Ok I hate starting a new thread but I have a problem that I can not seem to find any information on it,
I have had my S2 for 1.5 years and have run many many custom roms. Been using Paranoid lately. Today I tried flashing the newest Wanam Lite as my second rom keeping Paranoid as primary. (using dorimanx kernel)
Wanam failed to install. After boot the screen goes black. No problem... I will just go back to my Primary rom. Tried, Tested and True, Paranoid Android.
What's this? My phone is asking for SIM unlock code. I unlocked this phone 1 and a half years ago. Ok so I unlock it the same way i had done in the past for my S2 and many friends S2. I installed "Galaxy S Unlock" from the market and ran it. Ok phone is unlocked and I can use it like normal, as I have network signal.
But as soon as I reboot it is locked again. So now I have to unlock the SIM every time I reboot my phone.
Does anyone know why this is happening?
This is what I have tried so far.
- reinstalled ROM
- wiped dalvic
- wiped data
- wiped cache
- fixed permissions
Nothing I try solves the problem. Every time I reboot I lose my sim unlock.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
anyone have any insight into this??
has this happened to anyone else?
kevjef420 said:
Ok I hate starting a new thread but I have a problem that I can not seem to find any information on it,
I have had my S2 for 1.5 years and have run many many custom roms. Been using Paranoid lately. Today I tried flashing the newest Wanam Lite as my second rom keeping Paranoid as primary. (using dorimanx kernel)
Wanam failed to install. After boot the screen goes black. No problem... I will just go back to my Primary rom. Tried, Tested and True, Paranoid Android.
What's this? My phone is asking for SIM unlock code. I unlocked this phone 1 and a half years ago. Ok so I unlock it the same way i had done in the past for my S2 and many friends S2. I installed "Galaxy S Unlock" from the market and ran it. Ok phone is unlocked and I can use it like normal, as I have network signal.
But as soon as I reboot it is locked again. So now I have to unlock the SIM every time I reboot my phone.
Does anyone know why this is happening?
This is what I have tried so far.
- reinstalled ROM
- wiped dalvic
- wiped data
- wiped cache
- fixed permissions
Nothing I try solves the problem. Every time I reboot I lose my sim unlock.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
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First of all , use the following to unlock your phone, if it works for you that would be gud otherwise flash the rom again (Fresh Install)
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/21618136/GalaxSimUnlock.apk
You cannot dual boot Leaked JB based roms as of yet ..
Exatley same things happend with me at this afternoon. My sgs 2 was unlocked nearly a year ago, and I'v been tryed a new "leaked - out" rom which I've found on the Sammobile forum. I9100XXLSJ - Offical, beta... or alpha.. dunno, but 4.1.2
Few minutes later I also tried an another rom... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2037363 XXLSJ tweeked by Alliance.
I've wiped everything before every install, and I'm not sure where I've lost my "unlocked" status... Lol.. First time I was thinking its a PIN code only. Obviously I never seen this before. In the last few year I installed, and tried many roms without any issue. Mostly Darky's, CM 7-9.
But long story short: your tool solved my problem under a minute. Thank you so much MR.Killer
Ps: maybe I also tried a CM10 nighty build today.. I cant bear in my mind everything
jstonehun said:
Exatley same things happend with me at this afternoon. My sgs 2 was unlocked nearly a year ago, and I'v been tryed a new "leaked - out" rom which I've found on the Sammobile forum. I9100XXLSJ - Offical, beta... or alpha.. dunno, but 4.1.2
Few minutes later I also tried an another rom... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2037363 XXLSJ tweeked by Alliance.
I've wiped everything before every install, and I'm not sure where I've lost my "unlocked" status... Lol.. First time I was thinking its a PIN code only. Obviously I never seen this before. In the last few year I installed, and tried many roms without any issue. Mostly Darky's, CM 7-9.
But long story short: your tool solved my problem under a minute. Thank you so much MR.Killer
Ps: maybe I also tried a CM10 nighty build today.. I cant bear in my mind everything
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Mr.KiLLeR said:
First of all , use the following to unlock your phone, if it works for you that would be gud otherwise flash the rom again (Fresh Install)
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/21618136/GalaxSimUnlock.apk
You cannot dual boot Leaked JB based roms as of yet ..
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. This app solved my problem with the sim unlock. Saw it on the market but it wanted me to pay
I didn't know that the leaked JB could not be dual booted. That would explain the black screen. I think I will back up my primary to SD and try installing that rom again. Does this work on any kernel or just the one it is supplied with?
Anyways. Thanks again. You solved my BIG problem.
kevjef420 said:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. This app solved my problem with the sim unlock. Saw it on the market but it wanted me to pay
I didn't know that the leaked JB could not be dual booted. That would explain the black screen. I think I will back up my primary to SD and try installing that rom again. Does this work on any kernel or just the one it is supplied with?
Anyways. Thanks again. You solved my BIG problem.
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only 'Philz' kernel does support the leaked Jb rom or one based on it for know
The app is free to use if you get it from Spockys thread.
I believe you have to pay if you get it through play store.
Related
I bought Samsung Galaxy Ace for my daughter and installed custom rom, everything was fine, worked so fast and smooth.
She was using Facebook when phone/screen became unresponsive. No matter what, reboot/battery remove, its still not responding.
Something like that happened when I took phone first time from box and started registration and etc. But it happened few seconds only. During the rooting, then flashing custom rom everything was fine.
Now, I am trying reboot and once it was responsive but then still stack.
The other problem is this phone I bought from 3 Network UK and now I can't find any stock rom for it. I was searching several hours for it, no luck. I want to return it to store but I am afraid if I'm not install 3 UK stock rom they will not take it back.
Please, if you have same experience about screen unresponsiveness, or have know where I can get 3 Network UK stock rom 2.3.6 version will be great.
d.iverieli said:
I bought Samsung Galaxy Ace for my daughter and installed custom rom, everything was fine, worked so fast and smooth.
She was using Facebook when phone/screen became unresponsive. No matter what, reboot/battery remove, its still not responding.
Something like that happened when I took phone first time from box and started registration and etc. But it happened few seconds only. During the rooting, then flashing custom rom everything was fine.
Now, I am trying reboot and once it was responsive but then still stack.
The other problem is this phone I bought from 3 Network UK and now I can't find any stock rom for it. I was searching several hours for it, no luck. I want to return it to store but I am afraid if I'm not install 3 UK stock rom they will not take it back.
Please, if you have same experience about screen unresponsiveness, or have know where I can get 3 Network UK stock rom 2.3.6 version will be great.
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I am also new to these modifications and stuff. However, just like any thing with processors, for me I think it would be about the ram and stuff. You need to free up some space I guess for you to get the phone running good again.
If this helps, check this thread.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427612
It is already included in most custom roms.
I know you already know this, but if for some reason, you may need more info. Check this out. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1034145
I hope this helps though.
Thanks for quick response jangs_momoi!
I tried first link and installed it. Also I tried several custom roms but no luck. The screen is still unresponsive, other buttons works, I meant phone is working not freeze but screen is not.
Even if I try flash stock rom, it doesn't helps because I need 3 network stock rom not european one.
d.iverieli said:
Thanks for quick response jangs_momoi!
I tried first link and installed it. Also I tried several custom roms but no luck. The screen is still unresponsive, other buttons works, I meant phone is working not freeze but screen is not.
Even if I try flash stock rom, it doesn't helps because I need 3 network stock rom not european one.
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I really hope someone is able to give you a link to get that stock rom you need. I believe the screen is really the problem.
Thank you very much for you help. Yes, I hope someone will know link for stock rom, I still searching for it but nothing yet.
Have a nice day.
You have a nice day too.
d.iverieli said:
I bought Samsung Galaxy Ace for my daughter and installed custom rom, everything was fine, worked so fast and smooth.
She was using Facebook when phone/screen became unresponsive. No matter what, reboot/battery remove, its still not responding.
Something like that happened when I took phone first time from box and started registration and etc. But it happened few seconds only. During the rooting, then flashing custom rom everything was fine.
Now, I am trying reboot and once it was responsive but then still stack.
The other problem is this phone I bought from 3 Network UK and now I can't find any stock rom for it. I was searching several hours for it, no luck. I want to return it to store but I am afraid if I'm not install 3 UK stock rom they will not take it back.
Please, if you have same experience about screen unresponsiveness, or have know where I can get 3 Network UK stock rom 2.3.6 version will be great.
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Maybe this thread can help you : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1034145
Did you try reflashing original rom using samsung kies?
Sent from my GT-S5830
I am coming from a Galaxy Nexus. I have flashed many roms in the past, but when I flash roms on the Note the phone portion seems to stop working. Data works fine, its just when I try to make a call it just sits there for a long time and then the call terminates. Happens every time a flash a new rom. With my old Droid 1 on Verizon you could dial up a number to reactivate the phone, on the Nexus this seems to not be an issue at all. Is there some trick to getting AT&T to reinitialize the cell phone after a new rom flash? I tried pulling the battery for like 5 minutes figuring that would force it to resync or something...
Any one else running into this?
Never heard of this problem. Which roms are you loading, I would suggest asking the dev of the ROM, including all of the steps you use to install it.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using XDA
I completely agree with you and same thing is happening to my note as well...I thought i was in bad signal area....now i am running into problems with google market....cant load apps...always showing error 492....i installed saurom rom rc7 and also i dont see what kernel i have on my phone....i also installed the kernel fix and flashed it....still nothing...i am myself trying to get some help here
busybeebusy said:
I completely agree with you and same thing is happening to my note as well...I thought i was in bad signal area....now i am running into problems with google market....cant load apps...always showing error 492....i installed saurom rom rc7 and also i dont see what kernel i have on my phone....i also installed the kernel fix and flashed it....still nothing...i am myself trying to get some help here
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To fix the market you need to reboot to clockworkmod and clear the cache. The issue with the kernel is normal, it is the HoloKernel, it just has bad information in the about screen, that's normal too.
To fix the phone issue I usually pull the battery for like 5 minutes and then toggle the network from auto to manual a couple of times and then it seems to finally pick it up. Just seems odd...
omniphil said:
I am coming from a Galaxy Nexus. I have flashed many roms in the past, but when I flash roms on the Note the phone portion seems to stop working. Data works fine, its just when I try to make a call it just sits there for a long time and then the call terminates. Happens every time a flash a new rom. With my old Droid 1 on Verizon you could dial up a number to reactivate the phone, on the Nexus this seems to not be an issue at all. Is there some trick to getting AT&T to reinitialize the cell phone after a new rom flash? I tried pulling the battery for like 5 minutes figuring that would force it to resync or something...
Any one else running into this?
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Did you flash the ATT fix after flashing RC7? If not, download ATT fix, flash Saurom RC7, wipe cache and d cache, flash ATT fix and then reboot system...
Update.....yesterday i opened the cwm and just cleared the wipe cache and then rebooted the phone and everything came back to normal...error code 492 disappeared and i was able to download all my apps.. I hope it will help somebody. Running saurom rc7. Everything looks fine so far....only data speed needs to go up some more but it could be the area....
Sent from my SGH-I717R using XDA
omniphil said:
To fix the market you need to reboot to clockworkmod and clear the cache. The issue with the kernel is normal, it is the HoloKernel, it just has bad information in the about screen, that's normal too.
To fix the phone issue I usually pull the battery for like 5 minutes and then toggle the network from auto to manual a couple of times and then it seems to finally pick it up. Just seems odd...
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What is the problem with the kernel that you need to flash the kernel fix? Is that only if you use holo kernel?
Hi there,
I flashed my s2 galaxy with the rom here;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1696419
However for some reason on the two occasions i have flashed this rom everything works fine except for when i reboot, when i do that, the animation just loops on booting up, left it overnight to see if i havent waited long enough and have had no luck, so on the second occasion i thought i would flash the rom again after deleting cache/dalvik etc first and still have the same problem, is it something anyone else is having an issue with or is it just a bug in the rom? (couldn't post in the android development forum where this rom is posted due to being a new member).
thanks guys
Aaron-Marcus said:
Hi there,
I flashed my s2 galaxy with the rom here;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1696419
However for some reason on the two occasions i have flashed this rom everything works fine except for when i reboot, when i do that, the animation just loops on booting up, left it overnight to see if i havent waited long enough and have had no luck, so on the second occasion i thought i would flash the rom again after deleting cache/dalvik etc first and still have the same problem, is it something anyone else is having an issue with or is it just a bug in the rom? (couldn't post in the android development forum where this rom is posted due to being a new member).
thanks guys
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Did you wipe data/factory reset in Recovery?
When you dont do that, the result is always a bootloop!
Sent from my Galaxy S2 GT i9100
Aaron-Marcus said:
Hi there,
I flashed my s2 galaxy with the rom here;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1696419
However for some reason on the two occasions i have flashed this rom everything works fine except for when i reboot, when i do that, the animation just loops on booting up, left it overnight to see if i havent waited long enough and have had no luck, so on the second occasion i thought i would flash the rom again after deleting cache/dalvik etc first and still have the same problem, is it something anyone else is having an issue with or is it just a bug in the rom? (couldn't post in the android development forum where this rom is posted due to being a new member).
thanks guys
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Do a full wipe and reflash the rom
Hi.
I'm on my 2nd S3 now. First one suffered from the "sudden death syndrome".
My 2nd S3 has been perfectly fine bar the odd lock up. It's rooted and flashed with Supernexus by Faryab on v4.2.2
It has been freezing a lot lately, maybe 3 or 4 times a day but over the past few hours, it's now locked up approximately 20-30 times and I have to keep the power button pressed to reboot it. I've uninstalled any apps I have installed over the past few days. Booted into recovery and cleared cache and davlik cache (it's now saying Android is Upgrading upon every reboot). I can't even get time to backup my apps using Titanium Backup without it crashing.
What is going on anybody? Any help is much appreciated.
Try having a read of the freezing thread over in general.
boomboomer said:
Try having a read of the freezing thread over in general.
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Thanks. It appears my full microSD card was causing the problem. Cleared a few movies off it last night and it's not crashed since. Fingers crossed!
5aq1b said:
Thanks. It appears my full microSD card was causing the problem. Cleared a few movies off it last night and it's not crashed since. Fingers crossed!
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I guess i spoke too soon. More crashes again today
Did you do a full wipe including system format before installing the ROM? . It may be a data problem. Don't forget that 4.2.2 is also a beta firmware mate and not official like 4.1.2 so these things can happen. Also there are no custom kernels to flash to try and see if it's kernel based either.
cooza said:
Did you do a full wipe including system format before installing the ROM? . It may be a data problem. Don't forget that 4.2.2 is also a beta firmware mate and not official like 4.1.2 so these things can happen. Also there are no custom kernels to flash to try and see if it's kernel based either.
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Hey, yeah I did a full wipe including system format before I installed the new ROM. I've had this ROM for probably 3 months now and haven't had any problems with it up until the last few weeks. Infact 4.1.2 was killing my battery in a matter of hours. 4.2.2 ROM made me love my phone again as it fixed my battery woes!
This is so frustrating...
4.2.2 being a beta version can do this but re-installing can sometimes cure it though. Changing the kernel in 4.1.2 can give you better battery if you play around with a few and if course is more stable being an official release too. You can also try a different 4.2.2 ROM. They aren't all the same.
Thanks for the reply. Im not too comfortable/confident in changing kernels due to my lack of knowledge on them!
I do however like Faryabs ROMS as I like the original Android flavoured ROMS.
Will try a reinstall!
Same Problem
5aq1b said:
Thanks for the reply. Im not too comfortable/confident in changing kernels due to my lack of knowledge on them!
I do however like Faryabs ROMS as I like the original Android flavoured ROMS.
Will try a reinstall!
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I have the exact same issue, I was running Faryaabs rom version M1, Android 4.2.2. And a couple of days ago, I noticed it started freezing, and I have to reboot with power button. Now I installed the leaked Touchwiz 4.2.2. but the freezing remains and it has started to be worse. As you mention, 20-30 times a day. I have noticed though, when I shutt of internet, both wifi and 3/4G I get less crashes. Have you noticed the same?
If you find a solution, please inform me to.
Cheers,
Niko
Niko_v said:
I have the exact same issue, I was running Faryaabs rom version M1, Android 4.2.2. And a couple of days ago, I noticed it started freezing, and I have to reboot with power button. Now I installed the leaked Touchwiz 4.2.2. but the freezing remains and it has started to be worse. As you mention, 20-30 times a day. I have noticed though, when I shutt of internet, both wifi and 3/4G I get less crashes. Have you noticed the same?
If you find a solution, please inform me to.
Cheers,
Niko
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I think you may have found it
Wifi for example is controled by the kernel but there is no source codes released by Samsung so thats why there are no custom 4.2.2 kernels available for the S3 or you could flash one and most likely sort the problem out.
Its a shame cos there are for other phones on this version.
Hi dude
I went to the freezing thread here and found that the DFG method solved it all. So for anyone willing to try this please head over to that thread or just download the dummy file generator apps (2 in app store) although one is only necessary.
Gl and ty for the reaponse
Xda 4life
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
Hello first of all I would like to thank all the great developers for the great ROMs out there.
Second I would like to warn everyone that this is a "first world problem rant" that I'm about to write up with a legit frustration I have.
I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S4 from ATT and the only reason I got this phone over any other Android phone is the great camera and the screen.
I absolutely hate TouchWiz. It's bloated, slow and painfully ugly (to me). For this reason I decided to try out Flashing roms.
For the last couple of weeks (months maybe?) I have been using Cyanogenmod 10.1 stable with not many problems. Mostly camera issues but no biggie.
My frustration is the following: CyanogenMod has had two stable updates for my phone to go from 10.1 to 10.2 and, though it flashes perfectly, every time I reboot the phone the phone gets stuck on the "Samsung Custom (lock)" screen and I am forced to go into TWRP and reflash 10.1+Gapp from my SD carfd.. This happens EVERY TIME. With CM10.1 I can restart the phone just fine by the way. It's 10.2 and other Roms that make get stuck on the Samsung Custom (lock) screen.
So i decided to try out Gummy ROM because Kit Kat
I put the ROM in my SD card, Formated, Wiped and Installed. Worked like a charm until the camera wasnt working that well. I read the forums and said to restart to fix the camera.. Guess what?...AGAIN....Stuck on Samsung Custom (lock) screen.
My frustrations is that pretty much EVERY Rom that I have tried minus CM10.1 has done this to me and I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.
I have tried battery pulls, waiting 30 seconds, wiped dalvik, cache, etc. Fixed Permissions....everything and I have to reflash the ROMs almost 99% of the time unless I use CM10.1. I am tired of reading forums to fix this so here I am asking for your help.
/endrant
I have no idea what else to do so any help would be great.
INFO:
Current ROM: Gummy 1.1-11-21-13-UNOFFICIAL
Android 4.4
Baseband version
I3377UCUAMDL
Kernel Version
3.4 g0-Elite-Kernel-ga719cb
Build Number:
KRT16S
Google Apps:
Gapps-Kk-20131113.Zip
TWRP Version
I have no idea and I'm not about to restart phone and go through the pain of reflashing the ROM again as I just did. I will punch so many babies if I have to do this again!'
Thanks for listening.
First, if you have an ATT phone then you should be posting there. Have you tried hitting the home button and waiting a few seconds? If you're flashing Verizon stuff to an ATT phone that could also be causing issues.
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prsterero said:
First, if you have an ATT phone then you should be posting there. Have you tried hitting the home button and waiting a few seconds? If you're flashing Verizon stuff to an ATT phone that could also be causing issues.
prshosting.org
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Oh man! So sorry, just realized this was a Verizon Forum, I got a bit lost in the tabs and thought this was the General forum for Samsung Galaxy S4.
And I have installed mainly ATT ROMs in my phone and usually stable ROMs as well.
Do you think it's TWRP causing the problem?
Speedsterspeed277 said:
Oh man! So sorry, just realized this was a Verizon Forum, I got a bit lost in the tabs and thought this was the General forum for Samsung Galaxy S4.
And I have installed mainly ATT ROMs in my phone and usually stable ROMs as well.
Do you think it's TWRP causing the problem?
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It could be. There have been people that get weird issues with twrp so you may want to test out a different recovery to see if the issue persists.
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