though. Also, what worked for me may not work for everyone else. If you brick your device that's not my fault in any way, so good luck
Using this guide, flash back to the stock TAR (not the UVUAMDL TAR). This restores 4.2.2, which allows access to the menu. However, this alone is not enough, as it won't give you access to the perso functions. Attempting to flash the UVUAMDL TAR will result in an error (at least, it did for me).
Second, extract the modem.bin from the UVUAMDL file, and flashed it to the phone using Odin. It's similar to the guide above, but instead of using PDA, you use phone. This gives you access to the perso functions, as it forces the baseband back to UVUAMDL from UVUEMK2. It may be possible to flash the UVUAMDL.tar modem files found in other threads, I haven't tried this out myself though.
Now, at this point you can follow the instructions in this thread, as every option should now be available. If they're not, make sure your Android version is 4.2.2 and that the baseband is UVUAMDL.
If it works at this point, great, go on to the next step (you may have noticed by now that your sound is not working). If not, use RegionLock Away to fully unlock the phone. At this point, your phone should be fully unlocked and you can see it connected to the network. However, dialing/calling lags significantly, and there is no sound.
The next step is to use Odin to fully restore UVUEMK2, which would restore full functionality. You can download the file from here, and flash using the same steps above. This will restore full sound and phone functionality, while your device remains unlocked. If it gets stuck during the boot animation, you simply need to do a factory wipe from recovery (not sure if this works, haven't tested it myself), or just install your recovery of choice from Odin and install whatever ROM you want to use (what I did, which still required a full factory reset from recovery). Skipping restoring UVUEMK2 and installing your ROM of choice does not work, however. You will still have no sound and the phone function will lag considerably.
If everything goes well, you should have a fully unlocked T-mobile Galaxy S4.
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HELP...!
Ok, I've been reading many many articles for the past few days and finally have mustered enough energy to attempt the unlock my T-Mobile SGH-M919 running MK2 firmware. Since I was unable to get into the service menu and input keys using the many directions on this site.... I attempt to flash to old older firmware, following this guide.
I followed each direction 1 step at and time and followed it to the "T". Anyway, long story short... I tried and it soft bricked my phone. I get the warning screen that the firmware was unsuccessful and that I need to run recovery using Samsung Kies. I download the software and attempt recovery. It got to roughly 90% and then it failed too. I reverted back to Odin and reflash using MK2. It too got to about 90% and fails. What is going on?
Any more tips to get this thing working again?? Help.
Got to only 93% via Kies... two times!
Um I'm almost sure once you are on mk2 your not able to go back to mdl. Do to the boot loader...
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If your rooted you can try region Loa away by chain fire see if it works.
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egren58 said:
Um I'm almost sure once you are on mk2 your not able to go back to mdl. Do to the boot loader...
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If your rooted you can try region Loa away by chain fire see if it works.
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wwwhheeew.... finally got it to unbrick. Took 4 hours to get this thing operational again. I thought the guide specifically says it can downgrade from MK2 to MDL? I already ran the Regionlock app and it appears to be done right, but it's still not sim unlocked.!
dyangster said:
wwwhheeew.... finally got it to unbrick. Took 4 hours to get this thing operational again. I thought the guide specifically says it can downgrade from MK2 to MDL? I already ran the Regionlock app and it appears to be done right, but it's still not sim unlocked.!
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same problem, RLA does not work on MK2, flashing MDL modem and going through the motions also does NOT sim unlock...cant seem to get this thing working.
funny thing is it wont even register on the network with a GoSmart sim, GoSmart being a TMO MVNO.
i hate sammy...
I flashed to the stock firmware first, which I believe is the MDB firmware. It doesn't work attempting to go to MDL. Going to MDB gets you 4.2.2, but you would still be locked because it keeps the MK2 modem.
The second step was to extract the MDL modem.bin from the TAR, and then flash that on Odin via the phone method. That was how I was able to downgrade the modem from MK2 to MDL, but that screws up sound, but allows you access to the unlock functions.
Odin MDB and factrory reset in recovery. I was stuck at "Kernel is not seandroid enforcing set warranty bit: Kernel" at the boot up screen. I thought it didnt work and wasnt going to boot up and was looking MK2 tar and then out of nowhere after 5 mins I hear the tmobile boot up sound and this **** actually boot it. Im in MDB 4.2.2 with mk2 baseband. Just need to downgrade baseband and Ill let you know if it works guys. Ill post all files as well that I use
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I have successfully unlocked and I was at 4.3. Huge props to Tsumi. Ill post an updated guide of Tsumi unlocked method of all the files I used
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How to Unlocked M919 on MK2 4.3. This method has no been tested on the new MB4 4.4.2 update
Huge Props to Tsumi. Is his method and thank/donate to him. i use his guide but it wasnt clear enough so I went searching to internet for links for all the correct files.
Im not responsible for any bricks but if you follow carefully then you shouldn't
This method will trip KNOX
1. Download MDB Tar. Extract from 7zip file and then rename the file (remove the .md5) so the filename should be "SGH-M919-UVUAMDB-k0nane.tar"
http://www.hunterspad.com/Domains/S...ir=Xda/Galaxy+S4/T-Mobile+S4/Return+To+stock/
2. Odin the MDB Tar in the PDA slot and once it finish go to recovery and factory reset.
3. It will take forever to reboot and it will be stuck at the boot up screen for awhile with this error "Kernel is not seandroid enforcing set warranty bit: Kernel". In about to 5-10 mins it will boot up.
4. Now youre in MDB 4.2.2 with MK2 modem.
5. Odin the .bin file below. Use the PHONE slot in odin and not PDA. Again it will take 5-10 mins to boot up with the error "Kernel is not seandroid enforcing set warranty bit: Kernel"
https://mega.co.nz/#!S9AjUAYA!GOOIp2B4z5dIZy2RFxwQBsMz_v7nRJiOypoAjkuAwtc
6. Now you have MDB Rom with MDL modem
7.Odin CF AutoRoot with the link below in the PDA Slot. It will take 5-10 mins to boot up with the error "Kernel is not seandroid enforcing set warranty bit: Kernel"
http://download.chainfire.eu/328/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-jfltetmo-jfltetmo-sghm919.zip
8.Download RegionLock Away 1.3 App either in the thread below or buy it at the google play store to support the developer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2470551
9. Run RegionLock Away and click reboot now. It will take another 5-10 mins to boot up and if you dont ask you for an unlock code with a non tmobile or non tmobile mnvo sim then youre are unlocked.
10. Odin 4.3 or 4.4 and youre done
ionutul said:
hello,
i tried to flash the stock tar as you said, but i get an error.
it says:
write protection: enable
secure magiccode check fail : boot
what can i do in this case?
thank you!
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I'm curious, how come you didn't trip the Knox counter?
Help
Hey I Have A Tmobile Galaxy s4 and it says my sim isn't registered on the network i was just wondering if there was anyway to get this running, i tried the above method and it completed but i still can't use a tmobile sim on my phone.
JerkLife said:
Hey I Have A Tmobile Galaxy s4 and it says my sim isn't registered on the network i was just wondering if there was anyway to get this running, i tried the above method and it completed but i still can't use a tmobile sim on my phone.
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If you have a T-mobile S4 and a T-mobile sim, and it says sim is not valid, then you need to contact T-mobile about your sim card. Either that, or your phone has a bad IMEI (not sure what error message would pop up if you have a bad IMEI). Either way, it's not an unlocking problem. Either your sim or your phone is invalid on the T-mobile network.
This method works the only problem I encountered is while flashing the modem i couldn't make it flash, i would flash it but then in settings my baseband would stay mk2 so the way to fix this is to flash in odin with auto reboot off. then when its done flashing unplug the phone then pull the battery and boot straight into download mode and flash the modem.bin once again same drill, auto reboot off then pull the battery then reboot and it should work.
edit: just kidding this method did not work for me, the unlock prompt no longer shows up, but an at&t sim card still will not work, although it does tell me i have five voicemails that i cannot listen to. no texts no calls no data, where it should say at&t in the notification panel it says no service... :/ any ideas? I havent yet updated back to 4.3/4.4 yet could that be the problem?
when I try to call it just says "not registered on network"
turns out that it is just because i havent updated back yet, not even a t-mobile sim works. turns out I have a blacklisted imei! but i think I am unlocked hopefully this (at least the first part) answers a few questions aroused during this process, may be the op could get updated with a couple key peices in this post. also huge kudos for this!
blu422 said:
This method works the only problem I encountered is while flashing the modem i couldn't make it flash, i would flash it but then in settings my baseband would stay mk2 so the way to fix this is to flash in odin with auto reboot off. then when its done flashing unplug the phone then pull the battery and boot straight into download mode and flash the modem.bin once again same drill, auto reboot off then pull the battery then reboot and it should work.
edit: just kidding this method did not work for me, the unlock prompt no longer shows up, but an at&t sim card still will not work, although it does tell me i have five voicemails that i cannot listen to. no texts no calls no data, where it should say at&t in the notification panel it says no service... :/ any ideas? I havent yet updated back to 4.3/4.4 yet could that be the problem?
when I try to call it just says "not registered on network"
turns out that it is just because i havent updated back yet, not even a t-mobile sim works. turns out I have a blacklisted imei! but i think I am unlocked hopefully this (at least the first part) answers a few questions aroused during this process, may be the op could get updated with a couple key peices in this post. also huge kudos for this!
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As I have only done this on one phone, I am not sure what issues you were encountering. Also, like I said in my post, YMMV, different phones may behave differently.
What do you want to see updated?
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the 2nd link is not a link to the files. it's a link to internet browsers..
BoloVon said:
the 2nd link is not a link to the files. it's a link to internet browsers..
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All links are working for me...
Tsumi said:
As I have only done this on one phone, I am not sure what issues you were encountering. Also, like I said in my post, YMMV, different phones may behave differently.
What do you want to see updated?
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That message pops up when its blacklisted so it won't work regardless if you unlock it
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No wifi
i was able to flash stock tar to my s4. now i cannot get wifi to work.. i tried turning it on but the signal comes back off.
help please..
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What do you want to see updated?
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That \/ maybe just add a link to my post saying if you have problems with the .bin part then see here or not its whatever you see fit
blu422 said:
the way to fix this is to flash in odin with auto reboot off. then when its done flashing unplug the phone then pull the battery and boot straight into download mode and flash the modem.bin once again same drill, auto reboot off then pull the battery then reboot and it should work.
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BoloVon said:
i was able to flash stock tar to my s4. now i cannot get wifi to work.. i tried turning it on but the signal comes back off.
help please..
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Which stock are you referring to? The 4.4.2 one?
My problem started some months ago, when a friend tried to root my phone, he told me that he rooted it but every app that checks for root told me that it wasn't rooted and i couldn't use apps that needed root also, the downside to all this is that i couldn't use apps that do not allow root, like the banking app, or Pokemon Go, but i used the phone like that for some months until last week when i decided to try and fix it. I thought that if i flash a stock firmware everything should be fine and the phone should be as new. On the phone, it says that the model is SM-N910F(behind the battery), in the settings it also said SM-N910F, so i tried flashing a rom for this model at first and it kept failing with me not knowing why. After trying different thing and googleing some time, i finally noticed that in "Fast Download", it says that the phone's model is SM-N910P, so i started searching about this, i didn;t understand why there were 2 different models on my phone, then i found out about searching my IMEI on imei.info, so i tried it and here it was SM-N910C, i had no idea what all this meant, but at this time i already got stuck into bootloop. Eventually, i found this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/help-sm-n910f-sm-n910p-bootloader-t3299285 and did what cam_bob22 said, it worked, i finally flashed the firmware on my phone and it worked, i could use the bank app, pokemon go, everything was fine except the fact that i couldn't select or change my mobile operator, when going to mobile networks, the mobile operators options was greyed out and couldn't be pressed(i want to mention that i did have service and that data worked but the internet would work only in roaming and i couldn't get 4G). So i tried updating the software from 5.1.1 to 6.0.1 like it was said in the instructions and hopping that this update would fix the issue, but unfortunately for me after the update i somehow lost service completely, the signal sign was in the shape of a triangle with no bars, and the mobile operators setting was exactly as before.
So far i tried going back to 5.1.1 but besides the Hands Free activation that i can't make to go away, i still can't use the mobile operators setting and my data only works with roaming activated and doesn't get 4g. One thing that i forgot to mention is that the IMEI with the 5.1.1 firmware was of a samasung Galaxy S5 not a note 4, i checked it on imei.info.
I was wondering if there is any way for me to go back to the OS i had before my friend tried to root my phone, when it said in the settings that it was SM-N910F and everything worked as it should have.
Thank you for reading and i really hope someone can help me.
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There is no way to go back unless he made a backup. Which is why you should always do this before you flash anything.
I'm not sure if this will help but you could try flashing a international custom Rom after you have correct firmware. But if your phone is a Sprint version, you'll have to use a special data fix and kernel.
What firmware did you end up using to flash? Was it Sprint? If so, and you use gsm service, try flashing my Gsm stock Rom for Sprint phones. It's in post 2.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...t/05-15-17-debloated-deodexed-rooted-t3607029
You'll first need to be on current marshmallow firmware. So flash firmware with Odin first, then install Twrp with Odin. Then install Rom with Twrp.
aaron74 said:
@robert11arad
There is no way to go back unless he made a backup. Which is why you should always do this before you flash anything.
I'm not sure if this will help but you could try flashing a international custom Rom after you have correct firmware. But if your phone is a Sprint version, you'll have to use a special data fix and kernel.
What firmware did you end up using to flash? Was it Sprint? If so, and you use gsm service, try flashing my Gsm stock Rom for Sprint phones. It's in post 2.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...t/05-15-17-debloated-deodexed-rooted-t3607029
You'll first need to be on current marshmallow firmware. So flash firmware with Odin first, then install Twrp with Odin. Then install Rom with Twrp.
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Thank you for the reply, i wanted to say that with the Sprint firmware i used, after doing all the updates it unlocked the mobile operators option, but it couldn't find any.
robert11arad said:
Thank you for the reply, i wanted to say that with the Sprint firmware i used, after doing all the updates it unlocked the mobile operators option, but it couldn't find any.
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Oh ok. So do you have service?
aaron74 said:
Oh ok. So do you have service?
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No, the network operators is unlocked but there's still no service, when i try scanning for an operator it just stops with no message, and nothing happens.
I forgot to mention this, but before all this happened, I made a back-up of the phone with smart switch, is it possible to get back to how it was using that? And another thing is that when using the backup, it only restores music and photos, no contacts, no apps.(From what i've noticed so far)
robert11arad said:
No, the network operators is unlocked but there's still no service, when i try scanning for an operator it just stops with no message, and nothing happens.
I forgot to mention this, but before all this happened, I made a back-up of the phone with smart switch, is it possible to get back to how it was using that? And another thing is that when using the backup, it only restores music and photos, no contacts, no apps.(From what i've noticed so far)
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You would have needed a system backup with twrp.
What country you in? What network you on? What firmware you on?
aaron74 said:
You would have needed a system backup with twrp.
What country you in? What network you on? What firmware you on?
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I live in the UK, i'm on giffgaff and the firmware is N910PVPU4COG5_N910PSPT4COG5_N910PVPU4COG5
robert11arad said:
I live in the UK, i'm on giffgaff and the firmware is N910PVPU4COG5_N910PSPT4COG5_N910PVPU4COG5
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Ok. About the best advice i can give is, because your on pure Sprint Rom, something is messing up with csc or something.
All i can suggest, is maybe try updating to QC1 with Odin and then try flashing my gsm Rom. Which is essentially just a tmobile rom.
And if that don't give you the function you you need. Then maybe try an international Rom.
It's hard to say what the last person did to the phone.
robert11arad said:
I live in the UK, i'm on giffgaff and the firmware is N910PVPU4COG5_N910PSPT4COG5_N910PVPU4COG5
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Also. You stated your phone first showed as a 910f. So maybe flashing a international F rom, will provide the correct csc settings for your phone to work. Only problem your gonna have, is because it's Sprint hardware, you'll have to pair the Rom with a kernel that'll work and some lib files for data.
I can help you by putting together some files to flash. But the main question would be, Do you want a stock note 4 Rom?
Also before any of this happened, do you know what firmware you were on? Marshmallow? Lollipop?
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Also. You stated your phone first showed as a 910f. So maybe flashing a international F rom, will provide the correct csc settings for your phone to work. Only problem your gonna have, is because it's Sprint hardware, you'll have to pair the Rom with a kernel that'll work and some lib files for data.
I can help you by putting together some files to flash. But the main question would be, Do you want a stock note 4 Rom?
Also before any of this happened, do you know what firmware you were on? Marshmallow? Lollipop?
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I would really appreciate if you helped me put the files together cause i have no idea how any of this works, i'm new. But i wanted to ask, is there any chance for thia to brick my phone?
When it had sm-n910f on it i couldn't update it after 5.1.1, when i pressed update it wouldn't do anything.
And yes, if possible i would like it to be a stock firmware, but if it is not possible i don't mind using something else as long as it works properly.
Thank you for all your help, i don't know what i would do otherwise.
robert11arad said:
I would really appreciate if you helped me put the files together cause i have no idea how any of this works, i'm new. But i wanted to ask, is there any chance for thia to brick my phone?
When it had sm-n910f on it i couldn't update it after 5.1.1, when i pressed update it wouldn't do anything.
And yes, if possible i would like it to be a stock firmware, but if it is not possible i don't mind using something else as long as it works properly.
Thank you for all your help, i don't know what i would do otherwise.
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Well, first, let me state,about bricking device. I have to state that it's not impossible to brick. But after hundreds of flashes never had problem. These devices are hard to brick. What hard bricks a device is messing with boot loader and partitions that shouldn't be messed with, like trying to unlock lte bands. But just flashing roms is fine unless you flash a Rom not for your phone and it over writes wrong partition.
All snap Dragon note 4s have the same layout so all you need is correct kernel, csc, and some ril lib files to get data working.
Now, mine main worry is that the phone is still unlocked,because I don't know what possible changes were made to it.
But with all that being said,I'll move on. With another post.
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@robert11arad
Before we go too deep into this and upgrade and stuff. I'd like to just test a custom Rom on your phone and see what works.
So what firmware are you on right now?
5.01, 5.1.1, or 6.0.1?
I'm gonna take a guess and move on. You last stated you were on OG5 which it's 5.1.1. So if that's true, let's try the following.
First I'm gonna assume you already used Odin to flash that firmware. So now we need to flash Twrp. So download this on pc https://eu.dl.twrp.me/trlte/twrp-3.1.1-0-trlte.img.tar
1 . Put phone in download mode. Open Odin and plug in phone.
2. In Odin options make sure everything is unticked except Reset Flash Counter.
3. Now click on AP and select the Twrp file.
4. Flash it. Let it flash until it states it's completed. Once done. Unplug phone. Pull out battery. Put back in and boot to recovery by holding power+home+vol.up
5. Now you should have Twrp. Just reboot phone so we can continue to next post.
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Ok, here you go. If your where we left off, you should be on stock QC1 and have Twrp installed.
Just download this file, boot into recovery, and install. This file will delete dalvick/cache, so phone will take a few minutes to boot up.
I actually recommend before flashing, you do a factory reset in recovery then install.
Anyhow here you go. Let me know if it fixes what your looking for. If not, my only others option is to install a custom n910f Rom. I'll gladly walk you through if need be. But try this first.
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@robert11arad
Ok, here you go. If your where we left off, you should be on stock QC1 and have Twrp installed.
Just download this file, boot into recovery, and install. This file will delete dalvick/cache, so phone will take a few minutes to boot up.
I actually recommend before flashing, you do a factory reset in recovery then install.
Anyhow here you go. Let me know if it fixes what your looking for. If not, my only others option is to install a custom n910f Rom. I'll gladly walk you through if need be. But try this first.
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Alright so i just tried it and when starting my phone, i can't even set it up because i keep getting a message that com.android.phone has stopped. After about half an hour of trying to start it, i finally managed to get to setting and to app manager, there i looked for com.android.phone and it was nowhere to be found. Apart from this i noticed a N with some signal bars where my phone signal should've been and i didn;t get the hands free activation anymore, but that's all...
robert11arad said:
Alright so i just tried it and when starting my phone, i can't even set it up because i keep getting a message that com.android.phone has stopped. After about half an hour of trying to start it, i finally managed to get to setting and to app manager, there i looked for com.android.phone and it was nowhere to be found. Apart from this i noticed a N with some signal bars where my phone signal should've been and i didn;t get the hands free activation anymore, but that's all...
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Ok. I must have forgot something in csc. Sorry. I'll get back with you.