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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] loveubuntu:
cdma workshop does not connect to the phone. ughhh, any help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hero:
The roaming issue is not yet solved. We are trying though.

Make sure your phone is set to "RMNET + DM + MODEM". Also make sure the port in CDMA Workshop is correct.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] UWRF:
EFS Pro v1.8.11: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1308546

I used this to back up...

Is there more to it than this? Or should I be fine having the file this app creates?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] loveubuntu:
all checked as mentioned and still can't connect to the.Reverted back to stock rooted and still nothing. I used the qpst and backed up fine, do I still need the workshop?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hero:
You don't need to use the Workshop, it's just highly recommended. Make sure that when you're connecting to CDMA Workshop that you're not already connected to QPST.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] juancaperez2000:
hello i want to say thank you about the info that you share with us, just quick question what is the difference on back up using qpst or CDMA Workshop, i did mine using QPST
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hero:
Sometimes you may need to know the actual numbers of your ESN, MEID, etc... Unless you know enough about QPST and have the knowledge to read your values from your QCN file, the best way to know these numbers would be to use CDMA Workshop, which writes them out for you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] juancaperez2000:
OK thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] loveubuntu:
Dumb question maybe : aren't those numbers on the box or behind the battery usually?

Trying the workshop one more time today. Thanks for all your help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wera750:
Just noticed there is a box for your phone number. I wonder if we could use that to program our phone number and maybe fix the disappearing phone number problem in cm10 and cm9?

sent from locked bootloadrer SGS3 running a custom kernel :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] salmanaman:
I lost my imeisv number how do I restore that if I had no backup
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] deitiphobia:
Am I totally screwed for now? I switched from CM10 to Beans and had problems with data and sure enough my IMEI was set to 0. I used the instructions in the OP to get it back and that worked, but now I'm stuck in constant roaming as of 6 hours or so after restoring it. I have tried all.sorts of things and just cannot.get my phone out of Roaming for the life of me.

Anyone figure out a solution yet?

If I Roam and use data, am I roaming to VZW or is it actually roaming in a way that I will.be charged extra ?

Is my phone screwed for now till someone figures this out?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] meishkov:
aren't u supposed to factory reset your phone then reboot? Or maybe flash a stock image via odin...no idea personally, I've just been reading everything and haven't done jack to my phone yet. Came from the OG myself and haven't completely figured all this out yet, and I'm sketched to flash anything and risk losing data or IMEI but I'm pretty sure now that those are both retrievable. I'm dying to get off this stock crap, bloat is something I definitely can't live with. I need mad options.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brenardo:
So I just rebooted while running ParanoidAndroid and my IMEI has changed. This truly sucks having to worry with restoring the IMEI. I am curious if this is spread across all carriers?

Edit. I am wrong IMEI is still correct but my MEID is totally different. It is now a single string of numbers and does not include DEC. or HEX.

Also my phone number is listed as unknown
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brenardo:
Seeing something weird now.

2 totally different IMEI s I have the correct when searching under About Phone> Status > IMEI

And something totally different when looking at Phone Info (app)

How is it possible for there to be 2 totally different IMEI s on one device?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] deitiphobia:
https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/485234

It appears that roaming domestically does not incur any additional fees. I'm hoping to verify this with a Verizon rep over the phone on Monday.

I have no problems getting 4G LTE data while "Roaming" . So as far as I'm concerned, if Verizon isn't charging extra when my phone says its roaming, then there really isn't much of a problem
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kmdtcs:
Is there going to be a separate thread dedicated to status on the constant roaming issue or will this thread be where we see updates on that? My apologies if one already exists, I did a search but couldn't find anything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] UWRF:
Thanks, I was able to find my info easily with this guide.

Question: The phone number listed in CDMA Workshop is different from my Verizon phone number O.o Anyone else notice this??

I can still receive and make texts and have noticed no data issues...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hanoverfiste:
Verizon and Sprint (or any variant thereof)

In the Dialer dial *#22745927 then Dial *#7284#

So I dialed both and get PhoneUtil has stopped anyone else??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Waldo_:
Yes, I have gotten that message before. It happens when you aren't in a stock rom. The phone doesn't work the same when it isn't stock. In order to generate your new IMEI you need to be on a stock rooted rom. I was on root66 and it worked for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hanoverfiste:
Thanks for the answer, so Bean's Custom Stock Rom is no good to generate what I need? I figured because it was "stock" it was good enough
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] unboostedzc:
worked great on my original SIII showing 0 for the IMEI
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Elysium1215:
This worked to get my IMEI back but as others have mentioned, I'm facing the "roaming" issue...Can I still use data while roaming while in the US without incurring additional charges?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kichard:
I'm getting roaming as well, and phone info says i'm missing the last digit from my IMEI.

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but THANK YOU for the fix, it's a good first step I believe!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hulk0069:
What is this for I'm curious, I've read some stuff but confuse sorry new to Samsung.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kichard:
I'm learning this the hard way.

Apparently your IMEI (basically your cell's individual radio signature) can be lost during flashes of these new roms.

I was totally unaware or I would have done a back up lol.

This is a good way to get it back onto your phone, but it seems we're all stuck in roaming...

I knew i still loved my gnex more ;p
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] brockkk:
yep. juggalo tried to tell me aosp wasn't safe and i didn't listen. tried flashing invisibleks cm10 update today and bam imei was 0, got the restored using this method along with meid. now ive been stuck in roaming for hours and havent been able to get back on the network. wah wahhh. oh well, back to the iphone until this gets figured out, haha.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Smok3d:
Only problem i have is sometimes when i restart its says im missing my sim but a battery pull and taking out my sim fot like 15 mins fixes it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hulk0069:
So this can happen when installing a Rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] brockkk:
an aosp based rom yes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Peoplearmy:
Ok guys I had been away temporarily but am back on trying to resolve this issue for Verizon. Here's what we've been able to accomplish:

Missing IMEI can be re-injected into phone. Phone gets all data services and voice services but phone is showing always on roaming.

What we need to fix:

Phone stuck on roaming.

What I need from you:

I need anyone on Verizon (more than one if possible) who has never flashed an AOSP rom on their phone before to pm me.

Also I need information from those who loast their IMEI and are stuck on roaming. Did you lose IMEI after flashing an AOSP rom or did you at any point flash an AOSP rom before losing your IMEI.

Thanks,

DX
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kichard:
I flashed the AOSP rom, then flashed synergyrom. Loss of service happened after that second synergy flash.

I re-injected my IMEI into my phone using the method you posted. Everything seems to be koser now, with the exception of roaming, AND phone info says my IMEI correctly, but I'm missing the last digit. I know I typed it in when I reinjected. Is that normal?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] brockkk:
i flashed multiple aosp roms (cm10 at least 4 different builds, paranoid, and aokp). i lost my meid and imei while flashing invisibleks cm10 8/8 build. i was able to recover my imei which was 0 using the new method, but then my meid turned to all 0's so i had to recover that using the old method with a backup i had made. after i did the fixes i rebooted and tried to connect to data or make a phone call and got absolutely nothing. no data, wasn't able to make a call and was just stuck in roaming.

one thing i did notice though. the time i flashed a rom and lost imei i got an "activating" screen upon booting for the first time, i had never seen that message any other time other than the first time i booted up the phone. im sure you guys already know that though. you can pm me with any questions, i will literally be up all night and im probably switching out my "broken" phone for another one tomorrow.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Elysium1215:
While you are stuck in roaming, did you try turning on data to see if you can get 4G LTE from the Verizon towers? I lost my IMEI and then restored it using this IMEI inject method and data worked perfectly fine for me. The phone claims it is roaming but it is actually still using Verizon towers so you shouldn't get charged extra (and Verizon doesn't charge for domestic roaming anyways)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] brockkk:
i tried everything man. turning it on in the settings then in phone info. every webpage comes up offline.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Elysium1215:
Under 'Settings -> More settings -> Mobile networks -> Global Data Roaming Access' data access is allowed correct?

Actually looked at your OP you said you weren't even able to make calls which makes me think that something went wrong with your IMEI injection? I'm guessing you've tried to reinject it but just make sure you wrote it down correctly and everything. Otherwise I dunno what to do, hopefully Verizon will replace your phone!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] brockkk:
ya im going to try one more time tomorrow and see what happens.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bryan1854:
Maybe someone would be able to help me. In phoneinfo my imei is my meid...but in settings>about phone>status they read correctly and I still get this http://www.imgur.com/Zq6zK.jpeg ....any ideas.

AOKP JB PREVIEW BUILD VZW SGSIII
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aj8600:
so i followed the instructions to the tee, and my IMEI is back (yay) but my service is still not. am i missing a step?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jb_alphamale:
Here is what is missing:

From here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=29201792

Do this:

" dial *2767*3855# to re-provision your phone."

I've got everything back as it was. Yupiiiiii.

Edit: I had a backup of the efs partition. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hopesrequiem:
So is doing the qpst back up all you're supposed to do to avoid this issue?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jb_alphamale:
Something like this.:cowboy:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] brockkk:
just tried to reinject again made sure the imei was right just no dice. ive tried everything reprovisioning my phone nothing. also since i needed a phone for work i switched back to my old iphone and now when i try to switch the line back over to the galaxy s3 the verizon website just goes to a blank page after selecting to switch phones, weird.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jnehama:
Qpst download

I have not been able to find a usable download site for QPST. The link provided in the OP stops at 34second countdown and goes no further. I have tried googling and found several other sites that are either blocked or require premium account. If anyone can send me in the right direction I would be very appreciative. I am trying to back up my IMEI prior to further flashing. Thanks in advance!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ruben8448:
I lost my IMEI and i followed this step. Everything went well. IMEI is restored. But cell data has not come back yet. Its been about an hour. Do i need to wait longer?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Elysium1215:
Did you turn on data roaming? With this method you'll be stuck in roaming until a dev comes up with a fix but data should work fine and you won't be charged extra.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ruben8448:
yes its on. Still nothing. So if i use this method to restore then i'll be roaming at all times?

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Ok it looks like i got it working without being on roaming. I followed the steps on this post. Then i did the restore on here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1791291, (i backed that up a while ago) then i dialed *#22745927, allowed hidden menu, followed by dialing *2767*3855#. After that i got it up and running.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Elysium1215:
So you did an IMEI inject to restore it to your phone and then an EFS restore to get data and no roaming? Interesting that this works, I'm sure Peoplearmy would like to see this as he was working on roaming issue and this can help him.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ruben8448:
Yea that is what i did. I sent Peoplearmy a message. Hopefully it helps out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kichard:
When I dial *#22745927 nothing happens..

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I've re-provisioned 2 times and it hasn't taken me off roaming.

Interested to see how you managed to get that to do the trick.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hero:
Roaming might be due to a gps.conf issue in the AOSP ROMs. No fix for it yet, but if you aren't charged for roaming domestically then use data. Make sure you're on root66, some of the TW ROMs have removed too much bloat that prevents the phone from being able to enable the hidden menu.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] erismaster:
I dont roam unless i leave my state. I live near the Indiana/ Michigan border and as soon as i cross i start roaming. but in indiana i dont roam at all. I have had to restore my imei.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jspidah:
Weird.

This kind of worked for me? I went the night with data but no service or market. I woke up to everything again working.

The weird thing? My meid, imei, and iccid are all wrong.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kichard:
Someone have a download link to the root66 link?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chmodbot:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28520441&postcount=1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] con247:
Sorry to ask a question (it is unlike me to be the one asking lol) but here it goes:

I bought a GS3 on Swappa. Should be arriving today. As I understand it, if run a backup in QPST and I lose my IMEI and restore the backup I made, I WON'T encounter the roaming issue? The roaming issue is only when you force inject the IMEI back without a backup right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AJ26T:
IMEI

this restores the IMEI i'm sorry what method do we use to back it up i just got my gs3 and i was checking this out

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1791291

but it says it should no longer be used so i'm getting confused.

I just want to root it already but want to back up my imei

saw different methods for rooting what is the best and easiest one people suggest? thanks for your help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] atlbrav1518:
Ditto...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] con247:
Man you got me excited lol. I thought there would be an answer.

Anyway, I backed mine up WITHOUT being rooted. My backup .qcn file is 146KB. Is that in line with what everyone else has?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AJ26T:
How did u back it up what steps did u uss or link please
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] con247:
Link is in the thread somewhere in the first 4 pages.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hero:
Yes, it's likely that you won't be facing the roaming issue if you restore a backup made in QPST when your phone was working fine, but I'm not guaranteeing anything (since I didn't test it myself). The best way to avoid the roaming issue would be to avoid using AOSP based ROMs since the gps.conf seems to be corrupting the NV data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] con247:
Hopefully this gets fixed! I want to run AOSP after having it on my Nexus.

Anyway, thanks for the re-assurance. My backup was 148KB. Is that in line with yours? (If you have one)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hero:
Yup the backup should be around that size so you're good :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kichard:
I wish I would have backed up :( I hate seeing that little R, rather than my 4G icon lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jay Evans:
??? I have the 4G icon and the R is over the signal bars.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] iconz16:
I have been following this thread really closely, and I'm really desperate at this point. I have successfully restored my imei but im getting connection problems it will connect once in a while with 4g and then the bars goes down all of a sudden. most of the times it doesn't even register to the network. it's unlocked rogers and im using it with bell, but i have tried rogers sim card and its the same issue... it will connect sometimes at start up with full bars and then loose all its bars with no service sometimes it even shows its registered but can't make calls or txt's. How can I fix this?!?! any help will be greatly appreciated
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] con247:
I'd ask in the Rogers/Bell/AT&T section.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] iconz16:
Thanks for the input... ill ask there as well but let's just pretend I'm not with rogers. I'm just trying to get an idea of the situation. Is this happening to anyone else after restoring the imei?

edit* thanks did a little bit of reading and theres a qcn generator that might solve my problem, will check that out tomorrow
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] brockkk:
Well im imei problems were solved. for those who are too lazy to read a few pages back heres what happened:

-installed cm10 build lost imei (0)

-restored imei using qpst

-after restoring imei with qpst i lose meid (00000000000000)

-restored that using the original push method with a backup i had saved on my sd card

-was stuck roaming, no 3g no 4g tried everything, phoneinfo app, turning off data and turning back on, reprovisioning, everything.

-ended up switching phones to my old iphone4 through verizons website because i needed a phone for my business, when i tried to switch back to my s3 using verizons site i would get a blank screen on the website and it wouldn't switch service to the s3.

-brought it into verizon expecting to get a replacement unit but the guy behind the desk took out the sim, and i think he then tried to switch service and then put the sim back into the phone and turned it on and what do you know, i now have full 4g 3g, everything. i asked him what he did and he said he just reboot the sim or something along those lines.... i know sounds retarded but he said something along those lines.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] coolguy71261:
How do i fix.meid
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cortland1998:
Fixed my IMEI, still roaming :( Spent over an hour on the phone today with tech support and he couldn't fix it. He mentioned something about my phone showing up in the system as a test device. Not sure what that means... any ideas?

Sent from my Verizon SGS3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] con247:
Did you fix with a qpst backup and restore or injection without a backup.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cortland1998:
Injection without a backup.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] brockkk:
is there a way to make a backup with qpst? did i miss this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] grin0048:
This post was linked somewhere in this thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
Rather than using the backup tab (although doesn't hurt to do this way too) in qpst, I would use RF NV Item Manager to backup your NV data. Open up RF NV Item Manager, comport and find your phone, then go to file and select read from phone. Then choose a place to save and select write to QCN. Doing this from memory so some of the commands may not be exact.

Reason I say to use this method is twofold, for one, I notice that the size of the file using RF NV Item Manager is larger than the backup file in qpst, so the backup may be missing some items (just speculating). The bigger issue is I believe the backup method produces a read only .qcn file whereas the RF NV Item Manager method produces a file that can be written to the phone. Someone correct me if any of this is erroneous. Either way, better to have too many backups than too little.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] brockkk:
good look. done
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] coolguy71261:
Will meid and my.phone number show up once i fix imei
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] con247:
This is a good idea and I will run the backup. However, I don't think it is read only because people in the backup thread have restored their .qcn backups (atleast on tmo/att I think, maybe 1 vzw user has).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] grin0048:
Oddly enough, if you diff the text views (from the QCNView program) of the two versions of the backup, the one from the Software Download program contains all of the data that the RF NV Item Manager backup contains as well as quite a bit more. In the backups from my device, the Software Download file has 9388 lines of text while the other only has 5323 lines. Strange.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] juancaperez2000:
quick question, i have a backup (qpst and the ones on my sd card (old method)) so in case that i loose my imei i just need to restore and i dont gonna be involved on those roaming issues or im still vulnerable to surfer this thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] con247:
I don't think there has been a confirmed VZW report that a backup prevents roaming issues. However, to our knowledge at this point, it will.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] juancaperez2000:
thanks, because i just suffer an incident where my imei fly away, and just a restore my last nandroid and found it again thanks God, but though that as soon you have ur back up and dont need injectet ur imei you will be on safe about roaming incidents
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
I haven't tried myself but I heard unlike the backup tab in qpst which works, the restore tab does not. There may be an alternate method to restore your QCN file but I wouldn't count on the restore tab being the method.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] con247:
Where did you read that?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] juancaperez2000:
i asked on peoplearmy thread and he wrote me that as soon i have my backup i will not have any problem the problem in this moment is using injection method which is reported as creating the roaming issue BUT he is looking to get a solution for this too
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bamaredwingsfan:
People that are having this problem and restoring, are they having to do this everytime the flash n aosp rom or is it a one time thing?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] juancaperez2000:
u only need to restore ones u loose ur imei, i never did yet, thanks God, i only did my backup with QPST
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] con247:
No the guy was saying the restore thing in QPST doesn't work. So the backup can't be utilized.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hero:
Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone could provide me with a nandroid of a Stock TW ROM. Any Stock ROM would do, though NoSympathy's is preferred since it's bone-stock.

Thanks.