ok here goes, first off, i apologize if this is in any way redundant to someone's else question. with the amount of people whose phone got wrecked with the 2.3.6 update im sure somebody has had the problem im having.
like many people i just clicked "install" when google pushed the 2.3.6 ota. my phone was running 2.3.4. rooted. when it rebooted, i was greeted with the android exclamation mark.
i happened to have a clockwork backup so i tried restoring my backup. and restore it did, but not the radio. after the google update my radio was something like NO GSXXK1 or so. i tried the radio fix here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14564429&mode=linear#post14564429
i tried reflashing the stock 2.3.3 rom from google, wiping the bootloader and all. ive in fact tried many many things that ive read on xda and google forums.
now, ive managed somehow to have a running 2.3.4 with cell signal. using the efs file copy method in he link above. that restored my 3g and ability to place phone calls but sms arent working. i did the *#*#4636#*#* thing and notice that smsc is 00, i tried to set to the right value of +17057969300 for Rogers canada but all i get is an update error followed by a crash.
and now, funny, my search button is acting weird, like an eye that keeps twitching.
im not very knowledgeable in this stuff, just enough to get by and install custom roms but clearly im in over my head now.
why did copying my 3 efs file in the root of the sd card restore signal? i dont think these files really belong there, so just what the heck happened?
is there a way i can restore my nexus S to google stock rom when they shipped the phone? i mean, a complete wipe, sd, boot, radio...everything.
if i can start back with the stock phone, i can re-root again and start fresh.
any ideas please??
im physically tired of reading everything, misleading information and constantly flashing back and forth hoping its gonna work. oh and mandatory angry comment: thank you google for effing up my phone!
edit:
the only stock rom i tried i the 2.3.3 stock update available in clockwork. made no results.
current specs:
my phone is a i9020a
current baseband : NO DGSXXKD1
current build: GRJ22
android ver: 2.3.4
core: 2.6.35.7-ge382d80 [email protected] #1
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Thanks dude, i had actually done that and did manage to get a signal back. its SMS that just wont work and when do the INFO thing to set the right value, i either get update error or a crash.
i installed stock rom 2.3.4 and install radio uckd1. that made my signal work even without having to move the efs files on the root of the sdcard. but still no sms.
is anybody else getting sms problems? this was working before the 2.3.6 fiasco.
im with rogers canada, in ottawa.
ok, just to loop the loop on this one and hoping it will be of use to somebody else.
my sms issue wasnt related to my phone at all, once i had a signal back, that's as far as the phone was concerned.
i placed a call to rogers to let them know i couldnt sms anymore.
long story short, they tried many things but ultimately, its doing the "hard" reset on the network for my phone that did it. im sure there a better name for it but basically they erased my phone from their network, i had to wait about an hour for the change to propagate. when i powered the phone back, it resynced everything and sms was back online without a single thing to do.
Hello,
i gave my phone to service 3 weeks ago because my Power Button doesnt worked anymore. Yesterday i got my Phone back and they said they changed Mainboard and i have a new IMEI. So since ive got it back i cant reflash ginger baseband which i had already on the Phone before i gave to service. Progress ends at 0% with EBL error.
Can anybody help me??
You could flash V21a (can be rooted) or V21b. They are both gingerbread ROMS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1287236
It will probably invalidate your warranty though if your phone isn't a European open model.
Hmmm the same thing happened to me with the power button before christmas and they replaced the mainboard. I seem to remember also have the same problem flashing the baseband but i got it to work eventually. I cant remember exactly what i did but i think it had something to do with the drivers on my computer and that i had to start from scratch. It worked eventually so dont give up. Try reinstalling all the computer software and then try reflash.
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Hey guys i recently flashed my phone with TurkoCFW V6 and now am having a problem calling. Every time I try to call it says "Call not allowed". I saw other people posted the same issue but no one replied with a fix. I even flashed my phone with a different firmware after the problem happened and it hasn't helped. I have previously flashed my phone over 25 times with no problems so I have no idea what to do. Has anybody found a fix for this? Cause I mean a cellphone is pretty useless without calls...
I spoke to Hero355 and he gave a file to fix it with which worked but somehow only works with his firmware. I tried flashing with an official firmware and the problem persisted after which I tried flashing the firmware with his fix which just messed up the phone even more. I mean it works with his firmware but his firmware only.
I do not understand how this problem persists after reflashing if its wiping everything and reinstalling everything...
So I want to switch firmwares but cant because of this problem.
Would appreciate any help, Thanks!
please someone help...
Hey guys so my phone doesn't send or receive texts/calls unless I restart it then I will be able to for a little then not again
I've searched everywhere and I've also tried different roms but same problem
Any suggestions?
Right now I'm running paranoid android btw
Weird issue. Wipe and Odin stock. Then ics, then jb. Then reflash twrp. If that doesn't work its a hardware issue
So I've been trying to install a MM rom for some time now, and 2 days ago, the screen started to not answer properly, touching left would touch right and the other way arround. I've seen a lot of thread saying to type *#2663# in the dialer to update the touch firmware but i get "connection problem or invalid MMI code". I've tried to fix that too, people we're saying to reboot, do a factory reset, check that the good network is there. No luck.. I've also tried to install stock back, but I was getting another error in Odin. I think I tried everything.. I really need your help now.. If someone can help me, please say it in the chat.
My phone is a Canadian Bell Galaxy s6: SM-G920W8
Right now the model number in the phone is SM-G925K but I'm pretty sure it was W8 variant..
thanks a lot