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Ok, EVERY ics or above rom wipes my imei and renders the phone useless. I'm not a noob by any means, I follow the directions to the letter, and the imei number is toast EVERY time! I even backed it up, restored it... but it still shows just a bunch of stars. What in the world am I doing wrong?
The trouble started when I flashed the a mtd jb rom. I restored from the backup, got data back, but phone had no sound during calls. I had to go back to stock via a one click to restore the imei number. I was running jb right up until the mtd change. Now, I can't run ANYTHING, CM7 or above. No matter how or what I flash, it wipes the imei
I've been working on this for a week now, can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I'm lost and back to gingerbread until I figure something out. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
klloyd said:
Ok, EVERY ics or above rom wipes my imei and renders the phone useless. I'm not a noob by any means, I follow the directions to the letter, and the imei number is toast EVERY time! I even backed it up, restored it... but it still shows just a bunch of stars. What in the world am I doing wrong?
The trouble started when I flashed the a mtd jb rom. I restored from the backup, got data back, but phone had no sound during calls. I had to go back to stock via a one click to restore the imei number. I was running jb right up until the mtd change. Now, I can't run ANYTHING, CM7 or above. No matter how or what I flash, it wipes the imei
I've been working on this for a week now, can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I'm lost and back to gingerbread until I figure something out. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Just wondering. Did you back it up with the EFS in the Infuse Toolkit? According to the OP, EFS Partition Backup (protect your phone's IMEI information, find unlock info) forum.xd
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1702026
No, I used what ever the app is posted on the jb pages. Quick and simple. Makes a folder called eds backup. Inside u find a .tar file with the whole folder zipped up. I didn't find a place in the toolkit for restoring just that info. I can't even do.cm7 now, anything above gingerbread wipes the imei number, every single time.
If there were a one click to ice or jb, might would help. Beats me. I'm.completely stumped now. Never had trouble flashing anything.
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No, I used what ever the app is posted on the jb pages. Quick and simple. Makes a folder called eds backup. Inside u find a .tar file with the whole folder zipped up. I didn't find a place in the toolkit for restoring just that info. I can't even do.cm7 now, anything above gingerbread wipes the imei number, every single time.
If there were a one click to ice or jb, might would help. Beats me. I'm.completely stumped now. Never had trouble flashing anything.
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Which JB were you trying to use? You might as well one click back to GB, try the toolkit in CWM, back up the EFS, and then flash one of the ICS ROMS. After flashing ICS ROM and before you reboot, use the toolkit to restore EFS and test it to see if it works. Not sure why it is happening with ICS but you never know what will work sometimes. That's half the fun of testing and most of the frustration of testing.
I know ALL about frustrating! You know, with all I've done, restoring it BEFORE I reboot on the install hasn't even entered my mind! Ill give it a shot. As for which one.... all of them of course!
Ill look closer at the toolkit, maybe it will work. Ill let you know!
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I know ALL about frustrating! You know, with all I've done, restoring it BEFORE I reboot on the install hasn't even entered my mind! Ill give it a shot. As for which one.... all of them of course!
Ill look closer at the toolkit, maybe it will work. Ill let you know!
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Just curious, but what version of cwm are you flashing from? It was suggested somewhere that it may depend upon if your flashing from cwm5/6 or 3/2, and I believe it may be true.
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OK, I've backed up the efs folder via the toolkit, BUT, nowhere.in there is there an option to restore it. I looked and looked! Whole rom,, different scripts, nothing about restoring the info u just backed up.
Now I went from red cwm to cm9, blue, early version. Everything was working fine until I switched from Scott's 8/31 build to cypher.(is that right?) Cyphers worked fine, but I've never been able to flash any other rom since, unless its a gingerbread rom. They all fail. The failures started with paranoid 2.0 9/6 build. I had no trouble until then. I've run every rom out there at one time or another, never had a moments trouble. Now on the other hand, I'm stuck!
BTW, I've even tried roms prior to mtd, still wipes the imei number. That is cm7, cm9 early versions.
klloyd said:
OK, I've backed up the efs folder via the toolkit, BUT, nowhere.in there is there an option to restore it. I looked and looked! Whole rom,, different scripts, nothing about restoring the info u just backed up.
Now I went from red cwm to cm9, blue, early version. Everything was working fine until I switched from Scott's 8/31 build to cypher.(is that right?) Cyphers worked fine, but I've never been able to flash any other rom since, unless its a gingerbread rom. They all fail. The failures started with paranoid 2.0 9/6 build. I had no trouble until then. I've run every rom out there at one time or another, never had a moments trouble. Now on the other hand, I'm stuck!
BTW, I've even tried roms prior to mtd, still wipes the imei number. That is cm7, cm9 early versions.
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Here you go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1858842&highlight=restore+efs
I actually did the search on here... most of which pertains to the nexus and its imei being incorrect due to a GPS file. The windows file, efspro I've found is missing files, or doesn't work in.windows 7. I've not made it to trying Odin yet, but I'm gonna try tonight. The part that is confusingbme is, why can't I flash files BEFORE mtd? Something has changed...
I've been flashing things since the very day the captivate came out, I've not had trouble till now. Maybe someone can make a heimdall one.click to jb with the new filing system...? I'd pay $20 for for one!
So here's the deal, I'm trying to restore my stock rooted 2.3.4 GB ROM. Eaglesblood is cool and all, but as of yesterday it started doing a bunch of sketchy stuff. I can't even connect to my t-mobile wireless network anymore. Just doesn't work. I also need wi-fi calling and video recording, so it's time for me to leave ICS (after a week or so lol). So I did a full wipe, formatted the system, cache and data. Went to backup/restore chose restore and chose the backup I made the very first day that I rooted my phone. It starts checking the MD5 sums....after about a minute I get an error saying "MD5 SUM MISMATCH." How do I fix this? I'm trapped in ICS and want back to GB please someone help free me. So after all of that I had no choice but to reflash eaglesblood and now I'm at where I started.
There's an option in cwm under advanced to toggle off md5 check, I think. That may work. But if the md5 is different than before it means something changed in your backup so it may not work.
If you're transferring stuff over usb a lot it gets messed up, I always have issues with that. I use airdroid to transfer files between pc and phone.
You gotta be kidding me......I transferred the back up to my PC to save room on my phone. I put it back into my phone yesterday because I knew I was probably going to use it today. So you're telling me there is no way for me to get back to my 2.3.4 stock rooted ROM because I transferred the file over a USB cable?
Pain-N-Panic said:
You gotta be kidding me......I transferred the back up to my PC to save room on my phone. I put it back into my phone yesterday because I knew I was probably going to use it today. So you're telling me there is no way for me to get back to my 2.3.4 stock rooted ROM because I transferred the file over a USB cable?
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Just flash Burom or kewes 2.3.4 rooted stock.
Ive had issues with backups getting corrupted with CWM, not sure why, and has never happened with TWRP.
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I've tried searching for kewes' rooted 2.3.4 stock rom but can't find it. Got a link? I need to get off ICS...
I don't get it...this ROM was working GREAT the first week I had it. I was warned about all the errors that ICS/JB roms have on this device but during the first week of application I thought everybody was nuts......now everything screwed more than ever. I've always wanted to try hellfire CM7...might just flash that instead what the hell
Pain-N-Panic said:
I've tried searching for kewes' rooted 2.3.4 stock rom but can't find it. Got a link? I need to get off ICS...
I don't get it...this ROM was working GREAT the first week I had it. I was warned about all the errors that ICS/JB roms have on this device but during the first week of application I thought everybody was nuts......now everything screwed more than ever. I've always wanted to try hellfire CM7...might just flash that instead what the hell
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...ed Stock v21y 2.3.4 GRJ22 + Add-Ons in the OP
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Thanks for those man. As an afterthought, idk if this means anything but I realized that my Emmc folder was mounted, which contains the backups in cwm. Cwm under the SD card did not contain a backup file. Could this be an issue? I discovered this using file manager
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Hi All,
I was using GT-I9003 with XXKPE ROM on 2.3.6 GB.
Rooted the phone and installed CM10 A4 (JB) and it was running fine for 1 month.
Suddenly one day, the phone was stuck in flight mode and cannot connect to the carrier.
When I checked, the IMEI is blank and baseband is unknown. Wifi and other services were working without any issue.
I have a backup of EFS folder taken while installing CM10/Nandroid backup but restoring the files did not help.
Tried manual copy of nvdata file with root explorer, EFS pro but IMEI is still blank.
Moved to stock ROM but still the phone does not take backed up EFS information.
Is there a way to restore IMEI information without motherboard replacement ?
Regards,
Ram
Sorry but need your help too.
Rampraz said:
Hi All,
I was using GT-I9003 with XXKPE ROM on 2.3.6 GB.
Rooted the phone and installed CM10 A4 (JB) and it was running fine for 1 month.
Suddenly one day, the phone was stuck in flight mode and cannot connect to the carrier.
When I checked, the IMEI is blank and baseband is unknown. Wifi and other services were working without any issue.
I have a backup of EFS folder taken while installing CM10/Nandroid backup but restoring the files did not help.
Tried manual copy of nvdata file with root explorer, EFS pro but IMEI is still blank.
Moved to stock ROM but still the phone does not take backed up EFS information.
Is there a way to restore IMEI information without motherboard replacement ?
Regards,
Ram
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Rooted mine as well but now am also stuck with overheating and other lots of problems. kindly tell me how you moved to the stock rom. sorry i had no help to your problems. Thank you.
mendak1957 said:
Rooted mine as well but now am also stuck with overheating and other lots of problems. kindly tell me how you moved to the stock rom. sorry i had no help to your problems. Thank you.
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You can move to the custom ROM by flashing the XXK** stock rom from odin.
Okay, I had upgraded to 10.1 Aries and it was working fine and I tried changing some things with UOT kitchen and I got a "no service" problem. I have tried reinstalling from stock a couple of times but it doesn't make any difference. tried flashing a different modem and that didn't work either. The phone boots up and wi-fi works, but not the phone or data. Tried flashing an efs restore file and that didn't work either. Bill's paid for tmobile. I tried restoring from a nandroid backup and there is no change. IMEI is all zeros IMEI SV is 02 mobile network state is disconnected.
what to do?
Flash back to stock then reflash cm10.1
I use this one click to restore my IMEI/service issues
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500427
Then flash an ICS ROM
Flash CM10.1
Cooptx said:
I use this one click to restore my IMEI/service issues
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500427
Then flash an ICS ROM
Flash CM10.1
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er... I flashed back to stock about three times and it didn't make any difference. I used Odin to flash KC1, then KJ6, then a kernel with CWM.
Have you upgraded from a GB ROM to an Team Acid ICS ROM? Their upgrade script automatically backs up you efs files.
Try extracting the tar file from the backup and taking the contents and stick it in the efs folder. That worked for me once :/ there is also a script Team Acid posted per my request somewhere in the Stupid Questions Thread.
Check this out ! :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035032
Flash back to stock then flash aries release 3. Next time u get the no connection turn off wifi and just wait longer. Sometimes it just takes a bit after boot. Reflashing the modem (make sure you are flashing fb padded modem). That should do it. I started reflashing a modem after aries every time then realized i just had to wait an extra 20 seconds after booting up. Release 3 pretty good with this
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I have the same issue. Had been running Aries beanstalk since it came out, switched to dao's pacman and after a couple days it seems the radio chip quit or something. Tried different modems, restoring nandroid, flashed back to stock, went and got a new Sim card. Nada. So... Yeah I had to pay 5 bucks for a new phone lol
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After doing more testing.. Kb5 and kc1 dont flash... You need to flash kd1 and up and make sure they are padded.
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And if u do install aries then flash kc1 by mistake it will say baseband unknown imei unknown.. But you dont have to do one click.. Just flash padded kd1 ki1 lb6 anything besides kb5 and kc1. I think it has to do with byte size of modem file.
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Hit me up with your old one
Check this out ! :
DD-Ripper's Secret
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Haha I gotta mail it back to them
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guess i'm f**ked then...well I giot a galaxy 3 somewhere around the apt, not a galaxy s 3 but the little fat one with the tiny screen:crying: I can still take pictures with the phone
I don't remember exactly where but there should be a folder on your SD card with all the efs backups created when you upgraded to mtd.
The filename should be efs-backup.tar and it could also have numbers in the backup name
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In a folder called backup
That is where I found mine
Check this out ! :
DD-Ripper's Secret
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mine too. i'm always checking that folder because I always forget whats in it. I see it and am like what the hell is that and then, oh yeah....duh! was never really sure if that was good stuff in there. thankfully never had to use it......yet!
CSP III said:
mine too. i'm always checking that folder because I always forget whats in it. I see it and am like what the hell is that and then, oh yeah....duh! was never really sure if that was good stuff in there. thankfully never had to use it......yet!
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I tried restoring from some other efs backup but I'll look around and see if there is any more backups. I have the sd card saved on my hard disk as well. There should be several backups. Somehow, though, I don't think its the imei or 10.1 is storing the IMEI in a different place or folder. This is too bad because the Aries version of 10.1 is really nice.
I pretty much have the same problem. After upgrading to 10.1 I can't get any reception even though I tried flashing stock and padded modems on 10.1.
i found several efs backups in the backup folder, but expanding them and replacing the efs folder on my phone makes no difference at all, IMEI is still 00000000 ..... unless 10.1 uses an efs folder in a different location that is. This is acting like there is a second backup location for the phone information that,if you don't delete it or overwrite it, restores the bad efs informaiton.
Nvm... deleted.
champ1919 said:
Nvm... deleted.
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Does anyone know whether the imei information is located in a different location with MTD roms? I have been using the efs folder.
back on my old Galaxy Apollo for the time being -- they are still developing for this phone. Must be a lot of them out there.
I have the same problem. I was using Aries 10.1 just fine. Everything worked great. Then all of a sudden I get no signal. I tried restoring back to stock oneclick w/ factory reset several times. I have an EFS backup which I've restored several times both manually and automatically. No signal, no baseband version, no IMEI. It says unknown on settings for IMEI.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cooptx said:
You can still get signal with an unknown imei it will just take a not longer the first time to connect. I know it isn't a fix but just a thought.
No luck here. I let it sit for 30+ minutes.
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Also worth nothing that while on CM7 I tried every modem without any success. And I did try doing the oneclick back to stock with the same outcome.
I tried flashing cm one day and after hours of not being able to connect to the network I realized my imei was deleted. I restored it flashed back to paranoid 4.3 but have been having connection issues. Next to no service in my house and places I had 4g I have 1 x or searching for service. I noticed my prl is 0, imeisv is 0 and also my eri set to 0. I flashed back to stock and everything was fine but as I excepted ota to upgrade firmware the mentioned above went back to zero. I believe I didn't do something correctly it's more than bad reception. Any ideas?
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So, to clarify, on stock you have normal connectivity and the imei and meid is present in settings>about phone>status?
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FC127 said:
So, to clarify, on stock you have normal connectivity and the imei and meid is present in settings>about phone>status?
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Sorry about that, the phone had normal connectivity when I went back to stock and in settings-about-status all values were present
Imei hex dex
Imeisv
Prl
I'm completely lost I have a feeling I didn't do something correctly when I restored imei. Either in qpst or In hidden menus on the phone. I just tried going back to out the box without any firmware updates and I have the same connectivity issues
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Restore from a previous TWRP or CWM backup. I had the same problem before and restoring a backup was the only thing that worked. I even tried manually restoring the IMEI through QPST without any progress.
I'll give it a try thanks
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For whatever reason I can't access my back ups. In twrp I go to restore and folder is empty. My back ups are on my sd card which I've used several times before. I tried going into install then go directly to that folder but nothing happens just goes into sub cater gory. I'm so lost this seems to not be a common issue so there's. Of a lot of info out there
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I recently got through this issue too. After fixing my IMEI, ERI and MEID my phone would recognize a network but could not make calls. What I had to do was ODIN back to a stock unrooted ROM then complete a factory reset from INSIDE THE ROM, not from recovery. Reflashing a nandroid from recovery wouldn't work and simply flashing to a stock ROM wouldn't work, it was only after doing a factory reset using the ROM (Menu->Settings->Backup and Reset->Factory data reset) that I got connectivity back fully. This might work with a Touchwiz rooted rom but I don't know for sure. Obviously after that you'll need to re-root and re-flash whatever ROM you want or restor from a previous saved backup. ABSOLUTELY backup your IMEI information, if I knew what I was doing the first time and knew how simple it was and how little time it takes I would have done that first and avoided all this hassle!!
postal302 said:
I recently got through this issue too. After fixing my IMEI, ERI and MEID my phone would recognize a network but could not make calls. What I had to do was ODIN back to a stock unrooted ROM then complete a factory reset from INSIDE THE ROM, not from recovery. Reflashing a nandroid from recovery wouldn't work and simply flashing to a stock ROM wouldn't work, it was only after doing a factory reset using the ROM (Menu->Settings->Backup and Reset->Factory data reset) that I got connectivity back fully. This might work with a Touchwiz rooted rom but I don't know for sure. Obviously after that you'll need to re-root and re-flash whatever ROM you want or restor from a previous saved backup. ABSOLUTELY backup your IMEI information, if I knew what I was doing the first time and knew how simple it was and how little time it takes I would have done that first and avoided all this hassle!!
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This seemed to of worked. This is the one issue I've had with this phone that seemed I wasn't going to be able to fix. It also doesn't seem to be a common issue so there isn't a lot of discussion about it. Thanks again I though I'd be stuck with my iphone5
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Maduro78 said:
This seemed to of worked. This is the one issue I've had with this phone that seemed I wasn't going to be able to fix. It also doesn't seem to be a common issue so there isn't a lot of discussion about it. Thanks again I though I'd be stuck with my iphone5
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I'm glad this worked for you. I was banging my head against the wall for a few days trying to figure this out. If you haven't already done it, back up your IMEI using the link in my last post. It literally takes only minutes and saves TONS of hassle.
postal302 said:
I'm glad this worked for you. I was banging my head against the wall for a few days trying to figure this out. If you haven't already done it, back up your IMEI using the link in my last post. It literally takes only minutes and saves TONS of hassle.
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where did you find a stock rom..EVERY link I have tried, seems to be down or no longer valid.
thanks
postal302 said:
I'm glad this worked for you. I was banging my head against the wall for a few days trying to figure this out. If you haven't already done it, back up your IMEI using the link in my last post. It literally takes only minutes and saves TONS of hassle.
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I was at the point I was gonna chalk this phone up as a loss. It doesn't seem like a common issue so there isn't a whole lot of help out there for this issue. I'm so glad I decided to check back in this thread. I can now afford to buy better presents for Xmas lol. You saved the day.
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DeathCry said:
where did you find a stock rom..EVERY link I have tried, seems to be down or no longer valid.
thanks
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I noticed the same thing. I've been using the same file for the last couple years without fail pm if you want it. Goo manager also has it.
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OP you MUST backup your IMEI. If you don't you are going to have a serious headache getting it back.
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DeathCry said:
where did you find a stock rom..EVERY link I have tried, seems to be down or no longer valid.
thanks
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Sorry I fell off the map on this, life's been busy lately!! All the links to the files I used are infact down. Were you able to get your hands on a stock rom? For all the repair work I used CleanROM, but I only flashed a stock ROM to do the factory reset. I'm actually wondering if doing a factory reset from the menu in CleanROM will do the same thing. Do your research so you don't brick your phone.
I went and looked on my computer and saw the file I used for a stock rom was a Root66 (pre-rooted) ROM.
For what it's worth, here's the links I used:
I started with this return to stock guide. Step three led me to this guide to flash a stock rom using ODIN. Step five of that guide had the links to the stock ROMs and stock pre-rooted ROMs. I was having trouble downloading a 4.1.2 ROM so I used a 4.1.1 instead.
If you still need a stock ROM let me know and I'll find a way to get the one I used to you.
postal302 said:
Sorry I fell off the map on this, life's been busy lately!! All the links to the files I used are infact down. Were you able to get your hands on a stock rom? For all the repair work I used CleanROM, but I only flashed a stock ROM to do the factory reset. I'm actually wondering if doing a factory reset from the menu in CleanROM will do the same thing. Do your research so you don't brick your phone.
I went and looked on my computer and saw the file I used for a stock rom was a Root66 (pre-rooted) ROM.
For what it's worth, here's the links I used:
I started with this return to stock guide. Step three led me to this guide to flash a stock rom using ODIN. Step five of that guide had the links to the stock ROMs and stock pre-rooted ROMs. I was having trouble downloading a 4.1.2 ROM so I used a 4.1.1 instead.
If you still need a stock ROM let me know and I'll find a way to get the one I used to you.
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Hey, no worries.. Life is much more important. Thanks for responding. I did get fixed.
I went back to a 4.1.2 ROM, couldn't fix everything. Eventually got back to 4.0.4. Got everything straightened out. And backed that _ _ _ _ up.
Was than able to upgrade to 4.4.2 aosp ROM, of course without needing the backup. But I have it.
Thanks again....as is usually the case, not reading enough up front did me in. Let that be a lesson kids.
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does anyone have a link to the 4.0.4 stock rom? all of the links i have found are no longer up.
Thanks