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Hello everyone,
I installed custom room froyo 2.2 on my vibrant and it does not recognize the tmobile simcard. I have no service at all on it.
1) If you have a solution to solve that or
2) please show me how to restore back to the original ROM...
Please HELP! I'm currently using my old G1
Thanks so much!
hmmm?
odin back to stock. search the threads. or simply just take out the sim for a good 5 minutes along with the battery and then put everything right back on and see if that works. but i think you will just have to search on the site on how to return to stock. good luck.
What rom are you using?
notice the OP didn't say what ROM they flashed...
Yeah - this happened to me - I tore my hair out all day.
Turned out I had the SIM card in backwards - the cut corner sticks out!
I felt like a total moron
Reinstall your sim. Same thing happened to my friends phone after I installed a rom and reinstalling the sim worked
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Go to settings, Wireless and Network, Make sure Flight Mode is NOT checked.
Seems like flight mode sometimes is enabled when I boot into a fresh rom.
drmosh said:
notice the OP didn't say what ROM they flashed...
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Notice he also posted in the wrong forum section too. And doesn't know how to return back to stock. Sounds like a good case of rtfs (read the ..... stickies) could have helped.
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Can anyone link me to any ROM (2.1-3, doesn't matter) which has CWM working? I can only ODIN and can't install CWM. I have flashed 2.1 and 2.2 official ROMs for ODIN, but neither have CWM.
The impetus is to fix my modem. Something is severely wrong with it and I need to test out more modems. I tried flashing several different ones before. I'm going to try it again because I'm really desperate.
Explanation here
These are just kernels and should be what you need. Just pick whatevers closest to ur current ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870480 Good luck!
kawika said:
These are just kernels and should be what you need. Just pick whatevers closest to ur current ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870480 Good luck!
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Appreciate the link, but I still can't get into CWM. Can you recall any ROM's with Voodoo recovery and can be installed via Odin?
the odin'able kernels from supercurio should have the red version of CWM recovery.
are you able to get into recovery at all?
jamesd86 said:
the odin'able kernels from supercurio should have the red version of CWM recovery.
are you able to get into recovery at all?
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Got a hold of a WIFI signal and used regular CWM.
Unfortunately, I'm getting the same result as I did before. Flash a tried-and-true modem: still not getting any signal. I have a feeling it has something to do with the EFS or something like that. I have flashed JFD, JK2, and Eugene's 'Froyo that doesn't brick' over a dozen times in the past 24 hours, but there has to be something that's lingering from each of the installs. I've formatted all the partitions as well. One of my JK2 flashes got constant RIL resets, so I'm almost certain it's a ghost of some sort from CM7 (the ROM I was using when the issue arose). I'm really, really sad :'(
did you toggle airplane or 3g on/off while on cm7?? i believe i heard of someone having a similiar problem because they did that and then flashed another rom. will look for the thread.
EDIT: When you flashed CM7 for the first time, did you do the efsbackup.zip step? taken from the CM7 faq on their forums
If you don't backup efs, after booting CM7 you won't be able to get any cell service.
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Don't know if maybe you skipped a step on that first flash.
Taken from another forums...
Tired of edge speeds, want to lock in 3g? Okay this next one, do at your own risk ask usual, use with caution. I kinda figured this one out on my own, through trial and error, so I’m not sure how stable or accurate, or even how safe it is to do this. I did notice though, if you screw up, you can use the factory reset code above and things should go back to factory defaults.
Okay…so again do at your own risk. Also by locking into 3g speeds, if you ever go into a non 3g area, or if your 3g signal is poor in your area, then your phone calls will drop and data will stop, unless you go back and set the phone to its default automatic gsm/cdma settings.
Dial: *#*#197328640#*#*
Click [1] debug screen
Click [8] phone control
Click [7] network control
Click [2] band selection
This is where you make a change, default setting is [1] automatic, which means it chooses automatically between gsm/cdma (Edge vs 3g). So we are going to change this and set it to wcdma band which is 3g.
Click [2] wcdma band
Click [1] wcdma all []
Now it should display “select wcdma all bands [*]"
Now on the bottom of your phone, click the menu key, it’s the one next to the home key, now click back, menu again one more time, back one more time, this is just to confirm it set to number 2 wcdma band.
Now click menu key one last time, click end.. and you are done. Now to double verify that the phone is locked into 3g, dial in: *#*#4636#*#*
Then click phone information Then scroll down to “set preferred network type” It should now have listed “wcdma only.” PS, if you tried to do a shortcut, and just set wcdma this way first without doing the lock above, it would just go back to gsm/cdma auto once you exit the screen.
Your phone should now be locked into 3g.
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Maybe??
The link provided should be all you need really. The first set is CWM flashable .zips' the second set should be what ur looking for to ODIN. Just look at your Baseband version and choose whatever ur closest to. For example I'm running Malice 2.3.1 which has a stock Baseband version of "T959UVKB5 so for me I would choose the "KB1+Voodoo" link under: ".tar you can flash with Odin or SGS Kernel Flasher" and flash using ODIN. Hope this helps. Good luck!
If all else fails:
- ODIN to stock
- Root
- install CWM recovery
- Flash custom ROMs
My sim card was in backwards once check that just in case.
So if you guys didn't notice I posted right above you.
Hung0702 said:
Got a hold of a WIFI signal and used regular CWM.
Unfortunately, I'm getting the same result as I did before. Flash a tried-and-true modem: still not getting any signal. I have a feeling it has something to do with the EFS or something like that. I have flashed JFD, JK2, and Eugene's 'Froyo that doesn't brick' over a dozen times in the past 24 hours, but there has to be something that's lingering from each of the installs. I've formatted all the partitions as well. One of my JK2 flashes got constant RIL resets, so I'm almost certain it's a ghost of some sort from CM7 (the ROM I was using when the issue arose). I'm really, really sad :'(
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...EDIT: When you flashed CM7 for the first time, did you do the efsbackup.zip step? ...
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Yup, followed all the steps, although you don't really need to back it up, it's just good technique that Cyanogen is trying to popularize.
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Taken from another forums...
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Maybe??
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ferhanmm said:
My sim card was in backwards once check that just in case.
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LOL. I'm fairly confident that it's in correctly. Didn't expect to see this suggestion though. Just FYI, I tried 2 different SIM cards, both verified to work on other phones.
Thanks for all the suggestions, but none of them work. Like I said, I'm fairly sure this has something to do with the EFS or something modem-related that has gone corrupt.
CM7 was working perfectly fine, then I woke up one morning and looked at my phone and the signal was out. It was fine the night before, but something must have happened. I looked on my AT&T account and it received it's last bit of data around 8AM and I woke up around 1PM so sometime in between then, something went wrong. It's been a great phone since August. I've gone through pretty much every TW ROM since, but it looks like this is the end of my run with Android. I'm really busy with Finals and don't really have time to learn about EFS and RIL.
I wish I had a warranty, but it's a T-Mobile phone and I'm on AT&T and neither of them look too kindly upon each other.
Samsung one year warranty apply to you? Ie you the original owner?
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jamesd86 said:
Samsung one year warranty apply to you? Ie you the original owner?
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No. I got it on Craigslist and I'm an AT&T subscriber. I planned on paying $350 (a steal of a price last August) and getting a top-end phone this August (my actual upgrade period) and selling it for >$500 to recoup my losses.
Damn that sux bro! Did you try Hard reset?
- Hold volume down + Press power
- Clear Storage
I dunno dude messing with the radio scares me personally. Good luck!
Hey guys,
In an attempt to root my 10.1 Verizon 4g LTE, I ended up deleting stuff and resetting everything. Now it asks for SIM activation.
I have been Tabless for a few days now and need to fix this asap
Do you guys have any other idea how to bypass the SIM activation?
Thanks for the help.
PS. I do not have a SIM card.
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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Help an Android brother out!
pleaaaz.
It would help if you actually posted this with an explination of what you did step by step. We cant help if we dont know what you did....
In all the LTE flashing I've done thus far I haven't had an issue like this on my tab. Then again I've never tried flashing any other ROMs than those identified as specific for this tab either (which basically amounts to just the liquidspeed one and the leaked 3.2).
At this point it's not clear if you're on a restored stock ROM or you're using something else since as Tdiliplane pointed out you haven't provided enough information.
More info
Thanks for looking into it. Here is more info:
I have Galaxy Tab 10.1, Verizon 4g LTE version. A couple of weeks ago it updated itself to Android 3.2. I tried rooting it so I could install TouchScreenTune.
Not sure what went wrong, but I was not able to connect to wifi. I decided to do a factory reset.
When the tab restarted, it asked for the sim card. The problem is that I don't have a sim card and I would like to just bypass this message and use the tab as a wifi device.
I read in this forum and others that pushing volume up and down combination or touching the four corners + volume up bypasses the sim card prompt, but this did not work for me.
I hope this helps.
Thanks
Ok now that makes sense and I'm not sure how to help you.
You're basically on stock Verizon ROM right now and it sounds like it's going through the default setup scripts when it's booting up since you did a factory reset.
Maybe one of the other guys out there that has this tab without SIM can chime in, personally I have a data plan so I'm of no help. I'm wondering if flashing one of the stock ROMs for the verizon tab from this site via odin would be helpful or if those too are going to ask for a SIM card.
Read about this one a while ago. Check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218686&highlight=bypass+sim+activation
Good Luck
eXiled Killah said:
Read about this one a while ago. Check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218686&highlight=bypass+sim+activation
Good Luck
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I actually followed instruction on that thread, but Unfortunately, it did not work.
Any other ideas, folks?
Thanks
Well, this may sound obvious, but any chance you have a Verizon 4G phone with a micro sim or know someone that does? I've swapped my RAZR micro with my tablet from time to time without issue. As far as I can tell the tablet only goes through the SIM Activation on first setup/new ROM. Once the activation check is done you can run the tablet without the SIM even inserted... I've done that too... just using WiFi instead... just to see what would happen if I decide to cancel VZW services.
eXiled Killah said:
Well, this may sound obvious, but any chance you have a Verizon 4G phone with a micro sim or know someone that does? I've swapped my RAZR micro with my tablet from time to time without issue. As far as I can tell the tablet only goes through the SIM Activation on first setup/new ROM. Once the activation check is done you can run the tablet without the SIM even inserted... I've done that too... just using WiFi instead... just to see what would happen if I decide to cancel VZW services.
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... nope, I have ATT on my phone, I tried usiing but it didn't work... and I don't know anyone who used verision 4G... I will probably go to a verizon store to see what they say.
This is just weird.
I went to a Verison store. They were really nice. The gave me a new card! they wanted to help by I had to leave. So I came back home inserted the card, about 10 minutes later it says: "There is a problem activaiting your tablet. Please restart and try again, or contact customer service."
I restarted a million time in vain.
The Sim card they gave you may not have been activated or linked to an active account...
"people are bloody ignorant apes" ESTRAGON, Waiting for Godot.
I got it to work. I WAS able to bypass the activation message by tapping the four corners of the SCREEN + volume up. The first time I read about this the guy said touch the top left corner, right corner.... of the tab. Ignorant me, I was touching the external corners of the tab. Till I re-read detials of this method on another forum that explicitly says touch the )(*&^^%%$$#@@@ screen.
Anyway, thank you guys for you help.
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"people are bloody ignorant apes" ESTRAGON, Waiting for Godot.
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LMAO!! Well I'm glad you kept trying and got that all sorted.
i have one - and have original sim but device stuck on please wait while your tablet is prepared and dont go to next screen , combination bottom left e.t.с dont working on any official firmware
It worked for me on stock ROM. Are you tapping the corners of the screen or the edges outside of the screen. My mistakes is that I was tapping outside the frame, the metal parts.
Please, I really desperatelly need an advice on this , I bought a used Gtab 10.1 LTE from ebay and since I got it I cant bypass the activation screen , don have sim either to activate it. I tried the four corners plus volume up but nothing happens ... Paid $400 for a useless tablet I belive it comes with stock android but not sure as I cant get to the info screen. Can somebody upload a video showing the activation bypass process ? I think I am doing it well tapping on the four corners of the SCREEN (not the frame) , top left, top right , bottom left (as if i tap back android control), bottom right (as if I tap on the battery status) and then press volume up once, but it only ends increasing the volume ....
Any help is so much appreciated. Thanks!
verizon tab help me please
Ken_Boolean said:
Hey guys,
In an attempt to root my 10.1 Verizon 4g LTE, I ended up deleting stuff and resetting everything. Now it asks for SIM activation.
I have been Tabless for a few days now and need to fix this asap
Do you guys have any other idea how to bypass the SIM activation?
Thanks for the help.
PS. I do not have a SIM card.
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i have the same problem
Well , never found an easy way (aka secret code or buttons combination) to bypass activation screen on this thing. What I had to to is to root the device, then oppening settings tab with help of the phisycal OEM keyboard then going to about tablet/legal information/open code licences and selecting any text from there then from the upper menu select web search so you get to the web browser so you can google for Home Manager apk , install it and run it, now just select launcher from the app (make sure to set ti as default) and it will get you straight to the home screen where you can now access all device's features and menus but there is still a last step, go to the play store, search for and install titanium backup and freeze or remove UICCActivation process so it wont ever asks for activation again (unless you restore your tab again) and you will be able to fully use your unactivated tablet now. If someone finds an easier method for bypassing activation on this model on android 3.2+ would be great to have it posted here.
So last night I updated twrp to 2.6.3.0. After updating, I flashed carbons latest rom. Everything went smoothly until it booted. Once it booted up, I noticed I did not have any signal. So I went back into twrp and restored my beans 22 rom. Booted back up and still no service. When I go to the mobile network in settings and try to switch it to lte/cdma, it just searches for lte signal for a few minutes and then a pop up that tells me to switch to global mode pops up. Any ideas on whats going on???
Oh..I also noticed that my bluetooth wont turn on on my phone as well.
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Also, if I have my screen off for more than a couple minutes, it wont turn back on and I have to do a battery pull
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Anyone have any idea??
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please check the baseband and imei values of your phone....
thanks,
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They both say unknown
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This means the you're partitions are lost where all such key file are lost. ... hope you have the backup of emm folder
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nikhil dhand
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You flashed Carbon for another carrier (T-mobile or AT&T), which changed your baseband radio and now you can't access the Verizon network. Odin back to bone stock and you should be good.
Lessons of the day:
1. ALWAYS verify what you downloaded and are about to flash before swiping "do it" in twrp
2. ALWAYS make a nandroid before flashing anything, including mods
The carbon I downloaded was for my phone. I'm gonna try to go back to stock and see if it helps. Thanks everyone for the help!!
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sublimaze said:
You flashed Carbon for another carrier (T-mobile or AT&T), which changed your baseband radio and now you can't access the Verizon network. Odin back to bone stock and you should be good.
Lessons of the day:
1. ALWAYS verify what you downloaded and are about to flash before swiping "do it" in twrp
2. ALWAYS make a nandroid before flashing anything, including mods
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I have a back up of beans ROM, the ROM I was using prior to updating tarp and flashing carbon. When I restored it, I still don'thave service and the phone is wonky. Constant freezing, bBluetooth not working and won't wake up when locked for a couple minutes
Ok. i just restored my phone to stock through ODIN. when it boots up, its stuck at the activation screen. It still doesnt have service and i cant do anything with the phone. what should i do now?
Hi,,,, I had the same problem with my handset too and was able to fix it. Suggest you to read xda for the same....
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nikhil dhand
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I also had a similar problem. it was only my lte though. 3g worked. My sim was faulty. Try someone elses sim card in your phone.
johnwaynegacy said:
I also had a similar problem. it was only my lte though. 3g worked. My sim was faulty. Try someone elses sim card in your phone.
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I havent tried another sim card yet, but whem i lock my screen, it doesnt wake up. It just stays off and i have to either hold the power button down or a battery pull. Any ideas on whats causing this?
Jaybenosa said:
I havent tried another sim card yet, but whem i lock my screen, it doesnt wake up. It just stays off and i have to either hold the power button down or a battery pull. Any ideas on whats causing this?
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I would go with the other guy and say odin back to stock. At least this way you can be sure all your software is as it would be when you take the phone out of the box for the first time. Look into hardware problems from there.
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I would go with the other guy and say odin back to stock. At least this way you can be sure all your software is as it would be when you take the phone out of the box for the first time. Look into hardware problems from there.
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Yeah, i already odin'd back to stock and still have no data and screen not turning back on after i lock it
Jaybenosa said:
Yeah, i already odin'd back to stock and still have no data and screen not turning back on after i lock it
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take your sim out and see if the problem with the screen goes away. I don't see why they would be related, but stranger things have happened.
johnwaynegacy said:
take your sim out and see if the problem with the screen goes away. I don't see why they would be related, but stranger things have happened.
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Still freezing up on me...no sim card. Im starting to think my phone is broke
Jaybenosa said:
Still freezing up on me...no sim card. Im starting to think my phone is broke
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Yeah probably;. try taking out the sd card as well. if that isn't it, it might be time to think about getting a new phone lol. You are probably still under factory warranty.
It's not the sim or the sdcard.... It's the files which are missing and causing trouble
Thanks,
nikhil dhand
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nikhil.kdhand said:
It's not the sim or the sdcard.... It's the files which are missing and causing trouble
Thanks,
nikhil dhand
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Can you point me in the right direction on where to the missing files and how to install them. Thanks in advance!!
My Phone Locks itself when I'm using it, I don't know what to do? I don't have any app that locks or Unlocks the screen, I don't have any flip cover, I'm not having any magnets near my phone.
It is also heading a lot.
Edit: it does not get locked, it goes to the lock screen.
1) What ROM are you using?
2) Are you using a custom kernel?
3) What do you mean "it is also heading a lot"?
jimakos98 said:
1) What ROM are you using?
2) Are you using a custom kernel?
3) What do you mean "it is also heading a lot"?
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I've solved it, a contact pin was bent in the Sim tray ?