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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gabriel_ro:
Hi

I have recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100P locked on Orange France.

I have tried to unlock it using th nv_data method.

What I did was to modify the nv_data.bin file and put FFs @ offset 0x180049.

But apparently it didn't work since it still says network lock.

I have compared with several nv_data files from this forum (original and patched) reported to work and I have seen that the number of non FFs is larger in my file

For example in a file on this forum I find these bytes @ offset 0x180049:

32 33 34 33 30 23 32 33 34 33 31 23 FF FF FF FF FF FF

While in my file I have:

32 30 38 30 31 23 33 34 30 30 31 23 36 34 37 30 30 23

I am attaching the file here maybe someone can figure it out.

Furthermore in my /efs directory there is another hidded .nv_data.bak that is different from my original nv_data.bin What is with that file ?

Thanks
[Epic 4G General] latinoboi30:
www.sprint.com

Anyone getting this one or are u waiting for the HTC Evo LTE?
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
i think the EVO lte is better..
[Epic 4G General] latinoboi30:
I thought so, I been sitting on an upgrade for a while but just wants sure which route to go. I'm leaning towards the EVO though.
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
yeah its just newer and faster. Build quality is great, and although it isn't samoled+, S-LCD is a step in the right direction

**But S3 will be revealed on May 3.. wondering what those specs will be like :) :)
[Epic 4G General] CapsLockKey:
Samsung supposed to announce the next Galaxy S phone May 3rd. Nexus is old news at this point to me.
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
Gnex>Htc evo... guess you guys didn't learn about the og evo... htc sucks... sorry but I'm sticking to samsung phones... too bad I don't have the cash yet to slam down on that pre-order :'(.
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
gnex is already outdated compared to htc evo lte, in every aspect besides the screen as samoled+ > S-LCD. and the htc evo has a great dev community..
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
Mediocre community... you ever seen some of their roms? No thanks =\ for what its worth this is all a matter of opinion so I wouldn't take this personally...
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
Its all opinion gnex has updates evo has superior next Gen hardware

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[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
lol i know what you mean but they have tons of options.. miui v4 is updated weekly. That is really all I need..

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i agree.. software can always be updated, not so much the hardware. Rather have superior hardware if I'm paying the same price...
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
I can see what you mean but this phone is better than the og evo and it has tons of options as well...I'm with iSaint. The gnex has google support and has pretty decent hardware specs. Besides its omap ... more openess and all newer versions of android are being built on this platform. But the evo has a faster cpu which is said to be faster or as fast as the quadcores. I'm still choosing the gnex and will love every minute of it until next year when I get another early upgrade :P.
[Epic 4G General] pvtjoker42:
really wish there was a version of the gnex with a hw keyboard.. then i'd be gladly forking over my money.. as it is, unless my epic dies unexpectedly, there won't be any motivation to switch phones just yet..

On a side note, I didn't know i was up for a renewal until i looked at the gnex pre-order, apparently I am.. good to know.. :)
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
I know... I'm going to miss my hw keyboard SEVERLY but... that juicy 4.65 hd display should be sufficient for me =]. Ill get the s4 when that gets rumoured :P.
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
I think anyone who doesn't wait for the dust to settle and see what the Galaxy S III will be like may be having blue balls and gambling with their upgrade ;-) I'm sure the Evo LTE will be a fine phone but think about how awesome the GSIII LTE (aka Epic LTE?) could be, and Sprint's version might just have a keyboard too, and be as slim as the newest Droid.
[Epic 4G General] worldwidepmp:
I'm gonna wait until LTE gets deployed in my area, I believe it's slated for the fall so WiMax will do for me until then.
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
Going to preorder it now, yes there are going to be more announcements fir different phones but the specs on yue galaxy Nexus are good enough for me plus 2 years of upgrades and tons of development I don't think I will care about other phones

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] rocket321:
You have until 5/22 to activate with the $50 Google wallet credit, I will definitely wait until 5/3 to see what GSIII will bring to the table.

Well I guess I have until September before my contract is up anyway, but if I were looking to upgrade now I would at least see what Samsung will bring to the next-gen party.
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
Well apparently my upgrade line was an air card so I will be getting it in a month :( still I don't care if new stuff comes out a nexus for 2 years sounds amazing :)

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] TexasLTE:
Just got my text message from Sprint this morning regarding this .... I have 1 line already eligible for upgrade , but I'm holding out 'til later this year when "better" phones should be released ( mythical beast with KB / Epic LTE ? )
[Epic 4G General] Vizzo:
I'd rather have the gnex and be the first to taste Jelly Bean before anyone else gets updated. Not to mention having a solid development community, as Nexus devices usually do. If I'm to wait for a device I'd be waiting on the next Nexus, forget everything else. Don't care what has the best hardware. I care what's got good enough hardware for me, works, has good software and gauranteed updates, and a good dev community.
[Epic 4G General] Killasmoke:
I'm going to wait to see what the Galaxy S3 has I know spec wise its going to be the best now if they can give you an option to disable Touch Wiz then its 100% I'm getting the S3 but if you can't & Samsung doesn't at lease give use more Ram like 2gb then its Galaxy Nexus!!! I had the epic 4g gave it to my mom got the nexus s & like it better so its hard once you go Nexus its hard to get something else
[Epic 4G General] pvtjoker42:
Yeah, i get by just fine with wimax currently, and CO doesn't show up on the LTE rollout plan just yet, so i'll be waiting as well.

We can only hope! :cool:
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
The problem with keep waiting for phones is that there is no garantee it is going to come out first for sprint or in a timely manner, i am going to have the GNEX for 2 years with tons of development and it has better specs then my epic only thing missing is the keyboard but having the latest and greatest software for 2 years will make it awesome. By the time i am eligible for another upgrade i will wait until the nexus after the next nexus :p

Nexus= Pure google with timely updates with not bloat from samsung,htc or sprint!!! and huge development

Whats not to like especially when you have to sign a 2 year contract to get the discounts. :rolleyes:

If we just keep waiting for new technology we might just wait every 4-6 months and it will be always be outdated :rolleyes:
[Epic 4G General] DCRocks:
I was giving real thought to the Nexus, but think I will pass

Not even looking at HTC phones, got burned (IMO) on the original EVO

That said, the Nexus has a few features lacking that are a big deal to me

1) HW KB - not sure I will get a chance to have another HW KB phone, but I am holding out hope

2) No removable SD card slot. This is a deal breaker for me, and a MAJOR one. It is not a matter of space, but the ability to swap the card between devices, such as my phone, camera, tablet, etc. I love being able to use by Nikon, removed the sd card, place into my Epic, editing, cropping, and uploading to the net, where I would have to wait until I got a computer to do it otherwise. I have other things as well, when going on a trip, may have a SD card of movies, SD card of music, SD card of games, etc, all of which I lose w/o a SD card slot.

3) CM9 - While the Nexus certainly will get ICS, I already have CM9, and while I am sure devs will whip up something quick, the Epic community has really taken off, and I am not sure of how much of a jump to the Nexus will occur, more so with the SG3 on the horizon

4) The Nexus name does not mean fast updates like it used to. Heck, My Epic has ICS via CM9 a while before the original Nexus received the official update to ICS, and its damm near the same phone.
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
1. I honestly don't use the hardware keyboard as much as i thought i would, on screen gingerbread and ICS keyboard are my most frequent

2. Yes the lack of sd card slot is annoying however copying the sd card from my epic to the computer is not that bad

3. CM9 for the epic has annoying issues where as if there is official ICS on galaxy nexus means less bugs and a lot more roms

4. I don't know what to say here...
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
Lol the nexus s is a junky phone compared to the new ones... thus why it got its update so slow. Also cm9 is nice but there are still flaws... and on the gnex there are none at all. No offence to the devs I appreciate their work but regardless of their hard work there might always be bugs for cm9 on this phone with that said gnex is mah phone and I can haz it if I want it =]. Besides what does it matter how long it took to get it.. it GOT it and that's more than we can say. Google + samsung = best phone available. Pure opinions but you can see my point.
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
And since u are going over to it I can use one of your themes :p

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] ProDriver77:
I'm waiting on a couple of things:

1. LTE to be deployed in my area.

2. To see what phones come up at that point. I'd also prefer a HW KB, but if there's enough screen "real estate" I can probably overlook that.

As for HTC.....HELL NO! After 3 HTC WinMo phones, and the absolute P.I.T.A. (in comparison to my Epic) it was to get my buddy's OG EVO rooted, I've had enough of them!

Also, the AMOLED screen, along with a nicer form factor, has kept me in the Samsung game.
[Epic 4G General] SilverZero:
Umm . . . what? My Evo has been a rock since I got it on launch day. Maybe because we're in a Samsung forum here, but if you go to the Evo forum you'll find plenty of users who will say the exact opposite of what you wrote - i.e. HTC > Samsung.

I'm only going off my own experience, but it's been a great one, and the dev community is both large and has longevity for HTC phones.
[Epic 4G General] othan1:
That's cool that y'all are informing people about this.

I'm actually seriously considering just dumping Sprint altogether. They are no longer any better than the others.

I have four lines and will be dropping each one as the contract expires. I'll probably just go with a pay as you go service that doesn't sell the iPhone (which Sprint's release coincided with the degradation of their network IMO).
[Epic 4G General] stevie13.xo:
I think Google should have their own phone service.. for some reason I'd think it'd be fast
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
Thats funny because my brother... an owner of said phone... has said time and time again its a P.O.S and he runs into too many problems with it. He's stated over and over... "I should have gotten the same phone as you." Not trying to incite rage here but lets face it Samsung > HTC.... development wise. Id have to give HTC recognition for their build quality but their software sucks bog water... Whats even more hilarious is the fact theres a thread on your forum that asks whats your next phone and most of them say "I'm waiting for the S3..."
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
Agree with above I have had 2 htc windows phone and always had problems with stuff breaking I have had my epic for just about 2 year since launch and I still live it and not getting rid of it ever!! Its going to my gf so I will still be around this forum,

Samsung has better processors, screens and hardware and throw in nexus in that equation and you have bomb ass google aosp :p I don't mine touchwiz on my epic as a couple of stuff I use from it like the calculator,task manager but **** the launcher I am always going to use launcher pro :)

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] latinoboi30:
So after reading all the replies here, I have to ask......

What is better to get between these 2 phones, the Gnex or HTC LTE phone?
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
If you want pure google and timely updates and the latest and greatest software for 2 years get the galaxy nexus if u want probably a little slower updates and htc bloat get the evo lte

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
To be completely unbiased.. im completely jealous of that Snapdragon4... but its only at 1.5ghz... whats 300mhz... when you can overclock. If the S4 is anything like the original they put in the og evo then OC'ing isnt going to be rock solid. The screen is only a super LCD ... which isnt comparable to the Samoled. Its only .05 inches bigger. Same 720p resolution, has a 8mpx camera... which is an improvement over the Gnex. But we have a 5mpx and its better than the OG evos 8mpx FWIW. If you want a pure android experience then get the nexus. If you want an overlay android then get the HTC. Hardware has to go to the HTC just barely... but development for the Gnex is uncomparable.
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
Seriously barely not worth htc bloat and no timely updates If u don't want yye galaxy nexus just wait and wait for the next new phone that evo seems like a lame upgrade

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
-bloatware can easily be removed via root and proper apps

-latest updates can be obtained via root and xda

-benchmarks: htc one x (which is the exact same as htc evo lte) vs gnex

http://www.droid-life.com/2012/04/09/benchmarks-htc-one-x-vs-galaxy-nexus/
[Epic 4G General] mis3:
Similar answer. Sprint's network where I need it has degraded a ton in the past few months. I will wait until LTE launches (I'm in Dallas). If I still can't even get 3g coverage, need to switch away from the 'non-network', likely to at&t.
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
Yes I know but not the framework plus htc has always giving me problems in the past and pure google=better IMO

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
i hear your reasoning.. but I find it hard to pay for last year technology.
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
All technology is going to be last 6 months technology With that having the latest software on a plenty fast phone is worth it since I have to keep it for 2 year contract

Technology moves to fast to keep up and not waiting nearly as long for official updates and going to have jelly bean before any other phone seems worth it

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
Since when do benchmarks mean anything? You cant compare that phone benchmark wise... its a given the HTC beats the gnex in preformance. Still a matter of opinion... i still think the Gnex beats the HTC overall.
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
your right they don't mean anything but just an idea for people wondering performance between the two..

-- Both phones run Android 4.0. The Galaxy Nexus uses a stock build, while the EVO 4G LTE adds HTC's Sense 4.0 user experience. I'd call the software experience more or less even, and it depends on user preferences as to which is truly better.

-- Both also have 4.7-inch 1280 x 720p HD displays, though the Gnex uses AMOLED and the EVO uses an s-LCD. Both devices are nearly identical in size, though the EVO is 0.43 ounces lighter and just a hair thinner.

-- The Gnex has an older 1.2-GHz TI OMAP4460 powerplant inside, whereas the EVO has a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core 1.5-GHz processor. The S4 includes the LTE components, which help to increase efficiency. Qualcomm's chip, in this case, is far superior to the TI one.

-- The Gnex's camera rates 5 megapixels--and it kind of stinks. Nearly every review of the Gnex lambasted the phone's poor camera, which produces mixed results. The EVO, on the other hand, has an excellent camera. It's aided by a separate processor, which speeds up the picture-taking powers of the device. It also has 8 megapixels. Both devices capture 1080p HD video.

-- If you use price as the main decision factor, the at-the-register price for both phones is $199.99. Sure, Google is tossing in $50 worth of credits to further entice users to pick the Galaxy Nexus, but I think the HTC EVO 4G LTE warrants the higher (final) price. It's a better device in most respects.

Iphone 4s = 326 ppi

HTC Evo lte = 315 ppi

Galaxy Nexus = 314 ppi

source
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
Have u seen all the roms and customizations you can do with the nexus just go look in the cdma development so many choices and so many mods and all roms are stable

This right here is a huge advantage to get the galaxy nexus or any nexus device, I wont be jelly of any new phones or tue new evo once I get my nexus and customize the **** out of it !

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
most of those roms (cm9, codename android, aokp, miui v4) will also come on htc evo lte. Just give a month or so after evo's release, you'll see the same. But to each his own!

Galaxy Nexus is an amazing phone, and I was very close to ditching Sprint and going to verizon for the phone, but evo lte looking very nice.
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
So ur getting evo then..

Cool and yes I am sure it will split the epic community up, some may go for galaxy nexus some may go for evolution others will wait, I am getting the nexus cause of the development and updates as well its better then my epic and has tv out!!!

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
Lol thread was a good read :p
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
Damn straight it was a good read and i got 3 thanks out of it :p:p
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
Yea, BTW

Gnex ****s on everything in the near future :p
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
AMEN!! u getting one?:confused:
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
No, lol Processor on the Epic touch is better along with camera

and Im happy with cm9 on it and a 4000 mah external battery charger ;)

just not worth 200 right now for me, but it definitely stands it's ground with the new Evo.

Plus its pure Google

Im at-least going to wait on the SGS3 announcement although I doubt it will be mind blowing
[Epic 4G General] xboxfanj:
Not the same. Different processors. American one is dual core to support lte
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
ya see i didn't get the epic touch as i was waiting for this :p

Also

Silly Evo, Development is for Nexus

LOL
[Epic 4G General] lepapirriky:
What about the GS3? It looks very tempting but of course it'll take forever to come to america. I just wish whatever phone comes includes a new battery technology because all these processors are eating this old tech batteries :S
[Epic 4G General] FailDeadly:
I am 45 days away from my upgrade. I have a Epic 4G which has been a POS from day 1. GPS has never worked properly, seldom updated, 4G radio sleeps in the middle of browsing, and the phone now requires resets every 12 hours (otherwise it'll shut down on its own at a random time after). Reinstalling the OS does nothing. It's never been rooted because it always errored out when I attempted to. After is crashed and corrupted my SD card in January, I was ready to toss it. But I decided to wait until something worthwhile came out...

Called Sprint today and asked them, nicely, if I could get my upgrade pushed up so I can get the Nexus. They told me $45 to "buy" my upgrade. I politely informed them my ETF was $50, and Verizon is offering the phone for $80...where's my incentive to stay with Sprint? I also informed them that when I signed up, they were offering upgrades every year (w/ my corporate discount). They told me it didn't make it a difference. I spelled out that I would save $70 outright if I just went to Verizon and they said I would have to be patient with them and there was nothing they could do. Absolutely amazing. Last time I checked, Sprint wasn't in any position to be losing customers. Wish I jumped ship back when the Nexus first came out and saved myself all the trouble the Epics been.
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
You said jailbroken your whole argument is invalid. And the epic 4g is a powerhorse.. you were just poorly informed, sorry. Also you had only one point that the gps didnt work... which theres a fix for. You dont reinstall the OS you restore the ROM which is different... You need to learn a few things :) just saying.... FWIW.
[Epic 4G General] austin420:
id say user error.

or just ask for help. youve got 3 posts and one of them is *****ing. ask a question and maybe you would recieve some help.

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it wasnt the phone. it was the bootleg 32gig card you bought, g.
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
I'm getting the nexus that comes after the s3.
[Epic 4G General] jbadboy2007:
You need to check those specs. The evo 4g lte snapdragon s4 krait 1.5ghz dual core is the same processor in the htc sensation xe that's outdated. Htc :thumbdown:
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Also, since when did a pos get better dev support than the Google developer phone?
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
The evo from 2 years ago does not have stable ics, the nexus one does. The Epic does not have amazing roms released super quick due to samsuck putting crazy files everywhere. The nexus s does not have that. The nexus also is fully open source so roms will be 100% stable all of the time.
[Epic 4G General] DrKaotica:
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/...in-network-visionlte-in-the-2nd-half-of-2012/

welp, Minnesota is getting LTE in round two.. that might seal the deal for me with the Gnex.. im slightly worried about being stuck with only 3g for awhile tho, good lord the speeds are bad here

unfortunately, i cant pre-order since im on an advantage plan..
[Epic 4G General] SpicyBurrito:
It's tempting. Although so is the HTC EVO LTE 4G PHONE FROM SPRINT™.

I'd like to see what the Galaxy III offers before I decide. My upgrade isn't till July 1st.
[Epic 4G General] DrKaotica:
Btw marcusant are you getting a nexus? That honestly weighs in my decision haha.. you're one of the best devs on here imo.. all your stuff works great for me... (running aokp/nyan at the moment)
[Epic 4G General] a2tz:
Gnex looks pretty sweet....but so does the evo lte.....but really I want a damn keyboard. I also "want to upgrade to the latest and greatest" but I can oc my epic if I need...and my screen STILL kicks ass...and...I have that keyboard to use whenever I get fed up with an on screen keyboard being slow.

Wife has an epic touch, and its a very nice phone, but nothing I see on any of these really trumps my kb. Lte in my are MIGHT be the only thing....but I bet there is a kb phone with in the time I get lte here. (2 hours west of kc).
[Epic 4G General] Shinydude100:
To be honest guys, I want to let you all in on my point of view.

#1 Don't get tunnel-visioned. (This phone has better specs) isn't a valid argument. What good are "superior" specs right now with an evo when Samsung releases a newer phone that beats those specs? You'll be upset if you're deciding on just specs.

#2 We will all eventually part ways on phones. Some of you honestly are "done" with keyboard phones, so don't dwell on another keyboard phone if this is you. Some of you guys WANT another keyboard phone, you may as well keep rocking that Epic, if it works, why change? Especially with CM9 running.

#3 Remember what Companies are best in your Area, if Sprint is the worst, WHAT are you doing still looking to Sprint phones unless you're going to reprogram it? Get what best suits your area, and to your liking.

#4 Don't worry too much about who's going to be there on your next phone, as long as you're happy with your purchase, that is what matters in the end.