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Request for Virgin Mobile Stock

Hello all,
So I bought my HTC Wildfire S Virgin Mobile on black friday like everybody else. I waited a few days and then rooted. And then I had the brilliant idea to try installing the CM 7.1 Mod for it. And well, I didn't do a Clockwork Backup, and well, it didnt work very well. The phone got stuck on the HTC screen. So finally I installed a different ROM, JikantaruROM, and I managed to get past the bootscreen but I can't use my carrier anymore. So I was wondering if anybody could either tell me how to flash CM 7.1 Unoffical release to my phone, or if anybody knew a way I could get back to the original Virgin Mobile software. It seems that you have all the other stock roms, so I would REALLY appreciate if someone could share the Virgin Mobile rom too.
Thanks in advance,
Wieland959

Seconded. Although I think mine is in a slightly worse case; I kept flashing roms and ended up in a state where it turns on, screen remains black, then the phone vibrates three times and evidently does nothing. So Wieland959, I'd advise you to stop flashing until someone posts the ROM.
And if someone could let me know how to recover from my current state, I'd very much appreciate it.

thesnaz said:
Seconded. Although I think mine is in a slightly worse case; I kept flashing roms and ended up in a state where it turns on, screen remains black, then the phone vibrates three times and evidently does nothing. So Wieland959, I'd advise you to stop flashing until someone posts the ROM.
And if someone could let me know how to recover from my current state, I'd very much appreciate it.
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Your in the same boat I was just in. My solution was to go back to radioshack with the receipt and tell them it just turned off and wouldnt turn back on. Just doing the 3 vibrations. I did spend hours trying to search about how to fix it, but I dont think theres a way unless you use a jtag hookup and some sort of fancy programmer.
@Wieland959, If you want. I just tried to do the OTA update through the settings on the phone itself. It would let me download the file(I believe it should be flashable through the cwm recovery), but when I tried to let the phone install the file, I would get the android with the exclamation mark after the reboot. Ill try to post here, if it will upload. But......
DISCLAIMER!!!!
I take no responsibility for anyone damaging their phone using the file here. This file, as far as I know, should only work with the Wildfire S Virgin Mobile USA CDMA model A510C as this is the phone the file was downloaded from.

Thank you for the file, but I couldn't flash it. What might work though, if you are willing is, if you have rooted your phone, to make a cwm backup and upload that here. From there I should be able to recover and then factory wipe my phone. But thank you anyways for the file. I will keep kicking until the phone doesn't boot.

How are you planning on restoring from backup if the phone doesn't even boot?
Sorry, I'm new to this...

thesnaz said:
How are you planning on restoring from backup if the phone doesn't even boot?
Sorry, I'm new to this...
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from the recovery, by holding down the vol down button and power button. then select recovery.
also, im in the same boat as OP haha

Okay. I managed to boot my phone and am able to send/receive texts. The rom I used? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1367701] It seems to work pretty well. However, I would still like to have the original rom if someone could still upload it.

VM USA Stock Clockwork Backup
Well, I don't know much about stuff like this, but here is my clockwork mod recovery backup. It's just the stock VM USA w/HTC Sense. I have realized that I deleted the bloatware, so that's the only thing that isn't 100% stock. Hope it helps.
*Unzip the file before placing on you sd card. (Contains the clockwork folder, which contains the backup folder,and then the folder that contains the backup itself.)*
**!! Disclaimer! Please run the activate application upon installing as when you call voicemail, it will call my number. !!**
http://www.mediafire.com/?le6b07dwr865017
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Wieland959 said:
Okay. I managed to boot my phone and am able to send/receive texts. The rom I used? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1367701] It seems to work pretty well. However, I would still like to have the original rom if someone could still upload it.
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Is this a good rom? I'm looking for some senseless roms that will work with our version of the WFS. will you post if you are able to go back to the Stock Virgin backup that I have posted? Also how much memory is on the rom that you posted?

With the a2sd enabled, you get 150 to 175. It's nice.
Sent from my HTC_A510c

BigChillin said:
With the a2sd enabled, you get 150 to 175. It's nice.
Sent from my HTC_A510c
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Can I easily switch back to the stock rom via my backup? How do I install it. Sorry that i'm such a newbie. xD

BigChillin said:
With the a2sd enabled, you get 150 to 175. It's nice.
Sent from my HTC_A510c
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I tried it and found my phone only had 75mb of internal storage available!!! Weird!!
Nevermind I figured out the problem. Ok. Just one question is there anyway I can get the nice clock back from the stock ROM?

Is anybody else having mms issues with the experimental ROM?

brandonhun said:
Can I easily switch back to the stock rom via my backup? How do I install it. Sorry that i'm such a newbie. xD
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Thanks for the backup! It worked perfect for me!
would you mind if i posted the link on another forum? i know of a couple people looking for a backup aswell.
You should be able to switch back with the recovery no problem. Correct me if I'm wrong, but to install boot into recovery, install from SD, select specific, and select the zip of the rom. Also, I don't have my phone on me so the wording might be a little different.
MMS is a known issue with the rom from what I've read. I don't have it installed personally.

@brandonhun, Thank you so much. You're a life saver. As far as the rom goes, it still have sense on it and there are tons of MMS errors. So just wait and eventually something will pop up.

Wieland959 said:
@brandonhun, Thank you so much. You're a life saver. As far as the rom goes, it still have sense on it and there are tons of MMS errors. So just wait and eventually something will pop up.
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Just a heads up wieland, when you get a voice mail and you try to check it from the notifications make sure it's your number, because I ended up giving brandonhun a call. Going through the activation app and rebooting fixed the problem.

djsquiggly said:
Thanks for the backup! It worked perfect for me!
would you mind if i posted the link on another forum? i know of a couple people looking for a backup aswell.
You should be able to switch back with the recovery no problem. Correct me if I'm wrong, but to install boot into recovery, install from SD, select specific, and select the zip of the rom. Also, I don't have my phone on me so the wording might be a little different.
MMS is a known issue with the rom from what I've read. I don't have it installed personally.
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You can post it wherever you want. I'm glad I could help a couple of you!

ScottPomroy said:
Ok. Just one question is there anyway I can get the nice clock back from the stock ROM?
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I haven't done this ROM change but if its the stock HTC Sense go to personalize and get HTC widgets (perhaps its get more HTC widgets) and you should find an update to the clock widget. That should give you the original clock plus a bunch more new ones.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalkd

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Wieland959 said:
@brandonhun, Thank you so much. You're a life saver. As far as the rom goes, it still have sense on it and there are tons of MMS errors. So just wait and eventually something will pop up.
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Guess what just popped out of the Betty Crocker oven? As close as I could get to stock. Enjoy.
Rob

[REQ] & My 1st Day with GT-N7105 (UK)

*Edit: request on Page two*
Hi all,
So today was my first full day with my new device an Orange Note 2 LTE (GT-N7105).
The device is locked to Orange, has the usual Samsung bloatware and the EEsim app.
So I started today with mini battery test, from a 100% charge I dropped 18% in 3 hours with 2 hours screen on time.
- Not a vigorous test by any means but suggest that this device does is not inferior battery wise to the N7100 model. (NO LTE active during test)
I then moved onto rooting, I used the following link and successfully rooted with no problems. READ EVERY WORD OF THE FIRST POST AT LEAST.
-http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/samsung-user-group-136/n7105-root-custom-rom-flashing-tutorial-r-d-stage-3942841.html
I then installed custom recovery using the name guide in the above link.
- Recovery installed fine and did a nandroid (which I later deleted by mistake )
I then checked and my device status showed as modified, and my counter was at 2.
I then flashed a custom kernel with init.d support., again with no issues.
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927852
I then installed the sdexternal2sdinternal mod and it worked perfectly.
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I then wanted to see if I could undo everything.
I flashed this firmware through odin, you extract the file from the zip and place it in PDA (If this cause you any loss in anyway it is not my fault this is not a guide of what to do just info so people know what's what in principal.)
- http://www.hotfile.com/dl/176688736/5947a01/N7105XXALIJ_N7105OLBALIB_MM1.zip.html
My device booted fine, and still had all it's data, I checked my device status and it said (what ever it says when it's not modified lol), but my counter in download mode showed 3 counts. I hadn't expected to see unmodified status with counter > 0 but apparently that counter doesn't affect that dialogue box. I checked for OTA but none showed, I went to recocvery and wiped data and cache, rebooted, clicked OTA and it found and downloaded. I could not find where it downloaded this file and it insisted on reminding me at least every 3 hours I had to update.
- So now I was on stock firmware, no root, device status unmodified, OTA worked, the phone still locked to orange.
I re-rooted again, flashed CWM as before, wiped data and this time when I booted I got a load of singTel bloatware - I'm not sure why this either didn't appear before or why I hadn't see it. Anyway, I flashed the kernel again and the sd mod and it all work. I used titanium to remove all the extra bloatware. Downloaded a few games with large file sizes, then installed to the removable card and played absolutely fine.
Finally I used Triangle away to reset the counter just to make sure that worked, and it did.
What's next:
Well there are no custom roms for the n7105 at the moment, not even stock roms with root, deoxed, etc, etc, BUT there is someone working on a patch to make n7100 roms work. At the moment flashing an n7100 custom rom on the n7105 will work but no modem activity at all (no network, wifi, data, etc etc) They tried using the n7105 modem on the n7100 but it didn't work, they're working on it but it is harder than they expected. I'll link this later.
Network unlock - the galaxsim unlock app (free from market) is work on the n7100 (apparently) but not on any of the many LTE variants. The dev is working on it, but the way the network lock is store is completely different (at least file names and locations are that's as far my expertise goes I'm afraid) it looks promising though especially if the US handset are different in the same way as ours.
So to recap, the orange (EE) handset can have:
Root
Custom recovery,
A complete SD card for SD internal swap

I'm glad I read your thread, you've done everything I wanted to do to my 7105 but havent been brave enough to try being a noob. Is there anyway you could check the call recording mod works on the 7105 as well before i try it.
Many Thanks from a nervous noob

Glad I could help.
Got a link to the appropriate thread for call recording? Is it an Omega mod?
Sent from my GT-N7105 using xda app-developers app

I dont own an N7105 but if you post a deodexed SecPhone.apk maybe i can enable recording for you guys. No promises though.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

Nice write up! To unlock your phone use play store app called "unlock your phone safe & fast" its by unlockunit. They only list n7100 but it still worked on my n7105

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1944795 is the link for the call recording mod, its for the stock 7100 so should work on the 7105 but I'm not sure I'm compitant enough to fix my phone if it doesnt lol

This mod crash the phone.
Sent from my GT-N7105 using Tapatalk 2

Thank you for trying hopefuly one of the devs will look at it for us. Hope it hasnt caused you too much inconvience

Er just spent an hour getting my phone running again. Nandroid got saved to internal then got wiped! Bed now.
Sent from my GT-N7105 using xda app-developers app

Hope they can come up with custom ROMs soon. This phone is fine on Stock but we can always use some modding!

If anyone can nandroid a stock uk ee locked rom I'd be much obliged if you'd upload it for me.
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In .tar format would be amazing. Id be really grateful to anyone who could help!
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I'm very much hoping the N7105 will be thoroughly dissected, and hackable by the time I get one when it's possible to buy one off contract in the UK.
thanks for posting all the useful information so far
Paul

does it have DC HSPA+ 42 the N7105 model

What speeds you getting on LTE and where about's in country are you?

Yes the n7105 has DC H+ 42
In not using lte and don't intend to.
Three all the way!
Sent from my GT-N7105 using xda app-developers app

Thanks for sharing this to us.
My first day was not as sucessfull as yours lol
I do have a I have a samsung galaxy note 2 im in UK in t-mobile... JRO03C.N7105XXALIJ
but i used the toolkit2 v2.0 to root that was for another build I choosed 1 build JR03C ALIE (teh noob)
my note is rooted, CWM etc etc and stuff but i have no signal no imei ... :silly:
a fellow xda user told me to try chainfire root method...
it roots my phone but not signal, no imei etc...
do you think that i can try to flash that kernel that you mention to see my babe back to life?
( Kernel-N7105XXALIJ-CWM.zip )
Im also downloading the STOCK firmware that you mention in hotfile to try latter..
any help, would be much appreciated
using odin to flash the stock rom did the trick i got signal back !!!!
thanks!!

Glad it's solved. Flashing stock definitely the right solution. Chainfire auto root from the original Dev thread is the wtg
For anyone else who reads this, if you run intob trouble don't flash pit files or re-partition unless a trusted expert tells you to do so. Use pm and be patient.
I'll try to update op later, will attempt a deoxed rooted stock rom for cwm at the weekend if only the Chinese one still exists, just a play thing tho nothing more.
Sent from my GT-N7105 using xda app-developers app

lol in my noob super excited moment
I wrote the wrong stuff, no need to flash the rom (and wait for hours to download)
the official kernel was enough hehehe
Thanks for you post i was able to get in track, and now that I know i just need to be patient to flash other rom until we get something
cheers!
EmptyArea said:
Glad it's solved. Flashing stock definitely the right solution. Chainfire auto root from the original Dev thread is the wtg
For anyone else who reads this, if you run intob trouble don't flash pit files or re-partition unless a trusted expert tells you to do so. Use pm and be patient.
I'll try to update op later, will attempt a deoxed rooted stock rom for cwm at the weekend if only the Chinese one still exists, just a play thing tho nothing more.
Sent from my GT-N7105 using xda app-developers app
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EmptyArea said:
*Edit: request on Page two*
Hi all,
So today was my first full day with my new device an Orange Note 2 LTE (GT-N7105).
The device is locked to Orange, has the usual Samsung bloatware and the EEsim app.
So I started today with mini battery test, from a 100% charge I dropped 18% in 3 hours with 2 hours screen on time.
- Not a vigorous test by any means but suggest that this device does is not inferior battery wise to the N7100 model. (NO LTE active during test)
I then moved onto rooting, I used the following link and successfully rooted with no problems. READ EVERY WORD OF THE FIRST POST AT LEAST.
-http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/samsung-user-group-136/n7105-root-custom-rom-flashing-tutorial-r-d-stage-3942841.html
I then installed custom recovery using the name guide in the above link.
- Recovery installed fine and did a nandroid (which I later deleted by mistake )
I then checked and my device status showed as modified, and my counter was at 2.
I then flashed a custom kernel with init.d support., again with no issues.
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927852
I then installed the sdexternal2sdinternal mod and it worked perfectly.
-
I then wanted to see if I could undo everything.
I flashed this firmware through odin, you extract the file from the zip and place it in PDA (If this cause you any loss in anyway it is not my fault this is not a guide of what to do just info so people know what's what in principal.)
- http://www.hotfile.com/dl/176688736/5947a01/N7105XXALIJ_N7105OLBALIB_MM1.zip.html
My device booted fine, and still had all it's data, I checked my device status and it said (what ever it says when it's not modified lol), but my counter in download mode showed 3 counts. I hadn't expected to see unmodified status with counter > 0 but apparently that counter doesn't affect that dialogue box. I checked for OTA but none showed, I went to recocvery and wiped data and cache, rebooted, clicked OTA and it found and downloaded. I could not find where it downloaded this file and it insisted on reminding me at least every 3 hours I had to update.
- So now I was on stock firmware, no root, device status unmodified, OTA worked, the phone still locked to orange.
I re-rooted again, flashed CWM as before, wiped data and this time when I booted I got a load of singTel bloatware - I'm not sure why this either didn't appear before or why I hadn't see it. Anyway, I flashed the kernel again and the sd mod and it all work. I used titanium to remove all the extra bloatware. Downloaded a few games with large file sizes, then installed to the removable card and played absolutely fine.
Finally I used Triangle away to reset the counter just to make sure that worked, and it did.
What's next:
Well there are no custom roms for the n7105 at the moment, not even stock roms with root, deoxed, etc, etc, BUT there is someone working on a patch to make n7100 roms work. At the moment flashing an n7100 custom rom on the n7105 will work but no modem activity at all (no network, wifi, data, etc etc) They tried using the n7105 modem on the n7100 but it didn't work, they're working on it but it is harder than they expected. I'll link this later.
Network unlock - the galaxsim unlock app (free from market) is work on the n7100 (apparently) but not on any of the many LTE variants. The dev is working on it, but the way the network lock is store is completely different (at least file names and locations are that's as far my expertise goes I'm afraid) it looks promising though especially if the US handset are different in the same way as ours.
So to recap, the orange (EE) handset can have:
Root
Custom recovery,
A complete SD card for SD internal swap
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I was hoping you would talk more about what you think of the device and what the overall performance is like?

[Q] New to Android/S3. Bought Unlocked S3 and have a few questions about Cyanogenmod

Hi All,
Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask these questions. Please let me know if I should move the thread.
Backstory: I bought an unlocked S3 off of craigslist last weekend. I bought a SIM card adapter so my nano-sim from my iPhone 5 will work in the S3. I really love the phone, minus a few issues. I can't get LTE to work, and the battery seems to be pretty bad as it's constantly searching and dropping my 3g cell signal.
It's running Android 4.2.2 via Cyanogenmod. All I know is that this is not the standard Touchwiz OS that ships with the S3 from samsung, and is a variant of the standard 4.2.2 OS from Google.
Questions:
1. Is my lack of LTE due to the OS? Someone recommended to me that I should put the phone back to the stock Touchwiz OS (via Mobile Odin), which would enable the LTE. Think that's the case? Or is this an issue with my Nano SIM and AT&T account?
2. Using this Cyanogen 4.2.2, I don't get any onscreen notifications when I get a text, email or calendar alert. My friends with stock S3's and Notes all get these types of notifications. Am I missing something with Cyanogen 4.2.2 or should I try to go back to Touchwiz?
3. If I were to go back to touchwiz, I was told I could just download it onto my S3 sim card and install/load it via Mobile Odin. Is this the case? This is my first time working with Android phones, so it's all greek to me for now. If I switch to stock Touchwiz, will I lose all of my aps and configurations and have to re-set it up? What other cool things would I be losing?
I really do love this phone and would love to stick with it over my iPhone 5. The lack of LTE, good battery life (probably can be improved with tweaks) and onscreen notifications are making it tough for me to make this my daily driver.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated!!

what is the model number of your device? i747, i9300, etc.
without getting too technical at the moment, you're running a nightly release (not always stable) of an operating system. it was probably flashed on your device half-a** and you are experiencing bugs because of these 2 things. the thing about buying a used phone that is rooted running a custom rom is, you dont have a clue about its history. how things were run/setup/installed, etc. not a deal breaker, as i bought mine used, just have to consider starting over with it from square A in order to get and keep it running properly.
before you start changing/flashing anything, i would browse the forum and begin reading up. the more you know, the smoother and safer everything will go for you

xBeerdroiDx said:
what is the model number of your device? i747, i9300, etc.
without getting too technical at the moment, you're running a nightly release (not always stable) of an operating system. it was probably flashed on your device half-a** and you are experiencing bugs because of these 2 things.
before you start changing/flashing anything, i would browse the forum and begin reading up. the more you know, the smoother and safer everything will go for you
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Model # is SGH-i747.
CyanogenMod version: 10.1-20130304-NIGHTLY-d2ATT
Build date: 3/4 2013
So the build is slightly out of date. Any recommendations on what I should do? Download the latest version? Buy MobilOdin and re-install touchwiz?
Thanks!

diggity said:
Model # is SGH-i747.
CyanogenMod version: 10.1-20130304-NIGHTLY-d2ATT
Build date: 3/4 2013
So the build is slightly out of date. Any recommendations on what I should do? Download the latest version? Buy MobilOdin and re-install touchwiz?
Thanks!
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in my opinion, i would start over. thats just me, though. you might not want to download and setup everything again, though. if you do opt to reset, decide if you want to continue using a custom ROM or stock Samsung Touchwiz. in either case, you wont need to purchase anything. do you have a PC?

xBeerdroiDx said:
in my opinion, i would start over. thats just me, though. you might not want to download and setup everything again, though. if you do opt to reset, decide if you want to continue using a custom ROM or stock Samsung Touchwiz. in either case, you wont need to purchase anything. do you have a PC?
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Nope I have a Mac, although I do have access to a PC at work if needbe though. When you mean start over, what do you mean? Sorry, gotta talk to me like I'm a 5yr old here for a bit. I'm not too versed or experienced with Android and development. I've been in the iOS world since 07.

diggity said:
Nope I have a Mac, although I do have access to a PC at work if needbe though. When you mean start over, what do you mean? Sorry, gotta talk to me like I'm a 5yr old here for a bit. I'm not too versed or experienced with Android and development. I've been in the iOS world since 07.
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by start over i mean wipe the phone and install an OS. but only once you're sure of what you're doing.

xBeerdroiDx said:
by start over i mean wipe the phone and install an OS. but only once you're sure of what you're doing.
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Would that remove the unlock?
How do I do that? What do install instead? Touchwiz or newest Cyanogenmod? If so, where do I get the latest/greatest of either?
Thanks!!

diggity said:
Would that remove the unlock?
How do I do that? What do install instead? Touchwiz or newest Cyanogenmod? If so, where do I get the latest/greatest of either?
Thanks!!
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is this an at&t S3 on tmobile?
you shouldn't lose sim lock when you flash ROMs/firmware. did you get the unlock code from the seller, in the event you ever do have an issue where you need it?

xBeerdroiDx said:
is this an at&t S3 on tmobile?
you shouldn't lose sim lock when you flash ROMs/firmware. did you get the unlock code from the seller, in the event you ever do have an issue where you need it?
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It's an AT&T S3 on AT&T (using my iphone 5 nanosim). I guess I didnt need to buy it unlocked, but that's what I got off of craigslist. I did not get the unlock code from the seller, but I could probably still get that from them easily.

diggity said:
It's an AT&T S3 on AT&T (using my iphone 5 nanosim). I guess I didnt need to buy it unlocked, but that's what I got off of craigslist. I did not get the unlock code from the seller, but I could probably still get that from them easily.
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Read the thread in the development section about how to root without flashing trip counter. It tells you where to download Odin, what file to download and flash, and how to do it. Can get you back on a stock touchwiz ROM (+ root) in no time!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747

phositadc said:
Read the thread in the development section about how to root without flashing trip counter. It tells you where to download Odin, what file to download and flash, and how to do it. Can get you back on a stock touchwiz ROM (+ root) in no time!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
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Great thanks! I'll give it a shot! You think getting back to stock touchwiz will fix my LTE, battery and notificaiton issues?
Thank you for all your help!

diggity said:
Great thanks! I'll give it a shot! You think getting back to stock touchwiz will fix my LTE, battery and notificaiton issues?
Thank you for all your help!
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i think that returning to stock is the best way to get started on fixing these issues, whether you decide to stay on it or continue on to flashing something else.
here's the link to the stock firmware download: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390212717148635192
here's the link to Odin: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390275921635705049
here's a video i would recommend watching first: http://youtu.be/hqDW--uUX_8
Part 1: Backup and Wipe
Boot into recovery (vol up + home + power. release power button when device vibrates)
Go to backup and restore (use Volume Up / Down buttons in CWM).
Select Backup (power button in CWM).
After backup, go back to main screen and select Wipe data/factory reset
Select Wipe Cache
Select Advanced and Wipe Dalvik Cache
Part 2: Install stock firmware and Wipe
Extract the root66_xxx_.tar.md5 from the .7z file you downloaded.
Use Odin, put phone into download mode [with phone off, hold vol. down + home + power ], connect to computer and open Odin.
once in odin click the PDA field and select the root66_xxx_.tar.md5 you downloaded.
Leave F. Reset Time checked.
click start
When you get a PASS, unplug the phone and pull the battery. wait a second, replace and immediately go into recovery (vol up + home + power. release the power button at vibrate)
Select wipe data and wipe cache again.
Reboot and you're good to go

diggity said:
Great thanks! I'll give it a shot! You think getting back to stock touchwiz will fix my LTE, battery and notificaiton issues?
Thank you for all your help!
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I agree with the above poster, returning to stock using the described method should fix your problems then you can decide if you want to stay stock or flash another ROM.
I think you should stay stock for at least a few days to get a general sense of how things should work, that way when you flash custom ROMs you will have a better idea what is broken and what is just typical android behavior.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747

phositadc said:
I think you should stay stock for at least a few days to get a general sense of how things should work, that way when you flash custom ROMs you will have a better idea what is broken and what is just typical android behavior.
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agreed. as a matter of fact, stay stock for a week. the first 48 hours will really be just letting the software settle in. dont judge battery performance based off those first 2 or 3 days. let it get up and running.

Check your APN see if they are correct
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hey let me ask you a stoopid question do you have some kinda case that has metal on the back on that phone,i ordered one of those battery covers that was like a metallic silver thats around the edges of the phone the white one anyway,and for the life of me i couldnt figure out why i wasnt gettin gps it was that cover,some of the cases that have metal on them or the battery back replacements that i had stay away form,but anyway pull your cover off and see if you lock u can also tighten up the screw under the cover

[Q] Newbie questions

Hi all.
My first post here and a couple of questions.
Per instructions found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2195283 , I was able to root my phone using TWRP and odin.
The phone works fine but many of the apps are missing (maps, youtube etc). I was able to download the maps 6.14 apk and install it, but the gps takes forever to lock now. Is there a s2 specific app that was somehow wiped out by the rooting process?
Also, the stock browser is set to full screen, but when typing in the address, the address bars flickers on and off and I can only see the google search suggestions untill I press the keyboard again. Im using stock samsung keyboard.
Don't know if it's normal, but the phone doesn't pull my contacs from the sim card before or after root. I used to have HTC Mytouch from T-mobile and the names and phone numbers all came up as soon as I insterted the sim card into that phone when I bought it 2 years ago.
Thank you.
Sorry forgot to add.
The phone is ( was?) stock JB 4.1.2 (t-mobile) and the only thing I did was root it.

The only thing I can think of is to re flash the stock ROM in Odin. Then redo installing recovery. I followed roughly the path to root you described and didn't have any problems.
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tronmech said:
The only thing I can think of is to re flash the stock ROM in Odin. Then redo installing recovery. I followed roughly the path to root you described and didn't have any problems.
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Thanks for the suggestion.
Do you know if the settings and data will be wiped out if I try to reinstall ? I dont have a spare phone I would hate to lose the apps and the texts and etc.

Well, if you have twrp, install it first and make a backup that INCLUDES the preload partition as well as data, system, cache, etc. Then you don't need to worry. But odining stock job over stock job should be harmless since it won't overwrite data -- just be sure repartition isn't checked
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Well, unrooted, rerooted, wiped clean, reinstalled stock 4.1.2 and nothing ...
The gps is crap with all the .conf files tried. And no matter what, once I install SU , the damn apps disappear after reboot. Plus considering that it's a 1.5mhz processor, its slower than my old HTS 1.2mhz Mytouch and even 1mhz ZTE warp. Probably gonna send it back. Too bad, since I like the screen a lot.

You're missing apps can be redownloaded from the play store. As for your GPS problem, download and follow the instructions to install AGPS from this thread and you should be fine.
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iburnhearts said:
You're missing apps can be redownloaded from the play store. As for your GPS problem, download and follow the instructions to install AGPS from this thread and you should be fine.
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Thanks , but I already tried that.
As for the apps, it's really not a big deals, but the fact that the SU app makes them disappear is a bit of a concern. , plus the fact that gps works like crap even after the patch and several new gps.conf files , make this phone an overpriced and kinda overhyped toy. Frankly one shouldnt be looking at patches and fixes on a phone this "good". If an old ZTE and Htc work without a hitch, then this thing is about $150 too expensive for what it is.
And for the life of I cant understand why wouldnt sucksung put a damn led light on the case to alert the user of missed calls or texts instead of us having to resort to the nolite and such..
Thank you for all the help though).Thank you though for the help.

cyclefan said:
Hi all.
My first post here and a couple of questions.
Per instructions found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2195283 , I was able to root my phone using TWRP and odin.
The phone works fine but many of the apps are missing (maps, youtube etc). I was able to download the maps 6.14 apk and install it, but the gps takes forever to lock now. Is there a s2 specific app that was somehow wiped out by the rooting process?
Also, the stock browser is set to full screen, but when typing in the address, the address bars flickers on and off and I can only see the google search suggestions untill I press the keyboard again. Im using stock samsung keyboard.
Don't know if it's normal, but the phone doesn't pull my contacs from the sim card before or after root. I used to have HTC Mytouch from T-mobile and the names and phone numbers all came up as soon as I insterted the sim card into that phone when I bought it 2 years ago.
Thank you.
Sorry forgot to add.
The phone is ( was?) stock JB 4.1.2 (t-mobile) and the only thing I did was root it.
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Make Sure you Flash it Correctly.. Since you have TWRP Flash other Rom of your preferences and then DO THE CORRECT Wipes!.

Dennisalex said:
Make Sure you Flash it Correctly.. Since you have TWRP Flash other Rom of your preferences and then DO THE CORRECT Wipes!.
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Appreciate the advice.
But Ive done that already. The gps ,when it does finally lock, takes forever. Regardless of the .conf files. And no matter what, after SU gets installed and the phones is restarted some apps are simply gone.

Instead of stock ROM I would give you the suggestion of trying out cyanogen mod since imo its actually much better everything wise over stock ROM
Give it a whirl and tell us what u think
See if the probs went away
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[Q] sprint note 2 sph-l900 network info erased from phone..NO PHONE CALLS!!!HELP

NO matter what Rom I put on after this happens there is no network,,wireless works fine and so does the roms. Right after I rommed the ASOP latest nightly I called to make sure it was working fine and it was..Let ggogle put all my applications on and update them and went to bed,..When I woke up there was no network...So i used recovery and used 3 or 4 of my backups but none of them solved the network problem. I opened up backups to see if there was a file missing and I cant find any...Im willing to send some $ if someone can help me. By the way this has happened 3 times before but all sprint guys do is get me another phone and Im afraid thats going to be stopping soon..I just need to find out why this is happening so it doesnt happen again..thanks

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NO matter what Rom I put on after this happens there is no network,,wireless works fine and so does the roms. Right after I rommed the ASOP latest nightly I called to make sure it was working fine and it was..Let ggogle put all my applications on and update them and went to bed,..When I woke up there was no network...So i used recovery and used 3 or 4 of my backups but none of them solved the network problem. I opened up backups to see if there was a file missing and I cant find any...Im willing to send some $ if someone can help me. By the way this has happened 3 times before but all sprint guys do is get me another phone and Im afraid thats going to be stopping soon..I just need to find out why this is happening so it doesnt happen again..thanks
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Sounds like a problem i had before. It is your baseband version. To fix you need to flash a stock/ish rom. In dialer do ##786# it will reset everything. Once you perform hands free activation you should be back up and running. After that make sure you flash a good mc2 baseband. After that you should be fine.
Quick question. You are on sprint and only flashing roms for the sprint phone? I have this happen when working on a couple ports from other note 2 variants.
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jlmancuso said:
Sounds like a problem i had before. It is your baseband version. To fix you need to flash a stock/ish rom. In dialer do ##786# it will reset everything. Once you perform hands free activation you should be back up and running. After that make sure you flash a good mc2 baseband. After that you should be fine.
Quick question. You are on sprint and only flashing roms for the sprint phone? I have this happen when working on a couple ports from other note 2 variants.
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yes only l900 roms on my sprint phone..Last time it was macksrom 5.0 it happened on....I dont think it has anything to do with the flashing or which rom it is some application i have put on from the play store thats causing it..Im a noobie here so please bear with me..Last time this happened I flashed a stock l900 rom and did the reset thing you are talking about but it wouldnt go through..can you be more specific about the rom and what/how this baseband is installed..Ive beed using phils recovery but im familliar with the odin method..what line do you put it on the odin 3.07???

I will get on pc later and do you a full writeup with links.
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Steps to hopefully fix your issues. Read through and download and copy all links to external sdcard before starting.
1. Perform a backup of everything (rom, internal sdcard)
2. Flash this twrp file from your current recovery http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/t0ltespr/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-t0ltespr.img
3. Under reboot options choose reboot recovery
4. Now in twrp choose wipe/format and select data, system, cache, and internal scard (/data/media)
5. Go back and select the data wipe option then type yes
6. When done go to reboot menu and reboot recovery
7. Now install Billards back to stock mc2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769 but do not reboot and do not wipe anything
8. Now install this to gain root (do not use twrp's root option) http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1584076&d=1356201390
9. Now you can reboot. The red light will come on and phone will display weird stuff then reboot.
10. Now it will take some time to boot but you will be on stock mc2 with everything updated to latest mc2 setting.
11. Dial ##786# phone will reboot
12. Dial ##"your msl"# and change both number sets to 10 0's once done phone will reboot
13. Do Hands free activation. If that does not work dial *228 and let that run if phone does not reboot reboot it yourself.
Now if everything went according to plan you should now have full service. Since this updated everything to factory stock mc2 you will need to install a custom recovery again. Also the mc2 baseband provided with the rom has always been stable to for me. Since I am flashed to cricket I had to reflash the phone everytime this happened to me but thankfully I flash it myself so it was easy.

Bad1nfluence said:
NO matter what Rom I put on after this happens there is no network,,wireless works fine and so does the roms. Right after I rommed the ASOP latest nightly I called to make sure it was working fine and it was..Let ggogle put all my applications on and update them and went to bed,..When I woke up there was no network...So i used recovery and used 3 or 4 of my backups but none of them solved the network problem. I opened up backups to see if there was a file missing and I cant find any...Im willing to send some $ if someone can help me. By the way this has happened 3 times before but all sprint guys do is get me another phone and Im afraid thats going to be stopping soon..I just need to find out why this is happening so it doesnt happen again..thanks
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If the method above doesn't work do you happen to have a backup of your nv items or your efs partitions?
Sent from my SPH-L900. Please hit the thanks button if I helped you out!

so I did everything you said got to the##786# amd did not reboot ..it said view and / on RTN page? I rebooted myself but thats where Im at. What is the next number is that my phone #? MSL? hope im still hangin in there....thanks

Bad1nfluence said:
so I did everything you said got to the##786# amd did not reboot ..it said view and / on RTN page? I rebooted myself but thats where Im at. What is the next number is that my phone #? MSL? hope im still hangin in there....thanks
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IM sorry i dont know what the ?partions backup is...I did the nan, backup and the Note 2 toolbox backups does that help?

Bad1nfluence said:
IM sorry i dont know what the ?partions backup is...I did the nan, backup and the Note 2 toolbox backups does that help?
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ok got my sprint msl number put it in and nothing happens?????? Sorry about before should have used the search engine,,,my bad..HELP
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You did ##yourmsl# and changed both numbers to 0000000000? Then did hands-free action?
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OK:cyclops: did everything again just exactly as prescribed when i dialed the ##786# it does not reboot but go to a page that says rtn on top with 2 options view or reset...that's where I'm at ...I rebooted myself and did the ##157680# which is my msl # and it does nothing. So I pushed reset and a screen says enter msl # and i did ..nothing then I put in 0000000000 and nothing happens..this is where I'm at...thanks for your help I appreciate all

Try the hands free activation if that does not work try *228.
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Bad1nfluence said:
NO matter what Rom I put on after this happens there is no network,,wireless works fine and so does the roms. Right after I rommed the ASOP latest nightly I called to make sure it was working fine and it was..Let ggogle put all my applications on and update them and went to bed,..When I woke up there was no network...So i used recovery and used 3 or 4 of my backups but none of them solved the network problem. I opened up backups to see if there was a file missing and I cant find any...Im willing to send some $ if someone can help me. By the way this has happened 3 times before but all sprint guys do is get me another phone and Im afraid thats going to be stopping soon..I just need to find out why this is happening so it doesnt happen again..thanks
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/40v32udrggnqm7z/SPR_GN2_Config.zip
This may help I believe it sets your partitions right. This is for 4.1.2 MC2.
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Its got to be something simple that Im doing wrong...the screen that it goes to says view and reset...when I push reset it wants the msl number but no matter what I put in it does nothing..no reboot or anything..please help..thanks

jlmancuso said:
Try the hands free activation if that does not work try *228.
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just says no mobile network when I put in *228...................... just did update over wi-fi now it doesnt work or stay on

Bad1nfluence said:
just says no mobile network when I put in *228...................... just did update over wi-fi now it doesnt work or stay on
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Do have IMEI under about phone/status? Does it display your number or anything?
Sounds like you need to Odin flash a stock firmware with tz, param and modem..With a pit file so it flashes to the correct partition..
I'm on Verizon and this happened to me..lost everything under status..I flashed what I stated above and it fixed everything. .
If that doesn't work flash your KIES image and after re root and unlock your phone:thumbup:
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lacoursiere18 said:
Do have IMEI under about phone/status? Does it display your number or anything?
Sounds like you need to Odin flash a stock firmware with tz, param and modem..With a pit file so it flashes to the correct partition..
I'm on Verizon and this happened to me..lost everything under status..I flashed what I stated above and it fixed everything. .
If that doesn't work flash your KIES image and after re root and unlock your phone:thumbup:
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Network-unknown..... network type-unknown .....service state-out of sevice..... username-not available...... mobile network state-disconnected....my phone numer-unknown ..........prl version-unknown........... meid-unknown ...............iccid-unknown anyway what is tz, param..Ive went to stock and back 20 times know Im almost going to hook a capaciter up to it and give it a good shock so I can tack it back...again,,Im a my wits end ..How bout I send you 100 dollars and my phone you fix it and explain how exactly you did it so if it happens again I can bring it back like you did..im running out of time and options

Bad1nfluence said:
Network-unknown..... network type-unknown .....service state-out of sevice..... username-not available...... mobile network state-disconnected....my phone numer-unknown ..........prl version-unknown........... meid-unknown ...............iccid-unknown anyway what is tz, param..Ive went to stock and back 20 times know Im almost going to hook a capaciter up to it and give it a good shock so I can tack it back...again,,Im a my wits end ..How bout I send you 100 dollars and my phone you fix it and explain how exactly you did it so if it happens again I can bring it back like you did..im running out of time and options
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Go for it.. PM me..I have another solution for you as well
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Bad1nfluence said:
Its got to be something simple that Im doing wrong...the screen that it goes to says view and reset...when I push reset it wants the msl number but no matter what I put in it does nothing..no reboot or anything..please help..thanks
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Did you try and flash the zip I posted? It sets your carrier partitions! It is for the Sprint Galaxy Note 2...I've used it...it works. Just saying it couldn't hurt to try.
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What about flashing the mk4 rom of your choice, then flash the newest mk4 modem..? I have the file if needed. Works great!

rosystreasures said:
What about flashing the mk4 rom of your choice, then flash the newest mk4 modem..? I have the file if needed. Works great!
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the phone is only 2 week old with the latest kit-kat installed from them..I think I read somewhere that if you go backwards to and older rom like mk2 it screws the phone up because of the knox??? anyway yes I flashed it but honestly Ive done so many things ,so many times,,,every modem, mk2, mk4, rooted , unrooted , different recovery...I even got the note 2 toolkit updated donated version...nothing is working,perhaps the order in which i do these things may be off but when the phone is supposed to reboot it doesnt , when its supposed to show a number it doesnt..actually the more I do to it the worse it gets..It will go into recovery and odin mode, but some of the things that were sure fire arent even working...Yes as long as still have the phone i would try it can you send me a link for those files..thanks