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IMEI restored, still no data

Trying to help a friend who lost his IMEI (showed as 0), I restored it with the QPST method successfully. All the numbers are there and the IMEI is correct, but it still doesn't have data. I tried calling the number in the older efs backup thread to reprovision, and it didn't seem to do anything, but while I was messing around with it the icon popped up and I had one bar of 4G, but it disappeared after a few seconds. I'm out of ideas and I would greatly appreciate any help. Thanks!
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Sorry to bump, but this is getting lost down here...
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Have you used Odin to restore the stock rom?

con247 said:
Have you used Odin to restore the stock rom?
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I tried, but but it failed, and don't remember the exact message. It's just on root66 right now.
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prototype7 said:
I tried, but but it failed, and don't remember the exact message. It's just on root66 right now.
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If on stock (root66 sounds) dial: *2767*3855#
Back up anything you may want on the internal storage before doing so. Should fix it if it's fixable.

This ^^^^.
I had lost mine also and followed the same instructions, got it all back, but no data return. You need to reprovision your phone by following the key sequence. I think you need to be stock to do it too (could be wrong). After doing that, all my stuff returned to 100% fully functional.

You definitely need to be on stock for it, though? What's it do specifically? I never outright lost my IMEI, but I did have a problem where data would intermittently cut out and it didn't display a phone number in the system info.
After a wipe and install it seemed to be okay, but now I'm without data. Phone number and all the other numbers are there, though. If I dialed that on CM10, what could I expect?

Zalithian said:
If on stock (root66 sounds) dial: *2767*3855#
Back up anything you may want on the internal storage before doing so. Should fix it if it's fixable.
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I already tried that, it didn't work. I just tried it again and it still didn't work, but I left it locked for a while and when I unlocked it, the 4G icon was there for a few seconds, and then went back to no signal and it hasn't come back.
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prototype7 said:
I already tried that, it didn't work. I just tried it again and it still didn't work, but I left it locked for a while and when I unlocked it, the 4G icon was there for a few seconds, and then went back to no signal and it hasn't come back.
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Hmm if that doesn't work I'm not sure what else there is. Maybe a new SIM or phone, all I can think of

a new sim is needed, or you just have a data-bricked phone if that wont work... sorry bud

I'm not sure what it's doing, but I don't think it's unrecoverable. If I leave it for a while, when I unlock it I'll have a bit of 4G signal, then it disappears after a few seconds. I was able to use the browser while it had signal, but when I try to make a call it says "Mobile network unavailable." I did receive a few texts, I'll test sending them. Under Settings>About device>Status, all the numbers are there and everything looks normal except these:
Network - Searching for Service
Mobile network type - Unknown:0
Service state - Out of service
Mobile network state - Disconnected
Thanks for the help so far.
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prototype7 said:
I'm not sure what it's doing, but I don't think it's unrecoverable. If I leave it for a while, when I unlock it I'll have a bit of 4G signal, then it disappears after a few seconds. I was able to use the browser while it had signal, but when I try to make a call it says "Mobile network unavailable." I did receive a few texts, I'll test sending them. Under Settings>About device>Status, all the numbers are there and everything looks normal except these:
Network - Searching for Service
Mobile network type - Unknown:0
Service state - Out of service
Mobile network state - Disconnected
Thanks for the help so far.
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Have him activate another phone on his account and then reactivate the s3. I'm not sure if this will help. It's only a theory really! If you decide to try please Let me know if it works. Thanks
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On mine, I restored to the Nandroid backup I made of the stock rom before switching and dialed the number mentioned before. That brought it back to out-of-the-box stock. Set it up, tested data, rooted, unlocked bootloader, installed CM10, tested data, restored apps, tested data, made another Nandroid backup, restored system apps and preferences, and everything's fine now.
My problem was really similar to that one, too. It started when the phone wasn't coming on when I pressed the home or power buttons, and after a battery pull it showed the phone number as "Unknown." A wipe and reinstall of CM10 showed all the correct numbers in the right places and seemed to fix it all, but data was back out in time. That was how it was every time I reinstalled that way; it'd work for a bit, then stop until I reinstalled again. Restoring my IMEI backup as a "just in case" hadn't helped either. Getting everything right again was arduous, but worth it.

Alright my dad has got a similar problem. He lost his IMEI before, we managed to get it restored and data working and all that good stuff. Well today he had to fly to Denver and put the phone into airplane mode, well when he came out of airplane mode it was stuck on roaming mode, and network is "Unknown" his IMEI, phone number, and all those numbers are correct but hes still stuck in roaming. We tried pulling the sim card, and going back to a root66 backup and then reprovisioning the phone. Any other ideas? Should he go back to complete 100% unrooted stock and then reprovision? Any help would be great

I've had the problem come back for me, so disregard my earlier post. I'm back on stock now with no data issues so far, so I'm going to sit on that for a bit to see if the problem is definitely with CM. It's been gradual every time I've fixed it; last time I lost LTE before 3G.

coldcaption said:
I've had the problem come back for me, so disregard my earlier post. I'm back on stock now with no data issues so far, so I'm going to sit on that for a bit to see if the problem is definitely with CM. It's been gradual every time I've fixed it; last time I lost LTE before 3G.
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are you on stock unrooted? or stock rooted?

Neverendingxsin said:
are you on stock unrooted? or stock rooted?
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Stock rooted. Gotta have my titanium backup!

coldcaption said:
Stock rooted. Gotta have my titanium backup!
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did you use odin to return to stock rooted? or just restore a nandroid?

Neverendingxsin said:
did you use odin to return to stock rooted? or just restore a nandroid?
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Restored a Nandroid. LTE isn't working though, so I may dial *2767*3855# to go back to full stock and see if that fixes it. Currently 3G is still okay.

A question...
Those losing their IMEI numbers... Is this happening on the locked bootloader? Unlocked bootloader? Both?
I've been digging through the forums trying to ferret out a pattern, but it's not presenting itself to me. Maybe someone else has seen the pattern?

lost imei after reboot with cm10 20120927

Loaded cm10 20120927 last night and all ran good. no data drops or anything. i ram cyanogenmod backup this morning and on reboot no imei or anything. good that i backup it up to my sdcard and to dropbox.
if one of the MODS would like to move this to the development forum thats ok. i know that if wouldn't matter because cm10 probably didnt cause the imei loss.
Edit: I took a chance and rebooted again hoping that it was just something sbout the reboot and imei, phone number etc etc is back. Good for me, but not sure I have read of this happening. Anyway, all is good now.

ef-civic said:
Loaded cm10 20120927 last night and all ran good. no data drops or anything. i ram cyanogenmod backup this morning and on reboot no imei or anything. good that i backup it up to my sdcard and to dropbox.
if one of the MODS would like to move this to the development forum thats ok. i know that if wouldn't matter because cm10 probably didnt cause the imei loss.
Edit: I took a chance and rebooted again hoping that it was just something sbout the reboot and imei, phone number etc etc is back. Good for me, but not sure I have read of this happening. Anyway, all is good now.
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Did you not back up your IMEI via ADB?

stargate125645 said:
Did you not back up your IMEI via ADB?
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yes I did

I'm not sure why you made this thread though if you had your imei backed up and it came back after a reboot. I lost mine 3-4 times and it came back each time after a reboot, I never had to recover from my backup yet though.

Installed JB ROM on S3 Verizon - not connecting to network
Any suggestion on how to fix this this issue.
I install a JB rom last night, but it seemed like it deleted the IMEI number off the phone. Through the forums, I was able to restore ( I didn't not back Up IMEI - i know) the IMEI number back on the cell phone.
However, the phone is unable to register to the Verizon network. I have an inside Verizon guy, who helped associate, on his end, my IMEI number to my account/ sim card. still not connecting. has any one else got this problem, and able to resolve?
I should be getting a new Sim Card tonight, hoping that might resolve the issue, if not, I will call Verizon Warranty to get a new phone.
PS. on verizonwireless, it shows that Samsung S3 is associated with my SIM/ telephone number.
thanks for any suggestion or help in advance.

jaimanny said:
Any suggestion on how to fix this this issue.
I install a JB rom last night, but it seemed like it deleted the IMEI number off the phone. Through the forums, I was able to restore ( I didn't not back Up IMEI - i know) the IMEI number back on the cell phone.
However, the phone is unable to register to the Verizon network. I have an inside Verizon guy, who helped associate, on his end, my IMEI number to my account/ sim card. still not connecting. has any one else got this problem, and able to resolve?
I should be getting a new Sim Card tonight, hoping that might resolve the issue, if not, I will call Verizon Warranty to get a new phone.
PS. on verizonwireless, it shows that Samsung S3 is associated with my SIM/ telephone number.
thanks for any suggestion or help in advance.
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There's a link in my signature for "IMEI Repair" click that and you can fix the problem

jaimanny said:
Any suggestion on how to fix this this issue.
I install a JB rom last night, but it seemed like it deleted the IMEI number off the phone. Through the forums, I was able to restore ( I didn't not back Up IMEI - i know) the IMEI number back on the cell phone.
However, the phone is unable to register to the Verizon network. I have an inside Verizon guy, who helped associate, on his end, my IMEI number to my account/ sim card. still not connecting. has any one else got this problem, and able to resolve?
I should be getting a new Sim Card tonight, hoping that might resolve the issue, if not, I will call Verizon Warranty to get a new phone.
PS. on verizonwireless, it shows that Samsung S3 is associated with my SIM/ telephone number.
thanks for any suggestion or help in advance.
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Reprovision on the stock rom.

con247 said:
Reprovision on the stock rom.
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This! Dialer code *2767*3855#

droidstyle said:
This! Dialer code *2767*3855#
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yup, that worked. I thought I did that earlier with my verizon guy. Maybe it took time to sync up..
anyway thank you for your help.
thanks con247, and droidstyle.

Galaxy S3 I535 no service after rom install

First off let me thank anyone who has any suggestions on the topic. So i made a nandroid backup but i didnt know anything about an efs folder backup so now my phone cant make calls receive calls or make texts. The status says network searching for service mobile network type unknown:0 service state out of service and my PRL version is 0. my baseband version is i535vrlf2. So i have tryed using oden but my phone does not like to play well with my phone allways having problems with a pit file.I have tryed *2767*3855# in my dialer and it said mobile network not available. Im not sure if getting a new sim would get my service back or not please help. I have also tryed to restore my nandroid backup but it wont work for some reason. Thanks

I'm having the same issue If you figure it out, let me know, I'm trying to do the same.
http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/63816-network-problem-with-cyanogenmod-101-1218/
That link has some info that seems to be related

ok
will do ^_^ if you find anything could you pass it along to me aswell. thanks!

fixed!!! maby?
please go onto rootzwiki and look at the post by blaineevans and thank blaineevans! lol it worked for me as far as i can tell. make sure you have a backup or atleast a rom you can install and use the termanal method it worked. at first my phone wouldnt boot so you have to install a rom after it

Did you lose your IMEI and/or ERI?

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Did you lose your IMEI and/or ERI?
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well i had restored it yesterday via rev skills but everything is working now as far as service. now it is telling me insufficient storage available when i try to download from google play grrr fix one problem and run into another...

Rev skills?

Dropping data and no calls/texts. Advice please.

Just in case this post gets moved, I want to identify my device as the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 (i535).
To give a little background on my issue, I have an issue with the device. When I first got it back in July, first thing I did was root the device. Naturally, since it was a new device, I was working with experimental methods... a couple weeks ago I thought to download CyanogenMod 10.1 (nightly build) to flash it with 4.2 and rid myself of the persistent OTA update that as we all know could not effectively install because of the measures I took to root. So, I boot into recovery and flash my custom rom. BAM! As it turns out, I did not have an unlocked bootloader and my phone was now teetering on the verge of being a $600 paperweight. I got that dumb yellow triangle saying unofficial firmware detected or some nonsense like that... Anyway, I look around the internet and decided that I was going to revert back to a stock rom using Odin, and then proceed to unlock my bootloader and root the device (I followed method 3 here) I used some touch recovery console that I have never heard of before (backups incompatible with ClockworkMod recovery) and something must have failed because my back up would not flash. I took the hit on losing most everything and reflashed successfully the custom rom mentioned earlier.
After about a week, I noticed the device began to drop data. 4G would just stop at random parts of the day, and I would have to disable and enable the data to get it to reconnect. At this point I was still able to make and receive phone calls and texts. After about 3 days of this, I concluded it was more than likely a bug in the custom rom, and that I could not live with it... so I redid the a fore mentioned tutorial and left the phone as a stock/unlocked/rooted device. The data issue continued, but with a twist. I was now unable to make or receive phone calls or texts. No matter what I did, I could not do anything and the 4G would only stay connected for a matter 5 minutes or so. When I logged into my vzw account, it identified my device as an unknown non-verizon device. Customer service walked me through various soft/hard reset techniques and nothing worked. They also suggested I try a new SIM card, which failed to work.
So, I turn to the bright minds of the android community. I have already decided not to invoke the Verizon warranty offered, where the result is they take my malfunctioning phone in flawless cosmetic condition and replace it with a "like-new" phone in working condition, because I think it's garbage that a warranty would give out used crap (should fix or replace). I have not contacted Samsung customer support yet because I wanted to see what my options were. I've already attempted flashing different radios and nothing seem to make any difference. If I have to, I will revert it back to stock again and invoke Samsung's warranty program, but I would much rather keep the phone. As it sits, I am stuck with my Motorola Droid Razr Maxx, and that just doesn't cut it.
So I ask, is there anything that can be done? Anyone know of a fix for my situation? I saw something about this in my quest for an answer and I don't know if my situation is a fit for this fix. If anyone has any knowledge of my issue and a work around for it, it would be greatly appreciated. I am at my whits end.

It sounds like you've done your homework on your problem.. The only thing in your post I didn't see was your sim card.. Maybe pulling it wait 2min restart. Shut down and insert,, or maybe a reprovision of the sim may be in order..
Ahaaaa....!!!

If your IMEI is intact, I would say to flash to ICS and reprovision the phone as suggested above. If it is not, you need to restore it with that backup that you made some time ago.
If it were me, I would reprovision, that is easy to do and I honestly think that it will work for you. If that works for you, reroot and restore your backup for TW ROM and you will be fine.

HHF2 said:
If your IMEI is intact, I would say to flash to ICS and reprovision the phone as suggested above. If it is not, you need to restore it with that backup that you made some time ago.
If it were me, I would reprovision, that is easy to do and I honestly think that it will work for you. If that works for you, reroot and restore your backup for TW ROM and you will be fine.
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Well that's just it... I don't know anything about the IMEI and how to determine if that is the issue. If by reprovision you mean reflash back to stock, that is it's current state, and that did not resolve the issue.
As for the other comment in regards to the SIM card... I have already attempted that method, and it did not work. Also, a new SIM card was also tried, and had no success.

mkruluts said:
Well that's just it... I don't know anything about the IMEI and how to determine if that is the issue. If by reprovision you mean reflash back to stock, that is it's current state, and that did not resolve the issue.
As for the other comment in regards to the SIM card... I have already attempted that method, and it did not work. Also, a new SIM card was also tried, and had no success.
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Google reprovision, it is a number combination that you enter on the keypad that resets your phone. I had a similar problem that you are having and that fixed our for me. You also need to know that when you do this, it will erase all of your information on the phone. It will be just like it was when you unpacked it and powered it on the first time.
You will have to be on ICS because they removed the option to do this with JB. Just search for the code to enter and you will be fine.

HHF2 said:
Google reprovision, it is a number combination that you enter on the keypad that resets your phone. I had a similar problem that you are having and that fixed our for me. You also need to know that when you do this, it will erase all of your information on the phone. It will be just like it was when you unpacked it and powered it on the first time.
You will have to be on ICS because they removed the option to do this with JB. Just search for the code to enter and you will be fine.
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Ok. So I tried the reprovsioning mentioned above. When my phone rebooted I was on data and able to make phone calls. Score! However, I checked the IMEI and it said 0. So, thinking that it was just a matter of time before my device began to stop working again... I did the IMEI fix. Now my phone is placing calls and holding data without issue. The OTA updates are flooding in and installing without issues.
I would like to point out, while I feel better having done the combination of both reprovisioning and IMEI fix, ultimately the initial reprovisioning did appear to resolve the issue.
Thanks to everyone for the assistance provided.

[Q] Backup Carrier Info?

Is there a method/software that can backup carrier info? Buddy of mine wants to upgrade to 4.4.2 but he is flashed to Selectel Wireless and that would wipe out his carrier info and have to dish out another $50 to get reflashed again. Was hoping there was a way to backup that info... install 4.4.2 and then reload the info.

No?

define carrier info. Do you mean his IMEI and baseband version?

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define carrier info. Do you mean his IMEI and baseband version?
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Hate to sound stupid, but whatever info you might lose doing an upgrade or even a Factory Reset. He did a reset a couple days after having his phone flashed from Verizon to Selectel and his phone wasn't working right. Was making calls but they were showing up as another number and ended up having to pay the guy that originally flashed it... another $50 to reflash and fix it. Thought there be some method to save this info. I can only imagine there must be a way, as there must be people into messing with roms who have to go through this process each time.

Free can of beer for the correct answer.

Maybe an NVbackup in terminal might do the trick. I don't know. If you figure it out let me know. I'm thinking about flashing another rom and seeing what happens. When I originally had a guy flash selectel I had to be on a TW rom. After this I restored a nandroid of nameless and still had service although in both cases my new number never showed up in about phone / status. I was told to use 8sms to change my phone number in there and then it would show up. On my first flash before I was told about the 8sms trick, I went home and was unable to do anything, no service. I went back flashed TW in his office. Did the 8 sms trick, then restored the same namless nandroid. All is well. Knock on wood. Last night I wanted to wipe data cache and instead of doing it in CWM or actually phil's touch, I did it in the phone settings and it wiped my friggin internal sd partition. What a freaking bummer. Luckily there was nothing super important on there I keep most important stuff on my external SD. I might try tonight to flash a TW just to see if my signal gets a bit better but I'm going to try to figure out how to backup my settings first. The second time there, the owner did the reflash and told me about the 8sms. He was clueless about flashing different roms. There's got to be a way to backup all the needed information in an AOSP rom, or an app, I just gotta figure out how. If you figure this out let me know
Thanks and good luck