Wifi mac address changed to 02:00:00:00: and stucked at wifi turning on - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Wifi is stucked at turning on.... It never turns on.
The mac address is also changed to 02:00:00:... Previously it was something d9:..... It dont remember that.
I saw a youtube video how to fix that https://youtu.be/RHGQn0Av2hI it says that i have to put some file named Wcxxxxxxxxx.bin in root /persist
But when i open persist folder there are no of folders and at the end wifi. But in video of moto g it didnt have any folder. So i placed file in /persist but that didnt help.
He also mentioned in xda thread ( link in description) that this work for moto series.
So can any body guide me what should i do
Or maybe one can upload the wcxxxx.bin file of nexus 5 and its location.
I need help as i m stuck since no wifi.
Thanks in advance
Edit:- any dev can explain what does wcxxxx.bin file does
And can anyone upload that file of nexus 5.
In my phone i have persist/wifi/.macaddr file
Can anyone confirm how many files this folder hai.
Wcxxx.bin is WCNSS_qcom_wlan_nv.bin

Can any one plz provide WCNSS_qcom_wlan_nv.bin file from there persist folder of nexus 5

Only one file in persist /wifi
What os are you running? How did u end up with this mess? Did u upgrade, flash...?

hbenz2008 said:
Only one file in persist /wifi
What os are you running? How did u end up with this mess? Did u upgrade, flash...?
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I am on aosp santosh build. 26/11 build
I came home and turned on wifi it got connected to home network. But internet was not working on my phone so i turned it off. Then again on. But this time it stucked. At turning wifi on..

Did you try to reflash?

hbenz2008 said:
Did you try to reflash?
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I reflashed after the wifi problem occured. But it didnt solve it.
Today i noticed that the wpa_supplicant file attached screendhot of it.
Can you help with it.
Is woa fule corrupted??

Are you flashing a custom kernel?

hbenz2008 said:
Are you flashing a custom kernel?
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No i didnt change kernel. I am with kernel which was with the build.
Should i try any custom kernel

at this point you need your wifi back. Do you have any back up that you can restore? flash official build , or another custom rom, flah a kernel...just get the thing working. I have had that issue before on a different phone after flashing a kernel, something got corrupted so try another.

hbenz2008 said:
at this point you need your wifi back. Do you have any back up that you can restore? flash official build , or another custom rom, flah a kernel...just get the thing working. I have had that issue before on a different phone after flashing a kernel, something got corrupted so try another.
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Wifi is working again.
I installed certificate from adclear app and rebooted. The reboot was stucked at google logo for around 60-90 seconds and then boot animation started.
i started cleaning my interner storage as i was preparing to backup on pc and flash mra58k image. And uninstalled android authority app. And deleting all the folders that were just eating space.
Any ways thanks for your replies.
My mac address also is reverted back to original one.
The wpa supplicant is also now having around 10-12 lines then my wifi details.
Can anyone explain what happened.

hbenz2008 said:
at this point you need your wifi back. Do you have any back up that you can restore? flash official build , or another custom rom, flah a kernel...just get the thing working. I have had that issue before on a different phone after flashing a kernel, something got corrupted so try another.
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Wifi agian stopped working same problem imei also reverted back to 02:00:00:00:00 and is stucked at turning on wifi.

[email protected] said:
Wifi agian stopped working same problem imei also reverted back to 02:00:00:00:00 and is stucked at turning on wifi.
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Beats me man, flash it up

hbenz2008 said:
Beats me man, flash it up
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I flashed the factory image of mra58k but wifi didnt turn on.

That's marshmallow, try a kernel see what it does

hbenz2008 said:
That's marshmallow, try a kernel see what it does
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I tried both the elemental and franko kernel it didnt didnt solve the issue.
Its just frustrating

Do u wipe all before flashing except for internal SD? Also, maybe try to flash a kk rom.

hbenz2008 said:
Do u wipe all before flashing except for internal SD? Also, maybe try to flash a kk rom.
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I wiped befire flahing kernel.
Also tried paranoid v4.45 kitkat rom but in that also wifi didnt worked.

It's not software. It's failing hardware. Your Bluetooth will also stop working, as it's the same chip. Mine does the same thing. I've flashed multiple ROMs and tried changing wifi system files. Nothing has helped...
Sent from my TARDIS

I bought my Nexus 5 the first month it came out. Since then I have never touched the original system or even root it. About a month ago my wifi suddenly stopped working. I have decided to root and flash roms, after factory reset and basic solutions on google didn't work. I have tried a couple of different roms all on android 6 and 7. Wifi still not working. I havent tried flashing kernel and I don't have a file called /persist in the main directory...
EDIT: Cellular data & Bluetooth working.

If changing software and resetting doesn't fix the wifi problem, it's probably a defective wifi chip. I have two nexus 5 motherboards in my desk drawer with no wifi (tries turn on but never does or turns on then off by itself) but cell and Bluetooth work.

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[Q] xt926 wifi does not turn on

Probably my own noob fault, but I think this is caused by wiping persist and firmware in CWM while attempting to flash CM10.2.
After rebooting wifi does not turn on. I have tried re-flashing stock using both rsdlite and DROID_RAZR_HD_Utility_1.21 several times with no luck. Not sure if this is pertinent, but under advanced wifi options the MAC address is unknown.
My guess is that I have wiped something that is not restored in the stock images.
Obviously, the bootloader is unlocked so returning it is out of the question.
Anyone have any ideas?
Decantur said:
Probably my own noob fault, but I think this is caused by wiping persist and firmware in CWM while attempting to flash CM10.2.
After rebooting wifi does not turn on. I have tried re-flashing stock using both rsdlite and DROID_RAZR_HD_Utility_1.21 several times with no luck. Not sure if this is pertinent, but under advanced wifi options the MAC address is unknown.
My guess is that I have wiped something that is not restored in the stock images.
Obviously, the bootloader is unlocked so returning it is out of the question.
Anyone have any ideas?
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i had this problem and im currently working on it
dont know if you fixed it but apparently this is how.
and i fixed it
finally
my only problem was sideloading a file explorer and rooting my phone to be able to do this.
hugodefcon said:
i had this problem and im currently working on it
dont know if you fixed it but apparently this is how.
and i fixed it
finally
my only problem was sideloading a file explorer and rooting my phone to be able to do this.
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I did this same thing when trying to flash cm 11. Any luck fixing it?
cwimer said:
I did this same thing when trying to flash cm 11. Any luck fixing it?
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I have not found any way to fix this.
Decantur said:
I have not found any way to fix this.
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Maybe this will help...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47415109&posted=1#post47415109
I'm working on copying that file to /persist at the moment.
cwimer said:
Maybe this will help...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47415109&posted=1#post47415109
I'm working on copying that file to /persist at the moment.
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Please let me know how it goes.
Good luck.
Decantur said:
Please let me know how it goes.
Good luck.
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It worked! I copied WCNSS_qcom_wlan_nv.bin to /persist with a root explorer and set the permissions for that file to -rw-rw--- then rebooted.
Download here: http://db.tt/3zIjckrQ
WiFi/4G issue resolved, mostly
So I put that file back into Persist partition and fix the permissions and got WiFi and 4G back, but only have 4G when WiFi is on! As soon as it loses WiFi it also loses 4G, which ironically is when I need it! lol, any idea how to remedy this? And dont get me wrong, i am very happy WiFi is on again. Oh, and when i lose 4G i go to 3G, at least my notification bar data icon displays 3G when WiFi goes out.
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So I put that file back into Persist partition and fix the permissions and got WiFi and 4G back, but only have 4G when WiFi is on! As soon as it loses WiFi it also loses 4G, which ironically is when I need it! lol, any idea how to remedy this? And dont get me wrong, i am very happy WiFi is on again. Oh, and when i lose 4G i go to 3G, at least my notification bar data icon displays 3G when WiFi goes out.
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That might be a completely different issue. My LTE is working fine when I turn off the WiFi after this fix.
cwimer said:
It worked! I copied WCNSS_qcom_wlan_nv.bin to /persist with a root explorer and set the permissions for that file to -rw-rw--- then rebooted.
Download here: http://db.tt/3zIjckrQ
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This worked like a charm! Maybe now I can go to bed....
pzl help
Whats up, my brother gave me his razr maxx hd xt926 yesterday and he wants me to switch it to GSM so he can use ST. I promised him ill do more than that with your phone! well when I got on my computer I was seeing that you cant unlock or get root because he had the latest update, this is what h its running 9.30.1 XT926 4.1.2 build 9.8.1q-94-1 . luckily I got root using saferoot that's one problem down. now I would be glad if anybody could point me in the right direction for the next step I should take to be able to get roms and that cool stuff. the switching to GSM looks like no problems. I know I need a recovery to. should I install a recovery first or do the GSM thing first witch one is best to do first? I already have root and phone is still locked.

WIFI Connection Problem

Hi All,
need a bit of help as i am stuck and banging my head on the wall now... i was previously running cataclysm mod on my nexus 5 the Dec 5 variant and didnt upgrade to the later one... yesterday i unlocked the bootloader and then flashed stock rom the latest one available..
now the problem... for some freaking reason my N5 would not connect to my home wifi.. it would report as "wifi connection failure" though it has no problems connecting to the other wifi n/w( had a hotspot going with my nexus 6p and also connected to my neighbors wifi )
i did factory reset... and in the end flashed YAOSP rom my @Yank555 on my N5 just to see.. but now it wont even report as my wifi visible so that i could connect...
please help... i have tried changing the name of the wifi with no luck.. and also tried manual ip on the N5 with no luck..
thanks again
Rohit
which version on cataclysm were you running? If you were running 4.4 or 5.0 and updated to 6.0 with your latest update then it is possible there are files left behind from cataclysm. Simply try rebooting into recovery(even stock recovery if that's what you have) and try wiping the cache, and dalvik cache, and reboot. If this doesn't fix your issue, maybe try doing a completely fresh install.
To do this:
1.)unlock bootloader
2.)Download custom recovery img and fastboot flash recovery (nameofrecovery).zip
3.)Boot into your downloaded recovery and wipe all these partitions "/system, /data, /cache" then wipe dalvik.
4.)Reboot into download-mode to enter fastboot once again.
5.)Now reflash your stock img files you've downloaded from google.
Hopefully this should resolve your issue. Give me a thanks if this helped
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which version on cataclysm were you running? If you were running 4.4 or 5.0 and updated to 6.0 with your latest update then it is possible there are files left behind from cataclysm. Simply try rebooting into recovery(even stock recovery if that's what you have) and try wiping the cache, and dalvik cache, and reboot. If this doesn't fix your issue, maybe try doing a completely fresh install.
To do this:
1.)unlock bootloader
2.)Download custom recovery img and fastboot flash recovery (nameofrecovery).zip
3.)Boot into your downloaded recovery and wipe all these partitions "/system, /data, /cache" then wipe dalvik.
4.)Reboot into download-mode to enter fastboot once again.
5.)Now reflash your stock img files you've downloaded from google.
Hopefully this should resolve your issue. Give me a thanks if this helped
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well i was on cataMM and had my bootloader locked.. i went to recovery and unlocked my bootloader"fastboot oem unlock" and then flashed the stock image with everything"userdata" as well and booted the phone up..
the problem it connects to all the other WIFI but not my hime wifi... that is what bugs me... now if there are any files i need to delete or something...
HELP me pls.. as i dont want to get bald by pulling my hairs apart.....
rohit25 said:
well i was on cataMM and had my bootloader locked.. i went to recovery and unlocked my bootloader"fastboot oem unlock" and then flashed the stock image with everything"userdata" as well and booted the phone up..
the problem it connects to all the other WIFI but not my hime wifi... that is what bugs me... now if there are any files i need to delete or something...
HELP me pls.. as i dont want to get bald by pulling my hairs apart.....
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Flash a custom recovery image so you can wipe all partitions that are included in the stock MM software. Look in your stock zip at all the fastboot img's then boot the phone into custom recovery (TWRP preferred) and wipe all partitions that are included with your stock zip. Then fastboot reflash all stock img's
XxbloodxrushxX said:
Flash a custom recovery image so you can wipe all partitions that are included in the stock MM software. Look in your stock zip at all the fastboot img's then boot the phone into custom recovery (TWRP preferred) and wipe all partitions that are included with your stock zip. Then fastboot reflash all stock img's
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already did that.. just i dont understand that the wifi doesnt want to connect to my personal wifi.. but a neighbors or hotspot works... thinking of buying a new router if that helps me out...
rohit25 said:
already did that.. just i dont understand that the wifi doesnt want to connect to my personal wifi.. but a neighbors or hotspot works... thinking of buying a new router if that helps me out...
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Before investing money in new equipment try contacting your ISP. Tell them about the problem. If the problem is hardware based, there are numerous possibilities to fix the problem.
XxbloodxrushxX said:
Before investing money in new equipment try contacting your ISP. Tell them about the problem. If the problem is hardware based, there are numerous possibilities to fix the problem.
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I would have agreed with had my nexus6p not working correctly... And my mom's nexus5 as well(stock since I bought it)....
Update though... Had put in my sim and flashed stock again... My WiFi got connected but it is slow as hell and keeps on losing WiFi connectivity and would not reconnect till I reboot the phone....
rohit25 said:
I would have agreed with had my nexus6p not working correctly... And my mom's nexus5 as well(stock since I bought it)....
Update though... Had put in my sim and flashed stock again... My WiFi got connected but it is slow as hell and keeps on losing WiFi connectivity and would not reconnect till I reboot the phone....
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Try power cycling the modem. Unplug from wall for 30 seconds and then plug it in and wait for it to refresh(all the lights to light up like normal)
XxbloodxrushxX said:
Try power cycling the modem. Unplug from wall for 30 seconds and then plug it in and wait for it to refresh(all the lights to light up like normal)
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I hate being the bringer of bad news... But that's the 1st thing I tried... I haven't though tried to remove a password or change it to see if it helps.... Have changed the ssid name though without any luck....
Thanks for your constant help though....
rohit25 said:
I hate being the bringer of bad news... But that's the 1st thing I tried... I haven't though tried to remove a password or change it to see if it helps.... Have changed the ssid name though without any luck....
Thanks for your constant help though....
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No problem! As a last resort just call your ISP. Comcast or whatever. They can work everything out for you over the phone.
You should have a go at enabling the old DHCP client in developer settings (see screenshot below). Could just be the new DHCP client messing with you.
As for my ROM, on HH/shamu you should be able to use ANY channel worldwide (so I see no reason for it not to see the network).
But on stock ROM (or ROMs unmodded in that regard) channels are restriced (2.4GHz channels above 11 or 5GHz DFS channels won't be usable).
JP.

[SOLVED] Wifi won't turn on

I have a Moto G XT1033 and after a FC the rom stop to work properly, so I tried to flash a new rom and after it I lost my wifi connection, I tried to come back to stock rom but nothing make the wifi connect again, it even turn on, anyone knows how to solve it?
flipeicl said:
I have a Moto G XT1033 and after a FC the rom stop to work properly, so I tried to flash a new rom and after it I lost my wifi connection, I tried to come back to stock rom but nothing make the wifi connect again, it even turn on, anyone knows how to solve it?
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which custom rom did you flash?
Sent from my XT1033 using XDA-Developers mobile app
khongacc said:
which custom rom did you flash?
Sent from my XT1033 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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I tried Modified Stock and the modem problem start after a bug with that one, so I tried Dirty Unicorn, AOSP, Temasek and the Stock to come back to factory pattern but no one solve the Wifi problem.
Same problem
I Tried CM13 for Falcon . Recent Nightlies .... 28-05-2016 till 30th .. but after that my wifi stopped working .. It is stuck on Turning ON...
So rolled back to stock. still the same problem.
When I try to turn ON Wifi the slider moves back to off now ..
flipeicl said:
I have a Moto G XT1033 and after a FC the rom stop to work properly, so I tried to flash a new rom and after it I lost my wifi connection, I tried to come back to stock rom but nothing make the wifi connect again, it even turn on, anyone knows how to solve it?
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i have a solution for you...that's a only one solution exist right now on xda.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/tutorial-fix-wi-fi-problem-pc-t3389538
The solution was copy the bluethooth mac address to the file WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv on /persist.
flipeicl said:
The solution was copy the bluethooth mac address to the file WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv on /persist.
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Where is the bluetooth MAC? How did you do that copy? I have a bin file in /persist
matias3569 said:
Where is the bluetooth MAC? How did you do that copy? I have a bin file in /persist
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where you able to fix the problem? i have same issue wifi is not working after rooting

Nexus 5 stuck turning Wi-Fi on

Yesterday Wi-Fi works fine, but today it doesn't work.
I've always the "Turning Wi-Fi on..." message.
I had Puxe Nexus Rom, but then I've tried with stock rom and with a Nougat rom, but the problem persist.
I've do a lot of factory reset and try some tricks...
The only thing that happened:
I'm from Italy, this morning there was earthwake and in my town there was a tiny shock but it does not make sense that wifi no longer works...
Someone can help me?
You need to flash the custom ROM again do a dirty flash or else try installing Wifi Fix
Huzaifaamirka said:
You need to flash the custom ROM again do a dirty flash or else try installing Wifi Fix
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I've installed multirom to try more rom.
I've installed Nougat as secondary, boot it, Wi-Fi works.
Reboot, Wi-Fi doesn't work.
Flash your .zip, nothing.
Re-install Nougat as secondary, boot it, Wi-Fi doesn't works yet. Do a dirty flash, nothing.
Install Nougat and flash open-gapps, Wi-Fi doesn't work. Flash your zip, same problem.
Before I've tried also with stock, using Nexus Root Toolkit and I've yet problem...
Only sometimes, when I flash a ROM, Wi-Fi works and it have a normal MAC address. When it doesn't work, it have 02:00:00:00:00:00.
EDIT: same problem with CyanogenMod.
Simone_ASR said:
I've installed multirom to try more rom.
I've installed Nougat as secondary, boot it, Wi-Fi works.
Reboot, Wi-Fi doesn't work.
Flash your .zip, nothing.
Re-install Nougat as secondary, boot it, Wi-Fi doesn't works yet. Do a dirty flash, nothing.
Install Nougat and flash open-gapps, Wi-Fi doesn't work. Flash your zip, same problem.
Before I've tried also with stock, using Nexus Root Toolkit and I've yet problem...
Only sometimes, when I flash a ROM, Wi-Fi works and it have a normal MAC address. When it doesn't work, it have 02:00:00:00:00:00.
EDIT: same problem with CyanogenMod.
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Hey bro yesterday I was going through some threads have a look.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...-5-wifi-flashing-custom-kernel-t3490664/page1
Simone_ASR said:
Yesterday Wi-Fi works fine, but today it doesn't work.
I've always the "Turning Wi-Fi on..." message.
I had Puxe Nexus Rom, but then I've tried with stock rom and with a Nougat rom, but the problem persist.
I've do a lot of factory reset and try some tricks...
The only thing that happened:
I'm from Italy, this morning there was earthwake and in my town there was a tiny shock but it does not make sense that wifi no longer works...
Someone can help me?
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do not resolve anything? I have the same problem as you yesterday? :llorando:
Ruben8ap said:
do not resolve anything? I have the same problem as you yesterday? :llorando:
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Nothing...
Xaif said:
Hey bro yesterday I was going through some threads have a look.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...-5-wifi-flashing-custom-kernel-t3490664/page1
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Thanks, I've tried it, but doesn't work.
Than... With stock firmware and recovery Wi-Fi doesn't work anyway...
Simone_ASR said:
Nothing...
Thanks, I've tried it, but doesn't work.
Than... With stock firmware and recovery Wi-Fi doesn't work anyway...
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You would have tried flashing the same custom ROM again and try flashing the Gapps this might have solved the issues

[FIXED] WIFI and SIM Card TOTALLY broken on OPO running Nougat

Hi,
To begin with, before all this I already had a wifi issue:
I had to reconnect to wifi networks every 5 minutes. After 5 minutes the wifi signal icon was still showing but nothing on apps etc could refresh, simply no signal.
I searched something on Google and found a forum post about someone having the same issue. He fixed the issue by flashing and installing a 'firmware' zip, file or whatever. This was for OnePlus One devices running Nougat so I tought, all ok!
So I flashed the file and since then a new (huger) problem showed up.
When my device was on, no SIM card could be find (And yes it's in lol..) and I can't turn on WIFI (When I do, it turns off automaticely after 5 sec.)
I tried a FULL wipe via TWRP, tried to flash the rom again (TugaPower) and NOTHING worked.
HELP! Seriously, I've been searching **** for 2 days now and I really need my phone.
Twanofzo said:
Hi,
To begin with, before all this I already had a wifi issue:
I had to reconnect to wifi networks every 5 minutes. After 5 minutes the wifi signal icon was still showing but nothing on apps etc could refresh, simply no signal.
I searched something on Google and found a forum post about someone having the same issue. He fixed the issue by flashing and installing a 'firmware' zip, file or whatever. This was for OnePlus One devices running Nougat so I tought, all ok!
So I flashed the file and since then a new (huger) problem showed up.
When my device was on, no SIM card could be find (And yes it's in lol..) and I can't turn on WIFI (When I do, it turns off automaticely after 5 sec.)
I tried a FULL wipe via TWRP, tried to flash the rom again (TugaPower) and NOTHING worked.
HELP! Seriously, I've been searching **** for 2 days now and I really need my phone.
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You likely have a corrupt EFS partition due to wrong frimware flash.Tugapower recommends flashing Tuga frimware,its already on the thread but anyways...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-efs-partitions-how-to-lost-t3307793
This thread should be able to HELP you.
Mr.Ak said:
You likely have a corrupt EFS partition due to wrong frimware flash.Tugapower recommends flashing Tuga frimware,its already on the thread but anyways...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-efs-partitions-how-to-lost-t3307793
This thread should be able to HELP you.
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Damn, what stupid of me haha. Thanks dude!
Twanofzo said:
Damn, what stupid of me haha. Thanks dude!
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Did that worked for you?
Mr.Ak said:
Did that worked for you?
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Sorry for the late reply but if anyone comes out on this topic, yes, your solution worked.

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