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Hi all
I lost my galaxy s2 two days ago. I called my phone a few times until the person who has found it, shut it down.
Unfortunately I did not activate utrack. All I have my IMEI. Here in Switzerland only my provider does blacklist IMEI-Numbers, so that sucks too.
Anybody got any idea, or should I leave it??
There is not much you can do if you didn't activate tracking in phone(samsungdive) or use some aplication for that purpose.
Tracking is i think.by.default active if u logged in to samsung account
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This app could have helped you, had you not called the number and warned the person that you are looking for the phone.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&feature=search_result
if the phone is still on you can still try to install that app via the link above.
Sign into the market on your PC using your google account.
Choose to install "Lookout Plan B" to your phone.
If it is on and with network connection, with your data remaining, it should be installed.
if who found your phone know a little bit about android i think the first thing he does is to delete your gmail account to prevent you from install apps from the web...so if you can't lock by imei there's nothing else you can do i guess
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hey guys
Many Many thanks for that great input. I am talking about Plan B. The chance that somebody knowing about android found it, isnt that big. I did install it over the market and it said, that its going to be installed, so i am praying for my luck know.
Will keep you guys up-to-date.
Thanks once again.
for all these things (Plan B and Dive) to even work the phone must be on, must be on 3G data plan service, or be on Wifi. If you had the data off when you lost it, and the finder does not enable it by some rare miracle, you will never find it.
Most probably you are screwed OP. I lost my SGS1 the same way.
You can however try sending to your number a text message that says "Get $$ reward for this phone, call XXXXX" or something similar, and hope the crook will decide to return your phone. For this to work the phone must only be on and must be on a cell network (no data required).
Last option is to print reward ads and stick them to light poles in the area where you lost the phone.
kreoXDA said:
for all these things (Plan B and Dive) to even work the phone must be on, must be on 3G data plan service, or be on Wifi. If you had the data off when you lost it, and the finder does not enable it by some rare miracle, you will never find it.
Most probably you are screwed OP. I lost my SGS1 the same way.
You can however try sending to your number a text message that says "Get $$ reward for this phone, call XXXXX" or something similar, and hope the crook will decide to return your phone. For this to work the phone must only be on and must be on a cell network (no data required).
Last option is to print reward ads and stick them to light poles in the area where you lost the phone.
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hmmm... And I thought my lost-phone-karma was positive, since I found and SGS1 a few months ago and returned it to the owner immediatly.
well, my only chance is, the phone will be connected to a wireless connection, since ive got my sim blocked through the provider. The hope is gone but who knows, miracles can happen
Firstly, good luck carthago, I hope you find your phone!
Secondly, and just for curiosity, does anyone know if could Samsung DIVE, Tektrak, Lookout and those similar tools can operate if the person who find the phone do a factory reset or flash a new firmware? I doubt that it could be possible, however I'm not an expert.
If there is no way for those tools to work after a factory reset or a flashing a new firmware, their usefulness is limited to the case that the thief either an idiot (regarding the factory reset) or computer illiterate (regarding re-flashing the phone).
In the case of free tools, any remote possibility of help is welcome, of course (better than nothing), however there are also many paid apps which purport to be THE solution this kind of problem.
No they don't work after factory reset
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Firstly, good luck carthago, I hope you find your phone!
Secondly, and just for curiosity, does anyone know if could Samsung DIVE, Tektrak, Lookout and those similar tools can operate if the person who find the phone do a factory reset or flash a new firmware? I doubt that it could be possible, however I'm not an expert.
If there is no way for those tools to work after a factory reset or a flashing a new firmware, their usefulness is limited to the case that the thief either an idiot (regarding the factory reset) or computer illiterate (regarding re-flashing the phone).
In the case of free tools, any remote possibility of help is welcome, of course (better than nothing), however there are also many paid apps which purport to be THE solution this kind of problem.
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angelomaldito said:
Firstly, good luck carthago, I hope you find your phone!
Secondly, and just for curiosity, does anyone know if could Samsung DIVE, Tektrak, Lookout and those similar tools can operate if the person who find the phone do a factory reset or flash a new firmware? I doubt that it could be possible, however I'm not an expert.
If there is no way for those tools to work after a factory reset or a flashing a new firmware, their usefulness is limited to the case that the thief either an idiot (regarding the factory reset) or computer illiterate (regarding re-flashing the phone).
In the case of free tools, any remote possibility of help is welcome, of course (better than nothing), however there are also many paid apps which purport to be THE solution this kind of problem.
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All those tools are good IF you lost the phone, realized it right away, ran to the nearest computer and activated the tools, provided the phone is still reachable and on data network.
For the crooks who STEAL the expensive phones, the business is a fine tuned machine. 10 people run around stealing, and the immediately turn them off or remove battery. then they bulk-sell them to phone hackers who produce brand new freshly installed phones that can be sold at local flea market
Deactivating the IMEI I think will do anything only if the new owner tries to activate the phone on the same network.
First I was calling my phone again and again, cause I thought perhaps it was laying around somewhere and so I could hear it. But then that asshole had found out how to shut it down.
If you find something and theres no name and nothing on it, ok, if you keep that perhaps thats not exactly stealing. But if you shutdown a phone, because the owner is calling again and again, that is STEALING!
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No they don't work after factory reset
There is two you can push to /system/app. One is sim checker. The other it locservice. I will check with vendor if the data can fire email notifications and passwords be made to survive
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I was just wondering: one of the features of those tracking apps is the possibility of wiping your data if you lose your phone. Therefore, if wiping your data in this way (which I don't know if it corresponds to a factory reset or is just a 'soft wipe') means that it will be no longer possible to locate your phone?
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Hey guys,
I recently got a Google Nexus 4 and it seems to be losing the network connectivity frequently.
It keeps saying No Service / Emergency Calls Only.
I haven't made any changes to the phone yet and its still running on Stock Android (Android 4.2.2)
I read few other threads on this forum and came to know that there are others who are facing this issue
and one of the solutions is to reboot the phone. However, doing this frequently doesn't seem to be feasible.
I'm in roaming. Could that in any ways be affecting the network signals.
Please let me know if there are any other solutions as I would like to avoid using a custom ROM/ CM as of now.
Thanks in advance
It's a known nexus 4 issue. It has been reported. Let's hope google modifies that for newer releases if it's a software issue and non hardware...
Cheers!
luiseteyo said:
It's a known nexus 4 issue. It has been reported. Let's hope google modifies that for newer releases if it's a software issue and non hardware...
Cheers!
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So till it gets fixed, rebooting the phone is the only solution ? Would frequent reboots (say every few hours) do any kind of damage to the device ?
luiseteyo said:
It's a known nexus 4 issue. It has been reported. Let's hope google modifies that for newer releases if it's a software issue and non hardware...
Cheers!
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Not totally true....
I replaced my antenna section and this solved my problem.
So it can be hardware related for some.....
Others solved it with a new sim card or flashing the latest baseband. But its a known and annoying problem.
I tried everything and the last option was replacing the antenna section. I work in a mobile repair centre so it was no problem for me.
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gohan040 said:
Not totally true....
I replaced my antenna section and this solved my problem.
So it can be hardware related for some.....
Others solved it with a new sim card or flashing the latest baseband. But its a known and annoying problem.
I tried everything and the last option was replacing the antenna section. I work in a mobile repair centre so it was no problem for me.
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I reckon it could be due to the sim card, cause the card is kinda old (4+ yrs). Don't think its an issue with the antenna since it works fine in the home network. Only while in roaming it keeps flipping a lot.
Will try and get a replacement SIM for this. Can you point me to some tutorials/guides for flashing to the latest baseband.
Some can solve their problem by enabling and disabling airplane mode instead of a full reboot..worth trying.
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Some can solve their problem by enabling and disabling airplane mode instead of a full reboot..worth trying.
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Have tried that. Isn't as effective as the reboot is. Hope Google fixes this soon
Hey guys
Just curious, could a factory reset help alleviate this issue ?
I have that problem, when I dont haVE roaming enabled. Enable all roaming and it should be good
Recently faced this issue.
And how can this be a hardware problem when not all are facing it? If minority is facing this issue than I doubt it's a hardware fault.
I noticed when I am undervolted past -150 I tend to lose service frequently.
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I have that problem, its very random. Lately though everything works fine, voice, ect. My data though is another story. I have the custom APN in, and my data goes from 8-9mb down to less then 1mb, then no connection back to 1-2mb, back to 8-9mb. Bizarre to me. I work in IT, so im on wifi all day every day, its not a huge deal just really annoying. Most of the time though, just using airplane mode fixes any connection problems i have.
I have tried the Airplane Mode. Doesn't help at all.
And even I have noticed that if the signal strength goes beyond -150dBm it does lose the signal. Happens more while in roaming.
No solutions other than reboots so far.
Flash the 27 modem it fixes a lot of this
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I have read on this forum that there are issues with Android 4.2.2 and an older version of the baseband radio (like .33 or .27)
Nexus 4 Network/Sim Issue
riptide05 said:
I have read on this forum that there are issues with Android 4.2.2 and an older version of the baseband radio (like .33 or .27)
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I've had this issue since Sunday morning. No signal whatsoever. It detects a sim card even when there is none. My current micro sim is working and tested in other phones. Pls someone fix this... Duh Google/LG it's your responsibilty. Taking my Nexus 4 for repair tomorrow.
I just bought it a week back!! Very upset...
riptide05 said:
Hey guys,
I recently got a Google Nexus 4 and it seems to be losing the network connectivity frequently.
It keeps saying No Service / Emergency Calls Only.
I haven't made any changes to the phone yet and its still running on Stock Android (Android 4.2.2)
I read few other threads on this forum and came to know that there are others who are facing this issue
and one of the solutions is to reboot the phone. However, doing this frequently doesn't seem to be feasible.
I'm in roaming. Could that in any ways be affecting the network signals.
Please let me know if there are any other solutions as I would like to avoid using a custom ROM/ CM as of now.
Thanks in advance
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Try Matr1x kernel. I also had same problem. But now it is solved with Matr1x kernel V10.
It still didn't help... I just got a refund for my phone...
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Hi guys
i have noticed after the update to kitkat
My saved wifi passwords are reseting for a reason
Does anyone has this problem too?
Yes I have it to every time I reboot phone I must put my password again! Look in build prop for this line: ro.securestorage.support=true and make from true in false
Then save! And reboot phone! After reboot it can be that you must put once more your password and then it is good! Let me know if it is working ok?
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Thanks for your reply but i dont have root
Im on kk cant root without trippin knox
dogan2010 said:
Hi guys
i have noticed after the update to kitkat
My saved wifi passwords are reseting for a reason
Does anyone has this problem too?
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I had thesame problem. All my saved wifi passwords were gone after kk update. (Not rooted)
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*muses* Did I not already answer this question on the T-Mobile Forums? Don't suppose you go by "FrancineB" there?
Did you disable Auto Network Switch?
Don't suppose it has something to do with the firmware version? Mine remembers the WiFi passwords without issue... Even after the 50th reboot.
ShadowLea said:
*muses* Did I not already answer this question on the T-Mobile Forums? Don't suppose you go by "FrancineB" there?
Did you disable Auto Network Switch?
Don't suppose it has something to do with the firmware version? Mine remembers the WiFi passwords without issue... Even after the 50th reboot.
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Hi my friend I did try that also but with me it did not work only the method I say in the comment but thanks for answer
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dogan2010 said:
Thanks for your reply but i dont have root
Im on kk cant root without trippin knox
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Yes but that is with my phone the only solution so it is up to you
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I have the same with my non rooted Note 3 Android 4,4,2.
I lose all my stored wifi settings/ paswords randomly .
I think it is after rebooting, but I only notice it when I am going to another place with a different WIFI router, checking if I am on line. There I see all the stored wifi connections are lost.
Can be weeks without loosing them . It happened three times now in a period of four months or so.
I have many wifi addresses stored on my ( super duper) Note 3.
Huib
After weeks without problems today I lost all my WiFi passwords again.
What happened was that I was in a Skype voice call that hung.the only thing I could do was reboot.
First I was happy the Wi-Fi settings where still there but next morning they all were gone.
I guess android synched wrong?
Normally when I reboot no passwords are lost.
Huib
Having the same issue from time to time, i just back them up....
Data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf
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Killberty said:
Having the same issue from time to time, i just back them up....
Data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf
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Also possible on a non rooted note 3?
Would be of a great help, but just cannot find that file. even with hidden files enabled.
Huib
herpi said:
Also possible on a non rooted note 3?
Would be of a great help, but just cannot find that file. even with hidden files enabled.
Huib
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Idk if it works on non rooted phones - use root explorer for this (you might have read rights)
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Hi guys!
I have the same problem with my Note 3, International version SM-N9005, updated with 4.4.2. The phone is fully sock, no root no nothing...
Sometimes my phone lost all my saved wi-fi passwords, it happened yesterday, happened again today, i didn´t reboot the phone.
This is very anoying and i dont know what to do, its a new device with only 4 months, i really like it a lot but this is driving me crazy..
Any help or solution? Did anybody here with the same issue solved the problem?
Thks in advance!
Same here, once a week all settings gone. 2 colleagues have the same phone (SM-N9005) but they lose them less often. one of them never lost his wifi settings for now.
Is this perhaps related on installed apps that some app is bugging this settings?
I wonder if there is an update in course to correct these issues. They're getting too much... I am so sad that we can't freely root our devices because Samsung doesn't intend to update Note3 so soon..
Happened again today, yesterday i restore my wifi settings with Kies, and today morning all of them are lost again.... i´m getting really tired of this, i love my phone but this is nuts!!!
Does anyone here have a fix or at least an explanation for this issue? I can´t understand the reason of this issue, the device it´s not rooted, so i don´t think that a app could access and/or modify/delete the wifi data.
Perhaps we should look in to comparing firmware, apps and versions?
I'm not experiencing it.
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Well, here it is....
It has happened to me as well. Probably around 3 times in the last two months. For me though I've never rebooted my phone when it occurs. I'll have wireless one minute look at phone later and they're all deleted. Quite frustrating.
malo84 said:
It has happened to me as well. Probably around 3 times in the last two months. For me though I've never rebooted my phone when it occurs. I'll have wireless one minute look at phone later and they're all deleted. Quite frustrating.
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God damm, i know what are you talking about....
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Happened again today, yesterday i restore my wifi settings with Kies, .
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Did not even think of this option. So thanks anyway.
using Kies 3 now and seems to work.
Had no more wifi data loss anyway, but can come back any time of course.
Huib
Hey guys. I'm having a frustrating problem with my Galaxy S5 that I haven't been able to find answers for anywhere. I'm thinking about just wiping it and starting again, but I thought I'd ask around here first.
Every time I restart or reboot my Galaxy S5 (usually after the battery has died), it wipes data from certain apps. S Health appears to be the main one –*I literally have to set it up again every time – but I've also noticed it has previously logged me out of apps like CloudMagic, BaconReader, and Dropbox.
Any ideas as to what might be causing this?
Something is obviously buggy, I'd suggest a hard reset (factory) and see if that fixes it.
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Hey guys. I'm having a frustrating problem with my Galaxy S5 that I haven't been able to find answers for anywhere. I'm thinking about just wiping it and starting again, but I thought I'd ask around here first.
Every time I restart or reboot my Galaxy S5 (usually after the battery has died), it wipes data from certain apps. S Health appears to be the main one –*I literally have to set it up again every time – but I've also noticed it has previously logged me out of apps like CloudMagic, BaconReader, and Dropbox.
Any ideas as to what might be causing this?
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I kept getting this with s-health. Thought I was going mad. Then after a while it just stopped happening. Very strange.
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radicalisto said:
Something is obviously buggy, I'd suggest a hard reset (factory) and see if that fixes it.
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Yeah, was thinking that. Just wanted to check there wasn't a quick fix before I wiped.
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So for a while now I have not been able to update my PRL or Profile. It hasn't bothered me because for the most part the phone has worked fine until recently. A friend texted me and said he was going to call me. He text back a few minutes later and ask why I didnt answer. Phone was next to me the whole time and it didnt ring or so any kind of notification that he had tried to call. Took him 3 calls before my phone rang and he got through.
I have applied for a few jobs within the past few weeks and have heard nothing from anyone which I am surprised because I was referred to one company by and friend who put in a good word for me and said that his supervisors were really impressed with my resume. So now I feel like this issue could possibly be costing me job opportunities and I want to get it figured out.
The errors are 6602 and 407. I've tried to do it over 4G and put my phone just in CDMA mode for 3G only and get the 407 code for 3G and the 6602 over 4G.
I am running Stock rooted/odexed MK2 and I just did a clean flash of the rom again clearing data/cache and dalvik seeing if that would help which it didn't. I have reflashed the modem seperately also with no help.
I have seen many threads of others having this issue but no answers on a fix. Has anyone experienced this and actually done something that has resolved the issue?
If you feel it may be costing you a job, why not flash a nand of a stock rom, assuming you have one
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I did, I flashed back to MF9 using this http://www.rwilco12.com/Files/Devic...H-L720)/Stock ROMs/MF9/Full Restore/Unrooted/
Which should be a stock factory restore, still would not update profile or prl. From there I updated to NG2 with Samsung Kies and I am still not able to update either.
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I did, I flashed back to MF9 using this http://www.rwilco12.com/Files/Devic...H-L720)/Stock ROMs/MF9/Full Restore/Unrooted/
Which should be a stock factory restore, still would not update profile or prl. From there I updated to NG2 with Samsung Kies and I am still not able to update either.
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What kernel do you use?
(I fixed this issue I my phone, but SERIOUSLY, what seemed to fix it MADE NO SENSE, so I'm not going to to relate it again, you can look up my posts if you want, but I wouldn't waste your time. I'm more interested in what kernel you are using... if it isn't KT-SGS4, then it doesn't matter.)
Other than that, have you tried the ##72786# dialer code, which is supposed to reset that stuff (didn't fix it for me personally)? You may have to reactivate your phone though (I did), which isn't that much of an issue...
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What kernel do you use?
(I fixed this issue I my phone, but SERIOUSLY, what seemed to fix it MADE NO SENSE, so I'm not going to to relate it again, you can look up my posts if you want, but I wouldn't waste your time. I'm more interested in what kernel you are using... if it isn't KT-SGS4, then it doesn't matter.)
Other than that, have you tried the ##72786# dialer code, which is supposed to reset that stuff (didn't fix it for me personally)? You may have to reactivate your phone though (I did), which isn't that much of an issue...
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For kernel version it shows 3.4.0-2162929 which I'm guessing is the stock NG2. I haven't flashed anything else since updating through Kies to NG2.
I've done the 72786 dial code a handful of times and it still didn't help. The only thing that solved was a issue I had after I first updatd to NG2 I had no working 4G. Phone would only connect to 3G and that was when it was in CDMA only mode. Aside from that it hasn't helped with the PRL/Profile update issue I'm having.
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For kernel version it shows 3.4.0-2162929 which I'm guessing is the stock NG2. I haven't flashed anything else since updating through Kies to NG2.
I've done the 72786 dial code a handful of times and it still didn't help. The only thing that solved was a issue I had after I first updatd to NG2 I had no working 4G. Phone would only connect to 3G and that was when it was in CDMA only mode. Aside from that it hasn't helped with the PRL/Profile update issue I'm having.
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Yeah, that does sound like a stock kernel to me. Have you tried updating it through the Sprint Zone app? In Settings, More Networks, Mobile Networks, Network Mode, if it is not set to Automatic, you can try setting it to that and see if it lets you update after reboot, I have heard that can help but did not fix it for me (I have it set to LTE/CDMA). Have you seen this thread: Galaxy S4/Note 3/Mega - Update Profile/PRL/HFA Fix for Sprint/Boost/Virgin Mobile/etc? It is complex (don't IGNORE steps 5, 6, 7 and 8, which most people in the thread seem to...). I have not personally used this method, I was planning to before my issue resolved itself, but I didn't have a donor GS4 either (damn it, I JUST remembered that I DO, I f*ed up the USB port on my first one and completely forgot about that! BLOW MY MIND! But anyways...).
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Yeah, that does sound like a stock kernel to me. Have you tried updating it through the Sprint Zone app? In Settings, More Networks, Mobile Networks, Network Mode, if it is not set to Automatic, you can try setting it to that and see if it lets you update after reboot, I have heard that can help but did not fix it for me (I have it set to LTE/CDMA). Have you seen this thread: Galaxy S4/Note 3/Mega - Update Profile/PRL/HFA Fix for Sprint/Boost/Virgin Mobile/etc? It is complex (don't IGNORE steps 5, 6, 7 and 8, which most people in the thread seem to...). I have not personally used this method, I was planning to before my issue resolved itself, but I didn't have a donor GS4 either (damn it, I JUST remembered that I DO, I f*ed up the USB port on my first one and completely forgot about that! BLOW MY MIND! But anyways...).
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Thanks for the link I'll check it later. My account is actually a SERO account but I did have working updates when I first got the phone. The phone was also new and activated on the account as soon as I got it.
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tenaciousj said:
Thanks for the link I'll check it later. My account is actually a SERO account but I did have working updates when I first got the phone. The phone was also new and activated on the account as soon as I got it.
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Yeah, I honestly don't really understand what that thread means when it talks about flashing to legacy accounts. I believe I have a SERO account (I don't know, my wife pays the bill... :silly: ) and the updates worked fine until I think messing with the APNs to try to fix my inability to send MMS messages messed things up. I never flashed any legacy accounts or anything.
So... at this point, even though IT MAKES NO SENSE, I will tell you what SEEMED to fix the issue for me. I STRESS, this MAKES NO SENSE TO ME, but after months of being unable to update my PRL/PROFILE, after doing the following, I was suddenly able to update them. It is likely an EXTREME coincidence, but for the hell of it I will now tell you.
Using the Pro version of Solid Explorer, I copied the Carrier folder from the root of my phone to my external SD card. THAT IS IT. YES... THAT IS IT. NOTHING MORE. I did NOT copy it back, I did not change anything. HOW this could possibly have cured the problem would seem to make very little sense, I can only conjecture that Solid Explorer, in the act of copying the folder to my external SD card, somehow 'refreshed' something in the carrier folder in the root of my phone... and I am grasping at straws here. I think you can probably understand WHY I did not want to reveal that this is what SEEMED to cure my issue, because it is so unlikely, and more likely an extreme coincidence and something else happened that I am not aware of, but that is the only thing I know of that I did related between when it was not working to when it was. So now you know at least (and as I have told a few others, there is no point in not trying, other than the crushing disappointment of it almost certainly not working)...
I should add as well however, now that it occurs to me, that I use the KT-SGS4 KitKat 4.4 TouchWiz kernel, and had for a long time suffered from a loss of mobile connection and GPS. requiring a reboot to get them back (within a similar time period to my PRL/PROFILE issues). I seem to have fixed the mobile connection/GPS loss by choosing the 'correct' governor to use with that kernel for my ROM, and it is not IMPOSSIBLE that THIS occurred at the time I was able to update my PRL/PROFILE, but I do not remember exactly, and I'm PRETTY CERTAIN I still had the issue with the mobile connection/GPS loss after updating my PRL/PROFILE, so I think that likely rules out KT-SGS4 as a culprit in this issue. (But then, I was forgetting that we already established that you were on a stock kernel...)
KNOWN issues with KT-SGS4 Sprint KitKat 4.4 TouchWiz kernel
rsngfrce said:
Yeah, I honestly don't really understand what that thread means when it talks about flashing to legacy accounts. I believe I have a SERO account (I don't know, my wife pays the bill... :silly: ) and the updates worked fine until I think messing with the APNs to try to fix my inability to send MMS messages messed things up. I never flashed any legacy accounts or anything.
So... at this point, even though IT MAKES NO SENSE, I will tell you what SEEMED to fix the issue for me. I STRESS, this MAKES NO SENSE TO ME, but after months of being unable to update my PRL/PROFILE, after doing the following, I was suddenly able to update them. It is likely an EXTREME coincidence, but for the hell of it I will now tell you.
Using the Pro version of Solid Explorer, I copied the Carrier folder from the root of my phone to my external SD card. THAT IS IT. YES... THAT IS IT. NOTHING MORE. I did NOT copy it back, I did not change anything. HOW this could possibly have cured the problem would seem to make very little sense, I can only conjecture that Solid Explorer, in the act of copying the folder to my external SD card, somehow 'refreshed' something in the carrier folder in the root of my phone... and I am grasping at straws here. I think you can probably understand WHY I did not want to reveal that this is what SEEMED to cure my issue, because it is so unlikely, and more likely an extreme coincidence and something else happened that I am not aware of, but that is the only thing I know of that I did related between when it was not working to when it was. So now you know at least (and as I have told a few others, there is no point in not trying, other than the crushing disappointment of it almost certainly not working)...
I should add as well however, now that it occurs to me, that I use the KT-SGS4 KitKat 4.4 TouchWiz kernel, and had for a long time suffered from a loss of mobile connection and GPS. requiring a reboot to get them back (within a similar time period to my PRL/PROFILE issues). I seem to have fixed the mobile connection/GPS loss by choosing the 'correct' governor to use with that kernel for my ROM, and it is not IMPOSSIBLE that THIS occurred at the time I was able to update my PRL/PROFILE, but I do not remember exactly, and I'm PRETTY CERTAIN I still had the issue with the mobile connection/GPS loss after updating my PRL/PROFILE, so I think that likely rules out KT-SGS4 as a culprit in this issue. (But then, I was forgetting that we already established that you were on a stock kernel...)
KNOWN issues with KT-SGS4 Sprint KitKat 4.4 TouchWiz kernel
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Yeah that copying the carrier folder don't seem like it would do anything but maybe I'll give it a try. Whats the best way to root right now? I just want to make sure it will let me unroot the phone if it dont work and no trip knox incase I have to bring this in.
Do you know what bootloader you are on? You said you were on Sys MK2, then went back to MF9 and now are on NG2. When you went to NG2, unless you took very specific steps to keep the MF9 bootloader, you would be on the NG2 bootloader now, which includes Knox, and you can no longer go back beyond NAE I think. If you don't know what bootloader you have, get DeviceInfo https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jphilli85.deviceinfo from the Play Store and under the Software heading, see what it shows for the last 3 digits for Bootloader. This makes a difference on the best root method.
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Do you know what bootloader you are on? You said you were on Sys MK2, then went back to MF9 and now are on NG2. When you went to NG2, unless you took very specific steps to keep the MF9 bootloader, you would be on the NG2 bootloader now, which includes Knox, and you can no longer go back beyond NAE I think. If you don't know what bootloader you have, get DeviceInfo https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jphilli85.deviceinfo from the Play Store and under the Software heading, see what it shows for the last 3 digits for Bootloader. This makes a difference on the best root method.
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Bootloader and software version both show up as NG2 on Device Info.
tenaciousj said:
Yeah that copying the carrier folder don't seem like it would do anything but maybe I'll give it a try. Whats the best way to root right now? I just want to make sure it will let me unroot the phone if it dont work and no trip knox incase I have to bring this in.
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I'm not an EXPERT on this subject, but if you are on NG2 stock unrooted right now, I believe you can use: CF-Auto-Root to root it. Or, here is a stock rooted version of the NG2 ROM:
[ROM][NG2] Stock Rooted NG2 (which mentions that it has Knox removed).
As far as tripping stuff, I'm somewhat unsure about that to be honest. I have always used Triangle Away on my phone, but it has a warning now not to use it with a custom kernel (which I use). My counter is at 3, but I am out of warranty anyway.
I spent a few hours on chat with Sprint. They couldn't figure it out so I'm bringing it in tomorrow. Guessing I'll get a new phone. The people at the Sprint store seem rather limited in their knowledge, at least they were last time I was there.
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tenaciousj said:
I spent a few hours on chat with Sprint. They couldn't figure it out so I'm bringing it in tomorrow. Guessing I'll get a new phone. The people at the Sprint store seem rather limited in their knowledge, at least they were last time I was there.
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I guess if there are no signs that it has been rooted, that's probably a good way to go. You apparently had a phone pre-Knox and now I think you will get one with a Knox system, but it doesn't matter in your case since went beyond the point of no return already with the bootloader... I don't know if you have the new Spark model (tri-band), I don't know if the still make the old plain one like I have anymore...
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I guess if there are no signs that it has been rooted, that's probably a good way to go. You apparently had a phone pre-Knox and now I think you will get one with a Knox system, but it doesn't matter in your case since went beyond the point of no return already with the bootloader... I don't know if you have the new Spark model (tri-band), I don't know if the still make the old plain one like I have anymore...
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I got the phone I have now about a month after the GS4 came out so its non sparks. I stayed on MK2 for so long because I couldn't find a newer rom that looked to be stable and not have to jump through a bunch of hoops to install it. The Odin screen shows everything being zero and offical software so I should be good. I am going to sign out of all of my accounts before I bring it in being I have a lot of apps bought through the store that only work on rooted phones. I hope I can get a tri band to replace it. My friend has a triband GS4 and it gets much better data speeds than mine.
Yeah, I mentioned elsewhere here before that I actually didn't know of the existence of the "Sparks" version of the G4. I screwed up the USB port on my G4 before upgrade time, so I had to buy another G4 on Amazon. Upgrade time has come up, so I was just looking and saw my phone listed as "Non-Sprint Sparks", which I thought meant that they called it the "Sparks" model because I hadn't bought it from Sprint... took me a while to figure out what that actually meant... :laugh:
Sprint online nor the store could fix it so I got a new one.
No rooting but error 407
As titled, I've not rooted the phone. I'm getting error code 407 on attempts to update PRL and Update profile. Download updates manually does nothing. Note I'm on a Samsung Note 4, Sprint. Had updated to Marshmallow 6.0.1 late March but then above actions persist since then. I'm using Wi-Fi only, Sprint service disconnected as I couldn't pay bill when I lost job during a disabling illness.
I haven't been able to update prl profile or firmware for over 8 months. I am not rooted never have been I have called customer service over and over replaced SIM card did the ## stuff nothing has helped. The phone works although service isn't as good as it could be and says there is a prl update available but I always get connection error 6 on all 3. I also have serious battery draining issues as far as my data I do get a strong 4g lte connection just service is low and sometimes drops when I am close to a sprint tower every other phone gets full bars really on any network especially sprint. I hope someone can help I like my sph-720 other that that and honestly I can't afford to keep up with the Joneses. Hopefully this is enough info please help
00Lee said:
I haven't been able to update prl profile or firmware for over 8 months. I am not rooted never have been I have called customer service over and over replaced SIM card did the ## stuff nothing has helped. The phone works although service isn't as good as it could be and says there is a prl update available but I always get connection error 6 on all 3. I also have serious battery draining issues as far as my data I do get a strong 4g lte connection just service is low and sometimes drops when I am close to a sprint tower every other phone gets full bars really on any network especially sprint. I hope someone can help I like my sph-720 other that that and honestly I can't afford to keep up with the Joneses. Hopefully this is enough info please help
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Have you done a factory reset via recovery? Or you might want to flash latest full stock