So yesterday i bought a vibrant on craigslist (stupid) checked it out for a while and everything worked perfect.... after paying and going our ways i went to make a call but it just said dialing for about a minute then hung up, then i went to send a txt and the sending failed. It says it has a full signal and it says 3g/edge (internet wont work either). i found if i restart the phone or turn airplane mode on/off i can place a call or send a txt or two before it starts failing again.
Its on 2.1update1, baseband t959uvjfd, kernel 2.6.29.... Any ideas on how to fix or am i screwed???
Well, that's a stock rom so either he never flashed anything or reverted back to the stock rom when he started having problems. I don't have any definate answers, but all I can suggest is to try flashing a new modem and/or rom and see if that fixes it. Realistically you're not under warranty, so you've got nothing to lose.
The sticky at the top of this thread can help direct you on how to do it.
Okay ill try a new rom and see if that helps. Any suggestions on a good one? also when i hit check for an update it says no firmware dont know if that helps anything or not.
mykalstark said:
Okay ill try a new rom and see if that helps. Any suggestions on a good one? also when i hit check for an update it says no firmware dont know if that helps anything or not.
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Nope, there's no official updates past what you're running. I personally use Eugene373's Ginger Clone R2. Runs very smooth. Everything's about personal preference though
I suggest using odin to see if it fixes the problem.
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Are you using your own sim card?
Edit: Nevermind just saw that you can call after a restart.
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Okay i tried a new rom and its still doing it ill now try a new modem and odin...
Well the rom should have included a different modem, so I doubt that will help. Sounding more and more like a hardware issue unfortunately
Yeah thats what i was afraid of
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Yeah thats what i was afraid of
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Well.....I guess what I would do is hold out for a day or two to see if you get in additional (hopefully better) help. If nothing comes along, call T-Mobile and try to talk them into a replacement.
Hmm.... so i was playing around with settings and it seems that when i put it to gsm only network mode everything works its just on edge... its been 15 min so far and its still working. If i switch it back to use both or wcdma only it stops working again. Any thoughts?
Been a couple days and ive tried a couple different roms/modems and it will still only work in gsm only mode. Any thoughts or does it sound like a hardware problem?
I've had this problem when there is a network outage. Did you ever have good 3g in your area?
The weirdest thing is when I'm traveling, and 3g drops off, it auto switches to gsm no problem. If I'm at home and there is a 3g network issue it will not auto switch, but I switch to gsm only and edge works fine.
I've had that issue on two vibrants now. And luckily, it can be fixed but you need to odin to fix it.
First, make a back up of your efs partition (using a computer is easiest, adb pull /efs). This will make a backup of the files needed to do any future unlocking.
Next, odin to jfd. With reparation checked as well as "clear phone efs". Then, you won't have that issue (at least for quite a while).
"if you amplify everything, nothing is heard"
Follow this exactly to get back to stock 2.1, this will reset your baseband, kernel, modem and you'll have a functioning phone:
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
Then you can root your phone and download a new rom!
No theres no outage my hd2 gets 3g perfectly fine... and i tried to odin jfd and all that but still only works when on edge only...
mykalstark said:
No theres no outage my hd2 gets 3g perfectly fine... and i tried to odin jfd and all that but still only works when on edge only...
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Did you also check the clear phone efs?
"if you amplify everything, nothing is heard"
geoffcorey said:
Did you also check the clear phone efs?
"if you amplify everything, nothing is heard"
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What does clear phone efs do, or rather, what is EFS?
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What does clear phone efs do, or rather, what is EFS?
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/efs is your radio control partition. And every once in a while, stuff gets messed up there and you need to clear (reset) it using odin. The only thing is, if you don't make a backup of it, you'll lose your unlock code.
"if you amplify everything, nothing is heard"
You have the correct plan on this line? Long shot but might help. Regardless of warranty I would flash it to bone stock and call t mobile and see what they can do. Maybe they can boost the signal or send a new sim. Could be that simple.
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I accidentally flashed odin with phone efs clear checked....now I have no 3G and a little triangle in the nitification bar.....Can anyone help?
EDIT: OK its fixed, Thanks Gizmo. Didnt have an extra phone laying around to reactivate, So I just called Big Red and had them do it. Worked perfect and im all good.
Uh... I'm going to copy and paste this here since it's really the only answer you are going to get, and to help anyone who might come along later:
If your MEID number is still valid in Settings -> About Phone -> Status -> MEID, then you are probably ok.
You may be able to *228, option 1. If that doesn't do it, try *22899.
If that doesn't work, activate an old phone on your account, then after a few minutes, reactivate your Samsung Fascinate. This will hopefully restore any of the EFS data that wasn't getting pushed by the *228 activation.
If your MEID in the Settings menu doesn't match the one printed on your phone under the battery, then the EFS data was corrupted and unable to rebuild after you cleared it. The only realistic option at that point is having it sent to Samsung.
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EDIT: OK its fixed, Thanks Gizmo. Didnt have an extra phone laying around to reactivate, So I just called Big Red and had them do it. Worked perfect and im all good.
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Good to hear!
So if you ever flash something with phone in Odin, you can call Verizon and they can fix it? I can't see myself doing that, but it's good to know, just in case.
No! I didnt flash anything in phone section of odin! What I did was flash adryns deodexed/debloated EB01. What I failed to realize was that a box named CLEAR PHONE EFS was checked. Everything worked I just lost ability to use 3G. Gizmos instructions were spot on and worked. The funny part is that I have used Odin multiple times without a prob, so be careful W/Odin. Im not sure what flashing in PHONE section of ODIN would do but I remember gunnermike doing it on purpose to see what would happen and I think he ended up having to get a warranty replacement.
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As long as you have the radio file by itself, you can reflash that to fix the issue of flashing something with the "phone" option
Nevermind
Can anyone link me to any ROM (2.1-3, doesn't matter) which has CWM working? I can only ODIN and can't install CWM. I have flashed 2.1 and 2.2 official ROMs for ODIN, but neither have CWM.
The impetus is to fix my modem. Something is severely wrong with it and I need to test out more modems. I tried flashing several different ones before. I'm going to try it again because I'm really desperate.
Explanation here
These are just kernels and should be what you need. Just pick whatevers closest to ur current ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870480 Good luck!
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These are just kernels and should be what you need. Just pick whatevers closest to ur current ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870480 Good luck!
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Appreciate the link, but I still can't get into CWM. Can you recall any ROM's with Voodoo recovery and can be installed via Odin?
the odin'able kernels from supercurio should have the red version of CWM recovery.
are you able to get into recovery at all?
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the odin'able kernels from supercurio should have the red version of CWM recovery.
are you able to get into recovery at all?
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Got a hold of a WIFI signal and used regular CWM.
Unfortunately, I'm getting the same result as I did before. Flash a tried-and-true modem: still not getting any signal. I have a feeling it has something to do with the EFS or something like that. I have flashed JFD, JK2, and Eugene's 'Froyo that doesn't brick' over a dozen times in the past 24 hours, but there has to be something that's lingering from each of the installs. I've formatted all the partitions as well. One of my JK2 flashes got constant RIL resets, so I'm almost certain it's a ghost of some sort from CM7 (the ROM I was using when the issue arose). I'm really, really sad :'(
did you toggle airplane or 3g on/off while on cm7?? i believe i heard of someone having a similiar problem because they did that and then flashed another rom. will look for the thread.
EDIT: When you flashed CM7 for the first time, did you do the efsbackup.zip step? taken from the CM7 faq on their forums
If you don't backup efs, after booting CM7 you won't be able to get any cell service.
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Don't know if maybe you skipped a step on that first flash.
Taken from another forums...
Tired of edge speeds, want to lock in 3g? Okay this next one, do at your own risk ask usual, use with caution. I kinda figured this one out on my own, through trial and error, so I’m not sure how stable or accurate, or even how safe it is to do this. I did notice though, if you screw up, you can use the factory reset code above and things should go back to factory defaults.
Okay…so again do at your own risk. Also by locking into 3g speeds, if you ever go into a non 3g area, or if your 3g signal is poor in your area, then your phone calls will drop and data will stop, unless you go back and set the phone to its default automatic gsm/cdma settings.
Dial: *#*#197328640#*#*
Click [1] debug screen
Click [8] phone control
Click [7] network control
Click [2] band selection
This is where you make a change, default setting is [1] automatic, which means it chooses automatically between gsm/cdma (Edge vs 3g). So we are going to change this and set it to wcdma band which is 3g.
Click [2] wcdma band
Click [1] wcdma all []
Now it should display “select wcdma all bands [*]"
Now on the bottom of your phone, click the menu key, it’s the one next to the home key, now click back, menu again one more time, back one more time, this is just to confirm it set to number 2 wcdma band.
Now click menu key one last time, click end.. and you are done. Now to double verify that the phone is locked into 3g, dial in: *#*#4636#*#*
Then click phone information Then scroll down to “set preferred network type” It should now have listed “wcdma only.” PS, if you tried to do a shortcut, and just set wcdma this way first without doing the lock above, it would just go back to gsm/cdma auto once you exit the screen.
Your phone should now be locked into 3g.
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Maybe??
The link provided should be all you need really. The first set is CWM flashable .zips' the second set should be what ur looking for to ODIN. Just look at your Baseband version and choose whatever ur closest to. For example I'm running Malice 2.3.1 which has a stock Baseband version of "T959UVKB5 so for me I would choose the "KB1+Voodoo" link under: ".tar you can flash with Odin or SGS Kernel Flasher" and flash using ODIN. Hope this helps. Good luck!
If all else fails:
- ODIN to stock
- Root
- install CWM recovery
- Flash custom ROMs
My sim card was in backwards once check that just in case.
So if you guys didn't notice I posted right above you.
Hung0702 said:
Got a hold of a WIFI signal and used regular CWM.
Unfortunately, I'm getting the same result as I did before. Flash a tried-and-true modem: still not getting any signal. I have a feeling it has something to do with the EFS or something like that. I have flashed JFD, JK2, and Eugene's 'Froyo that doesn't brick' over a dozen times in the past 24 hours, but there has to be something that's lingering from each of the installs. I've formatted all the partitions as well. One of my JK2 flashes got constant RIL resets, so I'm almost certain it's a ghost of some sort from CM7 (the ROM I was using when the issue arose). I'm really, really sad :'(
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...EDIT: When you flashed CM7 for the first time, did you do the efsbackup.zip step? ...
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Yup, followed all the steps, although you don't really need to back it up, it's just good technique that Cyanogen is trying to popularize.
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Taken from another forums...
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Maybe??
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ferhanmm said:
My sim card was in backwards once check that just in case.
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LOL. I'm fairly confident that it's in correctly. Didn't expect to see this suggestion though. Just FYI, I tried 2 different SIM cards, both verified to work on other phones.
Thanks for all the suggestions, but none of them work. Like I said, I'm fairly sure this has something to do with the EFS or something modem-related that has gone corrupt.
CM7 was working perfectly fine, then I woke up one morning and looked at my phone and the signal was out. It was fine the night before, but something must have happened. I looked on my AT&T account and it received it's last bit of data around 8AM and I woke up around 1PM so sometime in between then, something went wrong. It's been a great phone since August. I've gone through pretty much every TW ROM since, but it looks like this is the end of my run with Android. I'm really busy with Finals and don't really have time to learn about EFS and RIL.
I wish I had a warranty, but it's a T-Mobile phone and I'm on AT&T and neither of them look too kindly upon each other.
Samsung one year warranty apply to you? Ie you the original owner?
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Samsung one year warranty apply to you? Ie you the original owner?
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No. I got it on Craigslist and I'm an AT&T subscriber. I planned on paying $350 (a steal of a price last August) and getting a top-end phone this August (my actual upgrade period) and selling it for >$500 to recoup my losses.
Damn that sux bro! Did you try Hard reset?
- Hold volume down + Press power
- Clear Storage
I dunno dude messing with the radio scares me personally. Good luck!
Hi there,
I have a T-Mobile Vibrant running CM7 stable. When I try to switch on the WiFi radio, it pauses for a moment, then just writes "error".
This also happened with the stock t-mobile ROM so it's not a CM issue.
Any ideas on what may be the problem? Do you think the actual hardware may be broken?
Cheers.
Reboot?
If that doesn't fix it then reflash
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This happens on mine too. Wifi will take up to 30 seconds to turn on and then fail with Error. Sometimes I have to do it multiple times for it to work.
I also have messages (texts) that fail to send with full bars. Completely stock btw.
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XDcdn said:
This happens on mine too. Wifi will take up to 30 seconds to turn on and then fail with Error. Sometimes I have to do it multiple times for it to work.
I also have messages (texts) that fail to send with full bars. Completely stock btw.
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for you, sounds like you need to do an efs clear using odin. First, make a backup of your /efs contents (this will allow you to unlock your phone later and keep you IMEI). Then, odin to whatever build you want, but make sure you select the box "clear efs data". this should fix that.
As for the op, sounds like a hardware issue. You can try the clear efs data, but i doubt that will help. i'd suggest a warranty exchange.
Ive yet to do any rom flashing, ironically to prevent things like this from happening. I figure that an obvious problem such as consistant wifi failure would have been caught in Bell/Samsung testing. Would you stil recommend a reflash? Ive been on the latest froyo update ever since it came out. Maybe the upcoming gb will fix it.
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XDcdn said:
Ive yet to do any rom flashing, ironically to prevent things like this from happening. I figure that an obvious problem such as consistant wifi failure would have been caught in Bell/Samsung testing. Would you stil recommend a reflash? Ive been on the latest froyo update ever since it came out. Maybe the upcoming gb will fix it.
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i had 3 vibrants (tmo-us) that had faulty modems. it got to the point where i couldn't get anything from calls to texts (i don't have a data plan) until i restarted my phone, it would get stuck in between airplane mode on and off, and even after reboot i had usable signal for 3 minutes. it's part of hardware failure, and the best thing to do is use your warranty to get it fixed for free right now.
Thanks guys, I appreciate your help.
No vendor warranty I'm afraid -- I got the device off ebay (I knew about the issue, but thought it might be software-related).
Is this something I could get fix in a lab, you think? Or only by Samsung?
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Thanks guys, I appreciate your help.
No vendor warranty I'm afraid -- I got the device off ebay (I knew about the issue, but thought it might be software-related).
Is this something I could get fix in a lab, you think? Or only by Samsung?
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Rey Odin back to jfd with clear efs checked and try that.
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Rey Odin back to jfd with clear efs checked and try that.
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Oops, lost you there, sorry. I know of Odin, but not where to get it or exactly what it does. I also know what "Clear EFS" means but not sure what JFD is.
I'm not a total noob; I'm familiar with ADB and have reflashed my own kernel using heimindall fronted.
Many thanks, again.
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Oops, lost you there, sorry. I know of Odin, but not where to get it or exactly what it does. I also know what "Clear EFS" means but not sure what JFD is.
I'm not a total noob; I'm familiar with ADB and have reflashed my own kernel using heimindall fronted.
Many thanks, again.
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Oooohhhh.... heimdall. I don't use it and I don't think heimdall has clear efs option.
But jfd is the stock build with all the basic info needed for your phones to come back from different filesystems. There are a lot of tutorials/links around here to help you out with that though.
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So last night I updated twrp to 2.6.3.0. After updating, I flashed carbons latest rom. Everything went smoothly until it booted. Once it booted up, I noticed I did not have any signal. So I went back into twrp and restored my beans 22 rom. Booted back up and still no service. When I go to the mobile network in settings and try to switch it to lte/cdma, it just searches for lte signal for a few minutes and then a pop up that tells me to switch to global mode pops up. Any ideas on whats going on???
Oh..I also noticed that my bluetooth wont turn on on my phone as well.
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Also, if I have my screen off for more than a couple minutes, it wont turn back on and I have to do a battery pull
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Anyone have any idea??
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please check the baseband and imei values of your phone....
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They both say unknown
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This means the you're partitions are lost where all such key file are lost. ... hope you have the backup of emm folder
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You flashed Carbon for another carrier (T-mobile or AT&T), which changed your baseband radio and now you can't access the Verizon network. Odin back to bone stock and you should be good.
Lessons of the day:
1. ALWAYS verify what you downloaded and are about to flash before swiping "do it" in twrp
2. ALWAYS make a nandroid before flashing anything, including mods
The carbon I downloaded was for my phone. I'm gonna try to go back to stock and see if it helps. Thanks everyone for the help!!
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You flashed Carbon for another carrier (T-mobile or AT&T), which changed your baseband radio and now you can't access the Verizon network. Odin back to bone stock and you should be good.
Lessons of the day:
1. ALWAYS verify what you downloaded and are about to flash before swiping "do it" in twrp
2. ALWAYS make a nandroid before flashing anything, including mods
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I have a back up of beans ROM, the ROM I was using prior to updating tarp and flashing carbon. When I restored it, I still don'thave service and the phone is wonky. Constant freezing, bBluetooth not working and won't wake up when locked for a couple minutes
Ok. i just restored my phone to stock through ODIN. when it boots up, its stuck at the activation screen. It still doesnt have service and i cant do anything with the phone. what should i do now?
Hi,,,, I had the same problem with my handset too and was able to fix it. Suggest you to read xda for the same....
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I also had a similar problem. it was only my lte though. 3g worked. My sim was faulty. Try someone elses sim card in your phone.
johnwaynegacy said:
I also had a similar problem. it was only my lte though. 3g worked. My sim was faulty. Try someone elses sim card in your phone.
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I havent tried another sim card yet, but whem i lock my screen, it doesnt wake up. It just stays off and i have to either hold the power button down or a battery pull. Any ideas on whats causing this?
Jaybenosa said:
I havent tried another sim card yet, but whem i lock my screen, it doesnt wake up. It just stays off and i have to either hold the power button down or a battery pull. Any ideas on whats causing this?
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I would go with the other guy and say odin back to stock. At least this way you can be sure all your software is as it would be when you take the phone out of the box for the first time. Look into hardware problems from there.
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I would go with the other guy and say odin back to stock. At least this way you can be sure all your software is as it would be when you take the phone out of the box for the first time. Look into hardware problems from there.
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Yeah, i already odin'd back to stock and still have no data and screen not turning back on after i lock it
Jaybenosa said:
Yeah, i already odin'd back to stock and still have no data and screen not turning back on after i lock it
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take your sim out and see if the problem with the screen goes away. I don't see why they would be related, but stranger things have happened.
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take your sim out and see if the problem with the screen goes away. I don't see why they would be related, but stranger things have happened.
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Still freezing up on me...no sim card. Im starting to think my phone is broke
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Still freezing up on me...no sim card. Im starting to think my phone is broke
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Yeah probably;. try taking out the sd card as well. if that isn't it, it might be time to think about getting a new phone lol. You are probably still under factory warranty.
It's not the sim or the sdcard.... It's the files which are missing and causing trouble
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nikhil dhand
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It's not the sim or the sdcard.... It's the files which are missing and causing trouble
Thanks,
nikhil dhand
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Can you point me in the right direction on where to the missing files and how to install them. Thanks in advance!!
I am running the dark 5 v2.1 rom and everything works, but for my wifi and mobile hotspot. What can be the problem?
No Date
I tried a few work arounds with no luck either. I had no data connection what so ever, but the wifi worked at least. I had to switch back to CM12 to get it working again. Looks like a good ROM except for the no data issue.
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I tried a few work arounds with no luck either. I had no data connection what so ever, but the wifi worked at least. I had to switch back to CM12 to get it working again. Looks like a good ROM except for the no data issue.
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With the no data, did you untick the report dianostic tab? If you havent do so and reboot your phone. You will have data then
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With the no data, did you untick the report dianostic tab? If you havent do so and reboot your phone. You will have data then
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I will be so mad if it really was that simple, I have just about destroyed all the programming on my phone hahahaha. I am stuck trying to reinstall the stock rom but thank you for the tip, when I finally get back to it I'll do that.
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I will be so mad if it really was that simple, I have just about destroyed all the programming on my phone hahahaha. I am stuck trying to reinstall the stock rom but thank you for the tip, when I finally get back to it I'll do that.
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Let me know the outcome..lol
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Let me know the outcome..lol
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Unfortunately, the only fix for this soft-brick is to use Kies to redo the firmware, however, that requires the Samsung S/N, which on my phone can only be found by using the keypad, it is not on the sticker like others, so long story short, I had to do a warranty claim to get a new Note 3 sent out. Need to make sure I get the S/N this time though. Neither Samsung or my carrier was able to pull up the S/N with the DEC or HEX codes. Just some info for anyone else running into this issue, get your S/N before messing with it lol.
Get Oden and factory image. No S/N needed