[SOFT-BRICKED][HELP] Lost IMEI and it all went downhill.... - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III

Boy have i had one heck of a day. So there i was driving along in my buddies car, minding my own business flashing dhacker's latest CM10 build. But then out of no where, BAM, there went my IMEI, and with it went my day. I had a backup of the efs.sbn so i thought "no biggie" and went to restore it. I couldnt find it and went to the next step and did is with the QPST software. I quickly restored my IMEI and i thought i was home free; boy was i wrong.... I noticed something was wrong: no data still.
So i had a fully intact IMEI and still no data. I headed over to IRC where i pleaded for help. I was given the number to reset your sim card, and without being told it would wipe my whole phone (silly invisiblek) i blindly killed everything on my sweet little handset and went back to square one. well maybe square 0....
My newly wiped phone turned on stock rooted. My data had been turned into Roaming, which was as good as not there . I ran back to IRC and asked about what happened. I was told to try the mms fix for CM10. this meant that i had to flash CM10. I flashed CM10 booted up and my IMEI was still intact (however my MEID soon reverted to 0's) and i still had raoming. i did all the steps and i was left in the same boat, but with mms for when i had data lol
And then i went back to IRC and chadamir said he would help me by walking me through it. He told me i needed to odin back to stock. AND HERES WHERE THE BEST PART HAPPENS: I open up odin, put my phone in download mode and flash invisbleks rooted stripped rom (which i used to root my phone weeks ago) and just like that BOOTLOOPS FOR DAYS. so... you know, as usual, no biggie, right? I flashed root66 BOOTLOOPS FOR DAYS. Maybe a little worried at this point, but i decide to sleep on it. I do, and this morning i flash a completely stock unrooted .tar and lo and behold....... BOOTLOOPS FOR DAYS.
UPDATE: I have no booted into my phone, no data still.
WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW:
take back to verizon and tell them it wont boot
flash more
get help from one of you fellows!
cry myself to sleep

can you get to recovery and wipe data factory reset?

OP updated: i have booted into recovery wiped data and am now in Stock unrooted, still no data. No roaming also

Happened to me, no known fix.
I went to Verizon and got a replacement. They'll ship it to you with 2 day rushed shipping.

aj8600 said:
OP updated: i have booted into recovery wiped data and am now in Stock unrooted, still no data. No roaming also
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did you try reprovisioning your device with the *2767*3855# dialer code?

droidstyle said:
did you try reprovisioning your device with the *2767*3855# dialer code?
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yess thats was what i did to get roaming
EDIT: im going to take in in right now. today is a sad day.

This is why you stay away from cm9/cm10
VERIZON GALAXY S 3

Yea I was about to go AOSP. Not anymore. This IMEI/MEID/DATA/ROAMING issue is scary and not worth it in my opinion. I hope this won't be an issue in the future but right now it's just way too risky.
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just got back from verizon. They tried FOUR F******* SIM CARDS before realizing that wasnt the problem. My new one should be here on tuesday, and im just sticking with stock roms for now

aj8600 said:
just got back from verizon. They tried FOUR F******* SIM CARDS before realizing that wasnt the problem. My new one should be here on tuesday, and im just sticking with stock roms for now
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It ticks me off that they won't replace them in store!
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aj8600 said:
just got back from verizon. They tried FOUR F******* SIM CARDS before realizing that wasnt the problem. My new one should be here on tuesday, and im just sticking with stock roms for now
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4? Damn, they only tried 1 new one on me. It took me 2 hours, can't imagine how long you were there for.
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Honestly it's best to stay stock on this phone and here is yet another reason why.
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tell me about it..... at least i had my old D1 laying around so im not phoneless

niv3d said:
Yea I was about to go AOSP. Not anymore. This IMEI/MEID/DATA/ROAMING issue is scary and not worth it in my opinion. I hope this won't be an issue in the future but right now it's just way too risky.
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That's what separates the men from the boys
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xsteven77x said:
Honestly it's best to stay stock on this phone and here is yet another reason why.
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You can always backup and restore efs.sbn too, you know. Its highly recommended before switching.
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1ManWolfePack said:
That's what separates the men from the boys
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Or maybe someone needs a phone that actually works...
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dpwhitty11 said:
You can always backup and restore efs.sbn too, you know. Its highly recommended before switching.
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i did -____-

I wish I could just blame this problem solely on Verizon, but apparently this has been happening across the board. I flashed a CM10 ROM last week but got sick of everything not functioning properly so I switched back to TW based...now I'm scared to go back :/ especially after reading this. I backed mine up, but it sounds like that may not be enough. To make matters worse, I don't have a PC to tinker around with, so no Odin for me.

Same happened to me. My imei went to 0 I was able to recover that using qpst. They my maid went to all 0s. I was able to fix that by pushing the original backup method onto my phone but I was stuck in roaming. So I activated my old iPhone in place of my s3 and tried to reactivate my s3 instead of my iPhone. It would just take me to a black screen so I took it into Verizon expecting to get a replacement phone, nope! The guy at Verizon took out my SIM card did some **** on the comp put the SIM card back in and it worked fine. Now I'm browsing 4g 3g and WiFi

droidstyle said:
did you try reprovisioning your device with the *2767*3855# dialer code?
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In a situation like this, would have made any difference if we had the bootloader unlocked?
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[q] screen of death on froyo :(

So this morning I was checking out the new choices in my Froyo leak - rooted Captivate, I clicked on every one of them to see what it is and then I clicked on one that said something like user accounts, well ever since then my phone has been a black screen only displaying the top clock and a no signal bar. What should I do next? Unfortunately Im stuck at work with no programs. So Im wondering what would you do, which Odin should I use? Ill be checkin in cause at least I can do this and plan fixing my phone for later
Im guessing you tried pulling the battery?
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sure did tried the reboot screen.
and the other thing, now the phone wont go into sleep mode so my battery is slowly dying too
try to boot into recovery and clear out the cache...
I did that too and it clears and then i reboot then it goes right back to black screen
The same thing happened to me, but I wasn't digging around in the settings. Like previously mentioned, I booted into recovery, and cleared cache/factory wipe, and it booted back fresh. Luckily, I had a Titanium Backup from a few hours before it happened, so I didn't really lose anything.
I had something like this too. Can you get into Download mode and use Odin to return to stock rom? It took me several tries before Odin worked.
Well I still haven't heard anyone who has completely bricked there samsung captivate yet so I think you'll be alright. Just to be the 1 click Odin when you get home.
I'm pretty new myself at this But I think the only way were really screwed Is if we kill the bootloader.
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i will try when i get home, im stuck at work unfortunately, at least i know im not the only one, i was also fooling with settings
thank you
Theres been a few people that have fully bricked their captivates... Including me.
If you got your captivate within the last couple weeks be careful using odin with a froyo kernel. Check the Q&A thread for a post titled "phone-pc something" (Using my phone otherwise I'd provide a link)
loserskater said:
Theres been a few people that have fully bricked their captivates... Including me.
If you got your captivate within the last couple weeks be careful using odin with a froyo kernel. Check the Q&A thread for a post titled "phone-pc something" (Using my phone otherwise I'd provide a link)
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Well that sucks.
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theMaginator said:
Well I still haven't heard anyone who has completely bricked there samsung captivate yet so I think you'll be alright. Just to be the 1 click Odin when you get home.
I'm pretty new myself at this But I think the only way were really screwed Is if we kill the bootloader.
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I had one. OTA update. And I wasn't the only one. I couldn't even get into download mode.
yeah, bricked here too trying to go to Froyo. Sent to Samsung, they fixed it.
theMaginator said:
Well I still haven't heard anyone who has completely bricked there samsung captivate yet so I think you'll be alright. Just to be the 1 click Odin when you get home.
I'm pretty new myself at this But I think the only way were really screwed Is if we kill the bootloader.
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lol its happened to many people, myself included.

Out of ideas...

Any help here would be appreciated.
I got the s iii sunday. flashed this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974114 to get unlocked bootloader, root, and twrp. no problem. stock with root. I tried CM10.1. things got interesting. I lost my data. roaming.
things I did to try to fix it.
factory reset
restore backup in twrp i made
flash the factory image
now im starting to get worried. read a bit about the modem, imei and the like. used the tool here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1867442 - still nothing. repaired ERL and IMEI but still no data. i downgraded the modem and tried again. no luck. is there any where to go from here? any input would be helpful.
Abe21599 said:
Any help here would be appreciated.
I got the s iii sunday. flashed this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974114 to get unlocked bootloader, root, and twrp. no problem. stock with root. I tried CM10.1. things got interesting. I lost my data. roaming.
things I did to try to fix it.
factory reset
restore backup in twrp i made
flash the factory image
now im starting to get worried. read a bit about the modem, imei and the like. used the tool here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1867442 - still nothing. repaired ERL and IMEI but still no data. i downgraded the modem and tried again. no luck. is there any where to go from here? any input would be helpful.
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You just take a breath. OK? I was there with old miui. I had the roaming triangle. I've been doing this for a few years or so and never had this happen. I got new sim ...boom problem solved. Yes I did EVERYTHING..lol
Edit. First Odin back to stock. But that didn't work for me either but worth a shot. You tried a factory data reset from stock backup too? If that doesn't work. Its your sim card is fried. When you call out do you get the credit card option to make call? If so just get new sim. Then stick it in and it will re sign
No worries bro
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First off wrong forum this is for development not data issues.
If you read the CM 10.1 thread things that worked was flashing an unofficial CM10.1 build which you can find on rootzwiki or try using odin to revert back to stock touchwiz.
Also try going through the setup wizard on stock touchwiz rom after you go through it the first time.
Droid2drummer said:
You just take a breath. OK? I was there with old miui. I had the roaming triangle. I've been doing this for a few years or so and never had this happen. I got new sim ...boom problem solved. Yes I did EVERYTHING..lol
Edit. First Odin back to stock. But that didn't work for me either but worth a shot. You tried a factory data reset from stock backup too? If that doesn't work. Its your sim card is fried. When you call out do you get the credit card option to make call? If so just get new sim. Then stick it in and it will re sign
No worries bro
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Thanks for the input. Unfortunately, it's not the SIM, as I'm using that in the nexus as we speak.
fr8cture said:
First off wrong forum this is for development not data issues.
If you read the CM 10.1 thread things that worked was flashing an unofficial CM10.1 build which you can find on rootzwiki or try using odin to revert back to stock touchwiz.
Also try going through the setup wizard on stock touchwiz rom after you go through it the first time.
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I'll give those a shot. I thought I've tried everything suggested so I wanted to see what I missed. Thanks.
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Abe21599 said:
Thanks for the input. Unfortunately, it's not the SIM, as I'm using that in the nexus as we speak.
I'll give those a shot. I thought I've tried everything suggested so I wanted to see what I missed. Thanks.
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I had a time where i thought i lost my IMEI but i ran the setup wizard a second time and it activated.
I have an idea...
Nah, I'll save it.
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1ManWolfePack said:
I have an idea...
Nah, I'll save it.
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I knew someone was going to use that line! I was just waiting for it. Thank you very much Wolfe. I can go to bed now. Lol
First, check if your imei is intact. If so just odin back to ics stock, and to reprovision code, notw that it will delete your internal sdcard and I think extcard also. The code is *2767*3855#
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Please read forum rules before posting
Questions go in Q&A
Development is for developers to post release threads!
Thread moved
Last version of CM 10.1 has no data. Read their forum. It is in the first post on page one.
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Thanks all that provided input. i went to an ics build, flashed bootloader and the stock image, reprogrammed the imei, and did a factory format. Turned on and had data.

[Q] Am I screwed

Well I was doing a back up and flashed a new ROM, Blinky's revenge, and when I went to reboot nothing. My battery was at 94%.
When I got to plug in the charger I do not even get the battery icon. I cannot reboot into CWM I get nothing.
Do I now own a nice paper weight?
It is still under the one year warrenty. Will they know what happened if I send it in and tell them it is not working period?
Thank you
What phone do you have?
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Galaxy 2 skyrocket SGH i727
catchjeff said:
Galaxy 2 skyrocket SGH i727
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Can you get into download mode?
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catchjeff said:
Galaxy 2 skyrocket SGH i727
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Are you sure you got the right rom for the i727, where did you get it from. If it doesn't turn on or boot up no one can tell that you tried to flash a rom. It sure sounds like you've bricked it. Any luck getting odin to recognize it. If it does, flash the stock rom.
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catchjeff said:
Well I was doing a back up and flashed a new ROM, Blinky's revenge, and when I went to reboot nothing. My battery was at 94%.
When I got to plug in the charger I do not even get the battery icon. I cannot reboot into CWM I get nothing.
Do I now own a nice paper weight?
It is still under the one year warrenty. Will they know what happened if I send it in and tell them it is not working period?
Thank you
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here's how you check for a heart beat on the phone plug it into the PC and see if you get a Qhusb DL if you do enjoy the paper weight... and maybe an exchange might but the carrier can only give you an answer
Gosh dang it mother F$*%er thats where I messed up.
I can not get into download mode nor get odin to reconize it. It is officially a paper weight. I put in for an exchange with AT&T should be here tomorrow.
I flashed the wrong ROM. I flashed for the I777 not the i727. I hit the wrong button when I was installing I meant to go back but hit the power button by error and that is what did it.
Thank you everyone for your help. It is the first time I ever bricked a phone and I have rooted about 9 different phones and this was completely my error.
Now here is a question. Will they be able to tell it was rooted and I bricked it?
Probably not. From experience, I don't think you need to worry.
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catchjeff said:
Gosh dang it mother F$*%er thats where I messed up.
I can not get into download mode nor get odin to reconize it. It is officially a paper weight. I put in for an exchange with AT&T should be here tomorrow.
I flashed the wrong ROM. I flashed for the I777 not the i727. I hit the wrong button when I was installing I meant to go back but hit the power button by error and that is what did it.
Thank you everyone for your help. It is the first time I ever bricked a phone and I have rooted about 9 different phones and this was completely my error.
Now here is a question. Will they be able to tell it was rooted and I bricked it?
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No they won't be able to tell anything.
Question...why did you have a Rom for a different phone on your sd card?
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xcrazydx said:
No they won't be able to tell anything.
Question...why did you have a Rom for a different phone on your sd card?
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Stupid error. I was using my QR code reader to download and must have hit the wrong QR code and just from habit I hit download. Never made this mistake before ever.
I just want to kick myself in the arse.
catchjeff said:
Stupid error. I was using my QR code reader to download and must have hit the wrong QR code and just from habit I hit download. Never made this mistake before ever.
I just want to kick myself in the arse.
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Poo happens. Luckily, you're within a year, so it's just a couple weeks without a Skyrocket (if it won't turn on, Sammy can't tell that it was rooted and bricked on a flash). If you were outside of 12 months, well, that would've been a pretty costly lesson. I still double-check the file name before flashing anything on any of my phones, including my Cappy, just to make absolutely certain I'm not about to flash something for a different phone by mistake.
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Poo happens. Luckily, you're within a year, so it's just a couple weeks without a Skyrocket (if it won't turn on, Sammy can't tell that it was rooted and bricked on a flash). If you were outside of 12 months, well, that would've been a pretty costly lesson. I still double-check the file name before flashing anything on any of my phones, including my Cappy, just to make absolutely certain I'm not about to flash something for a different phone by mistake.
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Yeah I was within a year and just got my new phone yesterday and wiped all the rom and kernals off my sd card and will just take the time to redo everyting which is kind of fun for me. I get to do most of this stuff at work on my work pc.
Thank you everyone
Your the bomb
I just hit you all with a thanks!!!!
That is what I love about this community, you guys and gals are there for us when we need it and even when we do not.
I got it rooted and CWM on there now time to wipe and re do my roms. Just glad I got a backup of my previous setup before the bricking.

[Q] S3 Help

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
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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.

[HELP] 4G LTE no longer working.

My phone no longer goes to 4g. if I flash back to the stock rom, then it works.
I've tried slimkat, slimbean, andybonestock, and cyanogenmod. On any custom rom 4g no longer works, only 3g.
Also I am on the latest firmware/radio/modem
My Phone is set to CDMA+LTE/EVDO, and whats weird... is that if I set the subscription type to NV then I GET LTE... but sms and calls do not work, only data.. Switch back to SIM then everything works but only 3g..
This happened to me. You'll need to flash the root66 build with odin. There's a set of instructions somewhere. I would link it but I'm on my tablet. Google it and let me know if you need help.
Edit: found it for you. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35600769#post35600769
Follow all those "fixing data instructions" and let me know how it works out for ya
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dmginc said:
This happened to me. You'll need to flash the root66 build with odin. There's a set of instructions somewhere. I would link it but I'm on my tablet. Google it and let me know if you need help.
Edit: found it for you. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35600769#post35600769
Follow all those "fixing data instructions" and let me know how it works out for ya
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Hey, thanks for the help. I ended up having to get a brand new sim card..
Azure-XIII said:
Hey, thanks for the help. I ended up having to get a brand new sim card..
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Sometimes the best solution is the easiest.
Azure-XIII said:
Hey, thanks for the help. I ended up having to get a brand new sim card..
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Oh wow. How did you figure out it was the issue?
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I tried out my gf's SIM card while she was over. I had 4g again and on her phone she was only getting 3g like i was.
Went to verizon and got a new one, now it works!!
I do want to know what caused my card to go bad though... Worked when i first got my phone.
Azure-XIII said:
I tried out my gf's SIM card while she was over. I had 4g again and on her phone she was only getting 3g like i was.
Went to verizon and got a new one, now it works!!
I dflimsyo know what caused my card to go bad though... Worked when i first got my phone.
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Do you have a hard case on your phone? Before I put one on I walked into a table corner and busted my sd card. Not a stretch to imagine it happening to a sim card. The back on this phone is way to flimsy.
Ive never dropped it and ive had an otterbox case on it since i got it.

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