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Hello guys. I bought a used dell streak which worked before I flashed streakdroid 2.4.4. I flashed the amss and dsp1 and everything matches when I check the phone information. I tried searching for mobile networks and AT&T appears but when I select it, it says "unable to connect to network please try again later" or "unable to register". Whats confusing is that I get a voicemail notification letting me know I have voicemail but when I click on it, I get "mobile network unavailable"
I rarely ask questions because when I'm stuck on something it is usually a simple fix. I've flashed every custom rom and matching baseband on the front page of the android development section and the Official PKG (351, 353, 206). I've done multiple system wipes etc. Im not sure what else I need to do. I've never worked on a phone for more than 4 hours and Im currently on my 11th on this damn dell streak
So is there a way to find out what region this dell streak came from to make this process easier, I dont want to have to try flashing every single update.pkg and baseband.
Or is there a general solution to this issue hidden in the archives of the internet?
Im soooo confused so any help would be greatly appreciated
liquidburns said:
Hello guys. I bought a used dell streak which worked before I flashed streakdroid 2.4.4. I flashed the amss and dsp1 and everything matches when I check the phone information. I tried searching for mobile networks and AT&T appears but when I select it, it says "unable to connect to network please try again later" or "unable to register". Whats confusing is that I get a voicemail notification letting me know I have voicemail but when I click on it, I get "mobile network unavailable"
I rarely ask questions because when I'm stuck on something it is usually a simple fix. I've flashed every custom rom and matching baseband on the front page of the android development section and the Official PKG (351, 353, 206). I've done multiple system wipes etc. Im not sure what else I need to do. I've never worked on a phone for more than 4 hours and Im currently on my 11th on this damn dell streak
So is there a way to find out what region this dell streak came from to make this process easier, I dont want to have to try flashing every single update.pkg and baseband.
Or is there a general solution to this issue hidden in the archives of the internet?
Im soooo confused so any help would be greatly appreciated
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Do a cache wipe
dalvik cache wipe,
"DELL" factory reset
Re-Flash gs244, then straight away do the first 3 steps again.
This time, flash without the simcard inserted.
When it first boots up after the factory reset, turn it off, put your sim in and power on.
I had the same prob as you with a uk network sim, after doing the above, it worked fine, im pretty sure it will sort your issue.
graemeg said:
Do a cache wipe
dalvik cache wipe,
"DELL" factory reset
Re-Flash gs244, then straight away do the first 3 steps again.
This time, flash without the simcard inserted.
When it first boots up after the factory reset, turn it off, put your sim in and power on.
I had the same prob as you with a uk network sim, after doing the above, it worked fine, im pretty sure it will sort your issue.
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I have tried this step 3 times to no avail. When I go into settings>Wireless & Network Settings>Mobile Networks >Network Operators then select Search Networks two networks appear related to my phone company. When I select one option it says
Your sim will not register to this network
The second options gives me this response
Unable to connect to the network at this time. Please try again later.
Isnt the error code for a bad radio blinking lights? So why am I getting this particular error code.....
Is there a deeper menu within the dell streak to access more radio settings?
Is there a way to find out what region this phone is from so I can flash the original update.pkg?
Will the packers win the superbowl.......
Thanks for the help so far, this seems to be a common problem. I searched through several pages of Google, I even resorted to using bing and yahoo but I haven't found one consistent solution. Lets make one guys.
Also after dell factory reset I get this error Default NV checked #2 which doesnt allow me to go straight into the update.zip streakdroid menu then it resets the phone.
Do yourself a favor and don't install GingerStreak. Development has essentially stalled on that ROM, leaving it in a very buggy state compared to other ROMs. I recommend DSC, but with the GKernel that's available in Android Development instead of the kernel that comes with the ROM. The combination has been rock solid stable on my device, without any screens of death or problems with WiFi.
Ive flashed every single update.pkg from this list and have my Dell Streak 5 currently on 1.6 At&t retail 106 rom
http://mirror2.streakdroid.com/manii/
None of the packages work. On the Rodgers I would get a
Emergency Calls only status
Other than that I just have 4 bars with an x over them
I even erased all user data via fastboot
Ive used QDL at least 8 times
Does anyone else have any suggestions?
Is there a key code via fastboot menu to get further into the mobile network settings?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Does your Streak still boot after using fastboot -erase? That's a big no-no. Usually results in a brick that only can be cured by disassembling the Streak and flashing an image of the internal MicroSD onto the card.
I am assuming that you flashed the recovery for the ROM you wanted to put on the Streak before trying to flash the ROM? You likely will have to search for some ancient posts, but if flashing the desired ROM's recovery image and then flashing the ROM doesn't work, you have to prepare the Streak to accept newer ROMs. Those ancient posts I mentioned detail the method to get units like yours to run newer versions of Android.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Does your Streak still boot after using fastboot -erase? That's a big no-no. Usually results in a brick that only can be cured by disassembling the Streak and flashing an image of the internal MicroSD onto the card.
I am assuming that you flashed the recovery for the ROM you wanted to put on the Streak before trying to flash the ROM? You likely will have to search for some ancient posts, but if flashing the desired ROM's recovery image and then flashing the ROM doesn't work, you have to prepare the Streak to accept newer ROMs. Those ancient posts I mentioned detail the method to get units like yours to run newer versions of Android.
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I know fastboot erase is a bad idea but at this point not having a mobile signal makes this device useless to me anyways. I did that twice actually.
I am currently running official rom update package 360 or Android 2.2.2 the latest from retail. I am still having the same issue.
I have spend a good portion of my day for the past 4 days reading archives of discussions both here and on madaco. No on seems to have a consistent solution to this problem. Ive read that sticking a business card under the battery works, the order of flashing should fix it, I mean the solutions are all over the place and I tried all of them but I still have the same problems.
I haven't read every single Q&A post but I have read almost everything under the Dell Streak 5 XDA board pertaining to this issue. I've also flashed every single available update package with match recovery and baseband with no results.
I feel like I've failed at this project and I am never going to get the time or the effort I put into this device back unless I can get it to work so this is just beyond frustrating.
Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Have you tried using a different sim card? Every now and then there's a sim that wont work on it but will work on a different device.
TheManii said:
Have you tried using a different sim card? Every now and then there's a sim that wont work on it but will work on a different device.
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I've used a good variety of sim cards, none of which work.
Any other suggestions?
sim
Sorry your still having this issue.
Ive googled and found nothing consistent apart from the obvious that already been mentioned.
Daft question i know but, are you absolutley 100% certain that this phone has not been blocked by your network via IMEI?
Sounds daft i know but people using phone / Tablets are reporting on consisten problems with networks and IMEI.
I would not attempt QDL anymore, if it didnt fix it the first time then that wont help your cause.
I think going back to ground zero is the place to sart, can you gain access to internal memory card, mine i can, i cut away the piece of plastic in the guide to allow easy access, i replaced the internal 2gig card with an 8gig class 10, just to note, the 2gig card was shot and was nothing more than a standard generic unbranded card, i do still have it sat around.
That would be my next step, wipe the phone, stick a diff card in and start again with STOCK 360 and matching recovery, i agree with the quote of avoiding gs, too damn buggy and problematic.
Let me know how youre getting on with it.
graemeg said:
Sorry your still having this issue.
Ive googled and found nothing consistent apart from the obvious that already been mentioned.
Daft question i know but, are you absolutley 100% certain that this phone has not been blocked by your network via IMEI?
Sounds daft i know but people using phone / Tablets are reporting on consisten problems with networks and IMEI.
I would not attempt QDL anymore, if it didnt fix it the first time then that wont help your cause.
I think going back to ground zero is the place to sart, can you gain access to internal memory card, mine i can, i cut away the piece of plastic in the guide to allow easy access, i replaced the internal 2gig card with an 8gig class 10, just to note, the 2gig card was shot and was nothing more than a standard generic unbranded card, i do still have it sat around.
That would be my next step, wipe the phone, stick a diff card in and start again with STOCK 360 and matching recovery, i agree with the quote of avoiding gs, too damn buggy and problematic.
Let me know how youre getting on with it.
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I ended up just liquidating the phone and cutting my losses. I dont think it was blocked from the network because I tried several SIM cards from different networks. For all I know it it could have been a bent SIM connection or something wacky. I am leaning towards the idea of it being hardware related but I gave it my best shot
Friends, I am also in the same state now. I bought the dell streak from one of our members, and it worked for few weeks. After that, I am getting that signal bar with X mark on it. I have tried all the options, but of no luck.
I spent almost my 6 months savings on this phone and it's really making me sleepless. Request your kind suggestions to address this.
hi
i had same problem about a month ago, i just kept restarting phoning, pulling battery out and i gave up, then after leaving it for a couple of hours it was working......
^^ Thanks friend for your reply. I have been doing the same, doing the factory resetting and trying the various options. But, of no luck.
Any concrete solution for this problem? I appreciate all your inputs.
What I would suggest for all of you is to go back to Froyo by flashing stock Dell update packages for your respective regions and see if you regain signal
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^ Thanks for the suggestion. I did that try that, but didn't work
tech4pk said:
^ Thanks for the suggestion. I did that try that, but didn't work
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If you flashed a stock Froyo ROM for YOUR SPECIFIC region, did a factory reset and still can't get a signal then your problem is hardware related...
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^^ Yeah, that's my big worry!! It seems to be a hardware related. I got this phone from one of the our members, and it has already having some hw issues like the buttons are gone inside, right side bezel is very loose, and all (unfortunately, the seller has not mentioned all these issues in his post)
Can the dell warranty applies internationally?
tech4pk said:
^^ Yeah, that's my big worry!! It seems to be a hardware related. I got this phone from one of the our members, and it has already having some hw issues like the buttons are gone inside, right side bezel is very loose, and all (unfortunately, the seller has not mentioned all these issues in his post)
Can the dell warranty applies internationally?
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It applies only in the country it was purchased if it hasn't expired and with a valod letter of release from the original owner
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^^ yeah, checked my local dell service guys and they are not supporting this. I think that this is now turning into an expensive brick!
I recently just flashed the .pit and .pda tar from this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1349895
to get to stock EH03 and work my way from there
My problem is, after booting my phone I have no 3g signal. I tried *228 and reactivating but that doesn't help. I can receive texts and calls but still no data. In my About Phone : everything shows EH03
Could anyone give me some help? I'm a little worried..
EDIT: Found what I did, I accidently had Phone EFS Clear checked when I ran everything... do any of you guys know how to fix this? *228 doesn't help me out
By looking at my MEID from Settings -> About Phone -> Status , it still seems to be there reading
DEC: 268435459603183741
Hex: 0xA000002430947D
This does match the number underneath my battery.
* I am trying to get root access now but SuperOneClick seems to be "not responding" when on Shell Rooting Device Step #7 - WaitforDevice
* I have an old phone lying around, but it's not a smart phone and I don't want to try activating that one and reactivating this - I hear I will lose my unlimited data..
Maybe you can try this link?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17587351#post17587351
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=772949
If you do activate another phone and reactivate your fascinate, you can get your unlimited data back, you just have to call them. I think there's a window where you can reactivate a smartphone and retain your current data plan but I'm not sure what it is, probably 2-4 weeks, so if you're just reactivating it real quick it wouldn't be an issue. Just the hassle of calling and having them fix it.
I have no idea if that would even help your issue though, I've always seen checking the "EFS clear" box in odin highly warned against but I can't say for sure what you did by doing that, maybe someone else knows, or google it?
I finally managed to get root access.. I'm going to look into both of these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17587351#post17587351
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7997364&postcount=5
and see if I can magically fix it.. Thanks for your help so far guys.
EDIT: by #06# .. it shows my MEID as 45035996880868477 ..
I've looked for an /efs folder in my phone directory but it seems I don't have one. At this point I think I am screwed. I can't try what any of those links say because they require that you have the EFS.
As of now, I'm stuck with a stock EH03 rooted device with no data only call/text.
I'm guessing you probably already saw this thread? Did you try activating another device on your line, then reactivating the fascinate?
Yeah I already saw that thread, but thank you for the help.
I took my phone in today since I do have the warranty and I got it sent out.
Also, I got a Galaxy Nexus since I was due for an upgrade.
Thank you for all your guys' help though. It really does help.
Hi All,
I thought I’d share this as I’ve been pulling my hair out with trying to find answers to this, and sending it to old Sammy was the next option.
After trying everything on every forum, trying the QPST method, trying to use someone else's efs folder (which changed the serial as well) and every other complicated as hell method everyone had suggested, nothing worked expect his which I’ve not found mentioned anywhere as a solution to this (or any other) problem
In the Samsung Kies application under "Tools" there is "Firmware Upgrade and Initialisation,"
With your device unplugged (it will say not available for this model if its plugged in, don't plug it in until it tells you to when in download mode) select this and run the what it tells you to do,
After this is finished you will have a completely fresh install of the latest officially released firmware (for your original build eg. carrier branded) with original serial number and imei number :laugh:
It’s really silly how simple this is yet has not been mentioned or attempted by anyone else, or if it has, not mentioned by anyone else.
I crap you not…
Thanks,
[edit:] just as a note, I got into this problem by not backing up the efs, the world would be a much nicer place if everyone just backed up their efs :laugh:
This has been posted before and does not work in many cases .
Although the method can be useful to restore to original firmware .
jje
Yes, flashing a stock rom will sometimes fix the problem of the efs folder not being mounted or read. It won't fix a corrupt partition or damaged files.
The stock rom you flashed didn't contain any efs data so it isn't any substitute for a backup, you were very lucky it worked.
To my tests this work only when efs is completely empty while upgrade if not it doesn't work
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Same problem
hello guys,
Well I'm to tell the story of how my aunt damaged apparently her phone
At first the phone is a samsung galaxy S3 from movistar (locked), and she bought a freaking iphone 5 to give the S3 to his husband and there it starts the problem he's in another company so she goes to a store to unlock the phone, the guys on the store supposedly unlocked the phone. So when she arrives home, she puts the sim into the phone and SORPRISE it says emergency calls only and not registered in network. After a week she calls me and hands me over the phone.
My surprise was when I put it in recovery mode, it says flash count 3, and then i did all these terrible things with thephone.
1) Flash it to a stock movistar rom 4.1.2.
2) Sorprise the IMEI sayd null.
3) Searching in the web, found the ariza patch, and I patched it without saving the efs (big mistake).
4) The phone imei's became 0049.
5) So I flash it back to the rom they put in the store and the imei went back I make sure it was the one on the back of the phone.
6) I still stuck in the emergency call not registered in the network thing.
7) Now I rooted the phone erased the whole content of the efs directory (this time with a back up).
8) Did the tutorial thing with samsung kies and I'm back with the movistar rom with the 0049 IMEI.
I don't what to do at this point besides going to samsung and send it to repair I really hope they can fix it at a low price.
Sorry for my english, I'm trying to improve it.
Best Regards
Andy Serrato... the spaniard
Start by reading the stickied faqs and guides EFS/IMEI sticky for one or just pay for a repair .
Galaxy S3(GT-I9300) having the same problem! HELP HELP HEEEELP PLEASE!!
Very unfortunately. this didn't solve my problem, the phone's Serial number is still that auto generated junk, and the EMEI is 00499901640000 as before. I had 4.1.2 on my S3 and Kies has updated it to 4.3 without resolving the issue!
can anyone give an idea on how to surely resolve this issue please. its about 3 months now ever since my phone got screwed up!
Pay for a repair
Perfect
I cannot believe this worked, but it did.
I messed up somehow by trying to flash the wrong cwm.tar file (for i9305) I needed i9300 of course and odin stopped halfway and got stuck, i then pulled the cable out and everything got very messy,.. i kept getting lots of errors etc. i somehow managed to install an old cm11 rom which worked lovely. BUT I had no baseband, no imei, no network, no number, nothing, #*06# or whatever it is, wouldn't work. nothing.
I then started to figure out how the efs filesystem worked, then foundout kies has an emergency thing where i guess they look into there database what your imei was when the phone was built. this would not work because I was using a custom rom (i think) but then I stumbled upon this post. thank goodness!!!!!
It's just restarted and internet, signal, imei is back, baseband version is back. all in order.
however, i think i was also very lucky, but for those of you who are in the position i was in, but this doesn't work, I do think there are ways to get an old efs going again and modify it to your "should be" imei,
if anyone needs an IMEI, I can give you one from a phone i had stolen in vietnam, (not sure its even legal to give it out but whatever)
thank you
Nev
EFS recovery
DonkeyDuck said:
Hi All,
I thought I’d share this as I’ve been pulling my hair out with trying to find answers to this, and sending it to old Sammy was the next option.
After trying everything on every forum, trying the QPST method, trying to use someone else's efs folder (which changed the serial as well) and every other complicated as hell method everyone had suggested, nothing worked expect his which I’ve not found mentioned anywhere as a solution to this (or any other) problem
In the Samsung Kies application under "Tools" there is "Firmware Upgrade and Initialisation,"
With your device unplugged (it will say not available for this model if its plugged in, don't plug it in until it tells you to when in download mode) select this and run the what it tells you to do,
After this is finished you will have a completely fresh install of the latest officially released firmware (for your original build eg. carrier branded) with original serial number and imei number :laugh:
It’s really silly how simple this is yet has not been mentioned or attempted by anyone else, or if it has, not mentioned by anyone else.
I crap you not…
Thanks,
[edit:] just as a note, I got into this problem by not backing up the efs, the world would be a much nicer place if everyone just backed up their efs :laugh:
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WOW! This worked! I had been struggling for 3 months with my Note 2. Been flashing rom after rom and got stuck in boot cycle. Actually broke down and brought phone to a cell repair shop. She said it just needed a new battery. $50 later got my phone back. She had put stock AT&T rom on it but lo and behold, my sim card didn't work and my IMEI was null. I brought it back and she had it for a week and then said there was a hardware problem AND my USB port wasn't working and it would cost more to fix than it was worth, so she gave it back to me no charge. So I spent next months trying other roms. reading up on EFS folder, even learned some ADB stuff. To no avail. And BTW, my usb port seems to work fine. Finally this afternoon after Turkey Dinner, I stumbled across your forum message. And 15 minutes later I was downloading a repair and the son of a gun fixed everything. I verified it with a Sim card - perfect ! Apparently Samsung has a database of phone serial numbers and what IMEI code goes with them. Fanatastic! Thank you. I will be writing a serious neg review of that cell phone repair place soon.
kangerX said:
To my tests this work only when efs is completely empty while upgrade if not it doesn't work
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I have tried the method posted in the thread ..... but EFS didn't recovered ........ so i decided to follow your procedure
like making empty EFS folder.... so how can i do that ...and if so will it work .....as someone here mentioned that Download firmware package doesn't contains any EFS contains .... help me out :good:
DonkeyDuck said:
Hi All,
I thought I’d share this as I’ve been pulling my hair out with trying to find answers to this, and sending it to old Sammy was the next option.
After trying everything on every forum, trying the QPST method, trying to use someone else's efs folder (which changed the serial as well) and every other complicated as hell method everyone had suggested, nothing worked expect his which I’ve not found mentioned anywhere as a solution to this (or any other) problem
In the Samsung Kies application under "Tools" there is "Firmware Upgrade and Initialisation,"
With your device unplugged (it will say not available for this model if its plugged in, don't plug it in until it tells you to when in download mode) select this and run the what it tells you to do,
After this is finished you will have a completely fresh install of the latest officially released firmware (for your original build eg. carrier branded) with original serial number and imei number :laugh:
It’s really silly how simple this is yet has not been mentioned or attempted by anyone else, or if it has, not mentioned by anyone else.
I crap you not…
Thanks,
[edit:] just as a note, I got into this problem by not backing up the efs, the world would be a much nicer place if everyone just backed up their efs :laugh:
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i love u so much right now,.. worked like a charm,.. and after thjat i was able to unlock my phone,... thanks so much i would love to give u 10000 thanks
I cant get past entering my model number,, I read it right from under the battery and it still keeps telling me to enter the model number. G550T1 doesnt change from G550T1 no matter how many times you type it... I give up.. If I could just get a twrp backup for mine I may be able to fix it. It's metropcs! flashing to the T-Mobile twrp backup by mistake thinking it was the metropcs one is what got me in this situation... Should have paid better attention...
UPDATE: It took my numbers and I'm trying it now, wish me luck
Well I got it to take my model number and did the whole software thing. Everything is all back to stock but it didnt fix the problem.. Still no net work and says theres no sim card.
Which shop samsung
Which shop samsung or repair shop bro.
Please tell.?????? me I am facing too problem.
stwischu said:
WOW! This worked! I had been struggling for 3 months with my Note 2. Been flashing rom after rom and got stuck in boot cycle. Actually broke down and brought phone to a cell repair shop. She said it just needed a new battery. $50 later got my phone back. She had put stock AT&T rom on it but lo and behold, my sim card didn't work and my IMEI was null. I brought it back and she had it for a week and then said there was a hardware problem AND my USB port wasn't working and it would cost more to fix than it was worth, so she gave it back to me no charge. So I spent next months trying other roms. reading up on EFS folder, even learned some ADB stuff. To no avail. And BTW, my usb port seems to work fine. Finally this afternoon after Turkey Dinner, I stumbled across your forum message. And 15 minutes later I was downloading a repair and the son of a gun fixed everything. I verified it with a Sim card - perfect ! Apparently Samsung has a database of phone serial numbers and what IMEI code goes with them. Fanatastic! Thank you. I will be writing a serious neg review of that cell phone repair place soon.
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So last week I bought an unlocked optimus g from amazon, the At&t e 970 model. At the time I received the cell phone, I didn`t have a sim card to test with it, so I just started doing the usual procedures to install custom roms, like rooting unlocking the bootloader etc. I`ve done that, made a complete wipe, and got stuck with a phone with no rom and I couldn`t find the custom rom I had transfered to the internal Sd. After I managed to transfer the custom rom to my external SD, I flashed it with clocworkmod. The phone seemed to be working well in all aspects, but when I finally got my hands on a sim card, the phone was not recognizing it. I thought it could be the rom I have, so I tried different custom roms, and ended up flashing the stock JB rom from At&t. That did not solve the problem either, I thought it could be the sim card that was causing the problems, but after trying a friend`s sim card that is working, the phone still had the same problem with not detecting the sim card. Now my question is, could I`ve possibly screwed the cell phone`s radio/firmware because of all the custom roms I`ve installed, and if so where can I find the original JB image, as i can`t find these anywhere. I`m pretty sure my EFs partitions are OK, as I can retrieve the IMEI from the cellphone through the dialer. I`m sorry if this information is available elsewhere, but I`ve been looking around and haven`t found everything I need.|
Thanks
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So last week I bought an unlocked optimus g from amazon, the At&t e 970 model. At the time I received the cell phone, I didn`t have a sim card to test with it, so I just started doing the usual procedures to install custom roms, like rooting unlocking the bootloader etc. I`ve done that, made a complete wipe, and got stuck with a phone with no rom and I couldn`t find the custom rom I had transfered to the internal Sd. After I managed to transfer the custom rom to my external SD, I flashed it with clocworkmod. The phone seemed to be working well in all aspects, but when I finally got my hands on a sim card, the phone was not recognizing it. I thought it could be the rom I have, so I tried different custom roms, and ended up flashing the stock JB rom from At&t. That did not solve the problem either, I thought it could be the sim card that was causing the problems, but after trying a friend`s sim card that is working, the phone still had the same problem with not detecting the sim card. Now my question is, could I`ve possibly screwed the cell phone`s radio/firmware because of all the custom roms I`ve installed, and if so where can I find the original JB image, as i can`t find these anywhere. I`m pretty sure my EFs partitions are OK, as I can retrieve the IMEI from the cellphone through the dialer. I`m sorry if this information is available elsewhere, but I`ve been looking around and haven`t found everything I need.|
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2584981
Ye did not looketh hardeth enougheth, seek and ye shall find. Jokes aside, I screwed up my radio by flashing the E977 radio, had the same issue as you. I tried some of the radios on that link and managed to get the sim recognized, problem is my phone worked flawlessly with the 1900 band but had trouble with the 850 band(got no signal or very weak signal). Read through the thread, my issue was mencioned there and someone asked me to test something to get the 850 band working again(thing is i gave my phone to my mom and she uses the 1900 band so i couldn't test).
luisoman2000 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2584981
Ye did not looketh hardeth enougheth, seek and ye shall find. Jokes aside, I screwed up my radio by flashing the E977 radio, had the same issue as you. I tried some of the radios on that link and managed to get the sim recognized, problem is my phone worked flawlessly with the 1900 band but had trouble with the 850 band(got no signal or very weak signal). Read through the thread, my issue was mencioned there and someone asked me to test something to get the 850 band working again(thing is i gave my phone to my mom and she uses the 1900 band so i couldn't test).
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Thanks for the reply first of all. I`ve followed your advice and tried different radios, but with no luck, I still get the no sim card inserted icon on the notification bar. I`m worried this may be a hardware related problem, maybe something wrong with the motherboard. I want to know for sure that it is a hardware problem, so I can restore the phone to factory specs and return it to amazon. Could this be a firmware related issue? I don`t know what else could be causing this.
gustamk said:
Thanks for the reply first of all. I`ve followed your advice and tried different radios, but with no luck, I still get the no sim card inserted icon on the notification bar. I`m worried this may be a hardware related problem, maybe something wrong with the motherboard. I want to know for sure that it is a hardware problem, so I can restore the phone to factory specs and return it to amazon. Could this be a firmware related issue? I don`t know what else could be causing this.
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Here is an excellent return to stock guide by @ShoaibAhmed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50775936
gustamk said:
Thanks for the reply first of all. I`ve followed your advice and tried different radios, but with no luck, I still get the no sim card inserted icon on the notification bar. I`m worried this may be a hardware related problem, maybe something wrong with the motherboard. I want to know for sure that it is a hardware problem, so I can restore the phone to factory specs and return it to amazon. Could this be a firmware related issue? I don`t know what else could be causing this.
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Seems like a hardware issue then since any of those radios should have worked. Follow the guide to return to stock.
luisoman2000 said:
Seems like a hardware issue then since any of those radios should have worked. Follow the guide to return to stock.
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I am following the procedure to install back to stock, I have LGNPST installed, but when I connect the phone in download mode, my computer does not recognize the phone, and therefore nothing shows up in LGNPST. I have tried fixing the drivers automatically, but windows fails to do so, and I have also tried to update it manually, with no luck. whenever I connect the device in download mode, it shows that there is driver problem. Is there another way to flash the .bin image?
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I am following the procedure to install back to stock, I have LGNPST installed, but when I connect the phone in download mode, my computer does not recognize the phone, and therefore nothing shows up in LGNPST. I have tried fixing the drivers automatically, but windows fails to do so, and I have also tried to update it manually, with no luck. whenever I connect the device in download mode, it shows that there is driver problem. Is there another way to flash the .bin image?
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I have that issue with my laptop with win 7, try another pc, preferably one with xp, that worked for me.
First, let me say, I appreciate the vast information available on this site. I have found many answers to various problems I have encountered with my GN2 on this site, but I am totally stumped right now. I purchased another VZW GN2 last night and I admit to forgetting that you had tounlock the bootloader prior to flashing a newer firmware via odin. Basically, I ended up bricking the phone and getting the yellow triangle saying there was software not authorized by verizon. I searched and unbricked the phone but now I have a circle with a line through it and I have no mobile connection. I went back to stock firmware vramc3 via odin. I used casual to unlock and root still no signal, ive checked my efs and they are not lost my imei number is still intact. they arent corrupt.(backed them up). I know it was something I did because there wasnt a circle with a line where the bars are supposed to be before i touched the phone.
FarRockAmerika said:
First, let me say, I appreciate the vast information available on this site. I have found many answers to various problems I have encountered with my GN2 on this site, but I am totally stumped right now. I purchased another VZW GN2 last night and I admit to forgetting that you had tounlock the bootloader prior to flashing a newer firmware via odin. Basically, I ended up bricking the phone and getting the yellow triangle saying there was software not authorized by verizon. I searched and unbricked the phone but now I have a circle with a line through it and I have no mobile connection. I went back to stock firmware vramc3 via odin. I used casual to unlock and root still no signal, ive checked my efs and they are not lost my imei number is still intact. they arent corrupt.(backed them up). I know it was something I did because there wasnt a circle with a line where the bars are supposed to be before i touched the phone.
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Have you tried just flashing the latest MJ9 firmware with the modem in it? Might kick it on..
ive done that twice actually and tried 2 different roms still nothing i did access the hidden menu and saw that my prl is 1 idk if that has nything to do with anything.... i used the t0tlevw (idk how you spell it) mj9 official firmware file
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Have you tried just flashing the latest MJ9 firmware with the modem in it? Might kick it on..
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it also says my ERI version is not available.....idk if that has anything to do with it....ive tried vraljb,vramc3, and mj9.....still have the circle......im starting to think its a corrupt imei.....i mean i still have it but when i accessed the hidden menu and looked at the imei number it only had the hex and not the dec.....i also see that im getting good signal strength.....im stuck trying to figure this out....im moving on to the imei restore now just to make sure.....
UPDATE: i'VE BEEN PLAYING AROUND IN THE HIDDEN MENU AND I GOT THE PHONE TO GET ON ROAMING AND THE ERI CAME BACK TO 5. NOW I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW I WILL TAKE IT OUT OF ROAMING BUT STILL KEEP THE ERI IN PLACE. I GET BARS NOW AT LEAST. I THINK I MIGHT JUST DO A FACTORY RESET NOW...JUST FOR KICKS ( YOU NEVER KNOW).....I THINK IT IS POSSIBLE TO ALTER THE ERI AND IMEI STUFF THRU THE HIDDEN MENU WITHOUT USING THE COMPUTER. I WILL KEEP UPDATING AS I GO ALONG TODAY. THIS HAS ME GOING THRU IT WITH MY WIFE LOL SHE JUST DOESNT UNDERSTAND....
P.S THE IMEI NUMBER AND OTHER NUMBERS ARE THERE JUST BLACKED OUT FOR SECURITY PURPOSES
@ FarRockAmerika,
This may or may not be the same issue ... but I read in other threads that your idea of doing a factory reset could fix the "stuck in roaming" issue. It looks like you should do the factory reset from within the ROM though.... not in recovery. This thread ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2748242 ) has some links that might be relevant with the roaming issue. Good luck.
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mattnmag said:
@ farrockamerika,
this may or may not be the same issue ... But i read in other threads that your idea of doing a factory reset could fix the "stuck in roaming" issue. It looks like you should do the factory reset from within the rom though.... Not in recovery. This thread ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2748242 ) has some links that might be relevant with the roaming issue. Good luck.
Sent from my sch-i605 using xda premium 4 mobile app
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lol i found this out the hard way.....it went back to a circle with the line.....i got my dec part of my imei back and my eri without the computer....ill just do some more testing......it wasnt stuck in roaming i put it in roaming in the hidden menu just to see if i get some type of mobile network connection......i will take some more screenshots of the hidden menu and where i went a little later....i just have to make sure...before i post it
Same problem
I too am having the same problem with my SCH-1605. The difference is that my network connection was screwing up BEFORE I soft bricked the phone and got the triangle (not a tech expert here so please bear with me if my terminology is incorrect). Phone was working great rooted for 6mos and must have updated itself or I just dumbly installed one that screwed the phone up. I tried new sim from verizon (did not work), un-rooting, re-flashing with ODIN with pit and fw as suggested on other posts (for other problems) and did something wrong I forget what , got the triangle thing and then recovered with Kies and every thing supposedly was back to stock. Called Sansung, went to BB service center and they reflashed firmware (same thing I did I am guessing LOL, but I humured the tech line by letting them do it again). They then told me to ship it to them and although it was not under warranty (2nd owner) they would do the full software re flash(??) and check the hardware (I would be responsible for repair and I agreed as long as they contacted me if over 125$). Well I just got the phone shipped back today with a refusal (void in warranty) to repair for rooted device!! I am pissed at this because it was ALREADY a voided warranty repair ticket. ..No contacting me, just ran it through tagged it unrepairable and shipped it back aaaargh!
Anyway, I am hoping the bright minds and technical expertise of the xda members can help us out with this problem.
I was looking at the safestrap and am leery because I have the VRUEAJ9 build and do not see instructions/files for it. (I am newber, but can follow instructions, have been researching for weeks and finally asking for HELP because I am stumped, confused, with little $$ to buy a new phone right now (full-time got cut to part-time thanks to HC issue but thats for another forum!)
Thank you in advance for any help on this issue!!