what i did so far. used odin to flash h1 baseband rom so i can root. rooted with cydia. downloaded e-z recovery. installed cwm. that didnt read my storage and nothing in it would work. installed twrp with e-z recovery. same problem.(edit: when I got to twrp it said "no o.s. found" so I then had to reboot into download mode and flashed the stock rom) Then downloaded android terminal emulator. downloaded cwm and installed by typing in the commands. got into cwm and made a backup. wiped data, cache, dalvik. tried to install "cm-11-20150831-SNAPSHOT-XNG3CAO3FN-d2lte". it installed but went into a boot loop and would end up back at cwm every time. wiped data, factory reset, restored backup. tried again, same thing, restored again. tried installing "cm-12.1-20150915-NIGHTLY-d2vzw" this time. it got stuck saying "patching system image unconditionally.....". wiped data, restored stock, tried again this time with "cm-10.0.0-d2vzw". it didnt even install. now im restoring again to stock.
the reason im trying vzw roms also is because i have a verizon note 2 on straight talk and was gonna try to use that sim card in my s3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-verizon/help/straight-talk-sch-s986c-t3036314/page3
^^this thread has some info about it but im new here and havent found anything else about it. before i try getting it to work with my verizon cdma sim card i at least would like to just get cyanogenmod working on my s3.
am i using the wrong roms? is this in the right forum?
thanks
now supersu is gone from my phone. i just installed es file explorer and checked allow root permissions and supersu didnt even come up. i uninstalled and reinstalled in the play store also and nothing happened
cory733 said:
now supersu is gone from my phone. i just installed es file explorer and checked allow root permissions and supersu didnt even come up. i uninstalled and reinstalled in the play store also and nothing happened
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You need the d2vzw ROMs, if you are using lollipop then you need to go to developer options and turn on root access, set it to apps and adb.
There is a TWRP made specifically for d2tfnvzw, it has our source code in it, the other d2vzw TWRPs don't mount our devices correctly.
I worked with a dev at OctOS to get our device fully supported, all their d2vzw stiff has our code in it now. I can link you to the TWRP if you have trouble finding it.
I know pretty much whatever you need on this phone, just hit me up with anything you need help with and I'll get you straight.
Have you backed up your IMEI in terminal emulator yet, I recommend doing so because this phone has a habit of losing IMEI when flashing back and forth between ROMs, flashing stock tar won't fix this.
Droidriven said:
You need the d2vzw ROMs, if you are using lollipop then you need to go to developer options and turn on root access, set it to apps and adb.
There is a TWRP made specifically for d2tfnvzw, it has our source code in it, the other d2vzw TWRPs don't mou t our devices correctly.
I worked with a dev at OctOS to get our device fully supported, all their d2vzw stiff has our code in it now. I can link you to the TWRP if you have trouble finding it.
I know pretty much whatever you need on this phone, just hit me up with anything you need help with and I'll get you straight.
Have you backed up your IMEI in terminal emulator yet, I recommend doing so because this phone has a habit of losing IMEI when flashing back and forth between ROMs, flashing stock tar won't fix this.
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hey droid thanks for getting back to me. i cant find the twrp for the d2tfnvzw, just the d2vzw. were you saying that i could use the d2vzw because it has the straight talk code in it or i need the exact straight talk version? yes if you have the link i would appreciate it because i didnt see anything except the d2vzw. how would i install it with cwm already on there? would it just overwrite it?
i had no idea about backing up imei until today. but this is already after installing the h1 rom and getting it rooted. then trying cm 4 different times. if my info was lost, would it just be blank? or would it have different numbers that are just useless to me. because its still there but i didnt write down the numbers before i did all this. but anyway today i think thats what i did, ive done so much with this phone that i cant even remember exactly, but i opened up terminal emulator, typed in something involving rebootnv/ something and it rebooted then i copied the efs folder from my phone and put a copy on my computer.
i just did another restore of the first backup i made. supersu is still gone. i downloaded my android tools and it says that supersu was still an enabled app. i never hid it or disabled it in any way that im aware of. i tried uninstall and reinstall from play store and the terminal emulator command and the #*#* numbers on the phone dialer. nothing. es file manager also got root access without supersu coming up.
also it seems like its not getting 3g at all. usually it goes from 3g to just 2 bars or one bar where i live. but now its just steady at two bars. even with wifi off. does 3g stop showing up if the phone is not in service? i dont remember.
btw this phone has android 4.1.2
cory733 said:
hey droid thanks for getting back to me. i cant find the twrp for the d2tfnvzw, just the d2vzw. were you saying that i could use the d2vzw because it has the straight talk code in it or i need the exact straight talk version? yes if you have the link i would appreciate it because i didnt see anything except the d2vzw. how would i install it with cwm already on there? would it just overwrite it?
i had no idea about backing up imei until today. but this is already after installing the h1 rom and getting it rooted. then trying cm 4 different times. if my info was lost, would it just be blank? or would it have different numbers that are just useless to me. because its still there but i didnt write down the numbers before i did all this. but anyway today i think thats what i did, ive done so much with this phone that i cant even remember exactly, but i opened up terminal emulator, typed in something involving rebootnv/ something and it rebooted then i copied the efs folder from my phone and put a copy on my computer.
i just did another restore of the first backup i made. supersu is still gone. i downloaded my android tools and it says that supersu was still an enabled app. i never hid it or disabled it in any way that im aware of. i tried uninstall and reinstall from play store and the terminal emulator command and the #*#* numbers on the phone dialer. nothing. es file manager also got root access without supersu coming up.
also it seems like its not getting 3g at all. usually it goes from 3g to just 2 bars or one bar where i live. but now its just steady at two bars. even with wifi off. does 3g stop showing up if the phone is not in service? i dont remember.
btw this phone has android 4.1.2
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If you want a working TWRP then you'll need the d2tfnvzw version, any d2vzw or d2lte ROM should work fine for you.
If you lose IMEI it won't show in settings. The reboot nvbackup that you did in terminal emulator was the IMEI backup I mentioned, it sounds like you did it correctly, if it gets wiped out for whatever reason then you can restore it by typing "reboot nvrestore", it is saved in a safe place on internal that won't get wiped out between flashes and wipes unless you format internal memory, it will be erased if you do that. As long as the only format options you use are to format system and data partitions then you won't have to worry about losing the NV backup, don't format anything other than system and data, do not format internal SD and you'll be fine. If you ever have to restore the NV backup then you'll have to create a new one like the first time because restoring it erases it from where the backup was kept, to stay backed up after restoring you need to make another.
SuperSU won't show as an app, its built in to system settings.
Did you enable root access in system settings>developer options? It has to be set to " apps and adb" or the device will act like it isn't rooted. When you flashed in CWM and rebooted it should have prompted you to "fix root", select yes if it does.
Yes, the 3G disappears when you don't have service and need to renew time on the device.
Here is the TWRP for d2tfnvzw
https://plus.google.com/+DonaldHoskins/posts/FLdc2CkSHRu
Flash it in CWM then go to the advanced options in CWM and select "reboot to recovery" this will boot you straight from CWM into TWRP, then make your backup and youll keep TWRP and wont need CWM, it would be a good idea to restore your stock nandroid in CWM and boot into it then boot back to CWM then flash the TWRP then reboot into it then make a nandroid of your stock in TWRP because TWRP will not restore CWM nandroids, doing what I just instructed allows you to keep TWRP and a stock nandroid that you can actually restore. After getting TWRP and a stock nandroid in TWRP you can delete the CWM backup from your internal SD if you aren't going back to CWM at any time, you won't need it if you do as I instructed.
Droidriven said:
You need the d2vzw ROMs, if you are using lollipop then you need to go to developer options and turn on root access, set it to apps and adb.
There is a TWRP made specifically for d2tfnvzw, it has our source code in it, the other d2vzw TWRPs don't mou t our devices correctly.
I worked with a dev at OctOS to get our device fully supported, all their d2vzw stiff has our code in it now. I can link you to the TWRP if you have trouble finding it.
I know pretty much whatever you need on this phone, just hit me up with anything you need help with and I'll get you straight.
Have you backed up your IMEI in terminal emulator yet, I recommend doing so because this phone has a habit of losing IMEI when flashing back and forth between ROMs, flashing stock tar won't fix this.
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If you want a working TWRP then you'll need the d2tfnvzw version, any d2vzw or d2lte ROM should work fine for you.
If you lose IMEI it won't show in settings. The reboot nvbackup that you did in terminal emulator was the IMEI backup I mentioned, it sounds like you did it correctly, if it gets wiped out for whatever reason then you can restore it by typing "reboot nvrestore", it is saved in a safe place on internal that won't get wiped out between flashes and wipes unless you format internal memory, it will be erased if you do that. As long as the only format options you use are to format system and data partitions then you won't have to worry about losing the NV backup, don't format anything other than system and data, do not format internal SD and you'll be fine. If you ever have to restore the NV backup then you'll have to create a new one like the first time because restoring it erases it from where the backup was kept, to stay backed up after restoring you need to make another.
SuperSU won't show as an app, its built in to system settings.
Did you enable root access in system settings>developer options? It has to be set to " apps and adb" or the device will act like it isn't rooted. When you flashed in CWM and rebooted it should have prompted you to "fix root", select yes if it does.
Yes, the 3G disappears when you don't have service and need to renew time on the device.
Here is the TWRP for d2tfnvzw
https://plus.google.com/+DonaldHoskins/posts/FLdc2CkSHRu
Flash it in CWM then go to the advanced options in CWM and select "reboot to recovery" this will boot you straight from CWM into TWRP, then make your backup and youll keep TWRP and wont need CWM, it would be a good idea to restore your stock nandroid in CWM and boot into it then boot back to CWM then flash the TWRP then reboot into it then make a nandroid of your stock in TWRP because TWRP will not restore CWM nandroids, doing what I just instructed allows you to keep TWRP and a stock nandroid that you can actually restore. After getting TWRP and a stock nandroid in TWRP you can delete the CWM backup from your internal SD if you aren't going back to CWM at any time, you won't need it if you do as I instructed.
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thanks for the link and info, ill work on that next. this phone actually never had an IMEI. not even behind the battery. it just has a 2 line section called MEID that shows a Dec and a Hex number. i give one or both of these numbers to straight talk when they activate the phone. (had this phone activated,deactivated and reactivated a couple times)
i had supersu as an app because i installed it from the play store. it was showing before and i use it on my note 2. but now the pop up for granting superuser permission isnt even coming up.
since i cant just switch the sim cards between my two phones, is it even worth putting a verizon rom on my s3? i would still have to call straight talk and have it switched anyway. or is that because the d2lte roms dont work for mms.. is that the only reason to use the verizon roms instead? you said before in pm that if i put my note 2s sim in my s3(after installing verizon rom) that i would have to press *228 to reset the prl. and that might mess it up for the note 2 that im using. would i just have to repeat dialing *228 in my note 2 if i switched the sim back to that one? also i believe you said in a different thread that theres no way to get 4g on these phones? that was also one of my reasons for wanting to put a verizon rom on the s3. basically this phone is a backup that has just become a learning experiment now
cory733 said:
thanks for the link and info, ill work on that next. this phone actually never had an IMEI. not even behind the battery. it just has a 2 line section called MEID that shows a Dec and a Hex number. i give one or both of these numbers to straight talk when they activate the phone. (had this phone activated,deactivated and reactivated a couple times)
i had supersu as an app because i installed it from the play store. it was showing before and i use it on my note 2. but now the pop up for granting superuser permission isnt even coming up.
since i cant just switch the sim cards between my two phones, is it even worth putting a verizon rom on my s3? i would still have to call straight talk and have it switched anyway. or is that because the d2lte roms dont work for mms.. is that the only reason to use the verizon roms instead? you said before in pm that if i put my note 2s sim in my s3(after installing verizon rom) that i would have to press *228 to reset the prl. and that might mess it up for the note 2 that im using. would i just have to repeat dialing *228 in my note 2 if i switched the sim back to that one? also i believe you said in a different thread that theres no way to get 4g on these phones? that was also one of my reasons for wanting to put a verizon rom on the s3. basically this phone is a backup that has just become a learning experiment now
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I don't know what you've got going on with superSU, does root checker verify you are rooted? If you have root access as normal and everything works then I wouldn't worry about it as long as it works.
Your IMEI should show in system settings>about phone. IMEI has several names: ESN, IMEI and a few more, they are all the same thing, it's what the network uses to identify your device as that particular device and not another. That number is what registers on the network, without it the device is useless, it won't even work on WiFi if its NV bricked.
Dialing *228 on a Verizon SIM ruins it for Verizon, from what I know, it won't work for Verizon after that no matter what you dial. Using the SIM on the ST S3 is only to get signal and data, it doesn't have to be activated by any process, just inserted and OTA programmed in the device. Actually any CDMA SIM works but the Verizon 4G specifically gets the stock MMS working, it even corrects MMS issues on non rooted stock ST S3. The 4G SIM is needed to get the ROMs working because the ROMs are actually built for the Verizon S3 which is a 4G device that requires 4G SIM, that is how Verizon regulates their 4G data, this makes our device require the SIM when running Verizon ROMs, even the d2lte ROMs require SIM because they are built for LTE(4G) devices, hence d2 "lte". The ROMs have to follow their programming, their programming says they must have SIM so a SIM must be used regardless of what the device is.
The 4G was hardware disabled in the device, it can't be re-enabled. This device actually has the Verizon S3's motherboard in it even though it says it is an SCH-S968C, if you open it up and look inside you'll see SCH-I535 stamped in more than one place on the hardware pieces. Its a rebranded Verizon S3 basically with 4G disabled.
Is any of this making any sense yet?
I have a thread that I ran across where a guy used his active Verizon SIM in a ST S3 by going to his verizon user account online and entering the phone info, this is not really a legit way to do it, the network is fooled into thinking one device is the other without the second device actually being legitimately activated on the Verizon network, this is a shady practice and isn't recommended because if the network catches on they'll kill you ESN(IMEI) and the device will be useless and un-repairable. It can be done but isn't worth the risk, I will tell you how to do this, its against the rules on XDA, if you do so then do not come posting here about it no matter what issues you are having, the practice is frowned on around here and most won't help you with it if they are serious about XDA.
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I don't know what you've got going on with superSU, does root checker verify you are rooted? If you have root access as normal and everything works then I wouldn't worry about it as long as it works.
Your IMEI should show in system settings>about phone. IMEI has several names: ESN, IMEI and a few more, they are all the same thing, it's what the network uses to identify your device as that particular device and not another. That number is what registers on the network, without it the device is useless, it won't even work on WiFi if its NV bricked.
Dialing *228 on a Verizon SIM ruins it for Verizon, from what I know, it won't work for Verizon after that no matter what you dial. Using the SIM on the ST S3 is only to get signal and data, it doesn't have to be activated by any process, just inserted and OTA programmed in the device. Actually any CDMA SIM works but the Verizon 4G specifically gets the stock MMS working, it even corrects MMS issues on non rooted stock ST S3. The 4G SIM is needed to get the ROMs working because the ROMs are actually built for the Verizon S3 which is a 4G device that requires 4G SIM, that is how Verizon regulates their 4G data, this makes our device require the SIM when running Verizon ROMs, even the d2lte ROMs require SIM because they are built for LTE(4G) devices, hence d2 "lte". The ROMs have to follow their programming, their programming says they must have SIM so a SIM must be used regardless of what the device is.
The 4G was hardware disabled in the device, it can't be re-enabled. This device actually has the Verizon S3's motherboard in it even though it says it is an SCH-S968C, if you open it up and look inside you'll see SCH-I535 stamped in more than one place on the hardware pieces. Its a rebranded Verizon S3 basically with 4G disabled.
Is any of this making any sense yet?
I have a thread that I ran across where a guy used his active Verizon SIM in a ST S3 by going to his verizon user account online and entering the phone info, this is not really a legit way to do it, the network is fooled into thinking one device is the other without the second device actually being legitimately activated on the Verizon network, this is a shady practice and isn't recommended because if the network catches on they'll kill you ESN(IMEI) and the device will be useless and un-repairable. It can be done but isn't worth the risk, I will tell you how to do this, its against the rules on XDA, if you do so then do not come posting here about it no matter what issues you are having, the practice is frowned on around here and most won't help you with it if they are serious about XDA.
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yeah i dont use verizon its just a verizon phone on straight talk.
my copy of the stock rom is this one that im sure youve seen before
COMBINATION_S968CUDUAMH1_S968CTFNAMH1_1304014_REV09_user_low_ship.tar.md5
since i couldnt make a copy of my actual stock on my non rooted h2 stock rom.
so youre saying to revert to this before i install twrp? i would install it as a zip and not as a restore correct?
cory733 said:
yeah i dont use verizon its just a verizon phone on straight talk.
my copy of the stock rom is this one that im sure youve seen before
COMBINATION_S968CUDUAMH1_S968CTFNAMH1_1304014_REV09_user_low_ship.tar.md5
since i couldnt make a copy of my actual stock on my non rooted h2 stock rom.
so youre saying to revert to this before i install twrp? i would install it as a zip and not as a restore correct?
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Restore your stock nandroid in CWM, then reboot into system normally, then boot back to CWM and flash the TWRP .zip, then go to advanced options in CWM and select "reboot recovery" it will boot straight to TWRP then you make a nandroid of your stock in TWRP then you don't need CWM or the stock nandroid that was created in CWM.
I'm just trying to explain how to get TWRP and have a stock nandroid in TWRP because the nandroid made in CWM won't work in TWRP, if you're gonna run and keep TWRP then you'll need a stock nandroid to use in TWRP if you ever need it. Otherwise you would have to go back to CWM to restore the stock nandroid that you made in CWM. Doing what I'm saying eliminates the hassle of going back and forth between CWM and TWRP.
If you're already on stock then you don't need to restore the nandroid in CWM, you just need to flash TWRP .zip then reboot to it from within CWM and make a TWRP nandroid and do away with CWM and the nandroid you created in it, your CWM nandroid van be found on your extsd in Clockworkmod/backups folder, just delete the entire Clockworkmod folder.
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Restore your stock nandroid in CWM, then reboot into system normally, then boot back to CWM and flash the TWRP .zip, then go to advanced options in CWM and select "reboot recovery" it will boot straight to TWRP then you make a nandroid of your stock in TWRP then you don't need CWM or the stock nandroid that was created in CWM.
I'm just trying to explain how to get TWRP and have a stock nandroid in TWRP because the nandroid made in CWM won't work in TWRP, if you're gonna run and keep TWRP then you'll need a stock nandroid to use in TWRP if you ever need it. Otherwise you would have to go back to CWM to restore the stock nandroid that you made in CWM. Doing what I'm saying eliminates the hassle of going back and forth between CWM and TWRP.
If you're already on stock then you don't need to restore the nandroid in CWM, you just need to flash TWRP .zip then reboot to it from within CWM and make a TWRP nandroid and do away with CWM and the nandroid you created in it, your CWM nandroid van be found on your extsd in Clockworkmod/backups folder, just delete the entire Clockworkmod folder.
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kinda forgot about this project for a while but decided to finish it. i installed the version of TWRP you showed me and it and cyanogenmod installed just fine this time. i actually just installed this twrp from twrp itself. tried putting the sim from my note 2 in my s3 just to try. it didnt work. i didnt dial *288 or anything. but i ordered another sim. will see if everything works when i get the sim.
thanks for your help
maybe spoke too soon. now its not letting me boot into twrp for some reason. even though i already did before and made a backup. i get the blue letters up top saying its booting to recovery but then it just skips it
edit: works when enabling advanced reboot options and rebooting to recovery from phone
cory733 said:
maybe spoke too soon. now its not letting me boot into twrp for some reason. even though i already did before and made a backup. i get the blue letters up top saying its booting to recovery but then it just skips it
edit: works when enabling advanced reboot options and rebooting to recovery from phone
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Hmm, sounds fishy. Try going back to the TWRP you already had if it worked fine, why the d2tfnvzw is acting funny I couldn't tell you. When you put the SIM in it the ROM should work without having to do anything, dialing *228 and setting APNs is only to get MMS working and only works with the Verizon 4G LTE SIM that I know of.
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Hmm, sounds fishy. Try going back to the TWRP you already had if it worked fine, why the d2tfnvzw is acting funny I couldn't tell you. When you put the SIM in it the ROM should work without having to do anything, dialing *228 and setting APNs is only to get MMS working and only works with the Verizon 4G LTE SIM that I know of.
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the twrp i had before couldnt install cm correctly for some reason. now that im on cm12 can i still install that twrp?
the rom seems to be working fine, i can still get into everything else without the sim, it just says no sim. With that sim i didnt get service, i got the "welcome to verizon wireless" when trying to make a call. installing apps seems slow.
somehow ive lost root. supersu wont install the binaries either, im gonna try to figure out how to do that with twrp.
cory733 said:
the twrp i had before couldnt install cm correctly for some reason. now that im on cm12 can i still install that twrp?
the rom seems to be working fine, i can still get into everything else without the sim, it just says no sim. With that sim i didnt get service, i got the "welcome to verizon wireless" when trying to make a call. installing apps seems slow.
somehow ive lost root. supersu wont install the binaries either, im gonna try to figure out how to do that with twrp.
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As for your root being gone, its probably not, you've got to go into developer settings and set root access to "apps and adb", do that and verify whether you have root after that, also get ES file explorer and set your mount permissions to R/W
If the SIM is a Verizon SIM it should work.
I recommend flashing the newest OctOS d2vzw CM12 has always been too buggy in my opinion, OctOS is super stable, its the best ROM out if all the d2vzw ROMs. The SIM will probably work with OctOS, myself and hundreds of others have been using it with no issues.
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As for your root being gone, its probably not, you've got to go into developer settings and set root access to "apps and adb", do that and verify whether you have root after that, also get ES file explorer and set your mount permissions to R/W
If the SIM is a Verizon SIM it should work.
I recommend flashing the newest OctOS d2vzw CM12 has always been too buggy in my opinion, OctOS is super stable, its the best ROM out if all the d2vzw ROMs. The SIM will probably work with OctOS, myself and hundreds of others have been using it with no issues.
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ok cool got root, you were right, the root access setting was set to disabled. the sim is a straight talk CDMA for verizon. its from the bring your own phone sim card kit that has sims for every carrier. i didnt want to try *288 since you said it could ruin it for my Note 2. but another one is on the way theyre $1.07 from walmarts website.
do you have a link for octos? its based off cm12? im also trying to get an app called drivedroid to work since i cant do much with my note 2's useless locked bootloader. google search for OctOs is bringing me to liquidsmooth.
cory733 said:
ok cool got root, you were right, the root access setting was set to disabled. the sim is a straight talk CDMA for verizon. its from the bring your own phone sim card kit that has sims for every carrier. i didnt want to try *288 since you said it could ruin it for my Note 2. but another one is on the way theyre $1.07 from walmarts website.
do you have a link for octos? its based off cm12? im also trying to get an app called drivedroid to work since i cant do much with my note 2's useless locked bootloader. google search for OctOs is bringing me to liquidsmooth.
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teamoctos.com ,find the download page and get the newest d2vzw.
I'm not sure that the straight talk SIM will work like the actual Verizon SIM does, in the year that I've been following development on this device I've seen no posts that say the ST BYOP 4G SIM works. I recommend an actual Verizon one, they are only $2-4 on eBay, that's cheaper than the ST SIM and guaranteed to work.
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Droidriven said:
teamoctos.com ,find the download page and get the newest d2vzw.
I'm not sure that the straight talk SIM will work like the actual Verizon SIM does, in the year that I've been following development on this device I've seen no posts that say the ST BYOP 4G SIM works. I recommend an actual Verizon one, they are only $2-4 on eBay, that's cheaper than the ST SIM and guaranteed to work.
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should i try switching TWRP's before installing this rom?
cory733 said:
should i try switching TWRP's before installing this rom?
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No, try the d2tfnvzw one first
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No, try the d2tfnvzw one first
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ok im on OctOs now. stayed with the same TWRP d2tfnvzw version. Same thing with the sim. "welcome to verizon wireless, your mobile number is either not active, or invalid" does *228 do anything besides getting mms to work?
edit: the signal bar icon has a ! in it and when i click on it it says Verizon Wireless 2 GB warning
cory733 said:
ok im on OctOs now. stayed with the same TWRP d2tfnvzw version. Same thing with the sim. "welcome to verizon wireless, your mobile number is either not active, or invalid" does *228 do anything besides getting mms to work?
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It is supposed to auto program the SIM. I'm not sure it will work on the ST SIM, I know it works for the Verizon SIM, don't try it on the ST SIM, I might fry it and make it useless.
Verify you still have IME, has the phone itself been activated on straight talk, your IMEI has to be registered and activated on the straight talk network. Are you showing any signal bars or the 3G symbol?
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I am overjoyed to see that there is finally an official gingerbread update that I can flash, and then a CM7 for this kernel, that doesn't have any bugs that are too annoying. However, it's been a while since I became an expert on flashing my old LG Eve. Is there a thread somewhere that outlines exactly how to do this for this exact phone and mod?
I've got a D2G, with Fission ROM. the phone is unlocked and rooted. I have an original ROM saved to flash to the phone if need be. Everything I would ever need is backed up using Titanium Backup. I've downloaded the GB update and CM7. I think I'm ready to go.
Questions:
- Is there a thread that answers all this already?
- Am I going to run into any problems being unlocked or rooted?
- Does the phone revert back to being locked once the new GB is installed? That would not be good considering I'm in Canada, not on Verizon. I bought my phone unlocked so I don't know how to just unlock it again.
- I remember using nandroid before to make a complete backup of the contents of my phone so that if I screwed up I could just go back to it seamlessly. Same thing this time around?
- I'm not completely illiterate here though, so I'm going to give it a go and you can just correct me where I am wrong. First, put the CM7 and GB files on the SD card. then do a nandroid backup of the phone. Clear data, clear cache. Then use clockworkmod to flash the GB update. then use clockworkmod again to flash CM7. then use clockworkmod again to flash gapps. Start up phone, do a complete restore with Titanium and I'll have all my apps and settings, call history and texts back. I'm probably wrong somewhere in all this, but where?
If there's not already a comprehensive thread on this, let this be it!
You will need to SBF to stock to be able to install the update.
Refer to the following for some instructions:
http://droid.koumakan.jp/wiki/SBF
http://droid.koumakan.jp/wiki/4.5.607_Firmware
http://droid.koumakan.jp/wiki/CyanogenMod
Ok, I read these all over about 5 times. So in a nutshell, these are the steps:
- use rsdlite to put your phone back to the stock firmware 2.4.330
- unroot and remove cwm
- use android recovery to install gingerbread 4.5.607
- root again and install cwm again
- use cwm to install cyanogen and gapps.
Correct?
Also, I am running fission. According to my system info it is firmware 2.4.3. I would rather skip step 1 and just install gingerbread. I am guessing I can't, but please confirm.
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You don't need to unroot and remove CWM after flashing the SBF.
Otherwise everything's correct.
You cannot install the official Gingerbread firmware update onto a phone that is not running stock unrooted 2.4.330 without CWM and with all bundled software intact.
Note: if you need to backup your applications and configuration data, you can do so with CWM. Make a backup under Fission, then perform all those steps above, and once you're running CM7 on 4.5.607, use CWM's advanced restore feature to only restore /data.
So here I am in Gingerbread on my D2G (already further than I thought I'd get!) and you would think it would be smooth sailing from here... except I can't root it now! Is there a different technique for rooting in Gingerbread? I used Z4 before, and it worked in seconds.
OK, I figured out how to root using another thread. and when i am in adb shell I get "#" and not "$" after entering a string of commands.
But, apps think that I'm not rooted. All I need is to install CWM, but it runs into errors, presumably because I am not rooted.
The phone is in some sort of weird half-rooted state.
really weird experience with rooting. I realized that I hadn't done the additional steps where you push superuser to the phone and a couple other commands. So I did that, and then root check said i was rooted. I rebooted, and adb shell was acting like I wasn't rooted! yet root check still said I was. I was able to flash CWM and reboot, and then install CM7. Everything seems great!
except, right from the start I was getting repeated FCs for com.android.phone.
I remember that there's an issue with needing to reboot after switching to GSM... so I'm trying that now. Let's hope that stops the FCs.
So what ended up happening was, I rebooted and stopped getting the FCs for the phone after switching to GSM. So that is good. However, aside from the two minor bugs that I was prepared to live with, this is happening now:
- I have phone and SMS service, just no data. Wireless works fine, and so do GPS and Bluetooth to my knowledge.
- When attempting to select a network to register on, I get the dreaded “Your SIM card does not allow connection to this network” message. I have tried doing this with data/roaming enabled/disabled and with “only 2G” selected. I have also tried a couple of tips I found online such as removing the battery for 15 minutes and also getting a new SIM card.
- At first I was able to enter new APNs, but they wouldn’t save. I hit menu, then save, but it goes back to the APN screen and none are listed. Now, what happens is, if I hit menu, then “add new apn”, nothing happens.
I went into the telephony.db file to manually enter my APNs, and it seems that they are already there, which is good. I re-entered them all manually using sqlite anyway. This did not work. I also noticed that Verizon was listed with a “1” in current, which probably means that Verizon is my current APN. So I removed that 1 and placed it on all my rogers APN entries. Still, nothing is saved at the APN screen in settings, and I can’t enter them through that screen, either. And no data.
Suppose it turns out that this is just a bug with CM7 right now and it’s unusable for me. Obviously I don’t want to go all the way back to Fission on Froyo when I can use gingerbread. How far back into this process do I have to go? Can I just flash GB and it will overwrite CM7?
Did you make a CWM backup of your freshly installed Gingerbread? If so, just restore.
If not, I don't see how you're going to “just flash Gingerbread” without SBF'ing to 2.4.x.
Well, I have done a lot of testing and troubleshooting. I went back to the start of this whole process, and I backed up my APNs and fully tested the phone at every turn, and my conclusion is that CM7 is not friendly to APNs. There was no problem with stock Froyo or stock Gingerbread. With the working APNs that I had, I was able to use data on both. Once CM7 was installed, it was a no go.
I used a couple of apps to backup my APNs both in Froyo and Gingerbread prior to installing CM7, and when CM7 inevitably didn't allow me to use data, I tried to restore my APNs using these programs as well. They say that they worked, and it's true that if you go into root explorer the APNs are there as you entered them or restored them using a program. But it seems these APNs are not going to work unless you actually see them at the APN page in settings. And nothing I have tried up to this point has been able to make any APN show up at that screen.
I think the “Your SIM card does not allow connection to this network” message at the network operators screen, as well as my inability to enter APNs, are 100% related. I also bet there is a simple solution to it!
If anyone has any ideas about how to make an APN stick, and how to force a phone to start using it, please let me know. I'll also post this at the CM7 forum.
I just got TWRP installed with the awesome help of gunnyman and now i'm on to my next step on my way to a custom rom. Which (correct me if i'm wrong) is making a backup.
TWRP is very user friendly..but not enough for me sadly. When I'm making a backup there are several check boxes of what to backup and I'm not sure which ones should be checked. Could anyone help me with that?
Also the backup will be stored on my sd card, which on the one x is internal..so its safe or what? Should I put on on dropbox just in case? Is there any reason after loading a custom rom that my backup would no longer be available or not work?
Are there any other steps between the backup and installing the custom rom.
annnddd one last question. This part of the cleanrom post scares me.. can someone explain what it means? Will this leave my phone unable to connect to 4g?
Special GSM Patch:
Removes the AT&T 4G Icon and reverts to standard GSM "H" Icon.
Unlocks the Hotspot in its entirety so ALLLLLLL people can use it regardless of carrier!
Wait for it... Unlocks the magical LTE Toggle capability. Does not work on AT&T but does work on all other carriers AFAIK.
This patch CAN be applied to ATT if you want. It wont hurt anything that I know of. I was also told that if you manually program APN's that you can toggle the LTE toggle on ATT. I gave up on testing this but it did work a couple times for me but I could not get it consistent. If you can help the community figure it out for ATT then lets do it!
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PhatCrits said:
I just got TWRP installed with the awesome help of gunnyman and now i'm on to my next step on my way to a custom rom. Which (correct me if i'm wrong) is making a backup.
TWRP is very user friendly..but not enough for me sadly. When I'm making a backup there are several check boxes of what to backup and I'm not sure which ones should be checked. Could anyone help me with that?
Also the backup will be stored on my sd card, which on the one x is internal..so its safe or what? Should I put on on dropbox just in case? Is there any reason after loading a custom rom that my backup would no longer be available or not work?
Are there any other steps between the backup and installing the custom rom.
annnddd one last question. This part of the cleanrom post scares me.. can someone explain what it means? Will this leave my phone unable to connect to 4g?
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Just use all the default options at first. Don't worry about what boxes are checked and all that. Go in and do a backup. Go back out and do a wipe I think on twrp its called factory reset, data and cache. Then wipe dalvik cache. Then rinse and repeat just for the heck of it. Then go and install the rom and reboot. Set things up and let things ssettle in. Then if you want go flash any mods such as battery percent and wifi tether. don't bother with the GSM patch just yet. You probably won't need or want it anyways.
Your backup should be fine on the phone but I always copy NY first to my PC. Dropbox would take too long for me. It's about a gig. I actually erase all my backups off the device once I realise I don't need it.
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Also the Nandroid backups are too big to upload to Dropbox. I've tried.
The GSM patch just changes your icons for data (ie LTE, H+, 3G, etc).
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Intro
The info on how to do this is scattered around, thought it might be good to have a post for this, was really annoying for me to get this fixed
Problem
After upgrading to the latest Cyanogenmod 10.1 (cm-10.1-20121224-NIGHTLY-d2vzw.zip), the phone will not connect to the cell network. Some symptoms of this:
- Cannot send/receive text messages
- Cannot make calls, all calls give error "Your account is not authorized to make calls to this phone number"
- On boot, activation starts ("Waiting for network...") but cannot complete
- In Settings -> About Phone -> Status, you see the following info:
-- Roaming: Roaming
-- Mobile Network State: Disconnected
-- My phone number : 000-000-0311 (or similar)
Solution
I tried a number of solutions, but the only way I've seen to fix this is to revert to stock ICS using Odin, then perform a full factory reset. Please note that you will lose ALL data, including anything on the internal storage. The SD card should not be touched. You will also lose your unlocked bootloader, although that is easily restored.
1. BACK UP any data you might need, including clockwork/titanium backups, get them off your phone
2. Follow instructions here to flash the rooted ICS image (stock.vzw_root66.tar) using Odin. The torrent is much faster to download the image.
3. If your phone goes into a boot loop (stuck on the LTE boot logo), boot into stock recovery (Vol Up + Home + Power) and clear data / factory reset
4. Boot up the phone, go into the dialer, type: *2767*3855#
5. Your phone will immediately factory reset itself
You should now have cell connectivity again, and should also have root. You can then unlock your bootloader (get v1.2 here) and finally use Clockwork to re-install another ROM.
Note that after doing the above to restore my cell connectivity, I tried to do a clean install of CM 10.1, with full data wipe and such, and I once again lost cell connectivity and had to factory reset again. It seems to me like something is very broken with CM 10.1 for the VZ S3, and until it's figured out I recommend staying with CM 10.0 (cm-10-20121216-NIGHTLY-d2vzw.zip), which does not appear to have this problem.
funkymonk101 said:
Intro
The info on how to do this is scattered around, thought it might be good to have a post for this, was really annoying for me to get this fixed
Problem
After upgrading to the latest Cyanogenmod 10.1 (cm-10.1-20121224-NIGHTLY-d2vzw.zip), the phone will not connect to the cell network. Some symptoms of this:
- Cannot send/receive text messages
- Cannot make calls, all calls give error "Your account is not authorized to make calls to this phone number"
- On boot, activation starts ("Waiting for network...") but cannot complete
- In Settings -> About Phone -> Status, you see the following info:
-- Roaming: Roaming
-- Mobile Network State: Disconnected
-- My phone number : 000-000-0311 (or similar)
Solution
I tried a number of solutions, but the only way I've seen to fix this is to revert to stock ICS using Odin, then perform a full factory reset. Please note that you will lose ALL data, including anything on the internal storage. The SD card should not be touched. You will also lose your unlocked bootloader, although that is easily restored.
1. BACK UP any data you might need, including clockwork/titanium backups, get them off your phone
2. Follow instructions here to flash the rooted ICS image (stock.vzw_root66.tar) using Odin. The torrent is much faster to download the image.
3. If your phone goes into a boot loop (stuck on the LTE boot logo), boot into stock recovery (Vol Up + Home + Power) and clear data / factory reset
4. Boot up the phone, go into the dialer, type: *2767*3855#
5. Your phone will immediately factory reset itself
You should now have cell connectivity again, and should also have root. You can then unlock your bootloader (get v1.2 here) and finally use Clockwork to re-install another ROM.
Note that after doing the above to restore my cell connectivity, I tried to do a clean install of CM 10.1, with full data wipe and such, and I once again lost cell connectivity and had to factory reset again. It seems to me like something is very broken with CM 10.1 for the VZ S3, and until it's figured out I recommend staying with CM 10.0 (cm-10-20121216-NIGHTLY-d2vzw.zip), which does not appear to have this problem.
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easier way is If you remove ur sim card and boot up and connect via wifi, u can then register and set up the phone. then shut down put sim card back in and boot up. go to system settings -> More... under wireless and networks -> mobile networks -> CDMA subscription and choose RUIM/SIM (NOT NV)
This should now let the ur phone have access to the network and get rid of the roaming issue.
Same problem
Having this exact problem. My problem is I do not have access to a windows computer and thus cannot use Odin. I have already performed a Factory reset so I may try the way that involves removing the sim card. I dont know how more people haven't posted on this yet...
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rossida said:
easier way is If you remove ur sim card and boot up and connect via wifi, u can then register and set up the phone. then shut down put sim card back in and boot up. go to system settings -> More... under wireless and networks -> mobile networks -> CDMA subscription and choose RUIM/SIM (NOT NV)
This should now let the ur phone have access to the network and get rid of the roaming issue.
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as far as I can tell this does not work. You must have a sim card to get past the second screen in boot up. There is no other option besides to turn of your phone.
Thank you for the help! My phone as been out of commission for the past 2 days and the OP directions fixed it. However the second post did nothing to help out. Worth a shot though
Does anyone know if this can be done from a Mac?? I am a little desperate here. Ive spent most of Christmas day messing with this.
You'll have to find a Windows computer, or install a windows virtual machine using vmware fusion or parallels desktop.
will this work for us cellular??
rossida said:
easier way is If you remove ur sim card and boot up and connect via wifi, u can then register and set up the phone. then shut down put sim card back in and boot up. go to system settings -> More... under wireless and networks -> mobile networks -> CDMA subscription and choose RUIM/SIM (NOT NV)
This should now let the ur phone have access to the network and get rid of the roaming issue.
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This has happened to me twice. The second time I used this method and it worked for me. It was only successful when I switched to the executioner 2.5 rom which was on my sd card. Thanks!
Nvm fixed it
*wrong thread*
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Nvm fixed it
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How???
Okay, finally have my service back in stock touchwiz. This is what I did for anyone that cares to know: In CM10 during "activation" I pulled my sim card out, let it finish activating, powered down put sim card back in. Then I booted it back up and went to system settings -> More... under wireless and networks -> mobile networks -> CDMA subscription and choose RUIM/SIM (NOT NV). THEN I did a factory reset in CM10 making it look as if I had just flashed it again. Then I booted into recovery and went back to stock TouchWiz where my 4g LTE came back magically and I could call and place texts. Not really any rhyme or reason but my service is back and I am beyond pleased. I am very nervous to flash any roms as of now I might wait til tomorrow luckily I have all my stuff backed up Hopefully it stays this way. Message me with any questions and I will help as much as I can. Merry Christmas
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Okay, finally have my service back in stock touchwiz. This is what I did for anyone that cares to know: In CM10 during "activation" I pulled my sim card out, let it finish activating, powered down put sim card back in. Then I booted it back up and went to system settings -> More... under wireless and networks -> mobile networks -> CDMA subscription and choose RUIM/SIM (NOT NV). THEN I did a factory reset in CM10 making it look as if I had just flashed it again. Then I booted into recovery and went back to stock TouchWiz where my 4g LTE came back magically and I could call and place texts. Not really any rhyme or reason but my service is back and I am beyond pleased. I am very nervous to flash any roms as of now I might wait til tomorrow luckily I have all my stuff backed up Hopefully it stays this way. Message me with any questions and I will help as much as I can. Merry Christmas
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Yall all need to chill out. Just fix your mobile network settings, toggle airplane mode, and you'll be fine.
You have no reason to fear flashing any roms.... With common sense.
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Flash cm10.1 go to settings/networks/cdma subscriptions and change it back to RUIM/SIM. U haz data now. :thumbup:
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None of this has worked for me. I have followed the post directions and still have roaming. I am not seeing this option some of you are talking about though " wireless and networks -> mobile networks -> CDMA subscription and choose RUIM/SIM (NOT NV)"... is this option supposed to be in the stock ics rom?
Update: the line had been suspended for some very odd reason
Got it working on VZW SG3 for now
This worked for me:
Reboot to recovery and fix permissions (not sure if this step helped just following some other posts) --> change mobile networks to the sim option ---> and most importantly enable National Data Roaming (this is the step that kicked over my signal)
After doing this it has started to let me call out and receive sms. My only concern is what consequences will i have with the national data roaming enabled and secondly when I am in other networks if I will get better signal; i live in a small town and get 1x so I have no idea what will happen till i get into the city but this seems to be a good fix for now. Hope this helps.
Tried all posted solutions and then some, still can't get CM 10.1 working on d2vzw
All,
I have a stock-rooted SCH-I535, and am also unable to get CM 10.1 working without losing the voice connection. It appears that my problem is corrupted NVRAM. Although my IMEI remains correct after flashing 10.1, my phone number and other info (ERI) gets corrupted. After a day of anxious attempts to fix the phone, the only fix I've found is flashing root66 (after which the phone still doesn't boot to the OS), factory reset (allows phone to boot), and then dialing factory-reset code *2767*3855#. For some reason the dialer-initiated reset seems to fix the NVRAM issue while the recovery-initiated reset does not.
After figuring out how to fix the problem, I've tried a handful of ways to get CM 10.1 working properly.
Original try: flash 10.1 over rooted-VRBLK1 using TWRP 2.3.1. After fixing by flashing root66, recovery factory-reset, and dialer factory-reset, I was nervous and made a couple backups.
used the su ; reboot nvbackup commands in this RootzWiki post.
Made a QPST backup with the instructions in this XDA post.
2nd try: factory reset, wipe data/system partitions, re-flash 10.1 with TWRP. This attempt had the same roaming/corrupted phone info result, but this time I was confident because I was armed with the two backup methods above.
I tried using the Samsung MEID RepairV3.5 in this XDA thread, but it wouldn't connect to the phone running CM10.1. I've gotten that tool to connect to the root66 image, so I know I'm following the procedure correctly. However, the developer specifically states that the tool is intended for stock images, so I wasn't surprised that it failed to work on CM 10.1.
with su privilages, I used terminal command "reboot nvrestore". I expected this to work, but it resulted in an unbootable OS. I had to flash root66 and repeat the fix process described at top.
Third try: flashed 10.1 again with TWRP 2.3.1. I tried using the QPST recovery I had created earlier. I got the phone into diagnostic mode (RMNET+DM+MODEM) using terminal commands for AOSP ROMs. For some reason I couldn't get the scripts to work, even with full permissions in the "root" directory -- the script resulted in the phone disconnecting from my computer in MTP mode, but it didn't connect in diagnostic mode. Terminal commands did the trick though -- I may be making some n00b mistake with the scripts. After typing the commands in manually and connecting to QPST, when I told QPST to "restore" the backup, it gave me an error message with incompatible phone, and if I checked the "allow phone/file ESN mismatch" box, the restore failed because the phone didn't respond to the QPST commands. I'm sure the phone was in diagnostic mode because it came up under Device Manager "ports" as depicted in the QPST instructions, so it seems like the corrupted NVRAM was causing problems with making a QPST connection.
Fourth try: TWRP update to 2.3.3.0. Same results as 2.3.1.0.
Fifth try: switch to clockworkmod touch recovery 6.0.2.3. Same result as both TWRP versions.
So, I'm pretty frustrated. I have the phone back up and running rooted-stock VRBLK3. I'd really like to get JB4.2 though, so if anyone can ID the problem, please post! I hope it's a simple fix from a n00b mistake, but after all the fruitless effort above, I expect that it's a more significant issue.
One last thought: I always rebooted into recovery to install the 10.1 image, and I never tried using the ClockworkMod ROM Manager or TWRP-compatible GooManager apps. My wife is tired of me spending the holiday weekend hunkered over my phone, so if anyone wants to try that route please let me know if it works.
The only other idea I have is to install 10.1, then try flashing the VRBLK3 baseband by itself. Again, I don't have the time to pursue this idea (or expertise to know if it's a good one), so any good insight would be appreciated. One last thought: personally, I'm not willing to wander around in voice or data "roaming" even if everything else is working fine. I rely on this phone for daily use, and am not comfortable without the radios working normally.
Happy new year!
thank you. can confrim this method to work for a verity of roms. ha.
vabeachfc3s said:
Flash cm10.1 go to settings/networks/cdma subscriptions and change it back to RUIM/SIM. U haz data now. :thumbup:
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This worked, just reboot the phone after you make this change and you'll have your activated phone back with voice/data. :good:
No Service
I flashed CM10.1-m a few days ago (using this method to root and unlock bootloader http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2046439 then flashing CM10.1-m through Odin), and my phone worked flawlessly for 2 days. It started to lag a bit during swipe-style text entry (no tracing line or predictive words appeared), so I rebooted hoping to fix the problem.
After reboot I lost all verizon service. The phone said "No Signal" or "Emergency Calls Only." The phone would not identify a mobile network, and no option for CDMA/LTE was available under mobile network settings, although verizon APN's were still identified. I think I lost my IMEI/EFS but don't know enough to be sure.
First I flashed stock VRALG1 android 4.0.4 without success. However after I flashed stock VRBLK3 android 4.1.1 my verizon service was restored.
I would really like to figure out how to keep CM10.1... touchwhiz is awful. Can someone confirm this problem can be fixed through one of the following methods? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35600769&postcount=2&nocache=1
Also don't want to trip my flash counter... any idea at what point this would happen?
First I'd like to say hello to all. I've been looking for the most comprehensive android discussion forum, and I think I hit the jackpot here. Anyway to the point. As it is known by the pros here, The S3 comes from your telecom company loaded with your personal connection info. From what I've read recently, the carriers either don't know how, or simply wont backup the nv and efs data to the onboard chips to preserve it in case of software failure, or mod failure. I did find an article with google explaining that a couple of devs discovered the fix for this inside the bootloader that we can use to force that backup to happen like it should, and it works. I've flashed several times since that backup and not lost the data from the phone. When I install cyanogen mod 11, it does not read those 2 particular memory blocks on booting, thus cyanogenmod does not recover the imei data from the onboard backup, even after a factory reset. I really would like to see if there is a workaround for that because unfortunately for me, any other method for backup is illegal where I live. If I flash back to stock rom, It reads the data back out of the chip, and restores my connection data for the carrier to the efs partition as well as the other 3 displayed in EFS Backup Pro. But I really like cyanogenmod, and since one of it's developers worked at Samsung, I'm really hoping my question finds an answer here.
So my question is is anyone familiar enough with the Cricket version of the S3 and cyanogenmod to tell me of a workaround for that problem if it exists. Thanks in advance for the community's responses.
Did You used the "cricket" Version of cyanogenmod?
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Did You used the "cricket" Version of cyanogenmod?
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I used the cyanogenmod installer to install. From what I've read, the universal installer detects my phone and installs the correct version. Also I think that all s3 builds are now unified, so that's not an issue. Tried 10.2 after that, and caused my self more problems than I needed to fix, so I flashed back to stock. But I am going to attempt the mod again after backing up efs and nv if I have to. I can only run 4.3 or 4.4 android, which means I can only run 10.2 or 11 on my phone, or it will nuke the bootloader and hard brick my phone.
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I used the cyanogenmod installer to install. From what I've read, the universal installer detects my phone and installs the correct version. Also I think that all s3 builds are now unified, so that's not an issue. Tried 10.2 after that, and caused my self more problems than I needed to fix, so I flashed back to stock. But I am going to attempt the mod again after backing up efs and nv if I have to. I can only run 4.3 or 4.4 android, which means I can only run 10.2 or 11 on my phone, or it will nuke the bootloader and hard brick my phone.
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http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=d2cri
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This is the cricket Version
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Versions are correct. Its not a version problem, it's an implementation problem where cm10.2 or 11 does not read the memory blocks that store the eps and nv data. Stock rom from cricket will read them and restore nv data from the chips. (I am not referring to the efs folder that can be seen as root. Im referring to the data stored in the 2 chips that Samsung and Cricket don't tell you about. Normally a corrupted efs folder is backed up from there because no one backs it up first. Google "Samsung derp" and you will find the article I found that explains this. People lose their efs because they don't know this about the knox system, and that it's not backed up properly. When you do not do " su nvbackup" then you lose your number. You do he nv backup procedure correctly and it backs up your current efs, then it's automatically restored whenever you flash a rom that reads those blocks. Cyanogenmod does NOT read those blocks to rebuild the efs/nv data. If it did, then when I do the factory reset after flashing, my phone would work right after the reset, but it does not. Neither version 10.2 nor 11.x reads those blocks.on reboot.
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Versions are correct. Its not a version problem, it's an implementation problem where cm10.2 or 11 does not read the memory blocks that store the eps and nv data. Stock rom from cricket will read them and restore nv data from the chips. (I am not referring to the efs folder that can be seen as root. Im referring to the data stored in the 2 chips that Samsung and Cricket don't tell you about. Normally a corrupted efs folder is backed up from there because no one backs it up first. Google "Samsung derp" and you will find the article I found that explains this. People lose their efs because they don't know this about the knox system, and that it's not backed up properly. When you do not do " su nvbackup" then you lose your number. You do he nv backup procedure correctly and it backs up your current efs, then it's automatically restored whenever you flash a rom that reads those blocks. Cyanogenmod does NOT read those blocks to rebuild the efs/nv data. If it did, then when I do the factory reset after flashing, my phone would work right after the reset, but it does not. Neither version 10.2 nor 11.x reads those blocks.on reboot.
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Looked at this already? --> Backup + Restore EFS SIII
I'm not sure how, but I'm up and dialing.
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Looked at this already? --> Backup + Restore EFS SIII
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Sorry I didn't get back here. I have an update. Corny007 1, Samsung Galaxy S3 0. I won :highfive: The first time I installed cyanogen I did it with the installer, and like I said, the blocks weren't read. Not sure how or why yet as I'm just starting out, but I did about 2 or 3 days research, kept hitting dead ends, so I decided just to go back and use the installer again. For some reason, and I still have no idea why, as I mentioned my IMEI data would not restore. This time, it did, no backing up required. I do have them just in case, except I never went through the trouble to get them onto my Ext/SD, and I couldn't figure out how to work around version mismatches after Philz was overwritten. I could have installed the SDK, and took a couple more days probably to get it that way, but for some reason, that I still don't know, maybe it was a bugfix between last time and this, not sure. Bottom line is I am modded, and calling. Thanks for the suggestions, I'll hit the thanks button too. By the way, I never answered your question. I did look where you recommended. It just seemed like I was the one exeption to everything I found. EFS Pro for example couldn't make the .tar file, just little headaches like that. Thanks again.
I own a Galaxy S3 I bought from AT&T. It runs 4.4.2 and it is rooted. I rooted it two weeks ago via Odin and tried to put cyanogenmod on it. Luckily i backed up my phone before all of this happened. I did not know that i already had a cyanogenmod rom already installed on my phone(I am not very experienced with rooting and flashing custom roms). Since i already had cyanogenmod it would not flash and i kept getting an error and an aborted installation error. I did not know that I already had cm on my phone so I ignorantly kept trying over and over again. Then I tried flashing it to AOSP or something which was unsuccessful. I then flashed from clockworkmod recovery to teamwin recovery to see if flashing to Cyanogenmod would work using TWRP. Of course I failed so I wiped the dalvik cache and wiped my phone. When my phone booted up I had no service and it would not recognize my sim card. I have put my sim in other phones and it works completely fine. So iwent to the computer and tried flashing my phone back to its stock rom. Odin could not find the .zip file so I tried installing the zip in my recovery but I was unsuccessful in all of my attempts. In one of my attempts I actually soft bricked my phone but luckily I had a backup on my phone from before I started all of this. I have tried flashing the stock rom from my phone recovery and from the computer and I dont know what to do anymore. When i dial *#06# i get IMEI null/null. I have tried dialing in *#197328640#*and it does not show a menu. I have looked for similar threads and forums but I cant really find anything. My sim card is not recognized and on the google play store it says my phone has no carrier but I still have the MyAT&T app and my phone boots up like an AT&T phone. I looked in the efs file using Root Explorer and checked the carrier file. i found the hidden menu text and it said it is "OFF". Would this be the reason why i cant see the menu after dialing and if so do i need to change it from "OFF" to "ON"?
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I have viewed a csc changer post and it was for international version only. I have an SGH-I747 I have downloaded the CSC changer app on my phone and it says "PreconfigUI does not support SingleCSC I do not know what this means. I also understand that it could be an efs problem which I do not know how to fix.
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Use this. I did the same thing.
Unzip this file... read the read me. Use Odin. Dont unzip tge internal zips. Them are for odin.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8d5jtszqr3i7919/SAVE MY ASS BOOST S3.zip?dl=0
Did that work for you?
No it was fixed before you posted. Thank you for replying though. I had updated Superuser and it updated its binary and installed it with CW recovery and somehow the imei and everything went back to normal. Unfortunately my phone will no longer download or load files (No social media, torrents, or downloading extra files from apps)
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