Hello, so I got myself in a kind of a big problem here.
I have a note 2 that was originally running tph 4.4.2 which had this modem N7105XXUFNE3 originally.
I got bored of the stock rom and I installed lineage os official 7.1.2., the installation ran without any issues whatsoever and I was really loving it, the phone was working perfectly with just minor bugs.
The rom provided an updater that allowed the users to choose which updates to download and install (all nightly).
I installed a couple manually via TWRP and it was all good but after one update whenever I turned on my phone it would ask me to write down the sim network unlock code which I found really weird. I thought it was a bug and I rebooted the phone but to no aveil.
after that I figured that the most recent updates to that rom would eventually fix the problem so I kept installing the updates to a point where my phone was stuck loading linease OS.
Somehow in the process of using apps2SD I forgot I had stored my backups in the sd card and I partitioned it...
Now I cameback to the stock rom which I've downloaded from a website which is not sammobile because sammobile's website is bugging and wont let me download the firmware. The rom is suposed to be TPH and comes packed with the same N7105XXUFNE3 moded of the 4.4.2 stock rom, but it still asks me to write down the sim network unlock code...
I don't understand why the hell is it locked if it's suposed to be a TPH rom, I also tried with another ROM (also tph) but I get the same problem, I've also tried to flush a different moded but it's still the same and I don't know what to do anymore.
I would really apreaciate if you could point me in the right direction to sort this problem out.
Much apreaciated in advance.
PS: this has made my work a lot difficult since my phone was a really important basis of my communication in regards to my job and I really need it to be functioning but ran out of ideas.
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I'm pretty new to all this, I had a Rogers Captivate that had been crashing on me. Everything suggests that if I changed my software it would work.
So I managed to to flash a newer AT&T ROM on to the phone via Odin. (I was pretty chuffed with myself)
However, as soon as I put my sim into it, it became locked. I paid an online service to get an unlock code, but the IMEI number I delivered to them didn't match the network, so I messed that up.
Now I've noticed that I could flash a rooted ROM via Odin, which should save me having to unlock, right ?
I went to the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1621350 and looked for a suitable ROM (preferably supported).
I went for the PAC ROM, but noticed there is no tar file in the download.
The other ones I wanted to try either suggested it was flashed by another method than Odin (I might be wrong) or the download links for the files themselves were no longer working.
Also, there is talk about Gapps. What is this and what is the process for installing it ?
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
Hi there,
You'll need to specify that the phone is still on the Rogers network, as that's how they access the database. Ie., if you have a phone that was supplied to Rogers, the IMEI will be associated with Rogers and if you tell them it's ATT, they won't be able to find it - regardless of what ROM you're running.
Unfortunately, as far as I'm aware you do have to pay to unlock the ROM again but I'm not an expert on this - I know that I had the same problem you did and they told me to put it in as Rogers instead - that got me my unlock code.
I have a rooted Milestone 2 which is running JB now, and it is still operator locked unfortunately.
Apparently the GalaxSim Unlock tool is good but I don't know if it retains your IMEI - I know it does back up your EFS though. Maybe it's worth a try?
Before doing anything with your IMEI i suggest you to backup your efs folder. There's a software for this too.
[sent from my awesome Samsung Captivate Glide]
[AT&T rooted stock ROM]
thank you
Thanks for the feedback, I've reapplied for my unlock code.
What I'd really like to know now is which rooted ROM should I choose to flash via Odin ?
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hkcharlie said:
Thanks for the feedback, I've reapplied for my unlock code.
What I'd really like to know now is which rooted ROM should I choose to flash via Odin ?
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Hi hkcharlie,
Have a look at the below thread to unlock your sim card. I used it on mine and my friend's S3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846451
I suggest reading the "everything about captivate glide" thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1621350
I use CWMR (ClockWork Mod Recovery) from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1458153
You have to flash this acording to ODIN. Afterwards, you can download .zip files directly to your device for flashing, or download them on your computer and copy them to the devices SD card. Select them in recovery mode and they will install.
These two roms I've had a lot of success with:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1945558
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2021374
They're both ICS. There is a cm10.1 JB (4.2.2) build as well, and it's *awesome* - but it is missing a few critical features so I won't recommend it for your first time.
Almost any ROM you flash from this forum will already be rooted. Being 'rooted' just means having a kernel that supports it (both ICS rom's above include a root-capable kernel) and a /bin/su and appropriate superuser apk.
Of course, back up your EFS - there are some apps on the market that will help you do this. And backup everything. And test your backup. And your warranty is void, your phone may explode, or impregnate you with mogwai. (do not get wet, do not feed after midnight.)
Happy flashing!
I'm seriously stressed from thrawling through forums making posts and as of yet I've got no answers, hopefully someone here can help me or discuss my problems.
Yesterday I tried rooting the ZF2 Z00A , Originally a CN 2.20.40.63. It went into bootloop.
At this point ADB does not recognize the phone but fastboot does.
I tried installing a non rooted rom via SD Card but I got a signature verification error.
Now it looks like my only option is to flash a pre-rooted rom via Fastboot as that still recognizes the device. However I cannot find a CN 2.20.40.63 or newer pre rooted rom, I can only find CN 2.20.40.61 ....... am I right in believing that this would not work due to .61 being older than .63? Would it matter if I flashed a WW rom that was .63 or later? Even if it meant the phone was buggy but then allowed me to unroot and install a stock rom I wouldn't mind, I just would like my phone to work again (I only rooted because there was random webpages and apps opening and downloading the whole time).
Please somebody help. Also my brother who is in another country has a rooted CN 2.20.40.63 phone, is there anything he can do?
Hi All,
I recently bought a second hand s6 model G920P (as it said in the settings)... after a few hours of using it i started to realise it randomly restarts itself (network and sim card was working perfectly)!
So i figured i would re-install/flash the latest ROM as i figured it is maybe a software problem.
So i downloaded the latest G920P firmware from region: SPR (this is the only one i can find?): G920PVPU3BOL1_G920PSPT3BOL1_G920PVPU3BOL1_HOME.tar and installed this. However this is quite an annoying software as it keeps asking me to activate even though network and data are working fine!
To further complicate things, i the back of my phone says that model is SM-G920F! But when i try to flash F firmware (such as BTU or H3G) then the flash fails.
Unfortunately i havent gotten very far:
1) My phone still keeps randomly rebooting
2) What firmware should i be trying to install onto it?
Can you help with above problems ?
thanks in advance :highfive:
Where did you get the firmware from? Sammobile? here's a mirror for the latest .tar for the Sprint variant SM-G920P https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24343351889231947
Flash that and you should be good to go if it is in fact a 920P.
Hello, last week I was given a Samsung Galaxy Ace II to install a custom ROM on, however, after flashing CM 11 I noticed that the phone wasn't recognizing the sim card, so I tried to downgrade again but I got the same issue. So far I've installed about 10 different stock firmware and updates and the phone still doesn't want to recognize the sim card.
The phone was originally working with the operator Movistar (Venezuela). But it seems like there's no official firmware for my country. I've already tried this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53921158&postcount=8 and it didn't work.
There's just one thing that I've read online but haven't tried, something that has to do with the "tee" folder, I don't really know what I'm supposed to do with it, and I also don't know where to get the original files from.
If there's anything that you guys know that might help me, please post it.
PS: The phone was originally running 2.3.6 GB (In case that matters).
PSS: Yes, I am pretty dumb for not backing up the entire firmware prior to installing CM, but there's nothing I can do now.
I tried flashing n910vvru2cql1 partial firmware in odin and phone info is still showing cpd1 as my bootloader.
history:
my phone was acting kinda buggy, wouldnt charge, turned off, got really hot about a year ago on a old version of RR and wasnt responding to anything usb so i threw it in a box and used one of my backups, a month ago or so, i moved some firmware files over by sdcard and flashed with twrp and it seems like it cleared up a lot of my issues.
I have been trying to get any rom past 6.0.1 on it and they just dont seem stable enough to run everyday so I found modest rom flashed that and it seemed pretty good except for the random restarts and lagg. i flashed flashpoint v4 kernel to try to clear problems up and it ran better but yet still kinda buggy so said screw it and flashed stock firmware cql1 kernel and over 2 days seems like everything cool except now im trying to get my bootloader up to CQL1 just so everything is unified and Sam Phone Info shows CPD1 for bootloader but CQL1 for pda, csc,baseband-radio
Are there any reason to upgrade bootloader since im already on 6.0.1 unlocked?
I wouldnt think so because my thoughts are its more like an efi bios/grub2/mbr which load the os and the kernel later gets lowerlevel access to the hardware????
Bottomline, I guess i would like to upgrade the bootloader, someone please clarify and help.
Thanks.
brianmilw said:
I tried flashing n910vvru2cql1 partial firmware in odin and phone info is still showing cpd1 as my bootloader.
history:
my phone was acting kinda buggy, wouldnt charge, turned off, got really hot about a year ago on a old version of RR and wasnt responding to anything usb so i threw it in a box and used one of my backups, a month ago or so, i moved some firmware files over by sdcard and flashed with twrp and it seems like it cleared up a lot of my issues.
I have been trying to get any rom past 6.0.1 on it and they just dont seem stable enough to run everyday so I found modest rom flashed that and it seemed pretty good except for the random restarts and lagg. i flashed flashpoint v4 kernel to try to clear problems up and it ran better but yet still kinda buggy so said screw it and flashed stock firmware cql1 kernel and over 2 days seems like everything cool except now im trying to get my bootloader up to CQL1 just so everything is unified and Sam Phone Info shows CPD1 for bootloader but CQL1 for pda, csc,baseband-radio
Are there any reason to upgrade bootloader since im already on 6.0.1 unlocked?
I wouldnt think so because my thoughts are its more like an efi bios/grub2/mbr which load the os and the kernel later gets lowerlevel access to the hardware????
Bottomline, I guess i would like to upgrade the bootloader, someone please clarify and help.
Thanks.
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Sorry for responding late but in case anyone else is wondering, most partial firmwares that you see posted for our device model (even the ones posted in the international snapdragon rom threads that have Lineage, RR, and ported TW roms) do not contain the aboot.mbn file, aka bootloader. So it will not change our bootloader in anyway.
That's not say a dev or someone like myself who's just a beginner couldn't make a mistake and forget to remove it or maybe they don't know that it's supposed to be removed. So it would be best to stick with the tried and true links that have been posted of you're needing to update your modem. I know for certain the ones that have been posted by ripee, hsbadr, and me are safe, but I've never used not have heard anything negative about the other ones posted.
All that being said, you can update the SM-N910V bootloader if you'd like. Mine is updated to where it ends with CQI2 which is the penultimate update. If there is a difference between CQI2 and CPD1 (initial 6.0.1 bootloader) then it is a slight difference. Sometimes I think I just want to believe that tweaks and changes are working, especially if you put a lot of effort and time into it(which is required when you don't have much knowledge).
This was just posted recently;
VZW_NOTE4_EMMC_15_Chipset_Only_Bootloader_Unlock_U p/Dwngrade_Bootloaders_KK/LL/MM by jkruse
I haven't tried it yet but it looks much easier than the method I used, which is below;
For the folks that just like to tinker and break things....... How else you supposed to learn how to fix it?
How-To Update Your Bootloader from CPD1 to CQI2 by this fool