Please don't say Odin 1 click as it does not go 100% back to stock.
The nv_data.bin and bml3 device are not as stock. I have FFFFFFF where my unlock code used to be and my unlock code no longer works.
Master Clear and then JF6 restore doesn't change these either. I find it hard to believe there is no way to get 100% back to new.
Any ideas?
alphadog00 said:
Please don't say Odin 1 click as it does not go 100% back to stock.
The nv_data.bin and bml3 device are not as stock. I have FFFFFFF where my unlock code used to be and my unlock code no longer works.
Master Clear and then JF6 restore doesn't change these either. I find it hard to believe there is no way to get 100% back to new.
Any ideas?
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Nandroid backup of rooted stock then unroot is probably the most effective.
gunnyman said:
Nandroid backup of rooted stock then unroot is probably the most effective.
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I don't have a nandroid backup or I would do that
alphadog00 said:
I don't have a nandroid backup or I would do that
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Well it seems like this Phone is a bit like windows 95 when it comes to wiping and reloading it. Bits and pieces of other installs are left over? Wish I knew how to help you. Perhaps someone out there has a completely stock nandroid they could send you. I know there's one for the Vibrant.
gunnyman said:
Well it seems like this Phone is a bit like windows 95 when it comes to wiping and reloading it. Bits and pieces of other installs are left over? Wish I knew how to help you. Perhaps someone out there has a completely stock nandroid they could send you. I know there's one for the Vibrant.
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Yeah, but with any flavor of windows i can do an Fdisk and repartition.
I wonder if i can use standard odin and repartition? Anyone know?
gunnyman said:
Well it seems like this Phone is a bit like windows 95 when it comes to wiping and reloading it. Bits and pieces of other installs are left over? Wish I knew how to help you. Perhaps someone out there has a completely stock nandroid they could send you. I know there's one for the Vibrant.
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I sent mine back to Samsung and they reset it -- when I get it back I can see if mine is able to be Nandroid'd if that'd help...
The Bishop said:
I sent mine back to Samsung and they reset it -- when I get it back I can see if mine is able to be Nandroid'd if that'd help...
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Why did you send it back? I am curious how the /EFS directory gets built - it stores the IMEI related stuff and lock code data, but it doesn't get wiped with a Odin full restore.
I would think that if you put your phone in recovery mode, there should be an option to format the internal sd card. After you do that, just do a factory reset, and then run Odin One-Click back to JF6
Edit: There's not even a need for recovery mode. Go to Settings > SD card and phone storage > and then under Internal SD card you'll see "Format SD card".
miztaken1312 said:
I would think that if you put your phone in recovery mode, there should be an option to format the internal sd card. After you do that, just do a factory reset, and then run Odin One-Click back to JF6
Edit: There's not even a need for recovery mode. Go to Settings > SD card and phone storage > and then under Internal SD card you'll see "Format SD card".
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Format SD card only formats the ~14GB that acts as an SD card that the user has access to. The 2GB that makes up all the system partitions is not touched. Some of it is rewritten when you do 1 click install - but not all.
With JF6 your NV_data.bin is not created like the original and the IMEI and BT files are dated from June - so the EFS partition is never rewritten. Maybe if you delete it is recreated, but i doubt it.
alphadog00 said:
Why did you send it back? I am curious how the /EFS directory gets built - it stores the IMEI related stuff and lock code data, but it doesn't get wiped with a Odin full restore.
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I bricked mine trying to go to Froyo. They sent it back to me with JH7 so no go :/ Sorry.
did anybody try calling att if you are a att cust they will give you the code for free.
over on the i9000 forum they say when froyo first came out if you left your sim in the phone when you flashed it would relock your phone.
can anybody verify that if they goto froyo with a unlocked captivate without the sim do they still get locked.
if so it might be a measure to prevent people from messing with the beta to much
tjsooley said:
did anybody try calling att if you are a att cust they will give you the code for free.
over on the i9000 forum they say when froyo first came out if you left your sim in the phone when you flashed it would relock your phone.
can anybody verify that if they goto froyo with a unlocked captivate without the sim do they still get locked.
if so it might be a measure to prevent people from messing with the beta to much
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Actually I did try it. In July, they said wait 60 days. Yesterday they input my IMEI and their system told them that the phone can't be unlocked - due to AT&T exlusivity. i am in the process of escalating, but it is hard to say what will happen.
It certainly appears that it is not as simple as waiting 60 days.
alphadog00 said:
Actually I did try it. In July, they said wait 60 days. Yesterday they input my IMEI and their system told them that the phone can't be unlocked - due to AT&T exlusivity. i am in the process of escalating, but it is hard to say what will happen.
It certainly appears that it is not as simple as waiting 60 days.
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funny att rep when i got the phone told me that there was no exclusive deal and unlocking was no problem he was a general manager of a att corporate store in wayne nj
if that is the case i will never go to froyo till a unlock soluition is found.
The Bishop said:
I bricked mine trying to go to Froyo. They sent it back to me with JH7 so no go :/ Sorry.
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Just out of curiosity, was there a charge for this or did you "forget" to mention that you bricked it while flashing Froyo?
tjsooley said:
funny att rep when i got the phone told me that there was no exclusive deal and unlocking was no problem he was a general manager of a att corporate store in wayne nj
if that is the case i will never go to froyo till a unlock soluition is found.
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Those guys say what they think, but they make you call central to do certain functions - at least in the past. I guess I could go into a store and check, but I doubt I will do any better.
alphadog00 said:
Those guys say what they think, but they make you call central to do certain functions - at least in the past. I guess I could go into a store and check, but I doubt I will do any better.
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he called the att corp support center
we had alot of issues and he spent like 1 h with us.
What role does SIM play in restore to 100% stock?
alphadog00 said:
Please don't say Odin 1 click as it does not go 100% back to stock.
The nv_data.bin and bml3 device are not as stock. I have FFFFFFF where my unlock code used to be and my unlock code no longer works.
Master Clear and then JF6 restore doesn't change these either. I find it hard to believe there is no way to get 100% back to new.
Any ideas?
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I'm curious about this too...it seems that once you mod the phone in any way it's never 100% stock again. I wonder if having the SIM in when a mod is done has anything to do with it - does anyone know if the SIM can be written to and, if so, if anything is written to it during a mod?
I've tried everything possible to get this phone 100% stock again in an effort to get Kies Mini to STOP giving me the "unrecognized" error, including cleaning Windows registry and trying on my Windows XP Pro partition - no go. Something, somewhere, is providing information to Kies Mini.
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Dumb question about writing to SIM; but question about something being written to it during a mod - if left in - still stands. Anyone?
boomerod said:
I'm curious about this too...it seems that once you mod the phone in any way it's never 100% stock again. I wonder if having the SIM in when a mod is done has anything to do with it - does anyone know if the SIM can be written to and, if so, if anything is written to it during a mod?
I've tried everything possible to get this phone 100% stock again in an effort to get Kies Mini to STOP giving me the "unrecognized" error, including cleaning Windows registry and trying on my Windows XP Pro partition - no go. Something, somewhere, is providing information to Kies Mini.
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Dumb question about writing to SIM; but question about something being written to it during a mod - if left in - still stands. Anyone?
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The SIM can only hold contact data - and very limited amount. I can almost guarantee that nothing is written to the SIM card.
Is Kies not recognizing the phone is plugged in , or refusing to upgrade because it is the wrong type? Unrecognized device by keys is usually due to Samsung drivers and reinstalling them has helped me.
But it seems that the only way to revert to 100% stock is via Samsung repair service.
alphadog00 said:
The SIM can only hold contact data - and very limited amount. I can almost guarantee that nothing is written to the SIM card.
Is Kies not recognizing the phone is plugged in , or refusing to upgrade because it is the wrong type? Unrecognized device by keys is usually due to Samsung drivers and reinstalling them has helped me.
But it seems that the only way to revert to 100% stock is via Samsung repair service.
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I tried the drivers, but that didn't fix the issue either.
Related
So apparently the official 2.2 Froyo is rolling out. I haven't checked yet but I will when I get home. I have some newb questions.
I got my phone and haven't touched a thing to it. Just added lots of apps. No root. No lag fix. Nothing.
My question is, if I upgrade this officially via Kies:
1) Do I lose my contacts / stuff ?
2) Do I lose my apps ?
I heard people saying that once you upgrade to do a hard reset of the phone -- why ? What happens if you don't ?
With this in mind, how and what is the best way to back up all my apps ? I haven't rooted but i DO have Titanium Back up. Would Z4root work for i9000m ? can anyone confirm ?
Funkadelick said:
So apparently the official 2.2 Froyo is rolling out. I haven't checked yet but I will when I get home. I have some newb questions.
I got my phone and haven't touched a thing to it. Just added lots of apps. No root. No lag fix. Nothing.
My question is, if I upgrade this officially via Kies:
1) Do I lose my contacts / stuff ?
2) Do I lose my apps ?
I heard people saying that once you upgrade to do a hard reset of the phone -- why ? What happens if you don't ?
With this in mind, how and what is the best way to back up all my apps ? I haven't rooted but i DO have Titanium Back up. Would Z4root work for i9000m ? can anyone confirm ?
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1) no
2) no
3) hard resets are only if you experience a ton of lag while operating the phone
4) z4 does not work on jk4
BlackDino said:
1) no
2) no
3) hard resets are only if you experience a ton of lag while operating the phone
4) z4 does not work on jk4
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how do you root jk4 then ? 2.1 eclair on bell i9000m
1. Phone is currently rooted. Do I have to unroot it before applying the firmware upgrade from Kies?
2. Do I have to perform a factory reset before applying the firmware upgrade?
Why is this stupid update corrupting internal SD's left and right? Bell better get me a new phone! Cause this one is bricked(I think) it goes up til "S" logo and then nothing but blank screen. If I touch the button, they light up but still nothin on the screen.
I should have gotten a different phone to begin with, but too bad Canada doesn't have all the good phones US has like D2 DX HTC Evo etc. Going up to Bell tomorrow for an exchange.
rajesh26e4u said:
Why is this stupid update corrupting internal SD's left and right? Bell better get me a new phone! Cause this one is bricked(I think) it goes up til "S" logo and then nothing but blank screen. If I touch the button, they light up but still nothin on the screen.
I should have gotten a different phone to begin with, but too bad Canada doesn't have all the good phones US has like D2 DX HTC Evo etc. Going up to Bell tomorrow for an exchange.
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A lot of people have been complaining that their SD cards have been screwed. Luckily mine went through without any problems and hasn't given me any trouble so far.
Froyo is insane tho, before the phone used to lag a bit, now the moment i touch it it opens. No need for lag fix in my opinion, everything works blazing fast as is.
One thing to watch out for is the WIFI. It was working normally at the beginning but after 3 hours it just disconnected for no apparent reason and has trouble connecting back.
Good luck
rajesh26e4u said:
Why is this stupid update corrupting internal SD's left and right? Bell better get me a new phone! Cause this one is bricked(I think) it goes up til "S" logo and then nothing but blank screen. If I touch the button, they light up but still nothin on the screen.
I should have gotten a different phone to begin with, but too bad Canada doesn't have all the good phones US has like D2 DX HTC Evo etc. Going up to Bell tomorrow for an exchange.
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Don't panic yet...
Try this
Volume UP/Power/Home(middle button)
Factory reset/Wipe
urfase said:
1. Phone is currently rooted. Do I have to unroot it before applying the firmware upgrade from Kies?
2. Do I have to perform a factory reset before applying the firmware upgrade?
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1. NO
2. Good idea to factory reset before and after. Can't hurt and any noncompatible
programs and data will be gone.
Videonut said:
1. NO
2. Good idea to factory reset before and after. Can't hurt and any noncompatible
programs and data will be gone.
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1) but will it erase root upon upgrading?
bimmerboii said:
1) but will it erase root upon upgrading?
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Yep, but for optimised result, this is a must do!
You can probably have it work without doing a factory reset, but you can encounter weird behavior, bugs and stuff!
Anyway, you might end up doing it anyway to solve the firts boot issue
I'm one of the users who upgraded to Bell Froyo (from stock FW with root and lagfix - undid the lagfix before upgrading) and then encountered the broken internal SD card issue. I ran Volume UP/Power/Home(middle button) to reformat everything and it is up again. Inside the OS, I ran the internal factory reset again. So far so good. *crossing fingers*
I updated mine last night. However I've had major problems since. Initially it would just freeze up randomly and require removing the battery to get it back up and running.
Today I decide to reset it to defaults which seemed to go fine, although shortly after getting it all setup again, some Samsung app of sorts came up with an error and had to be forcefully closed. Then I was left with a black screen and only the notification bar.
Powered off the phone and went to turn it back on, and now it just loops through the Samsung GT i9000 screen (white writing). Not even the colourful S logo comes up.
I'm able to get it into Download Mode but not Recovery Mode. I'll have to do some reading about this Odin stuff tonight. Hopefully I can revive it, otherwise I guess I'll had to send it in for repairs. No idea if Virgin Mobile repairs will go through Bell or if I take it to them directly.
This is my first Android phone and I've only had it for just over a week. I thought I was making a good decision, but now I see it has quite a defect with the internal SD card failing.
Slow after upgrade
I upgrade my phone last night ( as per bell and Samsung) It is now slower than before. Quadrant Standard has it under 900.
Any ideas how to fix it?
bimmerboii said:
1) but will it erase root upon upgrading?
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Just use SuperOneClick after you upgrade to Froyo, I've tested and have root on JK4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
I have an unlocked phone from Bell that I already upgraded to the international (or European?) JPP/JPO 2.2, what is the best way to downgrade or restore back to default firmware before using Kies to get the official update? Does factory reset restore stock firmware?
I upgraded to official Bell froyo last night ..thn rooted.But how can i Unlock now? i tried using SGS unlock app it says no unlock codes found?? Please help
God damn samsung and bell!
it seems like they're giving defected phones to their costumers!
I have the corrupted sd card too, took it to guarantee now it takes more than 1 month to fix this!
this is f-ing xmas for god's sake. i want my phone
Same problem here!
I do have 2 good samsung galaxy s vibrants from Bell, however when i got the second one i upgraded to Froyo and now i cant unlock it because i cant read the stupid file inside the phone so,
How can i go back to my previous JH2 baseband?
Or
How can i unlock JK4?
I did my unlock on the other Galaxy using the script you donwload from somewhere in this website and then connecting the phone via usb cable with debugging on and mounting sd but with froyo i dont even know where my USB settings went!!!
Thanks for your help, greatly appreciated.
ciudadbonita said:
I do have 2 good samsung galaxy s vibrants from Bell, however when i got the second one i upgraded to Froyo and now i cant unlock it because i cant read the stupid file inside the phone so,
How can i go back to my previous JH2 baseband?
Or
How can i unlock JK4?
I did my unlock on the other Galaxy using the script you donwload from somewhere in this website and then connecting the phone via usb cable with debugging on and mounting sd but with froyo i dont even know where my USB settings went!!!
Thanks for your help, greatly appreciated.
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Have you found any solution yet?? I am thinkin to flash back orignal samsung firmware using Odin n then unlock..atleast i will be able to use the phone then
Videonut said:
Don't panic yet...
Try this
Volume UP/Power/Home(middle button)
Factory reset/Wipe
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what if after this, it's still stuck after the s logo boot up?
does this mean i have a broken internal sd?
I bought a second-hand Note yesterday and it is constantly freezing up. I've tried flashing a stock CPW ROM to fix the issue but it still persists. Also under 'USB storage' the device says that there is only 8.24gb in TOTAL. Whoever owned it had clearly been flashing ROMs themselves as it was running a recent German ICS, the custom kernel counter reads '9' in download mode and the serial number is 000000000000 (though the IMEI is intact. When the device does run it seems fine but if I play with it within ten minutes it will freeze and need a force reboot.
Is there any hope for this device or should I just give up on it and try and contact the seller?
Get your money back.. You got scammed.. That's a suberbricked phone partial recovered by the pit file method
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Ok, Firstly I would recommend to flash a Stock GB firmware via ODIN, Once flashed, boot into recovery (or under settings) and do a full factory reset.
Then check your available storage space, It should be around 11gb, If it is not, there is a chance the previous owner bricked it and used patched pit files to re-partition the emmc (works, but loses around 2-3gb of space)
Also, as for your serial, This **should** get restored with a GB flash. If not let us know and we can look at some other solutions.
Did you buy this phone from a company / Online seller ?
Sounds like whoever had your phone had hard bricked it and used a PIT File recovery method to work around the problem thus losing some of the internal storage..
Usually once recovered they can work without issue just with a smaller internal storage;
Check out second post down on this page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661590&page=2
Should give you some further info..
azzledazzle said:
Ok, Firstly I would recommend to flash a Stock GB firmware via ODIN, Once flashed, boot into recovery (or under settings) and do a full factory reset.
Then check your available storage space, It should be around 11gb, If it is not, there is a chance the previous owner bricked it and used patched pit files to re-partition the emmc (works, but loses around 2-3gb of space)
Also, as for your serial, This **should** get restored with a GB flash. If not let us know and we can look at some other solutions.
Did you buy this phone from a company / Online seller ?
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I wouldn't encourage him to re flash anything on that phone... If he can get his money back he MUST have a partially working phone not a suberbricked phone or the seller could say he damaged it and as he does not have warranty is screwed...
Worst case if the guy does not want to give your money back.. Go to a Samsung repair center and get your mother board replaced paying some bucks
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True, Getting a refund is top priority..........But if it wasnt a genuine seller and the OP is stuck with this phone, He should at least try to get it working.
He will have to re-brick it to claim warranty or else they would spot the binary count and re-partitioned emmc.
Even then they may not repair as he is not the original buyer, I know it sounds far-fetched but these big companies dont give a **** about their customers, Only their money.
EDIT: damn the 8 thanks limit !!! I owe you one
azzledazzle said:
Ok, Firstly I would recommend to flash a Stock GB firmware via ODIN, Once flashed, boot into recovery (or under settings) and do a full factory reset.
Then check your available storage space, It should be around 11gb, If it is not, there is a chance the previous owner bricked it and used patched pit files to re-partition the emmc (works, but loses around 2-3gb of space)
Also, as for your serial, This **should** get restored with a GB flash. If not let us know and we can look at some other solutions.
Did you buy this phone from a company / Online seller ?
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I bought it from a private seller. Do you think flashing Gingerbread will get the storage back? I've flashed a firmware that was stock (not leaked) ICS but it was a PDA only file. No repartitioning or anything. I've downloaded LPF firmware with CSC and modem etc which I'd intended to flash to see if that works. Is that a bad idea? The phone works fine for a bit but completely hangs every few minutes. It told me there was a software update, downloaded it but the phone freezes when I try to run it.
A refund is unlikely. The seller lives miles away and I don't drive. I can trade it in to a phone recycler and only lose £38 but would prefer to fix it if it's even possible. If it didn't keep freezing I wouldn't mind only having 8gb of storage.
leoni1980 said:
I bought it from a private seller. Do you think flashing Gingerbread will get the storage back? I've flashed a firmware that was stock (not leaked) ICS but it was a PDA only file. No repartitioning or anything. I've downloaded LPF firmware with CSC and modem etc which I'd intended to flash to see if that works. Is that a bad idea? The phone works fine for a bit but completely hangs every few minutes. It told me there was a software update, downloaded it but the phone freezes when I try to run it.
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As mentioned above I think before commencing any flashing you should contact the seller and ask for a refund ! He / She did not specify the phone had been tampered with did they ??
You dont want to be buying a phone and then having to flash this and that just to get it in a working state.
Theres no guarantee that flashing GB will fix all your issues, But GB is the best firmware to fix issues, ICS is good but still buggy.
Anyway, If you cannot get your money back (which you should try as hard as possible to do)
Download a stock GB firmware, Flash it without repartitioning (this time) and do a full wipe, then see whether kies will update it.
Does your phone memory say something like Total space 8.xxGB ? or free space 8.xxGB ??
You could try to flash the normal unmodified pit files to put the phone back into its bricked state and try to claim warranty, But theres no guarantee it will be repaired for free
EDIT: Just seen your above post, Have a look at this thread for more in-depth details on recovering from a brick - http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...soHQCQ&usg=AFQjCNEkw1FE2ALb5gUsNOFFGIi5y-U_NQ
Luckily I have never bricked my Note (Yet) so i dont know much about recovering from one.
It says 'total space' 8.24gb (
What's the best Gingerbread file to flash? Got a link?
Thanks guys. Appreciate your rapid assistance.
I'm not having much luck lately. Two faulty Nexus 7s and I thought this would be a good purchase once I'd given up on those
I can now barely do anything on the phone before it freezes. Seems worse than ever.
this is the GB firmware I always revert to when I have any issues
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/69014495/N7000XXLC1_N7000XXLB2_N7000CPWLB2_HOME.tar.md5
Do a full wipe AFTER it has flashed, Never wipe on stock ICS kernels
Cheers for the DB link. I was tearing my hair out over stupid Hotfile links when I was searching for one.
Is my storage permanently crippled then??
And sorry for the noob questions, I'm new to the Note. I can't believe Samsung have screwed up so much that you can't even do a wipe on their stock firmware even when it's OFFICIAL. That's a CRAZY mess up.
leoni1980 said:
Cheers for the DB link. I was tearing my hair out over stupid Hotfile links when I was searching for one.
Is my storage permanently crippled then??
And sorry for the noob questions, I'm new to the Note. I can't believe Samsung have screwed up so much that you can't even do a wipe on their stock firmware even when it's OFFICIAL. That's a CRAZY mess up.
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Well, You will not be able to get the missing 3Gb back if that's what you're asking.. And yes - very bad move from Samsung....
Yes I agree it is a bad design flaw, Of which they are aware of. Luckily there have been workarounds since the beginning, Only the users that dont read up on the issue will suffer the brick (the previous owner of your Note for example)
There are ways to recovery *Some* of the lost space but not all of it. Its a tricky method but if you want to give it a shot, Check the link i posted earlier.
Theres also a way to swap the internal with external using a vold.fstab swap method So say you had a 64gb external sd this would become your internal sd
If i was you Id just try to get it working, Then keep all your important stuff on the external sd and make do with the lack of internal space.
If it all goes wrong and you cannot fix it, Either send it off for repair and hope for the best / pay for new motherboard (if they will let you) or sell it on (but be honest) and purchase another one.
CJSlim79 said:
Well, You will not be able to get the missing 3Gb back if that's what you're asking.. And yes - very bad move from Samsung....
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Ok. Well if I could get the device running perfectly I wouldn't be so bothered about the missing 3GB. COuld I expect to face any problems other than this if I flash Gb and update through Kies or is my internal storage now permanently shot to pieces and prone to hangs and freezes?
leoni1980 said:
Ok. Well if I could get the device running perfectly I wouldn't be so bothered about the missing 3GB. COuld I expect to face any problems other than this if I flash Gb and update through Kies or is my internal storage now permanently shot to pieces and prone to hangs and freezes?
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As far as I know - if the re-partition has been done correctly then you should not be facing these issues.. There's alot of advice in the above thread I posted and I think forrest1971 is familiar with the PIT / Re-partition activities.
Fortunately I have never had to repartition / Run PIT files.. The good thing is it's booting and working at the minute so there's probably a lot of help / advice you can glean from these forums.. Unfortunately I'm not able to offer too much in relation to this one..
For a couple of days now I've had 'Emergency Call Only' status on my phone, i.e. can't make calls. Internet is working fine (with or without WIFI).
It is nothing to do with the SIM card, the SIM card works fine in another phone and I've tried a different SIM card in my S5830i which doesn't work either.
I have the normal stock Android ROM installed and have never flashed any other ROM. The only thing I have done is rooted my phone and everything was still working fine for a while after this.
The origin of the problem seemed to coincide with my internal becoming full and as a result user and system apps crashing all over the place on the phone.
What's worse, if I dial *#06#, I get "IMEI ", i.e. nothing just blank!
Please advise, I've only had this phone a few weeks, I'm worried this is irreversible!
Did you put your phone on CDMA only (in mobile data settings), by any mistake?
If not, you can always try flashing the stock ROM again (using Odin), resetting all settings.
GermainZ said:
Did you put your phone on CDMA only (in mobile data settings), by any mistake?
If not, you can always try flashing the stock ROM again (using Odin), resetting all settings.
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The short answer is no, the long one is that I have no such options under the normal menus in GB 2.3.6, but I can get to these settings by accessing testing mode. My current setting is "WCDMA preferred" and I have never changed this before.
Well as my phone is under warranty I was thinking of unrooting it, doing a factory reset and if its still not working, taking it back to the shop and pleading ignorance before I try flashing it!
Unrooting your phone and taking it back to the shop sounds like the best way. If they say the warranty's void because you rooted it or flashed a firmware (ODIN counter) there's something you could try instead:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
adrian816 said:
Unrooting your phone and taking it back to the shop sounds like the best way. If they say the warranty's void because you rooted it or flashed a firmware (ODIN counter) there's something you could try instead:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
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Ok thanks for that, yeah I took the phone back to the shop today, they've sent it off to their engineers, I'll post again when I get it back, they said a couple of weeks. I've never flashed it with anything so the ODIN counter should be at 0 and I unrooted it and done a factory reset on it before taking it back so hopefully they won't realize or can't realize it previously was rooted.
As far as I'm concerned the phone isn't even fit for purpose unrooted as the 200MB internal storage space is almost insufficient for updates to system apps, let alone any user apps, which is why I rooted it in the first place, to get full apps2sd functionality!
makeyourself said:
Ok thanks for that, yeah I took the phone back to the shop today, they've sent it off to their engineers, I'll post again when I get it back, they said a couple of weeks.
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Got the phone back today, well a phone anyway. Apparently they couldn't repair the old one, so they replaced it with a new one.
What precautionary steps can I take to make sure this doesn't happen again. Is backing up my /efs folder enough with regards to securing IMEI information?
Also, I was thinking I should install some decent anti-virus software, anything else I should be doing to secure / protect a rooted Android?
Alright, you guys might be sick of me, but I have a great deal of respect and appreciation of you skills and knowledge thus far. I flashed my cappy to CM10.1 this morning. After flashing, it seemed to load perfect. But two issue:
First, I flashed without my SIM card installed, as most of what I read said to do it in this manner. However once CM booted for the first time, it never said anything about "no network support"or "insert a SIM card for service" which I've seen on phones in the past when there's no cell connection. I shut down the system, inserted my SIM, then powered it up. The phone did not recognize a SIM card, nor give me any kind of error message. I put the card in upside down once, and it told me that it couldn't read it. It's as though the SIM drivers are missing. I know the SIM card is in good standing, because I had to grab my old Palm Centro to take to work. I popped the SIM in the back and sent texts and made calls all day long, no issue. Any ideas on why the i897 isn't reading it?
The next one is a reboot issue. The phone is rebooting in "sleep mode." Once the screen goes dark, it'll reboot after it sits. If I put it to 30 minutes before sleep, it'll stay on the whole time without rebooting. it's only in sleep. I saw there was an issue with some lower serial #ed phones, and mine does have this lower #. But it never did this in Gingerbread. NEVER! CM10.1 issue?
Thanks in advance! I hope these issues can be worked out, because I really like this phone and CM is awesome!
Courtney
Since I'm getting zero answers, I guess I'll have to reflash. Should I reflash CM10.1, or flash it to stock first, then CM10.1 again?
Courtney
CSaab900 said:
Alright, you guys might be sick of me, but I have a great deal of respect and appreciation of you skills and knowledge thus far. I flashed my cappy to CM10.1 this morning. After flashing, it seemed to load perfect. But two issue:
First, I flashed without my SIM card installed, as most of what I read said to do it in this manner. However once CM booted for the first time, it never said anything about "no network support"or "insert a SIM card for service" which I've seen on phones in the past when there's no cell connection. I shut down the system, inserted my SIM, then powered it up. The phone did not recognize a SIM card, nor give me any kind of error message. I put the card in upside down once, and it told me that it couldn't read it. It's as though the SIM drivers are missing. I know the SIM card is in good standing, because I had to grab my old Palm Centro to take to work. I popped the SIM in the back and sent texts and made calls all day long, no issue. Any ideas on why the i897 isn't reading it?
The next one is a reboot issue. The phone is rebooting in "sleep mode." Once the screen goes dark, it'll reboot after it sits. If I put it to 30 minutes before sleep, it'll stay on the whole time without rebooting. it's only in sleep. I saw there was an issue with some lower serial #ed phones, and mine does have this lower #. But it never did this in Gingerbread. NEVER! CM10.1 issue?
Thanks in advance! I hope these issues can be worked out, because I really like this phone and CM is awesome!
Courtney
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CSaab900 said:
Since I'm getting zero answers, I guess I'll have to reflash. Should I reflash CM10.1, or flash it to stock first, then CM10.1 again?
Courtney
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Go check your IMEI, if it says 0 or unknown, you'll have to flash back to stock, backup your EFS folder (with a root explorer) and then work your way back up to CM10.1. If you get the issue again, you'll be able to replace your EFS folder with your backed up one and it will that problem.
Other thing, make sure your APNs are matching your carrier's.
Now as for the reboots, so many things can cause it. I'd make sure not to have ''deep sleep'' turned on, many phones reboot cause of it. Next thing, I'd try different governor and scheduler (towards performance). Next would be to try another kernel for JB (I believe there are 2 to choose from that aren't the CM one). and finally, if all else fails, you can try upping your voltage by like 50 each steps.
P.S.: A simpler solution would be to go back to stock and try another JB ROM.
P.S.S.: It can take some time to get a reply back to your questions as this phone is getting pretty old and we aren't many techs to still support it. That being said, it still gets a lot of love in the Dev side.
I'll add one more thing to Bwolf's suggestions. If you try reflashing or go back to stock then back to CM or whatever else and it's still not working you might look at whether there is a modem installed. CM should come with a modem but for whatever reason it might not have flashed so flashing a modem could fix the problem. There is a sticky in the development section where you can get any modem available for the cappy. Good luck and hopefully you'll get this figured out.
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I'll add one more thing to Bwolf's suggestions. If you try reflashing or go back to stock then back to CM or whatever else and it's still not working you might look at whether there is a modem installed. CM should come with a modem but for whatever reason it might not have flashed so flashing a modem could fix the problem. There is a sticky in the development section where you can get any modem available for the cappy. Good luck and hopefully you'll get this figured out.
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Good point, let me add to this as well
You'll have to flash a I9000 modem (from the modem thread), they're compatible with the I897 on JB.
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Since I'm getting zero answers, I guess I'll have to reflash. Should I reflash CM10.1, or flash it to stock first, then CM10.1 again?
Courtney
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CM10.x has its build properties set to allow you to operate without a SIM card. So, there may not be any error message if there is no sim card.
Have you tried turning off wifi, powering down the phone, removing the battery for a few minutes, clean the sim card with some contact cleaner, let it dry, then reinsert SIM before inserting the battery. Then power up and wait about 10 minutes. Just let the phone sit there. If you can make a phone call or access Internet via cellular data, then the SIM is good.
To BWolf's comment re IMEI, occasionally it happen that there is a number shown in about phone, IMEI, but it is the wrong IMEI number. While you have the battery out, check the phone label under the battery. write the IMEI number on piece of scratch paper. When you reboot, check the about phone, IMEI, to see that it is correct.
Sent from the wholly ROMin' empire. SGH-I897 CM10.1
Go check your IMEI, if it says 0 or unknown, you'll have to flash back to stock, backup your EFS folder (with a root explorer) and then work your way back up to CM10.1. If you get the issue again, you'll be able to replace your EFS folder with your backed up one and it will that problem.
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Yeah, it says unknown.
Now as for the reboots, so many things can cause it. I'd make sure not to have ''deep sleep'' turned on, many phones reboot cause of it.
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Not sure what the difference is. I only see a sleep option that ranges for 15 seconds to 30 minutes. If I leave the screen on all the time, the battery isn't going to last very long.
P.S.S.: It can take some time to get a reply back to your questions as this phone is getting pretty old and we aren't many techs to still support it. That being said, it still gets a lot of love in the Dev side.
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Sorry! Just frustrated.
look at whether there is a modem installed
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Where do I check this?
Have you tried turning off wifi, powering down the phone, removing the battery for a few minutes, clean the sim card with some contact cleaner, let it dry, then reinsert SIM before inserting the battery. Then power up and wait about 10 minutes. Just let the phone sit there. If you can make a phone call or access Internet via cellular data, then the SIM is good.
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Worth a shot I guess. I've been using the SIM in my old Centro for a couple days now; no issues.
To BWolf's comment re IMEI, occasionally it happen that there is a number shown in about phone, IMEI, but it is the wrong IMEI number. While you have the battery out, check the phone label under the battery. write the IMEI number on piece of scratch paper. When you reboot, check the about phone, IMEI, to see that it is correct.
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I'll check that out too.
Thanks for all the tips! If it turns out that I need to re-flash to stock, any tutorials on the subject?
Courtney
CSaab900 said:
If it turns out that I need to re-flash to stock, any tutorials on the subject?
Courtney
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BAD IMEI. don't bother testing SIM.
See the stickies for flashing stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18370912
Use Odin or Helmdal to flash KK4 without bootloader. THEN Follow path of backing up the KK4 efs folder mentioned by BWolf56.
Sent from the wholly ROMin' empire. SGH-I897 CM10.1
Here are four One Click executables that I put together. Each is packaged in a zip file along with a Read Me file that contains Info and Instructions.
The zip file is used just to include the Read Me and to make for a smaller download file size. Once downloaded to your computer, just extract the One Click and Read Me out of the zip and follow the info and instructions contained in the read me file.
The title of these really says it all, but the Read Me files will give a lot more info.
Again, these are Complete Stock I897UCKK4 Gingerbread Firmwares.
Hope many find these useful.
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Odin One Clicks
I897UCKK4 Odin One Click - Stock, CONTAINS Bootloaders, Re-partition, Full Wipe
I897UCKK4 Odin One Click - Stock, NO Bootloaders, Re-partition, Full Wipe
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I assume this is what you're referring too?
I897UCKK4 Odin One Click - Stock, NO Bootloaders, Re-partition, Full Wipe
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Thanks!
Courtney
Yes.
Sent from the wholly ROMin' empire. SGH-I897 CM10.1
Flashed to stock, them reinstalled the CM10.1 mod. Works great! No 3G, but I'll get it figured out.
Thanks!
Courtney
Hello Friends,
So I have quite the problem here. I recently tried to root my new Galaxy Note 8 sm-n9500 128gb. Apparently something went wrong and the root didn't work.
Not only that but since then my Phone wont recognize my sim card anymore and can't use mobile data because of that. It also shows no more IMEI.
I looked for guides how to fix that but coulnd't find any. So I started from the beginning with unlocking the bootloader trough BlueEffects Guide. After that installed TWRP and then magisk. TWRP will install but then the phone crashes and goes into a bootloop. I can hard reset and then it works again, tho TWRP seems to be unable to flash anything. I tried also SuperSu next to magisk but nothing works. If i understand correctly if i would succeed rooting the phone, I can just flash a new modem on the phone, or the EFS Folder and it should work again. Or also use some Apps with root rights to get the IMEI back?
I would appriciate anything that could help me restore my phone.
Thank you so much.
Regards Patrice
Nobody...?
Try flash stock rom
OnnoJ said:
Try flash stock rom
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I already tried. I tried flashing many different Stock roms with different Versions and even older ones. Nothing changed tho.
I think you may have to take your phone to a service centre.
Seeing as you have erased the IMEI number from your device you would have to reflash back onto the BIOS
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I think you may have to take your phone to a service centre.
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Wouldn't they refuse to do anything with it because I tried to root it and knox got tripped?
iceepyon said:
Seeing as you have erased the IMEI number from your device you would have to reflash back onto the BIOS
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If i understand it correctly that shouldn't be too hard to do by myself if the phone was rooted. The problem is that I can't get the phone rooted. I tried with BlueEffect's guide but it didn't work.
Now i have the problem that I can't seem to get Odin to do anything. No matter what I try to flash it always fails instantly after "connection setup". It worked before tho, so I really don't know what the problem is.
Elekted said:
If i understand it correctly that shouldn't be too hard to do by myself if the phone was rooted. The problem is that I can't get the phone rooted. I tried with BlueEffect's guide but it didn't work.
Now i have the problem that I can't seem to get Odin to do anything. No matter what I try to flash it always fails instantly after "connection setup". It worked before tho, so I really don't know what the problem is.
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Sounds like that you may have completely wiped and unformated the internal storage on your device. I would recommend that you reformat it with the mtr setting.
iceepyon said:
Sounds like that you may have completely wiped and unformated the internal storage on your device. I would recommend that you reformat it with the mtr setting.
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How do i do that? I have never heard about that