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This is slightly off topic, but I desperately need help.
I put ICS on my Dads Samsung Galaxy a few days ago, and left him to it after that. He decided he didn't like it and without asking me about it, decided to restore it back to GB through CWM recovery. He's now stuck on the boot screen every time he starts his phone.
I'd really appreciate some help here guys.
Thanks in advance.
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try wipe cache and dalvik cache and reboot from recovey...
if no hope try wipe data factory reset and do again a restore..
I like your dad's decision - the way he went about it is obviously flawed...
Standard bootloop? Flash stock etc. Backup?
zaheedahmed said:
try wipe cache and dalvik cache and reboot from recovey...
if no hope try wipe data factory reset and do again a restore..
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I've done all of the above. Still stuck on the 'Galaxy S GT-I9000' screen :/
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Wipe data/cache from the recovery menu and then try a restore.
if doesnt work probably there are some corrupt files in the backup so wipe and then flash the rom you(your dad ) want.
WARNING : Wiping data would make you loose all your apps but amything in the 'sdcard' wont get effected
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B3311 said:
I like your dad's decision - the way he went about it is obviously flawed...
Standard bootloop? Flash stock etc. Backup?
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He's such an idiot some times.
It's not even a boot loop to be honest...its just permanently stuck on one screen :/
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Ba7rani123 said:
Wipe data/cache from the recovery menu and then try a restore.
if doesnt work probably there are some corrupt files in the backup so wipe and then flash the rom you(your dad ) want.
WARNING : Wiping data would make you loose all your apps but amything in the 'sdcard' wont get effected
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I've done all the possible wipes.
I'm unable to access the SD card or internal storage through cmw...
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The only thing I can think of is flashing ICS through Odin on my PC..?
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are you able to access your back up?
flash a ROM from ODIN....
I know. Could you find me a link to the from I need please? I'm unsure as to what one I would need...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
choose a rom from above,
guide for ODIN flash is there in my signature
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are you able to access your back up?
flash a ROM from ODIN....
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I agree with zaheedahmed, I think if u cant access using cwm, try flashing a ROM using ODIN
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zaheedahmed said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
choose a rom from above,
guide for ODIN flash is there in my signature
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Thanks a lot! Once it's been downloaded and flashed I'll get back to you! Thanks so much. You saved me ass big time!
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you are most welcome buddy
feel free to ask more...
make sure keis not runnig, kill it before open ODIN....
zaheedahmed said:
you are most welcome buddy
feel free to ask more...
make sure keis not runnig, kill it before open ODIN....
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Will do!
Also, the reason for him wishing to restore was something to do with the fact his phone calls weren't working. He said he posted on here through this account and got no reply so decided to try and restore it.
He can make and answer calls, but he can't hear or be heard by the other person.
Any idea?
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now the things are already on the midway...lets see after flashing the new ROM,
Odin froze and closed. The phone is now unresponsive. Help!?!?!?!?!?!?
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zaheedahmed said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
choose a rom from above,
guide for ODIN flash is there in my signature
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OP, I thought you said your dad's phone is a Galaxy S, not an S2? Well this is a link to S2 firmwares.
Edit: went back and read... Yup, you said he is stuck on the i9000 screen. You are better off asking for i9000 help in the i9000 forums...else people will assume you are talking about an i9100, and tell you to do things for the i9100, like above.
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OP, I thought you said your dad's phone is a Galaxy S, not an S2? Well this is a link to S2 firmwares.
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F*CKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK.
Okay, well now I'm definitely screwed.
ctomgee said:
OP, I thought you said your dad's phone is a Galaxy S, not an S2? Well this is a link to S2 firmwares.
Edit: went back and read... Yup, you said he is stuck on the i9000 screen. You are better off asking for i9000 help in the i9000 forums...else people will assume you are talking about an i9100, and tell you to do things for the i9100, like above.
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I posted in there, and got no response. It's like a graveyard in there!
Hi,
I'm currently on a CyanogenMod rom. I need to flash back to a stock ICS if i want to flash an AOKP or other rom or just install over CyanogenMod ?
Download a stock ICS ROM off sammobile.com, put your phone in download mode and flash via Odin. If you want another custom ROM, download the .zip file, put on SD Card, do all wipes in CWM and flash.
Chris.
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themadba said:
Download a stock ICS ROM off sammobile.com, put your phone in download mode and flash via Odin. If you want another custom ROM, download the .zip file, put on SD Card, do all wipes in CWM and flash.
Chris.
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I'm on custom ics now and wanna flash the AOKP rom.
And do i need to do all wipes before and after flashing any rom ?
Your safer to. Prevents any force closures or other app problems. Just do cache partition wipe, data wipe/factory reset, dalvik cache wipe and battery stats wipe. Then flash ROM, and then re-wipe cache partitions and run fix permissions. That should prevent any problems. Also, none of your data will be wiped off your SD card. Also, make sure you back up your EFS folder to protect your IMEI, there is a developer on here that makes the Advanced EFS back up application. Use it as a precaution!
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themadba said:
and then re-wipe cache partitions and run fix permissions. That should prevent any problems.
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Ok flashing complete. Now i need to reboot and then again go into recovery and do all wipes or immediately when completed flashing without reboot ?
Do them now as a precautionary procedure. And that should be you!
Chris.
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themadba said:
Do them now as a precautionary procedure. And that should be you!
Chris.
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Thanks 4 help
Check your IMEI by dialling *#06# and make sure it is the same as the one on the box of your phone. If it is, back it up immediately if you haven't done so already with the application I mentioned in my previous post. You'll thank me later when you need it and have it backed up!
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themadba said:
Check your IMEI by dialling *#06# and make sure it is the same as the one on the box of your phone. If it is, back it up immediately if you haven't done so already with the application I mentioned in my previous post. You'll thank me later when you need it and have it backed up!
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It's the same.
Thanks bro, your'e helpful.
Mariacci said:
It's the same.
Thanks bro, your'e helpful.
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Well back it up. I may sound pushy, but you don't know how often people post here saying how their IMEI isn't the same. That causes a LOT of problems!
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I'm stuck with the generic IMEI (004999010640000). I've tried a number of the various workarounds (GSII_Repair, manually deleting the /efs folder, flashing stock and trying both of those from stock, re-flashing CM10 and trying from CM10 again...) with no luck. I was actually missing files in my /efs folder before flashing stock, but even with the full /efs folder I can't find my actual IMEI. So am I screwed?
nd_geek said:
I'm stuck with the generic IMEI (004999010640000). I've tried a number of the various workarounds (GSII_Repair, manually deleting the /efs folder, flashing stock and trying both of those from stock, re-flashing CM10 and trying from CM10 again...) with no luck. I was actually missing files in my /efs folder before flashing stock, but even with the full /efs folder I can't find my actual IMEI. So am I screwed?
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how the hell did you manage to mess this up?
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jthatch12 said:
how the hell did you manage to mess this up?
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Honestly? Probably stupidity. I didn't even realize it was an issue until I noticed apps were confusing me for other users (apparently some apps identify you by IMEI). I may just see about getting a warranty replacement. It's been acting a little flaky lately anyway (a couple apps have randomly completely lost their settings). The tinkerer in me (the one that probably got me in this mess in the first place, although I'm not sure when it happened) wants to try and fix it anyway.
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Honestly? Probably stupidity. I didn't even realize it was an issue until I noticed apps were confusing me for other users (apparently some apps identify you by IMEI). I may just see about getting a warranty replacement. It's been acting a little flaky lately anyway (a couple apps have randomly completely lost their settings). The tinkerer in me (the one that probably got me in this mess in the first place, although I'm not sure when it happened) wants to try and fix it anyway.
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have you tried download mode and odin yet?
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jthatch12 said:
have you tried download mode and odin yet?
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No, I'm running Linux, and Odin doesn't appear to recognize my phone in Wine. What would I do in Odin exactly? I may try to track down a Windows machine today.
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No, I'm running Linux, and Odin doesn't appear to recognize my phone in Wine. What would I do in Odin exactly? I may try to track down a Windows machine today.
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Heimdall?
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Heimdall?
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I guess my question is what should I be doing related to the IMEI? I've flashed to stock with Heimdall, but I don't have a backup of my original EFS partition that I could flash on there or anything. I thought maybe you were saying ODIN had some way to poke at something Heimdall didn't.
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I guess my question is what should I be doing related to the IMEI? I've flashed to stock with Heimdall, but I don't have a backup of my original EFS partition that I could flash on there or anything. I thought maybe you were saying ODIN had some way to poke at something Heimdall didn't.
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Are you sure you don't have an efs backup on your sd card? Some roms automatically back it up without you knowing.
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korockinout13 said:
Are you sure you don't have an efs backup on your sd card? Some roms automatically back it up without you knowing.
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Yep (I'm sure I don't have one). My /sdcard space was wiped on more than one occasion, back when CWM 6 decided to wipe it for me when it first started showing up in the nightlies. I ran a backup, and *poof*, there goes my /sdcard files. I tried recovering the files from the space, and was successful in recovering most of the pictures, but any large binary files (videos, archives, etc.) were corrupt. That said, I don't think there were any efs backups on there anyway, and I was having this issue before the space was wiped, I just didn't know the IMEI was the problem.
I don't know if this is any help to you but this thread seems to have helped a few. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1853478 Found that using Google. Also there were other things to try from the google search.
superdog404 said:
I don't know if this is any help to you but this thread seems to have helped a few. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1853478 Found that using Google. Also there were other things to try from the google search.
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I was right . I lost my moms IMEI when I rooted and installed jb on her infuse. Odin flash to stock fixed it
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superdog404 said:
I don't know if this is any help to you but this thread seems to have helped a few. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1853478 Found that using Google. Also there were other things to try from the google search.
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Yeah, I tried going back to stock. I did see one (XDA?) thread somewhere that mentioned flashing over and over out of frustration magically worked for someone. Maybe I need to do that.
Does anyone here know anything about the " echo 'AT+EGMR=1,7,"your imei 1"' >/dev/pttycmd1 " command? I came across this, but it is all on international forums about international devices.
Edit: I don't see a pttycmd1 in our /dev so I'm guessing it'd just error out. Is there a similar command for the i777?
I lost mine back on my captivate. Josh over at Mobiletech videos (connexion2005 on xda) recovered it for a small fee.
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Red_81 said:
I lost mine back on my captivate. Josh over at Mobiletech videos (connexion2005 on xda) recovered it for a small fee.
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Thanks...I'm going to try warranty service before that runs out, but good to know I may have another option.
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Hi,
Have searched around the forum looking for a solution to my problem. I have seen many threads about the same situation that I am in, however none of them have given me an answer.
I cannot make calls/texts or use mobile data.
I am on 3 network and can confirm that the SIM is working fine as I have used it in another phone.
The IMEI number remains intact, and I had made a backup of the EFS prior to making any changes to the phone.
Signal bars appear however a message saying 'Emergency calls only' does also.
Puzzled as to what this problem is,
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
which ROM did you flash?
Did it include a modem?
mikep99 said:
which ROM did you flash?
Did it include a modem?
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It was Anonoromv16. Unsure whether a modem was included, however have flashed a modem which i know works in my area. I have also tried to revert back to my previous Rom (cm10) and even official still with no luck
Have you checked your APN settings?
mikep99 said:
Have you checked your APN settings?
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The APN settings are default and as they were prior to flashing anono
Tried a full wipe / factory reset?
Your phone is sim locked ?? Perhaps it has been unlocked by soft under 4.0.4 and u have to re do the same operation under 4.1.2
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mikep99 said:
Tried a full wipe / factory reset?
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Yep, no luck
bilo1000 said:
Your phone is sim locked ?? Perhaps it has been unlocked by soft under 4.0.4 and u have to re do the same operation under 4.1.2
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Just checked galaxsim and its all unlocked
Sounds like efs is still corrupt tbh..
Have you restored it?
NatTheCat said:
Sounds like efs is still corrupt tbh..
Have you restored it?
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Have done a restore and still nothing has changed. I though that if the efs was corrupt, then my serial and imei would be also?
"No sim card" error is not solved yet (27/02/13)
Same problem here. Problem is reported in other threads with different situations. Some were lucky and just managed to get rid of it by re-inserting the sim card but most are stuck with it. Wondering if it's not an issue with ICS/JB
DavidEvans123 said:
Have done a restore and still nothing has changed. I though that if the efs was corrupt, then my serial and imei would be also?
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Change the csc with an app of the market and set it to your region. That might work.
Drew071
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Got a Sony..
drew071 said:
Change the csc with an app of the market and set it to your region. That might work.
Drew071
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Hey guys i have a real problem with my s3...i installed a rom but i didnt have signal, so i follow a tutorial to fix it, but now i just have this on my cellphone and no signal at all...
I tried everything, even restoring my nandroid backup... What can i do?
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R.cortesia69 said:
Hey guys i have a real problem with my s3...i installed a rom but i didnt have signal, so i follow a tutorial to fix it, but now i just have this on my cellphone and no signal at all...
I tried everything, even restoring my nandroid backup... What can i do?
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I hope you didn`t mess up your EFS folder, did you back it up? If the EFS folder is corrupted/wiped and you cannot restore it you need to take the device in for repair.
Do you have the correct APN settings in settings, mobile networks?
I have a backup of my EFS folder, but I don't know if I'm restoring it right ... how I do it? Cause I'm following a tutorial but nothing happens...
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gee2012 said:
I hope you didn`t mess up your EFS folder, did you back it up? If the EFS folder is corrupted/wiped and you cannot restore it you need to take the device in for repair.
Do you have the correct APN settings in settings, mobile networks?
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Respond please...
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Respond please...
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I haven`t done it yet myself, so i`am not 100% sure on how to do it. Don`t want to get you into trouble by saying the wrong thing though,. There is an option in the S3 Toolkit to restore a efs folder i think. Download the S3 Toolkit by Mskip and read it well and try it or wait for someone else who knows more about this stuff. There are also various tools like for instance K-Tool by hellcat that can backup/restore efs folders. Good luck
get the philz touch cwm recovery
get into recovery mode
go into advance, restore efs backup
done