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So, There is a telemarketing company thats offering the Nexus S 4g from sprint for $49.99 a month and you only pay $100 for the phone. you get unlimited everything.
the thing is that every cellphone they give you comes with a pre-installed app called "RawData" which records all your calls, texts, data usage. they basically stalk your phone.
For some nasty reason the app to make calls, is pre-installed with raw data so when you dial a number, it sends the call to "RawData's" servers and forwards it to the number. I found out about this when I rooted the nexus and uninstalled "rawdata" but then my no so smart mind said "WELL HEY, WHAT IF I UNINSTALL THE TALK APP?" well i did, sadly it wont even call 911, when you press dial it says the app crashed.
I tried giving it a factory reset, and it turned on, and when it comes to the setup where it tells me to "touch the android to begin".
i press it and it seems to look highlighted when i press it, but it doesnt pass from there... so i was trying to install the stock rom from clockwork recovery, but it seems that the nexus doesnt have a memory card slot, and when i press install update from sd, it says "error, directory not found" or something like that...
is there another way i can install the Stock rom? oh by the way, i was messing with the recovery so i deleted the boot, so it only boots to recovery with luck..
1.how do i change the settings of clockwork to look in the internal memory for the update.zip.
2.have you heard of rawdata before?
3.whats the point of rawdata?
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
did you try to go to mount the /sdcard in CWrecovery?
I did, but i just figured out that my update.zip might not be the right one, it still gives me that error, but i downloaded clockwork recovery 7 and installed it from from the old recovery menu and it successfully insalled and turned on my nexus, but now i still have problems with the dial pad, i try to make a call, i dial the numbers and when i press call the app crashes.. any idea?
sir i think that the rom you got is corrupted try to check the md5sum first before flashing...let me know ok?
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Im a newbie ^_^
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Im a newbie ^_^
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Hey I can probably upload the phone app on here for you. Just always make sure to back up your stuff. But if you want you can get it. Navigate to the folder where you download it and then navigate to the system app folder copy and replace. It. But first can you do this for me. Go into rom manager and back up your current rom. Do not delete any. And you might be able to flash back to stock through rom manager. Get like a new rom download a free one and flash that to see if it fixes the phone problem. But first see if you can restore through rom manager. Sorry if this is confusing.
Nexus S 4G using miui.us with matr1x kernal 9.0 and batttweak RC1
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That would be great if you could upload the Phone app.. I just did the back up, but im having a hard time finding a download to a Stock Rom, so I started downloading a custom rom to see if it makes any difference.
Bought a rooted Captivate on ATT with ICS 4.0.4 and cyanogen 9. Tried to unlock it but could not get nv_data.bin to copy to my sdcard. Ended up just calling ATT and they gave me the code.
Forgive me if these answers are here. I looked, I couldn't find them.
Why doesn't cat /efs/nv_data.bin >> /sdcard/nv_data.bin result in the file being copied to the sdcard next to the sim card? Does that sdcard have a different name? I put an apk file on there via my computer (LOST.DIR was there from the phone, btw) but the phone said nothing was on the sdcard, which means I'm looking at the wrong sdcard somehow?
Why does my SGH-i897 have an i9000UGKG3 baseband and does that make the phone a GT-i9000 or is it still an i897?
Why does Google Play not allow registering a second device so that the app store can be accessed? I got the apk for the store downloaded and installed, but it just launches and then immediately closes.
I found KIESAIR-1.apk, downloaded it but that halts with a message "Application not installed." No idea why. Tried two versions of Kies Air. Both installations halted. I did check allow unknown sources. I want Kies Air because I cannot get USB to work with the phone on three different Windows laptops and that's a whole other kettle of fish.
Much appreciate any info you can share.
-Bob
To answer your first question, i think the command would be going to /mnt/sdcard instead of just /sdcard.
I loathe kies air. You can use "Air Droid", it should be on the market. There are other similar applications where you can transfer files via Wi-Fi. Hopefully someone else here will help you with accessing the market.
The baseband is the modem(or radio, not sure what term exactly) your phone is running, which is what the phone uses to get a signal and access the data network People report higher data speeds, better signal, and better GPS reception with different modems. It's still a Samsung Captivate. I'm using an I9000 modem as well.
That's all I can answer for you, I'm sort of a newbie too. Lots of reading and googling helps.
the micro sd card is mounted as
/sdcard/external_sd
the path /sdcard is the internal user storage.
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Thank you very much. So that I can have better luck with Google searches in the future, can you tell me how you came to know this? All I came up with in my searches was /mnt/sdcard but that turned out to be the system card and I'm lucky I didn't screw up anything.
Found the various wikis on XDA for Captivate and now reading through them.
laughingT said:
the micro sd card is mounted as
/sdcard/external_sd
the path /sdcard is the internal user storage.
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I had tried that, but forgot to mention it. As somebody else pointed out, that turned out to be the system card.
bobcov said:
Why does Google Play not allow registering a second device so that the app store can be accessed? I got the apk for the store downloaded and installed, but it just launches and then immediately closes.
-Bob
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Are you sure gapps was ever flashed once CM9 was installed? You might flash it again anyway and see if that helps. I've never known Play to limit registrations.
It has to be part of the firmware? Is that what you mean by it has to be flashed? Where can I read about that? BTW, I now have access to the phone via Android Sync Manager over wifi. Trying to find a way to put contacts into it without using Gmail. Seems I can't see the entire file system. The contacts are supposed to be in a file in this path data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts.db, but that path doesn't show up. How come? I'll be looking back at this post someday chuckling, but for now, I'm mystified.
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It has to be part of the firmware? Is that what you mean by it has to be flashed? Where can I read about that? BTW, I now have access to the phone via Android Sync Manager over wifi. Trying to find a way to put contacts into it without using Gmail. Seems I can't see the entire file system. The contacts are supposed to be in a file in this path data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts.db, but that path doesn't show up. How come? I'll be looking back at this post someday chuckling, but for now, I'm mystified.
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When you install cyanogenmod Google apps (gapps) aren't included. If the previous owner didn't add them then none of your Google apps nor your sign in will be present. Even if it is already installed a reinstall may help.
Download this: http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip
Reboot to recovery and install zip from sdcard. You'll have to find and choose the file you just downloaded. Reboot and see if things aren't square.
You can also do a nandroid backup from the recovery so you can get back to where you are now if things go awry. Side note, if you want to install the latest cm9 nightly the method is the same.
You can find clearer instructions via the cyanogenmod site should you feel uneasy about proceeding. I'm away from the PC and typing from my phone or I'd try to be more thorough. Good luck!
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It has to be part of the firmware? Is that what you mean by it has to be flashed? Where can I read about that? BTW, I now have access to the phone via Android Sync Manager over wifi. Trying to find a way to put contacts into it without using Gmail. Seems I can't see the entire file system. The contacts are supposed to be in a file in this path data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts.db, but that path doesn't show up. How come? I'll be looking back at this post someday chuckling, but for now, I'm mystified.
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I just checked and found my contacts where you mentioned. You probably just need to copy the file using a file manager and move it to an accessible location you can see from the PC. I like root explorer. ES file manager is good, too, and free.
Since you may not have gapps I'd try that first and it may create the contacts db.
Hi,before I can try what you suggested, I need to straighten out what's up with my file system. I still cannot see my external sd card in file operations, even though the phone shows it is present, lets me mount and unmount it. If I copy something to it from the laptop using a card reader, nothing shows up when it is mounted in the phone. The other mystery is that with ES file explorer, I still do not see the contacts.db file path, so I'm doing something wrong. Once I can see that path and see the external sd, I'll follow your instructions.
-B
Make sure you have root function enabled in es file explorer. It's in settings.
With the external sd , on cm9 you'll find it at /emmc. (or /mt/emmc)
But read up on flashing.... You won't regret it.
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i believe the external sd card is called emmc on the ics roms
try opening a terminal emulator, then type:
df
the ouput from df will give you total space and free space for mounted paths, including your sdcard, if it is mounted.
if you want to see rootsystem files, run su before df.
there is a free terminal emulator on google play, aka market, if you need it.
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bobcov said:
Hi,before I can try what you suggested, I need to straighten out what's up with my file system. I still cannot see my external sd card in file operations, even though the phone shows it is present, lets me mount and unmount it. If I copy something to it from the laptop using a card reader, nothing shows up when it is mounted in the phone. The other mystery is that with ES file explorer, I still do not see the contacts.db file path, so I'm doing something wrong. Once I can see that path and see the external sd, I'll follow your instructions.
-B
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At this point, how do you feel about starting over? Some people aren't comfortable with a full factory reset and/or starting over with stock gingerbread, but I'd be leaning toward that at this point. I'm not completely sure it's necessary but I've wiped clean for less.
Well, after many days, I am now finally importing 750 contacts without exposing any of them to a 3rd party server such as Google, etc.
1. There's a link here somewhere for version 1.3.450.0 "Samsung USB Driver for Mobile Phones. The filename was SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_x86.exe
2. Forget about Kies. Somebody said it won't work unless it sees Touch Wiz. I don't know if it would work under any circumstances.
3. For my 750 contacts in blackberry, I made an .ipd backup of the blackberry using the RIM software, then used ABC Amber Blackberry Converter which can extract data from IPD backups and exported my contacts as CSV.
4. I used Windows Address Book to read the CSV file created by Amber and saved the file with .WAB as a Windows Address Book file.
5. I used the inexplicably free and astoundingly well-executed Wondershare MobileGo for Android program to link to my phone. On one computer it immediately identified the model and showed all contents. On another computer, it could not see the phone, and went to the web without prompting, downloaded a driver, installed it and loaded the phone into the program. Amazing. All I did was click on contacts on the left and then the small down arrow under the word "Import" on the Import icon. It took me about an hour to realize this was how to get the program to import different formats other than vcard. It somehow immediately found the .WAB file, and imported the 750 contacts where are now on the phone.
6. For the purposes of entertainment for those who know better and education for those who don't, here were some of my downfalls: All the apps may respond to that little funny symbol on the left, below the keyboard adjacent to "Samsung." I didn't know for the longest time that was a critical menu key. Also mirthful, I didn't know that you can just draw downward from the top of the screen and get a kind of status page where you will see "USB connected" which you must press if you want to copy stuff to the phone. I will now read the phone's manual.
It seems that the external card under Cyanogenmod 9 is /mnt/emmc/ instead of where programs expected it to be. I got a program called Directory Bind and tried to make it so that /mnt/emmc/ would automatically be seen as /mnt/sdcard/external_sd but it said that that wasn't a valid target. Any ideas there? Meantime I have done it from terminal but I don't think that will stick beyond a reboot.
Damn you learn quick. When I first discovered the menu key it was like discovering a while new world.
Yeah so I installed the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1683879 after hard bricking my phone a couple of days ago. Now running with CWM 5.0.2.4 (I think) and above rom installed, everything works except I dont get prompted to insert any access code for my sim card, my IMEI isnt listed and ofcourse I get no network
I've re-flashed my modem drivers via ODIN just to be sure
So im kinda out of ideas.. Anyone with any thoughts?
(posted here since I cant post in the dev thread....)
EDIT: Browsing my /EFS dir with astro reveals it to be empty.. Have I deleted any files or are they hidden?
OK - SOLVED
I used the wrong "drivers" for the phones network capabilities, I tried flashing with an old GB driver while I was supposed to use an new ICS one
This site really helped me in finding the right stuff I need - samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-N7000
Thought I'd post this here for future reference if anyone else has the same problem
Hello everyone,
I bought this tablet on ebay and it seems that the ROM preinstalled is a test ROM.
I searched the web to find a custom ROM but I couldn't find much info.
I found the way to root the tablet but that's all.
Is there anyone who can indicate me a link to a stock rom or a good custom one?
Thanks for those who will read and help!
What do you mean by TEST ROM?!!! this is ridiculous, I have the tablet and it's working like a charm even I received over air update yesterday, the only odd is that I can't use it as a phone because Lenovo has no license yet for that it's available only in the Chinese version, and I think this will be solved later when they start launching their mobile phones all over the world.
Hello mmis,
Test rom is not the correct terms but I didn't know how to call that !
The problem is that every widget I put on the desktop is loading but never display anything.
The information in "About tablet" are the following :
Model number : IdeaTab A2107A-H
Android Version : 4.0.3
Baseband version : MAUI.11AMD.W11.50.SP.V13, 2012/05/25 01:09
Build number : A2107A-H_S307_120605
If I search for system updates, it doesn't find anything. If I click on firmware update, the settings FC.
I made a factory reset but no luck.
That's why I thought it wasn't a stable version.
As long as you tried the factory reset with no luck, I think in your case its better to get back to Lenovo customer service or your local dealer if it's under warranty, they should be able to help you. it's a new device in the market and it will be difficult to find custom ROM for a while or even someone to give model-specific help. Good Luck
Would you mind linking to the instructions on how to root this thing?
Sure, no problem !
After several hours of search and difficulties to register onto Chinese websites
I managed to find the attached file. I take no credit for the tool because it was developped by someone else (SNARL I guess)
It was missing the superuser apk inside so I put it back and also translate the steps to English.
Here are the steps :
- Connect the tablet in Debug USB mode
- Launch root.bat
- The device will reboot at each of the 3 steps
If you need more info, don't mind to ask!
Here is the link of the original thread :
http://3g.lenovo.com/thread-69003-1-1.html
Fantastic, thank you very much.
LePad Chinese Model A2107A-H
I have a Chinese issue model of the A2107A-H that has the dual sim card cellular feature. I've been trying to get it rooted to get rid of the Chinese apks on it, but normal rooting software has not been successful so far, including the one posted here from SNARL via Ichi go's post. I get a "device not found" error message and in device manager on my PC it indicates that there is no driver installed for the device. I have "debug" turned on and the USB link seems to be working as I can see file folders on the device, but the rooting software will not run. I've tried several of the most well known methods with no luck. Any ideas on this would be appreciated and in particular, if there is a driver I need to have installed to get the rooting software to work??
TIA!!!
Rob
First of all many thanks to you ichi go it was very easy to root this device as instructed, but as the one I have does not have the phone calling capability, I replaced the phone.apk with different one but now the device does not recognize the sim card at all, I tried to push many versions of phone.apk to system folder with no luck, it seems even if I put the apk in the system folder the device will not launch it at all, could you please help me in that.
I've had this tablet for a while and love it. I just got the OTA update and its downloading now.
I'm a also keen on rooting it and inns installing a custom ROM. I guess once its a bit more common, we can expect a dedicated Dev community here on XDA
The update failed to install. I'm not rooted or anything but upon restart it gave a signature verification error.
Any way to fix this?
Edit: got it! was a path error since i had changed the default storage.
but i can't figure out any changes
robh41 said:
I have a Chinese issue model of the A2107A-H that has the dual sim card cellular feature. I've been trying to get it rooted to get rid of the Chinese apks on it, but normal rooting software has not been successful so far, including the one posted here from SNARL via Ichi go's post. I get a "device not found" error message and in device manager on my PC it indicates that there is no driver installed for the device. I have "debug" turned on and the USB link seems to be working as I can see file folders on the device, but the rooting software will not run. I've tried several of the most well known methods with no luck. Any ideas on this would be appreciated and in particular, if there is a driver I need to have installed to get the rooting software to work??
TIA!!!
Rob
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How does your device appear in the device manager? For sure, the adb driver isn't installed. If it's not the case, download android sdk and then the Google USB driver in the extra section.
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mmis said:
First of all many thanks to you ichi go it was very easy to root this device as instructed, but as the one I have does not have the phone calling capability, I replaced the phone.apk with different one but now the device does not recognize the sim card at all, I tried to push many versions of phone.apk to system folder with no luck, it seems even if I put the apk in the system folder the device will not launch it at all, could you please help me in that.
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I didn't try to make phone calls for now with it but I will test and come back to you if I find something interesting.
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FM Tuner - perfect for in-dash?
The in-dash car tablet people should be happy to hear the A2107 has an FM Tuner. It's one of the few tablets that has a radio tuner, and the only modern 7" that I know of. I just ordered one. I will report back.
The Chinese stock rom I installed has the phone ability and that works very well! The problem of this stock rom is that the Google services aren't there. I'm trying to find a way to install the zip file but I need to know the exact path of the recovery partition.
I tried to find it with the cat /proc/emmc command but this partition isn't listed.
If anyone has an idea...
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So I understood that you managed to flash the Chinese stock ROM, am I right?!! please tell me how to do as I am facing serious problems with my device, I managed to root and then I changed the phone.apk (what the hell I was thinking of) and now I have the the error message android.process.acore stopped working and sometimes the sittings force closed, I tried to re root, factory reset and deleting cache of almost everything with no use, even I contacted the Lenovo CS to reinstall the original firmware, I think they will charge me for that :crying:
by the way I don't have contacts anymore (I installed it manually) and the most impressive thing that the device doesn't recognize the SIM card (I cleverly deleted the original one phone.apk :silly and what ever apk I push into the system/app folder and change the permissions it will not install after reboot.
So...what do you think guys?!! any help?
I've confirmed this does work on the A2107-F.
I had some trouble with the ADB driver. I can't post links, so you will have to google it, but I used adb_driver_20110720.zip for the drivers. I forced it to install via Update Driver > Browse my computer > let me pick > have disk > pointed to the android_winusb.inf file > selected the thinkpad option, it was the bottom of the two.
I also had to manually turn the tablet back on after the first reboot, but it went fine after that.
ichi go said:
The Chinese stock rom I installed has the phone ability and that works very well! The problem of this stock rom is that the Google services aren't there. I'm trying to find a way to install the zip file but I need to know the exact path of the recovery partition.
I tried to find it with the cat /proc/emmc command but this partition isn't listed.
If anyone has an idea...
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can someone show me where to get the rom?
in the chinese forum, i cant register, because lenovo login is buggy for me. maybe because of location,,
mmis said:
So I understood that you managed to flash the Chinese stock ROM, am I right?!! please tell me how to do as I am facing serious problems with my device, I managed to root and then I changed the phone.apk (what the hell I was thinking of) and now I have the the error message android.process.acore stopped working and sometimes the sittings force closed, I tried to re root, factory reset and deleting cache of almost everything with no use, even I contacted the Lenovo CS to reinstall the original firmware, I think they will charge me for that :crying:
by the way I don't have contacts anymore (I installed it manually) and the most impressive thing that the device doesn't recognize the SIM card (I cleverly deleted the original one phone.apk :silly and what ever apk I push into the system/app folder and change the permissions it will not install after reboot.
So...what do you think guys?!! any help?
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Hi mmis,
I will upload tonight (if i have the time to) all the needed files to install the Chinese ROM (tools and procedure included).
Btw, I managed to install all the Google services and all is working well! The only thing is that the OS can only be put in English. All other languages are Chinese variants.
Hi I just flash tablet with a chinesse rom A2107A_H_S121_120525 and right now the device don't turning on anymore. The flashing is still possible. So I need a stock rom please
Hello,
I'm trying to recover the IMEI for my T869 by following this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1867442
The first step is to put the phone/tablet in diagnostics mode. There are two methods described which do this. The first one ( for TouchWiz devices, which should apply for this device ) involves using codes in the dialer to enable a hidden menu. As my tab doesn't have a dialer, this method doesn't work. I've tried 3rd party software that claim to execute codes on the tablet but they don't work.
The second method involves running a script. This fails because/sys/class/android_usb/android0/f_rmnet/transports doesn't exist on my tablet.
So, any ideas how to put my tablet in diagnostics mode or how to fix the IMEI for it ? I don't have a backup of the efs folder and the current IMEI is the generic 004999010640000.
Thanks.
MichaelIvinov said:
Hello,
I'm trying to recover the IMEI for my T869 by following this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1867442
The first step is to put the phone/tablet in diagnostics mode. There are two methods described which do this. The first one ( for TouchWiz devices, which should apply for this device ) involves using codes in the dialer to enable a hidden menu. As my tab doesn't have a dialer, this method doesn't work. I've tried 3rd party software that claim to execute codes on the tablet but they don't work.
The second method involves running a script. This fails because/sys/class/android_usb/android0/f_rmnet/transports doesn't exist on my tablet.
So, any ideas how to put my tablet in diagnostics mode or how to fix the IMEI for it ? I don't have a backup of the efs folder and the current IMEI is the generic 004999010640000.
Thanks.
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The Dialer is part of Phone.apk, which won't show up on the T869 normally even if its "installed".
There's a file within framework-res.apk (which is found @ /res/values/bools.xml) which essentially tells the Android OS what features the host device does and does not have. The relevant value is <bool name="config_voice_capable">.
By default the T869 will have:
<bool name="config_voice_capable">false</bool>
Changing that to
<bool name="config_voice_capable">true</bool>
Tells the OS that the device is "voice capable", meaning it can make & receive phone calls. This will then allow the Phone.apk features to show up, provided you have Phone.apk installed.
The process of modifying framework-res.apk is somewhat complicated, and your ROM may or may even have Phone.apk present, depending on what you are using. However, at least now you know why you have no dialer.
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The Dialer is part of Phone.apk, which won't show up on the T869 normally even if its "installed".
There's a file within framework-res.apk (which is found @ /res/values/bools.xml) which essentially tells the Android OS what features the host device does and does not have. The relevant value is <bool name="config_voice_capable">.
By default the T869 will have:
<bool name="config_voice_capable">false</bool>
Changing that to
<bool name="config_voice_capable">true</bool>
Tells the OS that the device is "voice capable", meaning it can make & receive phone calls. This will then allow the Phone.apk features to show up, provided you have Phone.apk installed.
The process of modifying framework-res.apk is somewhat complicated, and your ROM may or may even have Phone.apk present, depending on what you are using. However, at least now you know why you have no dialer.
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I actually did follow your guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1872348 to try to get my native dialer but never got it to work. I know that it should work, but I get endless crashes/reboots if I enable voice capabilities for my tab .. All apps crash seconds from startup. What exact ROM do you have which works for enabling the native dialer? I'm running the official ICS build.
MichaelIvinov said:
I actually did follow your guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1872348 to try to get my native dialer but never got it to work. I know that it should work, but I get endless crashes/reboots if I enable voice capabilities for my tab .. All apps crash seconds from startup. What exact ROM do you have which works for enabling the native dialer? I'm running the official ICS build.
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I pretty much only use CM10. Aorth has nightly builds of it. The last "good" CM10 is cm-10-20130118-UNOFFICIAL-t869.zip, which you can get here: http://goo.im/devs/aorth/roms/t869/
I'm curious, what purpose does retrieving the IMEI serve anyways?
DivinityCycle said:
I pretty much only use CM10. Aorth has nightly builds of it. The last "good" CM10 is cm-10-20130118-UNOFFICIAL-t869.zip, which you can get here: ....
I'm curious, what purpose does retrieving the IMEI serve anyways?
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Well my tablet has the generic IMEI as stated above. Since about 2 days ago, my tablet hasn't been able to connect to the T-Mobile network. I have had the generic IMEI for some time and it has worked. Now either T-Mobile has decided to start blocking the IMEI from the network or my tablet is physically damaged.
I have bars, I can search for networks and it will find T-Mobile and AT&T, I've tried different SIMs with different plans and also checked the SIMs in other phones and they work. Can you connect to the T-Mobile network with the generic IMEI or do you still have your original IMEI?
MichaelIvinov said:
Well my tablet has the generic IMEI as stated above. Since about 2 days ago, my tablet hasn't been able to connect to the T-Mobile network. I have had the generic IMEI for some time and it has worked. Now either T-Mobile has decided to start blocking the IMEI from the network or my tablet is physically damaged.
I have bars, I can search for networks and it will find T-Mobile and AT&T, I've tried different SIMs with different plans and also checked the SIMs in other phones and they work. Can you connect to the T-Mobile network with the generic IMEI or do you still have your original IMEI?
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I appear to have my "real" IMEI. I have used CM10 nightlies on this tab pretty much since day 1. Have had no problems connected to the T-Mo data network. I would imagine if the IMEI is messed up you should be able to RMA that device, which sucks
find an app called 'any cut' this will allow you to access all the intents and action your device is capable of.
One of them should be service mode.
be careful....
also , if you really want this I would definetly talk to these guys.. http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-plus-imei-efs-repair/
JTAG'd my GT-P6200. I know yours is the Tmobile variant, but he usually has success with new products, etc.
I would ask him.
He is in Texas US of course..
good luck..
Ok, It's confirmed: T-Mobile has started blocking the generic IMEI from their network. At least that's what I conclude from finding a thread on reddit(can't link but you can google the title) from 3 days ago, exactly when I started having the problem:
Anyone else running a custom ROM and have your IMEI reset to 004999010640000? T-Mobile likely blocked your phone today.
DivinityCycle, Just checked again and your bools.xml edit only works with CM10. I've gotten it successfully going on CM10, but the code that gets entered in the dialer only works on a TouchWiz ROM, as noted in the original thread :facepalm:
When I try the same thing on stock GingerBread / ICS I get endless application crashes / freezes so that basically i can't do anything, even launch an app, not to mention enter a code.
chrisrotolo, AnyCut - Managed to install it and create a shortcut to the ServiceMode action but when I execute that shortcut it crashes and nothing happens.
Any other tips?
you could also try factory mode, which will bring up a calculator.
From there enter the *#*# dialer code to get you into service mode...i forget it off hand but i have posted it numerous times,
also if you try another action shortcut, one that is a submenu of the service,mode main menu, such as network, etc.. and that works, you can usually back all the way up to the main menu in service mode.
also CM ROM may have these .apks removed... should be on stock ROM though.
good luck.
chrisrotolo said:
you could also try factory mode, which will bring up a calculator.
From there enter the *#*# dialer code to get you into service mode...i forget it off hand but i have posted it numerous times,
also if you try another action shortcut, one that is a submenu of the service,mode main menu, such as network, etc.. and that works, you can usually back all the way up to the main menu in service mode.
also CM ROM may have these .apks removed... should be on stock ROM though.
good luck.
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Factory mode worked for me but did not solve my problem. I managed to put the tablet in "modem" USB mode which from what I understand should be diag mode, what I'm looking for, but Windows( All: 7, XP, 32, 64 ) can't find drivers for it. It's showing up as 7 CDCs.
Anyone have any suggestions or knows what "7 CDCs" is and how do I get to an actual working diag mode from that ?
I dialed *#7284#, got this :
i.imgur.com/5W2HSlN.jpg
for drivers, usually you can dowload heimdall and go to 'zadig' (or something similar), with device in download mode: double click zadig.exe it will install drivers
you should see at least one CDC driver possibly a modem driver as well.
Alternatively another good way to install drivers for me has been PDAnet by june fabrics.
find it download .apk it pretty well walks you through set-up.
Thats the right screen for setting usb to modem, etc..
I've had 2 backup's of my EFS folder since day one.
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for drivers, usually you can dowload heimdall and go to 'zadig' (or something similar), with device in download mode: double click zadig.exe it will install drivers
you should see at least one CDC driver possibly a modem driver as well.
Alternatively another good way to install drivers for me has been PDAnet by june fabrics.
find it download .apk it pretty well walks you through set-up.
Thats the right screen for setting usb to modem, etc..
I've had 2 backup's of my EFS folder since day one.
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Thanks for the suggestions, but I couldn't get them to work. PDAnet requires that the device be put in regular-ADB mode to install drivers - and does install 'normal' drivers but doesn't install the diag mode drivers. zadig installs a driver for the 7 CDCs device but It's listed as a USB device, not as a COM serial port as required by the application.
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I've had 2 backup's of my EFS folder since day one.
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Do you really need the extra one or can I have it ? :silly:
Still no success so far.
The only possibility I see Is doing a restore using NsPro, which apparently is the only software that supports the T869.
NsPro v6.5.2 released:
-Added I547, T869, T879 support.
Anybody knows how I can try to fix the tab with NSPro without buying the box + 1 year activation ?
Yeah send it to someone who has one...
Have you contacted mobiletechvideos.com yet? They are US based, but one of the best for these types of things..
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Yeah send it to someone who has one...
Have you contacted mobiletechvideos.com yet? They are US based, but one of the best for these types of things..
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Thanks, didn't know about them. It seems that they require that the device be shipped.
Has anybody dealt with them before ? How reliable are they / where are they located ?