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ok so i have the HTC Droid Eris and it is rooted, i put this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944430 on my phone via flash zip. i upated my connection stuff via *228 and yet the connection is not picking up from local towers. the only question is how do i access my SID number? ive tried multiple program numbers like ##778 and ##7764726 but nothing seems to work so i can change my SID number to what it should be and i know its wrong. Please help
Is your phone prepaid?
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No its not prepaid
Ronoriot said:
ok so i have the HTC Droid Eris and it is rooted, i put this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944430 on my phone via flash zip. i upated my connection stuff via *228 and yet the connection is not picking up from local towers. the only question is how do i access my SID number? ive tried multiple program numbers like ##778 and ##7764726 but nothing seems to work so i can change my SID number to what it should be and i know its wrong. Please help
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Are you unable to make or receive calls? What ROM were you running before flashing GSB? Did you do a full data wipe before flashing GSB?
Ronoriot said:
ok so i have the HTC Droid Eris and it is rooted, i put this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944430 on my phone via flash zip. i upated my connection stuff via *228 and yet the connection is not picking up from local towers. the only question is how do i access my SID number? ive tried multiple program numbers like ##778 and ##7764726 but nothing seems to work so i can change my SID number to what it should be and i know its wrong. Please help
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FYI if this helps, or even if it doesn't, you can see the MEID number underneath the battery. I find that you usually have to use the HEX version on Verizon's website. I don't know if this will help you, however, because flashing ROMs does not affect activation status.
Is this the number you're looking for?
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Are you unable to make or receive calls? What ROM were you running before flashing GSB? Did you do a full data wipe before flashing GSB?
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i was running the factory default phone, i wiped everything and flashed the rom i linked on it, i can receive calls, voicmails, texts, mms, the internet is fine, but its not connecting to the towers near me, its picking up off different towers and the person at verizon said i need to change the SID number to 30730 which i know what one to change and i know where it is, i just cant access that part of the phone to change it because i dont know what program number to use.
flash the official RUU and start fresh possibly can fix the problem and re-root then flash new rom
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FYI if this helps, or even if it doesn't, you can see the MEID number underneath the battery. I find that you usually have to use the HEX version on Verizon's website. I don't know if this will help you, however, because flashing ROMs does not affect activation status.
Is this the number you're looking for?
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everything is active, thats not the issue and no i did not need the MEID number i can find that in the info on my phone, but thanks for the reply
dragon1018 said:
flash the official RUU and start fresh possibly can fix the problem and re-root then flash new rom
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ive dont this twice, once last night and once today, still cannot access programming menu
Ronoriot said:
i was running the factory default phone, i wiped everything and flashed the rom i linked on it, i can receive calls, voicmails, texts, mms, the internet is fine, but its not connecting to the towers near me, its picking up off different towers and the person at verizon said i need to change the SID number to 30730 which i know what one to change and i know where it is, i just cant access that part of the phone to change it because i dont know what program number to use.
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To my knowledge, the ROMs do not alter any activation state of the phone* - that stuff is held in a hidden partition (the "mfg" partition, I suspect) in the flash memory chip that are never touched by any of the usual ROM flashing operations. That's why you can change ROMs and maintain the same activation and PRL data from ROM to ROM. So, I don't know why your phone's tower association would have changed if was working correctly before flashing a developer ROM.
*The only exception to this is if you perform a factory reset with the stock recovery on the phone - that does clear the activation state of the phone. The "factory reset/wipe data" menu entry of the custom recovery doesn't touch activation data or PRLs, though.
If that's what happened, then you might have to temporarily revert to a stock ROM - just don't use the factory reset procedure on the stock ROM before you re-root the phone. (BTW, you could certainly use the March 2011 OTA stock ROM - installing it won't overwrite your custom recovery, so you can simply do a nandroid backup/restore to get back to your current setup - no need to "re-root" if you do that.)
There's probably something I don't understand about the situation you are describing, unless it has something to do with towers that were acquired from a different carrier (Alltel?) by Verizon - under normal circumstances, your phone would prefer to connect to the best signal within it's home network, assuming that there are not other problems that prevent that from happening (such as call congestion through a certain tower). Perhaps the towers you want to connect to are actually considered to be "roaming" by the PRL you have on your phone, and that's why the more distant VZW towers are chosen?
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bftb0 said:
To my knowledge, the ROMs do not alter any activation state of the phone* - that stuff is held in a hidden partition (the "mfg" partition, I suspect) in the flash memory chip that are never touched by any of the usual ROM flashing operations. That's why you can change ROMs and maintain the same activation and PRL data from ROM to ROM. So, I don't know why your phone's tower association would have changed if was working correctly before flashing a developer ROM.
*The only exception to this is if you perform a factory reset with the stock recovery on the phone - that does clear the activation state of the phone. The "factory reset/wipe data" menu entry of the custom recovery doesn't touch activation data or PRLs, though.
If that's what happened, then you might have to temporarily revert to a stock ROM - just don't use the factory reset procedure on the stock ROM before you re-root the phone. (BTW, you could certainly use the March 2011 OTA stock ROM - installing it won't overwrite your custom recovery, so you can simply do a nandroid backup/restore to get back to your current setup - no need to "re-root" if you do that.)
There's probably something I don't understand about the situation you are describing, unless it has something to do with towers that were acquired from a different carrier (Alltel?) by Verizon - under normal circumstances, your phone would prefer to connect to the best signal within it's home network, assuming that there are not other problems that prevent that from happening (such as call congestion through a certain tower). Perhaps the towers you want to connect to are actually considered to be "roaming" by the PRL you have on your phone, and that's why the more distant VZW towers are chosen?
bftb0
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i will try this but before i do i'll try to explain a bit more, when i call the normal eris programming number, it tries to actually make a call instead of giving me the option to go into edit mode, now when im on the stock rom i can do it but as soon as i flash any other rom on it, it doesnt allow me to do so. i had a rom from a droid 2 on it and when i used the droid 2 programming number it worked just fine and i could edit the info. hope this helps clarify a bit, and thanks for the help
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To my knowledge, the ROMs do not alter any activation state of the phone* - that stuff is held in a hidden partition (the "mfg" partition, I suspect) in the flash memory chip that are never touched by any of the usual ROM flashing operations. That's why you can change ROMs and maintain the same activation and PRL data from ROM to ROM. So, I don't know why your phone's tower association would have changed if was working correctly before flashing a developer ROM.
*The only exception to this is if you perform a factory reset with the stock recovery on the phone - that does clear the activation state of the phone. The "factory reset/wipe data" menu entry of the custom recovery doesn't touch activation data or PRLs, though.
If that's what happened, then you might have to temporarily revert to a stock ROM - just don't use the factory reset procedure on the stock ROM before you re-root the phone. (BTW, you could certainly use the March 2011 OTA stock ROM - installing it won't overwrite your custom recovery, so you can simply do a nandroid backup/restore to get back to your current setup - no need to "re-root" if you do that.)
There's probably something I don't understand about the situation you are describing, unless it has something to do with towers that were acquired from a different carrier (Alltel?) by Verizon - under normal circumstances, your phone would prefer to connect to the best signal within it's home network, assuming that there are not other problems that prevent that from happening (such as call congestion through a certain tower). Perhaps the towers you want to connect to are actually considered to be "roaming" by the PRL you have on your phone, and that's why the more distant VZW towers are chosen?
bftb0
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i did what you suggested, put the stock rom on my phone, then used my back to my custom rom and it changed all my connection settings in my ESPT menu, which i cant access for some reason
Ronoriot said:
i did what you suggested, put the stock rom on my phone, then used my back to my custom rom and it changed all my connection settings in my ESPT menu, which i cant access for some reason
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^This sentence confuses the crap out of me. I read it 5 or 6 times, and have no idea what sequence of operations you performed. I only have a vague idea that you can't get something to work.
If you can't access the EPST menu, how can you see what the settings are?
Here is what everybody has said so far (basically the same thing, but in different ways) :
- The EPST menus are generally not available in custom ROMs, especially any of the AOSP (Froyo/Gingerbread) ROMs. You need a stock, or near-stock ROM to be guaranteed that they will be available
- The same thing is true of "secret dial code menus". They don't exist in custom ROMs, unless those custom ROMs are nearly identical to stock ROMs (that is, directly derived from a stock ROM).
If you want to try it, you can flash either a RUU or PB00IMG.zip file - these operations flash a "nvram" file (*.nb0), which conceivably resets PRL and other non-ROM settings. After doing that, and fooling with EPST using a stock ROM, you will need to re-root.
As I mentioned, you should not run a "factory reset" procedure on your phone after you have configured what you want (with EPST) when there is a STOCK recovery on the phone.
Beyond that, I'm sort of mystified why you are unsatisfied with a phone that appears to be working normally. (What application are you using to determine cell phone tower? Are you inferring that from location services (Google Maps) with GPS and WiFi location services turned off?)
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I did quite a few searches about ROM's, Launchers, and other stuff. I have come to conclusion that I'll give CM7 a try. But currently I only know a few stuff, like, the CM7 will replace my stock ROM and I can choose AOSP to replace HTC Sense etc but I'm not sure if my GO Launcher will cross over to CM7. What about my apps? What about the apps placements on my home screens, would they be all reset or gone or what? I see a settings in GO Launcher that says it'll back up my GO Launcher configurations, would this restore my placements of apps on home screens? Also, I'm assuming the GO Launcher as the Desktop Dock apps for Windows and the CM7 as the OS of the computer. Am I assuming things right?
What's not working for HTC EVO 3D on CM7? I saw a video on youtube saying that the 3D video capturing doesn't work on CM7.
Regards
You're absolutely right. 4G and 3Ddo not work. But as development progresses, we're bound to be surprised.
Some widgets are ''Sense'' based so you might not see them cross over since cm removes sense. Apps should work.
I say dive in brother! Make sure to nandroid so that you can easily restore if you find its not your cup of tea.
kaphtc said:
I did quite a few searches about ROM's, Launchers, and other stuff. I have come to conclusion that I'll give CM7 a try. But currently I only know a few stuff, like, the CM7 will replace my stock ROM and I can choose AOSP to replace HTC Sense etc but I'm not sure if my GO Launcher will cross over to CM7. What about my apps? What about the apps placements on my home screens, would they be all reset or gone or what? I see a settings in GO Launcher that says it'll back up my GO Launcher configurations, would this restore my placements of apps on home screens? Also, I'm assuming the GO Launcher as the Desktop Dock apps for Windows and the CM7 as the OS of the computer. Am I assuming things right?
What's not working for HTC EVO 3D on CM7? I saw a video on youtube saying that the 3D video capturing doesn't work on CM7.
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Essentially, when moving from any type of Sense based ROM to an type of AOSP based ROM, you will probably lose all your settings, including Wifi passwords, brightness preferences, google accounts sync'd to the device, etc.
On the spectrum of ROMs available, view Sense on one end and AOSP on the other. Some ROMs try to sit in the middle and have features of both, but they always have to pick either Sense or AOSP as the base.
Sometimes you can move between different sense based ROMs and keep your settings/3rd party applications and sometimes you can't. Same goes for AOSP based ROMs.
If you've ever used a google device, G1, Nexus One, or Nexus S, they run pure AOSP by default. CM7 will be fairly similar to that type of experience plus some CM7 "tweaks/goodies".
Making a nandroid, as suggested above, is probably the best way to backup everything currently on the device, in case you want to revert. It will also help provide confidence when testing out new ROMs knowing you'll be able to revert to a previous one if something goes wrong.
To save you some time and help provide information on the next step, once you've selected a ROM and kernel how to make sure they are loaded properly.
If you're using the HTC unlock method on your device, there are basically two ways to load the kernel:
I've answered this type of question a few times in other posts. I've edited my answer from earlier this morning to help answer your question. Feel free to post back if anything isn't clear!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18807723&postcount=3
When booted into the custom recovery through the traditional methods, reboot recovery, bootloader -> recovery, etc., HTC unlock method does not unlock *kernel* write access but does unlock *system* write access.
The main issue around kernel write access is due to the HTC unlock method only allowing kernel write access in two modes:
1) Booted in normal Android mode. My application, Flash Image GUI, will flash any kernel .zip file with the HTC unlock method because it runs in normal android mode. HTC unlocks write access to the boot partition, where the kernel is stored, in normal Android mode. Flash Image GUI also properly loads the respective WiFi modules essentially eliminating this WiFi mismatch error.
2) Fastboot booted into the custom recovery using the following command: fastboot boot c:\android\cwm-recovery.img. HTC unlock method allows kernel write access while using fastboot boot of a custom recovery.
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Let us know if you have any other questions! Hope that helps!
Oh! So I have to choose a ROM (I chose, CM7), Sense or AOSP and ALSO a kernel? My main purpose of flashing a custom ROM is to improve my battery life, get more customization options and cooler effects, no lags.
My status right now is I have S-OFF with Revolutionary tool and only GO Launcher installed. Where do I go now? Install Sense or AOSP (which one do you recommend), I understand E3D comes with HTC Sense 3.0 if that's the same sense we're talking about in above posts. Then install CM7? Which one goes first?
PS: I'm going to follow this tutorial: http://www.phonedut.info/tutorial-install-cyanogenmod-7-cm7-on-htc-evo-3d/
Can you check for me if it's correctly written?
kaphtc said:
Oh! So I have to choose a ROM (I chose, CM7), Sense or AOSP and ALSO a kernel? My main purpose of flashing a custom ROM is to improve my battery life, get more customization options and cooler effects, no lags.
My status right now is I have S-OFF with Revolutionary tool and only GO Launcher installed. Where do I go now? Install Sense or AOSP (which one do you recommend), I understand E3D comes with HTC Sense 3.0 if that's the same sense we're talking about in above posts. Then install CM7? Which one goes first?
PS: I'm going to follow this tutorial: http://www.phonedut.info/tutorial-install-cyanogenmod-7-cm7-on-htc-evo-3d/
Can you check for me if it's correctly written?
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since you have the revolutionary tool, you're all set. i read thru the guide and it seems good.
good luck! hopefully you enjoy cm7!
joeykrim said:
since you have the revolutionary tool, you're all set. i read thru the guide and it seems good.
good luck! hopefully you enjoy cm7!
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One more thing, if you don't mind. In the tutorial, it says it's for CDMA. Mine is GSM. Is there a difference between the two? If you say, yes, I'll look for another tutorial.
kaphtc said:
One more thing, if you don't mind. In the tutorial, it says it's for CDMA. Mine is GSM. Is there a difference between the two? If you say, yes, I'll look for another tutorial.
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Yea, that is a problem. As far as I've seen, there is no CM7 release for the GSM version.
A great location to look for GSM compatible EVO 3D ROMs will be on the EVO 3D GSM developer board.
Hi guys,
I've ordered a new, unlocked i9300 from eBay, and I had some adventures with it:
I've unpacked it, inserted my SIM, powered it on, and found out that the phone always thinks that I'm roaming. Instead of trying to understand what's going on, I though: "I'll just install CyanogenMod and everything will be good".
I've installed CyanogenMod 10.2 (latest stable build), only to find out that my SIM is not being detected at all. It says that Baseband is unknown, IMEI and related are unknown as well.
After trying lots of stuff, I gave up and decided to return to stock ROM (4.3). While trying to do that, I bricked my phone, and the only thing I could do is enter Odin mode.
After reading dozens of tutorials and trying lots of stuff, I ended up flushing GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit, and that unbricked my phone.
I successfully flashed Android 4.3. This version detected my SIM, displayed the Baseband/IMEI, but it didn't connect to the cellular network. I could scan for available networks, but when I chose my network manually, it said "Selected network not available ".
I tried to flush alternative modems, but all it did is making things worse. Usually it made the phone behave like with CyanogenMod, i.e. Baseband/IMEI are unknown.
Again, after trying lots of stuff, I tried to flush Android 4.1.2. That made no change until I've stumbled on this thread. Flushing Patched_Modem_I9300XXEMG4.zip made my networking work again, and restored it to behave exactly like it did initially. Again, the phone thinks that I'm roaming all the time, but at least it works.
So currently, I have two issues:
My phone always thinks I'm roaming. Is there a fix for it?
And more important: currently, I cannot install anything other than Android 4.1.2!
Could you please shed some light on the situation? What happens with my phone? Why does it think I'm roaming? Why does the SIM work only with Patched_Modem_I9300XXEMG4? How can I make other ROMs (e.g. CyanogenMod) work?
Thanks, any help is much appreciated!
9999 :) said:
Hi guys,
I've ordered a new, unlocked i9300 from eBay, and I had some adventures with it:
I've unpacked it, inserted my SIM, powered it on, and found out that the phone always thinks that I'm roaming. Instead of trying to understand what's going on, I though: "I'll just install CyanogenMod and everything will be good".
I've installed CyanogenMod 10.2 (latest stable build), only to find out that my SIM is not being detected at all. It says that Baseband is unknown, IMEI and related are unknown as well.
After trying lots of stuff, I gave up and decided to return to stock ROM (4.3). While trying to do that, I bricked my phone, and the only thing I could do is enter Odin mode.
After reading dozens of tutorials and trying lots of stuff, I ended up flushing GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit, and that unbricked my phone.
I successfully flashed Android 4.3. This version detected my SIM, displayed the Baseband/IMEI, but it didn't connect to the cellular network. I could scan for available networks, but when I chose my network manually, it said "Selected network not available ".
I tried to flush alternative modems, but all it did is making things worse. Usually it made the phone behave like with CyanogenMod, i.e. Baseband/IMEI are unknown.
Again, after trying lots of stuff, I tried to flush Android 4.1.2. That made no change until I've stumbled on this thread. Flushing Patched_Modem_I9300XXEMG4.zip made my networking work again, and restored it to behave exactly like it did initially. Again, the phone thinks that I'm roaming all the time, but at least it works.
So currently, I have two issues:
My phone always thinks I'm roaming. Is there a fix for it?
And more important: currently, I cannot install anything other than Android 4.1.2!
Could you please shed some light on the situation? What happens with my phone? Why does it think I'm roaming? Why does the SIM work only with Patched_Modem_I9300XXEMG4? How can I make other ROMs (e.g. CyanogenMod) work?
Thanks, any help is much appreciated!
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When the phone gets upgraded from 4.1 to 4.3 your efs changes from efs v1 to efs v2 sometimes this upgrade does not go smoothly (as in your case) so then you need to always use a patched modem from version mg4 onwards (not a normal one) if you flash a rom which changes the baseband to anything less than 4.3 then it will not work.You need to keep on mg4 or later to keep signal and because your efs is not fully upgraded properly you need to always use a patched modem and preferably kernel as well.
I am not sure about the roaming issue but if you try patched modem and patched kernel together that might help.Take a look here for some patched modems and kernels and remember you always need to use them >> https://drive.google.com/folderview...sharing&tid=0B6MIUd7HJudAbU5YaGkzOUowMG8#list << You should also be able to use 4.3 roms as long as you use the patched files above ie baseband and kernel.
In general, It would be great if I could use CyanogenMod 10.2.
Should I proceed in the following order? Flush CM -> flush patched kernel -> flush patched modem.
Which of the patched versions should I choose?
Also, what do these versions change? What functionality was patched in these files? Can I read about it somewhere?
Thanks for the help.
9999 :) said:
In general, It would be great if I could use CyanogenMod 10.2.
Should I proceed in the following order? Flush CM -> flush patched kernel -> flush patched modem.
Which of the patched versions should I choose?
Also, what do these versions change? What functionality was patched in these files? Can I read about it somewhere?
Thanks for the help.
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No the kernel will only work for 4.3 roms not CyanogenMod roms but the patched modems will work.You can try flashing CyanogenMod then the patched modem but CyanogenMod does not include a modem so whatever modem you where on when you flashed CyanogenMod you will keep.
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No the kernel will only work for 4.3 roms not CyanogenMod roms but the patched modems will work.You can try flashing CyanogenMod then the patched modem but CyanogenMod does not include a modem so whatever modem you where on when you flashed CyanogenMod you will keep.
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I tried installing CyanogenMod, then flushing some of the patched modems you've linked. Unfortunately, nothing changes - Baseband/IMEI are always unknown.
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I tried installing CyanogenMod, then flushing some of the patched modems you've linked. Unfortunately, nothing changes - Baseband/IMEI are always unknown.
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You mean flash not flush.
Also you should be careful to by things like this off ebay, There is a very high chance you brought the phone broken like this but did not notice straight away.
Don't hang around on 4.1.2 as you might get SDS.
Upgrade to 4.3 stock of higher using custom roms with a patched modem of mg4 or higher as stated by tallman43.
Read here for what you or the previous owner has done. Also on stock make sure your csc is correct.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/ref-imei-efs-stuff-i9300-including-t2393289
If you cannot get it to work you need to take it in for repair. Make sure it works on 4.3 before paying.
Hello all.
I tried a rom (Barepops) coming from stock KK. Then i restored back after testing LP and my network is borked. It will detect network, show red x, then refresh icon... Repeat.
I tried flashing a zv4 radio zip and it is still the same.
I am using gsm and it was working fine. Now it says network disabeled. Please help.
Ps. Is there a way to tell if i lost carrier unlock?
Thanks
Android03 said:
Hello all.
I tried a rom (Barepops) coming from stock KK. Then i restored back after testing LP and my network is borked. It will detect network, show red x, then refresh icon... Repeat.
I tried flashing a zv4 radio zip and it is still the same.
I am using gsm and it was working fine. Now it says network disabeled. Please help.
Ps. Is there a way to tell if i lost carrier unlock?
Thanks
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It depends which BarePop was last.
TE has the right rpm,tz partitions.
If another, or stock I think, then flash the ZV4/6 rpm,tz partitions. They're in each of those threads. Posts 2, 3or 4.
Also, the modems aren't backwards compatible. So if on ZV8, it should work with any lollipop ROM.
If KK, then flash, or restore the ZV4/6 modem with TWRP.
The rpm,tz partitions will work with any ROM. But we seem to have less issues with the ZV4/6 rpm,tz partitions.
Thank you for replying!
I used V1. I read about the ZV4/6 rpm,tz partitions and used twrp to flash. Nothing.
Do yo believe that i probably lost the carrier unlock status? Any way i can check that?
I wil search the forum for a carrier unlock method (unless u know one right off the top of your mind)
Again, thank you.
Did you by a chance use my method? Or the one where you replace the files?
Try updating your profile and prl then type this into your phone app: ##update#
After that download terminal and restart your rild by running the following commands:
su <gets superuser accsess
killall rild <will restart your rild
If you lost your unlock then you will be locked to sprint and won't beable to go to any other carriar.
I followed instructions on op and pages 2 3 and 4. When i tried updating prl is just didn't do anything. All i want now is to get the phone how it was before. I already reverted back to stock kk.. The issue is i believe with the rpm. I am not in the us. (if that matters)
I noticed that the baseband now says uknown.
Should i wipe anything and flash the rpm again?
If you wipe everything try doing this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54442210&postcount=28
I had that issue, I could not get the modem to flash. Using twrp, had to use flash2 method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/psa-stop-taking-ota-updates-update-t2909412
Here is stock partition for ls990, thanks to autoprime
http://downloads.codefi.re/autoprime/LG/LG_G3/LS990/stock_partitions
Thank you all. It would seem this was an error from my end as i had not flashed zv4 modem as explained.
All good now.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S III that I purchased on eBay. It have TWRP on it, and I know absolutely nothing about it except how to open it and get back to the phone. I'm looking for someone who can be patient enough to answer questions and give advice
Ok, to help you with this, in case you haven't fully understood TWRP yet.
It is a very powerful tool that has many features. It can create(backup button in TWRP) and restore(restore button in TWRP) backups(most important feature), it can save those backups to whatever storage location you choose, you have to find the option and select where you want the backup to be stored. You can also choose to backup other partitions along with the default partitions.
It can install(Install button in TWRP) various recovery flashable .zip files including ROMs, Kernels, Modems, newer recoveries, and various other mods/tweaks such as the Xposed framework. It can flash .img files also, provided those .img files are for your device.
It has the ability to wipe(format) the various partitions on the device to clear all data in the selected partition(s), these include the normal wipes when flashing ROMs and such, To do the normal wipes, select the Wipe option in TWRP, you'll see at the top it says Factory reset/wipe data, wipe cache partition and wipe dalvik/ART cache(newer ROM and recoveries use ART, dalvik is older stuff(swipe the slider to wipe). In addition to the normal wipes there are the advanced wipes(select Wipe option, then select Advanced Wipe), typically the advanced wipes are only used when doing a "clean install", it is used to wipe only the System partition and the Data partition to clear any junk that might cause issues with a new ROM you want to use, some ROMs even require a system wipe/clean install to use the ROM. You must be careful when using advanced wipes, if you wipe the wrong thing you'll be screwed. To be safe, only wipe System, Data, Cache, Dalvik/ART, and maybe internal storage(this erases everything you have on internal such as pictures, other media and other downloaded content). Also, when you wipe system partition it removes your OS completely and will have to be flashed with a ROM before rebooting, if you reboot without flashing you'll have nothing to boot to and in some cases it is difficult to revive the device.
It has a file manager that you can use to browse through the folders and files on your device while in recovery.
It can be used to connect the device to ADB where you can do all manner of things with the device. ADB can be used to boot the device to whatever mode you want, it can be used to push or pull files to and from the device, it can be used to capture logcats from the device that give technical live data of what the device is doing below all the layers of software to pinpoint bugs and issues. ADB is used to flash .img files to the device and even pull .imgs from the device using the dd command line, it has many, many things it can do, its all pretty advanced though.
There are other minor, rarely used features as well such as fix permissions, mount and unmount various partitions, etc. You can learn all of them by googling the various features to find descriptions of them.
If you have questions, just ask.
Where were you 4 months ago lol. I searched and begged and googled this with no answers. I didn't know anything about ROMs or kernals or recovery until this phone wanted to update. I followed the instructions and found myself in TWRP and thought my phone had been infected with a virus. That was around October 2015. It took me months more to find XDA, months more to figure out where to post a question, and months more to get information. I manged to flash the MOAR rom in July, but didn't see that it was from 2012, so the developer won't answer any questions I have. I couldn't figure out how to restore what I had before and subsequently deleted the files from my exSd.
My frustration is that I didn't get into this because I was interested in it or knew about the workings of operating systems and wanted to make my phone awesome. I thought I had to in order to make it work right. I was seduced by ideas of having an awesome phone when I read about custom ROMs while trying to find one. The problem is, I don't understand the power I have in order to use it.
Sorry to ramble. I do thank you for your information. I also welcome ( beg for) any help or suggestions about what works with what devices.
Thank you again
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Where were you 4 months ago lol. I searched and begged and googled this with no answers. I didn't know anything about ROMs or kernals or recovery until this phone wanted to update. I followed the instructions and found myself in TWRP and thought my phone had been infected with a virus. That was around October 2015. It took me months more to find XDA, months more to figure out where to post a question, and months more to get information. I manged to flash the MOAR rom in July, but didn't see that it was from 2012, so the developer won't answer any questions I have. I couldn't figure out how to restore what I had before and subsequently deleted the files from my exSd.
My frustration is that I didn't get into this because I was interested in it or knew about the workings of operating systems and wanted to make my phone awesome. I thought I had to in order to make it work right. I was seduced by ideas of having an awesome phone when I read about custom ROMs while trying to find one. The problem is, I don't understand the power I have in order to use it.
Sorry to ramble. I do thank you for your information. I also welcome ( beg for) any help or suggestions about what works with what devices.
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You should be able to flash any of the sprint S3(d2spr) ROMs, recoveries, kernels and mods for d2spr and of course the general mods that can be used by virtually any device such as the Xposed framework for ARMv7 devices. I have an S3 that uses the (d2vzw) stuff so I can help you a lot with your S3.
Actually all of the US variant S3(d2vzw, d2spr, d2att, d2usc, d2tmo, etc..)devices can use the d2lte ROMs, on top of that, the d2 devices can all flash each others ROMs without harming the device, they just won't have signal or buttons will be backwards and little things like that, the S3 ROMs can easily be converted from one device to another, the d2 devices are 95% the same.
You could easily flash the newest TWRP and then choose a d2spr lollipop or marshmallow ROM from the Sprint S3 forum as these are the most up to date and readily available ROMs, there's very little support for Kit Kat and older stuff.
And of course, you could always go back to full stock with no root or TWRP if you just want the device to work and would rather avoid all of this custom stuff and its complexities.
For that you just need to do a google search for:
"Return to stock (your model number)"
Or you can go to Sammobile .com or samsung-updates .com and use your model number to find the stock firmware for your device, download it then download the newest version of Odin and install it on PC then boot your phone to download mode(volume down+home+power, press up at the caution screen to enter download mode), connect to Odin, if you get a blue or yellow comm# box you're connected. Click the AP button then browse to your stock firmware .tar.md5 file, select it, back in Odin click start and it will flash the device and reboot into the restored stock firmware, sometimes it bootloops and you have to boot to stock recovery(volume up+home+power) then factory reset and wipe cache in stock recovery then reboot.
I can help you any direction you want to go, just say the word and I'll get you there. Do you want custom or stock? If you want custom, do you want Kit Kat(4.4.x) lollipop(5.x)or marshmallow(6.x), maybe even a Nougat(7.0) ROM?
Droidriven said:
You should be able to flash any of the sprint S3(d2spr) ROMs, recoveries, kernels and mods for d2spr and of course the general mods that can be used by virtually any device such as the Xposed framework for ARMv7 devices. I have an S3 that uses the (d2vzw) stuff so I can help you a lot with your S3.
Actually all of the US variant S3(d2vzw, d2spr, d2att, d2usc, d2tmo, etc..)devices can use the d2lte ROMs, on top of that, the d2 devices can all flash each others ROMs without harming the device, they just won't have signal or buttons will be backwards and little things like that, the S3 ROMs can easily be converted from one device to another, the d2 devices are 95% the same.
You could easily flash the newest TWRP and then choose a d2spr lollipop or marshmallow ROM from the Sprint S3 forum as these are the most up to date and readily available ROMs, there's very little support for Kit Kat and older stuff.
And of course, you could always go back to full stock with no root or TWRP if you just want the device to work and would rather avoid all of this custom stuff and its complexities.
For that you just need to do a google search for:
"Return to stock (your model number)"
Or you can go to Sammobile .com or samsung-updates .com and use your model number to find the stock firmware for your device, download it then download the newest version of Odin and install it on PC then boot your phone to download mode(volume down+home+power, press up at the caution screen to enter download mode), connect to Odin, if you get a blue or yellow comm# box you're connected. Click the AP button then browse to your stock firmware .tar.md5 file, select it, back in Odin click start and it will flash the device and reboot into the restored stock firmware, sometimes it bootloops and you have to boot to stock recovery(volume up+home+power) then factory reset and wipe cache in stock recovery then reboot.
I can help you any direction you want to go, just say the word and I'll get you there. Do you want custom or stock? If you want custom, do you want Kit Kat(4.4.x) lollipop(5.x)or marshmallow(6.x), maybe even a Nougat(7.0) ROM?
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Wow, you are my hero! I don't know how to thank you enough.
First off, I promise I have put in lots of work on my own trying to find answers. Also, I may be underestimating my own understanding.
As far as ROMs, I haven't worked this hard to give up now! Not only do I want custom, I want to know what kernel does, what a governor does, what mods are. I think everyone else thought I wanted to be told what system to install while I only wanted to be educated so I could decide for myself. Basically, I'm asking for a teacher
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Mablemae said:
Where were you 4 months ago lol. I searched and begged and googled this with no answers. I didn't know anything about ROMs or kernals or recovery until this phone wanted to update. I followed the instructions and found myself in TWRP and thought my phone had been infected with a virus. That was around October 2015. It took me months more to find XDA, months more to figure out where to post a question, and months more to get information. I manged to flash the MOAR rom in July, but didn't see that it was from 2012, so the developer won't answer any questions I have. I couldn't figure out how to restore what I had before and subsequently deleted the files from my exSd.
My frustration is that I didn't get into this because I was interested in it or knew about the workings of operating systems and wanted to make my phone awesome. I thought I had to in order to make it work right. I was seduced by ideas of having an awesome phone when I read about custom ROMs while trying to find one. The problem is, I don't understand the power I have in order to use it.
Sorry to ramble. I do thank you for your information. I also welcome ( beg for) any help or suggestions about what works with what devices.
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Here, may I suggest the ROM linked below?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3033797
This is OctOS Marshmallow, OctOS is pretty much the most stable custom available, they don't try to cram it full of every feature they can, it isn't featureless, its just that their focus is stability and not the bells and whistles. I've used OctOS on my d2vzw S3 for 2 years without a single issue. In fact, I've liked the ROM so much I joined the OctOS team as a beta tester(kinda pointless because even the test builds are rock solid, takes the fun out of testing). I've even built a system for one of the developers on the team to use for developing ROMs. Anyway, that's all unimportant.
Try the ROM, I think you'll like it. It requires using the advanced wipes in recovery to wipe System and Data partitions before flashing the ROM to do a "clean install". I'll help you with that if you need it. I hope you enjoy.
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Mablemae said:
Wow, you are my hero! I don't know how to thank you enough.
First off, I promise I have put in lots of work on my own trying to find answers. Also, I may be underestimating my own understanding.
As far as ROMs, I haven't worked this hard to give up now! Not only do I want custom, I want to know what kernel does, what a governor does, what mods are. I think everyone else thought I wanted to be told what system to install while I only wanted to be educated so I could decide for myself. Basically, I'm asking for a teacher
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Kernels are what integrate your hardware with your software, the kernel is what loads all the software that is installed and the kernel has to be made to work with your specific hardware.
Custom kernels can be used to do things like overclock your processor and your graphics processor to increase performance. Governors do just that, they govern how your processor responds to your usage, such as you can set it to run full speed at all times or you can set it to only respond with full speed when you need it. There are different governors and they each perform differently, it just depends on which ones were included in the kernel. I could explain it all but you wouldn't understand it until you've used it a while and gotten the feel for what they do. There are other things you can do with kernels but its pretty technical and you'll probably never use/need most of what it does. The OctOS ROM actually comes with its own Kraken kernel and the Kernel Auditor app built in. Other ROMs don't have their own kernel, they typically use the stock CM kernel. There are also other stand alone kernels for d2spr that you could use, you just have to verify which kernels work with which ROMs(kit kat kernel for kit Kat ROMs, lollipop kernel for lollipop, etc..., some kernels can be used with kit kat, lollipop and marshmallow, you just have to read about each kernel to see what they work with).
Mods are modifications, not all devices can use all mods, mods can be all kinds of things major and minor. A mod can be absolutely any part of a ROM that someone modifies for whatever reason. There isn't any one thing I can put my finger on and say "this is a mod" that would help you understand what they are. Just know that there are mods that only work on specific devices and mods that can be used by many or even all devices, you just have to know which are which.
By the way, I figured you'd stay with custom, everyone does when they get bitten by the android bug, lol.
Thank you. My dilemma in finding one is that I read where you need a certain firmware or modem. How do I know if I need it? I looked at the section in my phone that I sent the pic of. Where is the information I need, and how do I know if I can install something?
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Mablemae said:
Thank you. My dilemma in finding one is that I read where you need a certain firmware or modem. How do I know if I need it? I looked at the section in my phone that I sent the pic of. Where is the information I need, and how do I know if I can install something?
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I don't know of the d2spr devices requiring flashing a modem. Can you give me a link to see what you're talking about? If not I'll see if I can find what you're talking about. Or I might get in private chat with the d2spr guys on the OctOS team to see if they know.
You do know that there is a d2spr device and the d2spr refresh device, don't you? You can't use the d2spr refresh stuff, that's a different variant. I think it is the one with the certain modem because it is a tri band device I think.
Droidriven said:
I don't know of the d2spr devices requiring flashing a modem. Can you give me a link to see what you're talking about? If not I'll see if I can find what you're talking about. Or I might get in private chat with the d2spr guys on the OctOS team to see if they know.
You do know that there is a d2spr device and the d2spr refresh device, don't you? You can't use the d2spr refresh stuff, that's a different variant. I think it is the one with the certain modem because it is a tri band device I think.
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I am going to try out the one you sent me the link for. If I think I want more bells and whistles, I'll let you know and see what else is available. I have no reason to look elsewhere. I'm just so thankful for your help. Do you have a link where I can send money to your team or an address where I can send a pie? Lol
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Droidriven said:
Here, may I suggest the ROM linked below?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3033797
This is OctOS Marshmallow, OctOS is pretty much the most stable custom available, they don't try to cram it full of every feature they can, it isn't featureless, its just that their focus is stability and not the bells and whistles. I've used OctOS on my d2vzw S3 for 2 years without a single issue. In fact, I've liked the ROM so much I joined the OctOS team as a beta tester(kinda pointless because even the test builds are rock solid, takes the fun out of testing). I've even built a system for one of the developers on the team to use for developing ROMs. Anyway, that's all unimportant.
Try the ROM, I think you'll like it. It requires using the advanced wipes in recovery to wipe System and Data partitions before flashing the ROM to do a "clean install". I'll help you with that if you need it. I hope you enjoy.
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Kernels are what integrate your hardware with your software, the kernel is what loads all the software that is installed and the kernel has to be made to work with your specific hardware.
Custom kernels can be used to do things like overclock your processor and your graphics processor to increase performance. Governors do just that, they govern how your processor responds to your usage, such as you can set it to run full speed at all times or you can set it to only respond with full speed when you need it. There are different governors and they each perform differently, it just depends on which ones were included in the kernel. I could explain it all but you wouldn't understand it until you've used it a while and gotten the feel for what they do. There are other things you can do with kernels but its pretty technical and you'll probably never use/need most of what it does. The OctOS ROM actually comes with its own Kraken kernel and the Kernel Auditor app built in. Other ROMs don't have their own kernel, they typically use the stock CM kernel. There are also other stand alone kernels for d2spr that you could use, you just have to verify which kernels work with which ROMs(kit kat kernel for kit Kat ROMs, lollipop kernel for lollipop, etc..., some kernels can be used with kit kat, lollipop and marshmallow, you just have to read about each kernel to see what they work with).
Mods are modifications, not all devices can use all mods, mods can be all kinds of things major and minor. A mod can be absolutely any part of a ROM that someone modifies for whatever reason. There isn't any one thing I can put my finger on and say "this is a mod" that would help you understand what they are. Just know that there are mods that only work on specific devices and mods that can be used by many or even all devices, you just have to know which are which.
By the way, I figured you'd stay with custom, everyone does when they get bitten by the android bug, lol.
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I just want to be sure I'm doing the right thing. I went to the link you sent and clicked the link for "stable", then "Samsung", then s3 lte, then sprint gs3. I assume that since you have my current phone information to know what I'm running, you gave me something that is compatible and doesn't need me to modify any of my current settings in order to install, but I'm just double checking. Also, how important is gapps if I use titanium to backup any apps I want to carry over? I've never downloaded gapps before a wipe
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Droidriven said:
Here, may I suggest the ROM linked below?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3033797
This is OctOS Marshmallow, OctOS is pretty much the most stable custom available, they don't try to cram it full of every feature they can, it isn't featureless, its just that their focus is stability and not the bells and whistles. I've used OctOS on my d2vzw S3 for 2 years without a single issue. In fact, I've liked the ROM so much I joined the OctOS team as a beta tester(kinda pointless because even the test builds are rock solid, takes the fun out of testing). I've even built a system for one of the developers on the team to use for developing ROMs. Anyway, that's all unimportant.
Try the ROM, I think you'll like it. It requires using the advanced wipes in recovery to wipe System and Data partitions before flashing the ROM to do a "clean install". I'll help you with that if you need it. I hope you enjoy.
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Kernels are what integrate your hardware with your software, the kernel is what loads all the software that is installed and the kernel has to be made to work with your specific hardware.
Custom kernels can be used to do things like overclock your processor and your graphics processor to increase performance. Governors do just that, they govern how your processor responds to your usage, such as you can set it to run full speed at all times or you can set it to only respond with full speed when you need it. There are different governors and they each perform differently, it just depends on which ones were included in the kernel. I could explain it all but you wouldn't understand it until you've used it a while and gotten the feel for what they do. There are other things you can do with kernels but its pretty technical and you'll probably never use/need most of what it does. The OctOS ROM actually comes with its own Kraken kernel and the Kernel Auditor app built in. Other ROMs don't have their own kernel, they typically use the stock CM kernel. There are also other stand alone kernels for d2spr that you could use, you just have to verify which kernels work with which ROMs(kit kat kernel for kit Kat ROMs, lollipop kernel for lollipop, etc..., some kernels can be used with kit kat, lollipop and marshmallow, you just have to read about each kernel to see what they work with).
Mods are modifications, not all devices can use all mods, mods can be all kinds of things major and minor. A mod can be absolutely any part of a ROM that someone modifies for whatever reason. There isn't any one thing I can put my finger on and say "this is a mod" that would help you understand what they are. Just know that there are mods that only work on specific devices and mods that can be used by many or even all devices, you just have to know which are which.
By the way, I figured you'd stay with custom, everyone does when they get bitten by the android bug, lol.
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Ok here goes. I'm about to do this. I will be back shortly with how it went either from this phone or my backup phone.
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Ok here goes. I'm about to do this. I will be back shortly with how it went either from this phone or my backup phone.
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Tell me what you are flashing first and I'll verify it for you if you want.
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Tell me what you are flashing first and I'll verify it for you if you want.
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I flashed this and the screen flashed the whole time with the TWRP screen and the file images over it. I could see an "ok" option and pressed it. When I went to reboot, TWRP said there was no os installed, so I went back and wiped and reinstalled MOAR. Now I can't install titanium. I get some kind of error. Did I lose root?
Droidriven said:
Tell me what you are flashing first and I'll verify it for you if you want.
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I didn't download the md5 file because I didn't see one
Mablemae said:
I didn't download the md5 file because I didn't see one
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The file may have its own md5 sum attached to it instead of a separate md5.
As for the issue with Titanium Backup, you don't need root to install it but you do need root to restore the stuff you backed up in Titanium Backup.
When I asked about what you flashed, I was asking for links to what you used so I could go there to where you got it and see if its for your device or not and what might need to be done with it to make sure it comes out right, in other words, I'll check to see if requires the modem you spoke of.
If you think you lost root, download SuperSU.zip and flash that in recovery like you did the ROM and you should have root.
When I ask you questions I need the answer, not partial responses. If you don't give me the answers I need about exactly what you're using and what you're doing, it makes understanding any issues you might have a little harder to understand and troubleshoot. Work with me and I'll work with you.
Mablemae said:
I didn't download the md5 file because I didn't see one
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That screenshot you gave me is not a ROM. That is a flashable zip to fix your APNs so you that your mobile data works.
This should be your ROM.
https://www.teamoctos.com/download/M_release/d2spr/OCT-M-R2-6.0.1-20160812-d2spr.zip
For the gapps you'll need, do a google search for:
Open Gapps
When you get to their page, select ARM(not ARMx64), then select 6.0, then select mini, pico or nano packages then download.
You have to flash the Gapps with your ROM, they are system apps, apps you install aren't system app, they're user apps, different animal. When flashing a ROM different than what you have you can't use Titanium Backup to back up system apps because they won't restore properly in your new ROM, especially when going from one android version to another.
Flash the Gapps and then only restore apps that you downloaded from Playstore.
The link I gave you was to the thread for your ROM, it should the info you need to know to flash it.
By the way, when you flashed and it said you had no OS, that's because of the advanced wipe when you wiped system partition in recovery, I told you that it removes your OS and that you'll have to flash the ROM AFTER doing the wipe, you can't flash and then do the wipe, that wipes what you flashed.
Droidriven said:
That screenshot you gave me is not a ROM. That is a flashable zip to fix your APNs so you that your mobile data works.
This should be your ROM.
https://www.teamoctos.com/download/M_release/d2spr/OCT-M-R2-6.0.1-20160812-d2spr.zip
For the gapps you'll need, do a google search for:
Open Gapps
When you get to their page, select ARM(not ARMx64), then select 6.0, then select mini, pico or nano packages then download.
You have to flash the Gapps with your ROM, they are system apps, apps you install aren't system app, they're user apps, different animal. When flashing a ROM different than what you have you can't use Titanium Backup to back up system apps because they won't restore properly in your new ROM, especially when going from one android version to another.
Flash the Gapps and then only restore apps that you downloaded from Playstore.
The link I gave you was to the thread for your ROM, it should the info you need to know to flash it.
By the way, when you flashed and it said you had no OS, that's because of the advanced wipe when you wiped system partition in recovery, I told you that it removes your OS and that you'll have to flash the ROM AFTER doing the wipe, you can't flash and then do the wipe, that wipes what you flashed.
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Yes I wiped, then flashed. This is the path I took that got me to what I flashed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3033797.
On the first page in the thread, I found a link that said it was stable and followed it for my phone.
I only backup user apps to titanium because I did read that system apps can cause problems when carried over to a different rom. Sorry about the lack of information.
Mablemae said:
Yes I wiped, then flashed. This is the path I took that got me to what I flashed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3033797.
On the first page in the thread, I found a link that said it was stable and followed it for my phone.
I only backup user apps to titanium because I did read that system apps can cause problems when carried over to a different rom. Sorry about the lack of information.
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OK, I'll check out some details and see what might have happened when you flashed. Doing the wipes a d then flashing ROM then Gapps should have worked with no issue, let me do some digging to see why it didn't.
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OK, I'll check out some details and see what might have happened when you flashed. Doing the wipes a d then flashing ROM then Gapps should have worked with no issue, let me do some digging to see why it didn't.
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Stop digging. The apps started downloading, but I'm going to try what you sent me tonight when I get off
Mablemae said:
Stop digging. The apps started downloading, but I'm going to try what you sent me tonight when I get off
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Ok, I'm chatting with my OctOS colleagues, some of them have had d2spr, hopefully they remember whether there is anything special you need to do. I have helped others with d2spr but its been a year or more so I don't remember details.