Just wanted to make a thread for anyone who is interested in/has questions about flashing the new JPK firmware to their Bell Galaxy phones. If anyone is a little skeptical about trying it, it can be done. Right now I'm running a "rooted, lagfixed, non-screwed-up-850-band" phone.
EDIT: To those who have any questions, please read this post. This should clear up a lot of things.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8299301&postcount=18
TheChancellor said:
Just wanted to make a thread for anyone who is interested in/has questions about flashing the new JPK firmware to their Bell Galaxy phones. If anyone is a little skeptical about trying it, it can be done. Right now I'm running a "rooted, lagfixed, non-screwed-up-850-band" phone.
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how do u keep 3g 850 band, it only comes up as 1900 on rogers, and 850 is disable in band selection debug menu, are u using any of those custom jpk rom?
Does jpk modem still have fido as roaming like the other froyo modems. Original bell modem knows fido uses rogers towers without reporting as roaming.
i'm thinking about flashing it.... did you have any issues with the imei number... like the bug that was in JPH?
TriC_101 said:
i'm thinking about flashing it.... did you have any issues with the imei number... like the bug that was in JPH?
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i didnt have any issue with JPK or JPH, im just not getting wcdma 850 band
I'm no expert when it comes to troubleshooting with this stuff, but I will say that I used both the CSC and the Modem files from JH2, and combined it with the JPK PDA. I think I remember reading somewhere that an incorrect CSC file would cause us to lose the 850 band. I flashed a CSC file that was extracted from the JH2 firmware.
EDIT: If you guys need it, I can probably upload it for you. I got it from somewhere on these forums. Have a look.
I'm gonna give this a try tomorrow, what lag fix you use?
Any sd car corruption yet?
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This thread is a great idea. I will be following very closely. I have not yet hacked my Bell i9000 as I was waiting for fix for 3 button recovery. I am using the device with Telus so basically don't really have a warranty so didn't wanna mess anything up.
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I'm gonna give this a try tomorrow, what lag fix you use?
Any sd car corruption yet?
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RyanZA just updated his APK to 2.1.1. Works fine but you can't root it through the app. Have to do it a different way.
EDIT: Also, heads up guys... I went and installed a bunch of apps and everything seemed to be working fine, but within a minute of switching my default launcher to Launcher Pro my phone crashed and bricked, wouldn't even go to the boot animation afterward. Luckily this 3BR fix is working the way it should. I did a factory wipe and now I'm back to normal. I advise you guys to stay away from Launcher Pro for now. Hopefully it was an isolated incident, but I'll check again tomorrow. Getting tired now.
EDIT 2: After the factory wipe I installed Launcherpro right away. Works fine. Sorry to misinform anyone. I'll try to answer any questions that may be left behind first thing in the morning.
flashed with the files provided in the How To thread, now i get can't make calls or get data. APN isnt connected. HELP...lol
i read that the csc also contains gps settings, and if the jpk rom has improved the gps issue, wouldn't flashing with a csc of jh2 possibly negate the improvement? wouldn't it be better to use the jpk csc and just manually enter the apn info?
arr0ww, did you use the jh2 csc/modem files or the jpk ones? check to see if your apn settings are blank. i did that before, and just had to re-enter them, and it was fine.
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but I thought the CSC also held the information for enabling and disabling certain bands on your phone.
I used the JPK ones, what are the settings?
I have Flashed JPK today and so far its working great.Tried Lagfix after root but it's keep telling me that Phone /system is readonly.
Tried Voodoo Lagfix and it screwed up everything, Reflashed JPK and everything bak to normal. The only thing you guys might have to do is Re-enter APN settings.
I can tell by looking at the*#*#4636#*#* that phoe indeed running on GSM 850 band.
You need to use 803 Pit and Re-Partiton option when flashing.
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I used the JPK ones, what are the settings?
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Got it working, added the APN settings and rebooted.
soooooooooo, what is the general consensus here? 512 or 803 pit, repartition or no, jpk or jh2 csc/modem ?
from the other jpk thread, seemed 512 pit and no repartition was the popular way to go?
i would say either or.
I have tried both and either way you have to do Factory reset and i don't see the purpose using 512 pit as some says it use different size of partitions.
Also with ODIN 1.3 803 works better for some odd reason's.
Definately JPK as JH2 getting lots of Force closes. One thing you guys have to keep it in mind and i have seen lots of people complaining about that after falshing these BETA firmwares.
If for some reason you want to roll back to 2.1 Firmware, MArket will not work properly. I have to switch back to one of the Froyo Firmware in able to Download from te Market.
I would like to know if anyone has a successfull root for JPK? Really need LAGFIX running.
From what I can tell, the CSC files for Bell contains:
Bell Applications, sales/product code, and Bell APN/A-GPS/Internet/MMS settings.
Flashing just the CSC won't help much with the 850mhz band, but flashing both the Phone/Modem and CSC from UGJH2 _will_ fix it. However, flashing CSC will definitely factory reset your phone.
So if you're on the UGJH2 Phone/CSC, you can flash _just_ the PDA file for XXJPK with 512/513 pit and NO re-partition, and still retain all your applications. Although if you start getting a lot of force closes on those applications you might want to factory reset your phone anyways just to fix that problem. EDIT: You'll actually lose the CSC, so you'll need to flash CSC after you do a recovery downgrade anyways. Also, solipsism is correct. You don't need a pit file if you're not checking re-partition.
If you're on a different Modem/CSC firmware and you want to flash to XXJPK, it might be easier to flash the Modem/CSC of your current firmware to UGJH2 first, then flash just the PDA file for XXJPK, since the new recovery won't allow you to update to the CSC. You can however downgrade the recovery first to apply the UGJH2 CSC.
There is also a chance that you can retain your 850mhz even if you used the XXJPK Modem/CSC. You won't lose your IMEI, but this way your product code will be changed. You can fix your product code with the CSC trick from "forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=787163", however if you're not on the JH2 modem, this will make you _lose_ the 850mhz band for sure.
Modem and CSC files for UGJH2:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8258144&postcount=29
Rooting, Recovery downgrading:
Follow the instructions from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790686 under HOWTO ROOT JPK FIRMWARE.
Lagfix:
Use RyanZA's OneClickLagFix version 2.1.1 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784691 or you'll get errors on XXJPK with older versions. You must have rooted your phone first, the OneClickLagFix won't root a Froyo phone. Some people have also reported that if you used a 803 PIT this won't work.
Market Fix:
At the time of writing, protected apps didn't show up when I installed XXJPK, but protected apps work on JPH, so all you need to do is download the SGS Tools, edit the /system/build.prop file with that app, and change the XXJPK to XXJPH in the one single line under ro.build.fingerpint. You can then clear the cache on your market app, then use the code *#*#2432546#*#, and wait for the "checkin successful" notification, then reboot, and hopefully your market will show protected apps again. (The app I use to test for protected apps is Desktop Visualizer)
If I go into servicemode it shows me that i'm on 1900 band 2 and sometimes 850 band 5.. so it looks like it is working.. and I did not use the JH2 Files just the JPK files..
and if you go into Band Selection 850 is listed.. *#2263# and i'm set to automatic so it should work.
Hey,
So I went ahead and the JPK update, using JPK for CSC and all and 512.
I had to manually enter the APN settings off the Bell site but other than that everything seems great. Made some test calls, text messages and data tests. EDIT: Also GPS works good too, fast.
Using SGS tools I get WCDMA as 1900 Band 2 most of the time with 850 Band 5 occasionally.
So from what I'm reading, I'm good right? Everything should be a-okay?
Other than it saying my phone is an i9000 as apposed to an i9000m. Is that a big deal?
I was trying to use the [HOWTO] Change CSC (sale&product code) in any ROM to any country [2.1 or 2.2] tutorial but I wasn't able to get past step 1. I could not copy BMC folder to the /csc/ folder using Android Mate or ADB shell.
Any advice/tips are appreciated as you can see I'm a pretty big noob.
Thank you
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I'm new to flashing custom roms and what not. I used odin and flashed everything to the point, csc, modem,pda,pit the rom works awesome but i cannot for the life of me connect to the internet. the 3g icon or h icon wont' show up. in the status it says my network type is gprs and i'm roaming and my mobile network state is disconnected.
I'm with fido, the phone is unlocked i have never had trouble with data or anything until i flashed to a custom rom.
Anyone have the same problem or suggest how to fix?
Data Conn. Issue
Hey mate,
Have you gone into 'Settings', 'Wireless and Networks', 'Mobile Networks' and then 'APN settings' and entered your appropriate settings?
That should fix it if you define the correct access point.
Alex
hey man, yeah i did all that stuff, went in there, found my carrier, put in all the apn settings i can find and still nothing. when i put data roaming on then i get data and the edge icon comes up.
Hey dude,
That sounds strange, flashing custom (or even release) roms is never a guarantee especially with weaknesses in the way that ODIN communicates with your phone, What I would do is Re-Flash your stock rom through ODIN then use the "quick" install method from Darkyy.
I am running 5.6 like you, and I had issues doing it through odin (I kept getting random FC's), additionally, the rom; if installed from CWM will keep your apns and apps e.t.c. along with many settings and configs from the base rom you're using before the flash.
That is the best advice I can give you.
Alex
My config is a follows:
I9000 International
16gb SDHC
500HZ Hardcore Kernel
Darkyy 5.6
Whats the process for reverting back to stock 2.1 eclair rom?
Did you keep a record of your firmware version before reflashing?
If not, you may have to ask someone on here what your base firmware was.
Are you familiar with using ODIN? (The software used for reflashing)
Alex
I am having same issue to...I used 5.4 from Darky and it works well...same with DocRom 4.0 works and the next 5.1/6.0 don't work.
Both Darkys and DocRom are based some JPX....which seem to be root cause..
I've have the same problem. Tried eveything but still didn't work. So went to Samsung Service Centre to have my SGS firmware refresh. I notice after the refreshed same issue of data com missing. Told them and they when into the SGS to select the telco operator setting selection. Now data com. working well. Anyone know the SGS handset setting code? I want to reload to Darky's v5.6 again.
hi folks
i have the same problem... my provider is a virtual provider in the network of our biggest provider here in austria. i was using doc's rom based on xwjpa firmeware and everything worked fine without enabled roaming options.
since doc's rom is based on the newer releases (xxjpx, xxjpy) i' only able to use data connection if i turn on roaming. it also shows me that i'm in a roaming network. i guess the cause are the xx firmwares. xw and xx are european firmwares but i do not know the differences between them. maybe someone has more information about the differences? currently i'm using xwjpa firmware because i don't want to use my phone with enabled roaming options.
hey um i'm having the same problem and thought replying here would be better than starting a new thread.
well i installed the rom without having any idea of what i was doing *stupid idea* so i didn't take note of my original firmware.
i didn't use odin to install the rom just clockwork recovery and the rom and everything installed fine except my data network. i can get signal, call, receive the only problem is i get no data transfer. any help much appreciated. if anything can someone help me step by step to reboot my phone to original?
just for future travellers
Sadly this isn't my own gem, but yeah. hold the power button down, wait for the shutdown menu, above the airplane mode there is a data network button, and it'll most likely say "de-activated" if nothing else has worked. Its ok to feel like a chump, I did after rehashing the hell out of this phone for a few days ( the wifes phone, my phone does exactly what its told. )
Anyway, yeah, this will probably be the reason for the lack of the icon "G", "3G" or "H" where it should be.
Dave.
hi, i had the kies froyo firmware, i was experiencing lots of problems with force close, and my messanger was not working at all for sms, so i flashed using this website step by step ://androidadvices .com/update-samsung-galaxy-s-i9000-to-gingerbread-android-2-3-2
so i installed the gingerbread, it was working for 2 days ok, but then it started to freeze, and the biggest problem is that now it wont connect me to my BELL CANADA network, my sim is ok, i go to setting, networks and when i click on the bell, it tries to load for 2 min, then it says unable to register to network.....i assume is because the firmware i put maybe from europe....well i cant find an official canada network....my firmware now is:
pda I9000xwjv1
phone 19000xxjve
csc i9000xxjv1
i used odin 1.3v to flash it...samsung kies says my firmware cannot be updated.....
i want to flash it back to froyo using odin and that works in canada. im a noob please explain like im an idiot please and post me the pda file, the pin file, the phone and csc file if i need it.
and explain what i should check on odin (autoreboot,repartition, etc) and do i need to put new csc and phone file?
please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey, last night I managed to install cyanogenmod 7.1 on my GT-I9000M. The purpose of this was to root the phone, so that I could SIM unlock it. I ran the free unlocker app by helroz, and it didn't make any complaints, so assume it worked.
As you'd know, the GT-I9000M variant is from Canada, but I live in Australia (Bought it off a friend). I tried putting my SIM card into it, and it does tell me my carrier (Telstra), but the reception bars remain greyed out, with a little x up the top.
When I try make voice calls, it says "Mobile network not available".
Does this mean the phone is still SIM locked, or could I be doing something else wrong? Is there a way to check if it's still SIM locked?
I have taken a few screenshots that may help:
dl.dropbox.com/u/203420/sscreenshot1.png
dl.dropbox.com/u/203420/sscreenshot2.png
dl.dropbox.com/u/203420/sscreenshot3.png
Regards,
Dan
You need to flash KG3 modem.
Here's the link to the post by [Ramad] with modem for i9000m.
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Hey, last night I managed to install cyanogenmod 7.1 on my GT-I9000M. The purpose of this was to root the phone, so that I could SIM unlock it. I ran the free unlocker app by helroz, and it didn't make any complaints, so assume it worked.
As you'd know, the GT-I9000M variant is from Canada, but I live in Australia (Bought it off a friend). I tried putting my SIM card into it, and it does tell me my carrier (Telstra), but the reception bars remain greyed out, with a little x up the top.
When I try make voice calls, it says "Mobile network not available".
Does this mean the phone is still SIM locked, or could I be doing something else wrong? Is there a way to check if it's still SIM locked?
Regards,
Dan
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Hi, thanks for the reply
I'm trying to do that now, through Odin. I put the .tar.md5 file into Phone, and went to flash it, but it failed. It seems odd that the file has 2 extensions, is there something i need to do to it first? (Most modem files I've seen have been .bin files?)
EDIT: Nevermind, managed to get it to flash. However, now the phone won't pick up my carrier at all, and baseband version is Unknown?
Regards,
Dan
Maybe try to flash it in recovery mode?
Here's one for CWM.
View attachment Modem_KG3.zip
*ignore this post*
Bell i9000m by default is 850 or 1900mhz , try to change it to 900 or 1800.
Dial *#2263# and in GSM menu choose either of em.
Dialing *#2263# doesn't seem to do anything
I've installed the new modem you linked me, it still says "Telstra", however still no reception apparently (I know I do get reception in this room, and the baseband version seems to be the same)
Regards,
Dan
Same thing happened to me I had used the wrong version of cwm to install the rom. All I did is reinstall with the cwm that the rom had installed itself and everything worked fine .
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I just tried reinstalling cyanogenmod from it's own CWM, but still have the same issue.
Just looking at the phone now, it seems the signal strength is always on -111dBm and 1asu, doesn't change.
Regards,
Dan
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I just tried reinstalling cyanogenmod from it's own CWM, but still have the same issue.
Just looking at the phone now, it seems the signal strength is always on -111dBm and 1asu, doesn't change.
Regards,
Dan
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Sorry the sane fix didnt work for you .I moved to darkysrom myself because of so many missing features in cyanogennod like the tv out feature.
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Yea, I'm wondering whether the radio hardware itself might be broken. It always shows no service with this SIM, no matter which modem version I use, which firmware etc. Signal strength always shows -111dBm 1asu and that's about it.
Flash a GB firmware with pit and repartition, I think that you need to do that when flashing back from CM firmwares, then see if the device functions properly.
Check if the IMEI-number is not changed, if it's not changed and the device still can't detect the SIM-card then try executing on Terminal Manager (from Market) or using ADB (su and busybox must be installed on your device):
su
busybox chown 1001:1001 /efs/nv_data.bin
reboot
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If the device detects the SIM-card but the device gets no reception then flash a modem that supports a different band, UGKG3 for I9000M supports 850MHz and the modems for I9000 supports 900MHz out of the box.
The idea is to try to narrow the problem down to 1 point, you need to know which modem you need and you also need to know that your device is not defect, doing that using CM is not the proper way, use stock firmware to avoid possible bugs in CM, and you don't need to flash to Froyo in order to flash CM, you can do it from GB by flashing a Kernel with CWM support and you are good to go.
Good luck
Hi, thanks for the detailed reply.
I've just flashed back to the stock GB 2.3.3 firmware, however I'm having trouble figuring out how to install su?
With the stock firmware, it doesn't even tell me my carrier anymore, and just says "No service".
Regards,
Dan
ever since i switched to an asop rom my lte and 3g signal has dropped dramatically. I have rogers, played with mulitple apn settings etc. any help boys ? is there fix i can flash?
Naruto101 said:
ever since i switched to an asop rom my lte and 3g signal has dropped dramatically. I have rogers, played with mulitple apn settings etc. any help boys ? is there fix i can flash?
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Hi,
The first thing would be to check your CSC and modem firmware. Use Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app to get all major info about the phone. It is important to know when you are going to flash another stock firmware.
I had issues last week with data and it was caused by bad CSC/modem. Flashed everything back to stock with official firmwares from SamMobile and it fixed my issues. After that, I was able to flash my custom ROM and everything is smooth sailing since then.
Let me know if you require more help.
Bibz0r said:
Hi,
The first thing would be to check your CSC and modem firmware. Use Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app to get all major info about the phone. It is important to know when you are going to flash another stock firmware.
I had issues last week with data and it was caused by bad CSC/modem. Flashed everything back to stock with official firmwares from SamMobile and it fixed my issues. After that, I was able to flash my custom ROM and everything is smooth sailing since then.
Let me know if you require more help.
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Thanks for help bro. I took a screen shot of my info. I'm not sure why it shows bmc when I downloaded the rwc files. And is the product code correct?, also I never seen the code for csc modem before. Is it not suppose to match baseband, pda, bootloader
Everything is good, you're almost there.
You have the right firmware but now you need to fix your CSC. The stock ROM is multi CSC so Rogers (RWC) is already installed but it chooses Bell (BMC) by default. What you can try :
- Power off your phone
- Remove SIM card and power on (your phone will start and say : no sim card)
- Power off and wait a moment
- Insert your Rogers SIM card and power on your phone in Recovery Mode (Volume Up, Home and Power on boot). If you have:
#manual mode#
--appling multi-csc...
applied the csc code : RWC
successfully applied multi-csc
That means that your CSC has been changed to Rogers. Problem should be fixed.
If not, the app you downloaded contains a CSC Changer but it will wipe your data. Make sure to have backups beforehand.
Let me know if you need anything else.
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Everything is good, you're almost there.
You have the right firmware but now you need to fix your CSC. The stock ROM is multi CSC so Rogers (RWC) is already installed but it chooses Bell (BMC) by default. What you can try :
- Power off your phone
- Remove SIM card and power on (your phone will start and say : no sim card)
- Power off and wait a moment
- Insert your Rogers SIM card and power on your phone in Recovery Mode (Volume Up, Home and Power on boot). If you have:
#manual mode#
--appling multi-csc...
applied the csc code : RWC
successfully applied multi-csc
That means that your CSC has been changed to Rogers. Problem should be fixed.
If not, the app you downloaded contains a CSC Changer but it will wipe your data. Make sure to have backups beforehand.
Let me know if you need anything else.
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Thanks for all the help man, did the sim thing and it just loaded me into twrp and i didnt see an option so I changed it via the app. Same thing still got the 4G and bell bloat. But csc now says bmc/rwc
Ok. Try this now :
You must dial the following key sequence to bring up a regional carrier menu: *#272*[IMEI]# (that is *#272* (your IMEI number) #) - You'll find your IMEI in the Phone Info app.
When the menu comes up, select the regional code for Rogers RWC. The phone will now go through a reset/boot sequence and come this time, it should read the APN settings from your SIM card and viola, you now have LTE. If you do not see LTE but 3G, you will need to ensure your APN settings are correct and then go into the Network Mode and ensure you have LTE/WCDMA/GSM (auto mode) selected.
Let me know how it goes.
Bibz0r said:
Ok. Try this now :
You must dial the following key sequence to bring up a regional carrier menu: *#272*[IMEI]# (that is *#272* (your IMEI number) #) - You'll find your IMEI in the Phone Info app.
When the menu comes up, select the regional code for Rogers RWC. The phone will now go through a reset/boot sequence and come this time, it should read the APN settings from your SIM card and viola, you now have LTE. If you do not see LTE but 3G, you will need to ensure your APN settings are correct and then go into the Network Mode and ensure you have LTE/WCDMA/GSM (auto mode) selected.
Let me know how it goes.
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I actually did the last sstep you mentioned below this morning (found the steps online ) and it still didn't work lol, so technically when i did it in the app it was my second time restarting the phone.Not sure what's going wrong here. Seems like bmc still lingers around. Haha don't give up on me
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I actually did the last sstep you mentioned below this morning (found the steps online ) and it still didn't work lol, so technically when i did it in the app it was my second time restarting the phone.Not sure what's going wrong here. Seems like bmc still lingers around. Haha don't give up on me
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Don't worry, I'm not giving up on you
When you flashed back to stock ROM, did you do a full wipe before?
It is really important that you do a full wipe so that it doesn't leave any traces of your old installs.
Try to flash via Odin (while your phone is on Download Mode). Check the AP and the CSC box and input the stock file from SamMobile.
Let me know if it fixes it.
Somewhere over the years I apparently lost the carrier directory in /efs, as well as the CSC data - is there any way of getting this back? I'm hoping it's at least possible by flashing back to stock but only as a last resort - I've tried a bunch of different things without success so far.
The phone started as a Rogers N900W8 and was immediately unlocked and rooted. Sometime soon thereafter a Bell 4.3 firmware was flashed (via Heimdall). I then switched from Rogers to Wind (now Freedom) - I believe this is where the hidden menu disappeared if I remember correctly - and the phone functioned just fine through all of this.
I then moved from that Bell BMC 4.3 to the Wind GLW PG1 5.0 firmware (grabbed from sammobile and flashed via Odin) thinking that the presence of the Wind SIM would trigger the firmware to switch from BMC to GLW but it doesn't seem to have worked out like that. I'm now running the LineageOS nightlies and the phone works just fine except for a lack of LTE which is what I'd like to sort out with the secret codes. Also, since switching to Wind I believe my mobile network has always been displayed as HOME.
Samsung Phone Info doesn't list any CSCs except BMC under original. In the firmware tab, it's not listing PDA or CSC version. There is no carrier directory in /efs nor are there any CSC files in the file system. Entering almost any secret code fails "Connection problem or invalid MMI code" - *#06# will display IMEI but all others I've tried don't work.
UPDATE #1:
Have been able to get the Canadian CSCs onto the device and recognizable as being present by Phone Info.
Ripped out cache.img.ext4 from the PG1 firmware and used Cache Ripper (found on XDA somewhere) via Wine on linux to create a TWRP flashable zip. Had to mount system in TWRP before flashing.
Changing CSC with Phone Info apparently does a Factory Reset and not quite ready to do that yet as more research seems to point to reverting to stock for the hidden menu.
UPDATE #2:
Flashed stock PG1 via Odin. Went into a bootloop after building Dalvik on first boot and had to reboot into the stock recovery and wipe data and system, then it booted fine. The back button stopped working (LOL Samsung) and I had to flash a random 5.0 custom kernel (idlekernel) to get it back. Flashed TWRP and SuperSU.
There is now an empty carrier directory in root but there still isn't one in /efs. Lots of information on XDA pointing to this being a prerequisite for the secret codes - turns out it's all bunk.
Secret codes work. Had some difficulties with Phone Info not letting me into the root menus to change CSC - was spitting out output from some failed scripts - and when I was just about to give up it started working. Changed CSC to GLW which prompted another factory reset, and now it shows GLW / BMC as the active CSCs. APNs were Bell's originally, which is not what I wanted, but after following the *#272*IMEI directions from this thread and another factory reset they are now Wind's. No LTE yet. Would like to get rid of the BMC CSCs altogether since this was never a Bell device.
Some more stuff changed in Phone Info: Product Name is now hltevl, Firmware's CSC Code is now BMC and CSC Country is Canada/CA. PDA and CSC version has also been populated. CSC Changer still defaults to having BMC selected and I'm still getting the Bell bloatware.
UPDATE #3:
Active CSC reverted to BMC after a couple reboots...they're all BMC now.
Attaching (the initial) Samsung Phone Info screenshots (don't see how to edit them into OP via mobile app) .
I recommend to flash a stock firmware instead of this custom rom.
vndnguyen said:
I recommend to flash a stock firmware instead of this custom rom.
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Thanks for stopping by.
I flashed the stock PG1 firmware for the GLW CSC. But the device still thinks it's BMC - this probably has something to do with all the Canadian devices sharing identical hardware and firmware.
Then I used your tool to change the CSC to GLW. All of the CSCs remained BMC except for Active CSC which was BMC/GLW. After a couple reboots even that was gone and Active CSC reverted to BMC.
Do I maybe need the stock recovery for the CSC changes to stick ? I flashed TWRP 3.1.1 for root.
perosredo said:
Thanks for stopping by.
I flashed the stock PG1 firmware for the GLW CSC. But the device still thinks it's BMC - this probably has something to do with all the Canadian devices sharing identical hardware and firmware.
Then I used your tool to change the CSC to GLW. All of the CSCs remained BMC except for Active CSC which was BMC/GLW. After a couple reboots even that was gone and Active CSC reverted to BMC.
Do I maybe need the stock recovery for the CSC changes to stick ? I flashed TWRP 3.1.1 for root.
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So your problem is to get LTE back, or get rid of BMC?
vndnguyen said:
So your problem is to get LTE back, or get rid of BMC?
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I'd like to do both if possible but I'm not going to sweat over the CSC if it's purely cosmetic - mainly concerned about the LTE.
I wouldn't be surprised if they are linked however since the carriers here operate LTE on different bands to the best of my knowledge.
So firstly try to install the stock BMC firmware to see if the LTE works?
Long story short, LTE isn't yet available in this location on this carrier on a Note3-supported band yet.
So that's that.