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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] quickbird144:
I bought a galaxy s2 T-Mobile a few days ago like new in box. Put my sim in and no service. Long story short the imei was being blocked. However I'm with simple mobile and they could give a rats a** what phone you use it seems. End of the day found out how to give the phone a blank imei from xda and it worked like a charm. Even switched roms, etc. Sold it the next day and bought a note. The seller knew of the problem but didnt tell me. He was very interested in how I got it to work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rastlin:
Sounds like you got lucky that it worked and I am happy that it did, though the seller sounds like a **** and I wouldn't tell that person how you did it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lost_gollum:
i didnt mean to literally break into his house :) meant that i dont wanna go knocking on his door without any knowledge about what kind of person he is, and without any backing from the authorities.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] schova:
Give the phone a blank IMEI?!!!???

Hi can you share with me how you found out to give the phone a blank imei?

I bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 SGHT-999 (Tmobile) and I believe the IMEI is blacklisted. The seller is nowhere to be found and I would like to try to attempt to be able to use this phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rastlin:
Well your first issue is to figure out why it was blacklisted I.e was it stolen, I think earlier on the is thread someone has asked about that issue and figured it out but IMHO if it had been stolen then you are up the creek with out a paddle. I will suggest calling the carrier whom branded that phone and they will tell you why it was blacklisted, as long as it's not stolen then they, the carrier, will help you out but I would also like to mention that the Gsm carriers share the same system that logs the imei. Just an FYI
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rastlin:
i had just got off the phone with a tmobile rep and they said that the IMEI number is basically hard coded onto the phone just so you know...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] quickbird144:
It was here on XDA. I think I did a search along the lines of Galaxy S2 no service or something like that. Idk what I did, I can tell you though that when I was done, the IMEI went from whatever it originally was to 0/01. And it worked perfect, it's since been sold and to my knowledge I haven't heard anything bad about it. This wasn't a process of me actually getting to a input and editing the IMEI, no cloning, etc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] chris41g:
Its not hard coded.. But its not a simple task to change.. Due to arguments of legality, they don't allow that type of hacking discussion
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rastlin:
So in theory it can be altered, see i was thinking that it was kinda like a MAC address on a ethernet card which I was taught that it was hard coded. I am not saying that it cannot be spoofed but that it was hard coded. So I am guessing that this is not the case then...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Theoriginalgiga:
From what I've read the IMEI is saved in the EFS on the mobo, so in a sense if you were to replace the mobo with one from another phone it would change BUT if you were to order a brand new out of the box board, it won't have an IMEI allowing tech to copy it over. So I do believe it's possible to replace an IMEI but I wouldn't even know where to begin to do so and I bet messing with the EFS could torch your ability to use the phone.

Just from my perspective
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rastlin:
I translated your SIG at the bottom and all I gotta say is AWESOME!!!! I tip my hat you good sir.....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Theoriginalgiga:
Thanks, it doesn't always translate out right, but when it does, those who know what it means always smile.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SuperUserMovado:
nothing like boning a nun in her grave :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mrej201:
change the imei if you need help message me
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Talysdaddy:
How did you give the phone a blank imei #?

On a side note, I'm a little confused when you said that Simple Mobile, "could give a rats a** what phone you use it seems." Does that mean, you can use a blacklisted or barred IMEI phone with Simple Mobile? That sentence doesn't go along with everything else you said, if they don't care what phone you use, then why did your sim have no service, and you had to go thru all the hassle with getting a blank IMEI, switch roms, and sell the phone? Wouldn't the phone still work without you doing all of that, if Simple Mobile didn't "give a rats a** what phone you use?"

Maybe I missed something you said earlier in the thread?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rastlin:
Logic would dictate that the company does care if the phone was blacklisted. They may not have access to why the phone was black listed. I seriously doubt that they would let blacklisted phones on their network due to legalities as well as ethical issues. It would be in their best interest as well as the share holders to make as much money as possible thus avoiding such issues as that to which they could get sued would be a good thing. Otherwise they might become a haven for those with Ill intent.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tvm777:
hello, sorry if i quote you, but did it work the phone on Lima?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] cheloween:
Did it work??

Hey i just have the same question, did it work for you ?? im moving to el salvador so im about to buy a blacklisted phone, so i wonder if it will work there in el salvador
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] 93starletgt:
Yes it did! I am using a Note 2 and the Note 1 described here (both with blacklisted IMEI in the U.S.) with no problem whatsoever!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] maromas:
Help with lost IMEI on Galaxy note 1 from Tmobile

HI, can you still help with lost IMEI ?

thanks
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaMan90:
Does anyone know how to sideload flash on the N7?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
download it(not from the market) and install it. make sure that unknown sources is enabled(main device settings, security). or there are a few flash installer apps in the play store. flash wont work in the default chrome browser(chrome isnt flash capable), but it will work in the aosp android browser.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaMan90:
Thanks can I just flash any version?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Billchen0014:
no, since previous versions might have some capabilities issues with jellybean, its probably safer just to flash the latest.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] booda3000:
Theres a thread floating around that has the adobe flash link on the 1st pg.

PM me your email and I'll send it to u.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaMan90:
As stupid as thus may sound where do I download this from?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gigabitex2:
Here's the flash thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1856912
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murdock22222:
The note 2 is my first android phone, so please forgive me if this is a stupid question. I cannot find a my voicemail. I have to call my voicemail to get my messages, and I do not receive any notifications when I do have a voicemail. I do not have a icon for the voicemail either. Thank you for the input
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hchxoom:
I use google voice for voicemail... allows me to see/retreive vmail from any internet device, not just phone, and also to use same vmail for multiple phones. Alternatively, your carrier may offer visual voicemail (for a fee)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boodies:
press and hold 1 for voice mail. Or when you go to the dialer, you'll see a recorder looking icon below the star key. That's voicemail. But I agree, you should get google voice. www.google.com/voice
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoC1909:
Google Voice user here as well and love it.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sebring5:
I can't an alternative to Google voice so I use it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
hello,

i have buy a cect n7100, now i search a tut for root this phone.

i cant find anything.

anybody know how to root this phone ?

thanks so much

bye bye
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsd2000:
I tried to flash a chinese gn2 with a few stock rom as described here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1896696

I tried a few Brazilian images and a UK one.

Every time they failed.

The exception was when I tried to use the Chinese one (same as I had before).

Also I had no problem rooting it. CF-AUTO-ROOT.

So I ask, is there something different with the Chinese one that locks the hardware into the Chinese version only?

Or am I doing something very wrong?

Using Odin 3.04.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsd2000:
Helping flashing - Odin Fails

This is the Odin 3 v3.04 log

As it is shown, it FAILS.

Repeating the process with the Chinese version from here: http://www.hotfile.com/dl/177136031/cef3331/N7100ZCALJ6_N7100CHNALJ6_CHN.zip.html

works fine.

From *#1234# I get:

I have no problem regarding SIM usage (Brazil/Vivo here).

The problems I have are:

Keyboard is Chinese Simplified only,

Handwrite recognition is for Chinese only

Android Language change (pt-br desired)

Most Google service fails to load.

Play store after side loading, loads but fails to reach the server.

Because of this, it seems that the best solution would be to use an international Firmware (e.g. Brazil ZTO).

Which - sa said before - does no work.

From my small android knowlegde it seems that it might be related to a partition diference.

Could this be the problem? do I need to repartion? Where do I get the .pit file (and everything else).

Untaring the firmware files linked here (e.g. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1896696)

from the PDA odin part to upload/flash, there are:

boot.img

cache.img

hidden.img

recovery.img

system.img

Does any of this correspond for example to a pit file or CSC image?

If not, where can I find them?

Reading the posts it seems that every one is very happing flashing images from another countries into their cell will success.

The only cases of fails I have seen so far are because of fault cabes/drivers.

So I ask, are the Chineses SGNII crippled?

I know I have some concepts not very clear yet. But can someone enlight me?

What is the path to go?

Thanks a lot!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moustafatch:
I have the same problem, did you fix this problem ?

or any body can advice how to flash the Chinese version with Europe firmware ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
Would changing the CSC code to your country solve these problems?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzontra11:
Today i flash Chinese (last one) stock rom.Only problem is...handwriting..works only with Chinese..so i decide to flash again.This time i use German rom and it works awseome but still no handwriting.

I am from Serbia and i need Serbian rom..anybody?

Tnx
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moustafatch:
can you plz tell me which version you use exactly ?

i try too many firmware and all failed while flashing radio
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moustafatch:
no idea how to change the csc code to the firmware that i will flash but i will try to find out how and test
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
There is an app on the appstore that let's you change the CSC code to your country. I can't remember the name though. You should Google it.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzontra11:
Dont know ..i forgot.

Anyone knows where i ti find Serbian rom?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsd2000:
Which rom file did you use?

Have tried French, UK and Brazilian without success.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzontra11:
Lj3..from oktobre.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsd2000:
Changing the CSC is only necessary to get the mobile network working, right?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
Not sure.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsd2000:
Are you sure?

Using: N7100XXALJ3 N7100DBTALJ2 -> Germany

It fails in the Radio image.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzontra11:
Yep..sure..why?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsd2000:
it fails at the very end here.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzontra11:
Strange..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N4KA:
The problem with these chinese phones is the modified bootloader, so you can't install other firmwares then chinese with odin.

The solution is: flash the phone with a chinese firmware or CWM recovery

When the phone is restored you need first to root the phone via odin and then install mobile odin. With mobile odin you can install a new firmware. The thing is, mobile odin doesn't touch the bootloader so it does also work with your chinese phones.

Next time get a HK version ;)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsd2000:
Great to know.

I will try both ways today and let you know, what happens.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsd2000:
It worked great!

Thank you very very much!

Used CF-Auto-Root to install Mobile Odin and reflashed with the Brazilian one.

OTA does not work, but I guess this is expected and Mobile Odin can do it ( a Pro feature would be to have it download OTA directly ;) )

Also, in the bootloader it vol down + Pwr + Home, it specified GT-N7100_CHN_CHN in case this help others.

This time I didnt stop by HK. First time I got directly from China. (keep learning the hardway).
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mango4u:
Ok, my dad was feeling really cheap on his visit to China and brought back 2 Galaxy Note II's and now I have no Idea how to flash it to the firmware from our country or any other, I get what your saying here, but could you just elaborate on the steps to go through to get a firmware from a different country on the phone.

Thanks for any help in advance.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N4KA:
1. Flash CWM recovery with odin including root. You can find it in the note 2 forum.

2. Now intall mobileOdin on your phone. You can find it in the store.

3. Go to samfirmware and download the firmware you need.

4. Install the firmware with mobileOdin - not with CWM.

5. Root the phone again, if needed.

6. Now you can also flash ROMs via CWM if you want.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsd2000:
I used chainfire CF-Auto-Root without CWM in the step 1.

(Just for reference)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ColdDevil:
Hi Guys.

I have galaxy note n7100_chn_chn also.. And i have install new firmware on my galnot 2.. Thanks for your help :good:

But now i have some problem.. i cannot play Line Pop, etc. The error message is my device is illegal. This is because i root my phone (procedure to install mobileodin)..

So my question is :

- Can i unroot my phone using SuperSU?? (supersu - setting - full unroot)..

- Will get problem or not after i unroot? as you know that i already install new firmware using mobileodin

Thanks for your help
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsd2000:
As you already have rooted it. Install mobile Odin.

This is the fasted and safest way to install any Rom in the Chinese one.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ralphrmartin:
Yes, you can unroot, no you will not get a problem - that's what I did, and no problems so far.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psa47:
thanks and 1 million thanks
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myhelloworld:
hi, I flashed phone with cwm, but could not get into cwm recovery mode. Also, I can't flash a the stock rom while Odin. Seems I am stuck.

Any suggestion?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orlan38:
GT N7100 china

A2DP PTS mode display .... not booting while press volume down + HOME+ Power Button pls help how i will re-flash my rom
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayngo23:
hey so can anyone post a step by step how to flash a samsung note 2 from china ( real phone not fake)

i want to flash it so i can use google play and such since china and canada are at a dispute or something
[LG Optimus G (International)] blamster:
Hello, So I just got the LG E370, and was wondering about the memory card limit. Now I read it states that the biggest card it accepts is a 64gb card, but then that ventures into the realm of SDXC. And SDXC has a limit of 2TB, So would I not be able to install a 2TB microsd card (assuming one was able to obtain such a card)?Would it be a software limitation or am I misunderstanding the size limitations of cards. I know SD is up to 2GB, SDHC is 4GB to 32GB, and from what i've ever dealt with, anything that can accept a 4gb can acccept both a 2gb, and a 32gb card. So why would the phone not be able to accept beyond the 64gb while it's still in same format?.

Thanks in advance.
[HTC One X] Graphics Area:
Hello, I am purchased my HTC One X from (AMAZON) Since 6 month ago, HOW i can know My phone for any region ? Please Help.
[HTC One X] BenPope:
Download cidgetter from the play store and use it. You'll have to search here for the result and find.out where they are normally from.
[HTC One X] Graphics Area:
Thank you

Thank you for reply, I see in application this [CID is: ]: [HTC_622]

What's mean ?
[HTC One X] BenPope:
Hong Kong.
[HTC One X] Graphics Area:
Thank you very much

Thank you very much , Can you tell me how i can find the region in the next time. ;)
[HTC One X] BenPope:
There has been a list posted a few times, but I know 'coz it's the same as mine.
[HTC One X] TheHappyBuddhist:
Checking your device CID number :

Get the CID GETTER app from Play Store. Run it. The CID number will be displayed on top in Red color.

Check this list.

This has been posted before in this forum.. I posted it cos it would be help for you and also any future questions on the same topic would be avoided by anyone..

Have a great weekend! :)
[HTC One X] TheHappyBuddhist:
If you have trouble viewing the CID list picture in the previous post of mine,, please check this link to the image.. (hope this works) :)

http://static.androidnext.de/htc-one-x-cid-list.png
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mzhussein:
Hi all,

I've done some searching and cant get round this...

I've got and old HD2 which im playing with. trying to get JB working on it.

I have HSPL version 3.03

when i try and install MAGLDR i get error 266 (tried two different windows 7 PC's and many different USB ports)

I tried the SD card method, but when i boot into the bootloader it doesn't seem to want to search for files on the SD card, just comes up tri color, flashes white then back to tri color with serial at the bottom (changes to USB when plugged in)

I tried to flash a stock ROM to it, but i get the same 266 error, and it again wont install from SD....

I tried to take the HSPL back to stock by doing the stock ROM via SD method, but still no joy...I could really do with a hand here.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] linux150:
Hi !

You need HSPL2.08 !!

Try this site

lg

linux150
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] zexmunze:
Thread Reported!!!

Use this tool

Try right click,run as administrator.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mzhussein:
i used to have HSPL on it, i was running a dutty winmo 6.5 ROM on it about 2 years ago. then i got an S2. i upgraded it to 3.03 because it had the same problem on 2.08, so i tried 3.03

i thought i might have put it in the wrong section, at least now it's been moved.

Ok, ill try the tool later on tonight and post back
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Nigeldg:
You need HSPL 2.08 to use MAGLDR. With HSPL 3.03 you can use cLK, but it's probably easiest just to stick with MAGLDR. Check out the guide in my sig for more detailed information.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jose6326:
need help with magldr

instead of me starting a new thread i thought i would post in this one

i have the htc hd2 leo 512

i successfully installed the radio 2.15 and hspl4

i downloaded the magldr to my pc when i tried to open it by double clicking it a window opened saying windows cannot open this file

so i went back to the original thread where i downloaded and i right clicked the link and saved as

now everytime i download it again and open the file it opens as a webpage and asks to open or save
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RF12:
Hate it. It's there even when the phone is on Mute.

I would prefer not to root. Is there a way to turn off the sound?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Simonetti2011:
If you want to silently take pictures using the stock application, you need to root and delete the camera shutter audio file in the system partition.

However, since you don`t want to root, your solution is to use a different camera application, such as ZoomFX:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=slide.cameraZoom

This is a great camera app that works silently on the S III (if desired). I don't know if it has a free version or not (I've bought it).

There are other good camera apps there that are silent, but personally I can only recommend ZoomFX.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RF12:
I know the camera shutter sound isn't present on all the country-versions of the S3. The French one has it.

Hate that it doesn't follow my system-wide settings for sound. If the phone is muted, then so should be the camera sounds.

Will check the app you mentioned, thank you.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khaaba:
Enable/disable the camera shutter sound

Edit /system/csc/feature.xml with text editor of choice.[Your mobile needs rooting]

Add following lines:

<!-- Enable/disable the camera shutter sound -->

<CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>true</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>

Reboot, Voila, now you can enable/disable shutter sound from camera menu. Shutter sound option is right below GPS tag in camera setting.

Well, as for my phone[India], I could not find the file feature.xml. The said file is rather others.xml. I added the above line, loh, Shutter sound option came after reboot.

Thanks to you guys out here for wonderful tips!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Go and look on the Portal as well something new for all phones re camera sounds .

jje
[RAZR HD General] Urich24:
How many of my Aussie brothers have bought this smartphone and how good is it compared to the quadcore phones out there today and would you recommend it? :)
[RAZR HD General] Teejai80:
I still can't decide between a razr HD or the Nexus 4. >.<
[RAZR HD General] qqhsiao:
to be honest with you...

i am using ONE X, and then i got a RAZR HD

i didn't like it that much; besides the AMAZING download speed

(4G that's without a doubt, and 3G is also great reach 25Mb~30Mb of speed)

but performing wise... no, it is not faster than Quadcore phones.

so if you haven't but it, try S3 the LTE version (I9305) which has 2G of RAM (don't get the wrong one)

that I9300 also just piece of crap LOL

:laugh:

---------- Post added at 12:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:35 PM ----------

if i get to choose? Nexus 4

please correct me if i am wrong,

that Nexus 4 it's Quadcore 1.5Ghz Krait

and

RAZR HD only has Dual Core 1.5GHz Krait

performance wise, Nexus 4 is definately much better

Nexus 4 also comes with 2G of RAM

the only down side of Nexus 4, it's that 16GB of ROM and not expandable

please ref this page for more comparison info

(i am too new to post outside links)

gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5048&idPhone2=4970

:good:
[RAZR HD General] Teejai80:
I rolled out 3 new GS3 4G's at work. They seem nice and fast, but I'll never get another Samsung after my current GS2. Only thing leaning me towards the Razr HD at the moment is the battery life. My GS2 is sometimes dead by lunch and I'm just not sure if the Nexus will make it through a big work day.

Razr HD with CM10-11 would be amazing!

Oh and has anyone found/got a good case? I would be keen to find a flip case to protect the screen as well.
[RAZR HD General] royalbloodvi:
Can any aussie telstrs here upload the stock telstrs firmware, jelly bean or ics?