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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] markjrust:
New problem

Good news: I got it booted successfully into CM11 and it's running fine. I might try restoring a stock image later.

Bad new: Baseband Version/IMEI/ (the important bits) are all missing. I probably wiped them trying to get this thing running. Although I don't recall seeing any bars after doing a normal recovery factory reset.

Can you point me in the right direction on restoring my IMEI without a backup? Any successful tools or methods? (I couldn't/didn't make a backup before hand)

I'm sure you've come across this problem caused by people like me a few times. Oops :( :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
You need either a backup of your efs partition or a nandroid backup from when your IMEI was still there. Otherwise, I'm not aware of any way to restore it. Maybe someone else will have another idea.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] samersh72:
check factory folder with a root explorer.

it may that imei is not detected by rom but present.

reset device.

if not, flash all stock images, reset after,

if not, efs is corrupted.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] markjrust:
I don't have a backup of the efs partition or a nandroid. I started working on it from a almost non-booting state. Are there any generic IMEI or efs partitions methods I can apply?

No IMEI is shown when I typed the code in yesterday. I will flash stock images later and see where that gets me, but even when I first got it booted (it was locked/unrooted/all stock) it had no bars shown. I had performed a stock recovery factory reset, and unfortunately since then /factory got wiped in CWM... :/

Best guess is that this phone is shot.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
They really need to get rid of that wipe option in CWM... I see no useful purpose to have it in there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] samersh72:
oh.. you format factory folder with cwm!

you need a service center if you dont have factory (efs) backup
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] markjrust:
Say I go to a service center, what do I ask them to do? What do they have there to fix it?

Thanks for all the help too, everyone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jtl_777:
ADB push rom to sd card??? HELP

Hey all,

I accidentally wiped my system AND my internal SD so now I have no backups to restore from and no OS

BUT

I do still have custom recovery. Can I just adb push a file to the internal SD and flash thru TWRP instead of having to follow this guide exactly? Which ADB commands would I use and what directory should I put all the files in? Sorry if there's no way to do this but it just seems a lot easier than following the guide. Thanks guys!!!! Appreciate your help
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] samersh72:
boot into recovery, connect your phone, open cmd where the custom rom exists and type

adb devices
adb push name_of_rom.zip /data/media/
adb reboot recovery

or

adb devices
adb push name_of_rom.zip /sdcard/
adb reboot recovery

flash the rom
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bothgoodandbad:
amazing

this place is amazing, i feel like chicken tonight, no capitals and all. thanks for all the efforts of this community.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tansra:
Bootloader locks after reboot

Hi. First of all, thank you so much for this very detailed & easily understood guide. I just have a couple of questions (which may seem like silly questions but please go slow and be patient with me - I don't have a background in computers/smartphones):

1. After Step D (no. 2 - 3) (in the first post), which is the step where I unlock my bootloader and then rebooting via the command prompt (fastboot reboot-bootloader), the bootloader state returns to 'Locked'. Is this supposed to happen?

(Logically, it shouldn't happen, should it? As if I have to unlock the bootloader every single time, it will wipe my data, causing whatever image I flashed prior to that to be wiped as well?)

2. When my device is in bootloader mode, I can see information like the Bootloader Version (PRIMELA03) and Baseband Version (I9250xxLH1). But when I downloaded Factory images from the link given in the first post, I can't seem to get a .tgz file that contains these 2 image files (as in, I will get, for example, a bootloader version of PRIMELA03 and radio version of I9250xxLJ1). Is it possible for me to download 2 different Android versions/images from the link, and then select the bootloader version and radio version that I want when flashing?

Thanks in advance :good:

**Left out some information which may or may not be important:

- I bought my Galaxy Nexus from Malaysia, that's where I'm from. Not from the Playstore or anything.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
No, that should not happen. I've seen some other users mention that as well -- it could be a hardware problem.

Yes, you can download older .tgz files and flash whatever bootloader and/or radio you want. Or, there are also specific threads for radios and bootloaders that have all the radios and all the bootloaders that were ever released. You can find the links to those threads in the second post of this thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ptc075:
I think it's worth mentioning that the Developer Options menu is sometimes hidden by default. In order to un-hide it, go to Settings, About Phone, and scroll down to Build Number. Tap on Build Number a couple of times & the Developer Option menu will appear.

-Chris

*Edit* After logging in, I now see 187 pages of comments, rather than zero replies. I'll just assume this has already been posted somewhere as well. Strange that I have to be logged in to read other comments though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rajkn90:
None of the fastboot commands have any effect

Hi,

Just a little background: I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus and I had installed a custom ROM, 2 years back using Wug's toolkit. Everything was working fine until now.

Present: Phone started rebooting itself every 2 minutes. I booted my phone to safe mode to check if any third-party apps are the culprits, but even in safe mode, reboots happened. So, I thought of bringing it back to stock ROM using the procedure explained in this thread. Every step went smoothly as described. However, once I rebooted by phone, I noticed that nothing has been changed !!! It has previous ROM, all my data is present and even the bootloader version is still the old one (which I noticed after the whole procedure and the step 5 of part D hasn't done what its supposed to do).

Infact, I went ahead and formatted 'userdata' and 'system' partitions using 'fastboot format userdata' and 'fastboot format system' commands. Still no change. All the fastboot commands work and doesn't give any error when they run. Even the fastboot status on the phone display appropriate messages for all the commands.

My original reboot issue is of course still not resolved. I also noticed when the phone is working normally for 2 minutes before rebooting, I can't delete any photo/music. It seems like its deleting but after restart, everything is still present.

I am wondering if its an issue with reading from /writing to internal memory of the device. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] samersh72:
Dead emmc, nothing will stick
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rajkn90:
So, replacing the emmc chip is the only way left? Is that even possible?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] samersh72:
it is time to upgrade to a Nexus 5 :D

flash chip will cost as you are purchasing a used Nexus I9250
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wess786:
So when I finish step D I got a stock ROM on my phone along wthout root and the locked bootloader? I'm going to sell my Galaxy Nexus and was wondering if this was the easiest way to make it look like stock.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Natakranta:
Bootloader will remain unlocked until you perform cmd:

fastboot oem lock

This is the last step to get back to 100% stock state after you fastboot flashed all factory images.

Take into account that after locking bootloader fastboot flash command will no longer work. It works only with unlocked bootloader and unlocking bootloader with fastboot oem unlock does factory reset = erased all user data and media.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pilotn:
Great guide

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Shazb0t:
Awesome guide, thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AB256:
Awesome

Very helpful, great guide. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] m2kreturns:
help me please

Hello, I have a problem with my I9250, if you find my problem, you will make a happy and many else will have this problem, let me explain

On android 4.4.4 I had a problem generic imei 00499010640000, early this posed a problem for me, but not now because the network has returned, despite this imei.

Who try everything to find my IMEI, I am unfortunately back on android 4.0.4, and since not update to Jelly Bean or more, I've tried everything:

- Factory Image 4.1 4.2 4.3 with Google, with the fastboot command

- Distribution with pit files

- Replace the original fastboot the kernel, the recovery, the file radio

- Omap 4460 on windows xp success reflash with odin

But I see nothing to make the nexus logo Jelly Bean but will not start, even after 1 hour above

I even performed a factory wipe, wipe cover with a

Format system, data, userdata after reflash via odin

All previous versions works perfectly, but from Android 4.1 the phone displays a boot logo but does not go further,

Can you help me please

i try the indication of this post, no success
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vbnjhgn:
Who knows where can find stock 4.3 in zip. Which i can convert to f2fs and run it with fancy kernel?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] t.lou91:
Hello. A few months ago, i flashed cyanogenmod on my GNex. Two days ago, the device started to reboot by itself, and it happens like 20 second after powering it up. I tried to flash slimkat: copied the .zip in the internal memory, and when i reboot into cwm, there wasn't the zip. It erased every time i reboot my GNex. So i tried to return it to stock with this method, and everything seemed ok, in the fastboot mode, it said it flashed everything ok. But when i rebooted my phone, there was still cyanogenmod, with every app installed, and all my info... I need help...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
It's most likely a hardware issue. There's been quite a few cases of the internal flash memory going bad.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tarrakis:
I'm having the same problem. I was running Resurrection Remix Lollipop, with some issues. I had tried CyanogenMod KitKat before, it worked perfectly, but my emmc memory chip is faulty, and after some time I had to reinstall it to keep things running fine.

Yesterday, my phone entered a boot loop. I tried wiping, installing a ROM from memory, with an adb sideload, and nothing. The memory is now read-only. All my info is still there.

I recovered all my files with "adb pull /sdcard/." and then tried to flash back to stock manually using this tutorial. It all works fine, but after half an hour, nothing has happened. I still have Lollipop with all my files intact.

I'm very sad, but I think it's time for a new phone... :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
Is that a function of how many times it's been flashed?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Possibly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AntonioRules:
Great topic, it was really useful to me. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MBX2015:
Hi every one,

My Galaxy nexus is under a bootloop, I'm using a custom ROM (Cyanogenmod 12.1).

Problem is:

I don't have the Developers option and the USB Debugging enabled, When I flash to stock recovery with fastboot, everything done successfully, BUT When I restart it is just Cyanogenmod boot screen and a bootloop again.

Plz can someone help me on this problem.

Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ricktat:
I will need one for a few weeks as I will be swapping back and forth with phones..

I ordered one from Amazon for 99 cents with free shipping and it arrived 4 days later.

I have no idea if it will work as I don't have my phone yet... But for 99 cents was worth the gamble:cool:

45 cents postage for the guy to send it to me.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jpinks:
I am just going to go to ATT on Tuesday when mine arrives and get a new one. I think my old one cant be trimmed. Hoping they dont give me alot of crap about it. :D Whoops!! Wrong HTC One X forum. Mines an import lol.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] danada:
All minisims should be able to trim into microsims. I've trimmed two different looking minisims successfully to work in this phone. I don't think it's really picky... I cut them with scissors and no reference.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jpinks:
With my luck lol I wouldnt attempt it :D
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] expertzero1:
Idk but it says microsim in my order on att!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ricktat:
OK.

HOX takes the micro similar. ATT will give you one. If you need to use your similar card in another non HOX...non iPhone...non Nokia 900.. you will need the adapter to go back and forth
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] BBock9:
Auto correct ownage
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] FadedLite:
Requires Root

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Special thanks to Jaekar99 on XDA-Developers and RootzWiki for allowing us to use his animations in our initial release!

Current Resolutions:

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Current Animators:

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Get it Here

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blowtorch:
nice work i'll give it a go :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thas5:
Does this require root? If I had to take a guess I'd say it does, but I have to ask regardless.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] FadedLite:
Yes it does. I'll make an edit. Thanks for reminding me to put that in
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Smokeey:
Why isn't this in Themes and Apps?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonnyg1097:
Does this work with only the Nexus or could I use this on my galaxy tab?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] FadedLite:
Compatibility With Tablets

Yes, this will work with the Galaxy Tab
[General Questions and Answers] SomeFknGuy:
My revolution has been a piece of crap as of late, unable to send/receive texts, random data drops, random reboots... I'm thinking of trading/upgrading, any good recommendations? I was thinking something along the lines of a razr maxx but honestly havent been keeping up with whats out nearly as well as i shouldve lately
[General Questions and Answers] watt9493:
Get a thunderbolt off swappa. I haven't resented the purchase, and the "feel test" rivals every dual core phone I've used. Especially w/ thundershed 1.5 loaded.

Sent from my ADR6400L
[General Questions and Answers] sreza:
The Asus Padfone by far looks like the most interesting device coming out this year, check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBTc3gn7jBE
[Thinkpad Tablet Themes and Apps] onasri15:
I'm trying to update some apps from lenovo app store (Notes mobile, gmail, kindle etc) and everytime I start downloading it, the notification shows then the whole screen goes black and then app store crashes.

Any ideas?

I bought it used, factory reset it, updated to 0089_US.
[Thinkpad Tablet Themes and Apps] crabnebula:
Exact same problem here.

Have you found a fix?
[Thinkpad Tablet Themes and Apps] EpsilonTheGreat:
Same problem with this built-in Lenovo App shop apk - black screen after trying a download. Contacted their support (mobihand) and a TSA sends me the update files for download.

This is the way I do updates until I discovered this workaround:

Access directly to their website: http://www.lenovoappshop.com/

login to your account and check the apks needing updates and send it to my email for downloading.

This worked for all apks except for the Gmail apk (parsing problem).

Hope this helps.
[Thinkpad Tablet Themes and Apps] hernandezjulian91:
The lenovo app store went out of business while back leaving the customers stranded. Type alternative android app markets into Google search an in the first few forums you should find lists of free app market that will work on device. I use slideme an Amazon app markets, an a few others. Hope this helps you.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KarimSalloum:
hello,

im running alba v2 rom with LP5 kernel, i want to flash Litening ROM 1.0 which is a GB rom, how would i go about that exactly? do i have to flash another kernel before flashing the rom?

thanks in advance
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tknguyencsu:
If you search the forum you will find the following procedure:

When on any rooted GB Rom:

1. download AbyssNote 4.2 kernel and place it on your internal/external SD Card

Also download the ICS Rom you want to install and put it on your SD card.

2. reboot to CWMR and do a backup of your current system

3. after your backup is done, stay in Recovery

4. go to install a zip from SD card --> select AbyssNote 4.2 zip and flash it

5. go back to CWMR's root menu --> advanced --> reboot recovery

6. you'll find yourself in AbyssNote's Touch Recovery

7. factory reset --> wipe cache --> wipe dalvik

9. flash the ICS Rom of your choice

10. reboot and let the Rom settle for a couple of minutes

Now comes the important part...check if you have root.

Start any Explorer with root permissions (Root Explorer, Es Explorer, X Explorer etc.).

Copy any file (a picture, txt file, MP3, whatever).

Navigate to /system folder

Change the /system folder's permissions to R/W.

Paste the file you have copied into /system.

If the pasting goes through OK, you're fully rooted.

Delete the file you've just pasted and set /system as R/O again
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shinzz:
Asus official stance on WIFI is... well... more or less...."Prime's WIFI performance meets Asus standard".

So, this got me thinking. In my opinion, due to metal backplate in all Transformer Prime (even with the double WIFI antenna & few other design flaws)... we have more with WIFI issue/problem compared to those who don't. As in, I believe that those with WIFI issues are the majority... & not the minority.

However, considering that we all have different "standard" & expectation on WIFI performance.. and heck, it's difficult to exactly gauge the situation as the settings are different for everyone.....

I would like to know...

What exactly is the standard for WIFI performance for Asus??? What exactly qualifies "satisfactory" for Asus??
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mibo666:
My WiFi in prime works perfectly but gps is working "not so poor and not so good".
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] almightywhacko:
The WiFi on my Prime works flawlessly.

By "flawlessly" I mean that it has greater range than my Galaxy S2 phone with faster speeds. The range of WiFi on my Prime is very close to that of my Dell laptop, and speeds are comparable. WiFi never drops off anywhere in my house, and has worked very well at several restaurants and 3 airports. I can be outside my apartment and sitting in my car down the street a ways (~150-200 ft) and I can still see and use the WiFi router in my 3rd floor apartment.

WiFi slows down a little bit when using bluetooth headphones, however WiFi speeds are still acceptable for web browsing or streaming Netflix or Hulu+ with no stuttering or drop in video quality.

I am pretty sure that these are the levels that Asus finds "acceptable." If you have a Prime and the WiFi doesn't work as well as mine, you should return it or send it to Asus for repair.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dude6595:
I also have no complaints about my wifi....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shinzz:
I am not questioning that there are Primes with "acceptable" WIFI performance. However, if I were to break it down in percentage.. it could be.. 51/49.. or 49/51.

AnandTech's review on Pad 300 for example.... on WIFI:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5756/asus-transformer-pad-300-review/5

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5688/apple-ipad-2012-review/18

For the record, my Prime is close to AnandTech's finding.. but slightly worse on most given day.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
There is absolutely no basis for this :) Large %age of people that bought the prime wont even realize that wifi on their prime might be different from other products ;) And in my case (and i guess many others) it isnt different.

If i run into any problems with wifi reception in places where i cant optimize stuff like router settings (my bet is that router settings are what's causing most peoples problems with wifi - not only with the prime but in general), i just activate hotspot on my phone... Thats what i have my phone contract for :D

Also try moving your routers. Today i moved my router about half a meter around a corner and now i have perfect wifi on my balcony where I couldn't really get a signal before with none of my devices :)

I can stream youtube all over my place in HD without buffering. These are my "standards" in case of wifi signal strenght :D

[e] uh guess i'm in "smiley-mode" :rolleyes: :cool:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shinzz:
That's a lot of annoyance for one device. Btw, just an opinion.. but with some base..

1. metal backplate

2. 2 wifi antenna to overcome the metal backplate issue but with more design flaws that were found & ones that we might not know yet

We have no stats or breakdown of WIFI performance... so, I don't think we can assume that those with WIFI problems are minority either. So, in the end.. it is a toss up... & even if those with WIFI problems are the minority.. I seriously doubt it is 1 to 5% (industry standard).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
Yeah thats what i'm saying. Its all just speculation. There are some people with wifi issues, thats all we can say.

I really dont mind optimizing my router placement/settings, as i said my phone didnt have steady wifi either on the balcony.

Btw its fascinating to me how people can take the one (minor - in my case its none at all) issue a great device has and call it a ****ty product because it, while the whole world is praising some other similar devices that are only half as good as the prime...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shinzz:
I think it's sad that we have to speculate who the minority or majority is on WIFI performance/problem.

I have to guess that WIFI is a major issue to many (if they are having such problem) for WIFI only tablet. Tablets in general are luxury device & are used mostly for browsing & light gaming. Take out stable WIFI & you are left with a device to do WORK (those with dock) & for gaming/media.... but even for work, without stable WIFI, you lose the ability to email & etc... =/
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jjdevega:
Some have legit issues. Others just crappy routers and cable modems. My apartment is 1250 square foot. My router is on one corner on 1st floor. I get 2 to 3 bars from the other end of my apartment on 2nd floor corner bathroom. Yet I can stream hulu/Netflix with no issues while going number 2 in that same bathroom.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
square feet and making numbers in the bathroom... Americans.. :rolleyes:

But then they have netflix and i'm jealous again...

sorry for being pretty much offtopic :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] effezie:
In areas where my signal drops, it drops with other devises too. It just drops a little more with the Prime.

In the bathroom going number 2 :o I sometimes have to tether to my phone to keep the WiFi going. It's the one spot in my house where I get the worst signal :mad:

Last night I downloaded a ROM for my Atrix and put the Prime side by side with my laptop so I could time the download to each device. Downloaded from dev-host on each and my Prime beat my laptop by 239mb to 108mb downloaded for my laptop in the same time. I think about 5 minutes but I forgot to time it. laptop is older dual core, 1.6 GHz, XP but was somewhat surprised.

Not to sure if it's a real test but it probably means I need a new laptop :)