I know this might be a long shot since it's an old phone and whatnot, but I've recently breathed new life into my Mega from US Cellular. Had the screen repaired and it's good to go again after previously being destroyed by an estranged ex. I was wondering if there is a way to get the latest marshmallow update to the device? I've seen there are numerous posts for all other Mega models (i.e. - all models except the one I own). I would really like to use my Mega again but with it being on Kitkat, it's kind of useless at the moment.
Any help or advice whatsoever would be greatly appreciated.
And again, I apologize if I'm bringing up an old, dead phone, but I really loved this device years ago and I would like to love it again.
Cheers!
dirty_finnagin said:
I know this might be a long shot since it's an old phone and whatnot, but I've recently breathed new life into my Mega from US Cellular. Had the screen repaired and it's good to go again after previously being destroyed by an estranged ex. I was wondering if there is a way to get the latest marshmallow update to the device? I've seen there are numerous posts for all other Mega models (i.e. - all models except the one I own). I would really like to use my Mega again but with it being on Kitkat, it's kind of useless at the moment.
Any help or advice whatsoever would be greatly appreciated.
And again, I apologize if I'm bringing up an old, dead phone, but I really loved this device years ago and I would like to love it again.
Cheers!
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Not 100% sure about this, as I am only doing the same as you are with my L600 model (minus the screen repair >.<) lol.
For the Sprint model at least it is pretty much compatible with anything made by Silesh. Hopefully it is the same for you on USC .
Have you gained root or anything yet? that's going to be your first step on anything, old or not hopefully xD.
LilAnt530 said:
Not 100% sure about this, as I am only doing the same as you are with my L600 model (minus the screen repair >.<) lol.
For the Sprint model at least it is pretty much compatible with anything made by Silesh. Hopefully it is the same for you on USC .
Have you gained root or anything yet? that's going to be your first step on anything, old or not hopefully xD.
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I have rooted my phone, but I have yet to find any roms that are higher than 4.4.2. I'm able to use the phone as it is just by inserting my active sim card, but hardly any of my daily apps will run because of the old OS. I've been too afraid to try any of the other roms for the other megas as I don't want to brick my phone. I just hope there's some way to bring this phone back to life. Hell, even lollipop would be a huge help at this point, lol.
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I have rooted my phone, but I have yet to find any roms that are higher than 4.4.2. I'm able to use the phone as it is just by inserting my active sim card, but hardly any of my daily apps will run because of the old OS. I've been too afraid to try any of the other roms for the other megas as I don't want to brick my phone. I just hope there's some way to bring this phone back to life. Hell, even lollipop would be a huge help at this point, lol.
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Haha yea I beyond understand, my daily driver is a Moto E 2014 CDMA only device xD.
If you have acquired root, & custom recovery, try extracting the ROM u wish to install, & ONLY flash the boot.img, I do believe that Lollipop would run on most KK Kernels without much fussing.
LilAnt530 said:
Haha yea I beyond understand, my daily driver is a Moto E 2014 CDMA only device xD.
If you have acquired root, & custom recovery, try extracting the ROM u wish to install, & ONLY flash the boot.img, I do believe that Lollipop would run on most KK Kernels without much fussing.
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So, I just made a discovery (I think). After taking the back of the phone off to retrieve my IMEI, I noticed that the model number on the phone says L600/R960. Does this, in theory, mean that I can use any roms that would normally be available to the L600 line of megas on my US Cell mega?!
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So, I just made a discovery (I think). After taking the back of the phone off to retrieve my IMEI, I noticed that the model number on the phone says L600/R960. Does this, in theory, mean that I can use any roms that would normally be available to the L600 line of megas on my US Cell mega?!
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You should be able to not ONLY use any of the great L600 Sprint based custom ROMs, but as I said before anything by Silesh.Nair should actually be compatible . & your radios should stay safe if you don't flash those over, however I am NOT 100% sure of anything I just said, still roughly 80% sure you won't do any real bricking or harm to it xD.
Also, would love to get a PM to discuss how much difficulty you had with your screen replacement, as mine is getting to be totally irresponsive in general haha.
LilAnt530 said:
You should be able to not ONLY use any of the great L600 Sprint based custom ROMs, but as I said before anything by Silesh.Nair should actually be compatible . & your radios should stay safe if you don't flash those over, however I am NOT 100% sure of anything I just said, still roughly 80% sure you won't do any real bricking or harm to it xD.
Also, would love to get a PM to discuss how much difficulty you had with your screen replacement, as mine is getting to be totally irresponsive in general haha.
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Finally got a day to myself to test out some of these roms and see whether they work or not. As for the screen repair, I had a Verizon store do it for me. I originally was going to attempt it myself, but after reading a very detailed instructable for it.....I changed my mind, lol.
dirty_finnagin said:
Finally got a day to myself to test out some of these roms and see whether they work or not. As for the screen repair, I had a Verizon store do it for me. I originally was going to attempt it myself, but after reading a very detailed instructable for it.....I changed my mind, lol.
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I do believe you & I have found the same instructions LOL. Verizon store huh?? Wonder if we even have one around these parts hehe, really sucks the newest ROMs seem to require TWRP as I am confined to the volume buttons/home as the only real means of navigation. But thank you for the info, I have friends who work for Verizon so maybe they can help
LilAnt530 said:
I do believe you & I have found the same instructions LOL. Verizon store huh?? Wonder if we even have one around these parts hehe, really sucks the newest ROMs seem to require TWRP as I am confined to the volume buttons/home as the only real means of navigation. But thank you for the info, I have friends who work for Verizon so maybe they can help
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So I managed to get a custom rom and whatnot onto my Mega. I'm currently running Cm12.1 with Philz Touch Recovery. Been using the phone for almost 24 hours now and all is working well. The only issue I've found this far is that despite being a 4G LTE phone, I can only manage to get 3G. This could just be a carrier problem and not the phone or rom. I'm not at home right now, but when I get home I'll post the instructions I used to get everything working. Cheers!
dirty_finnagin said:
So I managed to get a custom rom and whatnot onto my Mega. I'm currently running Cm12.1 with Philz Touch Recovery. Been using the phone for almost 24 hours now and all is working well. The only issue I've found this far is that despite being a 4G LTE phone, I can only manage to get 3G. This could just be a carrier problem and not the phone or rom. I'm not at home right now, but when I get home I'll post the instructions I used to get everything working. Cheers!
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try dialing #*#*4636*#*# or *#*#4636#*#* the tapping phone info
LilAnt530 said:
try dialing #*#*4636*#*# or *#*#4636#*#* the tapping phone info
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So I did that and found that my GSM service is currently active, yet my preferred network type is set to LTE/CDMA. I tried changing it to LTE/GSM to see if that would help anything, but it just sets itself back to CDMA after a few seconds.
dirty_finnagin said:
So I did that and found that my GSM service is currently active, yet my preferred network type is set to LTE/CDMA. I tried changing it to LTE/GSM to see if that would help anything, but it just sets itself back to CDMA after a few seconds.
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Try switching it to GSM auto (PrL) or CDMA/GSM/LTE, & also keep in mind, some of these old phones simply tell you 3G when in reality you're getting the untapped lol
I dedicated like a week to getting free 4G LTE service, finally have it untapped thru VZW
LilAnt530 said:
Try switching it to GSM auto (PrL) or CDMA/GSM/LTE, & also keep in mind, some of these old phones simply tell you 3G when in reality you're getting the untapped lol
I dedicated like a week to getting free 4G LTE service, finally have it untapped thru VZW
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I did try your suggestion, but as I said before, none of the changes I make seem to stick. After a few seconds, I can watch the setting change right back to the default setting. I don't know if I'm missing something to make the setting take hold, but for now I'm stuck on LTE/CDMA auto (PRL). I wasn't even aware this was a GSM phone as I thought US Cellular used CDMA. I could be wrong, though.
dirty_finnagin said:
I did try your suggestion, but as I said before, none of the changes I make seem to stick. After a few seconds, I can watch the setting change right back to the default setting. I don't know if I'm missing something to make the setting take hold, but for now I'm stuck on LTE/CDMA auto (PRL). I wasn't even aware this was a GSM phone as I thought US Cellular used CDMA. I could be wrong, though.
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Try flipping off the radio & swapping it then flipping 'er back on.
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Before you attempt this, unless you live in these areas, if won't be very much worth it:
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Although it isn't bad to have just in case. The PRL will connect your phone to Alltel towers if there are any closer to you, if not, it will just use a VZW tower.
/!\WARNING/!\: Doing *228 in dialer , will overwrite the PRL to the regular VZW PRL.
A stronger signal usually has big benefits, especially on battery life.
Unfortunately, it won't help some people. But still, it's always good to have.
1) Click Here to download PRL
2)Take this , and put it on your phone's sd card. Don't put it in any folders on your sd card, just leave it at the front.
3) Go to the dialer and write, ##778 and press call, hold and you should get a pop up.
4) Select Edit Mode, then enter 000000 (6 zeros) as the password.
5) Slide down to PRL, and press Update PRL. ( Please wait a while, it takes some time)
6)Once there, slide down the keyboard and you should see the Hybrid PRL file,press on it, and then press OK.
7) It should bring you to the menu you were before, press the menu button on your phone and select Commit Modifications.
8) The phone will update and reboot. Congrats, you flashed the PRL!
View Snapshots
These pictures pretty much sum it up, Thanks csshih for your fail snapshots and thank sed for upping the PRL to multiupload. =p
Hope this helps some out there!
bah, fail snapshots :3
Thank you very much!
if you dial *228 will it over write the hybrid?
Im guessing yes but i just want to check
didn't alltel merge with verizon, so wouldn't that mean that they are already sharing towers.
mdc4115 said:
didn't alltel merge with verizon, so wouldn't that mean that they are already sharing towers.
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Yeah when I went to the alltel site to find the coverage map, it asked for my zip code then said that my area was operated by verizon and it had a link to verizon wireless saying that I should go to that site.... did some more investigating and found that alltel's towers were bought by the big companies.... so it seems...
mdc4115 said:
didn't alltel merge with verizon, so wouldn't that mean that they are already sharing towers.
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Apparently, some of Alltel towers are still not completely detected by Verizons PRL.
Framework43 said:
3) Go to the dialer and write, ##778 and press call, hold and you should get a pop up.
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I'm using your rom(EvilEris v1.1) and ##778 doesn't do anything. I'm still sitting at the dialer.
Ideas?
AnomynousPierson said:
I'm using your rom(EvilEris v1.1) and ##778 doesn't do anything. I'm still sitting at the dialer.
Ideas?
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Sadly v1.1 lacks EPST.apk since I forgot it, take it from another rom and push it.
Framework43 said:
Sadly v1.1 lacks EPST.apk since I forgot it, take it from another rom and push it.
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I've installed EPST.apk from another rom and it appears in the installed applications list, but ##778 still does nothing. Other ideas?
EDIT: Since ##778 fails I tried launching EPST by making a shortcut to it with anycut. It somewhat works. View mode locks the phone up until you hit home. Edit mode asks for password, but after entering it takes forever trying to verify the password before it times out. So I'm still screwed.
AnomynousPierson said:
I've installed EPST.apk from another rom and it appears in the installed applications list, but ##778 still does nothing. Other ideas?
EDIT: Since ##778 fails I tried launching EPST by making a shortcut to it with anycut. It somewhat works. View mode locks the phone up until you hit home. Edit mode asks for password, but after entering it takes forever trying to verify the password before it times out. So I'm still screwed.
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I knew ##778 fails on my phone so I did a nandroid backup, wiped, retored to my Ivan .8 backup and flashed the prl from there.
Then restored back to previous rom.
It is a long process but it does work.
Wow.
I did a test before and after flashing this and got these results:
Before: 90kb/s down, 26 kb/s up.
After: 247kb/s down, 79.5kb/s up.
Did the test from the same spot literally 2 min apart.
Gotta say, this may have just solved my reception issues here in Virginia.
Hey guys can some one point me in the direction of where i can find a fix for my 50% time without signal glitch....
DS36 said:
Hey guys can some one point me in the direction of where i can find a fix for my 50% time without signal glitch....
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plug charger into phone, put in airplane mode, put to sleep for a min, take out of airplane mode, unplug. No time without signal........unless you reboot, then start from beginning.
Only known fix
On the Aloysius V7 Rom and no ##778 either. Is it a sprint rom issue? I take it that if I flash the PRL in another backup and go back to this one the PRL stays or is it part of the Rom also?
Just another example of information being spread all over the place. Framework, I wish you would have just put this information with the thread that was started here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=673589
You experienced android folks on this forum always gripe and complain about the new people and the repetative questions and then you split the information all over the place making this confusing and disorganized.
Im glad you know a way to get this Hybrid PRL on the Eris without a call to Vzn but for some the easiest way is to just call Vzn and request it.
And by the way, If you knew about this PRL, why did you wait till it was pointed out by someoe else before you started a thread.
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05swtc said:
Just another example of information being spread all over the place. Framework, I wish you would have just put this information with the thread that was started here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=673589
You experienced android folks on this forum always gripe and complain about the new people and the repetative questions and then you split the information all over the place making this confusing and disorganized.
Im glad you know a way to get this Hybrid PRL on the Eris without a call to Vzn but for some the easiest way is to just call Vzn and request it.
And by the way, If you knew about this PRL, why did you wait till it was pointed out by someoe else before you started a thread.
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Don't take it personally, framework probably just didn't want to hijack your thread, so instead he made a thread with instructions and the download are the first post so users don't have to dig deep in the forum. XDA is pretty good on the amount of repeat threads compared to other sites so its not a huge deal. Either way you both have done the purpose of the forum: inform and instruct.
afoulke said:
Don't take it personally, framework probably just didn't want to hijack your thread, so instead he made a thread with instructions and the download are the first post so users don't have to dig deep in the forum. XDA is pretty good on the amount of repeat threads compared to other sites so its not a huge deal. Either way you both have done the purpose of the forum: inform and instruct.
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Thanks for explaining, I couldn't have said it any better.
Anyways, I recommend calling though, its the most updated PRL and is easier for some people.
05swtc,I just think its easier so people could know where to find it, as your thread title wouldn't point them out to it, and it would be easier for them to get it off the first post.
I don't appreciate the sarcastic post you replied with, as I had a reason behind doing so, and I find that this way makes things way less confusing, infact, its a lot more organized.
Is there any negative side effects to doing this? I have an ok connection but lately it's been stuck on like 1 or 2 bars. And I'm in Arkansas so since the map shows it's basically covered, I'm assuming it'll help.
Just updated this, my old PRL version was 51866, this hybrid one is 65024. I live in the tri-state area so I probably won't see a difference. I'll post here if I do.
Hi all,
This morning I was browsing the web when suddenly the screen froze and the phone didn't respond anymore.
I was forced to remove the battery and replace it again in order to restart my phone.
I restarted the phone, it all went good till the bootscreen started the loop.
I restarted my phone, again.
The booting up goes good, first I see the Galaxy S2 screen, then I see the kernel bootlogo screen, but now it freezes whilst showing the kernel boot logo? (Logo: ''Black eye with the Ying-Yang in the middle and some purple smoke surrounding that eye'')
The phone went off, I saw some minor white lines appearing screen and it just died on me, it didn't respond anymore, it refuses to go on even whilst battery is at 82 %, I tried swapping batteries because I thought that my battery had malfuntioned but that wasn't the case and it didn't work.
I tried recharging my phone but no luck.
It just won't start.
However, I do feel my processor in the back (top-left corner) is getting pretty warm.
What could this be?
I'm running the Resurrection Remix ICS Jelly Bean Rom.
Thanks in advance...
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Tried re-flashing your kernel?
Tried re-flashing your rom?
tried a different kernel or rom?
Restored a backup?
TheATHEiST said:
Tried re-flashing your kernel?
Tried re-flashing your rom?
tried a different kernel or rom?
Restored a backup?
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Have you even read what I said?
How can I: Re-flash a kernel or a rom or try a different kernel or rom if my phone won't start?
Impossible to enter download-mode if the phone is unable to start wouldn't you agree?
L A X said:
Have you even read what I said?
How can I: Re-flash a kernel or a rom or try a different kernel or rom if my phone won't start?
Impossible to enter download-mode if the phone is unable to start wouldn't you agree?
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Yes I read what you said but you didnt make it clear that it wouldnt "power" on. What it sounded like from what you wrote is that it wouldn't boot system.
If you want specific/precise replies instead of wasting your own time or that of peoples trying to help you and then been an arse when they dont fully understand because of your lack of clarity then I would suggest been more clear in first place.
In that case...
Have you tried a USB jig?
If you have then its pretty much dead and you have no choice but maybe try and get a JTAG repair or mobo replacement of if its your display getting that replaced. Or if you have warranty ring samsung.
Have you tried re-flashing your kernel?
Have you tried re-flashing your rom?
Have you tried a different kernel or rom?
Have you tried restoring a backup?
Have you tried learning some manners?
Have tried using respect for other people who are trying to help you instead of slagging them off for apparently not reading your OP even though what they posted was valid for what you wrote?
Have you just tried going away?
No wonder people on here get sick of trying to help people who quite frankly don't deserve it.
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Exactly my point.
These n00bs feel they have some sort of entitlement or this is their official devices support forum and we are all paid to help them.
If these people took time to research their devices/flashing etc they wouldnt have 99% of issues in first place. Then they come on here bypass using search, duplicate posts and when somebody attempts to help them they act like this guy and assume we all have magic mind powers instead of relying on posters been clear when they want help/describe issues.
mckeowngoo said:
Have you tried re-flashing your kernel?
Have you tried re-flashing your rom?
Have you tried a different kernel or rom?
Have you tried restoring a backup?
Have you tried learning some manners?
Have tried using respect for other people who are trying to help you instead of slagging them off for apparently not reading your OP even though what they posted was valid for what you wrote?
Have you just tried going away?
No wonder people on here get sick of trying to help people who quite frankly don't deserve it.
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TheATHEiST said:
Yes I read what you said but you didnt make it clear that it wouldnt "power" on. What it sounded like from what you wrote is that it wouldn't boot system.
If you want specific/precise replies instead of wasting your own time or that of peoples trying to help you and then been an arse when they dont fully understand because of your lack of clarity then I would suggest been more clear in first place.
In that case...
Have you tried a USB jig?
If you have then its pretty much dead and you have no choice but maybe try and get a JTAG repair or mobo replacement of if its your display getting that replaced. Or if you have warranty ring samsung.
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I appreciate the help, I really do, I was just surprised by your answer Atheist because I clearly said my phone won't start
And that has nothing to do with manners and such MC, you cannot assume behavior through writing without actually hearing me, it's the tone that makes the song my friend, you clearly assume much.
The Atheist, don't take it personal, if you think I might sounded rude towards you and find my clarification not accurate then my excuses, I appreciate your response and help and I want to thank you for it.
Yes, I have tried the Jig, no luck unfortunately. I'm forced to buy myself a new phone and I was thinking the Galaxy Note II as that phone is regarded the best out there, at least that's what I've read of course.
Do you have a clue what the problem might be? I was thinking the ROM caused the issue.
Thank you.
L A X said:
I appreciate the help, I really do, I was just surprised by your answer Atheist because I clearly said my phone won't start
And that has nothing to do with manners and such MC, you cannot assume behavior through writing without actually hearing me, it's the tone that makes the song my friend, you clearly assume much.
The Atheist, don't take it personal, if you think I might sounded rude towards you and find my clarification not accurate then my excuses, I appreciate your response and help and I want to thank you for it.
Yes, I have tried the Jig, no luck unfortunately. I'm forced to buy myself a new phone and I was thinking the Galaxy Note II as that phone is regarded the best out there, at least that's what I've read of course.
Do you have a clue what the problem might be? I was thinking the ROM caused the issue.
Thank you.
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Yes but you fail to understand that "phone wont start" could mean one of 2 things (Because most people are never clear)...
1. Cant get Android to boot.
2. Phone wont power on.
You may have meant number 2 but there are plenty others who use same words who simply mean they cant get Android to boot, ie they just get black screen or logo or a boot loop.
It sounds like you have either purchased a faulty device and hardware has failed or you have flashed incorrect rom/kernel/had bad flash and corrupted bootloader.
If you're phone isnt powering on, you have tried different battery, tried jig, left battery out couple of hours and tried again (try that if you havent) then only option is to JTAG (If you have corrupted bootloader etc) or mobo replacement.
TheATHEiST said:
Yes but you fail to understand that "phone wont start" could mean one of 2 things (Because most people are never clear)...
1. Cant get Android to boot.
2. Phone wont power on.
You may have meant number 2 but there are plenty others who use same words who simply mean they cant get Android to boot, ie they just get black screen or logo or a boot loop.
It sounds like you have either purchased a faulty device and hardware has failed or you have flashed incorrect rom/kernel/had bad flash and corrupted bootloader.
If you're phone isnt powering on, you have tried different battery, tried jig, left battery out couple of hours and tried again (try that if you havent) then only option is to JTAG (If you have corrupted bootloader etc) or mobo replacement.
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Thank you for responding, and sorry for the late reply.
I have purchased my phone at T-Mobile and have it for like 1,5 year now. I have always used the Resurrection Remix Rom which I never experienced any difficulties. 2/3 months ago I updated it to the Jelly Bean rom without any problems at all, just after last week when I was checking my phone it froze on me and after 2 reboots it's just died :/ It won't turn on anymore.
I tried the USB jig, I also left the battery out for a couple of hours, I also tried using a different battery, I thought perhaps my battery was dead but unfortunately none of these ideas worked for me.
My phone is definitely dead, no doubt about it.
I might go for the JTAG but I have no time for all that, it's best that I purchase a new device and I was thinking about the Galaxy Note 2.
If recommend a phone other than the Note 2, please tell, I can then compare the devices and make my decision.
Buy an S II.
L A X said:
Thank you for responding, and sorry for the late reply.
I have purchased my phone at T-Mobile and have it for like 1,5 year now. I have always used the Resurrection Remix Rom which I never experienced any difficulties. 2/3 months ago I updated it to the Jelly Bean rom without any problems at all, just after last week when I was checking my phone it froze on me and after 2 reboots it's just died :/ It won't turn on anymore.
I tried the USB jig, I also left the battery out for a couple of hours, I also tried using a different battery, I thought perhaps my battery was dead but unfortunately none of these ideas worked for me.
My phone is definitely dead, no doubt about it.
I might go for the JTAG but I have no time for all that, it's best that I purchase a new device and I was thinking about the Galaxy Note 2.
If recommend a phone other than the Note 2, please tell, I can then compare the devices and make my decision.
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Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S3 or another S2 would be my choice. Or maybe a LG/Google Nexus 4 however the lack of external storage support is a *****.
I have TWRP installed on my LGOG e970, with bootloader unlocked.
I [very recklessly] tried to install MIUI on my phone. TWRP didn't say "Failed" or anything of the sort when it was applied. It said everything went smoothly. I rebooted the system and now the phone won't even boot back into bootloader. If I try to hold the volume up + power button for more than 10 seconds, it starts flashing the power button consistently, but it stops when I let go of the buttons. Computer won't recognize it and I can't get it into Download Mode.
Any help?
Knowing what MIUI ROM you tried to install could possible help. Not that I will be able to though.
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If you plug phone into charger, does power button flash rapidly. If so you need to disconnect battery.
3.1.25 off the miui.us website.
no. the phone literally does nothing until i hold the power button [i've found that it's just the power button; volume buttons dont really matter] for more than 10 seconds.
pluginxbabyy said:
3.1.25 off the miui.us website.
no. the phone literally does nothing until i hold the power button [i've found that it's just the power button; volume buttons dont really matter] for more than 10 seconds.
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For what phone though?
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LG G2X
Version: 2.7.27
MD5: 0fae5683b57ac2ce923cd6bf87ca31eb
i basically just wanted to see if it would even let me. as if by some miracle, everything would just magically work for me. i figured a build off another LG phone would be the closest, so that's the one i tried.
pluginxbabyy said:
LG G2X
Version: 2.7.27
MD5: 0fae5683b57ac2ce923cd6bf87ca31eb
i basically just wanted to see if it would even let me. as if by some miracle, everything would just magically work for me. i figured a build off another LG phone would be the closest, so that's the one i tried.
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Yeah it wouldn't have even come close to working. Unfortunately, it must have done some serious re-mapping to your partitions. Since you can't get into download mode, there is no chance of LGNPST to stock. Maybe someone in IRC knows a trick but it looks like your phone is toast. Try to get LG to do a warranty replacement. Just say it stopped working.
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Can flashing something in recovery actually remap the partitions?
Op, try THIS, sounds like it may help.
Why would you flash a ROM for a two year old phone on here and expect to not brick?
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nygfan760 said:
Why would you flash a ROM for a two year old phone on here and expect to not brick?
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Yeah. That's not one you hear every day...
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You can't fix stupid. Sorry, but there's no other way to put it. Phones are pretty hard to completly brick from what I've been told, but I still use caution every time I tinker with the underlying software. Then there's this guy. :laugh:
The guy is freaking retarded. I don't care how much flak I catch for this statement, but fu**nuggets like this guy are the biggest reason carriers and manufacturers try to keep us from rooting and flashing ROMs (right behind free tethering anyway lol).
DeathmonkeyGTX said:
The guy is freaking retarded. I don't care how much flak I catch for this statement, but fu**nuggets like this guy are the biggest reason carriers and manufacturers try to keep us from rooting and flashing ROMs (right behind free tethering anyway lol).
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I really don't get how he openly admits to flashing a completely wrong ROM. Like how do you manage to unlock, root, install TWRP, find MIUI, and flash it, but have no idea it's bad. The rom he flashed is over 6 months old too, and he just though everything "would magically work." He even works for AT&T you've got to be kidding me.
DeathmonkeyGTX said:
The guy is freaking retarded. I don't care how much flak I catch for this statement, but fu**nuggets like this guy are the biggest reason carriers and manufacturers try to keep us from rooting and flashing ROMs (right behind free tethering anyway lol).
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I wanted to say it so bad, but didn't want to catch a crap ton of flak for it.
nygfan760 said:
I really don't get how he openly admits to flashing a completely wrong ROM. Like how do you manage to unlock, root, install TWRP, find MIUI, and flash it, but have no idea it's bad. The rom he flashed is over 6 months old too, and he just though everything "would magically work." He even works for AT&T you've got to be kidding me.
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That explains everything. :silly:
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why would you flash a rom for a two year old phone on here and expect to not brick?
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for science!!!
lol you guys are funny. i've been rooting, jailbreaking, unlocking and developing for 6 years; it's not like i dont know what i'm doing. i figured it'd brick it, but not this bad. you can almost ALWAYS fix a brick. i was just seeing if anyone knows of a solution, since it's a fairly new phone and even newer to me. if you dont push your limits, you dont know how far the phone can go. simple as that. working for at&t has no relevance; there are some technology-stupid reps out there.
if you're gonna make a mess, make sure you can clean it up. no worries, i have a new LG now with zero expense. notice the lack of worry in this thread. moral of the story: don't push your phone when you're drunk!
thanks for the positive reinforcement though, guys. you've all been so sweet.
pluginxbabyy said:
lol you guys are funny. i've been rooting, jailbreaking, unlocking and developing for 6 years; it's not like i dont know what i'm doing. i figured it'd brick it, but not this bad. you can almost ALWAYS fix a brick. i was just seeing if anyone knows of a solution, since it's a fairly new phone and even newer to me. if you dont push your limits, you dont know how far the phone can go. simple as that. working for at&t has no relevance; there are some technology-stupid reps out there.
if you're gonna make a mess, make sure you can clean it up. no worries, i have a new LG now with zero expense. notice the lack of worry in this thread. moral of the story: don't push your phone when you're drunk!
thanks for the positive reinforcement though, guys. you've all been so sweet.
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Glad to hear you were able to get a replacement. :3
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moral of the story: don't do anything with your phone when you're drunk!
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FTFY.
I'm going to flash my TB to PagePlus but was waiting until the all-in-one tool is available, hopefully next week. The guy I bought the phone off accepted the OTA ICS update.
If I flash the phone to Pageplus first and then do the root after, does anyone know if rooting will screw up the flashing? I don't think it will but thought I'd ask YOU experts!
Thanks
Probably should root first just in case
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rampart51 said:
I'm going to flash my TB to PagePlus but was waiting until the all-in-one tool is available, hopefully next week. The guy I bought the phone off accepted the OTA ICS update.
If I flash the phone to Pageplus first and then do the root after, does anyone know if rooting will screw up the flashing? I don't think it will but thought I'd ask YOU experts!
Thanks
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Rooting after flashing to Page Plus should be okay.
As long as you don't mess with any radios, I'd assume.
I can't get the data up
I CAN'T GET THE DATA UP on my HTC Thunderbolt on Page Plus
I've been working on this phone for 3 days now, following every tutorial I can find, and I can't seem to get the data up. With the 4g card in I can SEE the APN, but can't edit it. With the card out my phone won't let me see it. I don't know if the settings are right, so I'm going to try to attach screen shots of my settings. I hope someone can help me get data on this phone. I can call and text, but no data.
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I CAN'T GET THE DATA UP on my HTC Thunderbolt on Page Plus
I've been working on this phone for 3 days now, following every tutorial I can find, and I can't seem to get the data up. With the 4g card in I can SEE the APN, but can't edit it. With the card out my phone won't let me see it. I don't know if the settings are right, so I'm going to try to attach screen shots of my settings. I hope someone can help me get data on this phone. I can call and text, but no data.
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Everything I read says its due to the HA/AAA keys. Without them, you can't authenticate. I've got voice/data/txt working with or without a SIM card. It doesn't seem to care except for the NAG message.
Secrets..
rampart51 said:
Everything I read says its due to the HA/AAA keys. Without them, you can't authenticate. I've got voice/data/txt working with or without a SIM card. It doesn't seem to care except for the NAG message.
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I put "vzw" in the secrets like I was directed. However...there were 32 digit HEX Keys in the fields already. Unfortunately I had no data...even with them. Should I put them back?
I don't have anything in those fields and mine is stock.
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I put "vzw" in the secrets like I was directed. However...there were 32 digit HEX Keys in the fields already. Unfortunately I had no data...even with them. Should I put them back?
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I'd put them back and try again. Try leaving the SIM out also. I have an AT&T SIM in mine and I get at least 1x data.
Enter Secrets..
I replaced my 4g Card with an older At&T sim, and put the Secrets in. Still no data. I have screenshots of my settings. If you'll give me some place to send them, I really need this data.
kcohen67 said:
I replaced my 4g Card with an older At&T sim, and put the Secrets in. Still no data. I have screenshots of my settings. If you'll give me some place to send them, I really need this data.
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Make sure you read these before you go diving in.
http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...erBolt-the-easiest-way!?highlight=thunderbolt
This is a very good guide and its pretty much the same thing for the TB. Ignore the MSL crap that is apparently unique to the EVO.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1838606
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I will PM you the information I used to get this working.
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Okay. It's appreciated...
To Much????
rampart51 said:
Make sure you read these before you go diving in.
http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...erBolt-the-easiest-way!?highlight=thunderbolt
This is a very good guide and its pretty much the same thing for the TB. Ignore the MSL crap that is apparently unique to the EVO.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1838606
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I've done SO many changes to this phones info...I'm afraid I've done more HARM than GOOD..LOL.
SO MANY CHANGES!
I still have talk and text, but NO DATA! I have HA and AAA Secrets...PPP passwords...and still....no data. Is there anyway to completey restore the data I've changed? I already no Factory resets and Data wipes don't do it...
I flashed to Page Plus, then rooted, then update radio to ICS. Gonna pop and ICS rom in a minute. No problems so far.
rampart51 said:
I'm going to flash my TB to PagePlus but was waiting until the all-in-one tool is available, hopefully next week. The guy I bought the phone off accepted the OTA ICS update.
If I flash the phone to Pageplus first and then do the root after, does anyone know if rooting will screw up the flashing? I don't think it will but thought I'd ask YOU experts!
Thanks
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rampart51 what did you end up doing? Did flash first, root second work? I currently have an ICS 4.0.4 that has been flashed to PP. I want to root it so that I can uninstall verizon crap like Slacker Radio and Tune Wiki.
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rampart51 what did you end up doing? Did flash first, root second work? I currently have an ICS 4.0.4 that has been flashed to PP. I want to root it so that I can uninstall verizon crap like Slacker Radio and Tune Wiki.
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To be honest....I haven't done it yet. Been too busy and the All in one tool looks like it may have a few issues.....I'm gonna wait it out. I have been on PP for a few weeks now. No issues. No 3g but I don't really need it.
I flashed to Page Plus months ago and I love it... I get the same thing as I had with verizon but I pay $29 instead of $89 a month. I had a company called beigephone.com flash my phone for $50 because I didn't have time to figure it out myself. my 3g works perfectly though, so if your 3g doesn't work maybe your settings need to be fixed. did you flash it for Page Plus yourself? I'd actually like to learn how to do it, especially if it can be done without using CDMA WS.
I just used the all-in-one tool + revolutionary to root a different thunderbolt that was still on gingerbread (2.11.605.19). The only hiccup was that I had to remove/re-install the HTC drivers twice (solution here).
Please let me know if you decide to try it out on your ICS thunderbolt!
Is there a new OTA update for v21B going out?
Anyone have a rooted back up of v21B?
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Here is a rooted V21B CWM back up file from Kid_Ding. Thank him in the post right below.
Rooted_CWM_BACKUP_P769_V21B_by_kid_ding.zip (569.1 MB)
https://mega.co.nz/#!sodg1K5A!G_4sbQXZouNUb3GZWpuvNi-lbStKBNDSIEs0owQ-DKQ
Before changing over to the Wind V21B from Tmobile V20D, make a back up copy of APN and then re-install it after the change over. Otherwise, there will be no data service. (Look for 'APN Backup & Restore' app in Google Play).
No noticeable functional difference between the two versions. The battery usage seems about the same.
csrow said:
Is there a new OTA update for v21B going out?
Anyone have a rooted back up of v21B?
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flashing it now. i'll upload the backup when its all done.
also you can grab the kdz and hex edited bin from here if you dont want to wait for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2284446
"New" in what sense, exactly...? Something released just today?
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"New" in what sense, exactly...? Something released just today?
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latest radio and a lot less bloatware. its wind mobile canada. works great on the tmobile p769.
Would anyone know if flashing a backup of this would lock the bootloader?
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Kid_Ding said:
latest radio and a lot less bloatware. its wind mobile canada. works great on the tmobile p769.
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Ok, but then the question becomes: is it fraught with the same problems the T-Mobile V20D update has that prompted T-Mobile to kill the update and go back to the drawing board, so to speak, or is this an even better build that has the issues fixed (Wi-Fi battery drain, connectivity issues, and some others that I've read about)?
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Ok, but then the question becomes: is it fraught with the same problems the T-Mobile V20D update has that prompted T-Mobile to kill the update and go back to the drawing board, so to speak, or is this an even better build that has the issues fixed (Wi-Fi battery drain, connectivity issues, and some others that I've read about)?
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The wifi drain is still there (see screenshot)
Also Note: the wind version will obviously not have wifi calling.
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So then the final question (since I know things are just going off the rails at this point): is it worth the trouble of doing all this rather complicated effort to get the Wind version installed on this relatively new P769 of mine? I mean, I've used some complex devices over the decades, and I've been mucking around with ROMs on devices for a long long time as well but this L9 seems to have the most singularly complex methods of rooting and ROM flashing that I've ever encountered in my experience.
I know it's a great phone (so far in my usage, at least), and I was just outside a few minutes ago on the balcony of my apartment building and rather pleased to note that - at least on full brightness - the 4.5" display is rather easy to read even when I was holding the phone in direct sunlight, so that's a big plus considering summer is almost upon us here in Sin City.
But I'm still not seeing any major positives to pushing a JB update on this device even though it's obviously more than capable of the update overall.
Should I, shouldn't I, that eternal question always lingers...
ps
Wi-Fi calling is a gimmick in my opinion, and since I use the $30/plan with 100 minutes of talk time, it won't do any good for me at all either - I use Google Voice + Talkatone for VoIP duties and rarely ever touch the 100 minutes, actually.
br0adband said:
So then the final question (since I know things are just going off the rails at this point): is it worth the trouble of doing all this rather complicated effort to get the Wind version installed on this relatively new P769 of mine? I mean, I've used some complex devices over the decades, and I've been mucking around with ROMs on devices for a long long time as well but this L9 seems to have the most singularly complex methods of rooting and ROM flashing that I've ever encountered in my experience.
I know it's a great phone (so far in my usage, at least), and I was just outside a few minutes ago on the balcony of my apartment building and rather pleased to note that - at least on full brightness - the 4.5" display is rather easy to read even when I was holding the phone in direct sunlight, so that's a big plus considering summer is almost upon us here in Sin City.
But I'm still not seeing any major positives to pushing a JB update on this device even though it's obviously more than capable of the update overall.
Should I, shouldn't I, that eternal question always lingers...
ps
Wi-Fi calling is a gimmick in my opinion, and since I use the $30/plan with 100 minutes of talk time, it won't do any good for me at all either - I use Google Voice + Talkatone for VoIP duties and rarely ever touch the 100 minutes, actually.
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I use Wi-Fi calling due to the fact that coverage isn't all that great when I go to a friends house, I could and here and their do use Talkatone but its not as clear on voice calls compared to regular.. not sure if my settings are messed up or what..
Trust me, flash this rom if you don't need wifi calling or are not with tmobile.
It's better, also includes apps to sd card.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2287404
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I don't really need WiFi calling. My signal is like, always strong in my city.
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I decided to chance it and flashed this Wind ROM (V21B) with the instructions from the "Offline Flashing" thread and was successful, but it's not reading the T-Mobile microSIM so it's basically stuck in the water, so to speak. Decided to redo it using the available T-Mobile V20D Jelly Bean ROM and even in spite of following the instructions in that Offline Flashing thread to a T - I'd just done the same thing to get the Wind ROM on it so I know the instructions are valid - now I can't get the T-Mobile ROM flashed because the update tool can't see the phone for some reason.
Rechecked everything, redid the steps twice, reset the phone, pulled the battery, did everything pretty much exactly the same (checked to make sure the debugging and unknown sources are checked, unchecked them both and rechecked them to make sure), restarted the phone a 3rd time and still the update tool can't see the phone. It shows up in Device Manager as required (LG modem and LG composite device), etc.
Am I not able to reflash or back up? Hrmmm... will keep trying I suppose, may just drop back to ICS and be done with it (assuming of course I can get this working again, that is).
br0adband said:
I decided to chance it and flashed this Wind ROM (V21B) with the instructions from the "Offline Flashing" thread and was successful, but it's not reading the T-Mobile microSIM so it's basically stuck in the water, so to speak. Decided to redo it using the available T-Mobile V20D Jelly Bean ROM and even in spite of following the instructions in that Offline Flashing thread to a T - I'd just done the same thing to get the Wind ROM on it so I know the instructions are valid - now I can't get the T-Mobile ROM flashed because the update tool can't see the phone for some reason.
Rechecked everything, redid the steps twice, reset the phone, pulled the battery, did everything pretty much exactly the same (checked to make sure the debugging and unknown sources are checked, unchecked them both and rechecked them to make sure), restarted the phone a 3rd time and still the update tool can't see the phone. It shows up in Device Manager as required (LG modem and LG composite device), etc.
Am I not able to reflash or back up? Hrmmm... will keep trying I suppose, may just drop back to ICS and be done with it (assuming of course I can get this working again, that is).
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Did you try a factory reset?
Turn off and press volume down +home and power to initiate
I've done most everything at least 3 times so far (and tried 3 different USB cables, 3 different USB ports, etc) - the update tool is simply not seeing the phone anymore. It's listed in Device Manager as required (as stated, LG modem and LG USB composite device), then I'll restart the shttps server (with a freshly extracted copy), restart the update tool (also a freshly extracted copy) and even in spite of being able to see the device with Explorer, etc, the update tool simply can't find it anymore; the resulting codes are supposed to be:
0 = no device
1 = Normal connect
2 = Emergency connect
and each time it's 0, so I'm stumped now as to how to proceed. I'm able to use the P769 with T-Mobile and calling, but there's no data connection whatsoever which seems a bit odd considering I have data service and was using it an hour ago. I've used the hidden menu to ensure I'm set for automatic network setup, but the APNs under Mobile Networks aren't there - that screen is totally blank which is most likely why I'm not getting any data. I mean the page is completely blank when I select that option, it is as white as a blank sheet of paper with no info whatsoever.
I'm a bit baffled at this point, guess I should have just been patient and waited for T-Mobile to get around to dropping a proper fixed JB update.
Edit: will try to manually input the T-Mobile APN info and see what happens but at this point I'd just prefer to flash the V20D and see what that's doing, if I'm not happy with that because of the bugs then back to V10G if possible.
Second edit: well that didn't work either, it won't actually save the APN data I input (got it from a T-Mobile support page) so... it's broke-dead for data presently, geez.
Try entering the apn correctly and see if it saves. If not, it's most likely data corruption stemming from your previous T-Mobile rom
I have tmobile version of the p769 and the wind jb works perfectly for me. I did do a factory reset before the initial boot of the wind ROM by unplugging the battery right after the completion of flash and doing a hard reset.
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I can comprehend a little data left over since no, I didn't do a full blown factory reset before the initial flash, but what I can't comprehend now is the update tool not seeing the phone anymore when all the PC connectivity appears to be functional across the board. I suppose I'll just wipe everything clean from the PC, get rid of all the software installed, all the LG drivers, and restart this and hope I can drop back to V10G, I've had enough with JB at this point - obviously a properly working phone (without that Wi-Fi battery life issue) is more valuable than a smoother running but somewhat janky device.
Let's hope this whole clean start thing works...
Edit:
And no, this is pretty much dead in the water now. APN data will not save, the LG update tool doesn't see the phone anymore (the status is always 0 even in spite of the device plainly being attached, showing up as required in Device Manager, other modes of operation like typical USB connectivity work just fine, can copy files to the device without issue from the PC). Did the full clean start of everything, using the latest 3.8.1 USB drivers, and so on.
Dammit...
Can this be flashed on a locked t-mobile P769. If so can some1 point me in the right direction?
br0adband said:
I can comprehend a little data left over since no, I didn't do a full blown factory reset before the initial flash, but what I can't comprehend now is the update tool not seeing the phone anymore when all the PC connectivity appears to be functional across the board. I suppose I'll just wipe everything clean from the PC, get rid of all the software installed, all the LG drivers, and restart this and hope I can drop back to V10G, I've had enough with JB at this point - obviously a properly working phone (without that Wi-Fi battery life issue) is more valuable than a smoother running but somewhat janky device.
Let's hope this whole clean start thing works...
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And no, this is pretty much dead in the water now. APN data will not save, the LG update tool doesn't see the phone anymore (the status is always 0 even in spite of the device plainly being attached, showing up as required in Device Manager, other modes of operation like typical USB connectivity work just fine, can copy files to the device without issue from the PC). Did the full clean start of everything, using the latest 3.8.1 USB drivers, and so on.
Dammit...
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Are you using menu>save APN? Back button discards any settings. Also if epic.tmobile.com does not get you connected try fast.tmobile.com
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Are you using menu>save APN? Back button discards any settings. Also if epic.tmobile.com does not get you connected try fast.tmobile.com
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epc.tmobile.com not epic lol
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sm_x said:
Can this be flashed on a locked t-mobile P769. If so can some1 point me in the right direction?
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Yes, it was not saving the APN data by using Menu -> Save. Anywhooo...
After a somewhat even more convoluted process requiring me to muck around with fastboot in the omap4fastboot thread, I got the device recognized so it could be "seen" by the updater and then flashed V20D on it, presently doing a factory reset since it left some data from the Wind ROM around.
Now that I finally have the JB ROM on it I'll do some testing and see how it goes, I'm sure the Wi-Fi battery/power thing didn't just magically skip over me so I'll keep an eye on it. But at least now I can get to flashing again. Odd why that happened but, sometimes things do.
I've found that sometimes it's just a matter of restarting my computer to get the device recognized. It would suck if that was the reason.
Good luck on the tmobile rom and never stop trying
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