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hi everyone.. i just bought Samsung Galaxy Note II 4G on first december, from Optus Australia..
and last night i try to root, and flashing Omega v7.3 Rom from N7100, it is work well but the IMEI and Signal is gone, and also the S-pen is not working..
and i try use N7105 custom rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1985200
and also my signal is still not detected, but my S-Pen is working back..
somebody please help me...
how to fix my signal problem
benatis said:
and flashing Omega v7.3 Rom from N7100
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Why in first case did you flash a ROm which isn't intended to be for your device?
Well you killed your EFS partition (bricked)
I hope you mad a EFS backup BEFORE you flashed. So you can restore it and all will be fine.
You could try the Stock Firmware via Mobile Odin if it fixes your EFS problem. No Guarantee here, sometimes it dsoes work and sometimes not.
Good luck to you
Higgins12 said:
Why in first case did you flash a ROm which isn't intended to be for your device?
Well you killed your EFS partition (bricked)
I hope you mad a EFS backup BEFORE you flashed. So you can restore it and all will be fine.
You could try the Stock Firmware via Mobile Odin if it fixes your EFS problem. No Guarantee here, sometimes it dsoes work and sometimes not.
Good luck to you
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hmm.. i never used Samsung device before.. this is my first Samsung device i have ever..
different with my old HTC devices..
i will try ODIN now... use Stock ROM....
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and also, i have tried to wipe data from CWM, why my Note2 device still can boot?
i mean, like not wiped the data completely
benatis said:
hmm.. i never used Samsung deviced before.. this is my first Samsung device i have ever..
different with my HTC devices
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I believe the reason you are experiencing this issue is because this new firmware you flashed doesn't contain a custom radio and the n7100 firmware did. You will need to find a n7105 radio, flash that through CWM or TWRP and you should be back in business mate.
chrisaw said:
I believe the reason you are experiencing this issue is because this new firmware you flashed doesn't contain a custom radio and the n7100 firmware did. You will need to find a n7105 radio, flash that through CWM or TWRP and you should be back in business mate.
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where i can download n7105 radio ???
and how to flash the radio?
where i can download the stock Radio, Firmware, and rom of N7105 ???
i Have tried Odin, and flash Stock rom... but i dont know how to wipe data and chache from odin..
i just flash it..
and now, my Signal is appear... lol...
thanks for everyone...
Would be glad to help you but you seem to have skipped the first rule : read, read, read before you do anything else. You even admitted that this is your first Samsung device, so why did u assume that everything should have been htc like ?
Anyhow, you can try to flash the newest 4.1.2 update for the 7105, even though I fear that your problem is your efs folder, and since this is unique for each device, no flashing any rom will put it back in place.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2027586
Good luck,
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pakalrtb said:
Would be glad to help you but you seem to have skipped the first rule : read, read, read before you do anything else. You even admitted that this is your first Samsung device, so why did u assume that everything should have been htc like ?
Anyhow, you can try to flash the newest 4.1.2 update for the 7105, even though I fear that your problem is your efs folder, and since this is unique for each device, no flashing any rom will put it back in place.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2027586
Good luck,
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yah.. i have flash that ROM just now..
but, why my signal is verry in poor level? only showing 2 bar?
im sorry, im not experienced with samsung devices
Since you said that the phone is from Australia and Optus you may want to flash its original firmware back in place :
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=GT-N7105&pcode=OPS&os=1&type=1#firmware
If you do not use the phone in Australia you may want to find a firmware (if available) for your device/geographical region.
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benatis said:
i Have tried Odin, and flash Stock rom... but i dont know how to wipe data and chache from odin..
i just flash it..
and now, my Signal is appear... lol...
thanks for everyone...
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I am facing the same problem you had before, however when i try to Odin the stock 4.1.1 firmware back to the phone, it stops at the Samsung logo when restarting. I have to force back to recovery mode to flash the omega back to have it start again. Can you please tell me the steps you did on putting back to stock firmware? thanks
If you haven't yet reflashed the EFS partition (don't do that, ever ! unless you have a good reundant set of backups), you actually don't need to reflash to stock firmware at all (and I doubt that it'd do any good anyways. It just puts back a generic EFS with the files set at default values, but certainly can't put back the data you had in your own device's EFS, this is unique to each phone).
Just head on over to the Galaxy S2 forums and look for a thread called "Restore your IMEI in 9 steps" (something like that. There's actually quite a number of threads describing the same procedure, you can find them by searching "samsung restore imei" in all forums, works just as well).
I had the same problem the other day (and no backup of course, silly and impatient me... ), it worked like a charm..
It's topics like this that i know that People Will get Hurt on. Come on, read and study before doing anything on a smartphone. There's a reason why android doesn't come with administrator rights from factory.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk 2
Hello, everyone. First I want to say a big thank you to all XDA Developers and forum mod's for all hard work they do for us users.
I have purchased trough craiglist cell phone and I have tried to delete all things that previous owner had on the phone since he did not delete his files and the rest of his stuff. I did flash phone with some stock rom's and some rooted rom's. I have Baseband Version, H/W unknown and also IMEI MEID is unknown. Before I decided posting here, I have read here on xda and searched everywhere to fix it but I didn't have any luck.
I have tried downloading almost all firmware and tried different modems, kernels, bootloaders, repartioning and it does not fix my phone.
I would really apreciate if anyone can help me with this. Is there any way to get from somebody that have same phone like partition or files?
Thank you very much!
Elvis
torcida1950usa said:
Hello, everyone. First I want to say a big thank you to all XDA Developers and forum mod's for all hard work they do for us users.
I have purchased trough craiglist cell phone and I have tried to delete all things that previous owner had on the phone since he did not delete his files and the rest of his stuff. I did flash phone with some stock rom's and some rooted rom's. I have Baseband Version, H/W unknown and also IMEI MEID is unknown. Before I decided posting here, I have read here on xda and searched everywhere to fix it but I didn't have any luck.
I have tried downloading almost all firmware and tried different modems, kernels, bootloaders, repartioning and it does not fix my phone.
I would really apreciate if anyone can help me with this. Is there any way to get from somebody that have same phone like partition or files?
Thank you very much!
Elvis
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Are you trying to wipe the phone completely?
MHousos said:
Are you trying to wipe the phone completely?
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I have tried to flash and firmware that was posted for sph-d710 was actualy for sgh-i900 but I didn't know till I have flashed and booted.
That's when my h/w, baseband, imei was changed to unknown.
Phone does work but modem doesn't, I can use WIFI.
torcida1950usa said:
I have tried to flash and firmware that was posted for sph-d710 was actualy for sgh-i900 but I didn't know till I have flashed and booted.
That's when my h/w, baseband, imei was changed to unknown.
Phone does work but modem doesn't, I can use WIFI.
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You might want to try an odin one click and it'll reset all of it back to normal and will put you on the latest Jellybean leak. Here's the one to use if you want Root http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.p...-D710)/Stock ROMs/JB/GA10/Full Restore/Rooted and here's the one if you don't want Root http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.p...710)/Stock ROMs/JB/GA10/Full Restore/Unrooted
If you flashed an international (gt-i9100) rom you're looking at jTag or replacing the phone cuz you hosed your bootloader and the partitions so the PC will never recognize it to Odin it back to stock. If the rom is rooted you *MAY* be able to use mobile odin to flash everything but the modem, but it's highly doubtful that will fix your forked up bootloader. And I've never seen an i9100 rom labeled as a d710 rom I think you just didn't read thoroughly enough.
I like to break stuff!
Thank you, MHousos. I'll give a try with SPH-D710_GA10_818252_Rooted_Restore. I have to mention that all other firmware I have tried flashing with Odin and Heimdall they both can flash phone but when they slow down when flashing modem.bin. They don't show no errors or that flashing have pass. I have been waiting for long time to see if the phone will get flashed or not but later I have to flash kernel so I can use phone with WIFI but baseband, h/w, imei is unknown.
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If you flashed an international (gt-i9100) rom you're looking at jTag or replacing the phone cuz you hosed your bootloader and the partitions so the PC will never recognize it to Odin it back to stock. If the rom is rooted you *MAY* be able to use mobile odin to flash everything but the modem, but it's highly doubtful that will fix your forked up bootloader. And I've never seen an i9100 rom labeled as a d710 rom I think you just didn't read thoroughly enough.
I like to break stuff!
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Thank you Evil-K. It was sph-d710. but when I flashed phone it was i9 and I found one that asks for password to extract it.
torcida1950usa said:
Thank you Evil-K. It was sph-d710. but when I flashed phone it was i9 and I found one that asks for password to extract it.
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+100 what -EViL-KoNCEPTz- said.
IF you flashed an international ROM you are mostlikely SOL.
Do some reading.
Good luck.
leaderbuilder said:
+100 what -EViL-KoNCEPTz- said.
IF you flashed an international ROM you are mostlikely SOL.
Do some reading.
Good luck.
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I have tried I think almost all stocks, rooted, kernels, modems and other tools.
My phone is not dead, I can flash and use phone with WIFI.
When I try to flash any one-click firmware with odin or heimdall they stop like at end when flashing modem.bin
I have to disconnect usb cable and power off phone than put it in D/M and flash kernel but modem will not work
as h/w ime baseband is unknown.
Please can anyone help me out I would really apreciate.
In SPH-D710 .PIT it shows 13 or 14 file images?
If I had all files to flash would that help or not?
If someone could help me to get all files so I can try
I'm not asking to help me for free.
Thank you guys.
torcida1950usa said:
I have tried I think almost all stocks, rooted, kernels, modems and other tools.
My phone is not dead, I can flash and use phone with WIFI.
When I try to flash any one-click firmware with odin or heimdall they stop like at end when flashing modem.bin
I have to disconnect usb cable and power off phone than put it in D/M and flash kernel but modem will not work
as h/w ime baseband is unknown.
Please can anyone help me out I would really apreciate.
In SPH-D710 .PIT it shows 13 or 14 file images?
If I had all files to flash would that help or not?
If someone could help me to get all files so I can try
I'm not asking to help me for free.
Thank you guys.
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Use a Full Restore One Click, as it actually is preset to re-partition. All One Clicks are built with the pit file as the pit is used for mapping.
I would recommend using PC Odin manually to flash the three tar files separately. Kernel, modem and Rom.
I can tell you this - If you're attempts are always failing at a certain location, then it's probably time for you to follow this link, providing that you can actually flash.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1865102
And maybe even the possibility of failing internal memory. Last two threads I remember that started like yours ended with a BLOD,
Good luck, I hope that isn't the case for you.
I have a SGS3. But it's from Metro PCS. The model is SCH-R530M.
Android Version 4.1.2
I used odin and the cf root SGS3-6.4
It got to nand and couldn't write.
So now I'm on firmware upgrade please connect Kies. I can't put in the Serial number, because on this Metro phone, there is no S/N and the meid does not work. Kies also times out.
I can get into download mode with no problem, but after that, I'm screwed. I tried the fcc id. the WH: and the 14 numbers across the barcode starting with 990. Kies keeps telling me it's not correct.
I'm sorry post in here, but I couldn't find a Metro forum on SGS3. And I know that ATT models come very close. is there another file I can flash in odin to correct this or finish??
Thanks
The Beav
MunchNBeaver said:
I have a SGS3. But it's from Metro PCS. The model is SCH-R530M.
Android Version 4.1.2
I used odin and the cf root SGS3-6.4
It got to nand and couldn't write.
So now I'm on firmware upgrade please connect Kies. I can't put in the Serial number, because on this Metro phone, there is no S/N and the meid does not work. Kies also times out.
I can get into download mode with no problem, but after that, I'm screwed. I tried the fcc id. the WH: and the 14 numbers across the barcode starting with 990. Kies keeps telling me it's not correct.
I'm sorry post in here, but I couldn't find a Metro forum on SGS3. And I know that ATT models come very close. is there another file I can flash in odin to correct this or finish??
Thanks
The Beav
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http://www.shabbypenguin.com/OUDstuff/Samsung/Metro/R530M/Stock/MB2/R530MVQAMB2.tar
Plug in while on the fw update encountered an error screen and flash in PDA slot of odin
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http://www.shabbypenguin.com/OUDstuff/Samsung/Metro/R530M/Stock/MB2/R530MVQAMB2.tar
Plug in while on the fw update encountered an error screen and flash in PDA slot of odin
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Ok, so just turn on regular, and when asks for Firmware upgrade, connect to Odin, and add this file? Don't put into download mode correct?
Just want to make certain.
And thank you.
billard412 said:
http://www.shabbypenguin.com/OUDstuff/Samsung/Metro/R530M/Stock/MB2/R530MVQAMB2.tar
Plug in while on the fw update encountered an error screen and flash in PDA slot of odin
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Seems to be working, thank you.
Could you point me to the correct post about rooting this? Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE SCH-R530M from Metro PCS.
I'm afraid of messing it up again.
Thank you so much.
Here's a thread worth looking over: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176496
Cf auto root was a good choice I've never had an issue. If that stock tar worked fine then download and reflash cf auto root.
billard412 said:
Cf auto root was a good choice I've never had an issue. If that stock tar worked fine then download and reflash cf auto root.
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Wanted to thank everyone who helped. I flashed the original stock back on it.
I tried cf auto root once again, and again I had the same exact problem. Gets to nand and fails.
Had to flash the stock again.
Afraid to use the oneclick method.
MunchNBeaver said:
Wanted to thank everyone who helped. I flashed the original stock back on it.
I tried cf auto root once again, and again I had the same exact problem. Gets to nand and fails.
Had to flash the stock again.
Afraid to use the oneclick method.
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Give one of these a shot
AUTO ROOT D2MTR - This is Just like cf auto root but I made the package myself.
PREROOTED SYSTEM ODIN IMAGE - This .tar is identical to the one I supplied that you used to fix your phone. Only exception is root access is already in it. And it WILL NOT wipe the device like the one already supplied.
(THIS IS ZIPPED UP TO MAKE IT SMALLER SO UNZIP BEFORE LOADING IN ODIN)
Neither should have any problem working for you.
Hi,
This is for a Canadian T889V (note 2) from Wind Mobile.
A few weeks ago I tried to use the online form to get an unlock code from Wind (they let you have the code after 6 months for $10), and the code didn't work, I called their customer support multiple times, and all I got was, try the same code again (tried it rooted/unrooted/completely stock, etc, etc...), and I'm down to the last unlock attempt.
They also suggested I call Samsung, which I did, but the Samsung rep just told me to call Wind again.
So, in the end, my situation is that I have 1 unlock attempt left, I have a pure stock phone (running 4.1.1, Baseband T889VVLALJ4 (I used Odin to flash image from SamMobile)) that has the flash counter tripped to 4, but at the Odin screen, it says:
Product name: SGH-T889V_NA_VTR (I thought Wind was supposed to be GLW)
Custom Binary Download: yes (4 counts)
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
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I have tried what was suggested in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014982 at least 10 times, I got the PERSO_NV_INIT is SUCCESSFUL message at the end at least 7 times, and in all attempts, when I put in the rogers SIM card from my iPad (only other micro SIM I have), it asks for an unlock code.
So now, I think my only option left is to try a third party unlocking service, and hope that it works... does anyone have any suggestions for such service?
Also, is it possible to reset the unlock counter at all/if this fails horribly, am I stuck with Wind for good?
Thanks,
StackUnderflow said:
Hi,
This is for a Canadian T889V (note 2) from Wind Mobile.
A few weeks ago I tried to use the online form to get an unlock code from Wind (they let you have the code after 6 months for $10), and the code didn't work, I called their customer support multiple times, and all I got was, try the same code again (tried it rooted/unrooted/completely stock, etc, etc...), and I'm down to the last unlock attempt.
They also suggested I call Samsung, which I did, but the Samsung rep just told me to call Wind again.
So, in the end, my situation is that I have 1 unlock attempt left, I have a pure stock phone (running 4.1.1, Baseband T889VVLALJ4 (I used Odin to flash image from SamMobile)) that has the flash counter tripped to 4, but at the Odin screen, it says:
I have tried what was suggested in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014982 at least 10 times, I got the PERSO_NV_INIT is SUCCESSFUL message at the end at least 7 times, and in all attempts, when I put in the rogers SIM card from my iPad (only other micro SIM I have), it asks for an unlock code.
So now, I think my only option left is to try a third party unlocking service, and hope that it works... does anyone have any suggestions for such service?
Also, is it possible to reset the unlock counter at all/if this fails horribly, am I stuck with Wind for good?
Thanks,
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Hi
I am also with wind and recently obtained the code same way you did. I am rooted running jedix 16 at the time with twrp as my custom recovery. So i am on 4.1.2 and the code worked right away. I dont think you should be on 4.1.1 to do it.
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vseslija said:
Hi
I am also with wind and recently obtained the code same way you did. I am rooted running jedix 16 at the time with twrp as my custom recovery. So i am on 4.1.2 and the code worked right away. I dont think you should be on 4.1.1 to do it.
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The first time I tried it I used the code on Jedi Master 10 (which is based on 4.1.2 if I'm not mistaken), I also tried the code on 4.1.2 stock (**MA3 base band), and 4.1.1 (**LJ4 baseband).
Right now I think my main priority should be figuring out if its possible to reset the unlock attempts counter (and/or finding other unlocking procedures to bypass the code/counter completely).
I think I just screwed myself even more, I took it to a shady place to see if its possible to get it unlocked, they did some weird voodoo crap which I think bricked by modem. (any attempts to get it into service mode shows a blank screen)
I tried reflashing everything and restoring an old EFS from long ago, but the baseband version in settings->about phone says Unknown, and it kept saying no SIM card even if I use my original SIM....
Did anyone encounter this before? how to fix this? do I need to get the hardware fixed? is Samsung likely to help?
Edit: I'm fairly sure they used and NsPro
You could probably just flash a new baseband and all will be well... Also the RIL needs to match the baseband as well for it to work and come up in about phone, so try downloading get RIL from the play store and see if it detects a non matching RIL (it needs to match the baseband) also it requires root
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stewi21 said:
You could probably just flash a new baseband and all will be well... Also the RIL needs to match the baseband as well for it to work and come up in about phone, so try downloading get RIL from the play store and see if it detects a non matching RIL (it needs to match the baseband) also it requires root
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Hi, thanks for the response,
I downloaded getRIL and gave it superuser permission, and it said my device is unsupported.
Also, what do you mean flash a new baseband? I restored an nandroid backup all the way back from Janurary and that didn't store phone functionality.
Thanks,
Dang... That's a shame, It is probably because the nandroid doesn't backup the modem/baseband, by the fact that you made a nandroid I'm assuming you have a custom recovery?
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stewi21 said:
Dang... That's a shame, It is probably because the nandroid doesn't backup the modem/baseband, by the fact that you made a nandroid I'm assuming you have a custom recovery?
Sent from my Nexus 4
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I have TWRP, I've tried using Odin to flash the stock .tar.md5 file from sammobile, and that didn't work. So I've re-rooted after that and recovered an old backup.
Strangely, I have modem.emmc.win and modem.emmc.win.md5 in the backup directory, but no modem option in TWRP when trying to restore that backup...
well that makes everything a lot easier, dont worry about ODIN, its a pain in the a$$
grab a modem from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2061031 (see if you can find one that matches your ROM, otherwise just try any)
flash it in recovery, clear cache and dalvik and reboot and you should be sweet
stewi21 said:
well that makes everything a lot easier, dont worry about ODIN, its a pain in the a$$
grab a modem from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2061031 (see if you can find one that matches your ROM, otherwise just try any)
flash it in recovery, clear cache and dalvik and reboot and you should be sweet
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I tried both modems (4.1.1 and 4.1.2) from Wind (GLW) to no avail, it still says Baseband unknown and it still wont recognize any SIM cards...
If I go to a store with an NsPro, will they be able to fix it?
What's an nspro? Also if you don't mind losing your data, flashing a whole stock rom package through Odin should get you going if all else fails
Sent from my Nexus 4
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You should be able to grab a complete Odin package over on samfirmware
Sent from my Nexus 4
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What's an nspro? Also if you don't mind losing your data, flashing a whole stock rom package through Odin should get you going if all else fails
Sent from my Nexus 4
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You should be able to grab a complete Odin package over on samfirmware
Sent from my Nexus 4
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It's a thing that came up in research that repairs IMEI damage (I think but I'm not sure), in any case I already tried flashing an entire stock ROM (multiple times, 4.1.2 and 4.1.1) through Odin, and it didn't work.
Have you tried different packages, from memory some don't include the baseband and bootloader and stuff like that (It's been a while since my Samsung captivate)
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Have you tried different packages, from memory some don't include the baseband and bootloader and stuff like that (It's been a while since my Samsung captivate)
Sent from my Nexus 4
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Yes, I've tried the stock from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2061031
And a rooted version from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975560
StackUnderflow said:
Yes, I've tried the stock from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2061031
And a rooted version from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975560
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At this point if I bring it back to Wind (and by extension, Samsung) I think it's fairly obvious I voided my warranty, but if I pay (not sure how much though), would they be able to fix it?
I'm not sure sorry, because I bought my captivate off XDA and the time I bricked it I had to mail it to adam outler and get it made unbrickable
try downloading an ODIN package from samfirmware and flashing it, because the .zip packages you linked wouldnt flash the modem and RIL. Also GLW is Wind on samfirmware, so just search T889V and choose the newest GLW package, youll need to make an account to download it
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I'm not sure sorry, because I bought my captivate off XDA and the time I bricked it I had to mail it to adam outler and get it made unbrickable
try downloading an ODIN package from samfirmware and flashing it, because the .zip packages you linked wouldnt flash the modem and RIL. Also GLW is Wind on samfirmware, so just search T889V and choose the newest GLW package, youll need to make an account to download it
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I already tried that (if you mean http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/), and I think it's the exact same one as the teshxx download (factory image, exact same size and file name inside the zip, I haven't done an md5sum due to being on Windows),
I reflashed rooted injected stock ROM, did triangle away, and unrooted, and I'll bring it to Wind and see if they will fix it for me tomorrow.
Thanks for your help!
I think I'm actually having the same problems as this guy:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2195869
I also tried QPST, and got the same exception as him...
And by page 4 the 2nd post down, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2195869&page=4 he took it to Samsung, and they did some software voodoo to bring it back to life... Fortunately there's a Samsung repair center in my city, and hopefully I'll have the same luck as he did (they aren't open tomorrow though).
One last thing before you do that (lucky you've got a repair centre!) this post says the efs is backed up when you install Cyanogenmod http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30716302
So you might be able to recover it
Sent from my Nexus 4
stewi21 said:
One last thing before you do that (lucky you've got a repair centre!) this post says the efs is backed up when you install Cyanogenmod http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30716302
So you might be able to recover it
Sent from my Nexus 4
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When I restored the old backup (didn't work), I had the efs check box checked in TWRP, and I assume that efs should be in the stock ROM (that's how the OP of that thread did it)
I just bought this metro s3 and wanted to root it, well supersu was giving error everytime I tapped it so I decided to try an unroot with many of the methods on here and along the way ended up where my phone will not get past the galaxy siii sgh-t999n boot screen.
I used odin to do this, my phone is not being recognized under auto play but pc makes the connection sound when I plug usb in to my pc.
anyways I'm stuck at that screen and can only enter odin recovery on my phone and I have tried factory reset and still end up at the same boot screen and left it like that all night an woke up to the same screen.
I'm hoping this is not not a $300. brick.
I did download the files from a thread that described the files below were for the "T999l & T999n" and IF there was any difference int he files then the OP would point that out he said and I tripple checked to make sure in the section of the listed files to download did not mention the T999n was not for those specific files but there was nothing mentioned..
Please link the said thread.
You have not specified the firmware and android version you had before all this happened. Please specify that. Next Course of action depends on as much information you could provide about previous setup, Bootloader, Rom, Kernel & Baseband.
I think you only have a Non-Bootable Rom. I'd call that as a soft-Brick and not Hard-Brick. So there's no chance of you getting a $300 Paperweight. :laugh:
Having said that, given that all you want is Root, then
1. Flash Root66 version of your Firmware.
Perseus71 said:
Please link the said thread.
You have not specified the firmware and android version you had before all this happened. Please specify that. Next Course of action depends on as much information you could provide about previous setup, Bootloader, Rom, Kernel & Baseband.
I think you only have a Non-Bootable Rom. I'd call that as a soft-Brick and not Hard-Brick. So there's no chance of you getting a $300 Paperweight. :laugh:
Having said that, given that all you want is Root, then
1. Flash Root66 version of your Firmware.
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Well I have solved my boot issues my installing CWM (which before would not stick after boot) and flashing 3 files from Docholiday on a thread but now the phone boots up as a T999L 4g LTE and has changed the model number under about phone. I have to unlock the phone as I only have a tmobile sim for this said Metropcs T999N device so I will see what happens after I try to unlock it.
thanks you for your prompt response!!
If Settings > About > Model is the only problem you have, then use Build.prop Editor from Playstore and change the value for RO.BUILD.DISPLAY.ID. Set it to what your device is.
Im not bothered by it myself as long as it wont effect my device?? also effect any future updates or when a program tries to sync with my device or anything other??
I don't believe there would be issues of this nature.