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Flashing Killed My SIM

I just flashed to ConfusedStu Vista 1.3, everything went well until I got through the customization screen and now my sim has just an exclamation point by it. I took the sim out and put it in my razr and it is reading fine in that. Anybody have any ideas that can help me out. Even though I dont have a lot of posts Im not new to doing this or to the site, Ive been flashing my wizard for 2 years now and my tilt for about the last month and a half. Any advice is greatly appreciated. I also will say I tried to reflash radio 1.65 and that didnt help either.

xtremdremz said:
I just flashed to ConfusedStu Vista 1.3, everything went well until I got through the customization screen and now my sim has just an exclamation point by it. I took the sim out and put it in my razr and it is reading fine in that. Anybody have any ideas that can help me out. Even though I dont have a lot of posts Im not new to doing this or to the site, Ive been flashing my wizard for 2 years now and my tilt for about the last month and a half. Any advice is greatly appreciated. I also will say I tried to reflash radio 1.65 and that didnt help either.
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i usually remove sd and sim before i flash a new rom. What does it say or show on the screen when the sim is inserted? and what does it say on the screen when the sim isn't inserted? If it says the same thing i can't help you.
try a hard reset too.

When the Sim is inserted is says nothing, just has the exclamation point by the signal meter and and x by the data connection. When the sim is not in the phone at all it gives me the no sim inserted emergency call if provider supports it. I tried to reflash the rom with the SIM out and still get the same result??? Kinda Screwy

most likely its the phone that's the problem. because if your sim was fried it wouldn't work in the razr. the razr couldn't be able to recognize the sim card at all if it was fried.

xtremdremz said:
When the Sim is inserted is says nothing, just has the exclamation point by the signal meter and and x by the data connection. When the sim is not in the phone at all it gives me the no sim inserted emergency call if provider supports it. I tried to reflash the rom with the SIM out and still get the same result??? Kinda Screwy
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you may need to install another radio that is compatible.

Is this a new or an older SIM? Check the gold contact points on the bottom. I've used a pencil eraser to go over mine and have gotten a SIM that had stopped working ot start working again (back on my Wizard). The local AT&T stores by me (not the Spring ones, but the true AT&T ones) are good about replacing sim cards for free when I've had issues (I had a sim card out one day and my dog got hold of it off the table. Called the local AT&T store and they guy laughed then said bring it down and he'd give me a new one. Waived the $25 charge. My wife has had her sim card replaced for free also in the past from the same store. YMMV).

redbandana said:
you may need to install another radio that is compatible.
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Tried that one too...lol. I searched and searched, I tried different ROM's with their respective radios and still same results. Looks like Im flashing back to stock and Warranty has another one coming. The funny thing is, it still tells me I have a voice mail and shows my number under the phone screen, which tells me its reading the SIM

xtremdremz said:
Tried that one too...lol. I searched and searched, I tried different ROM's with their respective radios and still same results. Looks like Im flashing back to stock and Warranty has another one coming. The funny thing is, it still tells me I have a voice mail and shows my number under the phone screen, which tells me its reading the SIM
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if it works with the stock rom what are you going to say to the warranty people? "it doesn't work when i flash dutty's rom" lol.

mfrazzz said:
Is this a new or an older SIM? Check the gold contact points on the bottom. I've used a pencil eraser to go over mine and have gotten a SIM that had stopped working ot start working again (back on my Wizard). The local AT&T stores by me (not the Spring ones, but the true AT&T ones) are good about replacing sim cards for free when I've had issues (I had a sim card out one day and my dog got hold of it off the table. Called the local AT&T store and they guy laughed then said bring it down and he'd give me a new one. Waived the $25 charge. My wife has had her sim card replaced for free also in the past from the same store. YMMV).
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Its the new AT&T SIM. Its wierd, works perfect in my razr just not in my tilt. and like i said in previous post all the signs are there that it is reading my SIM Just not registering on the network for calls or data???

redbandana said:
if it works with the stock rom what are you going to say to the warranty people? "it doesn't work when i flash dutty's rom" lol.
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yeah they would LLLLOOOOOVVVVEEEEE that. LOL I just tried with the stock ROM and the SPL changed back, everything to stock and still no luck. Still get the voicemail icon and the message that I have a Voicemail though.

try going into settings>personal>phone> then to the network tab and select find network with stock rom and radio.

xtremdremz said:
I just flashed to ConfusedStu Vista 1.3, everything went well until I got through the customization screen and now my sim has just an exclamation point by it. I took the sim out and put it in my razr and it is reading fine in that. Anybody have any ideas that can help me out. Even though I dont have a lot of posts Im not new to doing this or to the site, Ive been flashing my wizard for 2 years now and my tilt for about the last month and a half. Any advice is greatly appreciated. I also will say I tried to reflash radio 1.65 and that didnt help either.
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Check and see if the phone is turned off. Happened to me a couple of flashes in a row, sometimes you end up with the phone turned off. Just open the comm manager and turn it back on.

shutter13 said:
Check and see if the phone is turned off. Happened to me a couple of flashes in a row, sometimes you end up with the phone turned off. Just open the comm manager and turn it back on.
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oh yeah forgot that one too.

redbandana said:
try going into settings>personal>phone> then to the network tab and select find network with stock rom and radio.
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Tried this once and it didnt do anything, hard reset, tried searching again, went and grabbed a drink and after about 15 minutes it found network and all is good. Now back to flashing my 6.1 ROM. Ill never learn, but its so fun to have a phone that takes over all me free time on the road.
Thanks to all that helped and had some ideas. Thats why I love this place. Thank you.

the first thing you do after you flash a new rom is hard reset, now I am using the same rom as you are and all you have to do is go into your commmanager and turn flight mode OFF, push the button with the picture of a phone on it, then your phone will customize your connections to your carrier
n00b

tubaking182 said:
the first thing you do after you flash a new rom is hard reset, now I am using the same rom as you are and all you have to do is go into your commmanager and turn flight mode OFF, push the button with the picture of a phone on it, then your phone will customize your connections to your carrier
n00b
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I have already flashed My tilt with just about every ROM out there just to have fun and see what the differecnces were, WITH NO PROBLEMS. Then I tried to flash it with the new ROM and had the problem. I appreciate you trying to help but how you gonna end with calling me a n00b, when I have more posts than you and have been here a lot longer. But thanks for the help.

tubaking182 said:
the first thing you do after you flash a new rom is hard reset, now I am using the same rom as you are and all you have to do is go into your commmanager and turn flight mode OFF, push the button with the picture of a phone on it, then your phone will customize your connections to your carrier
n00b
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ya that was unnecessary. he clearly knew what he was talking about (but maybe didn't explore different avenues before asking). in addition, its not necessarily true that the phone customizes for you.

redbandana said:
i usually remove sd and sim before i flash a new rom.
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Is removing sim really necessary? I’ve never had any problems flashing with my sim in...

Sane said:
Is removing sim really necessary? I’ve never had any problems flashing with my sim in...
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no its not necessary but i do it out of precaution that something bad might happen.

redbandana said:
no its not necessary but i do it out of precaution that something bad might happen.
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I flash only via sd card and I have never taken out my sim card and I have never had one glitch at all. In my humble opinion, flashing via sd card is much quicker and safer.

Please help: device stuck on Touch Pro 2 screen

Thanks in advance. I flashed a ROM, when i turn on my device, it is stuck on the "Touch Pro 2" splash screen and never goes past. I can enter bootloader. Do I have a corrupt ROM? How can I get the phone working? Thanks again!!

first, what ROM are you using? is your device a GSM (AT&T/T-Mo) or CDMA (Sprint/Verizon) model?
when you ask questions about this kinda stuff, you always need to be as specific as possible. we won't be able to help you until we know these things.

Based on your prior posts, I will assume you have a Tilt2 on AT&T. You can get your phone back up and running by downloading another ROM, and flashing from the bootloader.

thanks. Verizon. I was told I have GSM phone, so I flashed GSM. Bootloader says RHOD500. SPL-1.00.0liNex. The ROM I thought I flashed was EnergyROM_28002_RHODIUM_20.Nov.2009_StandardM2.5.rar. Thank you so much for your kind consideration and help in this matter.

NATF, thanks, how do I flash from bootloader? FYI, we moved off of AT&T onto verizon. I got the andriod but it gave me hemaroid so I got rid of it quick and got the Touch Pro 2. Thanks for all your Fuze ROMS!

Oh you have Verizon now... me too...
Your phone is frozen because you likely flashed the GSM Energy ROM, not his CDMA release. You can have a look at my CDMA ROM (shameless plug), or check out Energy's CDMA ROMs posted over at PPCGeeks.
I'm also moving this thread to the CDMA section.

I think I figured it out. I copied your ROM to the root of my microsd of my fuze (since I could get to that one), then put it in the TP2, went into bootloader with very little expectations, and I got the instructions for flashing from the card on bootload! Why did I hear a scream when the phone booted? Scared the crap out of me!!

louplou said:
I think I figured it out. I copied your ROM to the root of my microsd of my fuze (since I could get to that one), then put it in the TP2, went into bootloader with very little expectations, and I got the instructions for flashing from the card on bootload! Why did I hear a scream when the phone booted? Scared the crap out of me!!
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Scream?

it was the strangest thing, a 3 second audio clip played as soon as the phone booted the first time during the install of your ROM. It could have been from my PC, I thought it was an easter egg you put into the ROM, but I should have known better.

NotATreoFan said:
Oh you have Verizon now... me too...
Your phone is frozen because you likely flashed the GSM Energy ROM, not his CDMA release. You can have a look at my CDMA ROM (shameless plug), or check out Energy's CDMA ROMs posted over at PPCGeeks.
I'm also moving this thread to the CDMA section.
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I just had to make an account to say thank you for tip. I am completely new to the cellphone phone world, but had to shell out for a good one because I don't get internet to my house where I live.
I flashed my CDMA Rhodium with a gsm rom and had no idea there were a difference. I was dreading the idea of having to drive a hundred mile to the sprint store and lying about how the phone stopped working.
Good thing I tried your rom and now the phone is working again. It even gave me more free storage space on the phone.

where is this rom to fix the black screen
i have the same problem but can't find your shameless rom

figured out the scream
NotATreoFan said:
Scream?
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I figured out the scream, it was the notification on an incoming text "Boom Goes the Dynamite".

louplou said:
I figured out the scream, it was the notification on an incoming text "Boom Goes the Dynamite".
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Oh... that scream. It comes courtesy of Cleveland Brown.

root/no root

Im coming from a droid x and find to root this alittle challenging. While I cant get root I havent found one that I like. My whole purpose if to just get rid of bloat. After my last attempt I got crappy reception and wanted to unroot. I did and reception was back to normal. After all the problems and what with the gingerbread files I didnt want to go that route with that radio. So what are my options? With the last root attempt I used the 1 click method, was that my problem? Do I need to read up more on adb commands. Or should I say screw it and stay stock? There are multiple roms out there but havent found one for my particular needs. I know I bought this phone to learn more and be a challenge but this is trully a pain in the ass. So comments advise is greatly appreciated.

blueis300 said:
Im coming from a droid x and find to root this alittle challenging. While I cant get root I havent found one that I like. My whole purpose if to just get rid of bloat. After my last attempt I got crappy reception and wanted to unroot. I did and reception was back to normal. After all the problems and what with the gingerbread files I didnt want to go that route with that radio. So what are my options? With the last root attempt I used the 1 click method, was that my problem? Do I need to read up more on adb commands. Or should I say screw it and stay stock? There are multiple roms out there but havent found one for my particular needs. I know I bought this phone to learn more and be a challenge but this is trully a pain in the ass. So comments advise is greatly appreciated.
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I wouldn't give up if i were you, rooting is the way to go. And ya thunderbolt is "different" but it seems from here on out most lockdown phones will be this perplexing at times, but good news to use, some companies have given up and will open up there future phones boot loaders. And its not because it lock down it just because they weren't "meant to be rooted and optimized for the user".
It seems weird that your reception got worse due to rooting, i have not heard that problem before or seen it posted in these threads. Most of the complants from rooting is either having random reboots, or the unfortunate brick or root didn't actually work for them.
Just make sure your up to date with the froyo radio when you were rooted, I know you cant check now, but maybe you used an older one the auto root method was using? Its worth a check. The newest one has had some good reception Verizon sent in a OTA.
And i used an auto one click way and it worked for me so it may depend on what one you used. But its advised to use adb.
Also there are a lot of basic de-bloat roms out there, they are just buried at the end of this forum, and never get updated because once they are de-bloated there is not much left that needs to be updated.
And dont worry about the Gingerbread problems, I wish i never left Gingerbread, i have had more problems on froyo then i was on gingerbread. With froyo i still have problems, but Gingerbread seems to run so smoothly, and a new leak is hopefully around the corner, there was one up but it was taken down and senior moderators said its coming be patience.
hope this helps

All rooting does is give you access to system files. There's no way that it would mess up your radio.
I'm also curious where the "1 click method" is.

a simple search would lead you to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009969

SomeGuyDude said:
All rooting does is give you access to system files. There's no way that it would mess up your radio.
I'm also curious where the "1 click method" is.
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Well here is the file I was pointed to when I first started and I went from having no bars to 1x to 3g to 4g and all over the place.I guess I wont give up because I wanted an challenge but man this is different. More reading reading reading and find more on ADB.
http://depositfiles.com/files/wo74rmphi
Ill try for a couple more days after checking things out a bit.Thanks for the comments and help.

blueis300 said:
Well here is the file I was pointed to when I first started and I went from having no bars to 1x to 3g to 4g and all over the place.I guess I wont give up because I wanted an challenge but man this is different. More reading reading reading and find more on ADB.
http://depositfiles.com/files/wo74rmphi
Ill try for a couple more days after checking things out a bit.Thanks for the comments and help.
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Never seen that file. Stick to the development section of this forum and you should be gtg. Most of what you need is stickied at the top.
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otakueric said:
a simple search would lead you to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009969
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Thanks for the link, in my search I had a couple of other ways to do it but I did search.

Rooting is the only way to TRUELY enjoy this phone and all it has to offer IMO.

Ok well all of a sudden my phone cant receive call or make them but can make and receive texts? Any ideas on that. I got a phone call yesterday but it was a little wack. Called tech support and now no calls.

[Q] Handset swap over

Hi everybody,
I've got a question about sending my phone back to orange. The thing is I have been complaining that my signal has been worse than crap for a month or so, so they are going to send me a replacement handset. The thing is, I am S-Off and rooted. Now I don't think I need it to be S-On again, I'm thinking the people at Orange would'nt be THAT savvy to look, or care about that. However, I am running cyanogen mod, so I want to take that off and put an orange stock one back on. Am I right in thinking that it would be as easy as just flashing one from this page
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002506
Any advice would be appreciated, I just don't want to completely bugger it.
Cheers
Ian

iang123 said:
Hi everybody,
I've got a question about sending my phone back to orange. The thing is I have been complaining that my signal has been worse than crap for a month or so, so they are going to send me a replacement handset. The thing is, I am S-Off and rooted. Now I don't think I need it to be S-On again, I'm thinking the people at Orange would'nt be THAT savvy to look, or care about that. However, I am running cyanogen mod, so I want to take that off and put an orange stock one back on. Am I right in thinking that it would be as easy as just flashing one from this page
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002506
Any advice would be appreciated, I just don't want to completely bugger it.
Cheers
Ian
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Yes it looks like the Orange Uk RUU is there, and will restore you to stock and S-On if you used AlpharevX. If you used XTC Clip that's irreversible. But like you said I doubt they'd notice.
However it might be worth me mentioning, as an Orange sufferer myself, I also have terrible 3G signal despite my housing estate being ground zero for the biggest cell tower you've ever seen. Is it just 3G you are struggling with?
My phone I bought SIM-free and unlocked too. Tried various radios, same results.
It's more to do with Orange climbing into bed with T-Mobile and then proceeding to thoroughly bork their 3G network trying to merge them. I've had the 3G bandwidth of a slightly damp piece of string since February. It comes and goes though. They'll manage a full hour or two of 'H' before it bombs me back to 'G'. I had the old Desire back then, and service went from awesome to pony over the course of January/February so I know it wasn't my phone. Come the end of my contract (as I've been unsuccessful arguing my way out of it) I'm back off to Vodafone.
Just saying you may find you get another handset when there is nothing wrong with your current one. Have you tried popping in a friend's SIM card from another network?

Hiya mate,
Thanks for replying. You answered my question a couple of weeks ago as I remember, about my phone being stuck on gsm? Well I just kept ringing them and told them my signal was the pits and not getting any better, so they are sending me a replacement. I was pretty surprised that they would do this actually. I asked them what would happen if that didn't work, and they said just give them a call back. My sister had really poor reception as well, and she hounded them that much that they cancelled her contract, hell hath no fury and all that ha ha. So I might be going down the same route, if this handset doesn't work. To be fair, I cant see it making any difference.

iang123 said:
Hiya mate,
Thanks for replying. You answered my question a couple of weeks ago as I remember, about my phone being stuck on gsm? Well I just kept ringing them and told them my signal was the pits and not getting any better, so they are sending me a replacement. I was pretty surprised that they would do this actually. I asked them what would happen if that didn't work, and they said just give them a call back. My sister had really poor reception as well, and she hounded them that much that they cancelled her contract, hell hath no fury and all that ha ha. So I might be going down the same route, if this handset doesn't work. To be fair, I cant see it making any difference.
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Ah yes sorry! I remember now! I didn't recognise your username.
Best of luck!

wnp_79 said:
Yes it looks like the Orange Uk RUU is there, and will restore you to stock and S-On if you used AlpharevX. If you used XTC Clip that's irreversible. But like you said I doubt they'd notice.
However it might be worth me mentioning, as an Orange sufferer myself, I also have terrible 3G signal despite my housing estate being ground zero for the biggest cell tower you've ever seen. Is it just 3G you are struggling with?
My phone I bought SIM-free and unlocked too. Tried various radios, same results.
It's more to do with Orange climbing into bed with T-Mobile and then proceeding to thoroughly bork their 3G network trying to merge them. I've had the 3G bandwidth of a slightly damp piece of string since February. It comes and goes though. They'll manage a full hour or two of 'H' before it bombs me back to 'G'. I had the old Desire back then, and service went from awesome to pony over the course of January/February so I know it wasn't my phone. Come the end of my contract (as I've been unsuccessful arguing my way out of it) I'm back off to Vodafone.
Just saying you may find you get another handset when there is nothing wrong with your current one. Have you tried popping in a friend's SIM card from another network?
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Excellent mate, that worked like a charm. Back to stock ROM i'll see what happens with this new handset, If that doesn't work, gonna see about trying to get out of contact. On the plus Side, they only want the actuall phone back. So I score a spare battery and memory card ha ha. Thanks again, much appreciated.

[Q] My story with the SIII on Verizon, HELP?

It was upgrade time, so I decided to buy the S3. In the event of getting it, I could not get it to activate, so the next day, I took it to Verizon to do it. I rooted it and did all that jazz. Then about two weeks later (If that), I decided to try a MIUI build. Why not? It worked pretty well, then noon the next day, I didn't get service. My thought was that it was the SIM card. I took it to Verizon to find out that they had to factory reset it to fix it, I was beyond ticked off... So they did it, that did nothing. The guy told me my phone is "Fried" and that he will send a new one. He told me this last Tuesday. He said it would be at my house that Friday, It came today... (Wednesday). So obviously, I was upset that I waited 5 days in advance. I opened the box to see a refurbished Galaxy SIII with no back and no battery. Is Verizon trolling me now? I decided to go get my old S3 from Verizon and fix it myself. Any ideas on what is wrong with it? It had an R above the bar signal. I can include a screenshot of the carrier status that I took of it later.

so put your battery and back on the new phone (which is probably refurbished)....?
edit: see link below for help if you acquire your old phone. relentles beat me to it

LegoFarmer said:
It was upgrade time, so I decided to buy the S3. In the event of getting it, I could not get it to activate, so the next day, I took it to Verizon to do it. I rooted it and did all that jazz. Then about two weeks later (If that), I decided to try a MIUI build. Why not? It worked pretty well, then noon the next day, I didn't get service. My thought was that it was the SIM card. I took it to Verizon to find out that they had to factory reset it to fix it, I was beyond ticked off... So they did it, that did nothing. The guy told me my phone is "Fried" and that he will send a new one. He told me this last Tuesday. He said it would be at my house that Friday, It came today... (Wednesday). So obviously, I was upset that I waited 5 days in advance. I opened the box to see a refurbished Galaxy SIII with no back and no battery. Is Verizon trolling me now? I decided to go get my old S3 from Verizon and fix it myself. Any ideas on what is wrong with it? It had an R above the bar signal. I can include a screenshot of the carrier status that I took of it later.
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Seems to be happening with a lot of people and MIUI. It happened to me (though I wouldn't touch MIUI) and after days of messing with it I finally took it in to verizon and they swapped it. They made it very clear that it would ship without a battery or backplate.
I found this thread the other day and I think it would have helped me if I had seen it a few weeks ago. Maybe it can help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984608
Good luck!

Relentless D said:
Seems to be happening with a lot of people and MIUI. It happened to me (though I wouldn't touch MIUI) and after days of messing with it I finally took it in to verizon and they swapped it. They made it very clear that it would ship without a battery or backplate.
I found this thread the other day and I think it would have helped me if I had seen it a few weeks ago. Maybe it can help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984608
Good luck!
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I just did all that, tyvm. It works again. My only issue is that I cannot get the bootloader to unlock. In EZ Unlock, It says unlocked but when I reboot, it will say unlocked if I open it again. I think it's something with superuser.

LegoFarmer said:
I just did all that, tyvm. It works again. My only issue is that I cannot get the bootloader to unlock. In EZ Unlock, It says unlocked but when I reboot, it will say unlocked if I open it again. I think it's something with superuser.
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glad you got it fixed. theres certain versions that work and some that dont with EZ unlock. check the downloads thread for the one that works. i think it was version 1.2. if you did that maybe someone has a better answer. i think there is a manual way to unlock too.

ddurandSGS3 said:
glad you got it fixed. theres certain versions that work and some that dont with EZ unlock. check the downloads thread for the one that works. i think it was version 1.2. if you did that maybe someone has a better answer. i think there is a manual way to unlock too.
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Version 1.2 is the correct one to use, at least until the dev fixes what messed up. Until he specifically posts that he has fixed it though it would be in your best interests to stay with 1.2.
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Version 1.2 is the correct one to use, at least until the dev fixes what messed up. Until he specifically posts that he has fixed it though it would be in your best interests to stay with 1.2.
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I tried it. When I click Unlock, it says "Bootloader unlock failed! Are you rooted?" but I know I'm rooted

Try starting the superuser app first. I'm glad you fixed your problem. I was struggling all day yesterday but I was able to fix. When I flashed synergy it made a backup of my EFS so when I flashed miui and get that R, I just flash the zip and it works again. But before I figured that out I Odin backed to stock but realize it's not necessary anymore.
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Same thing happened to me. i went to Verizon and they swapped the phone for me. I actually wanted the refurbished phone though cause my phone took a couple of falls before and got scratched. Now its back to looking new.

OP, I had the same problem after installing MIUI, and I believe it was my phones IMEI getting wiped from messing with something in the network settings. I had followed the guide to back up IMEI beforehand, so I just restored it to fix.