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Hi all,
New here,have used this site to s-off root my old desire worked great. My new phone Incredible S has recently been updated and now im on 2.0.2 think it is boot loader. Been trying to use the Htc Dev tool to unlock bootloader and after going through the steps have been sent the code to unlock .However everytime i enter it i get the same message
error: cannot load 'Unlock_code.bin
The unlock code is in the same folder as the other 3 items they asked for , fastboot,adb,adbwinapi.dll
Ive looked everywhere and sadly the few posts ive seen that have fixed this havent said how just ended thread grrrr.
Ive made other folders and directed it to them but get same error. Even removed the (1) from the code they sent as saw a thread suggesting this.
Please can anyone help?
ganntak said:
Hi all,
New here,have used this site to s-off root my old desire worked great. My new phone Incredible S has recently been updated and now im on 2.0.2 think it is boot loader. Been trying to use the Htc Dev tool to unlock bootloader and after going through the steps have been sent the code to unlock .However everytime i enter it i get the same message
error: cannot load 'Unlock_code.bin
The unlock code is in the same folder as the other 3 items they asked for , fastboot,adb,adbwinapi.dll
Ive looked everywhere and sadly the few posts ive seen that have fixed this havent said how just ended thread grrrr.
Ive made other folders and directed it to them but get same error. Even removed the (1) from the code they sent as saw a thread suggesting this.
Please can anyone help?
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Make sure the spelling is correct and you are typing the name correctly. The filename is case sensitive.
tpbklake said:
Make sure the spelling is correct and you are typing the name correctly. The filename is case sensitive.
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Yep everything correct and ive re checked. This is seriously annoying ,never had probs like this rooting the Desire lol.
Hello guys, I am sorry if this kind of question has been asked and answered already, but I couldn't find it.
I want to use cracked paid apps on my phone. I know I have to unlock the phone first and then download a .xap file and load it on my phone. I am completely new at this and have no idea how it's done. Could someone please explain to me step-by-step how to do it? Thank you in advance.
BobChi said:
Hello guys, I am sorry if this kind of question has been asked and answered already, but I couldn't find it.
I want to use cracked paid apps on my phone. I know I have to unlock the phone first and then download a .xap file and load it on my phone. I am completely new at this and have no idea how it's done. Could someone please explain to me step-by-step how to do it? Thank you in advance.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295068 Try that link, its easy and "n00b" friendly. If you get stuck please send your phone info to me. (You can find your phone info under settings>info>press more information and there it is)
ThomasKIK said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295068 Try that link, its easy and "n00b" friendly. If you get stuck please send your phone info to me. (You can find your phone info under settings>info>press more information and there it is)
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I've tried ansar.ath.gr's RUU but I keep getting a connection error. I've tried restarting my HTC and my computer but the error persists. Would you mind helping me with unlocking my HTC? Thank you.
BobChi said:
I've tried ansar.ath.gr's RUU but I keep getting a connection error. I've tried restarting my HTC and my computer but the error persists. Would you mind helping me with unlocking my HTC? Thank you.
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Can you send me your phone info?
BobChi said:
I've tried ansar.ath.gr's RUU but I keep getting a connection error. I've tried restarting my HTC and my computer but the error persists. Would you mind helping me with unlocking my HTC? Thank you.
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from which region is your phone?
I am not really sure because I bought it used. The loading screen says O2. I am from Bulgaria, so I guess it's somewhere from Europe.
BobChi said:
I am not really sure because I bought it used. The loading screen says O2. I am from Bulgaria, so I guess it's somewhere from Europe.
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Did you get the box with it? If yes is there any signs that it is the German or English o2 device?
No, I didn't get the box. Isn't there a way to check this? And is this so important? I thought the process of unlock was the same for all European devices.
BobChi said:
No, I didn't get the box. Isn't there a way to check this? And is this so important? I thought the process of unlock was the same for all European devices.
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Its not the same for every hd7 device. If you want to know from which o2 provider it comes you need to hard reset your phone, the language it boots up is the native language if I'm right.
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BobChi said:
No, I didn't get the box. Isn't there a way to check this? And is this so important? I thought the process of unlock was the same for all European devices.
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you hard reset like this: you power down your device and then when you push the power button and the volume down + volume up buttons all together and hold it until a white screen with blue letters pops up.
This says it will delete all my personal information. I don't want to do that.
BobChi said:
This says it will delete all my personal information. I don't want to do that.
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Okay, did you delete any favourites in the browser? If not are these sites German or English
OK, I am pretty sure it's a UK device.
BobChi said:
OK, I am pretty sure it's a UK device.
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Nice! Okay here we go,
What you need
Micro SD Card or SD Card: http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-micr...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1334328013&sr=1-1
Card reader: http://www.amazon.com/Micro-SD-Card...98/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1334328085&sr=8-11
Y-Cable USB: http://www.amazon.com/Utstarcom-Uni...BM/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1334327842&sr=8-17
USB Gender Changer: http://www.amazon.com/USB-Gender-Ch...N4UY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334327986&sr=8-1
First download this
Schubert_HD7_O2_UK_GoldCard Pack : http://ul.to/pw4y404k
1.Make sure you're battery is above 50%
2.Format the MicroSD Card to fat32
3.Copy the .nbh Image to the MicroSD Card
4.Launch Goldcard Tool
5.While ignoring the cid box, choose "Load GoldCard.img" and select the goldcard.img you just downloaded
6.Press "Patch MMC" and wait for confirmation
7.Unplug the MicroSD Card
8.Connect the Y-Cable and the USB-gender-changer like shown in the picture
9.Connect the MicroSD-Card
10.Connect your phone
11.Connect the y-cable to an ordinary usb port
12.Hold Power+Camera+VolumeDown until the USB Host Mode appears
13.Wait about 30 min until the update completes. The phone may reboot a couple of times.
14.After the update completed, unplug your phone and reboot
Now your spl should be downgraded.
A simple click on the "Thanks" button would be appreciated
Regards, Thomas
Ah, forget it. I'm not buying stuff to unlock my phone. Isn't there another way? Thanks for your help
BobChi said:
Ah, forget it. I'm not buying stuff to unlock my phone. Isn't there another way? Thanks for your help
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You can also build your own Y-cable: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCnhb8BfVfg&sns=tw
But to answer your question, there is no other fix yet.
Oh, I guess I'll never unlock my phone. Thanks for the help though.
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Ok, I have some spare cables at home so I might try to build my own USB-Y cable. I have an embedded (is this what it's called) card reader on my laptop. Can I use that or it has to be a separate device?
BobChi said:
Ok, I have some spare cables at home so I might try to build my own USB-Y cable. I have an embedded (is this what it's called) card reader on my laptop. Can I use that or it has to be a separate device?
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Nice!
No you need an external card reader
OK, I'll get a card reader.
Just to clarify, if I do this, I won't lose any of the information on my HTC and will be able to use applications that I've downloaded from the Internet, right?
hi guys.
ive tried to root my HTC ONE but failed.
i followed all steps and everything seemed perfect.
installed BMP driver, HTC driver, HTC Sync, got adb.exe AdbWinApi.dll AdbWinUsbApi.dll fastboot.exe from qbking77
i am already HTC Dev user so just logged in and got token successfully.
finally i saw 'unlock bootlaoder?' screen on the last step, selected 'yes' and rebooted.
but my device is still locked.
ive tried all process once again but 'unlock bootloader?' screen on the last step doesnt appear on my device anymore....
i got token again and again but all of them didnt work.(even first one doesnt work anymore: unlock bootloader screen doesnt appear)
ive tried re-lock my device with this command: fastboot oem lock
my device re-locked successfully(RE-LOCKED appeared on the top of screen at bootloader menu)
and then, i tried to unlock again, 'unlock bootloader?' screen successfully appeared on the last step.
i selected 'yes' and rebooted
BUT IT IS STILL LOCKED.
i followed this step a couple of times but nothing worked.
i dunno what the problem is...
i didnt have any errors on entire step to unlock.
anybody can help me to unlock my device???
u guys can check out my device information down below.
Device name: HTC ONE
Device Version: HK version
Internal Memory: 32GB
Android Version: 4.1.2
Have a look here it's the way i unlocked and rooted http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183942
thank you so much man.
jaythenut said:
Have a look here it's the way i unlocked and rooted http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183942
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thank you so much buddy.
unfortunately, ive followed the post but it is not working either..... =[
but i appreciate it. thx
May find your answers HERE
rmond6 said:
thank you so much buddy.
unfortunately, ive followed the post but it is not working either..... =[
but i appreciate it. thx
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Here you go buddy - follow Mike's guide here - works fine , all I had to do was choose a different custom back up than the one posted in the guide and not change the name to recovery.img , but leave the one you select as named - like recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.1-m7 , so your final command line would would read fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.1-m7 , see the guide and you'll understand what im on about
you can search XDA for the custom recovery you want and also have a look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173863
HIT the THANKS button if Ive helped
cheers
So I have a fully stock HTC One and have spent all night trying to unlock the bootloader. Nothing seems to work I have never rooted this phone, everything I have read makes it seem as if it's impossible. I've tried the adb/fastboot, htcdev, and changing CID methods. Plus I have read of various other ways that already require a root. Which I cannot do seeing how I am still locked and S-ON.
To be honest I'm at the edge and I think I'm just going to give up. I'm on 4.2.2 - hboot 1.54. I was a previous owner of the Thunderbolt which was not a bad phone, I rooted that and everything no questions asked. Although I do remember HTC taking the longest for OTA updates, not a huge fan of HTC.
If anyone has any suggestions on how to unlock the bootloader I will be fine from there. I'm positive I have all the right equipment and prerequisites just not sure if I really am at the end of the road.
Anything useful goes a long way right now.
Thanks.....
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So I have a fully stock HTC One and have spent all night trying to unlock the bootloader. Nothing seems to work I have never rooted this phone, everything I have read makes it seem as if it's impossible. I've tried the adb/fastboot, htcdev, and changing CID methods. Plus I have read of various other ways that already require a root. Which I cannot do seeing how I am still locked and S-ON.
To be honest I'm at the edge and I think I'm just going to give up. I'm on 4.2.2 - hboot 1.54. I was a previous owner of the Thunderbolt which was not a bad phone, I rooted that and everything no questions asked. Although I do remember HTC taking the longest for OTA updates, not a huge fan of HTC.
If anyone has any suggestions on how to unlock the bootloader I will be fine from there. I'm positive I have all the right equipment and prerequisites just not sure if I really am at the end of the road.
Anything useful goes a long way right now.
Thanks.....
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what exactly is happening when you try and unlock the bootloader?
xxshererxx said:
So I have a fully stock HTC One and have spent all night trying to unlock the bootloader. Nothing seems to work I have never rooted this phone, everything I have read makes it seem as if it's impossible. I've tried the adb/fastboot, htcdev, and changing CID methods. Plus I have read of various other ways that already require a root. Which I cannot do seeing how I am still locked and S-ON.
To be honest I'm at the edge and I think I'm just going to give up. I'm on 4.2.2 - hboot 1.54. I was a previous owner of the Thunderbolt which was not a bad phone, I rooted that and everything no questions asked. Although I do remember HTC taking the longest for OTA updates, not a huge fan of HTC.
If anyone has any suggestions on how to unlock the bootloader I will be fine from there. I'm positive I have all the right equipment and prerequisites just not sure if I really am at the end of the road.
Anything useful goes a long way right now.
Thanks.....
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Is urs the AT&T One? Then the bootloader unlock process is different. If urs is the standard international SIM unlocked, then ideally you should see a splash after you run the bootloader unlock command, which prompts you to unlock the bootloader. Please state what exactly ur issue is when u try to bootloader unlock
I'm with Verizon but it just gives me a 1 line error message doesn't run through anything else or load up anything. I type in "bootloader oem unlock" or whatever after clearly identifying my device is connected with "adb device" and nothing happens. It takes about 0.14 sec and says something along the lines of "[ERRORR] ......" after running again it takes 0.00 sec and says same thing, I can screenshot if you think it would be more helpful.
Please help, I appreciate both responses. Just really want this to work.
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I'm with Verizon but it just gives me a 1 line error message doesn't run through anything else or load up anything. I type in "bootloader oem unlock" or whatever after clearly identifying my device is connected with "adb device" and nothing happens. It takes about 0.14 sec and says something along the lines of "[ERRORR] ......" after running again it takes 0.00 sec and says same thing, I can screenshot if you think it would be more helpful.
Please help, I appreciate both responses. Just really want this to work.
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Hahahaha Verizon is REALLY REALLY BAD when it comes to dev. support. Ideally, you shouldn't be posting this in this forum. Post it on the Verizon forum. But, I can help you.
http://rumrunner.us/downloads-2/
Download the package. Extract the zip and run the 'soju.exe' program. Please read ALL the pre-requisites mentioned in the instructions tab.
P.S. From next time if you're asking for help, please state that you're on Verizon
raghav kapur said:
Hahahaha Verizon is REALLY REALLY BAD when it comes to dev. support. Ideally, you shouldn't be posting this in this forum. Post it on the Verizon forum. But, I can help you.
Download the package. Extract the zip and run the 'soju.exe' program. Please read ALL the pre-requisites mentioned in the instructions tab.
P.S. From next time if you're asking for help, please state that you're on Verizon
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Worked like a charm, but now I am having trouble with the recovery portion of all this.
I have downloaded and installed the TWRP Manager app and then went to install the recovery and it said my device is not supported, this same problem happened with CWMR.
xxshererxx said:
Worked like a charm, but now I am having trouble with the recovery portion of all this.
I have downloaded and installed the TWRP Manager app and then went to install the recovery and it said my device is not supported, this same problem happened with CWMR.
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I think you'll find more help here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-one
I wrote a brief thread regarding my phone before...
I'll just give the details:
I'm the second owner, phone died while updating.
Phone was bootloader unlocked, and with TWRP recovery.
As such, baseband and IMEI info are missing, I have the original IMEI but, no efs backup or anything.
Any ideas? I've tried to re-install factory stock via both Skipsoft Toolkit and another Toolkit [Yes, I realize this is no help, now]
I've heard restoring another EFS from another phone may work...? I don't know though, I have two Nexus 5's and I can pull an EFS just to try to get back my original IMEI or I've read EFS Pro could help but, again I'm quite lost and just need a hand here.
Thanks.
Ive been an active user on this forum and the rules is that you cant discuss changing the imei here, because its illegal in many countries
Skickat från min Nexus 6 via Tapatalk
No changing!
I'm not discussing changing anything, I just want to repair my missing imei!
It was lost and I can't get a signal on any carrier without one.
I have my original IMEI and just want to restore it.
RedHazy said:
I'm not discussing changing anything, I just want to repair my missing imei!
It was lost and I can't get a signal on any carrier without one.
I have my original IMEI and just want to restore it.
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here's a silly question.. how did you lose your imei? its not an issue on the n6 like earlier nexus phones, people just dont accidentally lose their imei, or their efs., unless they are restoring a nandroid from another phone, that has their efs backed up also..
In all fairness, I don't know the fine tuned point at which the IMEI was lost but, it was shortly after the bootloader unlock and installation of TWRP. At two points, errors were made:
First: Phone died during an update
Second: I hard reset the phone after the update during which the phone loading and I was stuck in a bootloop, when really it just takes a while to load after a full wipe and install.
Yes, I realize that my actions were novice and especially not backing up my EFS or doing a NANDROID backup. In all fairness, I only backup my EFS or NAND on a handful of phone usually ones I frequently flash or my daily driver.
There's a few threads regarding the same issue but, no one is really assisting much in solving it...
I'm not a criminal here, I just want to get my phone back to it's original awesomeness!
Thanks
Sidenote: I did mess around with Titanium Backup but, I don't see that erasing my IMEI.
RedHazy said:
In all fairness, I don't know the fine tuned point at which the IMEI was lost but, it was shortly after the bootloader unlock and installation of TWRP. At two points, errors were made:
First: Phone died during an update
Second: I hard reset the phone after the update during which the phone loading and I was stuck in a bootloop, when really it just takes a while to load after a full wipe and install.
Yes, I realize that my actions were novice and especially not backing up my EFS or doing a NANDROID backup. In all fairness, I only backup my EFS or NAND on a handful of phone usually ones I frequently flash or my daily driver.
There's a few threads regarding the same issue but, no one is really assisting much in solving it...
I'm not a criminal here, I just want to get my phone back to it's original awesomeness!
Thanks
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If know the IEMI for your device there are threads on XDA that may restore it. If don't know the original IEMI you are dead in the water from the get go.
RedHazy said:
In all fairness, I don't know the fine tuned point at which the IMEI was lost but, it was shortly after the bootloader unlock and installation of TWRP. At two points, errors were made:
First: Phone died during an update
Second: I hard reset the phone after the update during which the phone loading and I was stuck in a bootloop, when really it just takes a while to load after a full wipe and install.
Yes, I realize that my actions were novice and especially not backing up my EFS or doing a NANDROID backup. In all fairness, I only backup my EFS or NAND on a handful of phone usually ones I frequently flash or my daily driver.
There's a few threads regarding the same issue but, no one is really assisting much in solving it...
I'm not a criminal here, I just want to get my phone back to it's original awesomeness!
Thanks
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i dont think that you are a criminal, seriously. i was just curious, as on the n5 and n4 that happens often. it really does happen very rarely on a n6. i think the phone dying while updating might of done it. if your bootloader is still unlocked, flashing the factory image might help you. but you will have to do it right, via fastboot while youre in the bootloader. dont use any toolkits, seriously!
I do appreciate the help, I'm going to try flashing the factory image right image see if that helps. Fingers crossed, I'll update with my results. prdog1, you wouldn't happen to know of those threads at all, in case of failure with my factory image.
Thanks, I do appreciate the suggestions. I want to fix this for me and whomever has any issues in the future.
RedHazy said:
I do appreciate the help, I'm going to try flashing the factory image right image see if that helps. Fingers crossed, I'll update with my results. prdog1, you wouldn't happen to know of those threads at all, in case of failure with my factory image.
Thanks, I do appreciate the suggestions. I want to fix this for me and whomever has any issues in the future.
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heres some instructions, dont lock tbe bootloader after, just follow the flashing the factory image instruction. and if tou run into trouble, let us know, so we can help you http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/guide-flash-factory-images-nexus-6shamu-t2954008
Some VERY curious thoughts! I wasn't paying much attention until after losing my IMEI but, I've noticed a few things! For anyone that has lost an IMEI on your Nexus 6 in you scroll through your bootloader and go to "Barcodes" option, your IMEI is there! Anywho, back to my dilema.
I'm on 5.0.1 LRX22C
Now when re-flashing stock I noticed it would end up failed every time, with flash all or individually flashing items.
I noticed that my bootloader is 71.08 and 5.0.1 is 71.05 can anyone tell me which is 71.08 as there are three 5.1.0 stocks and I want to have the right one that corresponds to 71.08 bootloader.
For further help my full baseband on my phone is D4.0-9625-02.55.04 which incidentally belongs to 5.0.1, I'm thinking this mismatch may be one of my issues.
And thanks, simms22 for the guide, I'm downloading 5.1.0 right now. I'll keep consistent updates!
RedHazy said:
Some VERY curious thoughts! I wasn't paying much attention until after losing my IMEI but, I've noticed a few things! For anyone that has lost an IMEI on your Nexus 6 in you scroll through your bootloader and go to "Barcodes" option, your IMEI is there! Anywho, back to my dilema.
I'm on 5.0.1 LRX22C
Now when re-flashing stock I noticed it would end up failed every time, with flash all or individually flashing items.
I noticed that my bootloader is 71.08 and 5.0.1 is 71.05 can anyone tell me which is 71.08 as there are three 5.1.0 stocks and I want to have the right one that corresponds to 71.08 bootloader.
For further help my full baseband on my phone is D4.0-9625-02.55.04 which incidentally belongs to 5.0.1, I'm thinking this mismatch may be one of my issues.
And thanks, simms22 for the guide, I'm downloading 5.1.0 right now. I'll keep consistent updates!
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flash 5.1.1, its the latest. and when you flash a factory image, itll replace the bootloader with whats included in the factory image. oh, btw, do not use flash-all, it wont work, its broken. flash the separate image files individually.
Fingers crossed!
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flash 5.1.1, its the latest. and when you flash a factory image, itll replace the bootloader with whats included in the factory image. oh, btw, do not use flash-all, it wont work, its broken. flash the separate image files individually.
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Flashed 5.1.1, fingers crossed. It's been about 27-ish minutes and it's still loading the first boot!
UPDATE: I'm at an hour now, waiting for first boot. Doesn't seem to be a bootloop, any ideas
UPDATE: An hour and a half, still booting.... may need to try something else.
RedHazy said:
Flashed 5.1.1, fingers crossed. It's been about 27-ish minutes and it's still loading the first boot!
UPDATE: I'm at an hour now, waiting for first boot. Doesn't seem to be a bootloop, any ideas
UPDATE: An hour and a half, still booting.... may need to try something else.
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wipe the phone, factory reset i mean
(sorry for getting back so late)
The same thing just happened to me, I had Cyanogenmod 12.1 on my phone, it was a nightly that I did on the 27th of last month. Like two days ago around noon, the phone was charging and it just lost all signal so I rebooted the phone and still the same thing, on the top it said that the phone had no sim card inserted. So I powered off the phone and removed the sim card and started the phone then I powered off and inserted the sim card and nothing, I updated to the newest nightly and nothing. Then I wiped the whole phone and flashed the newest nexus 6 factory image for t-mobile and still nothing. The thing that sucks is that I did backup my efs partition but I just updated the pc to windows 10 and I deleted the old.windows files so I am out of luck. I'm planning on taking it to T-Mobile and hopefully I can get a new one or get this one fixed. I hope you find a fix.
droid4lif3 said:
The same thing just happened to me, I had Cyanogenmod 12.1 on my phone, it was a nightly that I did on the 27th of last month. Like two days ago around noon, the phone was charging and it just lost all signal so I rebooted the phone and still the same thing, on the top it said that the phone had no sim card inserted. So I powered off the phone and removed the sim card and started the phone then I powered off and inserted the sim card and nothing, I updated to the newest nightly and nothing. Then I wiped the whole phone and flashed the newest nexus 6 factory image for t-mobile and still nothing. The thing that sucks is that I did backup my efs partition but I just updated the pc to windows 10 and I deleted the old.windows files so I am out of luck. I'm planning on taking it to T-Mobile and hopefully I can get a new one or get this one fixed. I hope you find a fix.
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That doesn't mean your IMEI is broken or missing. You made no mention of checking it in the about phone section or in the dialer by input *#06#. It's likely that your SIM card is just broken. The IMEI doesn't just wipe itself out.
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The same goes for the OP. I see few people claiming that root, TWRP or failing an install of a ROM wiped out their IMEI. Yet none take into account that maybe their SIM is broken, or the phone may be flagged, etc. Especially when one is not the first owner of the device.
I'm telling you guys that literally none of those things mess with the IMEI and all things stated lead me to believe that it is not an issue.
graydiggy said:
That doesn't mean your IMEI is broken or missing. You made no mention of checking it in the about phone section or in the dialer by input *#06#. It's likely that your SIM card is just broken. The IMEI doesn't just wipe itself out.
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The same goes for the OP. I see few people claiming that root, TWRP or failing an install of a ROM wiped out their IMEI. Yet none take into account that maybe their SIM is broken, or the phone may be flagged, etc. Especially when one is not the first owner of the device.
I'm telling you guys that literally none of those things mess with the IMEI and all things stated lead me to believe that it is not an issue.
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The IMEI is stored in the CID partition. The CID is a small datablock containing the processor UID, Channel ID (different CID), a bootloader unlock flag, and IMEI. The CID is unique to each device, and controls several aspects of the device. This datablock has a signature on it so that your device information cannot be modified. Should you corrupt this partition, you will lose your IMEI, and the ability to unlock your bootloader. This is the only likely scenario in which you lost your IMEI. If you boot into your bootloader, you may see an error similar to
Code:
CID Datablock Error! 0xDEAD
otherwise I'm going to assume that is still intact. The IMEI has not been stored in the EFS for many years now. Check your CID on the device and make sure it's not 0xDEAD.
Hi, my wife has an iPhone 6S and I put her sim card into my sim slot and it still showed as no sim card after booting it up. Is there something else I can do? I am the first owner of this phone, I bought it from T-Mobile. I did try to go into the dialer and it force closes the app after I input *#06#.
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Hi how can I check if the CID has been corrupted? I recently locked my bootloader luckily I had a custom recovery and was able to flash a rom and get into the developer settings to enable oem unlock and I unlocked it again.
droid4lif3 said:
Hi, my wife has an iPhone 6S and I put her sim card into my sim slot and it still showed as no sim card after booting it up. Is there something else I can do? I am the first owner of this phone, I bought it from T-Mobile. I did try to go into the dialer and it force closes the app after I input *#06#.
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Did you seriously just ask an iPhone question? ???
Seriously though, bring it back to T-Mobile.
Lol, no, I knew I shouldn't of put that she had a iPhone 6S, now I will never be helped. I am just saying that I used a different sim card to make sure that it wasn't the sim card that was messed up.
droid4lif3 said:
Hi, my wife has an iPhone 6S and I put her sim card into my sim slot and it still showed as no sim card after booting it up. Is there something else I can do? I am the first owner of this phone, I bought it from T-Mobile. I did try to go into the dialer and it force closes the app after I input *#06#.
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Hi how can I check if the CID has been corrupted? I recently locked my bootloader luckily I had a custom recovery and was able to flash a rom and get into the developer settings to enable oem unlock and I unlocked it again.
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You can check by running the command
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fastboot getvar all
in fastboot/bootloader mode.
You should see something like this:
Code:
(bootloader) cid: 0x00DE
(bootloader) channelid: 0x00
The CID should be 0x00DE if it is not corrupt.