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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.
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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
mykalstark said:
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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Hey,
I've recently bought Galaxy S2.
It had problems with Android 2.3.3 and batter drain so I decided to upgrade to 2.3.4. I followed the instructions and I had to re-partition. Rebooted my phone into download mode, set re-partition option, PDA and clicked start (as said in the guide). It started doing stuff but after ~40-50 minutes there was no progress - it was stuck at "SET PARTITION". After an hour and 20 minutes still nothing and the phone started heating. So I unplugged the USB and removed the battery. Left it to heat down and tried to start recovery/download mode. It couldn't even start. As if it's really dead
How could you know for sure if a phone is bricked? What should I do know?
Is there anything I can try to see if I can bring it back to life or I should go to my provider and ask him to fix it?
I would be really grateful for any suggestions
Thanks in advance,
tftd
You have a bricked phone, you will need to buy another one.
I don't know which instructions you have been following, but it is not the ones here.
Over here, we tell people not to click 2 things. CLEAR EFS, and REPARTITION.
Clear EFS, kills the IMEI, and REPARTITION kills the phone.
Since the bootloader sits in the partition, you don't have bootloader, so no download mode either.
Yup, as the poster before me mentioned; your phone is totally hardbricked. Only way to fix it is through a jtag (requires some advanced hardware) or to send it to samsung on warrantee. Thats why they say not to play with pit files/partitions in the guides.
There is someone on youtube that can fix your device since he has the necessary tools, go to youtube and search for sgs2 jtag, you should find his video where he demonstrates the process, or you can do what the other posters said.
I'm on my phone using the xda application so I can't post the link for you.
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Well from what i have read, bricking is really hard even if u check repartition.
Anyway iam a noob,but just search youtube and forums iam sure u will find something.
LiFE1688 said:
You have a bricked phone, you will need to buy another one.
I don't know which instructions you have been following, but it is not the ones here.
Over here, we tell people not to click 2 things. CLEAR EFS, and REPARTITION.
Clear EFS, kills the IMEI, and REPARTITION kills the phone.
Since the bootloader sits in the partition, you don't have bootloader, so no download mode either.
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Now that's something I shall remember for the rest of my Android Phone life.
I sent my phone to customer service and hope they can fix it.
@achillies400 that dude is trained in small electronics (youtube/com /watch?v=zN7le4GmxZs) I saw what he does but I'm from Bulgaria and I'm not quite sure if the phone would get to USA and back to Bulgaria in one piece ...
For all the people coming after me:
DUDES! DON'T EVER RE-PARTITION! NEVER EVER!!!!!!
Thank you all for giving suggestions and helping me! Pretty much appreciated!
tftd said:
Hey,
I've recently bought Galaxy S2.
It had problems with Android 2.3.3 and batter drain so I decided to upgrade to 2.3.4. I followed the instructions and I had to re-partition. Rebooted my phone into download mode, set re-partition option, PDA and clicked start (as said in the guide). It started doing stuff but after ~40-50 minutes there was no progress - it was stuck at "SET PARTITION". After an hour and 20 minutes still nothing and the phone started heating. So I unplugged the USB and removed the battery. Left it to heat down and tried to start recovery/download mode. It couldn't even start. As if it's really dead
How could you know for sure if a phone is bricked? What should I do know?
Is there anything I can try to see if I can bring it back to life or I should go to my provider and ask him to fix it?
I would be really grateful for any suggestions
Thanks in advance,
tftd
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MobileTechVideos have a jtag maybe they can repair.
Otherwise sent your device to an Samsung ServiceCenter!
looks like your simplest solution is the Jtag.
Is the samsung service centre offering a free repair? or are there any costs involved?
netchip said:
MobileTechVideos have a jtag maybe they can repair.
Otherwise sent your device to an Samsung ServiceCenter!
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Yeah.. Still that's not an option for the moment - I live in Bulgaria .. :/
dullah said:
looks like your simplest solution is the Jtag.
Is the samsung service centre offering a free repair? or are there any costs involved?
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Weelll... I hope it's free... though I'm prepared for a bill..
I didn't tell them I was flashing the rom... I told them it was heating up and suddenly it stopped working. Hope that's convenient enough
Check this link out.Its a list of places where you can get your phone jtaged incase it happens again.Near the bottom there is a contact for your country.
http://www.jtagbox.com/riff-jtag-bo...-bricked-phone-riff-box-owners-list/#comments
okay, I hope it all works out
my phone has a busted up screen guys, claiming on house insurance, if i was to Clear EFS, kills the IMEI, and REPARTITION kills the phone. that would make it unbootable right??
I wouldnt give up jet
I ended up in quite a simular situation, i failed during flashing another pir, witch resulted in a non bootable phone with none ability to charge the battery. I tried to charge the battery elsewhere and was actually able to detect the phone in odin(none visual respons on the phone but stil). there should be a hope of reflashing it from here. could anyone explain why the screen goes blank even if its in downloadmode? is it related to imei/rom?
I would try this before sending in the phone. I talked to some guys in a norwegian servicecetre. If they are not able to connect it via usb to a pc and flash it they probably just change the motherboard!(EXPENCIVE) JTAG didnt seem to be the sollution of choice. changing the motherboard was rarely the sollution,but apperantly one customrom ****ed up both bootloaders(rom and imei) witch made them helpless reflashing it.
I bricked my phone because repartition was checked
I bricked my phone because I checked repartition. DO NOT CHECK BOX NEVER EVER EVER.
I sent back to t mobile and just said it would not turn on or charge and they repaired it free.
Since I have had my phone repaired I have flashed lots of custom roms with no major problems. Difference I have never once since clicked repartition and I made a backup of my EFS folder using Galaxy s unlock from android market also unlocked my s2 no probs
If you can detect it in Odin. Usually it is always able to be fixed.
But you may have to use someone else's full backup dump. But they may not want to give you their efs information of their phone.
Look online for galaxy s3 boot-loader etc.
This is for future people that need help
I was with 3 and I legitimately unlocked my phone to move over to vodaphone.
The it wouldn't work. Wouldn't recognise the sim.
I sent it back to Vodaphone and they wouldn't touch it because there was a crack in the screen.
I got it home and did a bit of a google search and figured out it had something to do with the EFS file.
I rooted the phone and figured out that its completely empty.
I've tried a 1000's things. Looked at 1000's threads and I'm at a loss.
Is there ANY way to fix this at all?
I'm completely at a loss now.
Can I create a new nv_data.bin file and anything else that needs to be in the efs folder?
Happened to me before.
Well of course the way out will be send to service centre.
However, try a full flash to stock rom.
If it doesn't, try factory reset the phone, flash stock rom.
Since you have no backup, pretty tough here.
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Maybe try GS_II Repair from the Market. No idea if/how it works (It's touted on here/on Market as your last best chance before sending it back to Samsung) as I've never used it & always backup my EFS.
If worst comes to worse, pm Odia, and apparently will repair it (edit: remotely) with a "donation". Instal app "team viewer" first;
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.teamviewer.teamviewer.market.mobile
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103357
Apparently been quite successful, nearly but not 100%
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nicregi said:
Happened to me before.
Well of course the way out will be send to service centre.
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Is that how yours was fixed? I've already done that. They won't fix it.
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Maybe try from the Market. No idea if/how it works (It's touted on here/on Market as your last best chance before sending it back to Samsung) as I've never used it & always backup my EFS.
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Yep tried that. Didn't work.
So follow Up In The Air's suggestion & get in touch with Odia & see if he can help, or send it back to Samsung. I'm betting Odia will be cheaper if he can indeed fix it.
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Did your issue got resolved?
I am facing the same problem now. Although i didn't root my s2. Been using it stock since i bought it. Only today i got this no network error (baseband and imei unknown) when i was changing between some sim cards.. Anyone any ideas?? My warranty is still applicable since its just been 5 months. So will samsung cover it under their warranty?
I read in a thread that a user got their imei back by switching off, removing sim, switching back on.
Then they were able to backup efs with correct imei.
Then they switched off, put sim back in, switched on. Can't remember if it was a sim issue but you could try that.
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I read in a thread that a user got their imei back by switching off, removing sim, switching back on.
Then they were able to backup efs with correct imei.
Then they switched off, put sim back in, switched on. Can't remember if it was a sim issue but you could try that.
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Tried that like a dozen times already.. Heres some more details regarding my problem:
1. My S2 wont detect any sim card (tried like 3-4 sims)
2. When i checked under settings>about i found imei and baseband version are missing and has been changed to "unknown" (*#06# returns a blank number)
3. Its just 5 months old and is in stock condition. (Not rooted and still running 2.3.3)
4. Cant turn off the flight mode (constantly shows in the upper right corner)
5. Cant connect my phone to kies (version 2.0.2.11071_128) on pc either
What do i do now guys? I dont have a proper service centre in my town. I was wondering if i can fix it on my own without making my warranty void..
Try GS_II Repair from Market, and failing that, contact Odia on here who might be able to recover your IMEI for a small 'donation'. Or you could send the phone in for warranty repair given you haven't been messing around with it like most of us here
You'd probably want to use the third option (send it in for warranty service). If you try and fix it yourself & stuff it up, you'll void your warranty & then you'll end up paying to have it fixed.
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Tried that like a dozen times already.. Heres some more details regarding my problem:
1. My S2 wont detect any sim card (tried like 3-4 sims)
2. When i checked under settings>about i found imei and baseband version are missing and has been changed to "unknown" (*#06# returns a blank number)
3. Its just 5 months old and is in stock condition. (Not rooted and still running 2.3.3)
4. Cant turn off the flight mode (constantly shows in the upper right corner)
5. Cant connect my phone to kies (version 2.0.2.11071_128) on pc either
What do i do now guys? I dont have a proper service centre in my town. I was wondering if i can fix it on my own without making my warranty void..
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Any fix will probably void warranty .Try factory reset first.
jje
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MistahBungle said:
Try GS_II Repair from Market, and failing that, contact Odia on here who might be able to recover your IMEI for a small 'donation'. Or you could send the phone in for warranty repair given you haven't been messing around with it like most of us here
You'd probably want to use the third option (send it in for warranty service). If you try and fix it yourself & stuff it up, you'll void your warranty & then you'll end up paying to have it fixed.
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Thanks dude. Duly noted your point. Here are some more inputs from me:
1. So i tried GS_II repair from market but it requires for the phone to be rooted which mine isn't.
2. And first thing i tried after i faced this problem was doing a factory reset. Have done it over a dozen times by now and it does not solve it.
3. I faced this problem when i was changing between some sims cards within a couple of minutes. (Hope this doesn't void my warranty since i wasn't actually messing with it!)
4. As i mentioned in my earlier post, my town doesn't actually have a proper authorised service centre. So sending it for service would mean missing my baby S2 for over a month or two (which i find hard since i am so used to it by now)!
So my question is, can i flash an official stock firmware which matches with mine (i found one already here on xda, thanks you guys!) without having to root my phone or making my warranty void, and more importantly, will it solve my problem?
No reflashing a rom won't help, your best bet is to send it off to Samsung before you do anything that might void your warranty.
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^ Precisely. As long as you have warranty you should use that to your advantage and keep from doing rash decisions that void your warranty. Good luck!
Seriously dude, don't try and fix it yourself. Regardless of how long you'll be without it, at least you'll get it back working and it won't cost you anything other than postage (I presume ?).
If you stuff up whatever you try to do to fix it, you might brick it, which means you'll be without your phone while Samsung fixes it anyway, only you'll be paying for it to be fixed. And given you've already spent however much you paid for the phone, do you really want to spend another couple of hundred bucks to have it repaired when you can get it fixed for nothing ?
As the very wise two posters above me have said, just don't risk it.
Thanks guys.. i have decided to send it for warranty repair then. I will make the visit tomorrow. Will be missing it lots! One hell of a great phone, it was like my mini computer
If i ever knew changing sim cards would screw it up so bad, i would never have done it!
Hopefully will post here later with the good news..
Gave my cell to the service center guys, told me to return later today so that they can examine it. Last i saw it they were fiddeling with it by some IMEI writer on a pc. Hope i get it back up and running soon.
While i was briefing them about my missing IMEI no. they told me that the reason behind it could be me using screen-lock-pattern on my phone. Is it true? Any one experienced it before?
Cool. Hopefully they sort it for you soon
That's interesting. I use a pattern lock mostly & have never seen a relationship between it and the IMEI going missing. What I have noticed tho (and I've seen other people report on here) is the IMEI/baseband go missing occasionally if you reboot the phone whilst connected to a charger.
This rights itself if you do a reboot (occasionally two) with the phone off charger. The first time it happened it scared the crap out of me I had an EFS backup so it would have been recoverable, but it happened out of the blue & I had no idea what caused it. I re-flashed my modem as a first step as the baseband was missing, and that seemed to fix it tho I suspect simply rebooting did the job.
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Gave my cell to the service center guys, told me to return later today so that they can examine it. Last i saw it they were fiddeling with it by some IMEI writer on a pc. Hope i get it back up and running soon.
While i was briefing them about my missing IMEI no. they told me that the reason behind it could be me using screen-lock-pattern on my phone. Is it true? Any one experienced it before?
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The screen unlock codes are stored in the efs, both patern and pin so maybe that's correct, but efs and thus imei corruption seem to be random, I got it once updating my rom, I keep about 5 backups so I was ok, scary thought.
If you are going to root, first thing you should do after rooting is make an efs backup, hellcats ktool from the market is a good choice, easy and works well.
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Hello, recently I've been getting a no signal problem with my S2 running SuperNexus ROM. Basically, I have no signal. I have a IMEI (I checked online, and it's legit) and I have a efs folder backed up from when the signal was working.
This happened to me already, and It was fixed by reflashing SuperNexus. Not this time.
How can I get signal back? The phone is unlocked. Shall I restore my old efs? Also, when I search for networks it says "Error while searching for networks".
Please help Any help is appreciated.
THE SOLUTION WAS:
Install https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.helroz.GSII_Repair&hl=en
Do step 1, and step 2. After step 2, reboot. Problem is fixed.
Either you factory reset & restore or you flash stock.
Are you sure it happened overnight?
Check the supernexus thread to see if this is a known issue.
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I checked the supernexus thread, and I didn't find anything. Also, I'm pretty sure it happened overnight. It happened like that the last time too. Also, I kinda want to avoid flashing more stuff. I flashed enough already. Can't be bothered to waste 30+ minutes getting everything configured again in settings.
I put my SIM into another phone, and a different SIM into my phone. On the other phone, I can call and I have signal, so not a SIM problem. Now, this is the stupid part: the other SIM works well on my phone! I get signal and I can call etc. so its not a phone problem.
What is this? So is it just my SIM can't work on my phone? I never saw anything like this! Anyone can help?
Network locked.
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Network locked.
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What does that mean? And what can I do about it? I tried other SIMs from other networks on my phone, all work fine, and from my network, orange too.
Maybe your SIM is f#@$/d up.
I dunno, if you don't wanna come across these issues flash stock.
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I'm gonna try my luck with stock and then flash SuperNexus again. Also, how can my SIM works with other phones, but not with mine anymore? I don't really want to flash stock and then SuperNexus again, because I'm pretty sure it's just gonna come back again, like last time. Last time the solution was simple. I want this to be done and over with. My SIM is 4 years old, so maybe I should go to EE (as that's what orange is called now) and ask for a new SIM? I don't know :/ Also, what did you mean by network lock?
Try galaxy sim unlock just for kicks.
You could also ask for a new SIM, yeah.
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I tried Galaxy S2 ulock by chainfire, and it said that the unlock code is a few 0's. Does that mean anything?
I installed a few more unlocking things, and stuff related to it. I installd SGII_Repair, and after r/w mounting efs, I got signal back Such a weird solution! I kinda want to keep this thread going, as I don't know why that happened.... twice. I want to avoid this kind of problem, so I would like to find the source of it. If anyone can say something, that would be awesome.
Your EFS folder was kind of messed up then.
And you're right, it's weird because EFS don't get fu&*%%* up overnight.
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The problem is that I don't know how it got messed up xD Might do a totally clean flash, from stock ICS when I get some spare time. And I don't think that it actually was messed up. The first step of the app was to back up current efs. The second one was "force rw mounting on efs folder". I tried the app last time, the time I temporarily lost my IMEI, and it didn't work. So glad it's finally fixed, but I'm scared it will come again
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It sounds like your EFS for wiped somehow.
autoprime has a thread, it's not for our phone but it my work for you. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38348745
Your best bet is probably to call Sprint and see if they can do a reset. I can't remember what it's called but they should be able to help.
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It sounds like your EFS for wiped somehow.
autoprime has a thread, it's not for our phone but it my work for you. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38348745
Your best bet is probably to call Sprint and see if they can do a reset. I can't remember what it's called but they should be able to help.
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I called Sprint and even went into the store. They said there is nothing they can do and it has to be my fault (when we have done nothing to the phone because there is no root or recovery even out for our variant). Also, it looks like all that stuff requires root access and a recovery, which we don't have :/ I'm kinda stuck here, I guess. This is ridiculous. All my years of rooting and romming and I get an issue like this on a completely stock phone.
Not sure if this will work lol but it's a full reset. Dial ##RTN# and tap Reset Default. Enter your MSL (if you have it) if it prompts you for it.
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Shouldn't they be able to confirm your esn and everything sense this phone has a removable back and it's all on the sticker under the battery?
As a a Sprint rep myself, I would try to manually program it. ANY store rep at a corporate location has access to your MSL, MDN, and MSID. They can attempt the manual programming while connected to their wifi. Not sure if it'll help, since it sounds like your device has lost its EFS.
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Definitely looks like an EFS wipe probably unrepairable by anyone at Sprint try a non corporate Sprint Store (franchise store) they should be more helpful. You may want to put on TEP first you can always take it off later. I would try Best Buy anyways they may take it back. I find with Sprint it pays to try other places even other corporate stores. Sometimes going back to the same store yields different results.
Well now I've went and tried flashtool in my desperation and for some reason the Sprint tot file has given me the stock LG boot animation and initial setup won't go past "configuring your phone" so I feel that anyone that looks at it is going to think it's tampered with. Guess I'll add TEP and see what can be done. Really unhappy with Sprint at the moment. I'm not sure why none of the three guys who looked at my phone could come to a similar conclusion to you guys about the EFS wipe and how to get it back.
Im not sure this will help either but...
In the WiFi calling thread for Sprint, there's some people that had the same LG boot animation. There is a fix for that.
I'll see if I can find it and give you the link.
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Edit. Found it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54701099
colbyfink said:
Well now I've went and tried flashtool in my desperation and for some reason the Sprint tot file has given me the stock LG boot animation and initial setup won't go past "configuring your phone" so I feel that anyone that looks at it is going to think it's tampered with. Guess I'll add TEP and see what can be done. Really unhappy with Sprint at the moment. I'm not sure why none of the three guys who looked at my phone could come to a similar conclusion to you guys about the EFS wipe and how to get it back.
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Well, it IS tampered with.
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