hi, i had a rooted and unlocked nexus s, and i tried to unroot it to stock. but when i was doing this, i somehow erased my IMEI number,
am i screwed or is there anyway to get this back? help pleeease
LightsCameraAction said:
hi, i had a rooted and unlocked nexus s, and i tried to unroot it to stock. but when i was doing this, i somehow erased my IMEI number,
am i screwed or is there anyway to get this back? help pleeease
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First of all: Wrong section
Second: Yes you are screwed, your best bet would be to send it in for repair.
This is why you back up your efs folder before doing anything potentially dangerous.
Your IMEI is on your box.
Wrong section....fail
Return to stock....fail.
You are on a roll!
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Rem3Dy said:
Wrong section....fail
Return to stock....fail.
You are on a roll!
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seriously very wrong, but I cant help but giggle.
I understand the guy posting here though, he's freaking out and the Q&A section is a veritable graveyard of knowledgeable people lol. Just a bunch of us screaming help with no answers from above, sort of like Dante's Hell.
tevil said:
seriously very wrong, but I cant help but giggle.
I understand the guy posting here though, he's freaking out and the Q&A section is a veritable graveyard of knowledgeable people lol. Just a bunch of us screaming help with no answers from above, sort of like Dante's Hell.
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He still got his answer though
Wrong section! But yes, this is strange. Somehow my phone has same weakness. Few times I went back to rooted stock, and every time I've tried to root it, my EFS folder got wiped. I was trying to figure out which ROM did that, but it was never ROM, it was root process somehow :S...
but why do you keep rooting? All you need to do is install loader and then use pre rooted roms.
Because I wanted to try that option, to wipe completely and flash all stock rooted. I did that two times with no luck... Every time my EFS folder got wiped and rebuild :S...
Tenhi said:
Because I wanted to try that option, to wipe completely and flash all stock rooted. I did that two times with no luck... Every time my EFS folder got wiped and rebuild :S...
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That's not very good. Good to know though. Whose root app are you using?
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LightsCameraAction said:
hi, i had a rooted and unlocked nexus s, and i tried to unroot it to stock. but when i was doing this, i somehow erased my IMEI number,
am i screwed or is there anyway to get this back? help pleeease
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if you can find from anyone an efs backup zip with his/her imei number. and search with an hex editor or something like that. and replace your imei number into the file and flash it from recovery back.
it's just a supposition.
MYPaT said:
if you can find from anyone an efs backup zip with his/her imei number. and search with an hex editor or something like that. and replace your imei number into the file and flash it from recovery back.
it's just a supposition.
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You can't just replace IMEI, because that file is encrypted. Already tried that ...
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So, some how my device has lost its MEID and IMEI through flashing a ZIP.
MEID now shows B0000000
IMEI is at 0
Restore through Odin done.
Data reset done.
anyone have any idea how to correct this?
What zip did you flash?
es7241 said:
What zip did you flash?
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Just read through a thread of how people are loosing them when installing CWM. i believe this happened to me. Havent been able to find a solution though...
Samething happen to me on metroPCS galaxy s3. I installed stock ROM through Iden but still have no signal. What do you mean Data Reset?
mrlaigle said:
So, some how my device has lost its MEID and IMEI through flashing a ZIP.
MEID now shows B0000000
IMEI is at 0
Restore through Odin done.
Data reset done.
anyone have any idea how to correct this?
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Not to be rude, but how hard did you search? Here's how to fix it.... This is a sticky in development
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31051731
And here's how to prevent it.... Also in the development section, just down a little bit
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30682712
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That's ok but I've tried that link. Samsung MEID Repair didnt work for metroPCS R530M just says connecting I have all correct drivers install.
kintwofan said:
Not to be rude, but how hard did you search? Here's how to fix it.... This is a sticky on development
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31051731
And gets how to prevent it.... Also in the development section, just down a little bit
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30682712
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ahernandez4110 said:
That's ok but I've tried that link. Samsung MEID Repair didnt work for metroPCS R530M just says connecting I have all correct drivers install.
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Well, I don't know about that one. I was answering the op with a Verizon s3. I would have guessed it would work for you too, but looks like it doesn't
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I had that same problem when that happened to me months ago. My solution was to wipe and install the stock rom that was shipped with the phone before it would let me connect. Later versions of the stock rom do not work. If this works for you, please post it in that thread that it worked. Apparently I can't post in the Android Development section yet...
ahernandez4110 said:
That's ok but I've tried that link. Samsung MEID Repair didnt work for metroPCS R530M just says connecting I have all correct drivers install.
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Yeah this was 4 months prior to the links you posted. At that time it was still a week old phone and was an unkown problem.
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Same Issue as you but on metropcs GS3 and no fixed yet.
mrlaigle said:
So, some how my device has lost its MEID and IMEI through flashing a ZIP.
MEID now shows B0000000
IMEI is at 0
Restore through Odin done.
Data reset done.
anyone have any idea how to correct this?
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Yeah this was 4 months prior to the links you posted. At that time it was still a week old phone and was an unkown problem.
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Oh ya, didn't notice the op just saw it at the top of the forum. Didn't realize it was resurrected from the bottom.
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Trying to find the repair tools to fix lost Meir from a bad flash i was running jelly am thought i would try something new and now i have no service just internet cant make calls and Meid is b0000000 i tried a link and it says this link not available any other suggestions would be awesome .and yes i am a noob on here but have been watch the work all the people on here have been doing and its much appreciated .thanks for the help and look forward to any and all help
n2audiz said:
Trying to find the repair tools to fix lost Meir from a bad flash i was running jelly am thought i would try something new and now i have no service just internet cant make calls and Meid is b0000000 i tried a link and it says this link not available any other suggestions would be awesome .and yes i am a noob on here but have been watch the work all the people on here have been doing and its much appreciated .thanks for the help and look forward to any and all help
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If you have lost your IMEI/ERI you a few ways you can try to get it back.
1) You can use Odin to go all the way back to ICS and then reprovision your phone. Once you're on stock ICS type *2767*3855# in your dialer. Go to part five of this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28530394&postcount=1
Once you have service back you then use casual to root,unlock and flash custom recovery. Then before you flash any roms to go Synergy thread and download the HW backup zip to make a backup of your IMEI/ERI and put that folder away for safe keeping..ie hdd, drobpox,etc.
2) I was able to get mine back without using Odin with this method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45652815&postcount=19
TheAfroSamurai said:
If you have lost your IMEI/ERI you a few ways you can try to get it back.
1) You can use Odin to go all the way back to ICS and then reprovision your phone. Once you're on stock ICS type *2767*3855# in your dialer. Go to part five of this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28530394&postcount=1
Once you have service back you then use casual to root,unlock and flash custom recovery. Then before you flash any roms to go Synergy thread and download the HW backup zip to make a backup of your IMEI/ERI and put that folder away for safe keeping..ie hdd, drobpox,etc.
2) I was able to get mine back without using Odin with this method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45652815&postcount=19
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I, too had to restore my imei using this method. So much easier to backup in case you lose it and super easy to flash the zip file in custom recovery.
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Hi,
i love this verizon version sumsung s3 so far. Yesturday i flashed my phone to cm9. I followed the steps on ROOTZWIKI
but data is not working. Do any one have same issue. I tried re-flashing it with the same steps but no luck.
Thanks
/bin/ said:
Hi,
i love this verizon version sumsung s3 so far. Yesturday i flashed my phone to cm9. I followed the steps on ROOTZWIKI
but data is not working. Do any one have same issue. I tried re-flashing it with the same steps but no luck.
Thanks
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Check your IMEI... You may need a replacement or need to get it fixed at a Verizon store.
did you backup your imei prior to flashing?
droidstyle said:
did you backup your imei prior to flashing?
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No.
Can i go back to stock root? will that help?
Do you need to back it up before flashing any rom?
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matt0715 said:
Do you need to back it up before flashing any rom?
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you should back it up before doing any flashing at all!
Ouch! That's gonna hurt. Backup backup backup...repeat.
ouch 600 dollar mistakes suck. thanks for leading a lesson for me...
bigmook said:
ouch 600 dollar mistakes suck. thanks for leading a lesson for me...
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Check "About phone" -> "Status" -> "IMEI" if that is 0 then more than likely your screwed. Return it to complete stock and take it to Verizon and play dumb. I got a new phone when this happened to me.
vader699 said:
Check "About phone" -> "Status" -> "IMEI" if that is 0 then more than likely your screwed. Return it to complete stock and take it to Verizon and play dumb. I got a new phone when this happened to me.
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Thus why verizon encrypted the bootloader in the first ****ing place!
I'll point the finger at you, at this point but I'll also add that if the **** was unlocked, they wouldn't get so many phones back from people who ****ed them up in the first place as it would be easier to fix.
Both a-d'em things is lame.
ancashion said:
Thus why verizon encrypted the bootloader in the first ****ing place!
I'll point the finger at you, at this point but I'll also add that if the **** was unlocked, they wouldn't get so many phones back from people who ****ed them up in the first place as it would be easier to fix.
Both a-d'em things is lame.
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The same thing happens on ATT, Tmobile, Rogers, etc.. all which are unlocked bootloaders. Read and understand the risk before you flash. I'm on phone #2 after hosing my IMEI.
ancashion said:
Thus why verizon encrypted the bootloader in the first ****ing place!
I'll point the finger at you, at this point but I'll also add that if the **** was unlocked, they wouldn't get so many phones back from people who ****ed them up in the first place as it would be easier to fix.
Both a-d'em things is lame.
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this problem has nothing to do with locked bootloaders...do some research and quit spewing out repeated internet hearsay! The lost imei is happening to ALL US variant gs3's, as already mentioned.
droidstyle said:
this problem has nothing to do with locked bootloaders...do some research and quit spewing out repeated internet hearsay! The lost imei is happening to ALL US variant gs3's, as already mentioned.
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The IMEI # gets lost with absolutely zero interaction? No swapping Roms? No "hacking?" It just.. disappears? Reboot the phone and poof- it's gone? Wake up one morning and no IMEI. Dead phone - completely random? Could happen to me on my way to the grocery store kinda thing?
Cause.. it kinda sounds like a tripwire to me.
My apologies if I am wrong.
But my main issue is my comp crashed, I have a buddy with one I could use...
Now my question is, with the imei issues going on or possibilities.....if I back it up is there a way to restore the imei without comp? Will a nandroid of the stock rooted Rom restore it?
Or an I better off waiting til I have a working comp at home.
Thanks in advance.
dave_k605 said:
But my main issue is my comp crashed, I have a buddy with one I could use...
Now my question is, with the imei issues going on or possibilities.....if I back it up is there a way to restore the imei without comp? Will a nandroid of the stock rooted Rom restore it?
Or an I better off waiting til I have a working comp at home.
Thanks in advance.
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Wait until you have everything backed up and saved safely on a computer. Better safe than sorry.
Completely missed the main question, I know I have to back that stuff up.
I want to know if I can restore lost imei from my phone, or if it has to be done from a computer.
If I can't do it on the fly then I'll wait till I get my new comp finished
dave_k605 said:
Completely missed the main question, I know I have to back that stuff up.
I want to know if I can restore lost imei from my phone, or if it has to be done from a computer.
If I can't do it on the fly then I'll wait till I get my new comp finished
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Gotta be done on the computer as of right now.
Thanks, I'll just end up waiting so it's not a pain in my ace
dave_k605 said:
Thanks, I'll just end up waiting so it's not a pain in my ace
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You could always flash beans or synergy. Those roms are stock and have no chance of losing your imei. Only AOSP roms have it.
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Vorfidus said:
You could always flash beans or synergy. Those roms are stock and have no chance of losing your imei. Only AOSP roms have it.
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That is absolutely not true. Several users have lost their IMEI from flashing stock based ROMs.
Flashing pretty much anything runs you the risk of losing your IMEI.
dave_k605 said:
Completely missed the main question, I know I have to back that stuff up.
I want to know if I can restore lost imei from my phone, or if it has to be done from a computer.
If I can't do it on the fly then I'll wait till I get my new comp finished
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Sorry for the confusion, yea like Neverendingxsin stated, it would have to be from a computer.
Hi guys,
I'm new at android, want to ask about rooting. In old days, sometimes when you bought a phone, after a month or more it can do crazy stuff(not response to user commands and etc.), then you give it to warranty service and they fix it(because the user can't do that). In nowadays, what can happen bad to android phone? The question is, should I care about warranty of my phone?
I'm using HTC Explorer. Oh, and a little of topic question, is it possible to unbrick this device, if it'll get bricked?
Thanks .
zgintasz said:
Hi guys,
I'm new at android, want to ask about rooting. In old days, sometimes when you bought a phone, after a month or more it can do crazy stuff(not response to user commands and etc.), then you give it to warranty service and they fix it(because the user can't do that). In nowadays, what can happen bad to android phone? The question is, should I care about warranty of my phone?
I'm using HTC Explorer. Oh, and a little of topic question, is it possible to unbrick this device, if it'll get bricked?
Thanks .
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after rooting u can unbrick ur explorer but remember that after rooting there is no way to get warrent get back
Hpsgill said:
after rooting u can unbrick ur explorer but remember that after rooting there is no way to get warrent get back
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Thanks for reply, so, should I care about warranty? Or can I be sure, that nothing bad will happen?
For now this model doesn't look like having any defekts, anyway you can give it month or 2, so if something is wrong go to service and claim waranty, if not, root it.
Thanks a lot for the info(clicked that small button). Have a nice day .
Well since we can't UART, hard bricks are irreparable except embarassing yourself in service center.
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What is UART? Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter? And how to do a hard brick, throw a phone to the wall? Sorry, don't know very much terms .
Hard brick is very, I mean VERY unlikely to happen with explorer mainly because you can't s-off-it, so the wall option might just do the trick
shortyoko said:
Hard brick is very, I mean VERY unlikely to happen with explorer mainly because you can't s-off-it, so the wall option might just do the trick
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My method of bricking phone
Just throw ur phone at a brick
zgintasz said:
What is UART? Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter? And how to do a hard brick, throw a phone to the wall? Sorry, don't know very much terms .
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UART just means connecting to it via serial connection. Remember the good ol' days of serial devices? Hahaha.
Okay, I've some very stupid questions, but please, answer them:
1. In rooting procedure, is it possible to somehow/somewhat do wrong and brick the device irreparably?
2. I looked at this tutorial.
- Place this Superuser.zip file somewhere in the microSD first.
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How to place it here if we are in recovery mode(3 category, last step)? Can I put it there before all the procedure? Or I just don't understand correctly, after adding recovery should I boot the device, connect as USB drive and then go to fastboot mode again?
Please answer, thanks.
Put it before and just in case DON'T do factory reset from bootloader, do it either from menu, either from recovery. And don't worry nothing is irreparably
shortyoko said:
Put it before and just in case DON'T do factory reset from bootloader, do it either from menu, either from recovery. And don't worry nothing is irreparably
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You meant when I'll need it, not in rooting procedure? Because it wasn't mentioned in the tutorial about it.
Thanks a lot for the info .
Yes, yes, I sayed that just in case, it's not necesery to do reset after rooting.
Okay, I'm going to unlock my bootloader, but when I press "Begin Unlock Bootloader", it shows text and there is "To prevent unauthorized access to your data, unlocking the bootloader will delete all personal data from your device including applications, text messages and personalized settings.". Is it possible to avoid it? I don't really want to delete all my apps and etc...
EDIT: okay, I've just backuped all apps, contacts and messages...
I've unlocked the bootloader by fully reading all instructions, but it doesn't wiped my data! When I access bootloader, it shows "*** UNLOCKED ***", so did they forgot to delete it ?
EDIT: Okay, I've rooted it. Strange, that it didn't wiped all my data, but that's good news. Thanks a lot for the info, guys !
zgintasz said:
I've unlocked the bootloader by fully reading all instructions, but it doesn't wiped my data! When I access bootloader, it shows "*** UNLOCKED ***", so did they forgot to delete it ?
EDIT: Okay, I've rooted it. Strange, that it didn't wiped all my data, but that's good news. Thanks a lot for the info, guys !
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I think it may wipe your data not will..
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Anyway join the club. ....
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ptcpayme said:
I think it may wipe your data not will..
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Anyway join the club. ....
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Sorry, I don't understand what do you wanted to say. What do you mean in first sentence and what club?
zgintasz said:
Sorry, I don't understand what do you wanted to say. What do you mean in first sentence and what club?
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He meant that it couldve wiped ur data but it didnt...so ur in luck.
And by join the club, he means welcome to the htc explorer rooting and modding society..
So welcome to the club
Xzan23 said:
He meant that it couldve wiped ur data but it didnt...so ur in luck.
And by join the club, he means welcome to the htc explorer rooting and modding society..
So welcome to the club
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Oh, thanks for friendly welcome. Actually, I registered there mainly for this thread, but now I see there is more interesting things and etc. By the way, community is very friendly. Thanks .
I am on HyperDrive RLS15- Stock Kernel and updated to the Cobalt Theme and when it installed i can not call out, receive calls, Text out or receive Text's either and i have no idea what i did wrong. Mobile Data isn't working only thing that is working is Wifi.
Can anybody please help me out. My wife and i are freaking out.:crying::crying:
TreasureMan said:
I am on HyperDrive RLS15- Stock Kernel and updated to the Cobalt Theme and when it installed i can not call out, receive calls, Text out or receive Text's either and i have no idea what i did wrong. Mobile Data isn't working only thing that is working is Wifi.
Can anybody please help me out. My wife and i are freaking out.:crying::crying:
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I would reflash the Hyperdrive ROM with no theme. I've had that happen a few times when applying a theme to my ROM. if you flash the Hyperdrive ROM and it still doesn't work I'd flash a different ROM.
After flashing, (of course after full wipe) test calls and messages and contacts apps. Then if you flash a mod or theme after that. Try your phone,text and contacts again. If they do not work, then your theme has borked them.
I have tried re flashing the ROM and still nothing i wiped everything that needed to be wiped before flashing and still nothing. I didn't think a theme would make this happen. But I guess another ROM wouldn't hurt to see if it works then. Will post back after and I might need some help though if it does not work
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Is your IMEI intact?
BattsNotIncld said:
Is your IMEI intact?
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My IMEI?
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TreasureMan said:
My IMEI?
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Go to System Settings > About Phone > Status. Under IMEI there should be a 15 digit number. If it's missing or just says 0 then you lost your IMEI, which is basically your phone's network ID number. Also is your phone number correct as listed in that menu?
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Is your IMEI intact?
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It's saying 0 and my mobile state is disconnected
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TreasureMan said:
It's saying 0 and my mobile state is disconnected
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Assuming you didn't make a back up, you're going to have to restore it. Here's the link to a tutorial: http://droidmodderx.com/galaxys3/?page_id=79
It is pretty involved so make sure you read the instructions carefully. Are you familiar with ODIN, because the first thing you have to do is flash back to a stock rooted ROM. Use this thread for that: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762204
If you don't feel comfortable doing all of it I would get somebody that does. You can easily hard brick your phone using ODIN. Also, ODIN will completely erase your internal memory. So I would make a backup of any photos/files you need before proceeding.
BattsNotIncld said:
Assuming you didn't make a back up, you're going to have to restore it. Here's the link to a tutorial: http://droidmodderx.com/galaxys3/?page_id=79
It is pretty involved so make sure you read the instructions carefully. Are you familiar with ODIN, because the first thing you have to do is flash back to a stock rooted ROM. Use this thread for that: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762204
If you don't feel comfortable doing all of it I would get somebody that does. You can easily hard brick your phone using ODIN. Also, ODIN will completely erase your internal memory. So I would make a backup of any photos/files you need before proceeding.
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Yeah i have a friend that helped me use Odin but hes not on Skype and he won't be anytime soon i believe, i don't trust myself doing it alone.
The first thing I would try would be to flash the mbf1 radio.
I have had similar issues and that's the easy fix.
Goodluck
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wwonka69 said:
The first thing I would try would be to flash the mbf1 radio.
I have had similar issues and that's the easy fix.
Goodluck
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I haven't heard of this fixing the missing IMEI issue but if it does that's excellent! It would be so much easier. Give it a try, it couldn't hurt.
wwonka69 said:
The first thing I would try would be to flash the mbf1 radio.
I have had similar issues and that's the easy fix.
Goodluck
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What is that ? and i tried the QPST and that didn't work at all
Still need some help
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I got my IMEI back but still nothing wants to work for me and idk how i will be able to Flash back to stock
TreasureMan said:
I got my IMEI back but still nothing wants to work for me and idk how i will be able to Flash back to stock
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What number does ERI report? Its right under your imei
tapatalk 4 sucks
RErick said:
What number does ERI report? Its right under your imei
tapatalk 4 sucks
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He is right, getting your imei back is only halfway home. Your ERI should say 5 and under mobile network is should say Verzion Wireless. Some people have said using Odin to go back to stock and reprovisioning your phone with a numerical keypad entry works but I can't comment because I recovered mine without doing that. Try this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45019832&postcount=3
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He is right, getting your imei back is only halfway home. Your ERI should say 5 and under mobile network is should say Verzion Wireless. Some people have said using Odin to go back to stock and reprovisioning your phone with a numerical keypad entry works but I can't comment because I recovered mine without doing that. Try this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45019832&postcount=3
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I had to use a special diagnostic tool to fix my ERI when I lost it. Its called an Odin to stock and a trip down to the local vzw store lol
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TheAfroSamurai said:
He is right, getting your imei back is only halfway home. Your ERI should say 5 and under mobile network is should say Verzion Wireless. Some people have said using Odin to go back to stock and reprovisioning your phone with a numerical keypad entry works but I can't comment because I recovered mine without doing that. Try this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45019832&postcount=3
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I went straight back to Stock unrooted to see if it worked and it still never worked and i called verizon cuz i think it's the Sim Card.
ERI: None is what it says
RErick said:
I had to use a special diagnostic tool to fix my ERI when I lost it. Its called an Odin to stock and a trip down to the local vzw store lol
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Yeah if i can't get to work soon then i need to go to the vzw store and see if they can help me with my issue so i don't have to pay for a new S3 full price
TreasureMan said:
Yeah if i can't get to work soon then i need to go to the vzw store and see if they can help me with my issue so i don't have to pay for a new S3 full price
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I do recommend once you get your phone straightened out go to the Synergy rom thread and find the zip to backup your imei and eri and put it away for safe keeping just in case.