Can anyone help please? I was running stock ED1 and decided to update to EE4. I put Voodoo lagfix on, then flashed the EE4 update that was in the general forum through recovery as an update.zip. It stopped about halfway through for some reason, leaving me with an "unknown" baseband and thus, no way to get a signal. All attempts to flash different radio updates failed. So, I decided to flash everything over. I flashed the stock ED1 through Odin, but it keeps saying the MD5 checksum is invalid, so I flashed Altered Beast. This got me clockword mod, but still no baseband. Finally, I tried to flashed debloated EE4 through clockword and now, I'm stuck at the Samsung screen, with no way to get into recovery. Any suggestions for my noobness? :/ I can still get it to connect to Odin.
Ok, quick update. I got Altered Beast reflashed. CWM is still on there. I'd like to get back to stock, ED1, ED2, EE4; I don't care which, as long as I have a working baseband. Suggestions?
try redownlolading ed1 because the md5 has to do with the file itself not the phone. Then connect to wifi and update to ed2. after, try flashing the update .zip thats from the forums while you are stock, no custom recovery or anything other than root ed2. if none of this works, then you probably burnt out your sim card like i did accidentaly by activating my old droid x. so if you did burn the sim card, go to best buy or verizon or the costco wireless booth and have them activate a new sim card for you. this happened to me where i couldnt get data or anything and i got a new sim card and pow! it worked. try my initial instructions first. and make sure you are using the PDA button in odin
empyreandance said:
Ok, quick update. I got Altered Beast reflashed. CWM is still on there. I'd like to get back to stock, ED1, ED2, EE4; I don't care which, as long as I have a working baseband. Suggestions?
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whenever you flash an update you need to be completely stock thats including the kernel
i would disable lag fix then flash ED1 downgrade and try to update if it doesnt let you i would unroot and bring your phone into VZW tell them the update failed and left you with unknown baseband.
you may be a good test subject to try out his idea on flashing a radio , if he is there yet
also you posted in the wrong section
rami98 said:
try redownlolading ed1 because the md5 has to do with the file itself not the phone. Then connect to wifi and update to ed2. after, try flashing the update .zip thats from the forums while you are stock, no custom recovery or anything other than root ed2. if none of this works, then you probably burnt out your sim card like i did accidentaly by activating my old droid x. so if you did burn the sim card, go to best buy or verizon or the costco wireless booth and have them activate a new sim card for you. this happened to me where i couldnt get data or anything and i got a new sim card and pow! it worked. try my initial instructions first. and make sure you are using the PDA button in odin
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you cant get the update over wifi im pretty sure he will need to download the update.zip files for each update if he doesnt already have them
Hah im trying to figure out how to get outta bootloop forgot to disable voodoo odin'd back to ed2 w/root and now i have bootloop..
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Ok, I'm still getting a MD5 mismatch on the third try with the stock ED1 file. any other ideas?
mv1luv said:
Hah im trying to figure out how to get outta bootloop forgot to disable voodoo odin'd back to ed2 w/root and now i have bootloop..
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flash altered beast, then boot up , boot into recovery disable lagfix then try again
empyreandance said:
Ok, I'm still getting a MD5 mismatch on the third try with the stock ED1 file. any other ideas?
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redownload the file
i've done that three times today. i think something else is going on
I would suggest reinstalling the Samsung drivers for the Charge, then open Odin, use a different USB port and try again. I had a lot of issues with flash ED1 and one of the ways I found worked around this (for me) was to make sure the drivers were messed up.
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i've done that three times today. i think something else is going on
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where are you downloading the file from?
RaptorMD said:
I would suggest reinstalling the Samsung drivers for the Charge, then open Odin, use a different USB port and try again. I had a lot of issues with flash ED1 and one of the ways I found worked around this (for me) was to make sure the drivers were messed up.
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MD5 mismatch happens when a file is corrupt or not fully complete
ok, good news (sort of). the md5 mismatch was being caused by the way chrome was naming the multiple instances of the download. I renamed the file and got back to stock ED1. still no signal, but i got the pop up saying i had a system update waiting, i just have to wait for the battery to charge a bit. I'll check back in soon. in the meantime, thanks for all the help and patience everyone.
ok, installing the update didn't help. is it possible my sim card is fried?
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I put Voodoo lagfix on, then flashed the EE4 update
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wait i thought if you wanted to flash to stock you want the Voodoo lagfix off? i think your problem might be that your flashing non voodoo kernals to a system that has voodoo on i dont think you should do that, try flashing a voodoo kernal maybe instead of the stock stuff
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well, a trip to verizon and trying new sim cards didn't fix it. guess i'll need to wait for a replacement.
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I am running the rollback Odin root to ED1 / edited build.prop .... EE4 system update is sitting here wanting to be installed. Anyone know if it is gonna kill the root I have ??
It will keep root. Make sure you undo lag fix if you installed new kernel.
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I don't recall mine keeping root. I just flashed CWR (odin), PBJ kernel (cwr), and debloated EE4 (cwr) after anyways. No wipe is necessary.
This way you get the radio update, EE4, back to rooted, and debloated.
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I am running the rollback Odin root to ED1 / edited build.prop .... EE4 system update is sitting here wanting to be installed. Anyone know if it is gonna kill the root I have ??
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why are you posting the same exact questions twice?
Well sir if you MUST know, I will explain why this is posted as a stand alone question as well as at the bottom of the 'stock rooted ed1 odin' thread in development. I do this just because I am such a nice S.O.B. .... I edited the build.prop last night as was being discussed in THAT thread. When I re-booted a couple of times I was still getting the update notification and I thought it was still the ED2 trying to be pushed to the phone so I posed the question of why the build.prop edit didn't take. I then noticed that it wasn't the ED2 update at all but EE4 was being pushed to the phone. So I went back in and edited the post to refelct the same, since I was unable to delete it. Now, since this was a new question and it was likely that it would get lost at the end of a 13 page week+ old post, I also posted it as its own question in the general forum where it belongs...
FEEL BETTER NOW ??
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I don't recall mine keeping root. I just flashed CWR (odin), PBJ kernel (cwr), and debloated EE4 (cwr) after anyways. No wipe is necessary.
This way you get the radio update, EE4, back to rooted, and debloated.
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*sigh* ... LOL ... I tried to accept the EE4 and it came back as can't download now try again later. I go into phone and try to check for updates and it says phone is up to date. I'm thinkin due to the build.prop edit and stuff not matching in phone? Baseband version still says ed1 but build says ed2 in about phone listings. It started the download then kicked out immediately and rebooted when I tried to accept ee4 push.
I was able to ODIN this back to ED1 originally. Recovered from a brick the other night (many thanx to droidXcon !!) But I have never used cwr and am a flashing noob so to speak. I am assuming the directions and all downloads are around here if I research it? I am leery of the cwm/cwr stuff as I've seen so many peeps having issues stuck in boot loops and such.
Any help/advice appreciated.
I went back into build.prop and changed everything back to ED1. Phone now shows baseband and build as ED1 again and EE4 is trying to be pushed to the phone again. Looks like I can take the OTA update now and am assuming I will lose root? I have to learn how to use cwm. I downloaded the imnuts cwm this morning, is it as simple as istalling that via ODIN since it is a tar file? Then it will just be a matter of doing the research to figure out how to install stuff via cwm to have a rooted EE4?
Edit: nope ... still wouldn't take the ee4 update. Go to accept it, phone shuts down, get the download image, yellow progress bar makes it about 20% of the way across and phone reboots.
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I went back into build.prop and changed everything back to ED1. Phone now shows baseband and build as ED1 again and EE4 is trying to be pushed to the phone again. Looks like I can take the OTA update now and am assuming I will lose root? I have to learn how to use cwm. I downloaded the imnuts cwm this morning, is it as simple as istalling that via ODIN since it is a tar file? Then it will just be a matter of doing the research to figure out how to install stuff via cwm to have a rooted EE4?
Edit: nope ... still wouldn't take the ee4 update. Go to accept it, phone shuts down, get the download image, yellow progress bar makes it about 20% of the way across and phone reboots.
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If you have Voodoo enabled it will do that. Make sure you disable before accepting OTA
hydrored said:
If you have Voodoo enabled it will do that. Make sure you disable before accepting OTA
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I had never installed the voodoo ... don't know cwm yet ... when all else fails drop 5 yards and punt... i just re-flashed the stock rooted ed1 tar. Verified it had all of the appz back that I nuked with titanium and verified I still had root ... now the ee4 update is installing. Will advise of results asap.
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I had never installed the voodoo ... don't know cwm yet ... when all else fails drop 5 yards and punt... i just re-flashed the stock rooted ed1 tar. Verified it had all of the appz back that I nuked with titanium and verified I still had root ... now the ee4 update is installing. Will advise of results asap.
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I just upgraded my rooted ed1. The apps I had frozen are still frozen but I lost root.
Okay, I am at what I would consider a stock EE4 build. I did lose root.
So now I need to learn the easiest way to root to an EE4. I have not used cwm yet so I reckon I better learn!! Read the how to once thru. I did try just going into stock samsung recover holding volume/power/home and I did get into that.
So ... I have downloaded the imnuts cwm. Do I install that tar file and it is going to replace the stock recovery?
It now seems as though I am unable to enter stock recovery since I took the ee4? I was able to do this prior to the update. Do I proceed with flashing imnuts cwm and go from there?
Edit: I can get to stock recovery afterall
Also, I see references to some adb pushing in the cwm thread and I am ignorant of adb as well. I need to find a how to thread on all of this !! Is the adb another form of access to the phone that needs to be used in conjunction with cwm?
Edit: I flashed the New_CWM_Recovery.tar.md5 file via ODIN and I got the blue 'reset' in oding and the the green 'pass' ... I go thru the process to enter recovery mode and the menu looks the same with no added options? I have Android system recovery <3e> but now it is blue .... I think I better wait at this point for guidance.
Any Help Appreciated I need ee4 root !!
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It will keep root. Make sure you undo lag fix if you installed new kernel.
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So I did Odin to ED1 and rooted. Accepted the OTA for ED2 and kept root. Now like the previous poster, I have the EE4 downloaded and ready to install. If I install it, do I keep root?
Someone said no cuz of modem changes. I didn't flash anything else except the ED1.
Thanks!
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not sure if still works as i havent tried it yet, but here http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/04/30/instructions-how-to-root-the-verizon-samsung-droid-charge/ typically with adb its permanent.
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.
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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.
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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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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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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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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
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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
Recently rooted my droid charge using voodoo lagfix kernel with odin 1.85. Everything went fine until I tried to put files on my SD card. So I found the forum that had the fix. Wasn't able to put fix file on the SD no matter what I did. So I just said forget it and I went ahead and flash my phone back to the stock ROM using Odin 1.85. Now every time I go to flash it odin says it fails. Now I've flash my phone to factory before and it worked perfect. Also I put gingerbread on it and that worked. Now I can't do it anymore. It just keeps failing.
Any suggestion?
Thanks,
Brian
EDIT: Not just odin 1.85 Any version I use doesn't work.
bvsbutthd101 said:
Recently rooted my droid charge using voodoo lagfix kernel with odin 1.85. Everything went fine until I tried to put files on my SD card. So I found the forum that had the fix. Wasn't able to put fix file on the SD no matter what I did. So I just said forget it and I went ahead and flash my phone back to the stock ROM using Odin 1.85. Now every time I go to flash it odin says it fails. Now I've flash my phone to factory before and it worked perfect. Also I put gingerbread on it and that worked. Now I can't do it anymore. It just keeps failing.
Any suggestion?
Thanks,
Brian
EDIT: Not just odin 1.85 Any version I use doesn't work.
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what are the steps you're using in odin? put the battery back in to flash stuff (if you don't already have it in) if it keeps failing... also what are you trying to flash and where are you trying to end up rom/kernel wise?
I just want to put the stock ROM back on. Right now I have my phone booted up but I dont have service. I have 4G but no calling services. But the weird thing is that when I just ran odin it said it failed but I just shut my phone off and it booted up.
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I just want to put the stock ROM back on. Right now I have my phone booted up but I dont have service. I have 4G but no calling services. But the weird thing is that when I just ran odin it said it failed but I just shut my phone off and it booted up.
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Yeah if an odin flash fails and you unplug it and boot it up it will start the last rom you were running. You can still get it into download mode for odin right? Strange that its not flashing right... Try using a different USB port on your pc (as well as plug in your pc for good measure), disable any antivirus software you may have or run Odin as administrator, then put the battery back in for odin as always only use PDA and/or PIT sections
tried all my usb ports, but yeah getting into download mode works fine. But I just got back from verizon. There sending me a new phone.
bvsbutthd101 said:
tried all my usb ports, but yeah getting into download mode works fine. But I just got back from verizon. There sending me a new phone.
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I probably would've tried a little more to fix it, its extremely hard to brick this phone or make it so you can't recover or get back to stock... anyways thats good, hope its easier to odin with the new one
yeah, i think ill wait for them to come out with a kernel that doesn't make it so your SD card stops working when you root the phone. Right now my phone is working fine except the fact that I can't make phones calls.
bvsbutthd101 said:
yeah, i think ill wait for them to come out with a kernel that doesn't make it so your SD card stops working when you root the phone. Right now my phone is working fine except the fact that I can't make phones calls.
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hmm that's weird, something may have gone wrong internally that has to do with the radio or making calls... though if it's not gonna do what a phone does and make calls then yeah I'd get a new one too
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hmm that's weird, something may have gone wrong internally that has to do with the radio or making calls... though if it's not gonna do what a phone does and make calls then yeah I'd get a new one too
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Exactly, pretty important part if I do say so myself. I'm happy though. They didn't give any problem. I didn't even ask to get a new phone. They just told me that we'll just send one out to you.
I flashed the 0817_charge_recovery.tar.md5. I didnt see that it worked and then went back into download, thru Odin, tried to flish cwm_Recovery4008.tar. Got a fail and now when i try to turn on it just shows an icon of a phone with a yellow triangle exclamation point between that and a computer icon. it still goes into download mode with volume down and usb connection but it wont flash the default VZW rom back.
Suggestions?
Battery in or out?
battery in = (phone) ... ! ... (cpu)
battery out = can still go into download mode
Did you come from another rom? I think if you want to flash back to stock from another rom via odin you need to also flash the pit file. At least thats what I had to do.
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No i had reverted back to the stock (pentafive ee4 full factor tar).
Have you tried everything from imnuts Fix your Phone thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111486
Ya i got a fail for that as well on Odin. Also tried the Samsung PST and it said error download there as well
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Ya i got a fail for that as well on Odin. Also tried the Samsung PST and it said error download there as well
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Are you keeping the battery out during the entire process? You're using the PIT too with the Re-partition box checked (unchecked Auto Restart and F. Time)?
I left the battery in cause in step 4b he says to but anyways it worked. the first time i tried i was using the ed2 file cause for some reason the ed1 link wasnt loading. then i realized i had that file already from somewhere else and used that and it went through
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I left the battery in cause in step 4b he says to but anyways it worked. the first time i tried i was using the ed2 file cause for some reason the ed1 link wasnt loading. then i realized i had that file already from somewhere else and used that and it went through
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Nice, bro! Glad to hear you're back up!
thanks for all the help tho! so should i not try to re-root/rom/kernel this ***** or what?
DRO1DZ1LLA said:
thanks for all the help tho! so should i not try to re-root/rom/kernel this ***** or what?
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Right now, your best bet is to apply whatever system updates there are. If your phone doesn't get you up to EE4 on its own, then you should follow imnuts' instructions here: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/10202-how-to-prepare-for-the-gb-ota/
At some point today, someone will be able to confirm whether the update.zip (leaked) is truly 100% identical to the update.zip that Verizon is pushing out for EP4. If it is, then we'll be safe update to EP4 ahead of the OTA, root, restore any backups, and apply working EP4 themes. I'm anxiously awaiting the ability to depoop my phone--rolled back to stock EE4 last night and have hated my phone ever since!
Haha same. I returned initially for the same reason and then was so sick of it i pushed ahead and messed it up. Still haven't gotten the update tho
Happened to me once. Used stock ee4 odin with the charge .Pit file imnuts posted and it brought me back to stock
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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
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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
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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?
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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?
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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.
kritz84 said:
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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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
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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'.
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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.
qkster said:
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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