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I tried everything to cause the device to be successful choose network .. unable to select network
I saw someone wrote that EFS can burn through ODIN has done this and I deleted the IMEI
It should be noted that at first I did back up through NITRALITY and I'm now doing RESTORE through NITRALITY.. not helpful
I also made a backup of titanium and I have all the backup on the computer just have not the foggiest how to recover the IMEI if he backed it at all
Help anyone?
ShiloBeidany said:
I tried everything to cause the device to be successful choose network .. unable to select network
I saw someone wrote that EFS can burn through ODIN has done this and I deleted the IMEI
It should be noted that at first I did back up through NITRALITY and I'm now doing RESTORE through NITRALITY.. not helpful
I also made a backup of titanium and I have all the backup on the computer just have not the foggiest how to recover the IMEI if he backed it at all
Help anyone?
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Try downgrade to oldest Froyo or eclair ROM with bootloader
use ODIN
Select PIT (usually 512)
Select BOOTLOADER (BOOT)
Select PDA (CODE)
Select PHONE (MODEM)
Select CSC (CSC)
If "Re-Partition" is not checked under "Option", check it.
Fire it up, after that IF NO IMEI, you can just restore with Nitrility
xsenman said:
Try downgrade to oldest Froyo or eclair ROM with bootloader
use ODIN
Select PIT (usually 512)
Select BOOTLOADER (BOOT)
Select PDA (CODE)
Select PHONE (MODEM)
Select CSC (CSC)
If "Re-Partition" is not checked under "Option", check it.
Fire it up, after that IF NO IMEI, you can just restore with Nitrility
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Thanks , I don't know how to downgrade to froyo or eclair .. i found this guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734871
but all the links are dead . i'll be glad to some help
ShiloBeidany said:
Thanks , I don't know how to downgrade to froyo or eclair .. i found this guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734871
but all the links are dead . i'll be glad to some help
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1102881, select according to your location , you can also try http://www.samfirmware.com/
Thanks man , when i worked like the guide say with the one click odin i stucked with boot screen of at&t and i can't get even download mode.. i lost , what can i do >
ShiloBeidany said:
Thanks man , when i worked like the guide say with the one click odin i stucked with boot screen of at&t and i can't get even download mode.. i lost , what can i do >
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First that guide is meant for captivate, its another version of Galaxy S, all you needed to do was flash using Odin3...thats why I showed you where to get firmware it had complete instructions for flashing
OK, First pull out the battery from your phone , remove, EXT SD card as well as Sim Card and try to get into download mode,
Sorry I was just so tired I did not read right..
Even after I did everything this device is still stuck in at&t bootscreen..
thanks!
Hello everyone,
I am trying to fix my IMEI on SGS3 but without success. I cannot select RMNET+DM+MODEM in hidden menu (*#7284#). On UART there is only (MODEM, PDA) and USB (MODEM, PDA).
I've even tried SGS3-Exploiter-GeeK.exe but when I select this mode nothing happend, it just goes back to MTB+ADB.
TNX
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31051731
exploit20 said:
Hello everyone,
I am trying to fix my IMEI on SGS3 but without success. I cannot select RMNET+DM+MODEM in hidden menu (*#7284#). On UART there is only (MODEM, PDA) and USB (MODEM, PDA).
I've even tried SGS3-Exploiter-GeeK.exe but when I select this mode nothing happend, it just goes back to MTB+ADB.
TNX
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try using HC-kTools app from play store...
Dehaani thank you but I know already for that thread... I cannot enter that diag mode... :/
and don't have backup to restore using hc-ktool
dehaani said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31051731
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exploit20 said:
Hello everyone,
I am trying to fix my IMEI on SGS3 but without success. I cannot select RMNET+DM+MODEM in hidden menu (*#7284#). On UART there is only (MODEM, PDA) and USB (MODEM, PDA).
I've even tried SGS3-Exploiter-GeeK.exe but when I select this mode nothing happend, it just goes back to MTB+ADB.
TNX
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Are you using International or US Galaxy S3 ?
Methods using Diag mode and software like SGS3-Exploiter-GeeK or QPST (Qualcomm Product Support Tools) are made to work ONLY with the United States variant of Galaxy S3 (based on Qualcomm SoC).
Now, I don't know software to fix International SGS3 without EFS folder backup (Sorry :crying: ) when nv_data.bin and .nv_data.bak are broken.
lelinuxien52 said:
Are you using International or US Galaxy S3 ?
Methods using Diag mode and software like SGS3-Exploiter-GeeK or QPST (Qualcomm Product Support Tools) are made to work ONLY with the United States variant of Galaxy S3 (based on Qualcomm SoC).
Now, I don't know software to fix International SGS3 without EFS folder backup (Sorry :crying: ) when nv_data.bin and .nv_data.bak are broken.
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I had this problem on my S£ (international) a while back. It happened after flashing cm10, I had a generic IMEI code. I f'd around with it a bit using root explorer and the EFS folder and the .bak files but this did not work.
I tried ktools etc. nothing seemed to work..
oddly enough, i got it back by flashing back to the stock ics rom via Odin, since then my IMEI has been fine after flashing JB roms.
worth a try!
@lozfromcorby : I just saying they have not software to do that now on I9300. But I'm agree with you ! Sometimes, we can recover wrong IMEI when flahsing stock ROM.
Yep it's international ((
Ok I will try to flash stock rom again :/ I will post result here....
TNX
lelinuxien52 said:
Are you using International or US Galaxy S3 ?
Methods using Diag mode and software like SGS3-Exploiter-GeeK or QPST (Qualcomm Product Support Tools) are made to work ONLY with the United States variant of Galaxy S3 (based on Qualcomm SoC).
Now, I don't know software to fix International SGS3 without EFS folder backup (Sorry :crying: ) when nv_data.bin and .nv_data.bak are broken.
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IMEI is still corrupted after going back to stock ROM
I've tried with my friend Z3X box to repair IMEI but without success ...
exploit20 said:
IMEI is still corrupted after going back to stock ROM
I've tried with my friend Z3X box to repair IMEI but without success ...
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Why do you care anyway when your device is working? You corrupted it so deal with it.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
exploit20 said:
IMEI is still corrupted after going back to stock ROM
I've tried with my friend Z3X box to repair IMEI but without success ...
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I have seen that the Z3X box can fix all Samsung Galaxy devices excepted SGS3 !
I think you need send your phone to repair center.
But before, you can try this :
Save remaining files contain on your EFS folder. For that, use EFS Tool Pro for example :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
Try this tutorial (with a full official stock firmware/kernel | Flash it with ODIN before trying repair) :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
Caution : DO IT ON YOUR OWN RISK.
If it doesn't work, you must :
- reset binary counter (with Chainfire tool : Triangleaway)
- perform total wipe data / wipe cache (from recovery mode)
- flash the latest stock firmware corresponding to your region
- verify the phone status : must be "Normal" and not "Modify".
Device is working... but no network thats why ((
Jack Barrett said:
Why do you care anyway when your device is working? You corrupted it so deal with it.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
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Thank you, it seems thats the only thing I can do right now :/
lelinuxien52 said:
I have seen that the Z3X box can fix all Samsung Galaxy devices excepted SGS3 !
I think you need send your phone to repair center.
But before, you can try this :
Save remaining files contain on your EFS folder. For that, use EFS Tool Pro for example :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
Try this tutorial (with a full official stock firmware/kernel | Flash it with ODIN before trying repair) :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
Caution : DO IT ON YOUR OWN RISK.
If it doesn't work, you must :
- reset binary counter (with Chainfire tool : Triangleaway)
- perform total wipe data / wipe cache (from recovery mode)
- flash the latest stock firmware corresponding to your region
- verify the phone status : must be "Normal" and not "Modify".
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I had the same problem tried different ways but no luck so I have sent off to Samsung been 2 weeks now, luckily for me a service centre isn't that far from me so I didn't have to pay postage
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda premium
I might be able to help you. Pm me your efs backup + partition backup made with efs pro. If the information is still present I should be able to recover it.
@can't see who in tapatalk
Could you tell me which ics stock room version helped you recovering your imei?
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I have a temporary solution for you. if you still have the backup of the the EFS folder in your internal or external sd card than follow the following steps,
1. copy ALL the files from the EFS BACKUP FOLDER.
2. go to the root of your your phone with root explorer of ES file explorer and find the folder EFS. it should be with all the system folders like acct, config,data,dev,efs,etc so on and on.
3. now paste all the copied files in to EFS folder. tap on REPLACE THE FILES if ASKED...
4. close the app. and go to the home screen and wait for few seconds.
if your simcard have pin than it will ask the pin after few seconds and if it doesnt have any pin than it will just get the network.
good things is you have your IMEI number restored and can use the phone like regularly. NO PROBLEMS AT ALL. WITH NETWORK.
bad thing is NEVER LET YOUR PHONE SWITCH OFF. If it will switch off than you will have to follow all the steps again... annoying but works... let me know the progress buddy... best of luck...
Your other option is to to flash the stock rom but not let it finish. You will get a loop screen. Then just send it off for repair saying it doesn't turn on.. It will be diagnosed as a broken bootloader and fixed and the imei number will be back to the original. This happened with my old s1
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
No, I don't have a backup of the EFS folder I will try to send EFS folder to Spocky12 and hope that he can recover information...
Chaitanyapatel8880 said:
I have a temporary solution for you. if you still have the backup of the the EFS folder in your internal or external sd card than follow the following steps,
1. copy ALL the files from the EFS BACKUP FOLDER.
2. go to the root of your your phone with root explorer of ES file explorer and find the folder EFS. it should be with all the system folders like acct, config,data,dev,efs,etc so on and on.
3. now paste all the copied files in to EFS folder. tap on REPLACE THE FILES if ASKED...
4. close the app. and go to the home screen and wait for few seconds.
if your simcard have pin than it will ask the pin after few seconds and if it doesnt have any pin than it will just get the network.
good things is you have your IMEI number restored and can use the phone like regularly. NO PROBLEMS AT ALL. WITH NETWORK.
bad thing is NEVER LET YOUR PHONE SWITCH OFF. If it will switch off than you will have to follow all the steps again... annoying but works... let me know the progress buddy... best of luck...
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Sorry buddy... I hope you will recover it...
exactly the reason i stopped messing around with my s3 :| i had screwed up my s2 like this and all the efs backups were corrupt too -_- hope you get your s3 fixed man.
This morning I was attempting to update the firmware on my i9505.
I downloaded and extracted the .tar.md5 file and opened Odin in administrator mode.
Stupidly I then added the downloaded file as Phone and not PDA and pressed start in Odin. Unsurprisingly it failed.
I downloaded and tried other firmware (as Phone) before I realised my error.
When I boot the phone "normally" I get the failed firmware update message and have tried Kies but it can't connect to the phone.
Download mode does work, but when I try with the firmware (stock and pre-rooted) as PDA it always fails.
Can someone please help to recover my phone? I'm feeling pretty stupid just now
floydart said:
This morning I was attempting to update the firmware on my i9505.
I downloaded and extracted the .tar.md5 file and opened Odin in administrator mode.
Stupidly I then added the downloaded file as Phone and not PDA and pressed start in Odin. Unsurprisingly it failed.
I downloaded and tried other firmware (as Phone) before I realised my error.
When I boot the phone "normally" I get the failed firmware update message and have tried Kies but it can't connect to the phone.
Download mode does work, but when I try with the firmware (stock and pre-rooted) as PDA it always fails.
Can someone please help to recover my phone? I'm feeling pretty stupid just now
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do you have custom recovery that you can boot into it?
samersh72 said:
do you have custom recovery that you can boot into it?
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djembey sent me a couple of files and a ROM passed in Odin.
I don't think it's loading though as it's stuck on the SAMSUNG logo (and has been for about 15 mins) ....
floydart said:
djembey sent me a couple of files and a ROM passed in Odin.
I don't think it's loading though as it's stuck on the SAMSUNG logo (and has been for about 15 mins) ....
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remove battery then insert it, boot into recovery, wipe cache and data, reboot
samersh72 said:
remove battery then insert it, boot into recovery, wipe cache and data, reboot
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I rebooted to recovery and did a wipe data then a wipe cache. Recovery crashed and the phone rebooted.
This time the boot sound played completely and my phone is back to initial setup screen - thank you :good:
floydart said:
I rebooted to recovery and did a wipe data then a wipe cache. Recovery crashed and the phone rebooted.
This time the boot sound played completely and my phone is back to initial setup screen - thank you :good:
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Did you feel the adrenalin flowing? I thought I bricked mine earlier. We had a mini power cut half way through flashing and it booted up with "Connect to Kies to do emergency firmware upgrade" or something like that. lol
Felt the cheeks of my bum twitch a bit there. lol
Managed to reflash one of the few stock ROMS I have to hand.
artnada said:
Did you feel the adrenalin flowing? I thought I bricked mine earlier. We had a mini power cut half way through flashing and it booted up with "Connect to Kies to do emergency firmware upgrade" or something like that. lol
Felt the cheeks of my bum twitch a bit there. lol
Managed to reflash one of the few stock ROMS I have to hand.
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Aye, you could say that
I would say that I won't try flashing again after 3 or 4 hours sleep, but knowing me I probably will ....
S4 bricked after freeze during unmount internal sdcard
Dear friends. I need your help!
I did the actualization on my S4 i9500 (I9500XXUAMDK with root) and after this, I was trying to put more space in my SDcard (editing vold fstab files). During this process, appeared a message on phone about one error in sdcard and it suggested me to unmount the sdcard to try solve the problem. So, when I click yes, the phone froze and then I turned it off, but now it dont pass to Sangung Logo and the phone just go in recovery mode. In recovery mode I tryied clear/mount/unmount some file, but return with error to mount any directories.
I think the phone have the files or some partition corrupted!!! I can access it through ODIN and adb shell as well. There is (in adb commands) a command to fix the partition? How can I do?
I can access the phone in ODIN, and I tried to re-install the original FW. It did well (OK for update), but the phone cant finish the instalation after, because it cant mount anything. And returns to recovery mode with many messages about it cant mount directories.
Every thing I try to do, the phones (in recovery mode) returns "cant mount... or error to mount". I as said, I cant clear cache, format /sdcard or other directory or reset to factory data as well (because I think, the system cant mount any directories).
Somebody had this problem or could help me to solve it, please!!!
Tks in advance!
Barros
rgbarros said:
Dear friends. I need your help!
I did the actualization on my S4 i9500 (I9500XXUAMDK with root) and after this, I was trying to put more space in my SDcard (editing vold fstab files). During this process, appeared a message on phone about one error in sdcard and it suggested me to unmount the sdcard to try solve the problem. So, when I click yes, the phone froze and then I turned it off, but now it dont pass to Sangung Logo and the phone just go in recovery mode. In recovery mode I tryied clear/mount/unmount some file, but return with error to mount any directories.
I think the phone have the files or some partition corrupted!!! I can access it through ODIN and adb shell as well. There is (in adb commands) a command to fix the partition? How can I do?
I can access the phone in ODIN, and I tried to re-install the original FW. It did well (OK for update), but the phone cant finish the instalation after, because it cant mount anything. And returns to recovery mode with many messages about it cant mount directories.
Every thing I try to do, the phones (in recovery mode) returns "cant mount... or error to mount". I as said, I cant clear cache, format /sdcard or other directory or reset to factory data as well (because I think, the system cant mount any directories).
Somebody had this problem or could help me to solve it, please!!!
Tks in advance!
Barros
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Why on Earth would you mess around with stuff like that? I hope you get help here, and next time just flash it and don't mess around. Perhaps get an external SDCard to solve your "space" problem.
artnada said:
Why on Earth would you mess around with stuff like that? I hope you get help here, and next time just flash it and don't mess around. Perhaps get an external SDCard to solve your "space" problem.
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hehehe... I agree totally with you. But, it wasnt brick because there is some mistake in vold.fstab edition (I suppose). My fault is to accept unmout sugestion in the phone message.
But, it has a soft brick now. I got the access thought adb and odin and I'm trying to find a valid pit to rebuild the partition, that I think is corrupted now (I cant mount anything there. I can access it, but not change anything there).
I found a post here that there is a pit file. I cant ask there because I dont have enough privileges to post in development topic. The links are http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2217777 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2214865
I´d like to know if this pit (the second link has a file attached), is a valid pit. If yes, I could fix the phone!!!
Tks
rgbarros said:
hehehe... I agree totally with you. But, it wasnt brick because there is some mistake in vold.fstab edition (I suppose). My fault is to accept unmout sugestion in the phone message.
But, it has a soft brick now. I got the access thought adb and odin and I'm trying to find a valid pit to rebuild the partition, that I think is corrupted now (I cant mount anything there. I can access it, but not change anything there).
I found a post here that there is a pit file. I cant ask there because I dont have enough privileges to post in development topic. The links are http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2217777 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2214865
I´d like to know if this pit (the second link has a file attached), is a valid pit. If yes, I could fix the phone!!!
Tks
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i think it is the right pit file for I9500 "Adonis.pit"
samersh72 said:
i think it is the right pit file for I9500 "Adonis.pit"
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+1
@rgbarros: That is for I9500. Do not try it for I9505
stress nsitylf
samersh72 said:
i think it is the right pit file for I9500 "Adonis.pit"
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Tks samersh72. I'll try it and I'll give the feedback after. :fingers-crossed:
demlasjr said:
+1
@rgbarros: That is for I9500. Do not try it for I9505
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Tks demlasjr. My phone is a i9500 (not the ...905).
I run the adonis.pit on pit magic and it generated a analisys report (attached). Before I put it to run on ODIN, you (or somebody) could give a feedback about the entry memory below:
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Entry Memory Address: 0x754
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Binary Type: 0 (UNKNOWN)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 12
Attribute: 5 (READ / WRITE)
Update Attribute: 1 (FOTA)
Block Size: 196.608
Block Count: 16.384
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: CDMA-RADIO
Flash FileName: modem_cdma.bin
FOTA FileName:
My doubt is about the Partition Name CDMA-RADIO. Is this correct for a i9500 S4? I just really confirm and just to avoid to brick totally my phone, because when I run this pit through ODIN, or fix it or break it (no more chances to revive it)!!!
Tks very much!!!
I've seen that you have the 9500 later, but the forum was down and I couldn't edit my post. On that thread is a discussion about it. Somebody days that may be from 9502. I just seen the art you posted there, try adding this info too, including the pit magic report. Kinda hard to get confirmation and a trustful pit yet.
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demlasjr said:
I've seen that you have the 9500 later, but the forum was down and I couldn't edit my post. On that thread is a discussion about it. Somebody days that may be from 9502. I just seen the art you posted there, try adding this info too, including the pit magic report. Kinda hard to get confirmation and a trustful pit yet.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
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Dear demlasjr, the forum was down and I forgot to attach the pit magic report when the forum goes up. Im attaching the files now (magic pit report and the adonis.pit that I got in other topic about S4 forum).
If you (or somebody) could help me to analyse it and give us a feedback if this pit is a valid pit for samsung S4 i9500, I will thank a lot!!!
Ps.: I´m trying to solve the problem too, looking for a way to mount the files through adb shell, because I got access my phone with this way and I can see all the files inside there. I just cant to mount any drive yet. Is it possible the problem be only a vold.fstab file corruption or missed? And in this case, is only to solve this file (vold.fstab) to revive my phone?
Or there is a some command in adb shell that could repair the structure files (like scandisk for dos?). I'm newbie on linux and I'm trying to use fsck command, but it returns a error message (fsck: not found). I dont know if I'm putting a correct/complete command to scan and repair the system/drives/files (or if there is a error)...
So, I´m trying to solve it using 3 differents ways of thinking (finding a valid pit, edit/restore vold.fstab and find a correct adb command line to scan and repair eventually corrupt files/directories) and if I solve the problem, I'll be happy to post a tuto here to help some other guys in the future.
Until there, Im working to find a solution.
Tks for help me!!!
nothing worse than this feeling. I remember when I did this to my S2, felt a cold sweat instantly... :crying:
crimptool said:
nothing worse than this feeling. I remember when I did this to my S2, felt a cold sweat instantly... :crying:
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I agree totally with you my friend!!! I put it down in the first day I bought it... Its terrible!!! hehehe I put other phones down too, but how the others were olds phones (more then 6 months in the market), always I found the cfw or pit's to revive...
S4 is a newest phone, so, there is not a consistent or many topics/files/cfw tested yet. I´m looking for 3 full days about this and I found a lot of topics in how to root/unroot the phone, but not yet about pits, commands, etc...
The problem is that phone has a corruption files inside (my first diagnostic) and this is avoid to flash any firmware there until I fix this problem.
I´m trying to keep calm to avoid to worst the situation. I can access the phone yet, so I see a light in the end of tunnel yet!!!
But, the feeling is terrible!!! hahaha
Until Odia or GSMCN came back to you, we can't help you my friend. Only them can confirm the .pit file comparing the one already published with his phone's pit file.
One question....what if you try Emergency recover in KIES. Connect your phone to pc, open KIES, open emergency recover and insert your phone serial number. I read that people messed some times with the partitions and KIES saved their phone. It will not hurt to try, KIES is a putty compared with the repartitioning.
demlasjr said:
Until Odia or GSMCN came back to you, we can't help you my friend. Only them can confirm the .pit file comparing the one already published with his phone's pit file.
One question....what if you try Emergency recover in KIES. Connect your phone to pc, open KIES, open emergency recover and insert your phone serial number. I read that people messed some times with the partitions and KIES saved their phone. It will not hurt to try, KIES is a putty compared with the repartitioning.
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I tried to connect it in KIES, but KIES didnt recognizes the phone. I'll try once again!!! I think I really discovered what the problem is, reported by adb parted command in /dev/block/mmcblk0: "error: Both the primary and backup GPT tables are corrupt. Try making a fresh table, and using Parted´s rescue feature to recover partitions"
So, probably when the phone froze during unmounting sdcard, the partitions were corrupted. I'm really thinking to use the adonis.pit, due I think there is no other manner to solve the problem.
I'm waiting any reply from Odia, to see if him can help me. Otherwise, I'll cross fingers and press "enter", to see what happen!!!
My friend, tks for all!!! After I´ll post the results!!! :fingers-crossed:
hello everyone
i know that if i flash a kernlel unsuccessfully then i will lose my recovery mode
but i want to know if download mode will also be gone ie i wont be able to download mode
or it will open and recovery mode will not open
please reply fast/////////
download mode will still be available
the only risk to download mode is if you flash a firmware that is not meant for your phone
marcussmith2626 said:
download mode will still be available
the only risk to download mode is if you flash a firmware that is not meant for your phone
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Im flashing ddlk2 firmware
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abhishekr700 said:
Im flashing ddlk2 firmware
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No problem. If you flash DDLK2 with Odin, you will not lose Download mode.
Download mode is lost means HARDEST brick.
It can happen if you mess with .pit or bootloader wrongly.
(It happened to XDA Recognized Contributor doky73 when he flashed Galaxy S2 bootloader)
(His device was never repaired)
In that case nothing can restore your phone, not even USB jig.
But JTAG may repair your device.
hnkotnis said:
No problem. If you flash DDLK2 with Odin, you will not lose Download mode.
Download mode is lost means HARDEST brick.
It can happen if you mess with .pit or bootloader wrongly.
(It happened to XDA Recognized Contributor doky73 when he flashed Galaxy S2 bootloader)
(His device was never repaired)
In that case nothing can restore your phone, not even USB jig.
But JTAG may repair your device.
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well
even when i flash stock rom via odin i only choose pda,csc and phone options
one question how can we check whether a rom contains bootloader
i mean are there other files in such a rom other than system meta-inf and data
abhishekr700 said:
well
even when i flash stock rom via odin i only choose pda,csc and phone options
one question how can we check whether a rom contains bootloader
i mean are there other files in such a rom other than system meta-inf and data
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If on PC, use WinRAR/Winzip/7zip to open and check ROM.zip
If on phone use Root Explorer. (Simply click the ROM.zip)
If it contains META-INF, system, data (and/maybe) boot.img, (and/maybe) busyboxinstall it is safe.
# HERE BY SAFE I MEAN MAXIMUM IT CAN SOFT BRICK YOUR DEVICE, WHICH IS RECOVERED BY ODIN.
Bootloader is not replaced by Flashable zip in Galaxy y. So forget about it.
Bootloader is only replaced by odin.
*** I TELL YOU, DO NOT MESS WITH BOOTLOADER OR .PIT***
Result is hard-bricked device, not recoverable by Odin, USB Jig. Not recovered also by JTAG.
You must have to see those charming(!!!!!) Samsung Care Guys (Pun intended ) to repair such device.
hnkotnis said:
If on PC, use WinRAR/Winzip/7zip to open and check ROM.zip
If on phone use Root Explorer. (Simply click the ROM.zip)
If it contains META-INF, system, data (and/maybe) boot.img, (and/maybe) busyboxinstall it is safe.
# HERE BY SAFE I MEAN MAXIMUM IT CAN SOFT BRICK YOUR DEVICE, WHICH IS RECOVERED BY ODIN.
Bootloader is not replaced by Flashable zip in Galaxy y. So forget about it.
Bootloader is only replaced by odin.
*** I TELL YOU, DO NOT MESS WITH BOOTLOADER OR .PIT***
Result is hard-bricked device, not recoverable by Odin, USB Jig. Not recovered also by JTAG.
You must have to see those charming(!!!!!) Samsung Care Guys (Pun intended ) to repair such device.
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thanx as i told you i never even touch bootloader option in odin nor the pit file
abhishekr700 said:
thanx as i told you i never even touch bootloader option in odin nor the pit file
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Don't mention Thanks. Just press the button :good: :laugh::silly:
It can be used to decrease length of thread
hnkotnis said:
Don't mention Thanks. Just press the button :good: :laugh::silly:
It can be used to decrease length of thread
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pressed please reply to my lidroid toggle thread
i cant install the compiled app why??
abhishekr700 said:
pressed please reply to my lidroid toggle thread
i cant install the compiled app why??
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I told you, there is a signature error. (it is not solved by signing the apk)
I also told you give me systemui.apk (ROM MUST BE DEODEXED)
and I will do it for you.
hnkotnis said:
I told you, there is a signature error. (it is not solved by signing the apk)
I also told you give me systemui.apk (ROM MUST BE DEODEXED)
and I will do it for you.
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i have already given
and how to fix signing issue
abhishekr700 said:
i have already given
and how to fix signing issue
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I will send you a PM
(Now I am working on systemui.apk)
After that I will send you PM.
If you have some work, don't wait for me. This may take long time.
(I am with friends in canteen, so work is slow).
Hi,
Phone restarts automatically with no imei and unknown baseband, I download stock firmware 4.4.2 and install on it but same situation,
any suggestion or help pls,
thanks
br
Isn't IMEI used for phone identification along with MEID? If thats blank, would it be an issue on Verizons side?
Elite49 said:
Isn't IMEI used for phone identification along with MEID? If thats blank, would it be an issue on Verizons side?
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imei is unknow
2 Choices
nsnobel2 said:
imei is unknow
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Hi
I don't know if you've fixed your issue with your g900v or not, but i have the same problem and the same phone and obviously the same symptoms ...
As far as I've tried, nothing worked not ODIN flashing ROMs, or QPST to write IMEI or EFS professtiona ADB .... etc.
What I've come to know is this :
1- keep the phone in a safe place till next months reveal a solution through developers here or elsewhere.
2- Flash the Original Samsung Verizon Rom ( Full Package with efs and bootloader mounts and all partitions " Clean Flash" ) which costs about 100$ .
3- Change the board for a (200$) new one .
So, I would try to pay the 100$ and flash the original ROM, and comeback to tell if it solved the Problem.
I wish if you share any different approach or feedback . I would love to hear it .
Bye
It could possibly be that your EFS folder is damaged. This is where your IMEI and Baseband info is stored. If that's the case for your device, these steps should work. I've done this on two phones (one being an S5) and it fixed this problem.
I'm assuming that you're rooted. If not then you'll need to root your device first. And you need to have debugging enabled. What this does is backups the files from the EFS folder, repairs the partition tables, then restores the files to the repaired folder.
1. Connect the phone to your computer. (Windows)
2. Download this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/v2h5dzisjd0rgj5/EFS_Professional_2.1.73_Release.zip?dl=0
3. Extract and run the program
4. Click EFS Professional... It will open a window showing that it found your phone
5. Click on the Backup Tab and make sure all of the partitions are checked, and your Device Filter is recognized
6. Hit the Backup button to backup the EFS folder
7. After that's done, click the Restore button and it will restore your files to the EFS folder.
I hope this helps you.
There used to be a tool for the Note 2 I believe, maybe S4, that would let you re-write your EFS if it accidentally got erased. Not a backup/restore deal, but a tool to key in your IMEI and it would write it to the phone. Maybe research that tool for a fix?
joshw0000 said:
There used to be a tool for the Note 2 I believe, maybe S4, that would let you re-write your EFS if it accidentally got erased. Not a backup/restore deal, but a tool to key in your IMEI and it would write it to the phone. Maybe research that tool for a fix?
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Was it a tool specifically for the Note 2, or multiple Samsung devices, or maybe a universal program like CDMA Workshop? I love that program. It's what I use when it comes to actually entirely rewriting files like this. Most of the time a full rewrite isn't needed though if the EFS folder has just been damaged. Which "damaged" is totally the wrong word here, but that's what it's called for some reason. I really don't even know how it happens, but I do know when it does, it usually just jumbles and/or fragments the info in the folder and needs to be put back in it's correct order. Kind of like defragging in Windows. Just a tool like you're talking about would definitely be cool for me to have though. I shall start my quest to find it. Lol
Please some help
Any luck yet ???
Got the same issue here, and none of the threads here worked .
Same problem
Hello,
I have the exact same problem. I bought the phone here in Mexico, and the phone came with erased EFS folder. Phone restarts automatically when screen turns off. When I'm using the phone, it works just fine, but some seconds after screen goes off, phone restarts automatically. EFS folder is messed up, I've tried out a lot EFS restoring tools with no luck.
I tried QPST but it does not detect the phone, only appears "?" and "No phone" blinking. The same happens with DFS Tool.
I will try to look for that tool joshw0000 talks about.
I hope we can find out a solution for this excellent phone.
Bye.
Hey ...
I did a factory reset and cache wipe, and now the phone stopped restarting when the screen goes off, but still got the "Unknown" issues.
But at least I got rid of the annoying restarts.
570 ppl read this and still no answer, I got to admit ... it's tough.
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