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I have been attempting to flash the ROM on my Charge all day with mixed results. After much frustration, I have finally been able to flash a few ROMs, and everything works great except I have no phone signal and my phone says "Unknown Baseband." in both slots. Earlier, it said it in only one of the slots. I have attempted Altered Beast, Stock, Stock Rooted, Deodoxed, all to no avail. Is there any way to flash just the modem or radio code?
did you actually read the directions, or just willy nilly flash from AB to stock and so on and so forth?
because they aren't all compatible with each other to do that
I was initially following the directions in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122657
I went through all these directions, and after a reboot at the end, that's when it developed the problem initially.
There are only two known radios for the phone, and none of the roms flash a new radio, so even if the OP screwed up flashing his rom it shouldn't impact basebands, unless he didn't check PDA.
OP - What all did you actually try to flash? Are you sure you checked PDA in Odin, and not Modem each time?
I made certain I checked PDA each time.
Earlier yesterday afternoon, I was initially following this guide: [http://www.theandroidsoul.com/how-t...and-clockworkmod-recovery-installation-guide/]until I realized it was old and didn't work w/ EE4. I had to flash my ROM back to ED1 Stock rooted in order for it to work. After that, I began following the guide in the earlier post. When my radios stopped working after that, I began flashing just about any ROM I could get my hands on, just to see if I get could get my radios back, including the aforementioned Stock, Stock rooted, Deodexed, Altered Beast, Debloated, etc. I eventually had to so the CWM repair ROM [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111486] and flashed to Altered Beast and then to Stock ED2 after that, which is where I think I'm sitting right now.
distortedloop said:
There are only two known radios for the phone, and none of the roms flash a new radio, so even if the OP screwed up flashing his rom it shouldn't impact basebands, unless he didn't check PDA.
OP - What all did you actually try to flash? Are you sure you checked PDA in Odin, and not Modem each time?
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There are several people experiencing an unknown baseband, most of the time its from attempting to use cwm prior to v3 to flash a recovery, then fixing the soft brick and now we have a "unknown baseband"
This happened to me as well. Any way to fix?
Anyone try flashing the official EE4 update.zip with stock recovery? Since that is the only file we have that has modem parts, maybe it can recover your basebands.
hoppermi said:
Anyone try flashing the official EE4 update.zip with stock recovery? Since that is the only file we have that has modem parts, maybe it can recover your basebands.
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Do you know where I can locate that .zip? I am in the same boat and would be willing to try.
My experience with unknown baseband and ee4 update is that it wouldn't update to ee4 because it couldn't find an ltemodem to patch. I don't think the update is just going to insert the baseband because it can't find the original.
I'm back on my Incredible in the meantime. Can't believe how small it is!
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jaylikesdroid said:
Do you know where I can locate that .zip? I am in the same boat and would be willing to try.
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Its posted in development. If it were me I would odin to ed1 and try and apply that zip in stock recovery. Either it will work or it won't. Don't cost nuthin.
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hoppermi said:
I would odin to ed1 and try and apply that zip in stock recovery.
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In the process of doing this, I bricked my phone even more. When I try to reboot the phone, it says:
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-- bootmode=7 from cmdline...
-- Movi_check Start..!!
checksum confirmation need_checksum[0]
Not need checksum confirmation
-- Movi_check already executed!!...
-- movi_checking done!...
#MANUAL MODE #
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Then it boots into recovery. Obviously, this is a good example of why not to root your device unless you have a REALLY good understanding of what you're doing.
I would install ED1 via odin and let it update OTA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1085190
other useful threads that helped me a lot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107797
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122657
chiahead52 said:
I would install ED1 via odin and let it update OTA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1085190
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That's what I've been trying to do, but unfortunately, it's not working. Odin is saying it's successfully installed, but when I try to reboot within recovery, it loops me back to the same place within recovery and gives me the message I posted above.
chiahead52 said:
I would install ED1 via odin and let it update OTA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1085190
other useful threads that helped me a lot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107797
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122657
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I think at this point I have tried every available package in the dev section. Unfortunately, though the all get me a "working" phone I still have the unkown baseband and thus am unable to find a wireless signal. This prohibits me from get and OTA when at ed1.
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Anyone try flashing the official EE4 update.zip with stock recovery? Since that is the only file we have that has modem parts, maybe it can recover your basebands.
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Thanks for the suggestion. Tried it. No luck.
Well just now a FULL ODIN ED2 package was posted at rootzwiki http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?481-LEAK-STOCK-ED2-Droid-Charge-FULL-ODIN!&p=5957#post5957
If anyone wants to try this to see if it is legit. I figured it would be one of you who is stuck. This "should" fix your problems and put you on stock ED2. And it would be a safety net for everyone else. It nearly impossible to brick your phone if there is a full odin.
Good luck.
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Well just now a FULL ODIN ED2 package was posted at rootzwiki http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?481-LEAK-STOCK-ED2-Droid-Charge-FULL-ODIN!&p=5957#post5957
If anyone wants to try this to see if it is legit. I figured it would be one of you who is stuck. This "should" fix your problems and put you on stock ED2. And it would be a safety net for everyone else. It nearly impossible to brick your phone if there is a full odin.
Good luck.
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Trying it right now!!! Wish me luck!
hoppermi said:
Well just now a FULL ODIN ED2 package was posted at rootzwiki http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?481-LEAK-STOCK-ED2-Droid-Charge-FULL-ODIN!&p=5957#post5957
If anyone wants to try this to see if it is legit. I figured it would be one of you who is stuck. This "should" fix your problems and put you on stock ED2. And it would be a safety net for everyone else. It nearly impossible to brick your phone if there is a full odin.
Good luck.
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Giving it a try. Will report back.
UPDATE:
It didn't work. Got an error message in Odin that says MD5 hash value invalid
I flashed ics a few days ago and have had very few problems and really enjoy it. However i have to GB because in the leak you can't connect to a wifi network that has uses the static ip connection type(rather than the default DHCP i think). This is a big problem. But any ways this should be as simple as restoring my backup via CWM right?
Thanks
ian1 said:
I flashed ics a few days ago and have had very few problems and really enjoy it. However i have to GB because in the leak you can't connect to a wifi network that has uses the static ip connection type(rather than the default DHCP i think). This is a big problem. But any ways this should be as simple as restoring my backup via CWM right?
Thanks
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That worked for me. I went between my ICS and GB backup quite a few times, starting the day that the leak came out.
I would also like to go back to GB.. just too many little things that are annoying the crap out of me.. PLUS Im randomly getting sleep of death..
Having said that, I used the nandroid restore file as I could not use the flash because I am on Rogers..
Is going back to a GB rom as simple as grabbing the rom and flashing it from cwm?
You should be able to restore fron your nandriod backup. You can even flash the proper radio back if needed.
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Where is the pure stock 2.3.6 ROM? I can't seem to find it in the ROM section.
Battery consumption on the leaked ICS is just too much for me. Android System in the battery page is shown to be quite consuming. I am already using Titanium to freeze bloatware and also running SetCPU.
I believe there is a post in the dev section.
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use darkside as a precaution, it will save u some heartache
I've done it about five times now. It's very easy IF you have a nandroid backup of your old GB or someone's backup. You can either use darkside wipes or DIY wipes and it will get you back to where you were prior to ICS-leak mania.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1548750
It is very easy, search the forums for Odin info (if needed) I've done it 3x so far with no kinks.
Edit: 4x and Darkside's wipe is a must have!
Sent from my Samsung Skyrocket SGH-i727 4.0.3 -> ??
icenight89 said:
use darkside as a precaution, it will save u some heartache
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What exactly is darkside wipes?
ian1 said:
What exactly is darkside wipes?
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This:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
It properly wipes your phone, preventing and curing alot of force close and other issues. I use it before every rom flash. Its kinda akin to the saying "prevent is better than cure," if you will.
Thank you i apologize for being such a noob
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Thank you i apologize for being such a noob
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no prob, your questions wasn't as bad as some i've seen. In the future though try to use google and the search feature, they're your friends
Also, if someone helps, hit the thanks button... just saying lol
Hi all, just need a little clarification please. I`ve been searching the forums but so far, no luck.
I have a SGS2 from rogers and have recently flashed an ICS rom (I also flashed a new kernel and radio). I want to go back to stock gingerbread. I have a CWM backup that I made right after rooting the device.
That leaves me with a few questions:
Since the CWM backup won`t set my radio back to what it used to be, do I have to do it manually?
If I don't, will everything still work fine with the I727UCALC4 radio even if i`m on gingerbread.
Thank you in advance for the responses. I just don't want to miss any steps and end up with a paperweight!!
I'm in the same boat - I did manage to find the stock radio for the rogers i727r but I cannot find the stock i727r kernel. If anyone here knows if it is the same as the ATT version please let me know.
the files I have are ..
i727_stock_kernel_odin.tar < I believe this is the ATT stock kernel
Radio_RIL__I727RUXKJ7.zip < Rogers i727 radio
Any help would be appreciated.
TIA
I also want to go back to GB. If I get the correct Tar file, and open Odin, then target the .tar file and click start, is that the correct process?
Nvm IM going to do it. If i hose it no biggy as this sunday I'll be getting a new phone anyways.
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I've decided to go back to gb for now, all I did was got the fw from sammobile and used Odin to flash it back. Oh and since the fw was .zip file not .tar just unzipped it and load the file to Odin.
And also your sr will be unrooted
sgh-i727r
Why are you doing all that. I have gone back and forth between ics and gb many times. Just restore a gb nandroid. No problem. Took me back to my gb rom and modem.
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dogblood said:
I'm in the same boat - I did manage to find the stock radio for the rogers i727r but I cannot find the stock i727r kernel. If anyone here knows if it is the same as the ATT version please let me know.
the files I have are ..
i727_stock_kernel_odin.tar < I believe this is the ATT stock kernel
Radio_RIL__I727RUXKJ7.zip < Rogers i727 radio
Any help would be appreciated.
TIA
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The stock rogers tar is in the odin tar thread. That contains the stock kernel
silver03wrx said:
Why are you doing all that. I have gone back and forth between ics and gb many times. Just restore a gb nandroid. No problem. Took me back to my gb rom and modem.
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The stock rogers tar is in the odin tar thread. That contains the stock kernel
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Thanks for the reply. Can you tell me if I can run a gingerbread rom with an ICS radio (I727UCALC4)?? Does it matter? I thought that CWM just restored the original rom and kernel but did not modify the radio??? Thanks.
So I tried to flash two of the new Roms in the dev section and now I cant boot anything at all nor can I restore my old Rom through recovery. I get to the MD5 checking then it says MD5 mismatch and doesn't let me restore. Anyone have any ideas? My phone wont boot....
After the massive googling that took place after this post I decided to just ODIN this sucker back to stock. Stock restored, root added, and CWM working again in under 10 minutes. Gonna make another backup and try reflashing again
DarkKnight worked fine for me except for some known bugs... i could'nt get the Noble Series 8.0 or 8.1 to boot at all though weird just stay at the blaze 4g splash screen
dispozable said:
After the massive googling that took place after this post I decided to just ODIN this sucker back to stock. Stock restored, root added, and CWM working again in under 10 minutes. Gonna make another backup and try reflashing again
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I'm not to familiar with odin, this is the first time i had to use it with my blaze. how do return back to stock from odin? i don't need to at the moment, just good knowledge to have, if i got stuck in same scenario as you.
trevor7428 said:
I'm not to familiar with odin, this is the first time i had to use it with my blaze. how do return back to stock from odin? i don't need to at the moment, just good knowledge to have, if i got stuck in same scenario as you.
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Its the same procedure you use to root your device. Put the phone in download mode and plug in usb cable. But instead of selecting blaze-root-kernel.tar (the rooted kernel you used), you'll instead select SGH-T769-UVLB7-hitsquad.tar. I have not needed to restore my device yet, so I have no experience. Just knowledge from reading. So don't take me for granted!
Sleeps17 said:
Just restore back to stock firmware using Odin. You need to download a file called SGH-T769-UVLB7-hitsquad.tar and blaze.pit, load those up in Odin and unselect all options except Reboot. And carefully make sure Repartition is unchecked as well.
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To return back to stock I used this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591601
After that I used this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591598
I'm sure it wasnt the roms (I tried flashing both) that caused it because I couldn't restore my backups either, though I still don't know what happened. Safe to say the restore to stock was very fast, and now I have no worries if I soft brick again.
quick question. If i root can i use one of the older stock roms in the return to stock post to get back to factory, in case i need to return the phone for a defect. im on the 1535VRLHE baseband version.like maybe the VRALG1 or the newest one that it says wipes your sd VRALHD.
thanks
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quick question. If i root can i use one of the older stock roms in the return to stock post to get back to factory, in case i need to return the phone for a defect. im on the 1535VRLHE baseband version.like maybe the VRALG1 or the newest one that it says wipes your sd VRALHD.
thanks
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You can use any of the Odin .tar Images. They are all official and probably the last before JellyBean.
ok thanks for the fast response as i am downloading all the files to root and flash. have been flashing since i had my eris, so i know my way around how to flash for the most part. came from the bionic and i flashed it like crazy. could always fxz back to stock so this is pretty close to the same just use odin more or less.
as far as the flash counter goes does anything flashed in CWM trip that? And from what i have read the triangle away app will reset that anyway.
and one final question about backing up the IMEI. is that done before or after you root but before you flash a rom?
aight so ive searched and searched for all kinda different methods. and done all of them. is it possible to have a permanent brick?
heres the story. i had been running cm10 for prolly 4 or 5 months. no problems. i wanted to check out liquid smooth rom. so i flashed it. no problems. had been running it for a month or so then one day at work when i went on break my network was gone. my apn's were deleted. came home inspected some more and my imei was unknown as well as baseband and many others were unknown. i took it back to stock many times using. gtg method. using heimdel. using odin. with different stock files. from different websites. including xda. i have tried just about everything to re do the phone. including going back to cm10. and other known working roms. ive *#*#4636#*#* and manually switched to gsm which wont change when i click it it still says unknown.
i dont belive it is a rom problem. i have been overclocked 1300mhz. what else is out there can i try. \
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any help will be very appreciated
Have you by chance odined back to stock then reupgraded to JB? If not I can get you the necessary steps to do so...let me know
Sent from my SGH-I997 using xda premium
FauxAffliction said:
Have you by chance odined back to stock then reupgraded to JB? If not I can get you the necessary steps to do so...let me know
Sent from my SGH-I997 using xda premium
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yea i went to stock and back to cm10. still nothing. buttt now im unable to do any kinda flashes. im on rooted 2.3.6 threw odin. and no matter what i flash it will say somthing on the lines of failed to find file signature or what ever that code is. i tried changing the cwm in different ways still wont get off the what is it 2.5.2 cwm blue. ive basicly gave up. it seems its to far bricked or whatever the case may be
im sorry i need to correct that. i have not been able to flash to any other roms. i didnt go to stock and then cm10, due the the signature deal on cwm. i was thinking of another time i had problems. so no i have no been able to go to jb after the imei has went unknown
Did you flash a custom kernel to get cwm after going back to stock?
andros11 said:
Did you flash a custom kernel to get cwm after going back to stock?
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im in able to flash anything.....
really? no one can help me?
Are you trying to flash through Odin? Or through CWM?
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psal217050 said:
Are you trying to flash through Odin? Or through CWM?
Sent from my SGH-I997 using xda premium
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dont know how to flash a cwm threw odin. i tried loading a cwm threw rom manager and manually
kritz84 said:
dont know how to flash a cwm threw odin. i tried loading a cwm threw rom manager and manually
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but im pretty sure the problem isnt with cwm im more interested in why and how to the imei isnt known and how to fix this problem if theres a cure
Download a heimdall one-click or odin back to stock pack. Open either one up and put your phone in download mode:
- turn off and have the usb cable connected to the pc.
- remove and reinsert battery
- hold both volume buttons and connect usb. Phone should now boot into download mode.
Run program and you will be good. Then look for entropy's dd kernel and flash it in download mode to get cwm.
andros11 said:
Download a heimdall one-click or odin back to stock pack. Open either one up and put your phone in download mode:
- turn off and have the usb cable connected to the pc.
- remove and reinsert battery
- hold both volume buttons and connect usb. Phone should now boot into download mode.
Run program and you will be good. Then look for entropy's dd kernel and flash it in download mode to get cwm.
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i guess u didnt read my first post. ive already done that. ive done many things....
but anyway weirdest thing just happend. i have been using my phone via wifi. so its been on a while without a sim card inside of it.
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i noticed i had signal bars. i looked at the imei and its was a number. it was a different iemi then what its supposed to be but there was a imei. baseband was still unknown but anyway i shut the phone done and inserted my sim card. btw its a straight talk sim. and restarted it now im back to unknown imei......
ok so im back on cm10. before i was on cm10 its was giving me the imei which wasnt my original imei. i guess cuz i flashed a efs.tar. but anyway i was able to make a phone call. now im flashed on cm10. and no imei no baseband nothin. i tried flashing the efs again with odin and still nothing. when i do the *#*#4636#*#* it still wont let me switch to gsm. and i cant add a apn.
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ok so im back on cm10. before i was on cm10 its was giving me the imei which wasnt my original imei. i guess cuz i flashed a efs.tar. but anyway i was able to make a phone call. now im flashed on cm10. and no imei no baseband nothin. i tried flashing the efs again with odin and still nothing. when i do the *#*#4636#*#* it still wont let me switch to gsm. and i cant add a apn.
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odin or heimdall back to stock.
follow andros11's guide on how to flash jb
he spent the time to write the guide; spend the same amount to time to read the guide
Seems IMEI was kidnapped about a month after Liquid
Ironically, I seem to have EXACTLY the same issue that this original poster has. I have been flashing my Infuse for a little over a year now and I Flashed Liquid, I'd say about 3 weeks ago, maybe end of November. Everything has been smooth sailing. About a 2 days ago I started noticing that my network would just drop - for no reason. But at first it came back. Ok, no problem, probably just a glitch. However yesterday morning it happened again and then I was without the use of data for most of the day until around 6pm. It came back but the bars were grey but I was able to make a phone call. Once I made another call it did not go through, I tried to hangup and it just hung there. there was nothing I could do to get it to hang up. Rebooting the phone resulted in no bars at all. Nothing, nada, ziltch. So last night I reflash it a couple times and notice that there was an update to Liquid (2.1 beta). cool. I wipe, flash 2.1b and it is beautiful. EXCEPT for the fact that I have no network. wifi works fine, but no carrier whatsoever. GRRRR. I decided to back every thing up (have done so several times in the past), stock back down to 2.3.6. Barebones and all it all looked great until I hung up the phone... Same thing. So I went all Rambo on the phone, wiped it down to the very last compound. AT&T wouldn't know the wiser if they took it from me. Master Reset, wiped files, data, I think I took an IC out with all of the wiping I did... Result? No IMEI, circle with the slash. Upset, disappointed and dejected I slumped back to XDA (after I went on Craigslist feeling my phone was broke) to see if I missed anything. That was where I found some links about missing IMEI. To make a long story short, I DO have an old copy of EFS thanks to QKSTER, but I have no idea how to restore. I swear I have been on this since 6:30am and just now am I finding these threads. Must have gone through about 50 others... Sigh. BTW, along the way of my flashing experience today, my network came back temporarily, but I have not relied on it because I knew it would leave me. Just don't know how to use Heimdall to restore. To make a long story short, using Windows, could someone please help me with how to restore my EFS to see if this would solve my dilemma?
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Dnice808 said:
To make a long story short, I DO have an old copy of EFS thanks to QKSTER, but I have no idea how to restore. I swear I have been on this since 6:30am and just now am I finding these threads. Must have gone through about 50 others... Sigh. BTW, along the way of my flashing experience today, my network came back temporarily, but I have not relied on it because I knew it would leave me. Just don't know how to use Heimdall to restore. To make a long story short, using Windows, could someone please help me with how to restore my EFS to see if this would solve my dilemma?
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What is the format of your EFS folder?
*.zip
*.tar
just a folder?
If you have lost the signal while on JB, see if you can factory reset the phone.
/settings/privacy -reset
Then put it into download mode.
Use the heimdall 1 click uclb3 and flash it once, then without closing heimdall, check the bootloader box and flash it again.
After this, check your imei and band. If it works, no further back up is needed.
If you're still missing the imei, you can flash one of the gb kernel in the second post to get cwm.
Then use the root pack in post #2,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629079 to install root and su.
install a root tool like root explorer (remember to toggle the r/o r/w) or adb and copy the /efs into the phone's root efs folder,
reboot
check the baseband.
you can also check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895500
qkster said:
What is the format of your EFS folder?
*.zip
*.tar
just a folder?
So it is in the .tar format that your script backed it up in. Finding another link on the we (which he also linked back to XDA, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021 I was able to take my backup (that I used with your script) and follow his steps -mostly- (my/your backup had a 'root' folder that had the nv_data.bin file in the afs/settings folder while the instructions did not mention that. I followed the backup location settings (which in turn was also the same as the default that I had backed up)) and replace the EFS folder. It still did not restore it in any flash image just like that. Still had the the circle w/slash. However while I was still searching and typing out that loooong last passage I wrote, my phone network came back for a little while. I know this because I began receiving a bunch of texts. I was able to make a phone call. But it still happened again when I made another, it did not go through and when I hung up, it just stayed there looking at me with its grey, blank look. Even killing the phone app did not work. I rebooted back to the same drama.
If you have lost the signal while on JB, see if you can factory reset the phone.
/settings/privacy -reset
I actually was on 2.3.6 using your posts, first the basic rooted flash having to then using the Entropy kernel and then I did the lazy flash that was already rooted and just having to add the vold file to /system/etc/blah/blah. I do want to add that I DID have wifi active at this time and it may not be associated, but the first poster did mention he felt it may have had something to do with it. With wifi on, after awhile of me NOT looking at the phohe (actually doing so made me want to HULK SMASH), the network came on and my texts came in. I was able to look in settings and see ATT, and my IMEI. I was almost finished with my passage to you so I decided to update to Liquid 2.1 beta, but moving up to JB, then to LiquidSmooth. Of course doing so I got the circle w/slash, but wifi started restoring my apps.
Earlier I mentioned that I did a whole rubba dub dub, meaning I did do the /settings/privacy -reset thingy, wiping the phones carcass. I will do it again (at this point nothing to lose), following everything you ask to a 'T'.
808
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qkster said:
What is the format of your EFS folder?
*.zip
*.tar
just a folder?
If you have lost the signal while on JB, see if you can factory reset the phone.
/settings/privacy -reset
Then put it into download mode.
Done.
Use the heimdall 1 click uclb3 and flash it once, then without closing heimdall, check the bootloader box and flash it again.
Done
After this, check your imei and band. If it works, no further back up is needed.
Sigh, did not do a darn thing. Circle w/slash.
If you're still missing the imei, you can flash one of the gb kernel in the second post to get cwm.
Done.
Then use the root pack in post #2,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629079 to install root and su.
install a root tool like root explorer (remember to toggle the r/o r/w) or adb and copy the /efs into the phone's root efs folder,
reboot
check the baseband.
Went in Root Explorer, did the toggle, deleted the contents of efs then copied the contents of my backup into there. Rebooted. Nada.
you can also check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895500
I then was going to try the other link using Odin, but I cannot get Odin to see my phone. I read some thread talking about if I use Heimdall I will have problems using Odin because they use the same ports? How frustrating. The weird part is now that I have the flashed, rooted 2.3.6 image and using wifi, at some point tonight my network may come back on. Or it may not.
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Bugged out, huh?!!???
Dnice808 said:
Bugged out, huh?!!???
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I wasn't sure if there was a question there.
From my experience, flashing to JB (MTD partition) from GB without going through ICS may result in lost of imei.
Sometimes, it just happens. I had very limited experience with JB.
The few methods that I've tried worked for me. Just simply flashing back to stock with a re-partition ( (Heimdall -1-click for me) usually brings back the /efs and imei without doing anything extra.
If you haven't, and if you can, I would try the heimdall-1-click a few times.
If you want to use Odin, you may need to reinstall samsung drivers and use a different usb port on the PC than the one you used for heimdall.
You may also want to check the signal of the phone at your location. you may be getting poor signal and it has nothing to do with the phone's OS
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I wasn't sure if there was a question there.
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Me stating that it is bugged out, was me just confirming that it is Weird!
qkster said:
From my experience, flashing to JB (MTD partition) from GB without going through ICS may result in lost of imei.
Sometimes, it just happens. I had very limited experience with JB.
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Ok just to explain myself better. I have been saying that I was going from GB to JB when in fact I meant to say that I was going from GB to ICS. Sorry for that. Also, the reason my responses have looked wacky is that I was trying to select the multi quote button and getting no response. Hopefully this response is a little more organized.
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The few methods that I've tried worked for me. Just simply flashing back to stock with a re-partition ( (Heimdall -1-click for me) usually brings back the /efs and imei without doing anything extra.
If you haven't, and if you can, I would try the heimdall-1-click a few times.
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See that is what confuses me too. I have flashed back and forth several times at this point, and sometimes the /efs and imei do come back, but now they have never stayed. It is the only reason why I have tried to pretty much rule out a hardware issue. Even when I flash and there is no imei, there is the same /efs folder. And when I wipe the whole thing sparkling clean, even the newly formed /efs folder has the correct imei but it is just not being recognized on the phone.
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If you want to use Odin, you may need to reinstall samsung drivers and use a different usb port on the PC than the one you used for heimdall.
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Of course what I did was accidentally leave my phone home preventing me from testing it out with Odin on another machine. Its all good though.
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You may also want to check the signal of the phone at your location. you may be getting poor signal and it has nothing to do with the phone's OS
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I have an AT&T prepaid phone and the sim from the Infuse works in it flawlessly...
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