[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] lilroach:
Hello,

I'm having a lot of difficulty getting my Note II (SGH T889V) in working order :( . I'll try to explain the situation in an organized way. Thank you for your time and kind help!

Background

I have a Note 2 from Wind Mobile in Canada - SGH T889V. I got it 2.5 months ago. It was rooted, was running TWRP and I only loaded one ROM, flashed once, on it - 4.1.2 modified touchwiz ROM. Never once had an issue. The ROM was super stable and in great working order.

I got it unlocked about 2 weeks ago because I was visiting the states. When I got to the states, I put in a T-Mobile sim card which was working great for a few days. One afternoon during my vacation I was having slow data issues, so I thought to change the modem/radio from a Wind Mobile radio to a T-Mobile radio. That gave me 4G data speeds but killed my calls. So I tried to go back to the Wind Radio and that had my phone complaining that there was no SIM card. I went back to the T-Mobile radio and I got calling back but only 2G data.

My IMEI was corrupted - it showed up as zero. I left the T-Mobile radio on the phone when I got back. My home network wouldn't recognize me and thought I was still roaming.

Attempted Fixes

Tried a basic factory reset. Tried a different ROM. Tried wiping all internal data.

I got home and tried to flash to stock ROMs found on XDA for Wind Mobile phones. That didn't solve the issue. The IMEI remained null. The phone would reboot automatically every few minutes unless I turned Airplane Mode on. I figure the phone was looking for a signal and couldn't because of the IMEI problem.

So I looked around on the net and found a link about injecting the IMEI back using QPST (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1206275) but I couldn't get the program to detect my phone so I gave up and thought I could just get my binary count to 0 and stock and I'll just take it back for warranty.

I tried Triangle Away but I couldn't get the counter to go to 0 even with stock ROM and recovery. So I thought I would take it to a cell repair shop locally. I took it there and all they did was cause an issue on the phone to make it appear that KIES firmware upgrade failed so that it would be repaired under warranty. You would see a emergency firmware upgrade error the minute you turned the phone on. However, download mode still showed the custom binary count at 1, they didn't get it down to 0.

I spoke with my carrier and with Samsung anonymously, they said the counter would be an issue if I sent it in.

I came back home and tried doing the following, with the hopes of trying Triangle Away again:

1. Installed TWRP via ODIN and ran the restore on the backup I created in TWRP when I first got the phone. I restored everything including EFS. Phone boots to the stock samsung rom but it would restart automatically every few minutes. Even with Airplane mode on, it would still reboot on it's own.

The KIES error message doesn't appear anymore.

2. Went back to ODIN. It was getting stuck on SYSTEM in ODIN version 3.07 when flashing a stock rom. So I switched the USB port on my computer and used ODIN 3.04 then the flashes went through properly with no hang ups.

So I tried to flash a prerooted (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1975560&highlight=wind) stock ROM

and

also a basic stock ROM (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2061031), along with a stock recovery

Both just get stuck in a bootloop. I tried going to the stock recovery and wiping data, cache, factory reset several times. No luck - still boot loops. Wont go into the ROM.

I did not try "Re-partition" in ODIN. I'm not sure if that'll hard brick the device but maybe that way I can repair all of the partitions? - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=860432&page=2

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Im hoping to get back into a prerooted ROM or stock ROM to try this Triangle Away Method - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2272966 to get the custom binary down to zero.

I tried to use the Triangle Away ODIN method but it doesnt go through in ODIN, it just gets stuck.

If I can get into the ROM without it boot looping or rebooting automatically- I think I can fix my IMEI like this person did - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2145967

Outcomes Im hoping for

To stop the bootlooping/ automatic reboots, then

1. To get the custom Binary count to 0 so I can send it back in for warranty to Samsung or my carrier, Wind Mobile. The binary says Samsung Official. - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2068156

or

2. To get the phone to working order so I can try this persons method - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2145967

The phone is still responding and it's still working with ODIN. It makes me think the issue is software or partition related and not hardware related per se. If it is hardware, I just want to get this phone back to Samsung but I need to unroot/clear the binary counter.

The phone has never been dropped or damaged physically. I've really babied the phone. This is my third Samsung Galaxy phone (I've had a Vibrant and S2x before this one.)

This has really ruined my week. I need my phone for work. I greatly appreciate any kind help or guidance. I know the collective genius here at XDA will be able to find a solution. :)

Thank you so much!