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.
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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.
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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
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So I recently flashed the CM10 M2 rom on my verizon GS3 and it worked good for a week. Now I can't get any service on the phone.(calls, internet, etc).
I flashed it back to bone stock using Odin and still didn't do the trick. I thought it might be the SIM card but I tested it with my old Droid Razr and it worked fine. Any solutions? I really want this phone functioning again. thank you
Kinda new to Samsung and Verizon but from what I read, u may have list your imei, you can look up tutorials on you tube on how to restore it if u backed it up, or how to install default ones. Happened to me and I had to do a factory reset and re root
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Kinda new to Samsung and Verizon but from what I read, u may have list your imei, you can look up tutorials on you tube on how to restore it if u backed it up, or how to install default ones. Happened to me and I had to do a factory reset and re root
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wasn't sure on how to restore default imei. I did an unroot and re-root and still didnt work. still need help
still in need of help I noticed my IMEI was at 0 so went through a long process to restore it. Now I do have a number under "IMEI" but mobile network still isn't working. I'm currently running stock everything. please and thank you
Well if your like me, you now believe you have a $700 brick. Well I had t he same issue, and I'm rolling done the highway typing this post on my phone. Just fixed it today in fact. This is what I did to fix it. I have a vzw sgs3. Flash it to stock. Flash stock modem fw. Search the forum for restore imei guide tool. Follo those instructions and you'll download a file with a panda icon. after that, when it turns on you will still have no service. This is ok. Search the forums for SIM reprovision. One of the posts tells you to back up everthing including your internal sd. Do that if you want your stuff. Then it will tell you to dial *2767*8858#. (I know these are the wrong numbers but they are in the *xxxx*xxxx# format and it starts with *27.) This should do it.when it reboots it's like a factory reset. But it fixes it. Oh and I also had Verizon give me a new SIM. To 're cap... search Guide imei restore tool and SIM provision.hope this helps.
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Well if your like me, you now believe you have a $700 brick. Well I had t he same issue, and I'm rolling done the highway typing this post on my phone. Just fixed it today in fact. This is what I did to fix it. I have a vzw sgs3. Flash it to stock. Flash stock modem fw. Search the forum for restore imei guide tool. Follo those instructions and you'll download a file with a panda icon. after that, when it turns on you will still have no service. This is ok. Search the forums for SIM reprovision. One of the posts tells you to back up everthing including your internal sd. Do that if you want your stuff. Then it will tell you to dial *2767*8858#. (I know these are the wrong numbers but they are in the *xxxx*xxxx# format and it starts with *27.) This should do it.when it reboots it's like a factory reset. But it fixes it. Oh and I also had Verizon give me a new SIM. To 're cap... search Guide imei restore tool and SIM provision.hope this helps.
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I would like to first thank you for your input. Although i had that panda icon program i used a different program to restore my imei as well as my eri. After doing that i thought i finally fixed it then realized im still missing some of the numbers under phone status such as MIN. PRL version and ICCID. does the sim reprovision fix this.
Thank you all who have gave me advice to fix this problem. I finally got it fixed and i can't be happier. After going through circles restoring my IMEI and PRL it still wasn't working. What did the trick was dialing *2767*3855# which did a factory reset. My mobile is working again!!!!!!!!!!!!!:highfive:
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
ok so here's the deal folks. I've been trying to fix this problem on my ATT Skyrocke since the 21st. I had flashed a copy of the Liquid Smooth ROM with all data working. Bear in mind, this S2 is net unlocked and APN settings are changeable with my sim card in, and everything is set to Straight Talk APN settings. When LS ROM was installed, everything worked fine, til this fateful day of the 21st where everything just stopped... No network, no data, no nothing. Every once in a while my network shows up and allows me to make short phone calls ranging from 45 seconds to 10 minutes, and sms/mms are even more widely spread on being able to receive. After going through my EFS folder, it seems that the phone is missing a critical file named nv_data. I have everything else in the EFS folder that should be there, at least from my experience, but my data still will not come back up. SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS FIXABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm losing my mind, considering this is my only work phone for my business, and as of yet, i don't have enough income from this business to buy a new phone.
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Before I forget, which I already did once, I have tried the following steps to fix this:
1: Bought a new sim card tray through ebay - no change
2: Flashed back to stock ROM - (multiple times) no change
3: Flashed multiple older roms - no change
4: Ran the EFSFix off of this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611796
Currently looking at performing a dark side wipe to install a new custom rom, but not sure if this will work yet or not.
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ok so here's the deal folks. I've been trying to fix this problem on my ATT Skyrocke since the 21st. I had flashed a copy of the Liquid Smooth ROM with all data working. Bear in mind, this S2 is net unlocked and APN settings are changeable with my sim card in, and everything is set to Straight Talk APN settings. When LS ROM was installed, everything worked fine, til this fateful day of the 21st where everything just stopped... No network, no data, no nothing. Every once in a while my network shows up and allows me to make short phone calls ranging from 45 seconds to 10 minutes, and sms/mms are even more widely spread on being able to receive. After going through my EFS folder, it seems that the phone is missing a critical file named nv_data. I have everything else in the EFS folder that should be there, at least from my experience, but my data still will not come back up. SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS FIXABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm losing my mind, considering this is my only work phone for my business, and as of yet, i don't have enough income from this business to buy a new phone.
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Before I forget, which I already did once, I have tried the following steps to fix this:
1: Bought a new sim card tray through ebay - no change
2: Flashed back to stock ROM - (multiple times) no change
3: Flashed multiple older roms - no change
4: Ran the EFSFix off of this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611796
Currently looking at performing a dark side wipe to install a new custom rom, but not sure if this will work yet or not.
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goto READ THIS B4 POSTING | THE MOST Common Questions Answered HERE read/do q)25.d and borrow someones active att sim card, if after that phone still doesnt work right then its some kind of hw failure
hey vin. actually i had tried that thread and instructions for such already. although i went ahead and did it again in hopes that maybe i just did it wrong, but no change.
Here's a little update:
The baseband is known, running on I727UCMC1 baseband, but the IMEI number shows up as 0/00. I spent the entire night searching the forums here and over at androidforums.com and ran through google. There's no listing of the baseband being known, but the imei number being corrupt. Maybe I'm just using the wrong keywords... IDK but I do know this is really strange. I've never ran into this issue before.
So anyone know why the Baseband would be known, but the IMEI corrupt?
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hey vin. actually i had tried that thread and instructions for such already. although i went ahead and did it again in hopes that maybe i just did it wrong, but no change.
Here's a little update:
The baseband is known, running on I727UCMC1 baseband, but the IMEI number shows up as 0/00. I spent the entire night searching the forums here and over at androidforums.com and ran through google. There's no listing of the baseband being known, but the imei number being corrupt. Maybe I'm just using the wrong keywords... IDK but I do know this is really strange. I've never ran into this issue before.
So anyone know why the Baseband would be known, but the IMEI corrupt?
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baseband aka radio has nothing todo w/the imei.
as to why imei got corrupted, idk why it happened and i dont know if theres a fix for that
edit: a bad radio might corrupt the efs folder though not sure if thats what happened to u
it seems you might have a corrupted efs folder
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try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611796
Hello!
I was running CM11 7/17 build and randomly my phone lost all phone service. Or so it seemed. So it seemed. I was able to call *228 to try to update roaming service. Well, it worked, except now, my phone stays in 3G and still doesn't seem to be full strength. Does anyone know what I need to do.
Also, I've updated to 7/27 CM11 and that didn't change anything service wise.
Thank you!
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Hello!
I was running CM11 7/17 build and randomly my phone lost all phone service. Or so it seemed. So it seemed. I was able to call *228 to try to update roaming service. Well, it worked, except now, my phone stays in 3G and still doesn't seem to be full strength. Does anyone know what I need to do.
Also, I've updated to 7/27 CM11 and that didn't change anything service wise.
Thank you!
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im pretty sure you dont want to use 228 on a smart phone, its not like a dumb phone that needs updates like that.
i would put stock on and see if you still have the issue.
if that doesnt fix it, or you dont want to do that, i would get a new sim card and see if that helps. you may have burned the 4g out of the sim.
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im pretty sure you dont want to use 228 on a smart phone, its not like a dumb phone that needs updates like that.
i would put stock on and see if you still have the issue.
if that doesnt fix it, or you dont want to do that, i would get a new sim card and see if that helps. you may have burned the 4g out of the sim.
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Stock works fine. And I had this problem before when I used a locked boot loader ROM. But when I upgraded to KitKat and unlocked the boot loader and tinstalled CM11 everything was fine.
Is there a way to reset my phones cell/data service back? Instead of Verizon Wireless it just says T-CDMA 64 now as well.
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Stock works fine. And I had this problem before when I used a locked boot loader ROM. But when I upgraded to KitKat and unlocked the boot loader and tinstalled CM11 everything was fine.
Is there a way to reset my phones cell/data service back? Instead of Verizon Wireless it just says T-CDMA 64 now as well.
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i dont know exactly, i can only say what i would try if i were in your situation.
first i would re-flash the rom, just wipe cache's and system.
if no fix, i would try re-flashing only the modem's. edit the stock xml file and dump every line except the modem's and modem wiping lines then flash with rsd.
if no fix, i would have to say, a full wipe and re-install of the rom is in order.
if that dont fix it, i dont know what else to try.
i would do a backup before you try any of that, although its mostly useless, as you would just be backing up the broken setup. would just help to recover any data if you need to.
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i dont know exactly, i can only say what i would try if i were in your situation.
first i would re-flash the rom, just wipe cache's and system.
if no fix, i would try re-flashing only the modem's. edit the stock xml file and dump every line except the modem's and modem wiping lines then flash with rsd.
if no fix, i would have to say, a full wipe and re-install of the rom is in order.
if that dont fix it, i dont know what else to try.
i would do a backup before you try any of that, although its mostly useless, as you would just be backing up the broken setup. would just help to recover any data if you need to.
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Okay. That was what I was fearing. But I'll give it a try when I get home! Thanks!!
I had the same problem, and I ended up getting a new SIM card. That fixed the problem, but I don't know if that was the only way to fix it...
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Hello,
I started with Galaxy Note 2- i317M (rogers, canada), rooted with DN3 V4 beta installed. But I wanted to try DN4, so I created a back-up using TWRP and tried installing DN4. However, I later realized that it is not for the LTE versions yet and phone did not recognize SIM anymore. So I wiped the data and tried installing dn3 v5.5, but the phone still did not connect.
Losing all hope I installed DNv4 again, but it still did not work. So i finally just tried restoring from the back-up I made using TWRP. Everything in the phone is same except no network.
Finally I tried restoring from back-up after doing a complete wipe of internal storage and everything except the external card. But still the error does not go away. I researched more about the error and the fact that my imei shows up as null/null. I used the instructions of using EFS professional, but it did not work. The model number in my phone now shows up as SM-G900F and baseband shows as unknown, and it shows DN3V5 Rom despite the clean-up and restoring from DN3V4.
Any guidance available on this please...I need specific steps because after 12 hour search and try-outs I am lost now.....
UPDATE:
Solved it! Here is the solution for anyone in this problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46231268&postcount=4
worked like a charm.. No reason to throw this and get a new phone
I have had this problem. It didn't happen whilst flashing though. My imei number is now a generic one and I had no efs backup. After 5 days of trying everything I can find I'm giving up. My note 2 is dead as far as I'm concerned. As far as I'm aware to get my imei back I'll have to send it for repair so I'll buy another phone and not a Samsung
I don`t think your phones are dead. I didn`t try it personally, but I`m sure you can restore your EFS back. Just you need to do some research, maybe you could start here:
https://www.google.ro/?gws_rd=ssl#safe=off&q=how+to+recover+efs+folder
Do not give up, read on end you will eventually do it! And, by the way, next time maybe you don`t forget to back up before doing anything to your phone!
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I don`t think your phones are dead. I didn`t try it personally, but I`m sure you can restore your EFS back. Just you need to do some research, maybe you could start here:
https://www.google.ro/?gws_rd=ssl#safe=off&q=how+to+recover+efs+folder
Do not give up, read on end you will eventually do it! And, by the way, next time maybe you don`t forget to back up before doing anything to your phone!
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I did back up. with both titanium backup and twrp but it is not working. And I dont think I will give up. I will format is all together and start over if i have to.
Do you think it will work if I format it entirely and start over?
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I did back up. with both titanium backup and twrp but it is not working. And I dont think I will give up. I will format is all together and start over if i have to.
Do you think it will work if I format it entirely and start over?
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Glad to see you solved it!