I just got a SGS3 today, but I am not sure which provider it is from (Verison, AT&T...). I picked it up from a friend, and not from a store. I believe it was from Bell, but I am not too sure.
Is there a way I can find out the provider? So far, I see that you need to know your provider to make sure you don't brick your machine :/
Regards,
404
Edit: I haven't looked into it yet (I will after I finish editing) but do I need to know the provider to unlock the phone, or is that one quick method?
Edit2: I remembered it came with a Rogers Sim card
Sounds like a stolen phone......
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What is the exact model # and baseband version in the settings - about my phone?
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If its a stock ROM, check the build.prop
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What is the exact model # and baseband version in the settings - about my phone?
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The baseband is i9300 xxale8.
I just tried rooting it using SGS3 Toolkit, not sure where I went wrong, but It just displays "Samsung" before going black.
Edit: When did they make you also press the Home Button to go into download mode. That caused me some headache
Reflash stock ROM maybe?
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Reflash stock ROM maybe?
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Trying that now. In download mode, it shows that the current binary is custom and system status is official. I'm searching how to turn the binary back to official. Do you know?
Nope. Sorry! It usually is branded in build.prop
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Whereis404 said:
I just got a SGS3 today, but I am not sure which provider it is from (Verison, AT&T...). I picked it up from a friend, and not from a store. I believe it was from Bell, but I am not too sure.
Is there a way I can find out the provider? So far, I see that you need to know your provider to make sure you don't brick your machine :/
Regards,
404
Edit: I haven't looked into it yet (I will after I finish editing) but do I need to know the provider to unlock the phone, or is that one quick method?
Edit2: I remembered it came with a Rogers Sim card
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I gotta ask...Did you flip it over and look at the backplate? Mine says verizon.
That is not a verizon baseband. Verizon begins with I535...not sure what provider uses that number because it appears to be the international variants baseband. Not sure though, but definitely not verizon
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Relentless D said:
I gotta ask...Did you flip it over and look at the backplate? Mine says verizon.
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Mine just says Samsung on it
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That is not a verizon baseband. Verizon begins with I535...not sure what provider uses that number because it appears to be the international variants baseband. Not sure though, but definitely not verizon
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Didn't expect it to be from Verison, but I didn't expect it to be from the others as well, and I had to post this somewhere
I9300 sounds like an international phone so you most likely have the gsm international version... but im not gonna lie... the op makes it sound like its a stolen phone :silly:
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I9300 sounds like an international phone but im not gonna lie... the op makes it sound like its a stolen phone :silly: so you most likely have the gsm international version...
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A friend of mines relative works for a phone company, so I got it through them. I hope that doesn't make it sound sketchy :/
My old SGS2 was actually stolen from me I wish the IMEI number was printed on the box so that I could trace it
You have the international version. It is not tied to a carrier the same way the US versions are and has a separate forum.
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couldnt you just look at the battery cover?
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I bought a g2x from craigslist. its brand new but i guess that previous owner has done some update or something now it does not show any baseband version. So my Sim card which i changed to 4g version yesterday does not show any network. my old sim card did not show any network either.
this is what i see when i look at About Phone
Model # LG-P999
Android Version 2.2.2
Baseband Version : Unknown
Kernel Version : 2.6.32.9
Build Number : FRG83G
Software Version : LG-P999-V10f
I am coming from a vibrant with using bionix and not new to rooting or flashing rom. I did research a lot. But not sure if this is something that can be fix.
Please help.
thanks a lot in advance
Try the official update ota or via LG, other threads describe the process and that might get you the new baseband.
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heysharon said:
Try the official update ota or via LG, other threads describe the process and that might get you the new baseband.
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I tried to run the software update check from the phone. i connected with wifi. but i guess as it does not have a connection with tmobile netowrk its showing connection failed.
I think what heysharon is saying, is to update through lg website with your phone connected to your pc.
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I think what heysharon is saying, is to update through lg website with your phone connected to your pc.
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Ohhh, Yeah tried that already. But LG updater says device not supported for update. is there a way to flash the baseband ? I have a feeling that the previous owner flashed a o2x rom or something which changed the baseband. and then he ran the recovery to fix it.
Which model do you have? Check under the battery hood if it's Model 990 or 999. Perhaps it's wrong update for the phone.
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Sorry I saw now you said it's 999. If there is no baseband you might have to return it to the Tmo...
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i can't return it cause i bought it from craigslist.
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i can't return it cause i bought it from craigslist.
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Was it working when you bought it from the Craigslist seller? Did you try it with a SIM card before you bought it? Just wondering if the problem was there when you bought it or if you might've done something to the phone after you bought it.
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phburks said:
Was it working when you bought it from the Craigslist seller? Did you try it with a SIM card before you bought it? Just wondering if the problem was there when you bought it or if you might've done something to the phone after you bought it.
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it was working with his sim. my sim did not support 4g network at that moment so could not check it with my sim. then i got my sim yesterday. and have been trying to use it after words. no Luck. i guess i just lost $300.
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it was working with his sim. my sim did not support 4g network at that moment so could not check it with my sim. then i got my sim yesterday. and have been trying to use it after words. no Luck. i guess i just lost $300.
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That seems odd. You saw it working with his SIM? Did you or him make any changes to the phone software after you saw it working? The baseband wouldnt just disappear.
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xnocturnal said:
Ohhh, Yeah tried that already. But LG updater says device not supported for update. is there a way to flash the baseband ? I have a feeling that the previous owner flashed a o2x rom or something which changed the baseband. and then he ran the recovery to fix it.
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Probably didn't flash an O2X rom as that would've changed the partition table and I don't think you can restore the G2X system back to it ... well at least without going to great lengths to fix the partitions.
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That seems odd. You saw it working with his SIM? Did you or him make any changes to the phone software after you saw it working? The baseband wouldnt just disappear.
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i guess what happened is i really did not check it throughly. his sim was inside the phone and when he gave me he took it off and did a factory reset. thats what it was. and i was texting him before we met and he was calling me or texting me from his phone. i believed him. and i can see what happned for believing him. great
Try doing the regular nvflash thing root it n flash a rom or stock nanroid maybe that'll bring the baseband back
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i guess what happened is i really did not check it throughly. his sim was inside the phone and when he gave me he took it off and did a factory reset. thats what it was. and i was texting him before we met and he was calling me or texting me from his phone. i believed him. and i can see what happned for believing him. great
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I've never heard of a factory reset removing a baseband... interesting issue.
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mt3g said:
I've never heard of a factory reset removing a baseband... interesting issue.
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I don't think it did. Sounds like the guy scammed him. He said he never actually saw it working.
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jaestreetss said:
Try doing the regular nvflash thing root it n flash a rom or stock nanroid maybe that'll bring the baseband back
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Wont work. Baseband isn't backed up with a nandroid backup.
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You should try updating through kdz I think it will work for you search the threads for the proper methods
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Bspence415 said:
You should try updating through kdz I think it will work for you search the threads for the proper methods
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Was just going to suggest that too lol. Just looking for the right link to post. I'll add it if I can find it.
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yea thats weird if it was working with his sim , how did u see it with his sim in? cuz let me tell u something an unknown baseband isnt good news, we dont have any flashable basebands yet
Hi all,
Bought this rogers I727R off ebay. Bought it as "unlocked", How can I tell if it is or not? My nexus S displayed the unlocked status in the bootloader screen.
Thanks
Heeter
Heeter said:
Hi all,
Bought this rogers I727R off ebay. Bought it as "unlocked", How can I tell if it is or not? My nexus S displayed the unlocked status in the bootloader screen.
Thanks
Heeter
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Put in a non att sim card reebot and if u doesnt ask for an unlock code you're already unlocked
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Thanks,
I was just wondering if there was someway to tell right on the phone, if it was noted somewhere, like my NS, it was noted in the bootloader screen.
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Heeter said:
Thanks,
I was just wondering if there was someway to tell right on the phone, if it was noted somewhere, like my NS, it was noted in the bootloader screen.
Heeter
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Someone correct me if im wrong but doesnt that just mean the bootloaders unlocked?? Are u trying to see if its SIM unlocked to use on any carrier??
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You are completely correct, I am confusing the 2. The only way is to use a different carriers SIM card.
Heeter
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read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1758352
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read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1758352
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If he bought it online from ebay and it was "unlocked" im pretty sure it means SIM unlock....so to be sure of that the only way is to use a different carriers SIM card other than rogers. The thread mentioned really doesn't mean anything because it said the sane thing on my brand new at&t skyrocket before i unlocked it.
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If he bought it online from ebay and it was "unlocked" im pretty sure it means SIM unlock....so to be sure of that the only way is to use a different carriers SIM card other than rogers. The thread mentioned really doesn't mean anything because it said the sane thing on my brand new at&t skyrocket before i unlocked it.
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the link i posted was my experience, it states that you cannot tell if your phone is locked until you put a sim card that was not meant for the phone, when you put in a sim card not mean for the phone the unlock menu pops up, thats the only way to tell if phone is locked/unlocked in my experience.
When someone can get ahold of a sprint galaxy s3 odin (or the verizion developer edition odin though i'm pretty sure sprints will leak earlier)since the two phones are the same, can't some flash (Sprint) odin on the verizon unit, root it, unlock bootloader, then add verizon libs, rils, etc files (And eventually make it into a flash able zip) to make it actually work on the carrier. Is this just a crazy idea.
I hope this makes sense xD
Wouldn't the us cellular sg3 be better for this as it is the same phone? Don't us cellular run off Verizon towers
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I think the partition table is diff, I would not odin a diff carriers tar file.
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ericerk said:
When someone can get ahold of a sprint galaxy s3 odin (or the verizion developer edition odin though i'm pretty sure sprints will leak earlier)since the two phones are the same, can't some flash (Sprint) odin on the verizon unit, root it, unlock bootloader, then add verizon libs, rils, etc files (And eventually make it into a flash able zip) to make it actually work on the carrier. Is this just a crazy idea.
I hope this makes sense xD
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If you could do that why wouldn't you wait for the unlocked Verizon version from samsung and save your self all the work of getting rid of sprint stuff and adding in the Verizon stuff.
But don't think it will be that easy
icebear8 said:
Wouldn't the us cellular sg3 be better for this as it is the same phone? Don't us cellular run off Verizon towers
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Sprint, Verizon, Us Cellular, Same Phone
00negative said:
If you could do that why wouldn't you wait for the unlocked Verizon version from samsung and save your self all the work of getting rid of sprint stuff and adding in the Verizon stuff.
But don't think it will be that easy
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Cuz i don't know if or when its gonna leak :/
This is already being discussed. IIRC flashing the sprint software bricked the phone. Only time will tell but I'm guessing the VZW dev software will have the same effect.
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Sniper_5 said:
This is already being discussed. IIRC flashing the sprint software bricked the phone. Only time will tell but I'm guessing the VZW dev software will have the same effect.
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If it gets unlocked i'll get it, if not I might just keep my nexus :/
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I think the partition table is diff, I would not odin a diff carriers tar file.
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Same phone, different back cover and Carrier files
ericerk said:
Same phone, different back cover and Carrier files
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yeah, ok o_0
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yeah, ok o_0
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Am I wrong, I hope not? xDD
They may have changed the partition tables, thus flashing the sprint Odin could irreparably damage the phone. Esesially if the efs partitions were different.
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They may have changed the partition tables, thus flashing the sprint Odin could irreparably damage the phone. Esesially if the efs partitions were different.
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When do you think that the vzw developer edition odin would leak.
Also I heard a rumor that sammy's gonna send out an ota that would make it unlockable
ericerk said:
When someone can get ahold of a sprint galaxy s3 odin (or the verizion developer edition odin though i'm pretty sure sprints will leak earlier)since the two phones are the same, can't some flash (Sprint) odin on the verizon unit, root it, unlock bootloader, then add verizon libs, rils, etc files (And eventually make it into a flash able zip) to make it actually work on the carrier. Is this just a crazy idea.
I hope this makes sense xD
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Sure you COULD do that, you WILL also hard brick
Edit: go here for known bricks http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28565802
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jamcar said:
Sure you COULD do that, you WILL also hard brick
Edit: go here for known bricks http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28565802
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Even if some one gets a hold of the verzion dev version?
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Even if some one gets a hold of the verzion dev version?
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Maybe that might work
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jamcar said:
Maybe that might work
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sweet
So its my first time rooting and I completely messed up and found this firmware for ROGERS/Canadian phone company I suppose and used it with my skyrocket. I have a Tmobile phone but now it boots up and works as a canadian phone. I was wondering if there is a firmware download I can use to make it or well turn it back to Tmobile features instead of Rogers features.
Yeah, go to your forum. Or go to sammobile and make an account and download it.
T-Mobile doesn't make a skyrocket, btw. It's an AT&T exclusive.
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xcrazydx said:
Yeah, go to your forum. Or go to sammobile and make an account and download it.
T-Mobile doesn't make a skyrocket, btw. It's an AT&T exclusive.
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Do you think you could find me a link? Because I cant seem to find anything at all...
*EDIT* Mybad I meant to say S2...Im so used to saying Skyrocket
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Do you think you could find me a link? Because I cant seem to find anything at all...
*EDIT* Mybad I meant to say S2...Im so used to saying Skyrocket
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Do you know what phone you have? The title says i727, which is the skyrocket. Are you in the wrong forum? If you have the T-Mobile s2 (t989) you are in the wrong forum.
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KrazyRugrat said:
So its my first time rooting and I completely messed up and found this firmware for ROGERS/Canadian phone company I suppose and used it with my skyrocket. I have a Tmobile phone but now it boots up and works as a canadian phone. I was wondering if there is a firmware download I can use to make it or well turn it back to Tmobile features instead of Rogers features.
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Find you exact model number then we start from there...I would give you the link after that..
I'm looking to buy a Motorola atrix 2 really cheap. The only thing is the seller says its bootlooping and they don't know how to fix it and they said it happened after cyanogen was put on it. Considering they didn't seem to know what that even was I doubt they know whether its cm7,9, or 10.
That being said I've done some reading about soft bricks, boot loops, fxz, and whatnot on the atrix 2 but being as I've never messed with flashing one of these phones I have no idea if its something I can recover. Im not new to the flashing process but Motorola appears to be a much different animal compared to Samsung phones. Can anyone advise how to go about getting it up and running or whether its even possible in its current state with the limited info I have.
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I'm looking to buy a Motorola atrix 2 really cheap. The only thing is the seller says its bootlooping and they don't know how to fix it and they said it happened after cyanogen was put on it. Considering they didn't seem to know what that even was I doubt they know whether its cm7,9, or 10.
That being said I've done some reading about soft bricks, boot loops, fxz, and whatnot on the atrix 2 but being as I've never messed with flashing one of these phones I have no idea if its something I can recover. Im not new to the flashing process but Motorola appears to be a much different animal compared to Samsung phones. Can anyone advise how to go about getting it up and running or whether its even possible in its current state with the limited info I have.
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It should be fine to reflash FXZ, just bes sure what region you're AT&T, India or China (Retail). Retail fw can downgrade & change to any other non AT&T fw...
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It should be fine to reflash FXZ, just bes sure what region you're AT&T, India or China (Retail). Retail fw can downgrade & change to any other non AT&T fw...
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Is there any way to tell what region the phone is in its current state?
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Is there any way to tell what region the phone is in its current state?
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Odds are its an at&t phone unless its one of few that made there way over here.
Check for at&t logo on it. dead give a way
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Odds are its an at&t phone unless its one of few that made there way over here.
Check for at&t logo on it. dead give a way
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Fair enough. I was told its at&t but who knows when you're looking on craigslist. Either way it sounds like I can probably bring it back to life. Thank you guys for the advice.
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