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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] cherylbaker:
If someone is on ljc base and flashes just an lk8 rom and than goes back to an ljc rom will they experience this error as well. Or only if you are on lk8 base

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] MiguelHogue:
I found this thread.. And this is interesting

I never ever touched a LK8 rom before and I had the hands free activation and chameleon error pop up out of no where.. Like it came randomly.. I simply just odined back to completely stock unrooted.. Full wipe.. And updated prl/profile.. Re-rooted and never had the issue again

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss

-Galaxy Note II Edition
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] kingdazy:
Thats disconcerting. Huh. Could mean that our theory is wrong. But at least you were able to fix yours.

Also, nice to see you over here. (From the E4GT forums, right?)

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] MiguelHogue:
Yes, I'm just glad it went smooth for me..It got annoying!

And correct I am.. I'm surely liking this phone alot better

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-Galaxy Note II Edition
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 2k10MBC300SPT:
That worked for me as well. Thanks OP as well for Starting this anyway as it does appear that your method works as well. Only thing with this Shift's version, My device has not updated to LJC yet like it should. I'll figure that out I guess
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] shiftr182:
Give it some time, I removed the files and let the phone sit. I activated, rebooted, check for firmware, check prl, reboot, then update profile. About 20 mins after that it said update was available.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] wojo797:
Didnt work for me.. followed everything to the t..I only get it on a reboot now though at least
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] gyrene2083:
Hello All,

The problem I get is the error 1500 internal error msg with the Hands free Activation. I never upgraded to lk8, I tried the OP's method and it didn't work for me I tried the method mentioned by shiftr182, and that didn't work, I also tried MiguelHogues method and still nothing, has anyone been successful with any other method, or does anyone have any ideas on what I can do?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] lezada96:
OP's method worked perfect for me!..was on stock rooted lk8..ODINed back to stock LJ1. phone booted up with errors. installed provided APKs and entered ## code..phone rebooted with no errors. no more than 10 mins later notification of android update. Successfully updated to stock LJC. Gonna attempt to root with twrp recovery and jellybomb 11.0..wish me luck! THANKS AGAIN!!!!

EDIT : successfully was able to root and install latest twrp and flashed jellybomb 11.0! now just to update and install all my apps! here we come snesoid and sixaxiscontroller!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] gyrene2083:
Maybe I should freaking update to LK8 and start from there.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Itchiee:
Yeah, your issue is way different then what this fix is for. Being that your not on LK8 you could stroll into a Sprint store to have them look at it.

Those that were on LK8 really couldn't have since its not an official release, and the Sprint techs may be like wtf did you put on your phone.

Some people had to trade their phones in because of the original issue here.

I just really hate going into my local Sprint stores so I had to find a fix......

Good luck!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] gyrene2083:
I agree, I don't want to go to the sprint store because they already told me they are going to charge me 40 dollars just to look at it. I was like wtf!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] kingdazy:
That's utterly BS. Find a different store.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Chuck_IV:
So after installing a new ROM, you didn't have to redo the fix?

I'm wondering if going back to LJ1 and then letting it update to LJC on it's own, ultimately is what corrects the issue for good.

I went straight to LJC and I have to redo the fix after ever time I load a new ROM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] kingdazy:
Yeah, it's not really a fix, more of a temp workaround. And no, if you read through this thread, the sextape original leak thread, and the others dedicated to it, letting it update on it's own doesn't fix it either.

That's the problem in general, is that the error is (at this point) almost always a Permanent one. (if you've received it because of the lk8 update leak.)

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nextelfixer:
!! T H A N K - Y O U !!

I knew if I waited for a while somebody would figure this out. :):):)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Itchiee:
Well it did auto update from LJ1 to LJC without issue, and i'm thinking as long as I don't play ring around the ROM, that the next

auto

update will be fine as well.

If your switching ROMs like underwear then yeah you may have issues.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] lezada96:
Yea I let it auto update..didnt have to reapply (reinstall) the provided apks... been running like a champ ever since. Awesome battery life.and just for giggles scored top of the charts on antutu with a 1920 score or something. But I havent tried wiping and flashing a new rom yet

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] cherylbaker:
Sigh. . I am on ljc base I installed an lk8 rom .. Now I am back on an ljc rom and guess what. . I am getting these darn errors.. Never touched the lk8 update. . Any thoughts on how to fix

So I deleted the chamelon files and that error has stopped but get the stupid hands free activation every time the phone boits

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] kingdazy:
go look in Sextapes lk8 leak thread in the dev section, there may be an actual fix coming soon.

and if you read the thread in Q&A about these errors, there are "workarounds" for now,

but Garwynn and EvilKoncepts (sp?) have been working on this, and found out a few things. expect good news soon!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] odean14:
Every since I upgraded to lk8 I have not gotten any 4g connection. I tried this method but it didnt work, is there another way to downgrade firmware to ljc?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] cherylbaker:
But are they not all for people on lk8.. I am on ljc.. But I found a temporary solution for me. I renaned sprintdm.apk to Sprintdm.bak and hands free activation has stopped.. Have to do this everytime I flash a rom but oh well.. wonder what about the lk8 rom caused this

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] twoeleven99:
yeah the hfa thing is so annoying but im sure there will be a permanent solution soon
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 00mred00:
If one doesn't have TEP it's $35...or one can send it to Samsung.

I keep the insurance personally...but if I didn't $35 is a small price to pay to get a new phone had I borked mine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] garwynn:
OK! Got an LJC->LK8 update.zip to test and 2 LK8 odin .tar files (Rooted, restore and "Nodata" versions) that I need testers for. Anyone interested please hit me up by PM.

Goals of tests:

1) Flash or update succeeds

2) CSC information is correct (Sprint)

3) Fully functionality, no FCs or issues

4) Rooted

5) TWRP can be flashed from Odin or Mobile Odin.

Files are coming from my staging server so I can't post them out. Once I get enough test results and

if

they are all good will I then "promote" them and do one click versions. Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] slaakker:
I got rid of the activation and chameleon errors on my phone by wiping the phone factory reset, flashed the ljc to lk8 update zip three times, then installed H2O rom then booted. No errors or aviation and on lk8. Titanium restored only missing apps with data as I didn't want to risk restoring a bad version of chameleon.

Working great!

Hope this helps someone else. I think the errors might be from an incomplete lk8 update from ljc.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] K.0.0.L.:
You misunderstood. The error only occur on LJC rom after you flash the leak LK8. Another word if you stay on LK8 then you will have no Chameleon FC and HFA.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] slaakker:
I was on the lk8 and getting fc on chameleon and having to activate on every reboot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] garwynn:
From someone having this issue...

If you have root explorer can you copy, .zip and send/attach the contents of /carrier. Think this db is either corrupted or missing and is causing the problem.

Sooner I get this the sooner I can confirm. Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] K.0.0.L.:
You probably did not flash the update zip from SEXTAPE thread. It inject all LK8 updates
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] garwynn:
Ok...testing a fix by asking a person to replace their /carrier contents with mine. The db size was 0 bytes... obviously not right.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] viperspike:
OP works

I had the HFA and Chameleon errors after flashing the LK8 Firmware and used the OP; witch worked for me. Odin back to stock LJ1 restarted installed the two APK's. and let it install the OTA. All good to go after the OTA so I rooted it again :) Thanks Itchiee!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] kingdazy:
I hope people are taking advantage of your efforts to actually fix this, testing for you?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Itchiee:
Anyone who did this fix, and is still on a unmodified (non root, standard recovery and 0 flash count) stock LJC ROM, can you tell me what it says under Settings>About Device>Status>Device Status?

Mine was saying

modified

after the LJ1 install, the two apk overwrites, and then the Sprint auto LJC update.

(And I have no modified data, standard recovery...0 flash count)

I went back over all this on my device, this time installing only the LJC one click (no data) and no change, I then factory reset and had chameleon errors on reboot.

(Troubling and pointing to this being a problem until a real fix is found, or future firmware corrects this...)

I only installed chameleon.apk (overwrite) then did the ##72786# activation, it did its thing, and on final reboot it states

normal

under device status.

If this is the case then only chameleon.apk needs to be replaced, and not SprintDM.apk, and the fix can have a little more focus.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] cherylbaker:
This is not true. .I never installed lk8.. I did flash an lk8 ROM and that was all it took. . I am still on ljc base. I did a workaround for It but it had nothing to so with the base. It seems to be something in the rom

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Flashing and lk8 rom IS installing lk8. If you flash a lk8 rom you're now on lk8 not ljc otherwise it wouldnt be an lk8 based rom. You just completely contradicted yourself while trying to argue someone was wrong.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] bp328i:
You said yourself you flashed an LK8 ROM. All LK8 ROM's are based on the LK8 leak.

The firmware/modem/kernel is not where the issue comes from. The issue shows up after you flash an LK8 ROM then go back to a LJC ROM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] unslav3d:
So for all who cares

I was on jellybomb v11

Flashed his version 12 alpha...multiwindow didn't work so I didn't even try any fix

Said screw it. And nandroided back to v11ljc

Then boom chameleon. Fc and hands free activation cums every reboot

I'm not near a suitable PC so I tired to do with out Odin and sloped steps for stock this and stock that

First I installed the 2 apps in the main thread post 1st page

Did not reboot,

Then Using above method I tried the #72786 and had no response. Like it wasn't a code

I again said sscrew it and went ahead like instructed and deleted those two chameleon Files....

Then I rebooted and after lock screen my phone restarted all of a sudden I see the Samsung splash

Fine

Phone rebooted.hands free activation again but says different **** but ither way I let it go and it did its thing and restarted my phone.

Great

Again rebooted and this time hands free said updating profile

Then it said reboot.I hit OK. It did not reboot so I did manually

Restarted and boom all is fixed

Still says lk8 baseband

So yeah thanx everyone

Also I should say be4 all this I had the just lk8 modem flashed

So judging by me this worked as a fast all done from phone fix

I hope this was helpfull and not clutter
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] garwynn:
Might have someone test this but don't think this will work for all.

Here's what test results showed this weekend:

Data in the /carrier folder - where Chameleon.xml and Chameleon.hash seems to be corrupted.

For one person it was the .db file - another person was okay.

However, replacing the contents with a known good set seems to fix the Chameleon errors.

I'm looking at possibly doing an image dump and making a CWM/TWRP .ZIP fix for this.

Also asking some sources to see if a Odin image exists since it is its own partition/mount point.

I'll try to do that today if time allows.

Now for the HFA errors.

Still going through logs from 2 people but still seems that repairing the /carrier data may not fix it all.

Logcat shows a missing file (don't know what) around the same time HFA takes place.

HFA also seems to complete the main action - updating EFS data - but then doesn't clean up properly.

So if you are having data/voice issues and HFA errors - please let me know! Need your logcats!

Asking around trying to find out what Error 1500 is.... will check with Sprint again today.

Will pass on any updates.

*Edit* Think I may also back up all of my LK8 data and then try to intentionally break mine.

That may allow me to more easily debug, test and hopefully resolve this.

Just hope that a full TWRP backup will clear the errors up if I have them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] garwynn:
OK, Chameleon Error Fix - Test #1:

Tests over the weekend suggest that Chameleon errors are occurring because of bad data in /carrier as well as the CSC data.

LKC one clicks will correct CSC data but Nodata versions keep you in recovery. (Just reboot to continue, fixed in future releases.) But this doesn't fix /carrier data since there wasn't a .tar for that... until now.

I've dumped my partition and made one flashable in Odin. Tested it on mine to make sure it works and flashes to the right partition. Make sure to include the PIT file to avoid any issues - you do

not

need to repartition. I tested on LK8 and will test soon on LJC.

Anyone that tests is please post results for others! Hopefully this will put one issue to bed.

Edit:

Flashed LJC Rooted Nodata from LK8. Activation itself completes - which logcat proves - but PRL update is failing. Initially 1104 but now 1500. Happens same time as Chameleon FC.

Flashing LK8 carrier tar.md5 doesn't fix either. Testing moving back to LK8.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] garwynn:
(These posts are mainly for test documentation -read if interested.)

Test Case #1:

Flash LK8 Carrier.tar.md5 from LJC with Chameleon FC and PRL error.

Result: No change.

Test Case #2:

Flash LK8 Rooted Restore.tar.md5 after Case #1. Retains LJC modem.

Result: Both disappeared.

(Restored LK8 backup to avoid issues, no FC/errors after restore)

Tester #2 had consistent results so I'm happy to call this confirmed.

We now have a working solution but requires you to go to LK8 to resolve.

Problem seems to be carrier partition incompatibility between 4.1.1 (LJC) and 4.1.2 (LK8)

So hopefully a clean dump of LJC's /carrier partition and making an Odin image should fix it for LJC folks soon.

Need a tester to flash a LK8 full restore image (minus modem) on LJC and having these errors.

I'm going to roll the carrier image into the restore build and see if we can do it in one shot.

Also going to need volunteers on LJC and want to stay on LJC to test LJC-based fixes once I get the carrier dump.

(PM please)

Finally! Some progress on this danged issue!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] garwynn:
Since the current fix takes you to LK8 I'm working on an alternate now based on LJC.

There are two possibilities I can think of:

1) LK8 Carrier partition and Chameleon Data - Now attached.

Placed in root of external SD card, flashed this and my problems went away on LJC! :)

Problem with this solution is as soon as you put LJC Chameleon back on you're going to get the error again.

2) LJC Carrier Dump - which flashing should correct. Just need the dump to test.

This is what I'm going to consider as the "true" fix on LJC.

Since I need to test the LK8 Rooted Restore with carrier.img in it I can test that last.

Will continue to post results here but we're making progress! :highfive:

Edit/Final Update for now:

LK8 Rooted one clicks will contain the carrier image to make sure this is fixed when you flash.

Will probably re-do LJC images later this week as well to cover this.

Smallest size fix for now is the .ZIP below and flash by TWRP - possibly smaller one later after I get LJC carrier dump.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Itchiee:
Thank you for looking into this for us.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
I can confirm this method works 100% I've tested it every way possible and it works 100% no chameleon FC no HFA on boot prl and profile updates as well as manually starting HFA all function garwynn and I spent the better part of the weekend checking logcats and testing fixes. I read 1500pages of logs line by line just myself as well as garwynn checking the logs he had.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] vvette:
So if Im on LJC I cant use the L900err.fix zip ? Please advise what I can do to rid of this issue, thanks....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] garwynn:
Yep, zip is only for wanting to stay on ljc but fix it. Enjoy!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Yes indeed it works on lj1 and ljc. Lk8 will fix itself the errors are caused by the carrier databases being upgraded tk sqllite v2 in lk8 and lj1 and ljc looking for sqllite v1 which the dbs dont downgrade when you roll back so it returns an UNKNOWN file error on boot when searching for the carrier dbs

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] vvette:
So if I flash this fix, I wont be able to do future updates and I will be stuck on LJC?? What about that error mentioned in above tread? I dont want any errors notices. Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] garwynn:
You can do future updates... those updates just don't seem to be backwards compatible. So this corrects that problem by putting only what is needed to the same version, allowing it to run without errors.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] steezc:
While josh try to clear some errors we have on jellybomb v12 alpha, i decided to revert back to his LJC rom based v11 and flashed the zip and looks like its good to go. Saved me a lot from going from scratch hahha. Good stuff! I'm still on the lk8 firmware/modem just so people know. :good::good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] vvette:
I flashed it and it worked, THANK you! Im just nervous about future upgrades/updates etc. Good to go? Thanks again!;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] steezc:
Well LK8 is a leak so if its an official leak then you should be ok.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] MuDDuQ:
Thank you for all your hard work with this issue you even helped the sprint to boost people with this fix indirectly we were having the same issues you guys were with HFA on sprint and this fixes those issues too. I wanted to help you with your testing but I had my phone fixed already bu cloning a rom from a good sprint phone to mine so I didnt have the issues to test it for you. ANYway a big thank you again
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Itchiee:
So a fixed one click LJC stock ROM will be available down the road?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] garwynn:
Later this week
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Yes it will be available later in the week or early next week gotta pack the fixes in the images for the one clicks

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---------- Post added at 06:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:40 PM ----------

Yes it compatible with updates. If you flash a rom and the error returns flash the zip again and you're good to go. I intentionally fixed and broke mine every way possible and it works 100% of the time. If you find an error with it PM me and ill get with garwynn to correct the bug, but so far I haven't been able to generate and error with it yet

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Itchiee:
Okay cool. I wasn't rushing or anything... Just looking for some finality to the issue.

This would be very helpful to the community.

Thank you and have a Happy New Year.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] cherylbaker:
So once this fixed one click ljc is up we can than flash any ljc rom and the error will not come back. . ?? Is this a fix you could just give to rom developers so we can just reinstall their rom and not have to go back to stock?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] steezc:
Or they can go here thank garwynn for his time and effort :) then dl the zip lol

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Yea we're gonna work on getting it incorporated into roms. If the HFA or chameleon FC starts after a new rom flash just reflash the zip version. No wiping is necessary however I always wipe cache and dalvik after I flash anything just to clean up the junk files in there :thumbup:

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jutaejrtouch:
Worked like a charm
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] aheeejd:
Sorry guys, just want to be 100% sure before I do anything. I flashed the lk8 all in one like the day it came out. I'm on a cm10 based rom at the moment. So I can flash ice reborn (an ljc rom) & then flash that fix ? And I will be good to go? Do I have this right. Thank you & Happy New Year.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] garwynn:
Correct. The key is to update the carrier partition, which is currently not addressed by other solutions.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Yea sounds right. I tested on lj1 and ljc and broke it a retested and its worked everytime so far and the error hasnt come back at all im fixing to flash a new rom later and will see if it needs to be reflashed but so far the only way for me to break the fix is to restore a nandroid I made before flashing that included my efs data

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---------- Post added at 09:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:22 PM ----------

It seems it sticks as well as the error itself across flashes

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] aheeejd:
Great, thanks big time for answering me so quick. Gonna straighten this out now. Great work op. Many thanks.

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---------- Post added at 09:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:25 PM ----------

I flashed to ljc ice reborn rom from cm10 pacman rom. I flashed the l900err fix zip & when it rebooted I got the chameleon fc & this time hoa started up but couldnt complete, gave me an Error 1500 . Do I need to be on an lk8 rom since I did flash the lk8 all in one back a ways?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
No now that you booted go back to recovery and flash the fix zip again and lemme know if error occurs on boot. I havent flashed before a reboot on a fresh flash just to let the db build and then flash fix 2nd time that way it should stick. So far my errors dont come back unless I restore a corrupt efs backup from twrp. But now that youve booted go back to recovery flash the zip. You dont need to wipe anything although I always wipe both caches after every thing I flash just to clear em out and let em rebuild clean

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