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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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1ManWolfePack said:
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] Need help reverting back to cleanrom 2.1 from 4.5

I did a titanium backup before flashing Cleanrom 4.5 to include rpm and radio. I was very happy with cleanrom 2.1 and need to revert back due to poor battery life, very poor. Can someone help with the steps to revert including tibu help? I tried a search, but the search function is temporarily unavailable. I only see restore apps and data in tibu and not sure if that will revert me completely. I also think I need to flash the old rpm and radio, but am not sure. I waited 2 days for the system to stabilize, but no love. I also loaded crap mods and acidmusic mods, but don't think that is the battery drain problem. I am on vacation and need to fix this as I need my phone battery to last. Any help would be appreciated.

what framework was 2.1 built on?

Karl said:
what framework was 2.1 built on?
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You mean ICS?

lol... no like VRLEC

Karl said:
lol... no like VRLEC
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It was ICS VRALG1 4.0.4
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any modem.zips or rpm.zip you will need can be found here ( as always there is a chance of borke)
flash modem and rpm and with TB restore user apps+data only
http://goo.gl/jmLth
http://goo.gl/5kdPU

Titanium backup is only for apps and data to revert to 2.1 you will need to flash it in recovery and then flash the modern separately.
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funnyperson1 said:
Titanium backup is only for apps and data to revert to 2.1 you will need to flash it in recovery and then flash the modern separately.
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good advice. Any help on 2.1 clean rom location. ?

ULEWZ said:
good advice. Any help on 2.1 clean rom location. ?
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Search for it on Scrosler's website under: VZW GSIII/Recent Archives
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Search for it on Scrosler's website under: VZW GSIII/Recent Archives
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Found it on my sd card. As soon as the phone charges I will give it a go. Thanks for the quick responses.

Also don't forget, you will need to do a "Wipe/Factory Reset" before you flash CR2.1

funnyperson1 said:
Also don't forget, you will need to do a "Wipe/Factory Reset" before you flash CR2.1
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Thanks. I wiped everything. Reverted back and battery life instantly improved. Will wait for a clean rom kernel before I upgrade again.

[Q] Updating CM10 - is that safe and possible?

Just a quick question but an important one. Is it safe and that easy to update my CM10 just through:
Options -> About Phone -> CyanogenMod updates?
Do I need to know something else?
Thank you for reading in advance!

Svolacius said:
Just a quick question but an important one. Is it safe and that easy to update my CM10 just through:
Options -> About Phone -> CyanogenMod updates?
Do I need to know something else?
Thank you for reading in advance!
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Well it may be helpful to know which device you are runing and to which version you are planing to update.
MrBerni

I'm using Samsung Galaxy S i9000, Android 4.1.2, CyanogenMod 10.
There is a new Nightly version of it.
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Svolacius said:
I'm using Samsung Galaxy S i9000, Android 4.1.2, CyanogenMod 10.
There is a new Nightly version of it.
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Ah ok... So there should be no problem updating from one nightly to another.
But to be safe make a nandroid backup before updating. Personally I never used the updater. Just downlod the nightly the usual way (or use the updater to download the rom) and flash it in recovery. Wipe cache and dalvik prior to that.
MrBerni

I do not need to factory reset, right?
And I need to do is install the zip from sd card and that's all? No gapps installing?
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Svolacius said:
I do not need to factory reset, right?
And I need to do is install the zip from sd card and that's all? No gapps installing?
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No need for factory reset as long as there are no problems afterwards. So make a nandroid to be on the safe side.
GApps will be backuped and restored during the update process so no need to reflash them. Again: As long as there are no problems with it afterwards.
So just downlod the rom, boot to recovery, make nandroid backup, wipe cache and dalvik cache and then flash rom.
MrBerni

Thank you for info
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if i flash a newer ROM do i lose everything on the phone?

hi everyone, i have unlocked and rooted my htc one and installed the google play rom (version 4.2.2)
now i want to update it to 4.3, i am just wondering if i flash the newer ROM will i lose all the stuff on the phone, or does it simply update the OS?

If doing an OEM update then I don't believe you'd lose everything on the device. However, it is always better to be on the side of caution so backup your data through Google.
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obscuresword said:
If doing an OEM update then I don't believe you'd lose everything on the device. However, it is always better to be on the side of caution so backup your data through Google.
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exactly

inkd138 said:
hi everyone, i have unlocked and rooted my htc one and installed the google play rom (version 4.2.2)
now i want to update it to 4.3, i am just wondering if i flash the newer ROM will i lose all the stuff on the phone, or does it simply update the OS?
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If you manage to update over-the-air, you will very probably lose root but not your data. Need to re-root afterwards and a Nandroid just in case doesn't hurt either.

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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