yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
no matter what i do whenever i stick an unactivated verizon sim in i get the circle with the line in it and it saying invalid sim

NV_Only

IS_2000

310 00 (in both min areas in DFS)

RevA_MFPA

EVDO_RevA

lteoncdmadevice = 0

how do you force the activation screen to come on?

echo -n ON /efs/FactoryApp/factormode (dont appear to do anything)

/DMU directory created with the 10.key from here

Mobile IP = 10 and 1.178.7

i love how everyone skips my questions only to answer some simple basic questions

Viper32

this guide would prob work perfect if converted to PP

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2060085

just substitute what needs changed

saves alot of work
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] afextwin:
[MENTION=1573711]Viper32[/MENTION] I was lurking at meowmix forums and I have to say sir. I am impressed.

*cough* Moto G *cough*

I am very interested in this service/device. Can I call you about it?

edit: After reboot I get no signal. Can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Offline-A is the mode I'm using. Everything Sticks, SPC stays 000000 after ##RTN# ... autoroot boot.img isn't installing SuperSU on first boot.

help please?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dr.GALAXY:
Thats strange, that has never happened to me, if you remove the sim do you have data, can you make calls ?

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Why do you need the 10 key ? I have flashed several phone to page plus without 10 key and everything works flawlessly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cyh25:
Remote Squad

I used to sit online and spend endless hours, once I hooked up with RemoteSquad it doesn't really pay anymore to play around, specially with the 4G phones
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
yep can make calls and text if sim removed
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Novasunshine:
Thought I share if this isn't common knowledge. If you need a sim card for 4.3 verizon phones you can use the prepaid sim cards from t -mobile. You can get for free on their website. They work for me only thing that's wrong is it doesn't show your phone number in settings but you can still receive and take calls and your phone number shows up when you call someone on their phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] afextwin:
fixed...i'll post some screenshots later if anyone cares to see what factory 4G settings are for a VZW S3.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
somehow with all the different roms i been flashing my imei got messed up.

i trying to use dfs cdma tools to write it but it wont stick.

i still have my original imei/esn/meid

the esn and meid stick with no problems but the imei will not stick

proably tried like 500 writes today.

im on stock official android 4.4.2 (touch wiz)

no root no cust recovery

us cellular note 3.

viper32 or anyone please help
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] afextwin:
You will need to restore NV data to fix the IMEI.

There once was a thread with an attached file called "SGS3-IMEI-NV-Gen.zip" but all it did was generate an NV file.

Wish I could help more. But this should lead you in the right direction.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
appreciate the info but already been to those sites with info about that.

i cant find the nv_data.bin file

i have the imei number so it shouldnt be to bad.

most people lose their imei so at least i do have it

dfs is being a biatch.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] afextwin:
Someone should upload the NV item. If someone does, it would be easy to hex edit.

Do you know the number for the NV item? If I had a USCC Note 3 (right?) I would totally help you out.

Can you just take the NV item from the phone using DFS or QPST? If so, can you then hex edit your own file? Or is the NV item too garbled to repair?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
the uscc note 3 is crippled

it dont have the area where you can pick usb modem or serial modem or pda modem or whatever that is.

i can see a serial modem in dfs but if i dbl click it it dont show up at the bottom like it does when i click the usb modem that also shows up in there

im not sure which nv item it is? i heard there were alot of locations it could be (like more then one)

preciate your helping with what you can

thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Seems I got a little helper here now ;)

Good job guys this is what I like to see......

Been very busy but time is coming soon for something new maybe ;)

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JUSMEJOSE:
If no one helps you ... I'll try to help you tomorrow ...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Well I see my Dropbox Links have been killed yet again..................

I guess i will have to quit posting links to valuable tools as I can't keep paying more and more to keep them enabled.

I just wish people would not leach from all over the place............
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] afextwin:
Of course I have multiple copies of everything from OP but....can we link to the devhost links for the files?

You've really done a great service to the community with this thread and I hope it continues.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bogie03:
pm me if you need it still, i will send it to you!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mrhunter13:
all u have to do is pull the 10 key from a Verizon phone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
preciate it much

looks like a couple people trying but no success yet.

used cdma ws to read nv_item 550 (imei) and winhex to edit it then write it back

says it writes ok but when ever i try and read it back it not working

tried dfs cdma tool to read nv item 550 and then i edit it right there in dfs editor (in nv tab)

i apply and then write and again it writes ok but when ever i read back it never changed

i have airplane mode on and i pretty sure im doing it write but no success

something is ether stopping it from writing or its changing to orig incomplete

i read somewhere they said there is more then one location and i also read somewhere that the people that are in the know say that area is not found yet on this device?

has anyone with uscc note 3 on android 4.4.2 tried to write nv item 550 successfully?

thanks for any info and will be hitting like on the peeps that are helping but lets wait a bit until we figure it out or exhaust our efforts.

thanks again to you concepttheman but i will get him when i read further ahead.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
I have no access to devhost.......

I have asked but never received anything from mods.

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] afextwin:
WOW. Never knew this existed. Great find. thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gpz1100:
Just don't try copying the entire efs from one phone to another. You'll be in a world of hurt.........
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jtbama:
I purchase a Verizon S3 and waiting on it to come in, hope I made the right choice.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
anyone know the other imei locations besides nv item 550 or why i can not write to it?

android 4.4.2 in TW and also just tried in android 4.4.2 AOSP

neither lets me successfully write or when i goto read it again it has been restored to partial original.

i mean it looks like its writing ok whenever i use DFS cdma tools and also cdma workshop 2.7

but it never really writes or if it does write its back to partial original just like it was before i wrote it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
4.1.1?

i dont think i can downgrade from 4.4.2 to 4.1.1 can i?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JUSMEJOSE:
When you write your IMEI as text file what error you get?. ... you also edit the IMEI from hex editor ... I do it completely different, I flash a special file from odin to bypass/patch the IMEI after I just write any IMEI that I want .. but let's not get into details .... I'll see what I can do for you tomorrow ...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
hold on wait.

i just seen this is in S3 thread.

i have a us cellular note 3 so somehow i got mixed up in here thinking it was note 3.

i dont think there is any method to repair imei with note 3 with n900x versions.

i was reading alot and they support almost every note 3 but none with sm-n900x

i think i have a couple efs directories i backed up so i gonna experiment with that
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JUSMEJOSE:
There is trust.... but not for public ...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
not from what i read.

i read that you can repair the imei but it messes up network and something else too

the imei will stick but it breaks other things.

from what i been reading on gsmh

you might be right but i would be scared to try it but if the phone is messed up already aint nothing to lose but $$$

i have a few /efs i "copied and pasted" to external sd card but im not sure which phones are what and not sure if i can copy back to /efs location and it not break anything but heck cant hurt to much if i can figure out which /efs goes to which phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JUSMEJOSE:
That's why you flash the file from odin to bypass the imei certified and write your own ... that's my way of doing only couple of people are able to do it because of the file ... anyways that's how it's done ...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
and you dont have network problems or any bad problems afterwards?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Guy's please refrain from talking about repairing/changing IMEI's or ESN's ....... XDA has a strong stance against this that I also agree with...

Stay away from it in topic or take it up in PM.........

Thanks,

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] johngandersonjr:
Writes not sticking on US Cellular S3

I have been trying to flash us cell s3 without a 1 click for a while now and Have not had any luck. I have found a few forums on other sites that state that Flashing this specific phone requires a different method.

Wondering if anyone can assist. the majority of the phones that I flash are US Cell S3 at this point as they are easy to obtain.

Can someone please point me in the right direction?

I am using CDMA WS 3.9. I have been able to figure out most other samsung phones but this one is a royal PIA.

When doing a remote flash I keep looking like an idiot cause it takes me 30 minutes or more to get the settings to stick, if they even do.

I end up changing so many items that I have no idea what fixed it or if it just got sick of me trying the same thing over and over and gave in ;)

Sometimes I can write the PRL, but most times not. When I write the NAM Settings the MDN usually ends up something like this 000-000-1234. Really weird

I know people have figured it out, just hope they are willing to help :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
ok restored an efs that i did have backed up so no longer imei problem

now back to fixing what i did that can stop me me from doing the *228/*22890 but i can do a prl update *22891

i used to be able to do *228 or *22890 with no problems.

it wouldnt fix my mobile data problem but i always liked being able to complete that.

the one time i did get keys for the following

PPP

HDR AN

Mobile IP

i took screen shots so i could get back to that state (but it dont look like its doing anything when i enter the hex passwords) so i trying to get it back to where i can at least where i can *228 or *22890 again

i have the prl i get from pageplus when i do the *22891 which 53324 and i get the triangle

anyhow i was looking at my screenshots that i had took when i did get those keys and it shows i had prl of 31014.

i do not recognize that prl

i either had an ATT sim that was deactivated a couple years ago

or a new att prepaid sim (go phone) that had been used (active) but no current mins

or a new verizon sim that has not been activated

i googled "prl 31014" but nothing coming up

anyhow i think i got some setting off as i can not do the *228 or *22890 and it complete successfullly like it used to all the time

it will program for about 60 secs and then just stop

*22891 works for prl update
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ricky_bobby4118:
I have a Verizon s4 sch i545 that I recently had flashed to page plus. After they flashed it I saw I had no mobile network. The person at page plus doesn't know what to do. Any help anyone?? I also don't have a sim card. Is that a problem. I don't know anything about these phones so please bear with me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Yes if on 4.1.2 or up you need one....................

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Well let me rephrase that since I have been corrected.....................

I use them for 4.1.2 and up.....

Things work and I do enough of them everyday to know...........

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ricky_bobby4118:
s4 to page plus

Ok. Thank you so much! I will get a used sim card asap! After I get it will it mess up my flash? Will I have to change any settings?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
yeah a little. I have one but they are a pain in the a-- to me........

But a man can buy some really cheap devices if he is willing to repair them that way....

I guess i am just a flashaholic atleast it seems that way, I cant get time to do nothing but that right now........

I do have a Z3X Box also that comes in handy at times.

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
i had got 3g keys on android 4.4.2 WITHOUT a "used verizon sim card"

im not sure how i did it before (i dont have em now because i install to many roms) and im not sure how i did it but i did take screenshots when i did it so i could remember my settings

here is what i had done

i had dont *22891 for PRL Updae and SS shows i had PRL 31014 (someone told me this is a us cellular prl i believe)

*228 or *22890 to do the OTA Programming

CDMA_Only and NV_Only

no sim card in when doing any OTA at this point.

the only 4 sim cards i was putting after i had did my updates was

ATT GO Phone sim that is active but no minutes

ATT 2 year old sim long time ago ran out of minutes or never activated (not sure beause i order like 5 along time ago off ebay)

Verizon UNactivated sim

T-Mobile old expired sim

Tmobile ativated online sim but never purchased any minutes or plan

so tell me how i got the following keys:

PPP

HDR AN LONG

MOBILE IP (both AAA and SHA)

my note 3 had a bad esn from unpaid bill

so how in heck did i get those keys?

how the heck can i not OTA anymore?

when i run an app called Sim Toolkit it shows:

Voice Roaming OFF

Data Roaming ON

something is very wrong to have voice roaming isnt it?

i can still *22891 (PRL Update) but can not *228 or *22801 for OTA Programming

sometimes it goes along time without failing and sometimes it will end soon

someone help out if you can please

i noticed in my screenshots i took of DFS Programming>General tab (MEID hex and decimal areas)

i never had any check digit showing in that seperate box and now i do?

why is this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
You are wasting your time trying to OTA activate..... Flash it and be done.........

If it was that easy then no-one would need to flash at all...........

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
this g2 hates me! back to no data again! and constant pop ups wanting me to update my profile! mip 131... this whole g2 thing has turned into a nightmare. I want my s3 back :(

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seriously, this crap is getting old.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
something broke

i OTA this thing like 500x

i should be able to do it again shouldnt I

i dont care if the OTA dont do anything i just want to know why i cant do it anymore

i have provided very detailed information

can someone please explain what is going on?

i give tons of info about my current phone config and no replies?

what is going on with VOICE ROAMING = OFF and DATA ROAMING = ON

im pretty sure no phone is suppsed to = VOICE ROAMING OFF

care to provide some helpful info why i can not OTA anymore when i could do always before?

care to provide any info on VOICE ROAMING = OFF?

would appreciate an intelligent response since i took the time to provide all the details i could think of.

thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
Anyone care to help get data back on this thing again?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ricky_bobby4118:
s4 to page plus

Ok I got a used sim card but i still don't have mobile network. Do I need to flash it again or change some settings? Please help
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gwdew:
Well I figured nobody would help me. I figured out myself....Got my Sprint S3 working on P+ will full 3G. Took some trial and error but everything's groovy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
Someone please trade me this g2 for something I can use on page plus and be able to flash custom roms on after flashing
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
What carrier G2 is it?

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ricky_bobby4118:
s4 to page plus

Can someone please tell me what I need to do next? I have a used sim card installed, I reset my phone but still have no mobile network. Do I need to flash it again with the sim card installed?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
sprint. this thing is just whack. I got no data again today so if u want to contact me to try to fix it I'm pm'ing you my number
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ricky_bobby4118:
s4 to page plus

VIPER can you help me get this thing working. Could you PM me? Will pay you for everything. Getting sick of the dealers in my area that don't know how to flash it properly and get it to work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
i still SWEAR this thread is designed for us to break our phones only for the scalpers to help us undo what we did by following the directions in this thread.

technically its not really directions are they????

its just a thread for "scalpers" to help us fix our phones after we break them

how i can prove this is this.

look at the names who we ask for help and the help they offer is a "service" or has a "fee"

where is the GUIDE???

every other forum has a guide on how to flash their phones to pageplus

not one guide and 400 pages at 10 posts each and whole thread is riddled with people having problems and the usual "players" picking up the pieces for fees

there is the proof
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
I wish it was that simple..... I would do it in a minute. Like I stated before the only way I can do it currently is with CDMA paid version. I have done several members phones here and they can affirm while they watched the phone pulled keys...... its real I just currently do not have the time to test allot with freeware flashing software.

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xfatefalxsnipex:
So viper you can do remote flash?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
Yes he can. He has my respect and a few others on here

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Yes I can and have got pretty good at it.......

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gadget069:
The man has skillz!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
I keep meaning to donate but haven't yet

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gadget069:
Do it! Lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EGGrollBEAST:
Viper is the real deal. I just got offline with him right now. He helped me take a look at phone.

Thanks Viper32
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Why would you reactivate to change a PRL? Really why would you even update it if the one you have is working fine? I have looked at several prls and less than 2% of items are changed between the old one and new one. Anyways if I flashed your phone and you feel the need to update prl, put your phone in airplane mode and flash new one, reboot and turn airplane off then reboot again. Try that if it screws anything up which I doubt it will contact me and I will help ya fix it.......

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] BurntBiscuits:
actually when I dial *228 it ask option 1 or 2

1. Activate

2; update PRL

but when I did change PRL after you flashed ( Didnt touch anything Else ) it it wouldn't allow me to have service so I flashed the 53078 prl back on phone and it works ?

so I go to work and i travel allot and its dropping service in and out 3g symbol is on all day even when I dont have service

so I not sure if it this First Version phone or what .........

Burnt
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Burnt,

Questions:

I have flashed several so refresh me is yours a Sprint S3 or Verizon?

You said you have 3G symbol when you have no data at all?

I am thinking your phone is a first revision Sprint S3 if I remember correctly. Anyways try to flash 00002.prl with airplane mode on and see if that helps. Thats a modded prl for sprint phones, it may help. Let us all know.

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] BurntBiscuits:
Sprint

yes I had data

I am flashing to 0002.prl

we'll see ... i think its something with bad underlying structure .... i just done know I have 20 phones and this is the only one that I cant experiment with Prl's for better signal I live in a rural east texas and the prl that I have been putting on Note 2 , EVO Lte 4g , Droid Bionic , are for this area on verizon ... its just something on this phone.....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Well change it to the PRL you are using in your area, keys/pass are there it should not effect anything....

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mrhunter13:
I would just like to say Viper is a good man and very helpful...even tho I wasn't ready to flash my phone with his help...I will be ready next time and hopefully he will be there to help me once again...We can not always follow other ppl guides on these phone cuz they always don't work and the person that posted it is an asshole...viper is a stand up guy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
I am looking for someone with a Sprint S2 to test my flashing with. Let me know if you have one you want to flash to Page Plus.

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Nevell:
Didn't know you started a thread here. As always if any help is needed I'm here and I can remote flash as well. Also I just fully flashed my GS4 to Page+ a guide will be coming in the next week or so. So busy lately remote flashing and doing in house flashes at my store and for other stores. I just can't find the time. Glad you started a thread though because I couldn't keep up with mine. One thing about flashing phones as a business is that it grows on you fast. To say that I've been flashing phones for a few years, this last year and a half has really got me busy all day every day.

Cheers and good luck on your thread bub!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Thanks Nevell, Please come and contribute as your time allows. I respect what you have done as your truly allot better than myself at writing guides for sure. (I need to work on that) I just felt like I was stepping on your toes in your thread, and did not want to do that, thats why I started this one. I also use a different method than you do so I wanted to try and get that out there. Not saying one is better than the other but I just have learned that one way may work for one phone and not another.

Yeah I had success also with a Sprint S4 done a couple already........

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Are you still using it?

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
Only when my s3 is charging and I wanna look on xda or something. Its a backup phone really.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mrhunter13:
is there any truth that u will lose your flash if u update to 4.1.2 from 4.1.1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
No, its cool man,help away.........

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] strwest:
Stuck

I've got a Spring S3 I've used a vzw to pull ST keys from, then wrote new info to S3 when I get a signal it's 3g and I get vzw OTA if I dial *22890, but keeps saying I'm on Sprint and signal is dropping left and right, also keeps saying I'm on 1xrtt:6 instead of cdma edvo rev a, the only think I have yet to do because I can not get qpst to work is write the dmu folder on the S3