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Hi there,
After reflashing stock ROM 4.4.2 because a failure with custom ROM, my IMEI now is 0
I know I can restore it with a pds.img, but I haven't one, how could I get my phone work again?
Thanks
Bump to this thread. Could someone help me...? My /pds folder is empty (at least that's what CM File Manager says), I have no backup, and my IMEI appears as "Unknown"...
I got the same problem. No solution yet :S
Have you tried fastboot flashing the stock firmware to see if that helps?
Probably a long shot.
meekrawb said:
Have you tried fastboot flashing the stock firmware to see if that helps?
Probably a long shot.
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Why fastboot? What's the difference between it and CWM?
I flashed stock radios today. No luck. Last thing to do is flashing stock, because I've seriously tried everything...
Is there a way to manually input the IMEI in the /pds folder?
Nope. I've already flashed about every rom, factory reset it, etcetera. Even struggled around with hex editors and stuff but the problem is that it's forbidden to 'change' imei so it's kinda hard.
Some dev has to look for a opportunity to get the imei from fastboot (mine shows up there) back to the pds folder or somewhere else..
RestlessScreams said:
Nope. I've already flashed about every rom, factory reset it, etcetera. Even struggled around with hex editors and stuff but the problem is that it's forbidden to 'change' imei so it's kinda hard.
Some dev has to look for a opportunity to get the imei from fastboot (mine shows up there) back to the pds folder or somewhere else..
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What about this ? ==> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52648789 (linked in IMEI entry [Q19] of RC-FAQ)
This guy got a backup :S
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This guy got a backup :S
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Did you read the whole post ?
As you said, your IMEI isn't destroyed if it shows in fastboot..
matmutant said:
Did you read the whole post ?
As you said, your IMEI isn't destroyed if it shows in fastboot..
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OK, I downloaded a stock ROM from here, and I followed the instructions shown in this post. I can't believe the motherloving crap worked. I HAVE MY IMEI BACK MOTHERLOVERS!!!!
I HAVE IT BACK!
I just want to tell you guys I was able to isolate the cause of the problem. Maybe someone could find it useful.
The whole problem was because of the kernel I was flashing (this one). There are two versions of that kernel for AOSP ROMs: a standard one and an ANYKERNEL one. Flashing the first one made my IMEI 'unknown'. Flashing the ANYKERNEL one solved the issue. The ROM I was flashing the kernel in was Gummy.
Really strange stuff since it had never happened to me before...
billybully said:
I just want to tell you guys I was able to isolate the cause of the problem. Maybe someone could find it useful.
The whole problem was because of the kernel I was flashing (this one). There are two versions of that kernel for AOSP ROMs: a standard one and an ANYKERNEL one. Flashing the first one made my IMEI 'unknown'. Flashing the ANYKERNEL one solved the issue. The ROM I was flashing the kernel in was Gummy.
Really strange stuff since it had never happened to me before...
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Its not an issue as I see it. I have made anykernel zips because of this purpose only, some ROMs use different type of ramdisks which cause other developers to not support them at first place. I made anykernel zip for such ROMs so that my kernel can be used on any ROM without any issues. I hope it answers your question.
Hey everybody I hope someone can help me to rescue my phone.
I flashed carbon and ukm. Then wanted to change GPU governor to simpleondemand and got hot reboots. Was not able to fully boot and lost imei. I tried to restore my backup but they didn't want to boot either, same with another fresh install. Thereafter I deleted synapse folder through recovery and was able to boot my restored ROM. Now I have no imei, no data, no WiFi... In addition my files don't show the files on my phone anymore I only can see them in my recovery, all is still there. My problem is I don't have an extra efs backup only two ROM backups. First I would have liked to know how I can rescue my data? Cause its not showing on booted phone and because of that also not on computer via USB. Is there a proper way to save and what can I do to maybe save my phone. I flashed ROM for years on many different devices and something like that never happened before any help appreciated thanks!!!
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Try http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/fix-people-corrupt-efs-mobile-data-t2836389
OK saw this but my problem is I can't copy anything on my phone. Tried via USB and adb I can't get this file on my phone... Is there another possibility?
And its very strange that computer doesn't show files but my recovery does. And I have installed all drivers
Edit: ok found a way^^ through twrp recovery I could mount it to show on my computer so now will try
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You can use TWRP to drag and drop files as MTP is a feature in TWRP now.
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You can use TWRP to drag and drop files as MTP is a feature in TWRP now.
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Yup that is what I found out thanks :thumbup:
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Ok get my data and imei back on coloros but no WiFi working... If I switch to cm same results as before... So this one doesn't work for me do you think I could make an RMA with color os on it?? Damn this feels painful... Never had so many problems on note 3 nexus 5 and previous devices...
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Thread can be closed this one saved my ass
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/fix-brickloop-audio-fx-fc-efs-corrupt-t2879061
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Glad that it worked Backup your EFS this time, just incase. Search on how to do it.
I tried all the methods but still unable to get my IMEI and baseband. i am unable to see efs partition. This happened while restoring the backup in TWRP. Please help.
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I tried all the methods but still unable to get my IMEI and baseband. i am unable to see efs partition. This happened while restoring the backup in TWRP. Please help.
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tried all methods of what? Please be more specific if others are going to try and help
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tried all methods of what? Please be more specific if others are going to try and help
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already posted here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55748042&postcount=111
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already posted here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55748042&postcount=111
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I firstly flashed the coloros ROM then flashed back to cm11s and then followed the instructions of this brickloop thread you posted. That's the way I got my imei back and a fully working device. Hope this may help.
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Cris7ianO said:
I firstly flashed the coloros ROM then flashed back to cm11s and then followed the instructions of this brickloop thread you posted. That's the way I got my imei back and a fully working device. Hope this may help.
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Got it fixed. thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55778183&postcount=139
nikku_hot123 said:
Got it fixed. thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55778183&postcount=139
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Good happy for you hope something like that won't happen to us again
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imei back up before rooting
Hi, I want to root my OPO but I don't wanna lose my imei while rooting the device.
Thus how can I back up imei before rooting?
Can smo help me with that?
angelus255 said:
Hi, I want to root my OPO but I don't wanna lose my imei while rooting the device.
Thus how can I back up imei before rooting?
Can smo help me with that?
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There is no reason for you to lose IMEI while rooting...
Follow this guide to do everything you need to do to root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2788632
Hello,
I just downloaded the update to 44s.
After successful flash, it didn't ask me for a PIN after boot. I flashed using "reboot -> go to recovery".
Additionally, it says "invalid sim" and doesn't connect to any cellular network.
I am in Germany, using the stock firmware before (it was up to date, but not the 44s).
What can I do now? What was going wrong?
Thanks.
Update: I flashed cm-bacon-ac1ccf7921-to-5fa8c79c0b-signed.zip
I went back to stock, but the problem persists...
You probably lost your imei.
So in my phone's info, there is an IMEI. The IMEI SV is 00, that looks strange.
But in fact, the sim card is not working in my Galaxy S3 now anymore.
Please help
David.
That should tell you that it's possibly the SIM card that's the problem.
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I made sure now, after trying and trying...
Different sim works in the opo.
Sim from opo doesn't work in huawai surf stick, nor the galaxy s3.
So I have a problem I never had: a broken sim card.
So all I did this evening was because of this.
Thanks for any help, this forum is so nice.
David.
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You probably lost your imei.
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How can an IMEI be lost?.... unless it is a software setting?
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How can an IMEI be lost?.... unless it is a software setting?
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It's a bug that's affected quite a few OPO owners.
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It's a bug that's affected quite a few OPO owners.
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timmaaa,
Hardware of software type of bug? If it's software, then couldn't/wouldn't there be a way to correct that?
Are you aware of any way to trigger the IMEI loss? I'm just starting to mess about with 3 OP's and I sure do not want to run into any issues.
Basically I unlocked and rooted an OP, set it up, TWRP'd it, and backed it up via TWRP. Then took that backup and copied it to another OP with basic unlock, rooted & TWRP'ed phone, and restored it to that phone. All seems to be working fine on both phones. Soon to do a third. If the IMEI is software stored I can see that screwing things up.
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timmaaa,
Hardware of software type of bug? If it's software, then couldn't/wouldn't there be a way to correct that?
Are you aware of any way to trigger the IMEI loss? I'm just starting to mess about with 3 OP's and I sure do not want to run into any issues.
Basically I unlocked and rooted an OP, set it up, TWRP'd it, and backed it up via TWRP. Then took that backup and copied it to another OP with basic unlock, rooted & TWRP'ed phone, and restored it to that phone. All seems to be working fine on both phones. Soon to do a third. If the IMEI is software stored I can see that screwing things up.
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It's firmware related. There are threads discussing how to fix it in the q&a section. It happens randomly as far as I know.
I don't believe the IMEI is carried across unless you're reporting an EFS partition from another device, but there's one way to know for sure, compare the IMEI's on the original device and the second one that you restored the backup on.
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davidbaumann said:
I made sure now, after trying and trying...
Different sim works in the opo.
Sim from opo doesn't work in huawai surf stick, nor the galaxy s3.
So I have a problem I never had: a broken sim card.
So all I did this evening was because of this.
Thanks for any help, this forum is so nice.
David.
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so David, another question not related. If you forget the problems that you had with the SIM, is the OPO working fine on 44 now?
I am running 38 atm.
Actually I was happy to have it back, running at midnight
If I update, I will tell you.
David.
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It's firmware related. ...
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Thanks for the details.
I didn't use it very much since the update, but for now, zooming with 2 fingers works, which was broken before.
David.
Hey guys,
So I flashed this rom two weeks back http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/development/rom-paranoidandroid-5-0-alpha1-t2956478
after running cm12s nightlies for a while. The capacitive keys stopped working after I flashed this rom with the PA gapps and they still don't work after trying multiple roms + relocking unlocking bootloader and flashing 44s. Kinda frustrated cause I don't know what I can do. Any ideas?
Thanks
How did you flash 44S?
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I first tried flashing it through twrp. Then I used the OnePlus customer support recovery tool to get it back to stock 44s. No luck zz
Sanjitha.d said:
I first tried flashing it through twrp. Then I used the OnePlus customer support recovery tool to get it back to stock 44s. No luck zz
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By recovery tool you mean flashing with fastboot, right?
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Naah it was an actual tool that OnePlus customer support gave me that restored the device t to stock. But yeah I was in bootloader when I used it. Essentially it reverted the software to factory.
So I was wondering if there were any deeper settings that might have changed. The buttons still light up but don't respond to touch.
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Naah it was an actual tool that OnePlus customer support gave me that restored the device t to stock. But yeah I was in bootloader when I used it. Essentially it reverted the software to factory.
So I was wondering if there were any deeper settings that might have changed. The buttons still light up but don't respond to touch.
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That's what I meant, that's flashing with fastboot. The only thing I can think of doing is completely wiping your phone including user data (back up important files first) and flashing the stock images again, but manually this time. You can find a download and instructions in section 8 of my guide thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2839471
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Alright, I've also tried manually flashing the stuff myself but I'll do it according to your guide to see if it works. You don't think it could be anything software/firmware related after that yeah? I remember there was a guy who said that he had to do a full wipe to make the cap keys to work on the initial pa thread but actually no idea on how this screwed up lel
Yeah, no luck man. I flashed everything manually but no luck zz. There's nothing else I could change to see if it's the problem yeah? I'm pretty sure the problem isnt physical as I haven't dropped it or done any harm to it.
I don't know much about kernels and stuff but that wouldnt be the problem either right?
No other stock firmwares or radios or something I havent heard about?
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Yeah, no luck man. I flashed everything manually but no luck zz. There's nothing else I could change to see if it's the problem yeah? I'm pretty sure the problem isnt physical as I haven't dropped it or done any harm to it.
I don't know much about kernels and stuff but that wouldnt be the problem either right?
No other stock firmwares or radios or something I havent heard about?
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So you wiped the whole phone? Even the internal storage? If so, and the problem persists, it's suggesting a hardware problem. You could try a custom kernel though just in case, it wouldn't hurt.
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So you wiped the whole phone? Even the internal storage? If so, and the problem persists, it's suggesting a hardware problem. You could try a custom kernel though just in case, it wouldn't hurt.
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Sorry for the inconvenience but could you suggest a couple? (for cm12 nightlies if possible)
Thanks
And there should be no other software things I could change right?
I was reading before about oneplus not using double sided tape on their digitizers and using glue instead and as such sometimes touch responsiveness in some places might of been removed in some of the earlier models. Although oneplus said that was just a software glitch but iderrrnooooo.
Thanks for the help man c:
Sanjitha.d said:
Sorry for the inconvenience but could you suggest a couple? (for cm12 nightlies if possible)
Thanks
And there should be no other software things I could change right?
I was reading before about oneplus not using double sided tape on their digitizers and using glue instead and as such sometimes touch responsiveness in some places might of been removed in some of the earlier models. Although oneplus said that was just a software glitch but iderrrnooooo.
Thanks for the help man c:
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Can't really suggest one because I don't use them, but you'll find them all listed in my index thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2843675
I can't think of anything else on the software/firmware side of things, everything has been wiped and reflashed.
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I have a similar issue. The softkeys stopped working right after i unlocked the bootloader. They light up but do not respond. can anything be done? I unlocked the bootloader via adb.
Hello.
I managed to corrupt my efs file when upgrading from one blisspop to another. My GPS wasn't working so erased modemst1 &2 which lost my imei and baseband.
After several hours of trying I managed to downgraded to CM11S 44 and get my IMEI and baseband back.
When ever I change ROM now it seems I don't have a signal, and when I am on 44S I don't get 4G or a reliable signal.
I've tried flashing all the Bacon firmwares to no avail so I'm stuck on KK for now ?
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Hello.
I managed to corrupt my efs file when upgrading from one blisspop to another. My GPS wasn't working so erased modemst1 &2 which lost my imei and baseband.
After several hours of trying I managed to downgraded to CM11S 44 and get my IMEI and baseband back.
When ever I change ROM now it seems I don't have a signal, and when I am on 44S I don't get 4G or a reliable signal.
I've tried flashing all the Bacon firmwares to no avail so I'm stuck on KK for now ��
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Seems to be working on CM11 .... flashed Blisspop again and lost IMEI reverted back to 33R and my IMEI came back... wtf!
jameswalker457 said:
Seems to be working on CM11 .... flashed Blisspop again and lost IMEI reverted back to 33R and my IMEI came back... wtf!
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Do you actually have a backup of your EFS partition? If not you're a bit screwed if it really did become corrupted.
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Do you actually have a backup of your EFS partition? If not you're a bit screwed if it really did become corrupted.
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Nope Regretting it now . I'm getting full signal and H+ now though. Might have to keep the phone on KK!
I've got the IMEI and baseband back... Is there additional problems?
Do you think I should lock bootloader and send it back to RMA?
jameswalker457 said:
Nope Regretting it now . I'm getting full signal and H+ now though. Might have to keep the phone on KK!
I've got the IMEI and baseband back... Is there additional problems?
Do you think I should lock bootloader and send it back to RMA?
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Yeah I'll bet you are. There isn't much point in opening an RMA claim because this wouldn't be covered under warranty, unless you want to pay for whatever repairs need to be done.
I'd give this a try:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/fix-brickloop-audio-fx-fc-efs-corrupt-t2879061
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timmaaa said:
Yeah I'll bet you are. There isn't much point in opening an RMA claim because this wouldn't be covered under warranty, unless you want to pay for whatever repairs need to be done.
I'd give this a try:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/fix-brickloop-audio-fx-fc-efs-corrupt-t2879061
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Somehow managed to fix it!!!! V lucky and now have LTE back too.... Thank god. For anyone treading this with similar problems in the future. Above everything else try flashing Oxygen OS provided one the 1+1 website. You will first have to restore the IMEI and baseband. But it seems to have worked after I've done that.... Absolutely thrilled! Shame I'm scared to go back to Blisspop now.... What do you think?
jameswalker457 said:
Somehow managed to fix it!!!! V lucky and now have LTE back too.... Thank god. For anyone treading this with similar problems in the future. Above everything else try flashing Oxygen OS provided one the 1+1 website. You will first have to restore the IMEI and baseband. But it seems to have worked after I've done that.... Absolutely thrilled! Shame I'm scared to go back to Blisspop now.... What do you think?
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There's only one way to find out.
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There's only one way to find out.
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I've spent the best part of 16 hours over two days I don't think I'm ready to take the plunge yet! I think I'll wait until I finish my degree now.
I erased modemst1 & 2 when GPS lock wasn't working. Do you think that's what caused me yp lose baseband/IMEI just curious?
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I've spent the best part of 16 hours over two days I don't think I'm ready to take the plunge yet! I think I'll wait until I finish my degree now.
I erased modemst1 & 2 when GPS lock wasn't working. Do you think that's what caused me yp lose baseband/IMEI just curious?
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Yeah I think it's a pretty safe bet that that's what caused your problems. You essentially erased your EFS.
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Yeah I think it's a pretty safe bet that that's what caused your problems. You essentially erased your EFS.
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Surely it must be restored to some degree now if I'm able to access phone and data services?
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Surely it must be restored to some degree now if I'm able to access phone and data services?
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Well yeah, not sure how though.
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Just call me the magician! Lol. Deffo not flashing anymore ROMs
When I managed to get Data on CM11s it was pants. Minimal data down always showing up. With the baseband from OxyOS its as it should be. Checked root explorer and no efs folder. Hmmmm!
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Well yeah, not sure how though.
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Sorry to bump this up again.
If I back up modem modemst1 and 2 on my working oxOS and fastboot flash them on top of the ROM if data is lost again? Thoughts mate?
...small question here
jameswalker457 said:
Somehow managed to fix it!!!! V lucky and now have LTE back too.... Thank god. For anyone treading this with similar problems in the future. Above everything else try flashing Oxygen OS provided one the 1+1 website. You will first have to restore the IMEI and baseband. But it seems to have worked after I've done that.... Absolutely thrilled! Shame I'm scared to go back to Blisspop now.... What do you think?
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Hi. Just some clarification. My bacon lost imei and WiFi. I then successfully used this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/imei-wifi-baseband-thread-t3076640) guide to restore imei etc. But now whenni upgrade to lollipop Cyanogen OS 12 I lose network connection. I only have WiFi remaining. Will this ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/onep...rrupt-t2879061
)work for me?
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Hi. Just some clarification. My bacon lost imei and WiFi. I then successfully used this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/imei-wifi-baseband-thread-t3076640) guide to restore imei etc. But now whenni upgrade to lollipop Cyanogen OS 12 I lose network connection. I only have WiFi remaining. Will this ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/onep...rrupt-t2879061
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Hello mate, I tried everything. The only thing that worked for me was flashing oxy OS off the one plus one forums. Try that first mate. I flashed 44S and got my signal back.
I've since gone back to blisspop and all is good without an EFS folder.
Quote me again if you need more help.
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Hello mate, I tried everything. The only thing that worked for me was flashing oxy OS off the one plus one forums. Try that first mate. I flashed 44S and got my signal back.
I've since gone back to blisspop and all is good without an EFS folder.
Quote me again if you need more help.
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I also did the Qualcomm method to get imei back.
Worked!!!!
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Hello mate, I tried everything. The only thing that worked for me was flashing oxy OS off the one plus one forums. Try that first mate. I flashed 44S and got my signal back.
I've since gone back to blisspop and all is good without an EFS folder.
Quote me again if you need more help.
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Hey man. You were right. My oneplus now connects to network pronto. Wow. You are a life saver. Thanks man. Cheers.
kennethwendo said:
Hey man. You were right. My oneplus now connects to network pronto. Wow. You are a life saver. Thanks man. Cheers.
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Happy to help dude. I think this advice should be stickied .... Or a guide should be written with the multiple methods that can be tried with all the relevant files in one place! You should be good to go to any ROM now dude, I've gone to blisspop kept the data and baseband.