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If I lost my imei

I want to flash custom roms but I don't want to be that guy to lose his imei. Now question is. If I backup my stock rom via cwm and flash a rom and get unlucky and lose my imei and then just restore my stock backup will I be okay?
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imablackhat said:
I want to flash custom roms but I don't want to be that guy to lose his imei. Now question is. If I backup my stock rom via cwm and flash a rom and get unlucky and lose my imei and then just restore my stock backup will I be okay?
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easiest is to just flash synergy. it backs it up for you without doing anything and, in my opinion, an awesome rom to try first anyways

I don't believe restoring your nandroid will fix your imei. You should backup using qpst and also with the flashable zip that synergy has now implemented to be safe

synergy made a script you can flash in cwm to back it up but it's not proven to restore yet since no one has had to
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imablackhat said:
synergy made a script you can flash in cwm to back it up but it's not proven to restore yet since no one has had to
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How rare is this issue? Like how many people has it happened to?
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werdna87 said:
How rare is this issue? Like how many people has it happened to?
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16
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16
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In total? How do you know?
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Haha yeha how do you know? I've flashed like a total of three times today and just reverted back to stock. Stock rom still the best for me.. I miss the jelly bean awesomeness from my gnex. Can't wait for it to be stable.
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imablackhat said:
I want to flash custom roms but I don't want to be that guy to lose his imei. Now question is. If I backup my stock rom via cwm and flash a rom and get unlucky and lose my imei and then just restore my stock backup will I be okay?
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What if! If we always waited for what if we would get no where. Take your chances live life to fullest and just have fun! Take all the precautions and take your licks as they come. This is strong commuity and there is always help here. So go out there and flash some roms and enjoy.
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pyunny said:
I don't believe restoring your nandroid will fix your imei. You should backup using qpst and also with the flashable zip that synergy has now implemented to be safe
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Isn't there a way to also back up using terminal emulator right on your device? I believe the file gets back up right on your SD card and then you can restore from there....

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Isn't there a way to also back up using terminal emulator right on your device? I believe the file gets back up right on your SD card and then you can restore from there....
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That backs up your EFS partition, block or what ever you want to call it. Restoring that will allow you to get data back but you will always be roaming. I have backed up my EFS, backed up using QPST and did the manual way of backing up Synergy style. You can never be too safe. Synergy is a nice rom but if you don't want to flash it there is directions on how to pull the info that the Synergy script does.

OutdoorOBW said:
That backs up your EFS partition, block or what ever you want to call it. Restoring that will allow you to get data back but you will always be roaming. I have backed up my EFS, backed up using QPST and did the manual way of backing up Synergy style. You can never be too safe. Synergy is a nice rom but if you don't want to flash it there is directions on how to pull the info that the Synergy script does.
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Thanks for the info.
So if you just root and unlock there is nothing to worry about with this I assume? Also, TW ICS Roms should be safe? Is it just when flashing an JB ROM this issue can arise?

Just rooting and unlocking you should be fine. Flashing any ROM has the possibility of losing your IMEI but it seems more prevalent on AOSP ROMs.
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Moral of the story is even if you back up your imei your probably gonna be stuck on roaming forever.
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xsteven77x said:
Moral of the story is even if you back up your imei your probably gonna be stuck on roaming forever.
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So what's the point of backing it up if you lose it and restore it you are still stuck with a roaming device. And not functioning how it should be stock.
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imablackhat said:
So what's the point of backing it up if you lose it and restore it you are still stuck with a roaming device. And not functioning how it should be stock.
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I think it shows an R for roaming but you are actually not roaming. So your device supposedly is working, just has a graphical glitch. At least the device works I guess but still sucks and would send back for another one anyway.
Wonder why if this gets screwed they make it impossible to recover from. Even if you bring it to Verizon they can't do anything about it?

If this happens and you have insurance. You 'lost your phone' and get a new one haha
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[Q] Installed beta build before official release, any way to update w/o losing apps?

Sorry, new guy here. I was getting tired of waiting for Jelly Bean to arrive on my GS3, so I decided to install a leaked build. I want to update my build to the most recent one (preferably the official one), is there a way to do that without losing my applications and application data?

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Sorry, new guy here. I was getting tired of waiting for Jelly Bean to arrive on my GS3, so I decided to install a leaked build. I want to update my build to the most recent one (preferably the official one), is there a way to do that without losing my applications and application data?
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The leaked is the official is you are in BLK3
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kintwofan said:
The leaked is the official is you are in BLK3
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I'm using BLK1, so how would I update it? I've tried checking Software Update on the "About Phone" and nothing comes up.

Syflox said:
I'm using BLK1, so how would I update it? I've tried checking Software Update on the "About Phone" and nothing comes up.
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You won't get the ota because Verizon doesn't recognize the version you are on. the best way to where you are is to flash it I Odin. Follow section five here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28530394
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kintwofan said:
You won't get the ota because Verizon doesn't recognize the version you are on. the best way to where you are is to flash it I Odin. Follow section five here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28530394
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Thanks! Also, how would I save my applications? It says that it is a full wipe. I have Titanium Backup Pro but not sure on how to restore backups. Does Titanium Backup save app data as well?

Syflox said:
Thanks! Also, how would I save my applications? It says that it is a full wipe. I have Titanium Backup Pro but not sure on how to restore backups. Does Titanium Backup save app data as well?
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Yes it does. By full wipe it formats internal sd card so make sure to backup anything you want to keep
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You may also want to check out this thread:
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974114
It's a "no-wipe" version, but the preferred method is to full wipe when changing to a new rom it seems. Less possible problems show up.

flashing new kernel help

was woundering could i flash lean kernel to my cleanrom i dont want to re install my rom again. or do i have to flash clean rom again and then the kernel and then if i wanted to go back to stock kernal would i reflash the kernel? or restore my rom thanks!

Yes, boot into recovery:
-Wipe cache
-Wipe dalvik caxhe
-Flash Leankernel TW zip since you're using CleanROM
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so i can install it on my existing rom right now no need to install again thanks

nikkifm said:
so i can install it on my existing rom right now no need to install again thanks
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Yes, do what the post above u said. U don't have to reflash the rom just to change kernels. If u want to go back to the one that comes with cleanrom then u can dirty flash the rom.
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thank you for your reply! may try if up to it had to reflash my clean rom after testing a asop rom that whiped my card still cant figure out why it doesnt have my phone information or be able to revice calls or texts when ive tired carbon rom and ive also pop in sim again still nothing.

nikkifm said:
thank you for your reply! may try if up to it had to reflash my clean rom after testing a asop rom that whiped my card still cant figure out why it doesnt have my phone information or be able to revice calls or texts when ive tired carbon rom and ive also pop in sim again still nothing.
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Your internal sd card isn't wiped, the contents have been moved to /sdcard/0 because of the way multi-user is introduced with JB 4.2.
What issue are you experiencing right now with phone information? Did you lose your IMEI and ERI?
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Your internal sd card isn't wiped, the contents have been moved to /sdcard/0 because of the way multi-user is introduced with JB 4.2.
What issue are you experiencing right now with phone information? Did you lose your IMEI and ERI?
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+1
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well when i tired out a asop rom in the past i was having a issue with my number not showing up in the status and the correct imei i think i wasnt able to recive any phone calls or texts and i know i whiped the internal sd before install so i dont know think ill stay with touch wiz i know that is probley the most stable rom right now

nikkifm said:
well when i tired out a asop rom in the past i was having a issue with my number not showing up in the status and the correct imei i think i wasnt able to recive any phone calls or texts and i know i whiped the internal sd before install so i dont know think ill stay with touch wiz i know that is probley the most stable rom right now
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You probably just had to go into mobile Networks/and change CDMA to RUIM/Sim so that it would recognize your sim card. The 4.2 roms sometimes change this without you knowing.
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i think i had it on there still had the issue could you post screen shot of it?

nikkifm said:
i think i had it on there still had the issue could you post screen shot of it?
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I'm on TW so no I can't, it's only accessible in that path on AOSP. Just make sure to change it back to Sim before flashing a TW rom because that carries over onto your next rom.
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thanks i think im just going to stay on cleanrom but i think i did that and still nothing change ill check it again if i go do it

any guides to it?

nikkifm said:
any guides to it?
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To what exactly?
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Bbeats.vrui535vrucml1

Hello Friends, This is BRICKBEATS and I have just COOKED my first custom rom for the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III 4.3 from the recently released update. This is stock WITH KNOX APPS REMOVED AND SOME VZW BLOAT REMOVED, and was supposed to have root but it doesn't seem to work at this time. THIS IS A CWM FLASHABLE ZIP AND DOES NOT FLASH THE SECURED BOOTLOADERS, MODEM, OR RPM FILES!!!! I just flashed it to my phone less than an hour ago so any bugs are unknown as of yet. I figured we could all test it out and any input is appreciated. I will get screen shots soon!!! Enjoy
edit: wifi is broken
edit 2: give a decent amount of time for that first boot, it may take a battery pull and hard reset..
https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3vpr7udj39t1bm/d2vzw_signed_123013_203243.zip

YAY FIRST!

I think I know the answer to this but I just want to make sure. If we flash this are we still able to revert back to 4.1.2?
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Downloading now....will flash in the morning. Thanks for doing this!
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Dropbox is so going to block this by the morning.
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Aside from OTA, this is the first released ML1 ROM no? :good::victory:

caveritt said:
I think I know the answer to this but I just want to make sure. If we flash this are we still able to revert back to 4.1.2?
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i would think so, since its only flashing the system, cache, and kernel files in CWM

caveritt said:
I think I know the answer to this but I just want to make sure. If we flash this are we still able to revert back to 4.1.2?
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Yes if you do flash this rom you can in fact revert to 4.1.2 or any version of android built for this phone for that matter. All this is doing is just installing a rom that has the 4.3 base. If you do decide to go back, just flash a rom thats built on any other version of android for this phone.

this is actually a better rom option with more functionality...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2591895

^this right here shows maturity. I love whenever I see a dev telling people about other ROMs in a good light. I tip my hat to you, sir.
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[Q] Can I restore my phone when its with cyanogenmod?

I flashed with CM last January by following this tutorial 'http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/rom-cyanogenmod-10-2-official-nightly-t2382579'
If i restore my phone it'll go to cyanogenmod or to my old stock ROM? All of my apps will go? And my battery is getting drained a lot and I guess its due to candy crush?? Sorry for being noob!

Cynogen said:
I flashed with CM last January by following this tutorial 'http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/rom-cyanogenmod-10-2-official-nightly-t2382579'
If i restore my phone it'll go to cyanogenmod or to my old stock ROM? All of my apps will go? And my battery is getting drained a lot and I guess its due to candy crush?? Sorry for being noob!
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Did you take a backup of the stock ROM ? Then you probably can restore it to stock. Otherwise you will have flash via Odin or something. And yes if you flash stock rom you will lose all your app data but you can save apps then reinstall after reverting back to stock
Take a look at this too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/ref-guide-to-galaxy-s-ii-android-04-10-t1125282
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atulkris said:
Did you take a backup of the stock ROM ? Then you probably can restore it to stock. Otherwise you will have flash via Odin or something. And yes if you flash stock rom you will lose all your app data but you can save apps then reinstall after reverting back to stock
Take a look at this too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/ref-guide-to-galaxy-s-ii-android-04-10-t1125282
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Or i can flash into stock rom right? and where can i get the stock samsung task manager?

Yes you can flash it
But I don't understand what do you mean by stock task manager
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