yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] axel199513:
tried to fix gsm..like wrote 1ceb0x in jb thread..flashing it now...will say soon if it works or not))

EDIT: nope, it doesn't want to work properly(((it can search networks operators but can't connect automatically to them(( in your rom this (Try to go to settings/more/mobile networks and try to search networks operators. If it doesnt find anything dont panic it doesnt find anything to me either and try search networks not search automatically. It should work.) also doesn't work for me...i should search automatically and it works)) i have signal but don't have data(( any ideas how to fix this?? and have you tried to put in your rom tweaks from jordfaz's aokp rom for more speed??
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] whoshotjr2006:
miui roms are a pain in the butt lol what should work never does like it should.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kemoba:
I tried all the speed tweaks i could find and none is working, i have some ideas on how to fix network, ill try them today. MIUI was and will remain tough to port and make it work
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] axel199513:
Any progress?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kemoba:
There is 1.4 version uploaded, changelog in 2 post. Download in OP
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cartman333:
I'm about to try this:D compared to CM9 and aokp how fast is this?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kemoba:
Well it's preety fast, can you confirm that data is working ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cartman333:
It didnt work, at least for me:S
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kemoba:
Hmmmmm, and what about GSM network ???
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lazzarone:
hi guys, can someone try to see if work whit this rom the apk "voice search" of google? tank you!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elliotn:
I can't get root access in this ROM even if I enable root in the Permission app Droidwall and Titanium Backup are refused root access
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] 1ceb0x:
flash this SuperSU
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elliotn:
that SuperSu is not working or not flashable
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kemoba:
Root is an issue on this ROM, i'll try to fix it in future versions (tommorow or day after tommorow :D )
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elliotn:
while on it m8 fix the internet issue, I create a new apn and the internet icon pops and goes just like that.....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] whoshotjr2006:
If apns are an issue for you guys you might have to modify apns.conf in framework-res.apk to work for your carriers. Hope that helps.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elliotn:
the Headsets are not working in this Rom

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how do I modify apns.conf and what do I add or delete
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kemoba:
Thank you all for reporting these bugs, I have version 1.5 cooking here im hoping that 1.5 will be bug free, well bug free as MIUI, I just want to say, MIUI will have the same bugs as CM9, so if CM9 doesnt have camcorder then MIUI wont either (camcorder is just a comparison).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] faZevoLv:
Hopefully I can fix camcorder without comprising on speed, no luck so far...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kemoba:
Did you used OpenGL 2.0 update ? Try that and camcorder fix, btw come by on IRC when you find time
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] faZevoLv:
It doesn't make much of a difference with the openGL 2.0 update, haven't tried it with the camcorder fix yet though.

Edit:

I'll be on tonight, I'm out atm.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kemoba:
Version 1.5 is out changelog in second post, download link in OP, download and let me know what do you think about it :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Yukikaze_nuce:
Great! :D I will try it tomorrow.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Quintenn:
i cant in stall it ...

it gives me an error like ' cant verifie update package e:wrong digest=meta-inf/com/google/android/updater-script "

blabla , was so exited :'( i do have a lumia 800 , but wanted to try this one on my hero :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] faZevoLv:
Which recovery do you have? Amon-ra? or CWM?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kemoba:
I tested this on jordfaz's clockworkmod 5.5.04, i cant say it will work on other recoveries or older versions of CWM
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Yukikaze_nuce:
The rom is still slow :D Panorama force close. I think old MIUI camera version would be better than ICS camera.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kemoba:
I know ROM is slow, well it is MIUI v4 :) . I'll see what i can do about the camera issue
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hammadjavaid:
Hey kemoba! When i flash this rom its said E:Wrong digest: META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script

E: Verification failed. How can i fix this ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kemoba:
What recovery are you using, please use Clockworkmod 5.5.0.7 from jordfaz
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hammadjavaid:
i used AmonRA Recovery.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kemoba:
Amon Ra wont do it, im sorry, get CWM
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hammadjavaid:
I have problem with this revovery. I install rom manger and then i flash clocworkmod recovery and its said successfully flashed recovery & then i reboot my device but the new recovery is not flased . its still amonra recovery img. Plz help me how can i flas clockworkmod recovery.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kemoba:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1723409

Get the attachment, put it on your sd and flash it via amon ra
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hammadjavaid:
Thnx Sir :) Now i have a letest recovery but when i flash Jordfaz Jelly Bean Rom. its said installation aborted :(

Plz help me how can i fix this ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kemoba:
Jordfaz's jellybean rom is not working...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hammadjavaid:
Okay. Anyway thnx.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elliotn:
Mobile network takes time to connect, I mean the edge or 3g icon appears n dissappear
[Galaxy 3 General] Nikhil_android:
I am on stock froyo ROM on my Galaxy 3 Gt-I5801. My question is if I flash CM7.2 alpha 8 using CM7.2.0-GT-I5800_Alpha8_ODIN.zip [135 Mb] file in odin , Will that result into a bootloop ? I mean after flashing ROM what will be senario

will there be a bootloop and I have to flash kernel (if yes, which kernel I have to flash

a) Arakmar's kernel listed under Alpha 8; which a zip file:eek: and not tar file

b) any one kernel under alpha8.1a which has tar file)

and after flashing kernel, there wont be any bootloop and ultimately will be result in normal boot

OR

there wont be any bootloop at first place; i.e. after flashin CM 7.2 ROM there wont be any bootloop, and what I have to do is

just update version to 8.1a through CWM and then flash kernel and then Flash .zip to get alpha8.2

:confused::confused::confused:

really confused..I think ROM [here CM7.2.0-GT-I5800_Alpha8_ODIN.zip (135MB)]

have kernel with it also or not ???:confused:

I m sorry if this a stupid question :silly: and I think it is but I am flashing for the first time and Galaxy 3 means a lot for me.

Thanks
[Galaxy 3 General] h4r5h:
^Nope, if you follow the steps correctly, then the chances of you ending up with a bootloop is almost negligible. However, even if you do, then just navigate to recovery and wipe your data/cache and reboot. Your phone should be working fine after that! :)

And yes, Alpha8 .TAR file already has a kernel present with it, so no need to flash it over again!

Happy Flashing! :good:
[Galaxy 3 General] Nikhil_android:
on CM 7.2

all went good..no bootloop....just got nervous and confuse.. thanks for reply
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xMopx:
EDIT:

THIS SHOULD NO LONGER BE USED.

PLEASE SEE THIS THREAD FOR RECOVERING YOUR IMEI - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1802024

Hi guys,

I tried flashing AOKP on my S3 yesterday and had my IMEI value set to zero, a rare(ish) error that some users have been running into with AOKP and the unofficial Cyanogen builds for this phone. If your IMEI is lost and you don't have a backup, your phone is basically toasted. So, I had to get my phone replaced which wasn't much trouble.

After speaking with invisiblek we determined a way to back up the EFS partition (which is where the IMEI and MEID is stored).

You need to do this on a rooted phone, it's been tested only with root66. You need USB debugging on and adb on your computer.

adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 of=/sdcard/efs.sbn

(exit adb)

adb pull /sdcard/efs.sbn

DD is a linux utility that can be used to copy data from point a to point b and many, many ways. What we did here is copied the EFS partition to a single file (and then copied it to your PC). The efs.sbn file was about 13.6mb, but I've heard reports as low as 10mb. We can reverse this process to restore as well:

adb push efs.sbn /sdcard/efs.sbn
adb shell
su
dd if=/sdcard/efs.sbn of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11
reboot

This time we wrote the backup file to the EFS partition. After doing this you need to dial *2767*3855# to re-provision your phone.

My experience: When installing AOKP, my IMEI was replaced with most of my MEID, even after reverting my rom to root66. (This causes mobile data not to work). After restoring my backup and provisioning, I regained full functionality of my data and phone. I haven't had a chance to try this with a phone where the IMEI is set to 0, but I think it's safe to assume this would fix that as well.

I would HIGHLY recommend making a backup before doing anything to your phone. Making a backup is read-only is poses no chance of something going wrong.

EDIT: For clarification: If your IMEI is already messed up, this will NOT get it back. You need a backup from BEFORE it was corrupted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdubau55:
Can we run this in Terminal Emulator to get the same output? Last time I tried ADB on this phone I wasn't recognizing it. Could have been my computer though. ADB devices came back with no attached devices last time.

Looks possible. Your just telling it to save that file to the root of the internal SD and then telling ADB to pull it. Don't see why you couldn't save to SD then just Dropbox it or something.

Edit: Did it in Terminal Emulator. Saved to SD. Uploaded to Dropbox. Will also hook up my phone and pull it that way. Looks like pushing will work the same way as long as the file is on the root of SD.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Kipland007:
Thanks so much. I also ran with terminal emulator and backed up.

Hopefully someone can verify that this will work with the IMEI = 0 issue, as that will allow us to continue to flash!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Budwise:
Worked for me in Terminal as well. Zipped it up and emailed to myself. 13.6MB
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tprouty:
so I have a question about this -

I flashed CM9 the other day and it was taking over 20 min to activate and I did a battery pull, then I restarted and it activated just fine.

then i started reading all these posts about how that will break your IMEI and it got me wondering because I no longer get 4g, I get 3G just not 4G.

before I did this my MEID read the same as my IMEI but had less numbers. (just like 2 or 3) after doing *2767*3855# go back into status and see that I now have HEX and DEC under MEID which I did not have BEFORE the *2767*3855#

my question is - is there a way to test the 4G some how - I checked VZW site it says I am in a 4G area, is there a number of sort I can look at in status or somewhere else on my phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ruben8448:
I'm new to this can someone tell me would in use those same commands on terminal emulator to get it? And I'm on unofficial cynogen right now so my next question is if I do corrupt it how do I place the imei back to get it woeking? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tprouty:
yes use

su

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 of=/sdcard/efs.sbn

and to restore

su

dd if=/sdcard/efs.sbn of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11

reboot
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Schaweet:
If using terminal emulator just skip straight to the line that has "su" on it and go from there. Same thing when putting it back in after it gets messed up.

The key is to put it somewhere safe as it will store it on your internal sdcard. This is called "sdcard" on your device. I just sent a copy to my drop box.

If it gets mesed up, then I would Odin back to stock rooted and just take the copy you have stored somewhere other than on your phone and put it back in the "sdcard" but not in any folder, just in the root directory. Then simply follow the restore directions in the OP but skip straight to the SU line.

That said. I'm still waiting until the RIL gets fixed. TW isn't that bad and with the mods and replacement launchers and apps the phone is nearly stock anyway. I'm being patient.

Sent from my SGS3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Smok3d:
Download the "Phone Info" app and see if you can change it to get 4g again. if not, you might wanna try restoring back to stock using ODIN to see if that helps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ruben8448:
Thanks, its backed up. I feel better now in case i need to restore back to stock. I appreciate it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tprouty:
No problem
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] WhammyDroid:
Done. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheBiles:
Worked like a charm! Would love to hear about someone actually restoring it now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] turbosrrgood:
One of the more helpful posts I have seen to this point (provided it actually works to recover lost IMEI's). This issue was probably making many people hesitant, having a safeguard is always good. This is also extremely easy to do.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sooner2k1:
I flashed CM10 on my S3 from the rooted Bean rom and I can confirm that with a clean install my IMEI is missing and I have no "own number".

I do however have working data, phone, messaging. Could you explain what you mean by a phone being "toast". Is there some other consequence I'm not seeing yet? If I go to another rom or back to stock is my phone going to brick?

I've seen bits of pieces of info about the missing IMEI, and I'm hoping somebody can clarify what this means for me since my phone is technically working as expected.

Thanks

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Sorry I just wanted to clarify. My IMEI is existing, but "My phone number" is blank. Also something called "MIN" is blank. I have been getting a popup asking me for a sim unlock.

Sorry for any confusion. Please ignore if i'm derailing the thread. It just sounds like a similar issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s1mpd1ddy:
Worked using android terminal, on my ATT S3. Nice to know I have a backup -- eases my mind just a bit.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zonly1:
Well, a couple of things.

1. I'm on TMo

2. I'm on CM9

I have two phones...one borked and one good.

Went ahead and tried this..when I did the re-provision thing I got an error Connection problem or invalid MMI code. I assume that this is caused by being on TMo.

Bottom line, my serial # is for the correct phone, and this did not move over my IMEI from my working phone. My borked phone still shows IMEI 0
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kssxs:
As per the OP, it makes sense that it didn't work for you. We need someone with a valid backup to test this theory out to see if it restores their IMEI.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zonly1:
If a brand new phone is not good enough, I'm not too sure what else is...just sayin'.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] naturefreak85:
You did do a reboot after attempting to restore correct? Keep in mind, Verizon due to it's dual type of network (CDMA/LTE) has that extra need for the provisioning, thus the code they use to activate is needed. Remember we use GSM, there is no special activation needed except pop a SIM in and power up. Try putting your SIM in the old phone and powering on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] taihard:
Sorry I'm just a little confused, does this mean we should not use this at all or is it ok to use this if i'm stock rooted using noxious ninjas method (I haven't rooted yet and when I do I plan on staying stock for a while, but I just want to make sure I know which way i should be backing up my imei for when I decide to flash a diff rom)?

Thanks!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xMopx:
I would recommend the other thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] taihard:
I was actually going through all of Pure Motives thread and he actually said to still back it up this way

"Yes, it is still recommended that you backup your IMEI by following the method HERE [pointing to this thread].

Even though this method will help you get your IMEI back, the process to do so is considerably longer than in the aforementioned thread. I would recommend doing this method if you absolutely cannot retrieve your original IMEI or are facing one of the conditions listed in the OP."

Peoplearmy also said to back it up this way, so i guess that answers my question and this thread is not irrelevant.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mpetruzz:
I'm about to root and then I saw the update in the first post. Now I'm confused.

Can I still use this method?? If not what other way can I backup my imei???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jprow507:
I'm wondering this as well.... this thread refers to the thread for RESTORING IMEI, but what about backing it up? Is the method in this thread for backing it up relevant or has another method been created?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
There are two separate methods. The one in this thread, which is basically just copying your /efs partition. The other (thread by PureMotive, method by peoplearmy) involves using the qpst program to read your NV and write the data to a .qcn file.

I've heard both methods working for some people but the sample size is very small. It seems like the second method is likely to be your better bet but why not do both? The method in the OP can be done in seconds.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kssxs:
Guys,

You can follow these links to backup your IMEI:

<:GeeK:> - simple method (can be used even if your phone is stock OR rooted):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1804123

Peoplearmy - more complicated method which requires a rooted phone:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1801997

To be safe, I did both methods, and have backups based on both of those. I would suggest you do the simple method at the very least, but if you want to be extra safe and thorough, then do both.

If you need to restore your IMEI, the backup links above have instructions, or you can follow the new link in the OP.

NOTE: Backing up the EFS partition is not a fix for the IMEI problem, as the data is contained within the NV entries. The EFS backup won't help you if you lose your IMEI, so any method that now refers to that is incorrect.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xMopx:
I added the message to the OP because this method is not fully understood, but does seem to work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
So if you have not lost imei and use this method to backup and restore it wont work? I thought others confirmed this works?? also I thought the other thread was for those who lost imei before backing it up???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jb_alphamale:
And after restore -> provision:

*2767*3855#

---------- Post added at 06:14 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:03 AM ----------

It did work for me. Did not lose any of the magic no. but I lost data. Restored efs and did the provisioning. Everything works perfect now.

I do respect and admire the work of the CM devs to port it to Verizon S3 but I do think that at this point it is not safe without backups of absolutely everything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
I lost data/voice just by opening that stupid phone info app...still had imei so i just reprovisioned with the dialer code and data came back. I did already use this method to make a backup...have not had to use it thankfully.

Point to my previous question still remains...why did the op put a disclaimer saying to use the other thread if this method works(being its performed before imei is lost)? This seems alot easier than the other method for new users...which is why i have it linked in the top of my guide. I keep getting pms from folks about the disclaimer in the op...just trying to get some clarification. Glad it did work for you! Ill dig back thru the thread and see if i possibly missed some info on why the op put the disclaimer up. Thx
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ruben8448:
Yea i was going to do that method originally but i read the disclaimer. I did that backup a while back so i had that saved up. I came to this thread and got my imei back. I did not get data or mobile back. I waited about 2 hours thinking it just takes a while to load. Then i went back to that thread and pushed that efs.sbn file back and reprovisioned and right away 4g and mobile worked. I was relieved cause i thought i would have to get it replaced.

Thanks OP for this thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kuntri:
Did not back up .. flashed paranoid droid llost imei so reflashed stock root ics. I think I lost 4g/lte but my imei n number returned. Any ideas y or how I lost 4g sand is there a way to get it back?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kuntri:
Lost 4G/LTE Signal .. only 3G

Did not back up .. flashed paranoid droid llost imei so reflashed stock root ics. I think I lost 4g/lte but my imei n number returned.

Any ideas y or how I lost 4g sand is there a way to get it back?

Edit:

1. Re-flashed Nandroid Backup of Synergy Stock TW ICS ROM v1.6

2. Still did not have 4GLTE, but my IMEI - Phone Number, etc. came back

3. Shot in the dark -- did the phone restore via dialer - *2767*3855#

4. 4GLTE returned as well as my IMEI - Phone Number - MEID, etc.

I was scared as ish .... IMO, for those who came up with a fix should create new thread with *FIX* as the title, ijs!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] psycopanther:
are the symptoms from this only loosing data? nothing actually really bad like boot issues?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] backcourse:
I really hope this is a viable alternative to the other method because frankly the other method is a real pain in the ass, and this is cut and dry simple.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
No, worse: losing phone capabilities and data if your imei is changed to 0.

As stated by PureMotive and Peoplesarmy, this method of backing up/restoring the efs (via adb) will not work if your imei is set to 0. It will at most work only if your imei has been changed to all 0's or something to that effect. The longer method using QPST must be used to resolve that imei single "0" issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdiamond7:
Does anyone know if this is still an issue now that we don't need Kexec? The only thing holding me back from flashing AOSP ROMS is this issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
This is still an issue, it's not kexec related because this occurs on the other US GSIII models as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mikey4226:
I used terminal emulator and entered the above code to backup my IMEI to my sdcard. However, I never got any follow up code or message saying XXXX records in

XXXX records out

(etc)

I looked on my sdcard and I do see an efs.sbn file that is 13.62MB, but I just want to make sure that the backup was done correctly and I can trust it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] psycopanther:
has anyone compared the /misc partition of a missing IMEI phone to one that works correctly? am i correct in understanding that the the /misc partition helps with information about the carrier ID and such? possibly also including the data needed for proper connecting of phone to towers?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tu3218:
I rooted using the one click method. Can I just enter the command into a terminal emulator without using adb?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chocolate8175:
Read page one, your answer awaits you...

Sent from my SCH-I535
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tu3218:
Dohh.. I'm an idiot. I need to slow down sometimes an fully read instead of skim lol