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Phone stuck on "Activating... " after installing slimbean

Like the title says, my phone will not activate. I was using liquid smooth 4.2.1 beta1b. It was running flawlessly then I saw the slimbean 4.2.1 beta release and did a clean flash. When first turning on, i selected english then went to the next screen where it was stuck on "Activating... " and never activated. I booted into cwm and my backups disappeared, so i reinstalled liquidsmooth and got the same error. So then I figured it was my modem so i installed vrblk13 (i think it is... the newest one), rebooted and got the same error of not finding service. So after this I odin'd back to stock jelly bean, still no service. What could it be??
Do i need to odin back to ics or something? Im so lossed at this point as to what it could be. Settings wont even show my number as if the sim card isnt in, but it definitley is as ive taken it out and put it back in..
Any help GREATLY appreciated

jeffhoe said:
Like the title says, my phone will not activate. I was using liquid smooth 4.2.1 beta1b. It was running flawlessly then I saw the slimbean 4.2.1 beta release and did a clean flash. When first turning on, i selected english then went to the next screen where it was stuck on "Activating... " and never activated. I booted into cwm and my backups disappeared, so i reinstalled liquidsmooth and got the same error. So then I figured it was my modem so i installed vrblk13 (i think it is... the newest one), rebooted and got the same error of not finding service. So after this I odin'd back to stock jelly bean, still no service. What could it be??
Do i need to odin back to ics or something? Im so lossed at this point as to what it could be. Settings wont even show my number as if the sim card isnt in, but it definitley is as ive taken it out and put it back in..
Any help GREATLY appreciated
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After you attempt to make a call, which won't work.
Go to Settings.
Mobile NetWork
CDMA Subscription
Switch from NV -> RUIM/SIM
Reboot.
Try to see if you can make a call.

Thank you very much, that did the trick. Any chance you can explain what that did, and if i went back to 4.2 if it'd make it work? (im back to 4.1.2 pa

jeffhoe said:
Thank you very much, that did the trick. Any chance you can explain what that did, and if i went back to 4.2 if it'd make it work? (im back to 4.1.2 pa
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It flipped the phone from using MEID based authentication to RUIM authentication ( the LTE sim)
The same thing happened to me when i flashed cm10.1 I originally thought it killed my imei.

[Q] Only Have 4g with CM 10.1

I've tried everything from flashing back to stock 4.0.4 with those radios to re provisioning to trying other custom roms. My 4g only works when I flash CM10.1 and change my cdma subscription to ruim/sim. Any ideas what could be going on or how i can fix it?

Oglar said:
I've tried everything from flashing back to stock 4.0.4 with those radios to re provisioning to trying other custom roms. My 4g only works when I flash CM10.1 and change my cdma subscription to ruim/sim. Any ideas what could be going on or how i can fix it?
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If the CM10.1 is only thing that works you did not Odin back and reset correctly. Those are the 2 options and both work.

prdog1 said:
If the CM10.1 is only thing that works you did not Odin back and reset correctly. Those are the 2 options and both work.
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Basically what I've done so far:
I followed section #5 of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709 to reset back to stock, and was not getting 4g. So I followed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974114 to upgrade to 4.1.1 and to root/unlock the bootloader. I then flashed back into CM10.1 and it originally showed roaming so i switched to ruim/sim and 4g did show back up. I try to make a call from cm10.1 and wasn't able too. I then thought maybe it was the IEMI/ERI issue. So I dropped it back to 4.0.4 and followed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1867442 to see if they needed repaired, and everything was correct. I then flashed to root66 and did a provisioning and am still stuck on 3g. And that is currently where I am at.
After a little more messing around with it I flashed back to CM10.1 (all builds I have used were dated past 12/24) and was on roaming. I did the ruim/sim, and then flashed to a stock 4.1.1 and 4g showed up for a little but still had the same problem of not being able to make a phone call. I receive "mobile network not available"

[Q] radio issues cannot make recive calls,txt,data phone on roaming mode

hi every one i dont know what to do now at this point i flashed my phone to the cyanogenmod 10.1 nightly which worked but the problem i started to have was could not send txt or calls but could browse the web on 4g so i though i would just restore from my back up of recovery image i did back to original stock which i noticed the proble still ocurred then i tried flashing to another rom called smooth liquid which now at this point it was only stuck on roaming my phone does seem to have the imei still in place, ive been reading aroud and did odin flash to stock touchwiz rom but still did not correct apparantly something messed up with the radio i went to the other forum were i woul dhave to flash the radio i tried the first one which was the lates one vrlk3 modem but when i tried to flash it in clockwork mod it gave me some error saying bad install so i attemted the one below that modem which is VRLK1 which flashed successfully but still did not seem to fix my service issue i read something about RPM on that same forum but there was many options to download i didnt know which one or if i even had to please help me someone. :crying:

Which build did you odin back to? Also did you do the reprovision code in the dialer? If not odin the F2 ICS build and put this in the dialer... *2767*3855#

x714x said:
Which build did you odin back to? Also did you do the reprovision code in the dialer? If not odin the F2 ICS build and put this in the dialer... *2767*3855#
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the build or what it says here is COMBINATION_I535VRBLK3_I535VZWBLK3_381038_REV09_user_low_ship.tar which is the jelly bean official ota

Flash this with odin http://goo.im/devs/invisiblek/i535/HOME_I535VRALF2_I535VZWALF2_618049_REV09_user_low_ship.tar.md5 and then in the dialer put *2767*3855# that should fix you up. Then just odin back to the K3 JB release.

ok thanks lets hope this works im trying this right now lets see what happens would it matter if im currently rooted??

droidman89 said:
ok thanks lets hope this works im trying this right now lets see what happens would it matter if im currently rooted??
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do i have to do any radio flashing in addition to this stock rom flash?

x714x said:
Flash this with odin http://goo.im/devs/invisiblek/i535/HOME_I535VRALF2_I535VZWALF2_618049_REV09_user_low_ship.tar.md5 and then in the dialer put *2767*3855# that should fix you up. Then just odin back to the K3 JB release.
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Thanks a million man you saved my life it worked thanks again

Youre welcome!

It Worked
I just want to say this post saved me tonight. I had searched the forums and tried everything to get my phone operational after flashing Slim's 4.2.1 ROM; which I learned I should not have done ... too late. I was stuck on roaming and no matter what I tried nothing worked until I found this post.
Thank you so much for your help.

[Q] Cannot acquire data connections

I'm having an odd issue. I've been running the latest Hyperdrive ROM release on my S3 for about a year now, but I can't stand Touchwiz ROM's so I've tried flashing AOSP ROM's such as CM, AOKP, even Beanstalk. I love all of these ROMs for tons of reasons but I keep running into the same problem, everything works great but I can't receive mobile data. My mobile network state is Disconnected and I have no idea how to fix that. I can text, call, and connect to wifi fine, but no mobile data. I've backed up my EFS but I'm not sure that's connected to the same thing. I have the network set to "CDMA/LTE" (would be more specific but each ROM has it different), but for whatever reason the APN settings are inaccessible. The menu option is clearly there but I cannot open it to ensure I'm using the LTE APN. I decided to give this another go yesterday, and still no dice. However upon restoring my CWM backup of Hyperdrive, I have now lost 4G and am stuck on 3G. My network type now shows eHRPD and while I can access my APN's (I was always able to on Touchwiz ROMs) I can tap on the Verizon LTE APN, but it seems to make absolutely no change to the actual APN. In fact when I reboot it it defaults back to eHRPD all over again.
So, 1. have I somehow screwed myself over? and 2. what am I missing with AOSP based ROMs?
Thanks for any and all help.

TheCing said:
I'm having an odd issue. I've been running the latest Hyperdrive ROM release on my S3 for about a year now, but I can't stand Touchwiz ROM's so I've tried flashing AOSP ROM's such as CM, AOKP, even Beanstalk. I love all of these ROMs for tons of reasons but I keep running into the same problem, everything works great but I can't receive mobile data. My mobile network state is Disconnected and I have no idea how to fix that. I can text, call, and connect to wifi fine, but no mobile data. I've backed up my EFS but I'm not sure that's connected to the same thing. I have the network set to "CDMA/LTE" (would be more specific but each ROM has it different), but for whatever reason the APN settings are inaccessible. The menu option is clearly there but I cannot open it to ensure I'm using the LTE APN. I decided to give this another go yesterday, and still no dice. However upon restoring my CWM backup of Hyperdrive, I have now lost 4G and am stuck on 3G. My network type now shows eHRPD and while I can access my APN's (I was always able to on Touchwiz ROMs) I can tap on the Verizon LTE APN, but it seems to make absolutely no change to the actual APN. In fact when I reboot it it defaults back to eHRPD all over again.
So, 1. have I somehow screwed myself over? and 2. what am I missing with AOSP based ROMs?
Thanks for any and all help.
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I would try flashing a stock ROM such as the one on ScottsROMs.com
The 4.3 stock rooted, OTA disabled, UNlocled boot loader and no Knox.
See if you can get data with that. Firmware for the radio may have gotten messed up, and this would re-write that data (long shot, but worth a try). Another option would be to re-flash the radio maybe.
And now that I think of it, which radio are you on? MF1, ML1, NE1? Because I think I read somewhere that certain ROMs require a certain radio newer than _____ (don't remember which radio).

XdrummerXboy said:
I would try flashing a stock ROM such as the one on ScottsROMs.com
The 4.3 stock rooted, OTA disabled, UNlocled boot loader and no Knox.
See if you can get data with that. Firmware for the radio may have gotten messed up, and this would re-write that data (long shot, but worth a try). Another option would be to re-flash the radio maybe.
And now that I think of it, which radio are you on? MF1, ML1, NE1? Because I think I read somewhere that certain ROMs require a certain radio newer than _____ (don't remember which radio).
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Thanks for the help. I flashed a 4.3 ROM as you suggested, and no difference. I then chased some threads around and decided to just factory reset it as if I was going to return it. Still nothing, I get 3G, not LTE. I was using MB1 before I flashed an AOSP ROM, at which point I flashed the MF1 firmware and then the ML1 modem. That did nothing to fix my issue. I'm not quite sure what else I can do at this point.

TheCing said:
Thanks for the help. I flashed a 4.3 ROM as you suggested, and no difference. I then chased some threads around and decided to just factory reset it as if I was going to return it. Still nothing, I get 3G, not LTE. I was using MB1 before I flashed an AOSP ROM, at which point I flashed the MF1 firmware and then the ML1 modem. That did nothing to fix my issue. I'm not quite sure what else I can do at this point.
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Hmm... ML1 should be new enough.
That's a bizarre issue.
For me, I mainly get 3G. It seems as if either Verizon pulled some LTE towers near me, or my data antenna doesn't have very good contact. Maybe you're having the same issue.
Do you EVER get 4G? Or literally never?

[Q] No Signal - Modem Broken?

Problem Solved - I restored the CM12 backup and now I have signal. Do you folks think I will continue to have problems if I attempt to go back to KK again?
After trying the CM12 Nightlies, I decided i wasn't a fan and decided to try some KitKat AOSP Roms before going back to CM11. My first mistake was installing the AOKP Rom which wasn't officially supported for the Sprint version. During set up I realized that there was no cell data and tried to unroot. My second mistake was when I got cell signal back; I decided to test if the initial loss of signal was just a fluke. Re rooted and reflased the same AOKP rom. Once again i lost cell signal. However, when I unrooted to stock this time there was no cell signal on the stock rom. I have no idea how to fix it. I've tried to flash the .pit i saw in another post and tried to use the "Phone EFS Clear" in Odin to no avail. At this point I'm rooted with a the Stock ROM and no cell signal. I realize I got myself into this mess by being dumb but I could really use the help in fixing the issue.
Info - Rooted with TWRP Recovery running Out of Box Stock Rom.

APN fix!
This will fix signal issues!

Thanks, if I go back to a KK ROM and have the same issue I'll have to try it out.