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[Q] [SOLVED] IMEI / EFS problem - Any suggestions?

[SOLVED]
Took it a phone shop, got charged £20 IMEI is back to factory default!
Really happy!
Hi there!
I quite stuck on what to do.
My mum had her i9000 for a while, with no problems on darkyrom 10.2.2.
Suddenly yesterday she was prompted for an "update for virgin mobile" she had no choice but to accept. Apparently it didn't do anything (ie update, reboot etc)
However what she realised is that she couldn't make calls etc.
I've got the phone with me now, and basically the IMEI number doesn't match up under *#06# - the number is a random number although not blank nor 0000 only.
Things I've tried:
-Flashed many stock roms (incl repart + PIT 4 file ones)
-Factory reset
-Flashed without SIM & EXT SD
-Tried deleting the EMPTY EFS folder
Any ideas?
I'm thinking that it needs to be sent back to samsung (even out of warranty)
EDIT:
I should note that the phone is completely factory unlocked - she is on Virgin Mobile network (SIM)
Cheers

high chris did you try a different sim its ultimatenoob i recently had an issue were i couldnt get a network connection i was on jellybean i had to flash xxjvu through odin then went cm9 ,v11,,10.1 and the only one that has worked for me is remICS 4.2 v3 .
there a thread here somewhere about that same issue i remember reading it i will see if i can find it again good luck mate
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191970 this post mentions internal antennae
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http://android.stackexchange.com/qu...ei-on-galaxy-s-if-i-dont-have-a-backup-of-efs
chris this might help or not could none of the darky team help you mate it says flash 2.2.1 i think thats froyo thats what mine was before i made it better with your help

TIGER 123 said:
high chris did you try a different sim its ultimatenoob i recently had an issue were i couldnt get a network connection i was on jellybean i had to flash xxjvu through odin then went cm9 ,v11,,10.1 and the only one that has worked for me is remICS 4.2 v3 .
there a thread here somewhere about that same issue i remember reading it i will see if i can find it again good luck mate
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191970 this post mentions internal antennae
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http://android.stackexchange.com/qu...ei-on-galaxy-s-if-i-dont-have-a-backup-of-efs
chris this might help or not could none of the darky team help you mate it says flash 2.2.1 i think thats froyo thats what mine was before i made it better with your help
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hey man!
I've tried flashing froyo and I just put my sim in there and it still doesn't work.
I'm now wondering if it really is factory unlocked?
So I'm flashing a VOD firmware on it (as mum did have vodaphone in the past) - to see if that works, might even try "unlocking" as well.
Might as well give that a try to be honest.
Anu sent me to a dev on here - no reply from the dev yet.
Normally the "flash back to an old stock rom" method SHOULD work...but it isn't.
That's the odd thing really.
Reason I'm thinking it was locked is simple - because with SOME firmwares I flashed - I got this password screen (attached)
EDIT:
Nop - password error is something else:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016288
That booots, but doesn't solve the imei problem

chris silly question but did you try a nandroid backup and see if that works ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqLK_2I-SBM
http://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=h...hYDqRprVEq89FrcZ8MTM2NTE5NjA1MEAxMzY1MTgxNjUw

TIGER 123 said:
chris silly question but did you try a nandroid backup and see if that works ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqLK_2I-SBM
http://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=h...hYDqRprVEq89FrcZ8MTM2NTE5NjA1MEAxMzY1MTgxNjUw
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Didn't have any Nand bro :/
I'll check out those vids!

And you dont have a backup of efs?
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium

DerRomtester said:
And you dont have a backup of efs?
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium
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Not for my mums s1 no
I have my old s1 efs backup and my s3's backed up.

chris could you not try your old s1 backup and see if it works

TIGER 123 said:
chris could you not try your old s1 backup and see if it works
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Already tried that bro - didn't work
Going to try that thing listed in the video now
EDIT2:
Video guide didn't work either - also tried looking into the XDA thread.
Still no cluk - only option is via samsung.
It HAS an IMEI but a completely wrong one.
Long story short - I can use 3G and emergency calls, but cannot use texts/calls, which is a shame and very odd why it did it on its own - if it were flashed I would have understood...but nothing was touched.
This is truly a one in a kind.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1857054
just seen this chris might help might not if you have allready sorted it disregard

BIG UPDATE:
Put mum's sim into her i9000 again - and it came up with the same pop-up.
Now the odd thing - did the SAME thing when we put it into her NEW (on stock rom) NOTE 2.
This time I hit cancel.
What are VIRGIN MOBILE TRYING TO DO!?
They are going to get a call tomorrow from me.
Note 2: is still safe - and we hit cancel
S1: was already "updated" and thus IMEI is completely lost.

Weird turn of events - or fortunate to some extent:
Beforehand: Texts, calls and Mobile data wouldn't work properly.
I flashed a VOD firmware on it - and out of the blue - the phone now works as it should HOWEVER the IMEI number it has vs the one printed is still incorrect - I am thinking of buying/getting a VOD SIM card and putting it in there - might that fix it?
Anyone have any ideas?
So baffled as to how the phone is working without a proper IMEI number, but yet can send/receive texts, calls, data

[SOLVED]
Took it a phone shop, got charged £20 IMEI is back to factory default!
Really happy with the outcome.
Tried EVERYTHING known to me to get the IMEI back, but it didn't work.
Long story short - back up your EFS folder - always.

TotallydubbedHD said:
[SOLVED]
Took it a phone shop, got charged £20 IMEI is back to factory default!
Really happy with the outcome. .
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Phones IMEI changed without even touching it

I have this problem - my G800F changed it's IMEI to 350695200123951. When that happened I had not touched it (no root, no nothing) at evening I still was able to make calls, but later that night it showed 'not registered on network'. I have tried factory reset, reinstalling the firmware using Kies, then I used odin, tried to make EFS backup and restore, but so far I haven't had any success. So I thought that some of you brilliant minds could help me, maybe there is a way to change the IMEI in efs backup file? The only strange thing that happened to my phone couple of days before this happened is that some random number from Ukraine called me, but for obvious reasons I did not answer it nor did I call it back. So now I'm stuck using my fathers old HTC Wildfire S, I really hope that you could help me, because I want my phone back.

SOS
Sorry no answer from me but exactly the same thing with my S5 mini g800F last week (end Sept), with exactly the same false IMEI, and I think I have now tried everything. No luck. Not the Ukraine phone call though!
Cannot get into "engineermode" which may have been a way to fix this. I loaded a new firmware, still nothing. ANY help will be appreciated but please nothing that asks me to add a "secret code" as the phone does not respond to those. I'm not an expert but got desperate enough to try my hand at a terminal emulator, it did not work. Stopped short of using SDK as the download is huge. Firmware now loaded is android 4.4.2 build number KOT49H.G800FXXU1AOG2. Heeeeelp anybody! The vendor is of no use either, just mumbling "this is a very strange thing, where did you get the phone....." (bought from the guy asking!!)

Warranty service restored the original IMEI
KVE123 said:
Sorry no answer from me but exactly the same thing with my S5 mini g800F last week (end Sept), with exactly the same false IMEI, and I think I have now tried everything. No luck. Not the Ukraine phone call though!
Cannot get into "engineermode" which may have been a way to fix this. I loaded a new firmware, still nothing. ANY help will be appreciated but please nothing that asks me to add a "secret code" as the phone does not respond to those. I'm not an expert but got desperate enough to try my hand at a terminal emulator, it did not work. Stopped short of using SDK as the download is huge. Firmware now loaded is android 4.4.2 build number KOT49H.G800FXXU1AOG2. Heeeeelp anybody! The vendor is of no use either, just mumbling "this is a very strange thing, where did you get the phone....." (bought from the guy asking!!)
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Just couple of days ago got my phone back from warranty and they fixed it (thought they wouldn't since it was rooted), so I would suggest doing the same thing. At the warranty center I had to explain my problem for about 30 minutes, because they believed that phone couldn't change its IMEI. Also you could try other service centers, because some of them said that they could fix this problem for about 30-50 EUR. I believe the only thing that could help otherwise is something like the z3x box, but it would be more expensive as it costs 100+ USD.

If you download the original stock firmware you can flash the IMEI number back to the phone

:S
No solution has been under warranty , the pochaine time to think about backup your EMEI

Yes yes
there is a backup somewhere between all my external hard drives, memory sticks, cloud servers... And i can't find it, too long ago and too many passwords!! But, no use telling me now to make a "pochaine" backup. I will try the reflash to older version suggestion, and see whether that gives me access to the required features. If not, it is the mountain to climb, of getting to the samsung "support" to tinker with the phone. Glad you you are sorted sunciks. A person from xda did contact me, so lets see if that bears fruit.

KVE123 said:
there is a backup somewhere between all my external hard drives, memory sticks, cloud servers... And i can't find it, too long ago and too many passwords!! But, no use telling me now to make a "pochaine" backup. I will try the reflash to older version suggestion, and see whether that gives me access to the required features. If not, it is the mountain to climb, of getting to the samsung "support" to tinker with the phone. Glad you you are sorted sunciks. A person from xda did contact me, so lets see if that bears fruit.
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A back up of your phone? I would suggest just making a new back up because it's less time consuming.

BUP
irontaco1 said:
A back up of your phone? I would suggest just making a new back up because it's less time consuming.
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You are going to have to be patient with an old person here. Making a backup of the current situation? Will it not just copy the existing false IMEI and replace on restore? Please be specific, step by step, as you would for a kid. Regards

KVE123 said:
You are going to have to be patient with an old person here. Making a backup of the current situation? Will it not just copy the existing false IMEI and replace on restore? Please be specific, step by step, as you would for a kid. Regards
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Nope it shouldn't. The IMEI number is installed with the firmware. So if you back it up and factory reset, it should fix it.
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KVE123 said:
You are going to have to be patient with an old person here. Making a backup of the current situation? Will it not just copy the existing false IMEI and replace on restore? Please be specific, step by step, as you would for a kid. Regards
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If factory reseting doesn't work, then I suggest flashing the firmware manually.

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OK I have tried this before, but just tried again. Does not work or I'm not doing it correctly.

What's the model number?

Reflash
KVE123 said:
OK I have tried this before, but just tried again. Does not work or I'm not doing it correctly.
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Meaning tried to backup and factory reset. Now in process of manual flashing (via Kies). Previously found that Kies would download for an hour and then say "unexpected error...." so have not used it in more than two years. Anyway here we go again.
Model is SD-G800F [samsung galaxy s5 mini]
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KVE123 said:
Meaning tried to backup and factory reset. Now in process of manual flashing (via Kies). Previously found that Kies would download for an hour and then say "unexpected error...." so have not used it in more than two years. Anyway here we go again.
Model is SD-G800F [samsung galaxy s5 mini]
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Correction = SM-G800F

KVE123 said:
Meaning tried to backup and factory reset. Now in process of manual flashing (via Kies). Previously found that Kies would download for an hour and then say "unexpected error...." so have not used it in more than two years. Anyway here we go again.
Model is SD-G800F [samsung galaxy s5 mini]
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Correction = SM-G800F
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So you get an error when backing it up?

kies
irontaco1 said:
So you get an error when backing it up?
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No, I mean downloading the firmware upgrade. It will download the new files but not install. This was long ago. Right now I get to tools to upgrade and initialise and get the message "does not support initializing" I give up!

No don't give up, just download the firmware and flash it with ODIN. If you need my to explain that, leave me an email and I'll send you the instructions.

irontaco1 said:
No don't give up, just download the firmware and flash it with ODIN. If you need my to explain that, leave me an email and I'll send you the instructions.
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What you propose was the second thing I did. The first was doing a factory reset with the older version of the firmware (what the phone came out with). Neither steps worked. The firmware I flashed was (Build number) KOT49H.G800FXXU1AOG2. Which btw Kies indicates as the latest version.

Don't use kies
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The only reason I need an email from you is because XDA won't let me post links. The instructions I'm providing contain links so you can fix your problem.

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[/COLOR]The only reason I need an email from you is because XDA won't let me post links. The instructions I'm providing contain links so you can fix your problem.[/QUOTE]
Kies does not work anyway
Can do (email) but not on this open forum. Use the private messages
Added edit in wrong place but, given the phone to samsung tech. Will post the outcome somewhere next week

irontaco1 said:
Don't use kies
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The only reason I need an email from you is because XDA won't let me post links. The instructions I'm providing contain links so you can fix your problem.
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Can you help me please, i have the same probleme one week ago, without solutions, i pm you, please help me!

same problem here

Bootloader unlock theory 2

I possibly found that the lg g4 can connect a serial console when in fast-boot and android with limited access, and that the boot-loader is based on little kernel
codeaurora.org/blogs/little-kernel-based-android-bootloader
It may be possible to connect uart via serial and map out how the bootrom loads the sbl and (aboot (bootloader))and possibly find a way to unlock the boot-loader
newandroidbook.com/Articles/aboot.html
so far acessing fastboot with a nuked laf partition only specific fastboot commands work. can not get oem-id or reboot/continue via fastboot
console=
/dev/tty
/dev/ttyHS0
/dev/ttyHSL0
/dev/ttyHSL1

gefiltefish1478 said:
I possibly found that the lg g4 can connect a serial console when in fast-boot and android with limited access, and that the boot-loader is based on little kernel
codeaurora.org/blogs/little-kernel-based-android-bootloader
It may be possible to connect uart via serial and map out how the bootrom loads the sbl and (aboot (bootloader))and possibly find a way to unlock the boot-loader
newandroidbook.com/Articles/aboot.html
so far acessing fastboot with a nuked laf partition only specific fastboot commands work. can not get oem-id or reboot/continue via fastboot
console=
/dev/tty
/dev/ttyHS0
/dev/ttyHSL0
/dev/ttyHSL1
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Try posting this in here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/help/unlock-technical-steps-to-make-unlocked-t3165391
Or even the general G4 forum; the audience appears bigger and you'll probably be able to get more brains taking a look at this!
It's quite interesting.

Dude, I was literally coming here to see if anyone had tried anything like USB serial console the way you'd do with like a raspberry pi or a more recent thin client and found this thread with the search feature.
I'm glad to see that it does, in fact, work. I was about to pitch the theory, but it seems you've not only arrived at the same theory, but have tried it yourself. +thanks for posting the results dude. Much appreciated. Hopefully this will lead to some kind of progress otherwise I'm just going to use an upgrade to get something else and sell my G4. I'm really getting tired of the total lack of ROMs. This isn't 2008 where only a couple carriers have Android phones and the developer base is tiny. What company thinks it's SMART to create only one model that can have the bootloader unlocked and then NOT make that model available on all carriers at the off-contract price?!

I'm guessing there is no way to edit the LK, and implement these changes to re enable fastboot commands without it throwing some type of error due to the fact of it not being signed? -
To selectively enable any fastbootcommand on user/production build, add the command as shown below:
File: bootable/bootloader/lk/app/aboot/aboot.c
Function: void aboot_fastboot_register_commands(void)
structfastboot_cmd_desccmd_list[] = {
/* By default the enabled list is empty. */
{““, NULL},
/* move commands enclosed within the below ifndefto here
* if they need to be enabled in user build.
*/
#ifndefDISABLE_FASTBOOT_CMDS
/* Register the following commands only for non-user builds */
{“flash:”, cmd_flash},
{“erase:”, cmd_erase},
{“boot”, cmd_boot},
{“continue”, cmd_continue},
{“reboot”, cmd_reboot},
{“reboot-bootloader”, cmd_reboot_bootloader},
{“oemunlock”, cmd_oem_unlock},
{“oemlock”, cmd_oem_lock},
{“oemverified”, cmd_oem_verified},
{“oemdevice-info”, cmd_oem_devinfo},
{“oemenable-charger-screen”, cmd_oem_enable_charger_screen},
{“oemdisable-charger-screen”, cmd_oem_disable_charger_screen},
{“oem-select-display-panel”, cmd_oem_select_display_panel},
#endif
};

Can we flash aboot of H811 to LS991 ?

Tctien342 said:
Can we flash aboot of H811 to LS991 ?
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Nope i already asked that one

bump

TheMadScientist420 said:
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Any chance this will work? http://www.droidviews.com/unlock-bootloader-twrp-root-lg-v20/
When typed " id" in terminal i got similar results to what is shown in instructions.. Im on ls991zvf..

lowkeyst4tus said:
Any chance this will work? http://www.droidviews.com/unlock-bootloader-twrp-root-lg-v20/
When typed " id" in terminal i got similar results to what is shown in instructions.. Im on ls991zvf..
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only prob is still oh never mind i do have a twrp lol i forgot kernals wouldnt be same we would need i thing the debug bootloader for ls991 which i actally read the other day on something trying to find us one.
in theory a debug or engineering bl should overite a qfuse in a way kinda thing device model specific but firmware versions usually dont matter or at least the few ive messed with on samsungs.
im in no way a dev but if someone could possibly mod one of the debug bls for us then yes may be possible because if im not mistaken the v20s are locked as tight as ours arent they`
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lowkeyst4tus said:
Any chance this will work? http://www.droidviews.com/unlock-bootloader-twrp-root-lg-v20/
When typed " id" in terminal i got similar results to what is shown in instructions.. Im on ls991zvf..
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my g4 may be dying very soon i chucked it pretty hard the other day enough to crack the mother board near the noise cancelling mic and earpiece. destrotyed rear camera. bent the lcd and mother board in a bad kinda way . i might be down tonight to try it with v20s bootloader for the hell of it.
i had a spare lcd with a busted gorilla glass i put back on it lol 4 screen on my g4.
u gonna be around about 8 pm eastern time tonight ima dl most of the files now and when my kids goto bed we can try this with mine of coarse im not out anything if i hard brick and itll give me a reason to find a method to un hardbrick. i got alll thi .bins and firmware extractors if i need to make new boot images. i run cdma workshop qpst dfs all thge good old software i made my own ls991 .dll for old lg flashtool
plus my octobox came in finnaly with jtag
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im dling the v20 rom and going to attempt to rplace the system and stuff with my rooted zv6 system i got a couple ideas up my sleave on this one
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/ls997vs995h910-dirtysanta-bootloader-t3519410
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screw it i aint got nothing goin on now im goin for it

TheMadScientist420 said:
only prob is still oh never mind i do have a twrp lol i forgot kernals wouldnt be same we would need i thing the debug bootloader for ls991 which i actally read the other day on something trying to find us one.
in theory a debug or engineering bl should overite a qfuse in a way kinda thing device model specific but firmware versions usually dont matter or at least the few ive messed with on samsungs.
im in no way a dev but if someone could possibly mod one of the debug bls for us then yes may be possible because if im not mistaken the v20s are locked as tight as ours arent they`
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my g4 may be dying very soon i chucked it pretty hard the other day enough to crack the mother board near the noise cancelling mic and earpiece. destrotyed rear camera. bent the lcd and mother board in a bad kinda way . i might be down tonight to try it with v20s bootloader for the hell of it.
i had a spare lcd with a busted gorilla glass i put back on it lol 4 screen on my g4.
u gonna be around about 8 pm eastern time tonight ima dl most of the files now and when my kids goto bed we can try this with mine of coarse im not out anything if i hard brick and itll give me a reason to find a method to un hardbrick. i got alll thi .bins and firmware extractors if i need to make new boot images. i run cdma workshop qpst dfs all thge good old software i made my own ls991 .dll for old lg flashtool
plus my octobox came in finnaly with jtag
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im dling the v20 rom and going to attempt to rplace the system and stuff with my rooted zv6 system i got a couple ideas up my sleave on this one
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/ls997vs995h910-dirtysanta-bootloader-t3519410
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screw it i aint got nothing goin on now im goin for it
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Yes i will be around.. I hope you have success.. I like the sprint variant for alot of reasons.. I think the octobox might do dumps to..

lowkeyst4tus said:
Yes i will be around.. I hope you have success.. I like the sprint variant for alot of reasons.. I think the octobox might do dumps to..
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i think it does too
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gefiltefish1478 said:
I possibly found that the lg g4 can connect a serial console when in fast-boot and android with limited access, and that the boot-loader is based on little kernel
codeaurora.org/blogs/little-kernel-based-android-bootloader
It may be possible to connect uart via serial and map out how the bootrom loads the sbl and (aboot (bootloader))and possibly find a way to unlock the boot-loader
newandroidbook.com/Articles/aboot.html
so far acessing fastboot with a nuked laf partition only specific fastboot commands work. can not get oem-id or reboot/continue via fastboot
console=
/dev/tty
/dev/ttyHS0
/dev/ttyHSL0
/dev/ttyHSL1
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Hey man u still around

I flashed one of the boot images on mine with. Twrp. And of coarse secure boot erroors so i have to restore and retwrp

TheMadScientist420 said:
I flashed one of the boot images on mine with. Twrp. And of coarse secure boot erroors so i have to restore and retwrp
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Have you tried the octopus box bootloader unlock?

lowkeyst4tus said:
Have you tried the octopus box bootloader unlock?
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no
i didnt even know it could

Yea after you mentioned you had one, i spent hours looking up what it can do.. It sim unlock, bootloader unlock, repair imei, hardbrick.. Who knows what else.. The cheapest one i found was $100..

lowkeyst4tus said:
Yea after you mentioned you had one, i spent hours looking up what it can do.. It sim unlock, bootloader unlock, repair imei, hardbrick.. Who knows what else.. The cheapest one i found was $100..
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**** i spent 259. I got it for iemi repairs. And hard brick fix for g4 and a couple old htcs i have.

TheMadScientist420 said:
**** i spent 259. I got it for iemi repairs. And hard brick fix for g4 and a couple old htcs i have.
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Im working on getting it.. Expensive but worth every penny.. As far as using it to unlock the bootloader, ive seen it done just by clicking the option in the software that should have came with it.. Ive seen it work with 3rd party jtaging software..
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Im gonna try calling Sprint today and asking for a bootloader unlock..
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TheMadScientist420 said:
**** i spent 259. I got it for iemi repairs. And hard brick fix for g4 and a couple old htcs i have.
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Can this work via lg flash tool to convert say a ls991 to h811? Is there any special ools needed like octopus box?

I dont think we can cross flash to811. Ive tried askin that one may be possible with box but doibtfull
And sprint wont unlock bl. Only lg can. They would have to basicly give u the signature to sign ure own images. Unless they offer unlock when nougats released

TheMadScientist420 said:
I dont think we can cross flash to811. Ive tried askin that one may be possible with box but doibtfull
And sprint wont unlock bl. Only lg can. They would have to basicly give u the signature to sign ure own images. Unless they offer unlock when nougats released
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http://forums.easy-firmware.com/showthread.php?9084-Convert-lg-tot

U gotta pay for the files. And thats the only site claims it can be done tht i see
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lowkeyst4tus said:
http://forums.easy-firmware.com/showthread.php?9084-Convert-lg-tot
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Yea i signed up for that site a long time ago. And its a pay site. Cant find that tot any where else and not a garanty

Help unbrick HTC desire 626

Hi everyone, i'm trying to root my phone for few day ago, so yesterday i tryed to by using Windroid. It successfully unlock my bootloader. then i press, flash TWRP, windroid told me everything was okay, and then i pressed root now.It tolds me that root has been successfull, but my phone doesn't look to be agree. Indeed i've got the charging screen, and i can't obtain anything else. VolumDown+Power don't do anything same for Power and VolumUP+Power, it just turn on and off the charging screen. Do you have any tips ? there is something i can do ??
I've got an HTC desire 626 from sfr; CPU-Z told me (when it was working) that my phone came from vodafone fr .
Helps me
Ps : sorry my english i'm not an english man in new york ^^

Any info ? :/

download this and put it in your SD card
https://mega.nz/#!4JI2yDgD!zqDl-_D1q...sLXEDE1HzDMgPY
Then what you need to do is boot into download mode and it will ask you automatically if you want to flash it Say yes
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oh woops didn't see all of it you cant even get into download mode?
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how long do you hold the vol-down and power?

Mr_DerpFace1337 said:
download this and put it in your SD card
https://mega.nz/#!4JI2yDgD!zqDl-_D1q...sLXEDE1HzDMgPY
Then what you need to do is boot into download mode and it will ask you automatically if you want to flash it Say yes
Could you share the key?
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Oh my god I can't believe I forgot the key
!zqDl-_D1qG-UoaNadCmDitdiZRtLMsLXEDE1HzDMgPY

After trying to install twrp and root, can't do anything with phone

I'm new to all of this so I tried to follow a tutorial I just found online. The tutorial was on the androidexplained website.
I followed everything and at the end the phone turned on and I was going through the set up. But it got stuck on the looking for updates part. I tried restarting the phone and now it won't even turn on. It only shows a message that says "Only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed.
I can access download mode by holding down the vol. down and bixby buttons and plugging the usb cable into a pc, but I can't do anything after that. I tried redoing the thing with odin again, but it shows "Fail".
Please help.

Yes I got this problem with me .. you can install the official rom then twrp and then a custom rom ,, i tried to root my phone with out lose the os but it could not
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The official ROM consists of 4 files of 3 GB size I think

abood.mhd said:
Yes I got this problem with me .. you can install the official rom then twrp and then a custom rom ,, i tried to root my phone with out lose the os but it could not
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The official ROM consists of 4 files of 3 GB size I think
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If it's not hard, could you give me a few links and clear cut steps to do this? Or can I just google official rom and get it? I would really appreciate it. Thanks!

go and download the firmware on the sammobile website....

Endent said:
I'm new to all of this so I tried to follow a tutorial I just found online. The tutorial was on the androidexplained website.
I followed everything and at the end the phone turned on and I was going through the set up. But it got stuck on the looking for updates part. I tried restarting the phone and now it won't even turn on. It only shows a message that says "Only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed.
I can access download mode by holding down the vol. down and bixby buttons and plugging the usb cable into a pc, but I can't do anything after that. I tried redoing the thing with odin again, but it shows "Fail".
Please help.
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you should search on xda instead of on random sites.
1- learn to differentiate the different note 9 models
2- once you have learned this skill, apply the appropriate fix:
2.a-either flash back stock if you are on a north americian model
2.b-continue rooting process accordingly by following the Dr. ketan root oem fix in the guides section of this forum if you are on an international variant.
2.c-if you have a Chinese or south American version, head on over to the snapdragon rom development section.
how to achieve the above is all documented. just search and read the available info on xda.

Thanks for the help everyone, I downloaded the official ROM and flashed it with odin and my phone's working perfectly fine!