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my ls980 thinks it is the d800 and I can't seem to flash it back to the ls980.
I flashed a custom ROM thru twrp and I got an error. I tried restoring the backup and the system partition would not mount. after poking around for quite some time I tried restoring the phone in download mode. apparently the computer thought it was the d800 and flashed the system for that phone. when it restarted I saw the at&t boot screen and when it started up it was not working correctly.
I put it back in download mode and tried flashing the phone again. the computer was sure it was the d800. then I tried flashing manually using the DLL intended to convert this and the tot file for the ls980. I get the error saying I can't convert from the d800 to the ls980.
I then tried flashing thru adb from both windows and linux. both say they cannot find the phone regardless how I try connecting.
since I flashed the factory files the phone will not start in recovery mode I have no clue why.
so now I have a phone that:
will not flash the ls980 tot file,
will not connect to adb,
and will not boot into recovery.
now what?
-boxorandyos
<sent from my nexus4>
Dang dude. Harsh. I almost ended up in this same situation after downloading files for the wrong device and noticed literally at the last second and was able to pull the plug, literally, and save my device.
I've been looking for ways to fix it in case it happens again and I don't catch it in time, so if I find the answer I'll let you know. There has to be a way to trick the computer into thinking it's a LS980 like it's supposed to be the same way it thought the phone was a d800.
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I was told that there was a DLL file that could be used when flashing it to trick it into thinking it's the ls980 but all I get is an error message I forget exactly what the message says but something to the extent that I don't have the right files for the phone that I have.
-boxorandyos
<sent from my nexus4>
yo
boxorandyos said:
I was told that there was a DLL file that could be used when flashing it to trick it into thinking it's the ls980 but all I get is an error message I forget exactly what the message says but something to the extent that I don't have the right files for the phone that I have.
-boxorandyos
<sent from my nexus4>
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yo man have you tried using LGNPST, we're in the same boat, i'm waiting for my some downloads on firmwares to try, i'm using LS980 but it thinks it's a VS980 still working on figuring out from my end. i've also heard that the LG mobile support tools can be used to restore the firmware but you gotta do some funny hot swap lol
vegito6 said:
yo man have you tried using LGNPST, we're in the same boat, i'm waiting for my some downloads on firmwares to try, i'm using LS980 but it thinks it's a VS980 still working on figuring out from my end. i've also heard that the LG mobile support tools can be used to restore the firmware but you gotta do some funny hot swap lol
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woops im a little slow here. what is LGNPST ? I solved the issue by manually editing the build.prop file and that tells the lg mobile support tool that it is a different phone. that was a whole different complicated story of its own but it worked.
sorry I didnt see your comment until now.
def sounds like you used the wrong dll or just the stock lg dll which works with some phones, but others need their specific dll to match the tot and such to make a proper bootloader flash over i believe.
i just received my new G2 D802 16GB,
i tried to upgrade to kitkat with this guide
(flashed Switzerland 16GB D80220F_00.kdz)
i ended up with a phone that wont boot, it got stuck it fastboot mode, i messed with fastboot until i got to the point i had download mode again, (i messed with the partitions: sb1,tz,laf...)
i tried flashing many roms (Europe Open D80210A_00,UK Open 16GB D80210B_00,Hungary OPEN 16GB KitKat D80220B)
the roms load fine, but now the touch response is unusable (touching a point is being registered in another spot altogether).
this happened with every rom i have tried.
i tried with the tot method from the same thread, i got memory Size mismatch 32G! error (i have a 16GB model),
i tried the tot again with the 32GB rom and it passed, but the problem remains (the bad touch response).
what do i need to do?
Why didn't you just use the PC program to update?
Do it
guynaa said:
i just received my new G2 D802 16GB,
i tried to upgrade to kitkat with this guide
(flashed Switzerland 16GB D80220F_00.kdz)
i ended up with a phone that wont boot, it got stuck it fastboot mode, i messed with fastboot until i got to the point i had download mode again, (i messed with the partitions: sb1,tz,laf...)
i tried flashing many roms (Europe Open D80210A_00,UK Open 16GB D80210B_00,Hungary OPEN 16GB KitKat D80220B)
the roms load fine, but now the touch response is unusable (touching a point is being registered in another spot altogether).
this happened with every rom i have tried.
i tried with the tot method from the same thread, i got memory Size mismatch 32G! error (i have a 16GB model),
i tried the tot again with the 32GB rom and it passed, but the problem remains (the bad touch response).
what do i need to do?
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Maybe you can try that thing from update touch driver or whut from hidden menu.
I also read that some people also had this issue on kitkat but not on jellybean stock
So try some things and report back :silly:
TheHaso said:
Why didn't you just use the PC program to update?
Do it
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i tried, but the update failed using the official lg software (i was on 4.2..2)
wulsic said:
Maybe you can try that thing from update touch driver or whut from hidden menu.
I also read that some people also had this issue on kitkat but not on jellybean stock
So try some things and report back :silly:
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i think you meant this
i cant do it because the touch is crazy and i cant even open the dialer using current touch response...
i was able to get adb running if that helps
guynaa said:
i tried, but the update failed using the official lg software (i was on 4.2..2)
i think you meant this
i cant do it because the touch is crazy and i cant even open the dialer using current touch response...
i was able to get adb running if that helps
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Yes I meant that Step3 from that url.
What you can do is 3 things.
Downgrade to 4.2.2 :/
Connect an Usb OTG mouse to your phone.
Try or OSP(On screen phone) works.
If these things don't work then you must try to find something else cause further then this I don't have any Idea at the moment, maybe later...
Goodluck:good:
wulsic said:
Yes I meant that Step3 from that url.
What you can do is 3 things.
Downgrade to 4.2.2 :/
Connect an Usb OTG mouse to your phone.
Try or OSP(On screen phone) works.
If these things don't work then you must try to find something else cause further then this I don't have any Idea at the moment, maybe later...
Goodluck:good:
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thanks,those are 2 great ideas i wish i had thought about!,
i sent the phone to be serviced, i will post here the outcome if that matters.
Ahh okay, sorry for late reaction was busy with school.
If your phone gets serviced then they will also probably ship it back with 4.4.2 stock and also with normal working touch .
you can post the outcome if you want I think
Just wait for it till you get your phone back, then you will be happy again
Update your touch software from service menu and you should be okay.
Check xda for. Service menu code
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i managed to solve this.
i bought this "d802" online, the box, phone sticker and "about" all said it was a d802 (normal back panel, no "ATT" logo),
after i opened the phone i discovered the logic board is actually a d800.
i managed to change the model number in build.prop (to d800), and flash the d800 with the tot method, the phone works fine now,
if anyone have the same problem and finds this thread, contact me and i will try to help
guynaa said:
i managed to solve this.
i bought this "d802" online, the box, phone sticker and "about" all said it was a d802 (normal back panel, no "ATT" logo),
after i opened the phone i discovered the logic board is actually a d800.
i managed to change the model number in build.prop (to d800), and flash the d800 with the tot method, the phone works fine now,
if anyone have the same problem and finds this thread, contact me and i will try to help
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I had same issue.. I had touch problem and I got it repaired and paid 4500PKR = around 45USD and it was D800 .. Why didnt I see this before (
OKay one question , If i root it and update it to Kitkat and edit build.prop to D802 , will it show D802 again ? if yes then I can do that and return it to the local shop where I bought the phone from..
-iNCEPTiON- said:
I had same issue.. I had touch problem and I got it repaired and paid 4500PKR = around 45USD and it was D800 .. Why didnt I see this before (
OKay one question , If i root it and update it to Kitkat and edit build.prop to D802 , will it show D802 again ? if yes then I can do that and return it to the local shop where I bought the phone from..
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no, the d800 cant run firmware built for the d802,
you should flash this tot and upgrade to kitkat (if you want) using this method
guynaa said:
no, the d800 cant run firmware built for the d802,
you should flash this tot and upgrade to kitkat (if you want) using this method
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Yes I am asking if I use tot method to update to kitkat and root it .. then edit build.prop and change to D802 , will it show D802 in About Phone?
-iNCEPTiON- said:
Yes I am asking if I use tot method to update to kitkat and root it .. then edit build.prop and change to D802 , will it show D802 in About Phone?
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i am not sure, but i believe that the phone wont boot into android if you do that (i have the reverse case),
why would you want to do that?
guynaa said:
i am not sure, but i believe that the phone wont boot into android if you do that (i have the reverse case),
why would you want to do that?
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Hmm i want to do that coz when i got the phone from him it showed d802 in about phone and back of the phone as well ...so i want to do that again to get it replaced as i need d802
Sent from my LG-D802 using Tapatalk
My friend bought a new LG G2 and wanted a custom rom. He tried to flash a custom recovery tool through fastboot but did not unlocked the bootloader. After this the phone booted up in recovery and showed a couple of error messages. He reflashed all of the partitions of the phone and restarted it, put the official firmware but to his surprise his touchscreen was a mess, everything he clicked on was offset by 50 to 200 pixels, and its all scrambled up. He tried flashing custom roms, official roms but is the same, even in TWRP the same problem with the LCD panel. Now the phone has SlimKat and I could activate the feedback of the touches, it's incredible, I can't understand it.
Can someone tell me where the driver for the touch is, or what to repair in order the have the screen control back. I have uploaded some images of the touches feedback.
He tried to use LG official tool or flash the kdz file?
pirikitto said:
He tried to use LG official tool or flash the kdz file?
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Yep, he and I flashed I bunch of times the official rom but nothing changed. I think it has something to do with the boot are aboot partition, there is where the kernel is booted up and there is our problem, but I need someone more good at the low level arhitecture to guide me through. I repeat the same problem hapens when you go in to recovery.
Try 3845#*802# with dialer, go to setting, UPDATE TOUCH FIRMWARE
pirikitto said:
Try 3845#*802# with dialer, go to setting, UPDATE TOUCH FIRMWARE
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I will test this tomorrow, I will get a OTG cable to connect a mouse, it's a nightmare treeing to navigate like this. This code will run on every ROM, or only on official rom... I will come with feedback on this, thanks for all your support...
I know that work on stock for sure, I don't know on AOSP
I forgot to tell you that the final part of code "802" is your G2 model
Es. If have a 801 model the code is 3845#*801#
pirikitto said:
I know that work on stock for sure, I don't know on AOSP
I forgot to tell you that the final part of code "802" is your G2 model
Es. If have a 801 model the code is 3845#*801#
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I noticed a nother problem, the radio of the device is off and cant connect to the network, in conclusion when I try the code the phone gives a message to turn off the airplane mode. I will try to reinstall the official ROM.
Dangelo23 said:
I noticed a nother problem, the radio of the device is off and cant connect to the network, in conclusion when I try the code the phone gives a message to turn off the airplane mode. I will try to reinstall the official ROM.
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No luck, still the same problem. Any other ideas guys, I really cant stand it.
Did you try the touch calibration setting? It may or may not help.
abhinav.tella said:
Did you try the touch calibration setting? It may or may not help.
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Where are exactly these calibration settings?
Ignore that, Ive gotten it confused with another phone, G2 only has motion calibration in main settings, I just checked mine.
Up
Does anyone has an idea what my caused this. Please I really want to fix the problem.
Real help will not be ignored!!!
Question regarding model
Ok, I found something very weird, at this point I really dont know if the phone is a g2 D802 or D800. I've taken the back cover of the phone and found that on the back is a d800, the back cover of the phone states that is a d802, but when I check the imei using a website imei info it says its a d800. The D800 is for AT&T and the D802 is the international one, what is going on here...I am confused...
I smell something fishy as well. Perhaps the phone has been opened before and the rear cover was replaced. Make sure you are usuing the D800 firmware and modem baseband firmware.
Flash both of those and see what happens!
Hi, first of all, this is my first thread on XDA... this is the best site to find any answer related to phones...
Im experiencing a very hard trouble here with my LG G2 D805
I bought it refurbished from a person who made a wrong flash to this device and he gave it to me bricked... so i decided to get into the task to fix this phone... first i made it power on in the first day... the phone on the back cover, says d805, but in hardware info says d802...
i read about about those changes and it was something "common" and "easy" to fix, but hey... then i checked and had Imei NULL... and it begun to restart almost every 3 minute... this is supposed to happen when there's a wrong modem.img on the phone....
the phone says on the back that its a 805, so i went into tutorials to make the 802 root and recovery,, i got it.. then i tried all of this:
- Try to change my build.prop model number, no success
- Tried flashing 805 modems (i found 3 different), no success
- I found other tutorial where it can be fixed with tot files, and i found dll and tot for 805. no success
- Tried normal flash on lg flashtool with 805 kdz, no success
- Tried CDMA>Cs_Emergency>CSE flash, no success
- Tried uninstalling all drivers and again the above, no success
I found just one way to make it "work" and as long as i had recovery, i flashed cloudy rom... it works, doesnt reboot or anything... But the only thing I'm missing is my IMEI... it shows NULL, and also i dont have baseband, but can use everything except simcard related
the KDZ's i've tried are here http://lg-phone-firmware.com/index.php?id_mod=36
I tried with:
D80510A_00.kdz
D80510B_00.kdz
D80210A_00.kdz
and its variables from countries
also tried all this steps and flashed that only tot file that i could get to find of 805: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2667258
jamm513 said:
@GTMoraes i think you choose the hard way, and i need to tell you,the phone is not a D802 now. and no one need to accept that, there are more easy ways (i past for this and i learn how to fix whithout flash a D802 kdz) than make your D805 a D802 G2:
1. Uninstall your drivers and install again
2. Just replace the the phone build.prop for a D805 build.prop reboot and flash your D805 kdz, done.
3. if you done have a D805 build.prop just edit the one you have and change all d802 lines for d805, reboot and flash your D805 kdz, done.
4. try the @monkey5i solution ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50751778&postcount=9), it works too.
5. if the 2 past ways dont work for you, do this:
- follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475045
- for the guide use this tot file http://downloads.codefi.re/autoprim...N_LGD805AT-00-V10a-724-05-AUG-23-2013-16G.zip and the attached dll file
- follow the guide and done, this guide unbrick any LG G2 Variant whit the proper tot and dll file.
6. share this post for any who have problem going back to stock or the 49% flash error.
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I haven't sleep in days, and at this point I think i've read almost everything about this issue and nothing seems to work... please, i need help with this, this is my only phone.. and i dont want to have an expensive FMradio...
thanks in advance for the help
Anyone knows something? i really need this phone.. please
really?
nothing??
Im on my own on this???
Joanse said:
I bought it refurbished from a person who made a wrong flash to this device and he gave it to me bricked... so i decided to get into the task to fix this phone... first i made it power on in the first day... the phone on the back cover, says d805, but in hardware info says d802...
I found just one way to make it "work" and as long as i had recovery, i flashed cloudy rom... it works, doesnt reboot or anything... But the only thing I'm missing is my IMEI... it shows NULL, and also i dont have baseband, but can use everything except simcard related
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If you truly have d802 hardware, you may have to flash a d802 modem in order to get your IMEI back. Do this at your own risk but it has worked for some of the d802 frankenphones that actually have d800 hardware. (d800 modem restores IMEI in their case)
iowabowtech said:
If you truly have d802 hardware, you may have to flash a d802 modem in order to get your IMEI back. Do this at your own risk but it has worked for some of the d802 frankenphones that actually have d800 hardware. (d800 modem restores IMEI in their case)
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I already tried that, it didnt work... hardware says d805, but when i recieved it said 802... i know now how to change it from 805 to 802 and back, but flashing every baseband i found for 805 and 802 would not work, took every BB for those versions in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451426
Joanse said:
I already tried that, it didnt work... hardware says d805, but when i recieved it said 802... i know now how to change it from 805 to 802 and back, but flashing every baseband i found for 805 and 802 would not work, took every BB for those versions in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451426
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You may have to attempt a fix with QPST then assuming you know your original IMEI.
iowabowtech said:
You may have to attempt a fix with QPST then assuming you know your original IMEI.
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Already tried, but always get a error message that says something like cannot write Imei... i think it can be drivers issue because sometimes when i connect it says installing CDC serial and after minutes it gets error... do you know if this is making some conflict?
Joanse said:
Already tried, but always get a error message that says something like cannot write Imei... i think it can be drivers issue because sometimes when i connect it says installing CDC serial and after minutes it gets error... do you know if this is making some conflict?
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I wonder if it needs to use a specific com port? I have honestly not attempted that fix.
iowabowtech said:
I wonder if it needs to use a specific com port? I have honestly not attempted that fix.
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i tried also with EFS pro but it asks me to have super user on stock, but being on stock it doesnt stop rebooting, so its almost impossible to install it
Joanse said:
i tried also with EFS pro but it asks me to have super user on stock, but being on stock it doesnt stop rebooting, so its almost impossible to install it
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But you are able to enable usb debugging and attempt a qpst fix without it rebooting? Do the reboots only occur when you try to open apps?
iowabowtech said:
But you are able to enable usb debugging and attempt a qpst fix without it rebooting? Do the reboots only occur when you try to open apps?
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with the many attempts i've made i know now how to root it (without SU) and install recovery, i have usb debugging on... and it lets me have enough time to try it with qpst, but it doesnt even let me read phone info
Need EFS backup from an AT&T D800
Hi, I have the issue IMEI = null sinse I've done an update of a rebadged D802 (really D800) from KK to LP, I tried everything i found in forums but nothing changed.
I can't use NV tools or QPST because the phone is not recognised and the connection can't be maintained.
So, the last solution i didn't try yet is to flash an EFS backup from another AT&T D800.
so, where can I find an EFS backup (with IMEI 0 or real IMEI, i'll change it with mine)
It'll be very nice if someone helps me getting my phone back to work
Thanks
Hi All,
I've replied to a few different threads here trying to repair my G2 D802 after an LG update put on the wrong rom, which later I found out I had a possibly refurb from China. By this (for those that don't know) basically means that I had a different model....
My Symptons after the flash were it was only showing 10GB free, and the Touchscreen did not work properly (pressing one part of the screen would cause another part to click) so it was pretty useless. Thanks to @MariMur though, he advised to use a USB OTG cable to plug in a mouse which worked great to try a few things! He also pointed me to some other posts which helped loads too
So.. I decided to first open the back cover of my G2. Very easy to do, tried the pry tools initially but got no where, so used my nail in then end. Take out the SIM Card slot, then starting from the bottom of the slot, pry open the first clip by splitting it from there, once only clip is open, wedge your nail in and move it down. All the others will unclip and after about 1 minute, the back is off! To my (not so surprise at this stage) I had D800 written on the top right of the phone, and the Antenna at the bottom said D801/D803. Importantly though the touch ribbon cable on the right said D800 so that explains how that's happened. Somehow, the people I bought this phone off managed to put on a D802 ROM with drivers for a D800.
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With this in mind, I went about flashing a D800 ROM. I tried a few things like installing a D800 TWRP to start things off. This resulted in getting a fastboot black screen on start of the phone, and I lost download mode (it would flash the screen for download mode, but then go back to fastboot). Main thing for me was to get back into download mode to flash on stock again, so I tried various things but eventually did one simple thing.
1) Download the D802 laf file from here, and flash it from the pc (after installing adb and fastboot installer from XDA) with the following: -
Code:
fastboot erase laf
fastboot flash laf laf.img
then turn off the phone by holding down power, and download mode was restored. I then installed a stock D802 rom again.
Now... I actually found out I don't need to do the above at all! We need to follow the @SuperSport method partially by going here. Download the kitkat D800 Rom as that's what you need. Also use the LGUP_8974.dll in that post, rather than the normal one, but before you flash it, you need to modify the .TOT file. I didn't find the original post before as I trawled the net and found a FB post that did it, but found out @sepacek had already found the solution, so follow it here except replacing D800 with D802 at that one point (0006017 I think it was, but do a Edit->Find for D800). Save that, flash away and it worked perfectly. My LG came back to life, and even had restored my 32GB loveliness (although shows 24GB Free, so not sure if that's still correct).
My Main problem now is I still have the problem of a Lost IMEI number due to the bad original flash. I tried to use the tutorials to do it, also try to do it via EFS Pro, but I fall at the first hurdle really.... The phone COM port comes up, but the program keeps saying "No Phone" for some reason. Anyone know the solution to this?
Another thing I have noticed is that my Baseband is "unknown" for some reason, not sure if that's related to the IMEI issue or not, but I've definitely flashed the KK baseband from @Cloudyfa 's links on XDA.
I'll update this post once I find the solution
EDIT 1: I opened up my phone again and decided to look at the motherboard. I have discovered that the motherboard cover might say D800, but the motherboard has something on the top left (after removing the cover) that says it is a D801! So ... I've update JB D801 ROM, phone is massively unstable and reboots a lot. I tried KK D801 ROM and it's now stable, but stuck with the IMEI and Baseband being unknown, but I can't root it as no one knows how to yet. I'm pondering on going back to the D800 ROM and rooting the device again (as that worked lasttime) and try installing a different baseband/modem to see if that can wake things up. I did notice though that there is a tutorial to install D802 roms over D801 devices... I wonder if that's how my phone was in the first place!
EDIT 2: I have installed a D801 Stock ROM, rooted, installed Optimus G3 ROM and was able to see the baseband version pop up, however my IMEI number is still null. The IMEI number is there somewhere on the phone as LGFlashTool 1.8.1 still shows it when I go to flash a stock TOT file... so I'm still trying things. The guide on the web to restore the IMEI number via Qualcomm tools doesn't work (or EFS Pro) as when I add the port number, the phone appears as '(0)?' so I cannot pull the relevant NV data to update the IMEI....annoying as I'm so close now! I'm still trying though as I should be able to restore this data somehow...
Meppolan said:
Hi All,
I've replied to a few different threads here trying to repair my G2 D802 after an LG update put on the wrong rom, which later I found out I had a possibly refurb from China. By this (for those that don't know) basically means that I had a different model....
My Symptons after the flash were it was only showing 10GB free, and the Touchscreen did not work properly (pressing one part of the screen would cause another part to click) so it was pretty useless. Thanks to @MariMur though, he advised to use a USB OTG cable to plug in a mouse which worked great to try a few things! He also pointed me to some other posts which helped loads too
So.. I decided to first open the back cover of my G2. Very easy to do, tried the pry tools initially but got no where, so used my nail in then end. Take out the SIM Card slot, then starting from the bottom of the slot, pry open the first clip by splitting it from there, once only clip is open, wedge your nail in and move it down. All the others will unclip and after about 1 minute, the back is off! To my (not so surprise at this stage) I had D800 written on the top right of the phone, and the Antenna at the bottom said D801/D803. Importantly though the touch ribbon cable on the right said D800 so that explains how that's happened. Somehow, the people I bought this phone off managed to put on a D802 ROM with drivers for a D800.
With this in mind, I went about flashing a D800 ROM. I tried a few things like installing a D800 TWRP to start things off. This resulted in getting a fastboot black screen on start of the phone, and I lost download mode (it would flash the screen for download mode, but then go back to fastboot). Main thing for me was to get back into download mode to flash on stock again, so I tried various things but eventually did one simple thing.
1) Download the D802 laf file from here, and flash it from the pc (after installing adb and fastboot installer from XDA) with the following: -
Code:
fastboot erase laf
fastboot flash laf laf.img
then turn off the phone by holding down power, and download mode was restored. I then installed a stock D802 rom again.
Now... I actually found out I don't need to do the above at all! We need to follow the @SuperSport method partially by going here. Download the kitkat D800 Rom as that's what you need. Also use the LGUP_8974.dll in that post, rather than the normal one, but before you flash it, you need to modify the .TOT file. I didn't find the original post before as I trawled the net and found a FB post that did it, but found out @sepacek had already found the solution, so follow it here except replacing D800 with D802 at that one point (0006017 I think it was, but do a Edit->Find for D800). Save that, flash away and it worked perfectly. My LG came back to life, and even had restored my 32GB loveliness (although shows 24GB Free, so not sure if that's still correct).
My Main problem now is I still have the problem of a Lost IMEI number due to the bad original flash. I tried to use the tutorials to do it, also try to do it via EFS Pro, but I fall at the first hurdle really.... The phone COM port comes up, but the program keeps saying "No Phone" for some reason. Anyone know the solution to this?
Another thing I have noticed is that my Baseband is "unknown" for some reason, not sure if that's related to the IMEI issue or not, but I've definitely flashed the KK baseband from @Cloudyfa 's links on XDA.
I'll update this post once I find the solution
Thanks in advance!
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Normally, when a IMEI is gone, it's gone for good - unless you made an EFS backup. You can't use the EFS backup of another phone. I feel very sorry for you, and I sincerely hope you're able to claim your money back from the seller for false advertising.
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@Meppolan unfortunately I cannot help but I really hope you find a solution as information like this is definitely important to share between all of us here. Thanks for taking the time to share this.
vPro97 said:
Normally, when a IMEI is gone, it's gone for good - unless you made an EFS backup. You can't use the EFS backup of another phone. I feel very sorry for you, and I sincerely hope you're able to claim your money back from the seller for false advertising.
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I will have to agree with this, the only way I've ever got my IMEI back was by restoring a Nanadroid backup (more importantly my EFS partition).
vPro97 said:
Normally, when a IMEI is gone, it's gone for good - unless you made an EFS backup. You can't use the EFS backup of another phone. I feel very sorry for you, and I sincerely hope you're able to claim your money back from the seller for false advertising.
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d00lz said:
@Meppolan unfortunately I cannot help but I really hope you find a solution as information like this is definitely important to share between all of us here. Thanks for taking the time to share this.
I will have to agree with this, the only way I've ever got my IMEI back was by restoring a Nanadroid backup (more important my EFS partition).
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Cheers guys, I'm hoping I can still revive it as the IMEI can be picked up by LG Flash Tools v1.8.1 as it shows up in the window. I was tempted to go to eBay and state my case, but I've already emailed the UK seller and he said he got it from someone of gumtree which don't help... I'll decide in a few days though!
Having same problem..
I'm also having same problem....
My Phone Model No. is LG G2 D802.....but when i opened the back cover of my phone it says different model no.'s like D800 at the bottom and D800 at the top right corner.......
So now i'm confused what to do and how to do........
All i want is to have root with custom recovery and to use Cloudy G3 Rom.........but don't know which autorec version to use (i.e D800 or D802)...
and if some how recovery is installed then while installing Cloudy rom which Model no. to select( D800 or D802)
I'm attaching the photos of the back of my phone......
I just dont want my phone Bricked....
Deepak Pracheta said:
I'm also having same problem....
My Phone Model No. is LG G2 D802.....but when i opened the back cover of my phone it says different model no.'s like D800 at the bottom and D800 at the top right corner.......
So now i'm confused what to do and how to do........
All i want is to have root with custom recovery and to use Cloudy G3 Rom.........but don't know which autorec version to use (i.e D800 or D802)...
and if some how recovery is installed then while installing Cloudy rom which Model no. to select( D800 or D802)
I'm attaching the photos of the back of my phone......
IMEI no. is **************
I just dont want my phone Bricked....
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Remove your IMEI from here, never post that as stolen phone people will use it!
If you have a D802 ROM installed, you need to use ioroot to get root first, but then turn on ADB debugging and then backup your EFS before doing any more!
You can then restore the D800 ROM via the TOT method I have mentioned in my post. Download the D800 TOT file, use a hex editor inside it to change the model recognition in there to D802, and you'll be back in business with a proper ROM. and know what to recover!
Hello my friend! I come from a spanish forum where there's a specific thread for this problem you have, and let me tell you that, it hasn't been any type of resolution till the date, apparently is a very common problem when you buy a G2 from Aliexpress, this chinese retailer grabs a bunch of D800 version of the G2 and change treir IMEIs and back plate into the D802 version (don't ask how) obviously change the rom for another that match the new fake d802 imei, thats why at first glance there's no visible sign that in reality you have a d800 and when people update or change treir rom is when the problem come out to surface causing and irreversible damage to the cellphone although you have done an incredible advance, the pith is, the imei never was the original one so is almost impossible get it back.
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Deepak Pracheta said:
I'm also having same problem....
My Phone Model No. is LG G2 D802.....but when i opened the back cover of my phone it says different model no.'s like D800 at the bottom and D800 at the top right corner.......
So now i'm confused what to do and how to do........
All i want is to have root with custom recovery and to use Cloudy G3 Rom.........but don't know which autorec version to use (i.e D800 or D802)...
and if some how recovery is installed then while installing Cloudy rom which Model no. to select( D800 or D802)
I'm attaching the photos of the back of my phone......
IMEI no. is ************************
I just dont want my phone Bricked....
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If you are not sure if your G2 d802 is not an original one DON'T flash or update your rom by no means!!! all you are going to get is a beautifull paperweight
elvis640 said:
Hello my friend! I come from a spanish forum where there's a specific thread for this problem you have, and let me tell you that, it hasn't been any type of resolution till the date, apparently is a very common problem when you buy a G2 from Aliexpress, this chinese retailer grabs a bunch of D800 version of the G2 and change treir IMEIs and back plate into the D802 version (don't ask how) obviously change the rom for another that match the new fake d802 imei, thats why at first glance there's no visible sign that in reality you have a d800 and when people update or change treir rom is when the problem come out to surface causing and irreversible damage to the cellphone although you have done an incredible advance, the pith is, the imei never was the original one so is almost impossible get it back.
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If you are not sure if your G2 d802 is not an original one DON'T flash or update your rom by no means!!! all you are going to get is a beautifull paperweight
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Aliexpress... I wonder if they can provide the file that flashed this phone then. I might ask them as I would be happy going back to that to be honest. I do feel my phone is a D801 though from looking at the parts!
At the moment though, I suppose I can give this phone to some kids in my family to play games on
vPro97 said:
Normally, when a IMEI is gone, it's gone for good - unless you made an EFS backup. You can't use the EFS backup of another phone. I feel very sorry for you, and I sincerely hope you're able to claim your money back from the seller for false advertising.
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Question... any reason the EFS from another D801 32GB would not work? Or might that be because it will have someone elses IMEI on it?
Deepak Pracheta said:
I'm also having same problem....
My Phone Model No. is LG G2 D802.....but when i opened the back cover of my phone it says different model no.'s like D800 at the bottom and D800 at the top right corner.......
So now i'm confused what to do and how to do........
All i want is to have root with custom recovery and to use Cloudy G3 Rom.........but don't know which autorec version to use (i.e D800 or D802)...
and if some how recovery is installed then while installing Cloudy rom which Model no. to select( D800 or D802)
I'm attaching the photos of the back of my phone......
I just dont want my phone Bricked....
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You need to open ur phone more..
The actual model no is mentioned on the back side of motherboard.
Open and seee.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15krGmydqgQ&feature=youtu.be
If u flash worng reocvery u will hard brick ur g2.
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Meppolan said:
Hi All,
I've replied to a few different threads here trying to repair my G2 D802 after an LG update put on the wrong rom, which later I found out I had a possibly refurb from China. By this (for those that don't know) basically means that I had a different model....
My Symptons after the flash were it was only showing 10GB free, and the Touchscreen did not work properly (pressing one part of the screen would cause another part to click) so it was pretty useless. Thanks to @MariMur though, he advised to use a USB OTG cable to plug in a mouse which worked great to try a few things! He also pointed me to some other posts which helped loads too
So.. I decided to first open the back cover of my G2. Very easy to do, tried the pry tools initially but got no where, so used my nail in then end. Take out the SIM Card slot, then starting from the bottom of the slot, pry open the first clip by splitting it from there, once only clip is open, wedge your nail in and move it down. All the others will unclip and after about 1 minute, the back is off! To my (not so surprise at this stage) I had D800 written on the top right of the phone, and the Antenna at the bottom said D801/D803. Importantly though the touch ribbon cable on the right said D800 so that explains how that's happened. Somehow, the people I bought this phone off managed to put on a D802 ROM with drivers for a D800.
With this in mind, I went about flashing a D800 ROM. I tried a few things like installing a D800 TWRP to start things off. This resulted in getting a fastboot black screen on start of the phone, and I lost download mode (it would flash the screen for download mode, but then go back to fastboot). Main thing for me was to get back into download mode to flash on stock again, so I tried various things but eventually did one simple thing.
1) Download the D802 laf file from here, and flash it from the pc (after installing adb and fastboot installer from XDA) with the following: -
Code:
fastboot erase laf
fastboot flash laf laf.img
then turn off the phone by holding down power, and download mode was restored. I then installed a stock D802 rom again.
Now... I actually found out I don't need to do the above at all! We need to follow the @SuperSport method partially by going here. Download the kitkat D800 Rom as that's what you need. Also use the LGUP_8974.dll in that post, rather than the normal one, but before you flash it, you need to modify the .TOT file. I didn't find the original post before as I trawled the net and found a FB post that did it, but found out @sepacek had already found the solution, so follow it here except replacing D800 with D802 at that one point (0006017 I think it was, but do a Edit->Find for D800). Save that, flash away and it worked perfectly. My LG came back to life, and even had restored my 32GB loveliness (although shows 24GB Free, so not sure if that's still correct).
My Main problem now is I still have the problem of a Lost IMEI number due to the bad original flash. I tried to use the tutorials to do it, also try to do it via EFS Pro, but I fall at the first hurdle really.... The phone COM port comes up, but the program keeps saying "No Phone" for some reason. Anyone know the solution to this?
Another thing I have noticed is that my Baseband is "unknown" for some reason, not sure if that's related to the IMEI issue or not, but I've definitely flashed the KK baseband from @Cloudyfa 's links on XDA.
I'll update this post once I find the solution
EDIT 1: I opened up my phone again and decided to look at the motherboard. I have discovered that the motherboard cover might say D800, but the motherboard has something on the top left (after removing the cover) that says it is a D801! So ... I've update JB D801 ROM, phone is massively unstable and reboots a lot. I tried KK D801 ROM and it's now stable, but stuck with the IMEI and Baseband being unknown, but I can't root it as no one knows how to yet. I'm pondering on going back to the D800 ROM and rooting the device again (as that worked lasttime) and try installing a different baseband/modem to see if that can wake things up. I did notice though that there is a tutorial to install D802 roms over D801 devices... I wonder if that's how my phone was in the first place!
EDIT 2: I have installed a D801 Stock ROM, rooted, installed Optimus G3 ROM and was able to see the baseband version pop up, however my IMEI number is still null. The IMEI number is there somewhere on the phone as LGFlashTool 1.8.1 still shows it when I go to flash a stock TOT file... so I'm still trying things. The guide on the web to restore the IMEI number via Qualcomm tools doesn't work (or EFS Pro) as when I add the port number, the phone appears as '(0)?' so I cannot pull the relevant NV data to update the IMEI....annoying as I'm so close now! I'm still trying though as I should be able to restore this data somehow...
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As u said that you installed Optimus G3 rom.....but your condition is that your phone was D802 but the motherboard or internal parts shows it is D801....so what exactly you do. to intstall Optimus G3.......i.e which model number u select while installing that rom.....and at first which custom recovery(model no..D802 or D801) you installed.........becoz at this moment i`m pretty much confused how to install a custom rom like Cloudy G3 or something else.......i bought two Lg G2 phones yesterday without warranty in india from local dealer so pretty much sure that single step wolud lead to bricked device
Meppolan said:
Hi All,
I've replied to a few different threads here trying to repair my G2 D802 after an LG update put on the wrong rom, which later I found out I had a possibly refurb from China. By this (for those that don't know) basically means that I had a different model....
My Symptons after the flash were it was only showing 10GB free, and the Touchscreen did not work properly (pressing one part of the screen would cause another part to click) so it was pretty useless. Thanks to @MariMur though, he advised to use a USB OTG cable to plug in a mouse which worked great to try a few things! He also pointed me to some other posts which helped loads too
So.. I decided to first open the back cover of my G2. Very easy to do, tried the pry tools initially but got no where, so used my nail in then end. Take out the SIM Card slot, then starting from the bottom of the slot, pry open the first clip by splitting it from there, once only clip is open, wedge your nail in and move it down. All the others will unclip and after about 1 minute, the back is off! To my (not so surprise at this stage) I had D800 written on the top right of the phone, and the Antenna at the bottom said D801/D803. Importantly though the touch ribbon cable on the right said D800 so that explains how that's happened. Somehow, the people I bought this phone off managed to put on a D802 ROM with drivers for a D800.
With this in mind, I went about flashing a D800 ROM. I tried a few things like installing a D800 TWRP to start things off. This resulted in getting a fastboot black screen on start of the phone, and I lost download mode (it would flash the screen for download mode, but then go back to fastboot). Main thing for me was to get back into download mode to flash on stock again, so I tried various things but eventually did one simple thing.
1) Download the D802 laf file from here, and flash it from the pc (after installing adb and fastboot installer from XDA) with the following: -
Code:
fastboot erase laf
fastboot flash laf laf.img
then turn off the phone by holding down power, and download mode was restored. I then installed a stock D802 rom again.
Now... I actually found out I don't need to do the above at all! We need to follow the @SuperSport method partially by going here. Download the kitkat D800 Rom as that's what you need. Also use the LGUP_8974.dll in that post, rather than the normal one, but before you flash it, you need to modify the .TOT file. I didn't find the original post before as I trawled the net and found a FB post that did it, but found out @sepacek had already found the solution, so follow it here except replacing D800 with D802 at that one point (0006017 I think it was, but do a Edit->Find for D800). Save that, flash away and it worked perfectly. My LG came back to life, and even had restored my 32GB loveliness (although shows 24GB Free, so not sure if that's still correct).
My Main problem now is I still have the problem of a Lost IMEI number due to the bad original flash. I tried to use the tutorials to do it, also try to do it via EFS Pro, but I fall at the first hurdle really.... The phone COM port comes up, but the program keeps saying "No Phone" for some reason. Anyone know the solution to this?
Another thing I have noticed is that my Baseband is "unknown" for some reason, not sure if that's related to the IMEI issue or not, but I've definitely flashed the KK baseband from @Cloudyfa 's links on XDA.
I'll update this post once I find the solution
EDIT 1: I opened up my phone again and decided to look at the motherboard. I have discovered that the motherboard cover might say D800, but the motherboard has something on the top left (after removing the cover) that says it is a D801! So ... I've update JB D801 ROM, phone is massively unstable and reboots a lot. I tried KK D801 ROM and it's now stable, but stuck with the IMEI and Baseband being unknown, but I can't root it as no one knows how to yet. I'm pondering on going back to the D800 ROM and rooting the device again (as that worked lasttime) and try installing a different baseband/modem to see if that can wake things up. I did notice though that there is a tutorial to install D802 roms over D801 devices... I wonder if that's how my phone was in the first place!
EDIT 2: I have installed a D801 Stock ROM, rooted, installed Optimus G3 ROM and was able to see the baseband version pop up, however my IMEI number is still null. The IMEI number is there somewhere on the phone as LGFlashTool 1.8.1 still shows it when I go to flash a stock TOT file... so I'm still trying things. The guide on the web to restore the IMEI number via Qualcomm tools doesn't work (or EFS Pro) as when I add the port number, the phone appears as '(0)?' so I cannot pull the relevant NV data to update the IMEI....annoying as I'm so close now! I'm still trying though as I should be able to restore this data somehow...
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If you can still view your imei on anything on pc then it is more than likely still intact...the efs partition may have become slightly corrupt or something may have screwed up the format...do a little research on which partition efs is stored on and what format it gets mounted as when system boots...it seems to me it just isnt mounting properly as i had the same issue on my gs4 but there are apps specially made for samsung devices...im sure there is a fix for your issue...its finding it that may be an issue...my device was down for three months before i found a fix...dont give up!
Deepak Pracheta said:
As u said that you installed Optimus G3 rom.....but your condition is that your phone was D802 but the motherboard or internal parts shows it is D801....so what exactly you do. to intstall Optimus G3.......i.e which model number u select while installing that rom.....and at first which custom recovery(model no..D802 or D801) you installed.........becoz at this moment i`m pretty much confused how to install a custom rom like Cloudy G3 or something else.......i bought two Lg G2 phones yesterday without warranty in india from local dealer so pretty much sure that single step wolud lead to bricked device
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I used the steps in my first post to get a stock ROM for D801 on, then used the normal KitKat rooting my phone (via TowelRoot) and installing TWRP (via AutoRec). Then I copied the ROM to a folder on my phone, booted to recovery (you have to turn off the power of the phone, then hold down Vol- and power when turning back on, soon as the LG logo pop ups, release the power and press it again and hold quickly (still holding vol+ all the time) to get into factory reset. Release all buttons when you see it loaded, then press power putton to perform the reset, but it will just load up TWRP to install your ROM).
jamesd1085 said:
If you can still view your imei on anything on pc then it is more than likely still intact...the efs partition may have become slightly corrupt or something may have screwed up the format...do a little research on which partition efs is stored on and what format it gets mounted as when system boots...it seems to me it just isnt mounting properly as i had the same issue on my gs4 but there are apps specially made for samsung devices...im sure there is a fix for your issue...its finding it that may be an issue...my device was down for three months before i found a fix...dont give up!
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I saw the Samsung ones and tools, but can't seem to find anything that will help unfortunately. I'm wondering about doing a FULL wipe of the phone and trying to flash on everything to see if that helps but not just yet. I'll open up my phone some more soon and remove the motherboard to make sure it is a D801!
I am also having the same problem.
1st got the message of lcd damaged: Hardware key control
As 4 5 6 on my dial pad not working.
So after reset twice I choose to Flash Europe open 32GB KDZ.
My phone IMEI is actually a D802 Thailand..
After flashing touch totally unresponsive,
Storage space 16GB, 10 GB showing free.
Baseband and IMEI null..
Opened the phone.. Sensor cable saying D800,
Bottom Right golden cable saying D800 Touch
Right Side Golden cable D800/D801/D802/D803
Above Antenna D801/D803
Top Right Above motor Silver casing say D801.
So I flashed A hex edited D801 ToT as my previous software is D802
Phone start rebooting and Download mode stucks.
I total open my phone check the back side for Confirmation. Its D801 Board.
Remove battery connector. Shorting the two capitors I forced my phone in QHUSB 9006 mode.
Flashed 10 partitions, and got download mode again.
Flash tot with generic DLL.. Then reset.
Then tot flash with original DLL.
Reset.. Phone was heating and restarting..
Flash KDZ latest of D801.
Reset, Flash Again, Reset..
Now My touch is same as LCD damaged, Hardware key control.. But its working.
Storage back to 32 GB..
Baseband and IMEI is still unknown..
I have the IMEI but its Thailand D802 IMEI..
Please help me..
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Murshad007 said:
I am also having the same problem.
1st got the message of lcd damaged: Hardware key control
As 4 5 6 on my dial pad not working.
So after reset twice I choose to Flash Europe open 32GB KDZ.
My phone IMEI is actually a D802 Thailand..
After flashing touch totally unresponsive,
Storage space 16GB, 10 GB showing free.
Baseband and IMEI null..
Opened the phone.. Sensor cable saying D800,
Bottom Right golden cable saying D800 Touch
Right Side Golden cable D800/D801/D802/D803
Above Antenna D801/D803
Top Right Above motor Silver casing say D801.
So I flashed A hex edited D801 ToT as my previous software is D802
Phone start rebooting and Download mode stucks.
I total open my phone check the back side for Confirmation. Its D801 Board.
Remove battery connector. Shorting the two capitors I forced my phone in QHUSB 9006 mode.
Flashed 10 partitions, and got download mode again.
Flash tot with generic DLL.. Then reset.
Then tot flash with original DLL.
Reset.. Phone was heating and restarting..
Flash KDZ latest of D801.
Reset, Flash Again, Reset..
Now My touch is same as LCD damaged, Hardware key control.. But its working.
Storage back to 32 GB..
Baseband and IMEI is still unknown..
I have the IMEI but its Thailand D802 IMEI..
Please help me..
Sent from My LG G Flex LG-F340K Stock KitKat V20D on LTE Network using XDA Free Mobile app
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If few region of touch not working then open the bottom black part which is speaker and then check the connector connection...if loose then press and tighten them.
And please do these after turned off ur device.
There are many method to recover imei no.
So search on google.
If u cant recover.
Then you again need to force ur phone into 9008...
When u get 9008
Then msg me..
I will fix it..
Keep in mind.
Battery must be disconnected when shorting
2nd keep tot file extracted in mbn format.
And ask me before shorting..
May be i m not free.
So first ask for my free time.
Meppolan said:
Question... any reason the EFS from another D801 32GB would not work? Or might that be because it will have someone elses IMEI on it?
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Did you purchase the refurbished LG G2 802 from Aliexpress? Seen the feed back for them and they're mostly terrible, refurbished = cobbled together from parts of all the models except the one you want, but the ones for the "new" ones seem good, but am very wary...
d_price said:
Did you purchase the refurbished LG G2 802 from Aliexpress? Seen the feed back for them and they're mostly terrible, refurbished = cobbled together from parts of all the models except the one you want, but the ones for the "new" ones seem good, but am very wary...
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I got mine from eBay, but I suspect the phone is from AliExpress as it is a D801 from looking at the parts, but I can't get a phone signal to work on there anymore. Everything else is fine though
Meppolan said:
I got mine from eBay, but I suspect the phone is from AliExpress as it is a D801 from looking at the parts, but I can't get a phone signal to work on there anymore. Everything else is fine though
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What's about IMEI and Baseband? Did you hard reset?
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Murshad007 said:
What's about IMEI and Baseband? Did you hard reset?
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Mine is still not working
IMEI can be restored if u have the original IMEI at hand. Did it myself.