Hello, I've been getting EDGE only for the past 2 weeks. Today I checked and my IMEI # is 0. How do I fix that?
Please help!
Thank you guys
Androiduser96 said:
Hello, I've been getting EDGE only for the past 2 weeks. Today I checked and my IMEI # is 0. How do I fix that?
Please help!
Thank you guys
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Odin back to stock and then reflash your ROM. Backup your internal sdcard before, Odin to stock wipes it.
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rani9990 said:
Odin back to stock and then reflash your ROM. Backup your internal sdcard before, Odin to stock wipes it.
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I will try that!
Still IMEI number is 0... ugh.
Androiduser96 said:
Still IMEI number is 0... ugh.
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ugh is right. damn it.
sorry i didn't see this sooner.... sometimes simply rebooting your phone will fix it... it is probably lost indefinitely now. shouldn't have odined the device with it not showing your IMEI, that was bad advice.
in your spot right now, and somebody please jump in here and correct me if i am wrong, i know of no way to fix it. sorry buddy
cobraboy85 said:
ugh is right. damn it.
sorry i didn't see this sooner.... sometimes simply rebooting your phone will fix it... it is probably lost indefinitely now. shouldn't have odined the device with it not showing your IMEI, that was bad advice.
in your spot right now, and somebody please jump in here and correct me if i am wrong, i know of no way to fix it. sorry buddy
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I know there is way to restore it I just don't know how.
Androiduser96 said:
I know there is way to restore it I just don't know how.
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yeah there is, but you have to have a backup of your original IMEI... which i assume you do not have. there is a thread about this issue in the dev section, and toolkit to back up your IMEI
just out of pure curiosity, what recovery are you using?
Nope, I do not have a backup.
Just search in the development section for imei recovery and there is one to get it back even without a backup. Might be issues with you not actually getting 4g again but this way you can return it back to complete stock.
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Will do. Hope I get 4G.. that was my main purpose on T-Mo.
mt3g said:
Just search in the development section for imei recovery and there is one to get it back even without a backup. Might be issues with you not actually getting 4g again but this way you can return it back to complete stock.
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really? wow, well that is good news for him. i was under the impression that once it was gone it cannot be retrieved again.
@OP, i'll dig up the thread right now for you... standby
EDIT>>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804123&highlight=imei
cobraboy85 said:
really? wow, well that is good news for him. i was under the impression that once it was gone it cannot be retrieved again.
@OP, i'll dig up the thread right now for you... standby
EDIT>>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804123&highlight=imei
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Thanks a lot for your help and the quick reply dude. Greatly appreciated! I did get back my IMEI.
Checking if its right.... stand by... YUP! it is correct. Now, im going to try and get my 4G back.. my main purpose.
Do any of you guys know how to restore 4G?
had the same problem, restored IMEI but still no 4G, luckily was able to still exchange the phone within the 2 week period... good luck
HtownImports said:
had the same problem, restored IMEI but still no 4G, luckily was able to still exchange the phone within the 2 week period... good luck
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most of the phone will cover under warranty for the 1st year.
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How did both of you get your IMEI erased?
Reading this post makes me want to back up my IMEI now.
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flashing without following the instructions
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That's not true. Very experienced android flashers have lost theirs, it's a fluke within the recovery and flashing a rom or modem anything being flashed has been reported to make it being lost. Only thing is I think TRWP hasn't been reported to cause it being lost. Anywho... back it up.
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Unless the s3s in diff batches are really different.
Has to be sloppy flashing. Jumping to jellybean without wiping data or using superwipe from the Hercules or something.
I've tried losing my imei.
I can't do it.
I had 3 s3s in my hand tonight. Posted with 2
Maybe using cwm from a different phone besides Sprint?
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There is a huge thread about the matter with a Google docs spread sheet with some good info deep in the threads somewhere.
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UPDATE 7/29/2012 : PEOPLEARMY HAS FOUND A WAY TO BACK UP, RESTORE, OR INJECT YOUR IMEI! BELOW I WILL PASTE A LINK. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO NOW HAVE A SOLUTION! PLEASE BE SURE TO THANK PEOPLEARMY, AND MOST OF ALL, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DONATE TO HIM, AS HE HAS SAVED MANT PEOPLE FROM WARRANTY EXCHANGES, BRICKED DEVICES, AND MILD HEART ATTACKS!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
UPDATE 7/30/2012: IT APPEARS THAT USER "GEEK", WHO PLAYED A LARGE ROLE IN PEOPLEARMYS IMEI SOLUTION, HAS NOW WRAPPED UP THE BACK UP PROCESS INTO A VERY SIMPLE AND EASY TO USE TOOL THAT ONLY REQUIRES FREEWARE! BELOW YOU WILL FIND A LINK TO GEEKS TOOL & EASY TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ACCOMPANIED BY A VIDEO DEMONSTRATION! PEOPLEARMY HAS SUGGESTED THAT HE BELIEVES IT WOULD BE BEST IF YOU WERE TO CREATE THE BACK UP USING BOTH METHODS. PLEASE BE SURE TO THANK GEEK WHEN YOU VISIT HIS "IMEI TOOL THREAD", AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IF YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO DONATE THEN PLEASE DO. WITHOUT THE HARD WORK OF BOTH OF THESE USERS, MANY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE LOST THEIR VERY EXPENSIVE GS3'S!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804123
Can u not just backup the EFS folder from the roother or not?
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laylovj said:
Can u not just backup the EFS folder from the roother or not?
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No, that's not even working for people!
Powered by the SGSIII
laylovj said:
Can u not just backup the EFS folder from the roother or not?
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No that doesn't work anymore.
I highly recommend you all read this thread & pass it on to other users! Maybe someone will post it in the Tmo development section also, but I wasn't sure if it was the proper place? This is a huge risk, and I don't want to see anyone else lose their phone, especially those without insurance!
androholic said:
I highly recommend you all read this thread & pass it on to other users! Maybe someone will post it in the Tmo development section also, but I wasn't sure if it was the proper place? This is a huge risk, and I don't want to see anyone else lose their phone, especially those without insurance!
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Really? I flash anything I want with zero issues regarding the imei. Rocking along on Tmo. Maybe you should mention the carrier you are using in the op. The thread you linked is an att thread.
jcbofkc said:
Really? I flash anything I want with zero issues regarding the imei. Rocking along on Tmo. Maybe you should mention the carrier you are using in the op. The thread you linked is an att thread.
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It's not just AT&T , a couple T-MOBILE users are experiencing the same
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I just read this thread.. now im scared. i just flashed 2 different roms and a new kernel.
Will a previous nandroid restore it if the imei gets removed?
Does this affect sprint GS3 owner??
circuit.007 said:
I just read this thread.. now im scared. i just flashed 2 different roms and a new kernel.
Will a previous nandroid restore it if the imei gets removed?
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No
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mmmajor said:
Does this affect sprint GS3 owner??
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Not known, but just assume so until proven otherwise.
what is the effect of not having the imei on the phone? why is it a big deal?
Is this IMEI disappearance a first for android phones?
Lieu10ant said:
what is the effect of not having the imei on the phone? why is it a big deal?
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Your IMEI is your phone's ID number to the network. No IMEI = goodbye connectivity to ATT/Tmobile/etc. Your phone just lost it's 2g/3g/4g capabilities. In the world of Apple, it's like your iphone turning into an ipod touch.
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what is the effect of not having the imei on the phone? why is it a big deal?
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kite edit: That was cute - let's keep that kind of talk to ourselves, eh?
more bluntly, a phone without an IMEI won't get served a signal by AT&T, as posted earlier by someone else if you had read the topic. And what's a phone without a data OR voice connection.
potentdro said:
Is this IMEI disappearance a first for android phones?
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No, Samsung phones from way back have had a history of corruption of the EFS partition/file/whatever.
This happened to me with my captivate a few years ago the only way to fix it was to send it to Samsung for a factory firmware reflash.
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niezek said:
This happened to me with my captivate a few years ago the only way to fix it was to send it to Samsung for a factory firmware reflash.
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I'm going to hold off doing anything with this phone until we know what causes it or at least have a verified way to get it back.
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A user replied in my thread about jellybean that he flashed the jb gapps and lost his imei. Maybe it depends what recovery you have?
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circuit.007 said:
I just read this thread.. now im scared. i just flashed 2 different roms and a new kernel.
Will a previous nandroid restore it if the imei gets removed?
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NO a nandroid restore has been proven unsuccessful, and I don't want to scare anyone, I want ppl to be informed! I myself have chosen not to flash anything else until more is discovered, but that's just my choice & I'm not as advanced as many users here on XDA.
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Does this affect sprint GS3 owner??
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I've been to at least a half dozen hacker sites trying to locate ppl with the issue, and I've not yet discovered a sprint, or Verizon phone suffering from this issue, only gsm models . But, I can't promise it won't happen, but I would assume it doesn't affect you.
UPDATE 7/29/2012 : PEOPLEARMY HAS FOUND A WAY TO BACK UP, RESTORE, OR INJECT YOUR IMEI! BELOW I WILL PASTE A LINK. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO NOW HAVE A SOLUTION! PLEASE BE SURE TO THANK PEOPLEARMY, AND MOST OF ALL, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DONATE TO HIM, AS HE HAS SAVED MANT PEOPLE FROM WARRANTY EXCHANGES, BRICKED DEVICES, AND MILD HEART ATTACKS!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
UPDATE 7/30/2012: IT APPEARS THAT USER "GEEK", WHO PLAYED A LARGE ROLE IN PEOPLEARMYS IMEI SOLUTION, HAS NOW WRAPPED UP THE BACK UP PROCESS INTO A VERY SIMPLE AND EASY TO USE TOOL THAT ONLY REQUIRES FREEWARE! BELOW YOU WILL FIND A LINK TO GEEKS TOOL & EASY TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ACCOMPANIED BY A VIDEO DEMONSTRATION! PEOPLEARMY HAS SUGGESTED THAT HE BELIEVES IT WOULD BE BEST IF YOU WERE TO CREATE THE BACK UP USING BOTH METHODS. PLEASE BE SURE TO THANK GEEK WHEN YOU VISIT HIS "IMEI TOOL THREAD", AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IF YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO DONATE THEN PLEASE DO. WITHOUT THE HARD WORK OF BOTH OF THESE USERS, MANY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE LOST THEIR VERY EXPENSIVE GS3'S!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804123
Can u not just backup the EFS folder from the roother or not?
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laylovj said:
Can u not just backup the EFS folder from the roother or not?
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No, that's not even working for people!
Powered by the SGSIII
laylovj said:
Can u not just backup the EFS folder from the roother or not?
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No that doesn't work anymore.
I highly recommend you all read this thread & pass it on to other users! Maybe someone will post it in the Tmo development section also, but I wasn't sure if it was the proper place? This is a huge risk, and I don't want to see anyone else lose their phone, especially those without insurance!
androholic said:
I highly recommend you all read this thread & pass it on to other users! Maybe someone will post it in the Tmo development section also, but I wasn't sure if it was the proper place? This is a huge risk, and I don't want to see anyone else lose their phone, especially those without insurance!
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Really? I flash anything I want with zero issues regarding the imei. Rocking along on Tmo. Maybe you should mention the carrier you are using in the op. The thread you linked is an att thread.
jcbofkc said:
Really? I flash anything I want with zero issues regarding the imei. Rocking along on Tmo. Maybe you should mention the carrier you are using in the op. The thread you linked is an att thread.
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It's not just AT&T , a couple T-MOBILE users are experiencing the same
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I just read this thread.. now im scared. i just flashed 2 different roms and a new kernel.
Will a previous nandroid restore it if the imei gets removed?
Does this affect sprint GS3 owner??
circuit.007 said:
I just read this thread.. now im scared. i just flashed 2 different roms and a new kernel.
Will a previous nandroid restore it if the imei gets removed?
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No
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mmmajor said:
Does this affect sprint GS3 owner??
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Not known, but just assume so until proven otherwise.
what is the effect of not having the imei on the phone? why is it a big deal?
Is this IMEI disappearance a first for android phones?
Lieu10ant said:
what is the effect of not having the imei on the phone? why is it a big deal?
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Your IMEI is your phone's ID number to the network. No IMEI = goodbye connectivity to ATT/Tmobile/etc. Your phone just lost it's 2g/3g/4g capabilities. In the world of Apple, it's like your iphone turning into an ipod touch.
Lieu10ant said:
what is the effect of not having the imei on the phone? why is it a big deal?
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kite edit: That was cute - let's keep that kind of talk to ourselves, eh?
more bluntly, a phone without an IMEI won't get served a signal by AT&T, as posted earlier by someone else if you had read the topic. And what's a phone without a data OR voice connection.
potentdro said:
Is this IMEI disappearance a first for android phones?
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No, Samsung phones from way back have had a history of corruption of the EFS partition/file/whatever.
This happened to me with my captivate a few years ago the only way to fix it was to send it to Samsung for a factory firmware reflash.
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This happened to me with my captivate a few years ago the only way to fix it was to send it to Samsung for a factory firmware reflash.
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I'm going to hold off doing anything with this phone until we know what causes it or at least have a verified way to get it back.
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A user replied in my thread about jellybean that he flashed the jb gapps and lost his imei. Maybe it depends what recovery you have?
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circuit.007 said:
I just read this thread.. now im scared. i just flashed 2 different roms and a new kernel.
Will a previous nandroid restore it if the imei gets removed?
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NO a nandroid restore has been proven unsuccessful, and I don't want to scare anyone, I want ppl to be informed! I myself have chosen not to flash anything else until more is discovered, but that's just my choice & I'm not as advanced as many users here on XDA.
mmmajor said:
Does this affect sprint GS3 owner??
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I've been to at least a half dozen hacker sites trying to locate ppl with the issue, and I've not yet discovered a sprint, or Verizon phone suffering from this issue, only gsm models . But, I can't promise it won't happen, but I would assume it doesn't affect you.
So i managed to get my IMEI to 0, got it back with peaplearmy's guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997 but im still stuck on edge.
im trying to use his QCN generator but i keep getting "An error occurred while trying to generate the file" if anyone has had the same issue and got it solve please point me in the right direction. btw reason i posted this here is because i need at least 10 post to be able to post in the development section, will really appreciate any help.
Enter *#4636# in dialer. Go to device info and choose wcdma prefered or wcdma only.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Enter *#4636# in dialer. Go to device info and choose wcdma prefered or wcdma only.
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thanks but i already tried that, with "wcdma preferred" stays the same(on edge) and with "wcdma only" it shows not signal .
How did you lose your imei isn't it on the box
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s_snk3 said:
thanks but i already tried that, with "wcdma preferred" stays the same(on edge) and with "wcdma only" it shows not signal .
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Im guessing you are still rootedmaybe try factory reset.
Or Reflash your rom and see if that fixes.
Use twrp recovery. Noone has lost imei using it that im aware of. Everyone who did was using cwm.
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How did you lose your imei isn't it on the box
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Google, read, browse the dev forum. Trust me! It'd be a much better use of your time.
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bipoler said:
How did you lose your imei isn't it on the box
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i wish it was that simple, read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1801997 i suggest you make a backup before you find yourself in the same situation i am.
DocHoliday77 said:
Im guessing you are still rootedmaybe try factory reset.
Or Reflash your rom and see if that fixes.
Use twrp recovery. Noone has lost imei using it that im aware of. Everyone who did was using cwm.
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thanks, already did that, im back to stock but it didnt help. and yes after i fix this issue, i'll be using twrp. funny thing is that i was planning to switch from cwm today.and i didnt even flash anything when i lost my IMEI, was about to but i had to make a call so i just reboot out of cwm and that was all it took :/
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i wish it was that simple, read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1801997 i suggest you make a backup before you find yourself in the same situation i am.
thanks, already did that, im back to stock but it didnt help. and yes after i fix this issue, i'll be using twrp. funny thing is that i was planning to switch from cwm today.and i didnt even flash anything when i lost my IMEI, was about to but i had to make a call so i just reboot out of cwm and that was all it took :/
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Link doesn't work
Weird I just tried it and it worked..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
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@OP
Are you still stuck on edge? Maybe its bad timing and its actually an issue with tmobiles tower. And have you tried in a different area of town so your connected to a different tower?
This happened to me once and it was killing me for over a day before I called tmobile and they said the tower close to me had storm damage!
Have you tried all three available radios? Try flashing starting with the latest UVALH2 and working your way back to UVALG1 and UVALEM.
If its not on their end you may want to reinstall using odin or grab the update via kies if you haven't already. It'll rewrite the system which could fix it.
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@OP
Are you still stuck on edge? Maybe its bad timing and its actually an issue with tmobiles tower. And have you tried in a different area of town so your connected to a different tower?
This happened to me once and it was killing me for over a day before I called tmobile and they said the tower close to me had storm damage!
Have you tried all three available radios? Try flashing starting with the latest UVALH2 and working your way back to UVALG1 and UVALEM.
If its not on their end you may want to reinstall using odin or grab the update via kies if you haven't already. It'll rewrite the system which could fix it.
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yea still on edge, i went to work today so i dont think is on tmo side, i contacted peaplearmy and i hope he'll look into it.
i was on the update when i lost the IMEI and had H2 radio, now im back to stock with EM radio, but i will give a try to all 3 radios and the update again and see if that changes anything, thanks man.
No prob. Wish I could be more help. Will let you know if I think of anything else to try.
Good luck!
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Oh and earlier I said to start with the latest and work back. Might be better to try opposite first now that I think of it. Prob wouldn't matter, but you never know.
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No prob. Wish I could be more help. Will let you know if I think of anything else to try.
Good luck!
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Oh and earlier I said to start with the latest and work back. Might be better to try opposite first now that I think of it. Prob wouldn't matter, but you never know.
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i got good news, peaplearmy solve it XD , since i kept getting errors while trying to generate a QCN, he generated one for me and that solve it.. man what a relive, now im about to back everything up, root, twrp and all the good stuff, thanks again for your help man.
Right on! Glad you got it working again! Have fun with the rest of it!
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I'm actually stuck on this too was about to send it back to t-mobile what should I do? I restored the imei, tried the secret menu and back on stock, plus tried multiple radios. What was achieved to fix this?
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mykenyc said:
I'm actually stuck on this too was about to send it back to t-mobile what should I do? I restored the imei, tried the secret menu and back on stock, plus tried multiple radios. What was achieved to fix this?
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read the 1st 3 post on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997, specially the 3rd one, if that doesnt get you back on 4g, then contact the op of the thread(peaplearmy) he must likely will help you out.
s_snk3 said:
i got good news, peaplearmy solve it XD , since i kept getting errors while trying to generate a QCN, he generated one for me and that solve it.. man what a relive, now im about to back everything up, root, twrp and all the good stuff, thanks again for your help man.
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your on tmobile usa correct? mind sharing the QCN peoplearmy provided for you? i tried contacting him because im stuck on edge also and he hasnt replied back yet and i really want to get my phone off EDGE
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your on tmobile usa correct? mind sharing the QCN peoplearmy provided for you? i tried contacting him because im stuck on edge also and he hasnt replied back yet and i really want to get my phone off EDGE
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yes im on tmobile also, i dont think that would help you, i assume that would be phone specific but i'll send you the link thru pm.
same here. i have att, restored my imei and still stuck on edge...
I just fixed this problem... use this to restore ur imei.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1804123
Then use the peoplearmy data restore app to get ur 4g back
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Im going to root my phone tomorrow, but im curious if people are still losing imei's?
Any feedback is great. Thanks
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You can just back it up before you root your phone, but I haven't seen anything posted last couple days.
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You back it up before rooting? How would I go about doing this? Thanks
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Only thing I've really seen regarding the imei in the past few weeks are threads asking if its still a problem!
Imo, at this point its just not really worth worrying about.
It probably will happen again and probably will never really be solved, but we have the ability to backup and restore now and both cwm and twrp have since been updated.
Its just not as big an issue anymore as people seem to think.
Just how I see it anyway.
Don't let the imei bug ruin your fun!
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PulseMonkey said:
You back it up before rooting? How would I go about doing this? Thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804123
use that. i think this is the standard for backing up your IMEI. i just rooted today after holding off because of this issue. i havn't flashed anything yet but i have gone through most of the major ROM forums and nothing pertaining to the search term "IMEI" has popped up in the past few days besides just asking about it. I am still a tiny bit apprehensive on flashing just because of the potential issues and the fact that this phone works pretty well on its own. things were so much easier in the MT4G days ha.
There's also a thread by peoplearmy that should be linked in geeks thread as well.
If you're to nervous about what could happen, you should probably just skip rooting altogether. Not trying to be rude, but all things dealing with root come with risk. The number of imei losses is really quite low when you think about how many people have rooted dozens of times with no issues.
Id bet there have been more bricked S3's due to flashing international roms than there have been imei problems.
Just thought id try to add a little perspective!
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Hey would you mind linking the people army thread? I feel like rooting usually comes with risk but that risk is generally user error and a inability to read instructions or use common sense. This imei issue however is scary because no matter how careful you are it could get lost. I have even read about people after losing their imei and restoring it still not getting 4g
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
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PulseMonkey said:
Im going to root my phone tomorrow, but im curious if people are still losing imei's?
Any feedback is great. Thanks
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Yep ive lost mine for the first time its backed up but ive read and read and read and dont see how to use the tar.gz files. Any help would be cool. thanks
Rayn1328 said:
Yep ive lost mine for the first time its backed up but ive read and read and read and dont see how to use the tar.gz files. Any help would be cool. thanks
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Just follow the back up and restore guide if you were able to backup you can restore
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Jms122589 said:
Just follow the back up and restore guide if you were able to backup you can restore
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I've seen a ton of guides including the k tool which won't work on our T-Mobile version? My backup was done automatically when I flashed something else so now I have an efs backup file I can't figure out what to do with. Thought it was a simple flash through odin but that isn't the case it seems, and the nv viewer keeps not opening. Thanks again.
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Rayn1328 said:
I've seen a ton of guides including the k tool which won't work on our T-Mobile version? My backup was done automatically when I flashed something else so now I have an efs backup file I can't figure out what to do with. Thought it was a simple flash through odin but that isn't the case it seems, and the nv viewer keeps not opening. Thanks again.
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Ok, every thing on the t-mobile sgs3 xda thread should work for our phone...so if you try anything else I guess that's your fault. Also nothing backs up when you flash it you have to make a back up with your recovery. Also if you read any of the stickied guids before you rooted you would have known odin had nothing to do with imei.. you can PM me for more help
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PulseMonkey said:
Im going to root my phone tomorrow, but im curious if people are still losing imei's?
Any feedback is great. Thanks
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Definitely something to think about. I've read that even tho you can backup your imei, some of those that has restored, began having problems with extremely slow data service.
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Jms122589 said:
Ok, every thing on the t-mobile sgs3 xda thread should work for our phone...so if you try anything else I guess that's your fault. Also nothing backs up when you flash it you have to make a back up with your recovery. Also if you read any of the stickied guids before you rooted you would have known odin had nothing to do with imei.. you can PM me for more help
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OK....I understand what odin is I've been doing this stuff for a couple years so I also understand the importance of reading everything I can. I assumed since the efs file is a .tar file it was as simple as flashing it through odin. Again I will scour the site to find the right tools and procedure . I am looking at the correct file its an efs backup .tar.gz file? Thanks again and is there one specific link that is a proven working guide?
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Rayn1328 said:
OK....I understand what odin is I've been doing this stuff for a couple years so I also understand the importance of reading everything I can. I assumed since the efs file is a .tar file it was as simple as flashing it through odin. Again I will scour the site to find the right tools and procedure . I am looking at the correct file its an efs backup .tar.gz file? Thanks again and is there one specific link that is a proven working guide?
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Yea this imei stuff can be confusing but for guides how to back up and restore look at my post in the first page of this thread. Its a guide how to back up, restore, and create an imei ifn you didnt back up but lost it.
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Jms122589 said:
Yea this imei stuff can be confusing but for guides how to back up and restore look at my post in the first page of this thread. Its a guide how to back up, restore, and create an imei ifn you didnt back up but lost it.
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Has anyone, that has backed up with the su > reboot nvbackup, reported that they have lost their IMEI?
I just lost my IMEI and like an idiot I never backed it up. Is there a method for re-injecting it without a backup or am I screwed?
Check peoplearmy and geeks threads.
Check in dev section.
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PulseMonkey said:
Im going to root my phone tomorrow, but im curious if people are still losing imei's?
Any feedback is great. Thanks
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The problem came when i updated to CM, i noticed that i could not get 4G. After that, i searched online and read some problems about peoples IMEI being 0. Sure enough i had the same problem, so i followed this threads instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117 and managed to restore my IMEI(also flashed back to stock and phone is now unrooted). Now im stuck, i have searched online for hours for a solution to get my 4g back, but most threads are dead. Can someone give me some info for a solution to this problem im experiencing?
Phone: SGH T999 T-Mobile Galaxy S3
Check your pm's.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Check your pm's.
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Hi I'm having the same issue and hopefully you can help me.
I rooted my phone like two weeks ago. And installed CWM and CM 10.1 or something like that. Then I remember I updated the CM
And little by little I started loosing HSPA+ or something like that then loosing 3G and when I found out it was only working
EDGE. I went online and read something about imei 0. And in fact my imei had been lost
I was able to inject the imei (I didn't have a back up) but I'm still stuck on EDGE.
I've read I could flash a stock firmware but the only access to internet I have is from my phone
And I cannot download a 615MB file on edge. Please help.
I would like to be able to get 3G back.
megaener said:
Hi I'm having the same issue and hopefully you can help me.
I rooted my phone like two weeks ago. And installed CWM and CM 10.1 or something like that. Then I remember I updated the CM
And little by little I started loosing HSPA+ or something like that then loosing 3G and when I found out it was only working
EDGE. I went online and read something about imei 0. And in fact my imei had been lost
I was able to inject the imei (I didn't have a back up) but I'm still stuck on EDGE.
I've read I could flash a stock firmware but the only access to internet I have is from my phone
And I cannot download a 615MB file on edge. Please help.
I would like to be able to get 3G back.
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Check pm's
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DocHoliday77 said:
Check pm's
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hey, sorry to be a bother, but i've also had with the same issue as of Thursday. phone is stuck with only edge for data. I'd flashed a CM nightly on Thursday, didn't know my backup had been cleaned off my sd card, and lost all data connection. went back to stock firm, no imei, fixed that issue but still only 2g data. If you need any more info just say the word. Any help is appreciated :fingers-crossed:
I'm freaking out. I've spent the past 3 hours reading IMEI articles and I have no idea idea what I'm doing. I'm using CM10 and my IMEI is 0. I never backed up anything because I had no idea I needed to. I don't know what to do :crying:
kkramer3 said:
I'm freaking out. I've spent the past 3 hours reading IMEI articles and I have no idea idea what I'm doing. I'm using CM10 and my IMEI is 0. I never backed up anything because I had no idea I needed to. I don't know what to do :crying:
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Check.your PM's
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DocHoliday77 said:
Check.your PM's
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Hi. Same problem here.
Lost IMEI and then restored.
But now only 2G (E) works.
Checked lots of topics.
But nothinhg to find!
Any help about this?
Regards..
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DocHoliday77 said:
PM sent
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Hi Doc, can you PM me the fix as well. Thanks.
chupektong said:
Hi Doc, can you PM me the fix as well. Thanks.
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PM sent.
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---------- Post added at 01:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:58 PM ----------
For those who come across this thread in the future, just PM me. No need to post here first. Just tell me your device model, current Rom, and current status.
It's just a lot easier and quicker when I don't have to monitor multiple threads. Thanks!
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problem solved
Doc you're truly a lifesaver
Can you please send me fix as well
HazardousHank said:
Can you please send me fix as well
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Read 2 posts above yours
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serio22 said:
Read 2 posts above yours
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Yes I did PM him read it after.
helppppp
I lost my serial number it become 0's
and my imei number change to 004999010640000
and can't registered to network phone
out of service
ramezs said:
I lost my serial number it become 0's
and my imei number change to 004999010640000
and can't registered to network phone
out of service
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Check PM's.
For others who want to post here in the future, please just read several posts back.
Thx
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DocHoliday77 said:
Check your pm's.
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hey i need your help could you pm the fix
Please read my post directly above yours referring you to my other post several back.........
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DocHoliday77 said:
Please read my post directly above yours referring you to my other post several back.........
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Same situation here Can You PM how to repair 3g data for T999.
Thanks.