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I don't see that, I see normal stuff.
Maybe try via WiFi? I doubt that helps, but just confirm that for me.
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I don't see that, I see normal stuff.
Maybe try via WiFi? I doubt that helps, but just confirm that for me.
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Appreciate the interest. On wifi now, same business. Was going for an easy fix, but I suppose I can just redo everything.
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Okay, I have officially tried everything. Burned my whole afternoon. Even restoring completely to stock with odin doesn't work. Heading in to Verizon tomorrow.
Just give it some time. Mine was like that for about 24 hours.
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Did you try modifying your build.prop file...maybe the footprint got botched.
I did not. Is there an instruction post? I'll search for it tomorrow. About to crash.
Unsure about waiting 24 hours, how does that work?
I know for the dinc there was a market fix so that the phone identified itself as a nexus one to the market. Perhaps something like that would work.
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join the club i used Odin to flash CWRecovery and now i dont have WIFI not sure yet if i have market because i dont have 3G service @ home
please some one chime in ???
I flashed CWM last night and everthing is fine. Connected to wifi today at work market isn't giving me any problems.
I was the first guy to get CWM installed on the Fascinate, and I haven't had a single problem with the Market, paid or free.
I don't know if it has anything to do with CWM, but the issue didn't begin until I loaded it, so it's something that got screwed up along the way.
Before I loaded it, I undid the lagfix, wiped, re-rooted, and ran through the CWM steps.
Now I have gone completely back to stock, and am still having the same issues. My G/Fs Fascinate is fine however. I wasn't sure if anyone was familiar with what would be causing the issue, I understand it's working fine for everyone else. lol.
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I don't know if it has anything to do with CWM, but the issue didn't begin until I loaded it, so it's something that got screwed up along the way.
Before I loaded it, I undid the lagfix, wiped, re-rooted, and ran through the CWM steps.
Now I have gone completely back to stock, and am still having the same issues. My G/Fs Fascinate is fine however. I wasn't sure if anyone was familiar with what would be causing the issue, I understand it's working fine for everyone else. lol.
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How far back to stock have you gone? If you don't mind going back to base zero, you can try something...
To go completely back to stock what would you recomend? The process outlined for the i9000 mix up?
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When my paid market messed up I turned off power and restarted then it was fine.
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How far back to stock have you gone? If you don't mind going back to base zero, you can try something...
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I'm at base zero via your post, followed by a wipe to ensure that I killed root so I can possibly return the phone later today, lol. I'm seriously disturbed by this. Would be happy to try any possible fixes though.
Daswolven said:
I'm at base zero via your post, followed by a wipe to ensure that I killed root so I can possibly return the phone later today, lol. I'm seriously disturbed by this. Would be happy to try any possible fixes though.
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Go do Settings - > Privacy -> Reset Factory Default (something like that).
It's different than a recovery wipe, this will rebuild /dbdata.
I betcha one whole dollar that fixes it. Unless you already did that. In which case I do not bet you one dollar.
namebrandon said:
Go do Settings - > Privacy -> Reset Factory Default (something like that).
It's different than a recovery wipe, this will rebuild /dbdata.
I betcha one whole dollar that fixes it. Unless you already did that. In which case I do not bet you one dollar.
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Lolz. Done already.
I have honestly tried every possible combination of fix I can think of to do. I don't know what got borked, but to be completely honest, I can't swear I had paid market from the get on mine. I am just pretty sure I did.
I know I don't now.
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Lolz. Done already.
I have honestly tried every possible combination of fix I can think of to do. I don't know what got borked, but to be completely honest, I can't swear I had paid market from the get on mine. I am just pretty sure I did.
I know I don't now.
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try signing in with a different gmail account.
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try signing in with a different gmail account.
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Ha. trying now.
So yesterday i bought a vibrant on craigslist (stupid) checked it out for a while and everything worked perfect.... after paying and going our ways i went to make a call but it just said dialing for about a minute then hung up, then i went to send a txt and the sending failed. It says it has a full signal and it says 3g/edge (internet wont work either). i found if i restart the phone or turn airplane mode on/off i can place a call or send a txt or two before it starts failing again.
Its on 2.1update1, baseband t959uvjfd, kernel 2.6.29.... Any ideas on how to fix or am i screwed???
Well, that's a stock rom so either he never flashed anything or reverted back to the stock rom when he started having problems. I don't have any definate answers, but all I can suggest is to try flashing a new modem and/or rom and see if that fixes it. Realistically you're not under warranty, so you've got nothing to lose.
The sticky at the top of this thread can help direct you on how to do it.
Okay ill try a new rom and see if that helps. Any suggestions on a good one? also when i hit check for an update it says no firmware dont know if that helps anything or not.
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Okay ill try a new rom and see if that helps. Any suggestions on a good one? also when i hit check for an update it says no firmware dont know if that helps anything or not.
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Nope, there's no official updates past what you're running. I personally use Eugene373's Ginger Clone R2. Runs very smooth. Everything's about personal preference though
I suggest using odin to see if it fixes the problem.
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Are you using your own sim card?
Edit: Nevermind just saw that you can call after a restart.
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Okay i tried a new rom and its still doing it ill now try a new modem and odin...
Well the rom should have included a different modem, so I doubt that will help. Sounding more and more like a hardware issue unfortunately
Yeah thats what i was afraid of
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Yeah thats what i was afraid of
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Well.....I guess what I would do is hold out for a day or two to see if you get in additional (hopefully better) help. If nothing comes along, call T-Mobile and try to talk them into a replacement.
Hmm.... so i was playing around with settings and it seems that when i put it to gsm only network mode everything works its just on edge... its been 15 min so far and its still working. If i switch it back to use both or wcdma only it stops working again. Any thoughts?
Been a couple days and ive tried a couple different roms/modems and it will still only work in gsm only mode. Any thoughts or does it sound like a hardware problem?
I've had this problem when there is a network outage. Did you ever have good 3g in your area?
The weirdest thing is when I'm traveling, and 3g drops off, it auto switches to gsm no problem. If I'm at home and there is a 3g network issue it will not auto switch, but I switch to gsm only and edge works fine.
I've had that issue on two vibrants now. And luckily, it can be fixed but you need to odin to fix it.
First, make a back up of your efs partition (using a computer is easiest, adb pull /efs). This will make a backup of the files needed to do any future unlocking.
Next, odin to jfd. With reparation checked as well as "clear phone efs". Then, you won't have that issue (at least for quite a while).
"if you amplify everything, nothing is heard"
Follow this exactly to get back to stock 2.1, this will reset your baseband, kernel, modem and you'll have a functioning phone:
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
Then you can root your phone and download a new rom!
No theres no outage my hd2 gets 3g perfectly fine... and i tried to odin jfd and all that but still only works when on edge only...
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No theres no outage my hd2 gets 3g perfectly fine... and i tried to odin jfd and all that but still only works when on edge only...
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Did you also check the clear phone efs?
"if you amplify everything, nothing is heard"
geoffcorey said:
Did you also check the clear phone efs?
"if you amplify everything, nothing is heard"
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What does clear phone efs do, or rather, what is EFS?
SamsungVibrant said:
What does clear phone efs do, or rather, what is EFS?
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/efs is your radio control partition. And every once in a while, stuff gets messed up there and you need to clear (reset) it using odin. The only thing is, if you don't make a backup of it, you'll lose your unlock code.
"if you amplify everything, nothing is heard"
You have the correct plan on this line? Long shot but might help. Regardless of warranty I would flash it to bone stock and call t mobile and see what they can do. Maybe they can boost the signal or send a new sim. Could be that simple.
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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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The ...
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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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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!
OK, I have tried many things on my own here, but let me explain...
I have a galaxy sII
GT-I9100
droid version - 4.0.3
baseband - I9100XXLS8
Kernel - 3.0.33-siyah-v3.3.1
Its Turkbey's V12 ICS ROM
Build # IML74K.XWLPF
problem.... the rom is incredible, but just recently I stopped being able to make phone calls, well hear them, it still dials and connects and what not, but the mic seems to not be working...
I even tried flashing diff roms to see if I just needed a fresh rom with JB or something, but the phone still didnt work...
I am wondering if this is a firmware issue, that I need to dload and flash again OR
Has anyone had this problem and flashed a rom that corrects this issues
thanks guys/gals
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OK, I have tried many things on my own here, but let me explain...
I have a galaxy sII
GT-I9100
droid version - 4.0.3
baseband - I9100XXLS8
Kernel - 3.0.33-siyah-v3.3.1
Its Turkbey's V12 ICS ROM
Build # IML74K.XWLPF
problem.... the rom is incredible, but just recently I stopped being able to make phone calls, well hear them, it still dials and connects and what not, but the mic seems to not be working...
I even tried flashing diff roms to see if I just needed a fresh rom with JB or something, but the phone still didnt work...
I am wondering if this is a firmware issue, that I need to dload and flash again OR
Has anyone had this problem and flashed a rom that corrects this issues
thanks guys/gals
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So....it's present in all ROMs.....and it's a speaker issue.....
How about a call putted on speaker?
Can you hear them that way?
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gastonw said:
So....it's present in all ROMs.....and it's a speaker issue.....
How about a call putted on speaker?
Can you hear them that way?
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Yeah I should have mentioned that too, when on speaker I cant hear anything either...do we think the phone is just going kaput (or however thats spelled hah)
It sounds odd to me that both speakers are out, how about hands free?
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It sounds odd to me that both speakers are out, how about hands free?
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odd to me too, hands free, bluetooth? dont use it but the weirdest thing is that if i make a call either on speaker or not, when i click end call, i still get that do do do noise, and the speaker works, with and without headphones when i play music and videos, and i dont know what specific part of the os to disect and/or upgrade something
If it's not settings there (wouldn't know) it calls for Factory reset.
But that's just me.
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gastonw said:
If it's not settings there (wouldn't know) it calls for Factory reset.
But that's just me.
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but would a fac reset break root and get ridda the rom on there, because ive never had to do that before, do we think its an issue with the phone itself? or the roms firmware or something like that?
rdnspnrz said:
but would a fac reset break root and get ridda the rom on there, because ive never had to do that before, do we think its an issue with the phone itself? or the roms firmware or something like that?
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No, you won't loose root after a factory reset, but you will loose your apps and data, so make a back up of them first (if you're actually going to do this factory reset).
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Donnie Sins said:
No, you won't loose root after a factory reset, but you will loose your apps and data, so make a back up of them first (if you're actually going to do this factory reset).
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nice but whats about my rom settings im guessing everything will be fresh and minimal and ill have to redo all my UI settings and what not
Bingo.
Why don't you just keep searching for a similar issue here at xda?
You could make a back up of your ROM, Factory Reset and if it doesn't fly you just restore your back up.
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gastonw said:
Bingo.
Why don't you just keep searching for a similar issue here at xda?
You could make a back up of your ROM, Factory Reset and if it doesn't fly you just restore your back up.
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I have, and roms backed up hence this thread ive searched and searched, this sites amazing but i just cant find anyone with a similar issue, so ill probably give the factory reset a whirl this weekend and go from there, and if you all come across anything else pls post back
thanks guys
will do.
Good luck.
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hmmm
that's a werid problem
pls try using the handsfree or bluetooth just to be sure. if those are working, then it might be the speaker.
i think it's not a good idea to factory reset. as i've learned it could cause more problems.
try upgrading to an official rom. that would be better.
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that's a werid problem
pls try using the handsfree or bluetooth just to be sure. if those are working, then it might be the speaker.
i think it's not a good idea to factory reset. as i've learned it could cause more problems.
try upgrading to an official rom. that would be better.
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huh?
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'Huh' indeed.. I don't think those comments are based on any logic.
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'Huh' indeed.. I don't think those comments are based on any logic.
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And I was drunk at the time, imagine that!
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And I was drunk at the time, imagine that!
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It all couldn't be any worse than this!
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gastonw said:
Bingo.
Why don't you just keep searching for a similar issue here at xda?
You could make a back up of your ROM, Factory Reset and if it doesn't fly you just restore your back up.
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didnt fly hah...i did the factory reset and all, now i cant get it into dload mode or recovery, i cant get past the sgs2 first screen with my lovely yellow triangle, is there a way to hard reset with buttons, im getting mixed remedies when i search, or any way to push commands to it to tell my phone to flash my restore rom that is on my ext. sd card...
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didnt fly hah...i did the factory reset and all, now i cant get it into dload mode or recovery, i cant get past the sgs2 first screen with my lovely yellow triangle, is there a way to hard reset with buttons, im getting mixed remedies when i search, or any way to push commands to it to tell my phone to flash my restore rom that is on my ext. sd card...
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What you mean "factory reset and all and now I can't get into DL nor RM"????
lol what's that "an all"?
Power it off, vol down + home + power for 7 seconds and that will get you to DL.
glad to report...in a way
Fellas/Ladies
Happy to say I got rid of the soft brick, from the factory reset, ended up getting it into d-load mode, used ODIN and flashed from this recovery zip I had... bad news the Phone feature still doesnt work...good news, I am taking it back to best buy because everything looks stock, no flash counter or anything, so I think its def something with the phone itself and not a rom issue...hopefully Ill get a new one for free and just go to town on that one customizing the hell out of it, awaiting the arrival of the sgs4
thanks all for the help and tips
Nick
Ok I don't when this happened but I did notice that my IMEI shows all 0's now. My phone still works fine but would like to get my IMEI to show back up like it should. I have see this problem all around XDA and see the guides to get it back but just like to see if anyone has any experience with this and what they have done. The phone was on 12b when I purchased it and I used the tot method to go back to 10b to root and install twrp. I know am on Skydragon rom and just noticed my IMEI is all 0's although it has not caused any issues with the phone. I can still make phone calls and text with no problem. I know my imei as its behind the battery so I was just wondering what is the easiest way to get this back to normal, also I did also try to flash to back to my stock rom that was rooted but it still showed 0's and I also tried to reflash a different rom but still the same. Im trying not to have to tot again if possible, thanks for any help
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Ok I don't when this happened but I did notice that my IMEI shows all 0's now. My phone still works fine but would like to get my IMEI to show back up like it should. I have see this problem all around XDA and see the guides to get it back but just like to see if anyone has any experience with this and what they have done. The phone was on 12b when I purchased it and I used the tot method to go back to 10b to root and install twrp. I know am on Skydragon rom and just noticed my IMEI is all 0's although it has not caused any issues with the phone. I can still make phone calls and text with no problem. I know my imei as its behind the battery so I was just wondering what is the easiest way to get this back to normal, also I did also try to flash to back to my stock rom that was rooted but it still showed 0's and I also tried to reflash a different rom but still the same. Im trying not to have to tot again if possible, thanks for any help
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I don't know why it happened, but this solution worked for someone else: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/help/restore-via-tot-wipe-imei-t3033445
startswithPendswithOOH said:
I don't know why it happened, but this solution worked for someone else: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/help/restore-via-tot-wipe-imei-t3033445
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Yea I plan on trying this later
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Yea I plan on trying this later
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It should work, but it'd be nice to know what is causing the issue to begin with. This has happened to a few people so far... But hey, at least there's a fix.
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It should work, but it'd be nice to know what is causing the issue to begin with. This has happened to a few people so far... But hey, at least there's a fix.
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Yea it should I just was fishing to see if there was a way to do it without having to tot back to stock and start all over again
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