Got one of this and seems to have flash which is not agreedable with verizon provider. Somehow they can not activate it.
Can I flash that sucker somehow with their software?
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So I have a Telus I747M (Canadian) and I used ROM Manager to get CWM 6 on my phone. The thing is that I chose the Metro PCs version and I installed it. Now I have no signal at all. I flashed the firmware back to the stock telus one via USB and Odin. Still no service, anything to do now?
If all else fails, reprovision your SIM. There are multiple threads on it so a quick search will hook you up. Just know this, it will erase your phone!
I have spend many hours trying to figure this out. Im trying to get rid of evil ATT and go to a prepaid thats much cheaper. I have tried to flash the latest v5 BL VZW firmware but it will not stick. It goes through the process even installed verizon apps but did not switch to CDMA when I checked in settings. Service provider still says ATT. I have 5CRK1 and flashed the VZW 5CRK1. Can I flash the 955U1 and get somewhere? Im not sure what else to do besides throw it in the trash.
Solved Flash 955U1 as explained below.
Has the phone been unlocked by at&t?
fizx12 said:
I have spend many hours trying to figure this out. Im trying to get rid of evil ATT and go to a prepaid thats much cheaper. I have tried to flash the latest v5 BL VZW firmware but it will not stick. It goes through the process even installed verizon apps but did not switch to CDMA when I checked in settings. Service provider still says ATT. I have 5CRK1 and flashed the VZW 5CRK1. Can I flash the 955U1 and get somewhere? Im not sure what else to do besides throw it in the trash.
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Google it your friend
you r trying to flash a gsm (att and tmobile) phone over to cdma (verizon)? I do not think that's gonna work. hardware is different.
JeffDC said:
you r trying to flash a gsm (att and tmobile) phone over to cdma (verizon)? I do not think that's gonna work. hardware is different.
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It is not. All us models are the same.
The csc sales code determines which network it's on and which network settings to use
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fizx12 said:
I have spend many hours trying to figure this out. Im trying to get rid of evil ATT and go to a prepaid thats much cheaper. I have tried to flash the latest v5 BL VZW firmware but it will not stick. It goes through the process even installed verizon apps but did not switch to CDMA when I checked in settings. Service provider still says ATT. I have 5CRK1 and flashed the VZW 5CRK1. Can I flash the 955U1 and get somewhere? Im not sure what else to do besides throw it in the trash.
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Did at&t unlock the device for you if it's not unlocked it's not gonna work
There is difference of opinion here. Google gave me only the same but much worse, as there is so much to sift through. I would not say I have spent hours with out googling. Thanks for your useless comment.
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Anyways I flashed the latest unlocked or 955u1 firmware as a shot in the dark and it worked. Some said you couldn't do it anymore. YOU CAN BRING SM-G955U from GSM/ATT to VERIZON with an 955U1 Firmware. I did a reg s8 too. I used Samfirm to download it, skip the website its a waste of time. I also used Odin v 3.13.1 patched. Make sure you do not use the home csc file just the regular one. You will lose everything.
The s8 and s8+ does not always carrier switch automatically on startup like it should could have been the MVNO I was using or ATT not letting it. ATT did unlock the phone before I tried. No more bloatware!!
glad you found a solution
Disclaimer: So its not a stolen phone, prior owner was just being nasty. I bought the phone from a 2nd hand shop (Cash Crusaders, Kathu, South Africa), where they told me that a lady sold the phone to them, came back after 3 months and wanted to buy it back for the same price (they guarantee buybacks for 1 month), they refused to sell it back to her at selling price, so she went and had the phone blocked. They went through the process of unbricking it through the ISPs, but in the meantime also got repair shops to try and fix it... They changed the IMEI number... So I bought the phone, fully functional, did a factory reset, saw that it had OEM unlocked and figured it was the cause for the biometrics not working, turned that on and thats where my mission started. OEM locked, custom firmware detected... Used Odin to flash on stock firmware (from Frija), got the phone functional, but emergency calls only and no cellular. I have tried rooting and using console, I have tried changing it in the EFS file, I have tried changing it via ADB Fastboot, via dialer (does nothing even with Google Dialer Framework V5)) no dice, it keeps the incorrect IMEI. I have looked up the IMEI on IMEI.info and its clean, so I take it they managed to get it unblacklisted, which is why I want to get the original IMEI back.
What I would like help with is does anyone know how exactly I can change the IMEI number on my phone (Rooted with Magisk and TWRP, but eXposed framework is finnicky and doesnt register properly, even through I installed the RIRU (V23) and RIRU EdXposed (Canary, both Sandhook and YAHFA on seperate occasions) packages via Magisk (V21.1 and V8.0.3 for manager) as per instructions.
P.S. I am a student on a tight budget, so I would prefer to do it on the cheap/free and I live in Namibia, so sending it to Samsung isnt quite an option.
Also please let me know if there is any info, logs, etc. I can attach that might help.
Koonus said:
I suppose it was stolen
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I have my receipt and they have theirs. So by all means verify the IMEI yourself 356630093456642.
There Are some leaks at "g-works..." To Get into a phone that is reported as lost.
Tekodrink said:
There Are some leaks at "g-works..." To Get into a phone that is reported as lost.
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Thing is phone got cleared. Original IMEI is clean, which is why I wanna reset it back to it, only problem is they seem to have used a flash-kit to change it in the recovery partitions too (bricked the damn thing when I recovered it (accidentally turned OEM lock on...), I've tried everything down to loading the engineering combination file (interesting though, its android 8.1, which shouldn't actually be possible to do from Android 10) on it and trying through there, no dice. Also asked local repair shops if any of them have a flash kit, none have 1... So I'm stuck at this point, cant even do the normal 'pay a repair shop to fix it for you' method.
Hello.
Got a free phone from a buddy S21 5G. I am wanting to swap it for the S10* 1tb I gave my wife to use it was a bit expensive. So I'd rather ti go back in the box.
Popped the sim in it, it works makes calls sometimes, sometimes not. Texts seem to always work, I am currently on ATT I would prefer to have that firmware as I live in the stick with ho cell service. ATT has wifi calling which is pretty much a necessity here.
So what exactly do I need to do to get this off the VZN fir
Hello. Could you all provide me the links for what I need? Found a link that had a patched Odin plus the firmware. I installed in booted how I was suppose to. Tried to install in and it errored out. Also. I do not know what file to select for the user data selection, I do not mind deleting all data as it 8s hacked up and can put ti back with smart switch.
Hello, did you manage to flash the phone?, I'm stuck with a similar case, mine is a factory unlocked unit from Verizon, it turns out that even if it is factory unlocked, is locked after a few minutes by verizon, I have tried everything to get rid of the VZW firmware but it seems that Verizon locks the bootloader so I can't flash it (it passes om odin and everything but the firmware doesn't change)
I even paid SamKEY credits to change the CSC but it didn't change either.
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Hello. Could you all provide me the links for what I need? Found a link that had a patched Odin plus the firmware. I installed in booted how I was suppose to. Tried to install in and it errored out. Also. I do not know what file to select for the user data selection, I do not mind deleting all data as it 8s hacked up and can put ti back with smart switch.
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Did you ever get your issue fixed?
can anyone suggest to me whether moving from Apple to Samsung is a good option or not? pc games
Hey, first post so sorry if I say anything off lol.
I have a G996U purchased from Verizon that I flashed to U1 firmware like 2 years ago when I first got it, and have had no issues since. I had a OTA software update the other night that seems to have triggered a carrier lock in my phone. The phone works fine for 5 minutes, then I get a popup telling me the phone is locked and to contact Verizon, despite the phone being from Verizon and running a Verizon sim. I went to them and unfortunately nothing they did could resolve it (new SIM, eSIM, etc), so they shipped me a new phone via insurance. I'm wondering though if I could save myself the hassle of transferring everything and do an in-place flash on the phone to see if that clears up the issue. I am already on the newest firmware (G996U1UEU5EWB1), so I can't upgrade, but I was wondering if I'd be able to flash the same firmware already on the phone while keeping all my data. Thanks.
Yes, just flash with home_csc.
Arealhooman said:
Yes, just flash with home_csc.
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Thank you, just also want to ask bc I'm actually not sure which software to go for. I thought I had flashed XAA long ago, and I'm definitely on U1 firmware, but when I check "Service provider software version" in settings, it says VZW rather than XAA. Is it safe to download XAA firmware for a reflash or should I just do VZW to be safe?
You can flash any csc firmware.