So my uncle's Verizon Note 8 running well on TracFone had not gotten an update since it was purchased new. It was running the software it originally shipped with.
I put my Verizon sim in it and was able to update it to current software.
After doing all this his phone will not run properly on TracFone. Data is very slow. I'm trying to figure out what happened and if it is fixable....? TIA
I would first try going into the System Recovery and wipe the cache. Reboot the phone and see if that helps. If not, there is a chance that you may have to do a factory reset. If you use Samsung SmartSwitch, you can back up practically everything to the SD card and be able to restore it.
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It's also possible that the APN settings may have been changed when you put your Verizon SIM card in it. Check the APN settings to make sure they are correct: https://bestmvno.com/apn-settings/page-plus-cellular-apn-settings/
mikeyk101 said:
I would first try going into the System Recovery and wipe the cache. Reboot the phone and see if that helps. If not, there is a chance that you may have to do a factory reset. If you use Samsung SmartSwitch, you can back up practically everything to the SD card and be able to restore it.
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It's also possible that the APN settings may have been changed when you put your Verizon SIM card in it. Check the APN settings to make sure they are correct: https://bestmvno.com/apn-settings/page-plus-cellular-apn-settings/
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Thanks for responding. I've tried all these things and no luck at all.
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i am trying to keep myself from pulling my hair out so i am turning to the great xda. im a long time lurker with only a few posts because i usually take every step to insure the problem is not because of my mistake.
but recently i have ran into a problem i cannot solve. i recently upgraded to 4.3 and tried the illusion and pa3+ roms. everything worked until i realized i lost root (which is needed for the xposed installer). so i looked it up and fixed it. after i got rooted i lost all mobile data. i flashed illusion again and got data again until i rooted my phone. so then i figured, ok i'll go back to 4.2.2. no cigar. still no data.
so i figured i would have to start fresh.i flashed mc2 stock via odin, rooted, custom recovery, etc. with the toolkit and then tried multiple aosp 4.2.2 based roms and still no data. but when i flash a 4.1.2 tw base everything works again.
im guessing 4.3 changed something internally permanently. i have used triangle away, odin, and always wipe everything twice and format data in between roms.
is there something else im missing? this is the second time this happened. ended up having to turn the phone in and get a new one already.
so what im asking is is there anything i can do that goes beyond odin and triangle away to perform sort of like an "ultimate stock flash" i can use to where it like i got it from the store? just odin and triangle away don't work.
Don't know if this would help.
HTML:
http://androidromupdate.com/2012/11/13/l900vpalj1-sprint-galaxy-note-2-original-jelly-bean-factory-stock-rom/
I used it trying to get my WIFI to work (it didn't help) and then let sprint update the phone to the lastest version.
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mightybhwk said:
Don't know if this would help.
HTML:
http://androidromupdate.com/2012/11/13/l900vpalj1-sprint-galaxy-note-2-original-jelly-bean-factory-stock-rom/
I used it trying to get my WIFI to work (it didn't help) and then let sprint update the phone to the lastest version.
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Sorry hit the wrong button. Here is the link.
http://androidromupdate.com/2012/11/13/l900vpalj1-sprint-galaxy-note-2-original-jelly-bean-factory-stock-rom/
if you made a nandroid back up, check to see if you backed up your efs partition. you may be able to restore it.
I restored stock recovery and the stock native hotspot, which is about all I've actually modified -- otherwise I just had root with everything stock. However, the OTA still fails. It'll start installing fine, complete with green progress bar, and then eventually reach that red triangle warning. I've been using this method to accept the last few OTAs and I can't imagine why it wouldn't work this time. Is there something special about this new OTA or did I forget something in the steps I outlined above? Any help is much appreciated.
I'm also interested. Bump.
Is there maybe a log file I could look at and see where it finds something not kosher? I'm asuming that it does not want to update because it finds some system file missing or modified.
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Turns out TetheringGuard.apk is not good (although I restored stock).
Found this suggestion: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50255359&postcount=27
Will try to follow it.
[HELP!] Phone requesting SIM Unlock PIN after a flash?
Installed SlimKat and then swapped to CM11 on the Mrs' S4 Mini a while back because it started acting up, then CM11 one day just rebooted her phone and wouldn't let it boot (stuck in a boot cycle) so I decided to wipe the phone and pop on a stock firmware from Sammobile.com. All went fine flashing with ODIN, however now whenever the phone boots up it is asking for a SIM Unlock PIN - the phone is on Tesco Mobile and worked fine with the original Samsung firmware on and the other ROMS but now when i've come to put these what I thought were stock ROMs on it is asking for a SIM Unlock Pin and wont recognise the sim card for some reason.
All of the firmwares ive tried from SAMMOBILE have been UK ones for O2, EE and another carrier. My thinking was that O2 would work but it didnt and neither did any of the others. Whats caused the phone to do this blocking of the SIM? Anyone any ideas? Is there anything I can do to get the phone back up and running? Hope it isn't borked as she will be less than happy haha!
Have you tried installing a custom rom again? Maybe straight CM11 not slim kat as that rom is outdated compared to standard straight CM11.
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RuffBuster said:
Have you tried installing a custom rom again? Maybe straight CM11 not slim kat as that rom is outdated compared to standard straight CM11.
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Have you tried the BTU firmware from sammobile? I know this is firmware for factory unlocked phones. What model of S4 Mini you using?
Also once you get the right firmware try flashing a couple of times, 2 or 3 times over. Turn auto reboot off on Odin. And then before it boots get into stock recovery and wipe data and cache before first boot.
These are just ideas...
But before all of the above .. Have you tried wiping data and cache from recovery a first resort? Just an idea.
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Hope you get it going again, don't want the missus carving you a new one. I wouldn't dare touch my girls phones cus my life wouldn't be worth it lol.
In future you MUST make NANDROID backups and copy the EFS folder of the root directory as soon as humanly possible. I know it's too late now but it's a must with any future phone.
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Have you tried installing a custom rom again? Maybe straight CM11 not slim kat as that rom is outdated compared to standard straight CM11.
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Have you tried the BTU firmware from sammobile? I know this is firmware for factory unlocked phones. What model of S4 Mini you using?
Also once you get the right firmware try flashing a couple of times, 2 or 3 times over. Turn auto reboot off on Odin. And then before it boots get into stock recovery and wipe data and cache before first boot.
These are just ideas...
But before all of the above .. Have you tried wiping data and cache from recovery a first resort? Just an idea.
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Hope you get it going again, don't want the missus carving you a new one. I wouldn't dare touch my girls phones cus my life wouldn't be worth it lol.
In future you MUST make NANDROID backups and copy the EFS folder of the root directory as soon as humanly possible. I know it's too late now but it's a must with any future phone.
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Nope not bothered putting a custom ROM again, just wanted to get it back to fresh. Its weird though as I used to CWM recovery on but now that doesnt work and it just looks like the regular samsung/android recovery when I go into it at boot.
I'll try the BTU firmware off Sammobile and report back, shes just got a plain old i9195 UK version, nothing fancy! I always boot into recovery delete the cache and then do a factory reset then go to reboot the phone and reboot into download mode to flash the new firmware. Have tried it different ways though of flashing first then clearing cache etc but still the same. Really doing my head in now! Never had this problem when flashing phones before!!!!
Last time I flashed stock via odin on my phone I took a nandroid backup, however I can't seem to restore to it.
Code:
Updating partition details...
...done
Full SELinux support is present.
Running boot script...
Done.
MTP Enabled
And that's where it gets stuck, I already tried disabling MTP under mount but that didn't help. Seems like it can't access the backup somehow? I also tried selecting just system, data and boot from the backup to restore but that also doesn't change anything.
Since there's no indication of what it's actually doing, I'm unsure, I let it run for over 20 minutes already with no difference, besides my phone becoming hotter(from around 40°C cpu to 56°C). I'm not sure if I checked compression when taking the backup, but shouldn't that show some kind of info like "uncompressing backup..."?
Edit: Using the "stable" version from here for the GT-I9195: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2678420
Edit2: Seems like I got it working by flashing the official TWRP version.
Still have the problem?
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If you backup with unofficial one and restores with official one and vice versa it doesn't works....
So Im selling my Pixel 2 XL and want to completely wipe clean my device before sending it off. I want my personal files completely unrecoverable, whats the best way/program to do this?
ami23 said:
So Im selling my Pixel 2 XL and want to completely wipe clean my device before sending it off. I want my personal files completely unrecoverable, whats the best way/program to do this?
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Factory reset the device, then. Fastboot the factory image. That'll double wipe your device :good:
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Factory reset the device, then. Fastboot the factory image. That'll double wipe your device :good:
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Exactly my routine when I bone my phone and wanna start over! Lol
Encrypt the device then factory reset it. Any not overwritten sections of the phone will be encrypted parts useless without the whole partition. Total gibberish. Perfect as it will wipe out with missing encryption even the "blank" areas of the device.
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Flashing over the OS does nothing to erase the pure data sections of the phone only the OS. I can undelete those sections easily unless they are overwritten.