Alright, probably a dumb question..but if I factory reset my phone will my personal number be lost from the phone,like will it be deactivated and ill have to go to USC and reactivate it. Or will it just restore to when I first started using it and ill just have to start from scratch
Which phone do you have?
Generally, most operating systems will just go back to how it was when you got it. You won't lose your number or anything.
The optimus u. Basically the deal is, I rooted my phone without thinking,and I changed my boot animation,and I am going to get the desire instead and I don't the USC to know it was rooted lol. Not thinking on my part:/
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dear people of the forum,
I wondering what happened if i do factory data reset, do i lost my boatloader as well ?
I notice that my phone is getting slow and also there is to much crap on it.
thank you very much.
Tim
btw i have a att rom, is there a way to get all the att crap of my phone ?
webjo said:
dear people of the forum,
I wondering what happened if i do factory data reset, do i lost my boatloader as well ?
I notice that my phone is getting slow and also there is to much crap on it.
thank you very much.
Tim
btw i have a att rom, is there a way to get all the att crap of my phone ?
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What do you mean by lose your bootloader? You won't lose it by doing a factory reset. If you're on stock it will bring you back to factory default settings and all apps and contacts will be lost. The contacts you will get back by signing into your Google account.
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Do you mean root or recovery? There's no way to touch the bootloader as of yet...
You will be fine performing a factory reset. Make sure all your contacts are backed up with something like Google first or you will lose them all. The only way to remove all the ATT bloat is to root your phone and freeze it. I wouldnt recommend deleting anything off of the phone.
I was sitting on BART listening to pandora and reading news on pulse when suddenly I lost service. It has not come back at all no matter how many times I turn on airplane mode or take out battery.
I searched and found some Nexus one users with a similar problem but theirs all came back when they rebooted.
I thought it might haves something to do with the ota update so I posted the problem in one of those threads and someone suggested I check the IMEI. It has not reset to 0.
My phones history: I rooted about a month ago and tried to install a new ROM but bricked. I used Odin to flash back to stock and the phone has worked since. That said, even though I though I flashed back to unrooted stock, when I turn on the phone it still shows the open lock and says "custom" under samsung. So from my limited knowledge, this could mean that the bootloader is still unlocked?
If I try to do a factory reset and there is something still tweaked from when I tried to root, is that risky to the phone? At this point I don't care much about the data. I just really need the phone to ring when people call me.
When you odined back to stock did u do a factory reset after? In my experience a factory reset after a major change always cured the issues.
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Go back to stock via ODIN if you're not on it already, dial *2767*3855# after backing up anything you may want on internal storage (like photos, etc) because it will be wiped.
I ended up switching from cmda auto Perl to lte and it worked
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Hello. I am having a bit of an issue. Today after I decided after having fun with touch wiz i decided i wanted to go back to a backuped copy of ParAndorid and we it go to the home screen i got repeated errors of com.andorid.phone so i rebooted and since I haven't had any cell service. I put it back to factory, tryed different roms and such and non are working. I even tired the ##76786# and got nothing. Any ideas?
Im guessing you lost your IMEI, did you happen to back it up? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852255
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Im guessing you lost your IMEI, did you happen to back it up? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852255
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as far as ik its still there. Its showing a 99000020.... number. No, i didn't know if i had too.
Maybe your sim got jacked or something? Did you just do a reset on your phone or did you odin back to stock? If you just did a reset maybe odin a factory image and see if its corrected? Also before that maybe you can try flashing the radio/modem and see what that does?
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Maybe your sim got jacked or something? Did you just do a reset on your phone or did you odin back to stock? If you just did a reset maybe odin a factory image and see if its corrected? Also before that maybe you can try flashing the radio/modem and see what that does?
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I just did the factory restore in the rooted version of touch wiz i have installed and it corrected this issue. I ended up calling them to make sure it was nothing on my end. It was werid that a factory restore insdie of touch wiz would fix something that odin couldn't.
But yeah topic [solved] Thank you though x714x
Cool, glad you got it fixed!
Hello Everyone,
I ran into a problem today while trying to update to JB. I installed AllianceROM_I9300_JB_XXELK4-Base on my Galaxy S3. I noticed It changed the baseband to something different of what I have. Since I was not able to make calls, I decided to restore my backup trough CSW.
I noticed then that my IMEI had changed to something else.
My status now is: The IMEI I had is now different, the modem I had that used to work is not working anymore, I flashed a different version of the modem but I cant get it to register on the network.
Any help is appreciated.
Just in case this post gets moved, I want to identify my device as the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 (i535).
To give a little background on my issue, I have an issue with the device. When I first got it back in July, first thing I did was root the device. Naturally, since it was a new device, I was working with experimental methods... a couple weeks ago I thought to download CyanogenMod 10.1 (nightly build) to flash it with 4.2 and rid myself of the persistent OTA update that as we all know could not effectively install because of the measures I took to root. So, I boot into recovery and flash my custom rom. BAM! As it turns out, I did not have an unlocked bootloader and my phone was now teetering on the verge of being a $600 paperweight. I got that dumb yellow triangle saying unofficial firmware detected or some nonsense like that... Anyway, I look around the internet and decided that I was going to revert back to a stock rom using Odin, and then proceed to unlock my bootloader and root the device (I followed method 3 here) I used some touch recovery console that I have never heard of before (backups incompatible with ClockworkMod recovery) and something must have failed because my back up would not flash. I took the hit on losing most everything and reflashed successfully the custom rom mentioned earlier.
After about a week, I noticed the device began to drop data. 4G would just stop at random parts of the day, and I would have to disable and enable the data to get it to reconnect. At this point I was still able to make and receive phone calls and texts. After about 3 days of this, I concluded it was more than likely a bug in the custom rom, and that I could not live with it... so I redid the a fore mentioned tutorial and left the phone as a stock/unlocked/rooted device. The data issue continued, but with a twist. I was now unable to make or receive phone calls or texts. No matter what I did, I could not do anything and the 4G would only stay connected for a matter 5 minutes or so. When I logged into my vzw account, it identified my device as an unknown non-verizon device. Customer service walked me through various soft/hard reset techniques and nothing worked. They also suggested I try a new SIM card, which failed to work.
So, I turn to the bright minds of the android community. I have already decided not to invoke the Verizon warranty offered, where the result is they take my malfunctioning phone in flawless cosmetic condition and replace it with a "like-new" phone in working condition, because I think it's garbage that a warranty would give out used crap (should fix or replace). I have not contacted Samsung customer support yet because I wanted to see what my options were. I've already attempted flashing different radios and nothing seem to make any difference. If I have to, I will revert it back to stock again and invoke Samsung's warranty program, but I would much rather keep the phone. As it sits, I am stuck with my Motorola Droid Razr Maxx, and that just doesn't cut it.
So I ask, is there anything that can be done? Anyone know of a fix for my situation? I saw something about this in my quest for an answer and I don't know if my situation is a fit for this fix. If anyone has any knowledge of my issue and a work around for it, it would be greatly appreciated. I am at my whits end.
It sounds like you've done your homework on your problem.. The only thing in your post I didn't see was your sim card.. Maybe pulling it wait 2min restart. Shut down and insert,, or maybe a reprovision of the sim may be in order..
Ahaaaa....!!!
If your IMEI is intact, I would say to flash to ICS and reprovision the phone as suggested above. If it is not, you need to restore it with that backup that you made some time ago.
If it were me, I would reprovision, that is easy to do and I honestly think that it will work for you. If that works for you, reroot and restore your backup for TW ROM and you will be fine.
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If your IMEI is intact, I would say to flash to ICS and reprovision the phone as suggested above. If it is not, you need to restore it with that backup that you made some time ago.
If it were me, I would reprovision, that is easy to do and I honestly think that it will work for you. If that works for you, reroot and restore your backup for TW ROM and you will be fine.
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Well that's just it... I don't know anything about the IMEI and how to determine if that is the issue. If by reprovision you mean reflash back to stock, that is it's current state, and that did not resolve the issue.
As for the other comment in regards to the SIM card... I have already attempted that method, and it did not work. Also, a new SIM card was also tried, and had no success.
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Well that's just it... I don't know anything about the IMEI and how to determine if that is the issue. If by reprovision you mean reflash back to stock, that is it's current state, and that did not resolve the issue.
As for the other comment in regards to the SIM card... I have already attempted that method, and it did not work. Also, a new SIM card was also tried, and had no success.
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Google reprovision, it is a number combination that you enter on the keypad that resets your phone. I had a similar problem that you are having and that fixed our for me. You also need to know that when you do this, it will erase all of your information on the phone. It will be just like it was when you unpacked it and powered it on the first time.
You will have to be on ICS because they removed the option to do this with JB. Just search for the code to enter and you will be fine.
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Google reprovision, it is a number combination that you enter on the keypad that resets your phone. I had a similar problem that you are having and that fixed our for me. You also need to know that when you do this, it will erase all of your information on the phone. It will be just like it was when you unpacked it and powered it on the first time.
You will have to be on ICS because they removed the option to do this with JB. Just search for the code to enter and you will be fine.
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Ok. So I tried the reprovsioning mentioned above. When my phone rebooted I was on data and able to make phone calls. Score! However, I checked the IMEI and it said 0. So, thinking that it was just a matter of time before my device began to stop working again... I did the IMEI fix. Now my phone is placing calls and holding data without issue. The OTA updates are flooding in and installing without issues.
I would like to point out, while I feel better having done the combination of both reprovisioning and IMEI fix, ultimately the initial reprovisioning did appear to resolve the issue.
Thanks to everyone for the assistance provided.
Is there a method/software that can backup carrier info? Buddy of mine wants to upgrade to 4.4.2 but he is flashed to Selectel Wireless and that would wipe out his carrier info and have to dish out another $50 to get reflashed again. Was hoping there was a way to backup that info... install 4.4.2 and then reload the info.
No?
define carrier info. Do you mean his IMEI and baseband version?
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define carrier info. Do you mean his IMEI and baseband version?
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Hate to sound stupid, but whatever info you might lose doing an upgrade or even a Factory Reset. He did a reset a couple days after having his phone flashed from Verizon to Selectel and his phone wasn't working right. Was making calls but they were showing up as another number and ended up having to pay the guy that originally flashed it... another $50 to reflash and fix it. Thought there be some method to save this info. I can only imagine there must be a way, as there must be people into messing with roms who have to go through this process each time.
Free can of beer for the correct answer.
Maybe an NVbackup in terminal might do the trick. I don't know. If you figure it out let me know. I'm thinking about flashing another rom and seeing what happens. When I originally had a guy flash selectel I had to be on a TW rom. After this I restored a nandroid of nameless and still had service although in both cases my new number never showed up in about phone / status. I was told to use 8sms to change my phone number in there and then it would show up. On my first flash before I was told about the 8sms trick, I went home and was unable to do anything, no service. I went back flashed TW in his office. Did the 8 sms trick, then restored the same namless nandroid. All is well. Knock on wood. Last night I wanted to wipe data cache and instead of doing it in CWM or actually phil's touch, I did it in the phone settings and it wiped my friggin internal sd partition. What a freaking bummer. Luckily there was nothing super important on there I keep most important stuff on my external SD. I might try tonight to flash a TW just to see if my signal gets a bit better but I'm going to try to figure out how to backup my settings first. The second time there, the owner did the reflash and told me about the 8sms. He was clueless about flashing different roms. There's got to be a way to backup all the needed information in an AOSP rom, or an app, I just gotta figure out how. If you figure this out let me know
Thanks and good luck