Hi XDA Folks!
Recently (Yesterday) i bought this litle peace of cellphone to my GF and i was trying to upgrade it to Floyo 1.0 (Update July 5,2011). I must tell you that the phone bought was an X8a from Claro Guatemala, it was still running Android 1.6 on it.
What have i done so far? Since i have knowlegde on Android and the SE family of phones (I used to own an X10 a few months ago) i rooted, installed Xrecovery from Flashtool and made a backup of the 1.6 ROM. By mistake i downloaded Android 2.1.1.0.A.6 for E15i and when the phone booted back it asked me to write the SIM NETWORK UNLOCKING CODE and i thought to myself WTF!!! So again i downloaded two more files:
Android 1.6 Claro Chile for X8a
Android 2.1 World for X8a
Flashed Android 1.6 back to the phone and then it was working normally it recognized the SIM and so. Right after that i flashed Android 2.1 for X8a world and again the SIM was recognized and working good. Until here no issues or whatsoever...
Rooted again, Xrecovery Installed and then i moved floyo 1.0 from this thread to /sdcard/xrecovery and then performed the restore to have that ROM up and running...
The phone didn't boot so i flashed Baseband 15 for X8a from Blagus mediafire folder the phone booted again but the SIM is not recognized again it keeps asking for the UNLOCKING CODE....
Do you think i am doing something wrong here?
Any advise will be greatly appreciated...
J!M
Try this
Backup your data and contacts on your PC
Install xRecovery
Boot into XRecovery
Format System, Format Data, Format Cache, Format SDCard
Mount USB from xRecovery copy the Floyo.zip on the sdcard
Unmount USB then Unmount SDCard in xRecovery the mount SDCard back - to refresh the files from the SDCard
Install Custom zip
This way your phone should be clean with only floyo and u can copy back your stuff from the PC.
I had some problems with some data from the SDCard when switching ROMs also if this works dont restore data using google account sometimes data from an older ROM messes up your new one like wireless passwords.
Thanks for the reply i'll try but i think my phone can't use Baseband 15 because whenever i flash baseband 15 my SIM gets network locked. If i revert back to the X8a Global firmware it works again...
I'll do more research and i'll post the results of the steps you advised me..
Thanks!
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jimbo77 said:
Hi XDA Folks!
The phone didn't boot so i flashed Baseband 15 for X8a from Blagus mediafire folder the phone booted again but the SIM is not recognized again it keeps asking for the UNLOCKING CODE....
Do you think i am doing something wrong here?
Any advise will be greatly appreciated...
J!M
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For me it is normal that the SIM unclocking code appear.. I just push dismiss and everything goes smooth with newly install ROM.. every time you restart the phone this annoying SIM unclocking code appear.. just Dismiss
malungkot said:
For me it is normal that the SIM unclocking code appear.. I just push dismiss and everything goes smooth with newly install ROM.. every time you restart the phone this annoying SIM unclocking code appear.. just Dismiss
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Thanks for the tip, however i think my phone can't handle baseband 15. Yesterday i downloaded 2.1.1.A.0.6 WORLD and when it boots up it asks for the SIM UNLOCKING CODE, i choose dismiss but the phone doesn't get any network signal.
Weird thing is that it does work using the 2.1 update with baseband 06... Anyone else having this sort of issue? I really want to put at least FROYO on my GF Cellphone but i don't know what else i can do...
Am i doomed and have to deal with the 2.1 update??
J!M
you try using SEUS to flash?... i'm from Chile and my phone's baseband was originaly 06.
Install seus (Sony Ericsson Update Service), and my new baseband is 15 ^^.
Try it...
Or you could update to 2.1 from 1.6 on the phone.
Thanks for the help guys... I give up, i tried flashing Claro Chile 1.6 and then upgrading trough SEUS and the same result. My phone got the 2.1.1.A.0.6 with baseband 15 but it again asks for the SIM unlock network code....
I'll try to take to my career service center to see if they can update it.
J!M
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Sorry to post on your thread like this, but how do you installed the floyo rom? Theres no update.zip file, just a few ISO files. What am I missing?
jimbo77 said:
Thanks for the help guys... I give up, i tried flashing Claro Chile 1.6 and then upgrading trough SEUS and the same result. My phone got the 2.1.1.A.0.6 with baseband 15 but it again asks for the SIM unlock network code....
I'll try to take to my career service center to see if they can update it.
J!M
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SIM network unlocking code is not the same as SIM unlock code. I have a SIM lock code (so that if my phone gets stolen and they shut it down, they can't use my sim card). Sim NETWORK unlock code is the code you need to unlock your phone for any carrier (if I am correct). You should dismiss the 2nd one.
If the first one (lock code) appears and you don't know it or have never set one up, try 1234. If it doesn't work, talk to your carrier.
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Hi guys. So I tried manually updating the software for my phone using the firmware from huawei website. Unfortunately, by being a rookie, I did not notice that this firmware was for a different carrier (cricket) and I am on MetroPCS.
I did this by copying the dload folder onto my micro SD card and then doing a software update via SD card. It was successfully installed. However, since it is for the cricket carrier, now my phone won't connect to anything, and I can't do anything with it. It shows a constant message that states:
"Sorry!
The process com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. " (force close)
I write this thread to:
1. warn future users to not do this software update unless you are on the cricket network.
2. Also would like to know if anyone out there is able to get the correct (Metro PCS) dload folder so that I can install that software back in my phone.
3. To know if there is anyone out there that can fix my problem
I also noticed that my phone reads "unknown" for my baseband version. This should have numbers on it
Im guessing u didnt do a backup right? Well wht i suggest now is rooting and installing a custom rom and recovery. But if u do have a backup then just go into recovery and restore it. That should bring u back to how u were
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I have got one problem. I have installed GingerDX v018 and I'm realy happy. My battery when I first time install v018 stay for 4-5 days. Because: 1.Clean abttery stats. 2.Turn off 'Allow mock locations'. [unconfirmed] 3.Freeze unused services 4.Download from market Brightness widget and I change brightness to 5%. 5.Turn off WiFi,GPS,Bluetooth and I install just Brightness app and Advanced task killer. But when I install about 10 apps my battery became very bad. And I saw that the Facebook start without myself soo I unistalled them and I install SEESMIC and it's helped. I saw the second option for drain battery: Full wipe, reinstall GingerDX
Use stock GingerDX for several days to see battery problem is caused by GingerDX or not
If it isn't drain, try installing one of your apps, test battery for 1 day, install another one, and test
and so on...
But i've got one big fu**ing problem. I unlock my bootloader and flash LinuxDX v04. All apps and diferent things work but my SIM card doesn't work. Soo I put my SIM card to my old phone SE S500i and my SIM work fine and I use my S500i for one week. Than I pissed because I can't use my x8 without SIM card so I go time back instalation. First I flash 2.1 C.... custom firmware but my SIM card not work and than I RELOCK MY BOOTLOADER and my SIM started to work but the BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT I CAN'T HAVE INSTALLED CUSTOM KERNEL LINUX DX because my SIM card doesn't work because I have unlocked bootloader without unlock loader I can't flash linux DX. Does anybody Know how can I use Linux DX with work SIM card. Thanks for all XDA developers the ginger dx version is the best!!!
Sorry for my badddd English I'm from Slovenia!
If you unlock bootloader unlocked your simlock back maybe this is problem.
Sorry for my english
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seba2121 said:
If you unlock bootloader unlocked your simlock back maybe this is problem.
Sorry for my english
Send for my Shakira GC 8.2+Alfs karnel
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But how can I unlock that? Wich program?
my phone was working fine this morning.... i just flashed a kernel accedently and my phone stopped detecting sim card... i tried to factory reset my phone... but its not solved...please help me..its urgent
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I don't know how to back them up..?? i tried it but can't done it... i flashed a kernel by mistake and forgot to back up older one... now my phone is just like a tab without sim access
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i used flashify to flash kernel img through the mobile..... now i am looking for if someone have the same mobile and send me the original kernel image to i can flash it back and make my phone work again
my phone's imei and baseband files flashed or corrupted i think.. that's why it is stopped detecting sim card.....
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this is what i face when i connected my phone with mtk droid tools...
i got this message box when i enter an imei number and try to change.... now i don't know what that means???
i tried this code but nothing happen... i also installed mtk engineering tool app on my phone and tried to push new imei number but that is also not working...... now i am totally hopeless :/
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i told in my other post that my phone don't keep root access permanent...every time i root my phone but when i reboot this lost root access.... that is the actual problem i wanted to solve but i can't
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Hi,
I have a Defy MB525 on T-Mobile running CM 7.2. The phone is getting old and has some hardware problems, so I bought a more gently used one on eBay. I've rooted the new one and successfully installed Bootmenu, 2ndInit, and CM 7.2, but when put my SIM card in it, it wants an unlock code. I tried the soft unlock method discussed here, but no success. I then tried the troubleshooting recommendation involving airplane mode and terminal emulator, but that didn't work either. I then got the idea to backup my "old" phone and restore it to the "new" one, and that went smoothly, *BUT* while I no longer get prompted for a SIM unlock code, there is an "x" next to the service bars and the phone indicates "no service." Both old and new phones have EPU93_U_00.59.01 baseband, old phone does get service, while new one does not. I'd love to hear any advice people may have. Oh, new phone was on Moviestar service . . . sorry for the stupid question, but when I've been prompted for a SIM unlock code is it Movistar's unlock code that I'm being prompted for or is it T-Mobile's? I assume that SIM unlock code is associated with the phone and not the particular SIM card itself--is that right?
Thanks,
Doug
I guess what you need to do is install Baseband switcher 4.1 or 4.0 and configure it so it grabs the correct baseband
Good evening friends, I have a question about a problem that I have not been able to solve. My S4 version 9505 is free from factory and so it has been for 10 months (I bought it used and that's what they told me) and suddenly in a normal restart it gave me a screen before the launcher that says Unblock or continue ... after that It says that I have a simcard with network blocking. Use Lineage 14.1 and go back to lollipop 5.0.1 stock to see if that solved it but it was not like that. I have imei intact but it is blocked by network.
i would be grateful to who can help me
Thank you
You can try to unlock it by flashing a 4.2.2 mode, root, run regionlockaway, flash stock 5.01 ROM, and see if the phone is network unlocked.
You will not be able to use the menu option listed in this thread but there are some helpful posts: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282683
dfernandopm said:
Good evening friends, I have a question about a problem that I have not been able to solve. My S4 version 9505 is free from factory and so it has been for 10 months (I bought it used and that's what they told me) and suddenly in a normal restart it gave me a screen before the launcher that says Unblock or continue ... after that It says that I have a simcard with network blocking. Use Lineage 14.1 and go back to lollipop 5.0.1 stock to see if that solved it but it was not like that. I have imei intact but it is blocked by network.
i would be grateful to who can help me
Thank you
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Hello
Your phone is not locked, the SIM card is. Have you set up a pin for the SIM card and forgotten?.....Try another SIM card in the phone to check.
The message that appears on the original post is the same screen I received with my locked sgh-i337m before I unlocked it using regionlockaway.
cooltt said:
Hello
Your phone is not locked, the SIM card is. Have you set up a pin for the SIM card and forgotten?.....Try another SIM card in the phone to check.
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No friend. ... I appreciate your opinion very much but it is not my case, I have tried several. thank you very much
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audit13 said:
You can try to unlock it by flashing a 4.2.2 mode, root, run regionlockaway, flash stock 5.01 ROM, and see if the phone is network unlocked.
You will not be able to use the menu option listed in this thread but there are some helpful posts: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282683
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thanks friend. I tried with regionlockaway and nothing .... when I installed 4.2.2 I warned
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Try this: root the phone, install and run regionlockaway, restore the latest stock ROM using Odin, test the phone.
audit13 said:
Try this: root the phone, install and run regionlockaway, restore the latest stock ROM using Odin, test the phone.
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I did it exactly like that, but it did not work
Not sure why it didn't work since other XDA members have had success with the method I outlined.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71227945&postcount=1653
audit13 said:
Not sure why it didn't work since other XDA members have had success with the method I outlined.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71227945&postcount=1653
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imei null when flashing modem I9505_XXUAME2_MODEM.tar
I had to flash a stock ROM again and the imei was recovered, but I still have network blocking
The IMEI goes null because you are flashing a 4.2.2 modem onto a phone with a 5.01 bootloader and flashing the latest modem will restore the imei.
If you followed the steps I outlined and the phone is still network locked, you will need to buy and unlock code.
I'm sorry I had not been able to answer for days.
I could unlock the phone as follows: Install via ODIN I9505XXSHQB1_I9505OLBHOH1_I9505XXSHQB1_HOME.tar then install the modem: I9505DVUAMD8_MODEM.tar, then root, and use Galaxy Unlock app.
I thank all those who helped me here and took the trouble to answer my post.
@audit13
@cooltt