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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Let's wait until another Sprint Note 3 user provide feedback. I don't have a Sprint Note 3 to test.

In the meantime, try reflashing your MDN, MIN, and Profile 1 as described in the steps in post #1. Reboot the phone and try the update again.

Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] TTmaster99:
AlpineMan,

You said you have a fix for the NO SIM situation too?

I got 8 Sprint Note 3 to play around with. 3 of them have no problem with NO SIM situation. The other 5 keep erroring out the SIM and the NO SIM would pop up
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Look in my flashing thread. No SIM fix is in the FAQ.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Are you able to do Update Profile in the "original" phone?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eazy3445:
i used a galaxy s2 to the do hands free activation then took the profiles from that phone can copy and pasted it exactly to the note 3, both phones had the same MEID so what did do wrong on the note 3?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vipersinu2:
See if u real have 3g. Go to settings, general, about device, status, see what mobile network type says
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eazy3445:
i dont and i cant do update4 profil to fix the 3G and i am running kit kat on this note 3 and this Galaxy 4 i have and they both get error MIP : 67 or MIP: 133
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bremos812:
the profile fix works on the galaxy note 3 running kit kat i have reset my phone thousands of time and im still able to do a profile update just make

sure you have a number in the mdn and min spot instead of the 0000001234 and make sure you are connected to wifi extract the note.zip into the carrier folder restart the phone then do a profile update
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Yup. This is documented in post #11. I probably should copy that in the FAQ section.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eazy3445:
i have restarted the phone and the HFA is still coming up.......and i have the min and MDN filled out
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bremos812:
What carrier are you in

Make sure you have a wifi connection

Make sure your copying everything from the note3.zip to carrier folder

Restart phone

Also make sure in dfs that your hdr username is correct

And if you have your 32 hex password is writing

And fill out your profile as much as you can your ha will be secret and just put 6 letter/numbers for the aaa pw

The profile update will fix it for you

Sent from my SM-N900P
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eazy3445:
I'm on boost and I have to see if I have everything filled out and I don't understand cause I did this on a mega no problem, and every single time I restart it still comes up and don't understand what I'm doing wrong with this note... Y sure this will work on 4.4.2?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vipersinu2:
It will work promise. U need that data password
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eazy3445:
ok got the note 3 to take data! nonw im just working on this Galaxy S4 im hitting update profile but im getting connection error (6621) ? and says the profile could not be updated

oh ok so i got the GS4 to take 3G but it doesnt let me updat epro file? oh well ima leave like this i guess
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
I have not seen error 6621. See if your Mobile Networks settings is on CDMA only. Make sure there are no disabled apk's that Update Profile depends on. How often does the error show up?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eazy3445:
only came up when i hit update profile but the 3G does work
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bremos812:
kit kat proof
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Has anyone been successful running Update Profile on a flashed Note 3 w/ KitKat radio?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eazy3445:
yea im not able to update profile but my 3g does work, i activated my phone thru sprint zone and the phone rebooted with 3g but the HFA did not get removed which was weird but i just disabled the HFA apk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
It's possible. I did it after molesting the IMEI to pass certification.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vipersinu2:
I updated profile on kitkat
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
You have KitKat modem, too when you did the Update Profile?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vipersinu2:
No. Modem mi3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
I THINK it's impossible to update the profile on KitKat without doing the workaround for the IMEI cert. Wish I had a super imei for the s5...

I do vaguely remember someone who i flashed to Boost and was on 4.3 but updated to 4.4.2. He had a signal, his MEID was changed, and his IMEI was original. I was able to update the profile on his device. It may have been a dream. I had a dream I was the diagnostic interface between the phone modem and the computer one day...don't ask lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tizman:
bremos812 : the problem i am having with my note 3 is that the settings wont stick? (after using WS) is there another solution to that? or just one way of doing it? thx
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
Wrong thread. Alpineman has a different thread for flashing. I might've answered you or someone else with the exact problem. Check it out. Should be within the last two pages of the thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Yeah, a much as possible, let's keep this thread about fixing Update Profile even though all this is closely related. Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bremos812:
yes you can do a profile up and update prl with kitkat radio even if you have red x no signal as long as your connected to wifi
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] quishataylor:
questions

NOOB alert: Alright, I have experience in flashing but not too familiar with ADB...the directions says to extract the zip to the adb folder, but i'm not sure how to do that or where to find that folder, i'm not sure how to set it up, or to connect it to even detect it. Then i need help on runnin the batch file. Please steer me in the right direction
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bremos812:
For anyone who can not do the HFA fix and would like to disable it without rooting there phone prl_helper from the playstore is a shortcut to samsung DM services just go in and uncheck HFA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bremos812:
Ok I have not tested this with nothing other then the galaxy s3 but may work for other galaxy phones as well if you are stuck with the HFA popping up and can not get HFA fix to work then all you should need to do is restore your phone with Odin and stock firmware once the phone restarts the HFA will be gone and you can connect to wifi and do a profile update hope this helps you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
ADB is a bridge between your computer and the phone to push files, pull files, and run commands in a terminal (amongst other things). There's a ADB package you can install on your computer that will throw on everything that you'll need. It might come straight from Google...I forget. It's been a while since I've needed to setup ADB.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BuzzERKINdff:
Galaxy s3 Carrier folder

Does anyone have Sprint Galaxy S3 folder?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
I almost totally blew a head gasket doing the S4 HFA fix. I packaged it into a batch file and loaded it onto my phone...with fingers crossed. It booted back into android, I lost signal and the phone rebooted. Upon reboot the chamelon.xml file was gone, the phone was in a HFA loop, and my nv items were reset, even my international unlock was GONE. My 4.4.2 carrier .zip backup was invaluable. The other one from maybe 4.3(?) didn't work. I did notice at this point I WAS able to activate the phone successfully by going into Activate device. The HFA failed, but going into activate through the settings did work. It even pulled up my MDN. It rebooted the phone and I lost signal again...then it rebooted and wiped the phone again. This went on for a while...

Then I noticed the boot up was screwed up. There wasn't a Sprint logo anywhere. I've been here before...it has to do with the carrier folder...

So I unzip my carrier zip into the carrier folder AND check the permissions. The chameleon.xml was way tweaked. Look at the screen shots to see how they are in the NAE build. Also notice how the owner and group are system. When I copied them over the hash and xml (excuse the breveity...I'm on my phone) were owned by root. Dunno if that made a difference but I just changed them to whatever everything else in the folder was. Reflash the phone, reboot, win. I'll try to get files up tomorrow and instructions. I'm gonna do another test run...on a S4 at the shop lol.

EDIT: won't let me post pictures from this phone grrr
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Good point. Perhaps we need to start collecting /carrier folders for 4.3 and 4.4.2 for each Galaxy phone.

When I was first experimenting with this /carrier stuff, I experienced exactly what you mentioned. Lost everything on the phone until finally figured out what and where needs to be present in the /carrier folder.

So for the noobs (I don't mean that in a negative way)... you're playing with fire with this carrier stuff. Be very careful. Make sure you follow exact steps. You need to be proficient in flashing in case you do lose everything.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
Haha definitely! I freaked out. I stayed at work (without being paid) after hours just to fix this. I was freaking out. I need to figure out exactly what fixed the reset loop. FWIW a profile 1 write made it reboot. I could write a MDN and MIN and the phone wouldn't automatically do a NV Reset. As soon as i touched profile 1, no signal followed by reboot. I'm almost positive it has to do with permissions. I just need to do more experimenting. I was so close to releasing ANOTHER bad batch file lol. Worst feeling ever...

On another note I was still stuck in HFA after writing the MDN, MIN, and profile 1. I had TRUE 3g (CDMA EVDO Rev. A) but it kept popping up. I was scared to do anything to the chameleon files so I just replaced the data folder and the *.db* files (again...I apologize for the breveity...I'm still on my phone). No more HFA loop. SO at least on NAE as long as both chameleon files are there you ONLY need to load the other files to get rid of the HFA loop after flashing MDN, MIN and Profile 0 and 1. I can package this into a batch file but I'm gonna need to test it (again) before releasing it. Hopefully the Note 3 4.4.2 HFA fix will be less painful :(

EDIT: https://www.mediafire.com/?5j24u23k4j62ti3

Yes, this doesn't contain the chameleon.xml and chameleon.hash file (I found out that these were NOT causing the HFA loop, but instead can severely screw up the phone if you don't handle them the right way; which is why I chose to leave them out). It DOES however fix the HFA caused by a RTN and a SCRTN. You must be rooted, you must have busybox installed, and USB debugging must be enabled.

Instructions: Fill in your MDN, MIN, and profile 1 using DFS, use the .bat file provided in the .zip, reboot the phone using DFS (important), win.

THIS FIX IS FOR THE L720 ONLY! THESE FILES ARE FROM THE 4.4.2 NAE BUILD. USE THEM ON DIFFERENT BUILDS AT YOUR OWN RISK!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Azeem00:
Question

Hey Alpine Man,

After reading the: "This fix assumes the following:"

I only have a Verizon Galaxy Note 3, I don't have a Sprint Galaxy Note 3 so my guess is this will not work for me?

please let me know

Thanks,
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Correct. I have not figured out how to get Profile Update to work on Verizon phones yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] highvelocity:
I have a galaxy S4 Mini SPH L520 running 4.4.2 can someone post a carrier.zip for that model much appreciated :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
Fill out your MDN, and MIN with values other than default THROUGH DFS CDMA TOOL. ALSO change the PROFILE 1 username to something like sprint@sprintpcs.com. If you're still getting the HFA loop and you've verified that the settings did stick, take the S4 zip and copy ONLY the properties.db and properties.db-journal to your /carrier/ folder. Reboot. Win.

PS: don't forget to take note of the permissions on those two files. They may change upon copying and you MUST restore the permissions or some nasty Qualcomm voodoo will happen to your phone (nv reset loop...don't ask).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cyrus441:
hi im stuck on boot loop hfa on my mega after it being flashed to boost from what i understood i need another galaxy mega for this to work? Or can it be any 3g donor phone. Well i dont have another mega just the one i flashed is there any ideas on how i can get rid of the boot loop of hfa and maybe resolve the

profile and prl update or does the above mentioned fix work regardless
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
There is a mega zip file you can use if you don't have another mega. See first post.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cyrus441:
would that megazip file work on 4.4.2 kitkat which is what im currently running I read somewhere method wont work on this version.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
Try it. DO NOT replace the two Chameleon files. Just replace the properties.db and properties.db-journal. I was able to use this method on nearly every recent samsung device (S4, Note 3, S5). Note that the s5 requires an EFS folder copy for the Sprint animation to take place during boot. It's no longer reliant on the carrier folder files. Then again...that has nothing to do with the HFA for the S5 (off topic).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cyrus441:
Thanks both for replying but i tried this method exactly i copied properties.db and properties.db-journal from the megazip file into mico sd card then deleted and replaced the files with ones i copied over the sd card and made sure they stuck and rebooted. So it seems like half this worked the hfa does not appear anymore but system update check mark is stuck on my notification panel and when i go to settings system update profile or PRL i click on either and it says initializing application box appears in the lower middle of the screen and quickly disappears. No matter how many times i click on these update tabs nothing is actually initializing. So now System update check mark hangs on notification panel and updates are still not pushing this method was able to rid the hfa activation that would always occur any thoughts? ecs 87 or anyone. I am running 4.4.2 kitkat rooted...also i have to mention i do not have the sim card in my galaxy mega phone could that be a factor in this not working? I took it off since 4g lte was not viable although now i will be trying this method out as it seems to be viable http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2003948&page=7 actually this link is better http://androidforums.com/boost-mobi...universal-boost-apn-fix-d2lte-builds-mod.html

Alpineman im sure your aware of that post is it working for you? same question ecs 87 i know its off topic but i thought it was important to mention also please help with current situation the update/PRL/PROFILE.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eazy3445:
Why am I getting connection error (6621) when I try to update the profile or prl?! On a Gs4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
Please post screenshots of your carrier folder and the permissions of the files in your carrier folder. Also take a screenshot of your EFS folder while you're at it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cyrus441:
Can you explain how do o take shots of the permissions im using es explore ive tried again re copy of the 2 db files with no success. included is a picture of efs folder or files

yes i did use the mega zip provided here.

when i click on system up date or prl/profile update it just says initializing application with nothing actually happening.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
You're missing Chameleon.XML. Copy the one from the .zip into your carrier folder and you should be able to update the profile. You can change the permissions in ES File Explorer by long tapping on the file going to more and then tapping properties. Make sure that CHAMELEON.XML has the same properties as the screenshots in the original post.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mocoyombiflash:
i have an s5 i woulud like to flash to boost mobile

i have a sprint s5 i don't mind flashing to boost mobile anyone have any directions?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
Flashing the Sprint S5 to Boost is essentially the same thing as every other Sprint phone, other than bypassing the IMEI certification which breaks the signal if either the MEID or IMEI is changed. That's the main thing that needs to be bypassed or patched. As of now, there is no solution to the IMEI certification. On a side note, I do know how to inject the certification via AT commands over UART...the thing is, I have no idea where the certification is or how to calculate one according to the MEID and IMEI (and ESN).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Chacal_exe:
flashing s5

Yeah i try to flash a sprint s5 but when i change the imei it won't take any signal at all and when i hit update profile i only gets connection error 6621
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mocoyombiflash:
what do you need from the phone if i can help in any way! can the note 3 modems be flashable on the s5?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
Nope. N900P modems won't work on a G900P. If anyone had any information related to calculating the IMEI certification that'd help. But as far as I know, no one does outside of Samsunf/Qualcomm employees.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cyrus441:
Im having the same results as before its not updating. I get the initializing prompt then disappears so the only thing I can think could it be because the sim card needs to be inserted is that how you were able to update your phones? If I insert my sim card in this phone I lose data connection nor do I get the 4g thats why I have it out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
The SIM card has absolutely nothing to do with your HFA loop. Its your files in your carrier folder or the permissions...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eazy3445:
i feel like this note 3 i have is a newer version of galaxies....wehn flash profile 0 and 1 correctly i restart the phone it turns on adnt the it resets again on its own and then the phone comes up blank like if i did ##72786# which is so weird this is the first ive ever seen this, and this HFA loop and not working either.. idk what to do im freaking out

EDIT: ok so i got the HFA fix to work but when i hit update profile the device reboots then after 10 seconds the phone reboots again ,and there is no number on the phone and then HFA comes back up, for some reason this phone always reboots when profile 0 and 1 is flashed correctly and i dont know why
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
I'm telling you...it's the files or the permissions. You HAVE to set the permissions properly or this reset loop will continue forever. I've been here. I've documented it in this thread. You're not listening to me, I've been giving you the solution...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Permission issue also documented in first post. Have a look at the screen shots.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eazy3445:
oh so your phone would reset the programming even if you did update profile? cause i can update profile the device reboots and then after 10 seconds its back on it reboots again and then the phone is not programmed again

---------- Post added at 10:13 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:12 AM ----------

my phone can update profile just when it reboots afteer 10 seconds it reboots again and then the phone isnt progammed
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Yup. Because of permission issue of files in /carrier directory.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eazy3445:
yea have it weirds, have u ever heard of this problem before? i can program the MDN and MIN no prblem but when i flash the profile the phone reboots, this is the first time i Have seen this, i have flashed many note 3s in the past no problem but this one is giving me problems, customer told me it is 2 weeks old so I'm assuming this phone has new type of security in it, when the phone detects it programmed it reboots and go back to 00
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Ofcourse. Please read my posts in this thread. It happened during my discovery process. Solution... Fix file permissions. Make sure you're not omitting or mixing and matching the hidden .chameleon.hash file and chameleon.xml file either.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eazy3445:
oh ok cause i set up the permissions from the first post but mine is set up a litttle differently cause its the note 3, i fix the permissions but it still reboots, i mually flash the profile 0 and 1 and turn off the Sprint DM.apk and it still reboots, like the phone refuses to have internet and MDN and MIN programmed at the same time, its like i cna onl y have 1 programmed not both
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Post screen shots of your /carrier directory.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eazy3445:
Alpine can u pick out anything wrong in my permissions?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
Try these. I know...they differ from the initial ones but they've worked for me on every Sprint phone I've come across.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] prawinready:
sprint note 2 NO 3G

ec87 thanks for directing me here form the other thread,

To get 3G and hfa fix ,

1. will i be able to downgrade from kitkat 4.4.4 NE2 to mc2 with odin?

2. after loading mc2 i need to load LJC with odin right ?

I am not able to get the 3rd link LJC carrier fix (Page 6), says 404 not found, can you please provide the ljc carrier fix link for note 2 sprint?

please correct me if i am missing any steps above .

Thank you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
No, you won't be able to downgrade with Odin because of the secured bootloader. HOWEVER you can downgrade through a custom recovery and billard412's MC2 file.

After loading MC2 you'll need to load my custom odin LJC package. I stripped the bootloader out of it because if it still had it, it'd fail in Odin and you'd be soft bricked. Again, you CANNOT use a regular ole LJC odin file. It will brick you. You HAVE to use the one from my post.

I think Garwynn developed the fix. You may be able to do a search for his name plus "Sprint Note 2 HFA" and you should be able to find it. You also flash his file in a custom recovery. If you still aren't able to find it by this evening/tonight I'll throw it on my media fire and post a link and update the link in my post.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] highvelocity:
So im having problems when I copy the Chameleon.XML HFA starts and then my phone restarts and reset all my flashed settings and gotta reflash im DFS I don't know if it's my permissions or what?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
It's your permissions. Might need to update the OP with new directions. Appears that replacing the entire carrier directory isn't quite the way to go. Only properties.db needs to be replaced. If you replace all of them you might end up with broken permissions and therefore deleted files in the carrier folder and a ##72786# bootloop that you don't have control over (Except to correct the permissions before the reboot happens. It's possible. I did it.)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] highvelocity:
I backed up my carrier directory so I need to restore it and only copy the properties.db
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
[MENTION=1607239]highvelocity[/MENTION] Let me know if that works for you.

If you look in the early posts in this thread, a few folks simply extracted the zip file, took care of permissions, and everything worked.

If some things have changed and this method no longer works, let me know and I'll update the OP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] highvelocity:
And do you know what the correct permissions for the properties.db is supposed to be?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
See the screen shots in first post.