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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] rookoorarr:
hi, thanks for your reply.

yes i bought it from a store and when i took it to them for service, it just sat there for 2 weeks before i pulled it back. they did not work on it and when i diagnosed the imei problem, they replied that this has never happened to them before so i doubt they are capable of repairing this anyway.

based on your suggestion that the imei is blacklisted- if this is true, how come the issue doesn't go away temporarily when i flash to oem without a sim installed? the phone does not go onto the network at all- it shows that circle upon boot. i am thinking that if the imei was indeed blocked, it would allow the phone to go online to the carrier and then report it as unknown.

the issue seems to be that either the nv has been corrupted (which i am guessing would be rewritten over with a fresh one when flashed) or there is some hardware fault (such as the cell radio) which is causing this.

the phone works great on wifi, all apps work fine, everything seems normal except for the cellular/mobile ability.

that's why i am asking if there is a hardware diagnostic i can run to verify or deny this is the problem.

thanks

Greg
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Skipjacks:
If you bought it from a store brand new then the imei is not likely the issue. At least not because its been blacklisted.

Again though, you bought it from a store. Its 4 months old and it broke. Take it back and tell them to give you a new one. What country are you in? Some countries have much stronger consumer protection rules.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] rookoorarr:
I'm in Trinidad, West Indies (the Caribbean)

I have contacted t-mobile who says they can't help because I'm not a t-mobile customer and the people I bought it from are useless when it comes to service. They gave only a 30 day warranty so it's out.

Last resort, have contacted samsung, awaiting reply

Thanks

Greg
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tyler.Boston1:
Have you pulled out the battery and looked on the back and checked the IMEI there to see if its blacklisted? If it isn't then you can push it back into the phone, I had the problem on my old s3 and I would think that the solution would be the same to fix it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] rookoorarr:
I have the imei from the sticker under the battery but don't know the site to check for blacklisted imei's; guess I'll google it

I also don't know how to push it back onto the phone: all the free apps I tried don't work. The service menu is also blank.

Greg
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] TheArtiszan:
Yeah it sounds like something deleted out the information in the rom that holds that data.

I beleive in the etc folder.

I forget without looking.

There are many tools on the forum to backup IMEI data to prevent this from happening and restore it from backup if it does.

In this case, were presumably there is no backup, the phone will need to be serviced by samsung.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] rookoorarr:
Agreed. Based on the number of ideas I tried from xda, the issue was never repaired so I hooe samsung can help

Thanks

Greg
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] rookoorarr:
based on checks with several imei blacklist sites, it seems that my imei is blacklisted (wtf!)

i have emailed t-mobile to verify as well.

but here's a question- if my device got blacklisted on the night when the imei went null in the phone- was it deactivated by t-mobile (note, i am not a t-mobile customer, i am not in the USA) and if it was, how come flashing to samsung oem doesn't repair the issue?

i do not have a sim in the phone so it's not even going to try to connect to a carrier. i am confused if it could have been remotely disabled via t-mobile and how can i get this back up and running again?

Thanks

Greg
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Skipjacks:
The store you bought it from sounds shady if they won't honor the manufacturers warranty. They also seem to have sold you a stolen phone. Call the cops.

You will never get the phone unblacklisted.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] xdapowerapps:
Partially right. He could call and find out if the phone is stolen or if it has a balance in it. If latter, you can pay the balance off and have the blacklist removed. But yes, report the store to the police. Shady business.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Skipjacks:
I don't think you can. Once the imei is on that blacklist I think its there to stay.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] baseballfanz:
Once blacklisted it's a done deal. Even if you offer to pay any balance owed tmobile will say no.

Only recourse is try and get a refund from the store.

☞ Sent from here☜???
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Skipjacks:
Try bringing really big scary mean looking guys with you into the store. See if the manager is more understanding of your issue when you have 'friends' there.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] rookoorarr:
Lol great answers thanks to all so far

I have reported the blacklist to the store, awaiting reply now

I also wrote samsung who has referred me to a local dealer but I am waiting to see what the store does first.

Can anyone say how t-mobile did this? I do not have a t-mobile sim, I was using the phone on wifi as normal when the imei went null

How did t-mobile find the device to null the imei (I am not in the usa) and what exactly was done? What files or database on my device was deleted/erased?

Thanks

Greg
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Skipjacks:
Nothing was changed on your phone.

T Mobile blacklists the phone's serial number (IMEI) which is sent to the cell tower everytime the phone moves to a new tower or re-authenticates itself on a tower. If your IMEI is blacklisted then the network says it won't allow the device to authenticate.

Even though you don't use T Mobile you may still be using a T Mobile network. The 4 main US carriers sublet their networks to smaller carriers, and while I'm not super familiar with the cell carriers used in Trinnidad, I'd bet you anything that the US carriers opperate the networks there even if it's under different names or through subletting of the their networks.

There is also some ambiguity as to if cell phone carriers share those blacklists with each other. If they do, then getting blacklisted on one GSM network is the same as getting blacklisted on all GSM networks. I'm not sure if that's going on though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] rookoorarr:
Hmmmm then the issue I have is different. The device is showing a null imei so it never gets to register on the carrier
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Skipjacks:
Then something else happened that damaged the IMEI on your device.

But you specifically said you checked your IMEI against the blacklist and said yours was blacklisted. All advice that was given to you after that was based on that information.

If the IMEI is damaged on your device, then you need to find help elsewhere. We do not discuss how to repair/restore/replace IMEI's on XDA unless you have a previous backup of the EFS partition made in recovery for YOUR device. If so, just restore that backup. If not, you cannot use XDA to find out how to fix a bad IMEI. There are too many ways that information is used for evil and theivery and XDA will not be a party to the discemination of that information.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] rookoorarr:
Agreed, understood.

If you look at my original question, you will see where I was querying a null imei. And as the thread continued, someone suggested I check the imei blacklist. I thought that t-mobile had done something remotely to my device to disable it, that's how I got to this point. My original issue still remains-null imei.

I understand that changing imei is illegal so I have not requested that. I was enquiring what could have happened to my device, given that I did not root or tamper with it in any way to cause a null imei.

If it is that the efs or nv or whatever file on the device got corrupted, I can accept that. Odd thing is that if it's a protected system file then how could it become corrupted in the first place.

Nevertheless, I do not wish to be blacklisted here on xda so I am not asking for advice on how to change imei.

If I knew I needed to backup whatever files before, I would have. But this is not my first Android (I owned a nexus one since it came out and it still works to this day) and I never had this issue of corrupted files. Granted, it is an older version of android.

I appreciate all the advice given so far.

Thanks

Greg
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] zerohunterpl:
Hi, i installed the bagaria cwm, then i wiped the all system, it was on 2.3, i wanted to install the new software slim bean, but im getting assert failed: run_program("tmp/updater/sh") ==0, so i have no idea what version of software it was, and i cannot move forward, what i should do?
[General Questions and Answers] Oginatrix:
Hi,

Running NOTE 2 GT-N7100. Stock ROM not rooted. Enabled full device encryption and SD encryption a couple of month back. Today decided I wanna decrypt the device (process went successful) and then proceeded to decrypt SD card. SD Card decryption process was interrupted by a random device restart. Now my phone sees the SD card as full decrypted but no data can be loaded. I see folder structure, file names, but unable to open any of the files on SD card.

Any ideas?
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[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hawk915402:
I don't know if anyone else has experienced what I went through the past few days.

Every time I installed Wanam exposed my phone started acting crazy. A fc here and there at first. Then after messing with the settings everything including tw force closed. I had to reset my phone 3 times after installing wanam 3 times.

After resetting the third time I downloaded wanam again (everyone trying different settings). This time I didn't change any settings. I didn't get a chance to. As soon as it installed everything force closed.

After resetting I realized that I didn't have su and I was on 4.3.... This is right after I paid for su pro to block such an attempt.

I'm fed up with Samsung and att. If I wanted a phone I couldn't customize I would have got an icrap. I'll be looking to get rid of this phone and the crappy gear.

Never thought I'd see the day I gave up on Samsung...m sucha sad day
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kc2kzz:
I don't know if this is a wanam issue or xposed, but I woke up the other day and my phone was maxed out on space. When I checked the space, xposed was using 21G of space for no apparent reason. I think xposed and wanam are more trouble than they are worth.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropazr:
I have been running both of these since the day I bought my Note 3. I have had almost no issues caused by either.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DustinKimble:
Me too. Maybe there are steps yall are missing somewhere or something simple being overlooked. I hope you manage to solve this because without xposed and wanam I would have traded this for a g2.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anthonok:
No problem here
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreDrennon1:
I have been running both since day one and have had no issues
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rrambert:
Is there a way to hide the quick settings using Wanam. I've been using since day one without any issues.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrAzzy:
OP, is your phone properly rooted and generally known to be in a good state before you're getting started here?

Xposed and Wanam worked flawlessly for me. I rooted MI9 with RDLV, and almost immediately thereafter, I installed Xposed and Wanam. Have had zero problems with either, and very few with the phone in general.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] butchieboy:
No issues for me. Next best thing to Custom Rom for now. I just Greenify them until I need them
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hawk915402:
Exodus

Well I gave up with the att note 3 and just went out and bought a tmobile note 3.

So now I am trying to sell my note 3 and maybe my gear as well.

I am hoping that maybe there will be a way to install custom roms within the next 15 days so that I can bring it back and get my money.

So I'll stalk this forum for 2 weeks after that fair well guys.

As for Samsung and ATT its pretty sad that they are moving towards locking down the system. I feel that people buy the galaxy line of phones because we can customize them to our liking. Sad day!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonyd371:
So True

Might as well carry an iphone jk but i bought this phone to make it mines not have it tell me what i can install and how to use it. very sad day
[Microsoft Surface] xFaultx:
Hey guys,

My dad just got a Windows 8.1 RT surface. Im not sure which one he has. Im an android and pc junky, but havent had a chance to play around with RT really. Essentially, I just loaded up an external HDD with a bunch of AVIs, MP4s, and a few MKVs. Are these formats supported, either natively or with 3rd party apps? From what I can tell AVIs and MP4s are, but is there something out there that is a lot better than the stock video player?

Another question: On my android device, I can go to websites like gorillavid or putlocker, copy the video stream link, and open it in my video player, which allows for a lot smoother playback. Anything like this for Windows RT?
[Microsoft Surface] ultramag69:
Mobile HD Media Player works with MKV files. It cost around $3.50AUD from store but no hassles and not sure if your tablet is jailbroken.

Not sure how well it streams though as I use PLEX media server to stream all my media when around the house - no free wifi that can be used worth a damn around Australia and not streaming over Mobiile Internet with our prices....
[Microsoft Surface] Ace42:
Does it support subtitles?

Sent with Virtue
[Microsoft Surface] ultramag69:
Yep. It does on the MKV files that have them included in the MKV container.

Haven't tried an AVI file with sub files in the same folder yet, my movies are (mostly) in English...
[Microsoft Surface] yoshiki2:
Vlc is launching their app on the windows store in this month, or probably the next one.
[Microsoft Surface] rasstar:
I use Media Browser for streaming. It looks and works much better than skype.
[Microsoft Surface] dgjl:
PowerDVDMobile is the most flexible player on the store with my files (mostly MKV, MP4) - costly, but it's pretty much a one stop solution.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kewrabbish:
Hello everyone, I am new to this forum , my first thread here , so be nice , etc.

My first touch phone was a Samsung Galaxy SII back in 2011, that the phone was working perfectly until I saw all the themes on the web , downgrades , upgrades and such. I accidentally kill my unit twice, So I had to file it for $ 35 I think. Today, I can not charge it at all, in the hole where you insert the end of the charger for it to start charging , where loose it. It may fall out out cell phone at any time , so it 's no use I use ODIN anymore.

The third time I killed my Galaxy S2 I bought the Galaxy Nexus the day after, I was so happy, it's the theme I always wanted and blah blah.

But after almost 7-8 months, it slowly ........... Slow responding when typing , slow to open applications , lagging on any games that should not be .

So I decided to downgrade to Gingerbread 2.3.5 for maximum longevity takes less on device performance.

BUT ! I do not do it directly on my Nexus , since I dont want to take the risk to kill it, so I wanted to downgrade my galaxy S2 from 4.1.2 to 2.3.5 , becase I do not even care about the phone.

And my galaxy lose few perfect for a few minutes without using it , so the charge would be pointless .

My GF also has her own GS2 , and we charge my battery with hers phone that way.

now days i dont care about the theme or design, just a performance, and the delay is my enemy.

But any idea?

My nexus is really slow, and I want to increase the battery life ..

And i am not sure that i want to do a wipe data, wipe cache..

And i have another question, on my galaxy, i have no fastboot, how can i install it? I've doing huge research and stuff, if anyone know alot of this stuff, phones, firmwires and such, please, could we take this private @ skype or anything you like.

my skype is muspru [MENTION=453374]Skype[/MENTION]

Beucase i can have my help much easier from there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hhwong:
I am having a headache trying to read your thread....

So what exactly are you trying to do? downgrade gnex to GB?

if thats what you are trying to do, i would recommend against it, the phone come with ICS, and you can upgrade it to 4.3 via OTA, it is MUCH faster than ICS judging from personal experience.

If you want to save battery, simply flash a custom kernel and UC/UV it, i didnt even UC/UV, using fancy kernel / CM 10.2 rom, and my battery doesnt even take a hit when idling, unplug 7am everyday, and i have around 100-99% around noon.
[Sony Xperia L] asilviug:
Hello, I just bought a Sony Xperia L c2105 and after a couple of days i got the 4.2 update message. I updated the firmware via pc companion and the phone kept on rebooting. Ive read online about this issue and learned that many have had this on their phones and the solution for me was to flash an older firmware. I did that and now the wifi and bluetooth are not working. I flashed different 4.1.2 firmwares (15.0.A.2.17 or 15.0.A.1.36) but the wifi and bluetooth still doesn't work.

Any suggestions will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
[Sony Xperia L] Navneet Suresh:
hmm

If you aren't rooted/unlocked your bootloader then take it to your nearest Sony service center an get it repaired/updated
[Sony Xperia L] LaZiODROID:
Do you remember the exact build that your phone had when you first bought it? Is the phone locked to a specific carrier?
[Sony Xperia L] mousemeat:
Try installing a kernel and its modules for wifi
[Sony Xperia L] mahithlal:
use sus for repair ur os it will install latest os
[Sony Xperia L] ileeba7:
I have the same problem, on version 4.2.2 everytime i turned my wifi on it keept rebooting. So i reverted back to 4.1.2 .

It seems that the problem is in firmware. Maybe the new update will solve this problem
[Sony Xperia L] damian01211:
Well it's not firmware, it's you. Because I'm on 4.2.2 and nothing happens to me like to you.

Have you all make factory data after update ?
[Sony Xperia L] Redzo:
Some phones do have issues with new firmware, that is a fact that can be verified. Just search the net. And to bash on someone just because YOU don't have an issue makes you, well an less educated individual !

Ever heard of "statistics" ? Look it up and drop the attitude.
[Sony Xperia L] rdbll:
Xperİa l c2105 4.2.2 wİfİ problem

New versİyon update but wİfİ error help solİtİon
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android General] fabrechenko:
hi guys, i mistakenly downloaded the hd2 touch screen lock app on my touch pro 2 wm6.5 device, after installing, it prompted my phone to restart, when the phone came back on, it came on with the lock screen app, and am unable to unlock my phone, i'v been trying my default password to no avail, someone told me to download active sync for my device and sync it with my desktop so i can uninstall the file from there, but, i cant find the active sync anywhere on the web, any suggestions on what else i should do?:confused:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android General] Hakim Rahman:
just hard reset your device to fix it, about how to do hard reset ! look at http://www.hardreset.eu/htc_touch_pro_2_rhodium_hard_reset_soft_reset_en.html and if you still need active syn, find at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15​
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sean473:
Hi Guys,

I'm getting a 16GB LG G2 and was wondering how USB OTG works? Can I use a micro-USB to SD card adapter while using USB OTG? I guess it should work...

The one I have the idea of using is this. Its just easier for me as I already have a micro SD card and its less bulky then lets say as flash drive...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/USB2-0-MICR...66&sr=1-2&keywords=micro+usb+to+micro+sd+card

Thanks
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sean473:
Bump Anyone? Has anyone tried this before????
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drc13:
Yes I use a microsd in an adaptor like that combined with a USB-OTG cable and it works fine on my G2.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ForbEx:
I ordered this, today I have it home and it work's pretty well! :good: You can put in any microsd card....
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sean473:
Which one did u get? I'd prefer to get it if its better than this one...

What size(how many GB's)/class SD card did u put in and can you use it to live record video?

Thanks

Sean
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drc13:
It looks nearly exactly like the one you used. An adaptor is an adaptor. As for the OTG cable it's just one I've had for years on a number of different phones.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sean473:
Do you know if there is a micro USB to micro-SD card reader so you don't have to use OTG cable?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PAGOT:
Kinda like 2000x times mentioned everywhere... check out meenova.

Got mine last week pretty neat
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sean473:
Its a bit steep for something small... isn't there anything similar but cheaper? Also can you actually use this like a normal micro-SD card in a phone? In the sense, when you shoot video, save it live to the sd card...
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PAGOT:
Similar... there are. Saw some knock offs. But rather go with quality I would say.

Check even in here, saw some threads.

And the second question. Yes I guess. There are also hacks, mods for rooted phones.

Maybe some native apps too. But did not yet check them out.

Also, since it's USB 2 it's max 30MBs, rather yet lower. Depending on the sd as well. As such might not be suitable for a full hd bla bla extreme video.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sean473:
Mate, I've tried searching but can't find any of them. Could you please help me find a few of them? Thanks :)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PAGOT:
Just put micro USB card reader into Google .

Lets see, first result http://dx.com/p/c310-otc-tf-card-re...er-for-samsung-i9100-i9300-i9220-n7000-174131

Or here http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=micro+usb+otg+card+reader

But as said, go with the Original, knock offs quality might be way off...
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sean473:
None of them are as compact as meenova... Any luck finding one of a similar size? I can only afford these knock offs.. Really broke now and need more storage...I already have a micro SD card u see...
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martindar:
type meenova in your browser its a great way to use your micro sd cards and with say es file manager or other you can move,copy files to and from your micro sd card it supports upto 32gb I think but not tried it with anything higher-the "meenova is about 10-15 dollars and it comes from hong kong so it took about a week to get here you can track it if you want -I think it looks a lot better than a usb stick stuck out of the bottom !

didn't see the post above sorry
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrpdots:
here's a good stuff for you, a micro sd card reader in a very small size, up to 64gb, a lil bit expensive if you compare it with those big sized made in china card reader on ebay

shopmeenova dot appspot dot com