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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aNANOmous:
At my wit's end.

I realize it's been 2 weeks since you posted but, in the hope that you are subscribed still Radioman66, I'm curious if you did ever manage to fix/reinject your IMEI; I'm Canadian too btw, though I bought my Nexus 5 through Google Play. I've tried flashing stock everything: bootloader, radio, boot, system, cache, userdata via fastboot; only then did my phone reboot properly, but it still has a habit of crashing/rebooting every so often. No IMEI & no cellular reception thus far, so I can only conclude that there is some data corruption at play here. Fortunately it was easy to find my unique IMEI via a sticker on the inside of the back cover of my Nexus 5, for those who aren't aware.

So I'm in the opinion that the issues of bootloops and my IMEI corruption (dialling *#06# on the dialer calls up a bold IMEI header but no number whatsoever) first occurred when my battery drained to zero. I was using a custom rom at the time, Optipop Dark Deodex with f2fs formatted data and cache partitions, + Multirom & multirom compatible TWRP. I'm at a loss for why the EFS partition and thus IMEI would even be accessed by the phone for writing/reading or how a corruption of the partition could even occur. Perhaps I was receiving a text message right at that very moment it turned off? Perhaps f2fs is to blame, who really knows...main thing is my IMEI is corrupted and I'm left with a smart brick, it being no longer a smart phone.

Anyway, long story short it's been like 2 days of searching around but I think this free tool "Setup DFS 15.01.17.0.zip" at cdmatool dot com (can't post link as a newbie so replace dot with a period) may be the real deal; it's possible to download it without registering i.e. demo mode ( which makes you wait tens of seconds between operations). Despite my general comfort with adb, fastboot, cmd tools in general, the CDMAtool's manual is full of stuff and acronyms I don't really know about yet, like COM Ports and what not but I'm hoping to soon understand this tool and will report back my failures/successes. If anyone would be kind enough to perhaps walk me through what I would need to do, I'd be super thankful!!!t

Welp, cheers to not even knowing about the existence of ESN/EFS/IMEI before this unfortunate juncture LMAO--I will definitely make sure to backup my EFS partitions before flashing custom roms from now on...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] jberylec:
On my 8125 I've been running the first test 2.25 for a while, nothing seemed to work properly. So I flased back to 2.17 basic from the ftp.

I installed agile messenger and it works perfect through usb pass through. When I disconnected the usb it instantly signed me off, forced gprs to connect, and signed me back on! Now this is how it's supposed to work!! I love it. This is the first time I've ever seen this work properly!! And I've played around with most the ROMs here.

Here's the problem...

I saw the new official 2.25 release and flashed to it, thinking it would be the best out there... and now the above doesnt work. In fact, if I pull the usb cable agile just sits there like it's still online. It takes many many minutes before it slowly starts noticing that there is no connection.

This is unacceptable, so I flashed back to the good ole 2.17 basic. Guess what?? agile still will not disconnect/reconnect after i pull the plug on usb.

I really wish there was a stable fix for this. I mean, it should notice the connection is gone, and force gprs to connect!

Any help/suggestions? Registry edits to make this happen??
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] jberylec:
Anyone? Any ideas?

How could this have worked great, and now not work? I flashed to the same exact 2.17 rom, installed the same exact version of agile, both from my pc.

Weird!

Does agile not use some sort of heartbeat to detect connecton status? If not, it should! Messenger programs should have some way of detecting connection drop, and then force a reconnect...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] jberylec:
I'm guessing this is just an Agile problem! It just doesnt recognize when a connection is dropped. It should force another connection (GPRS) when needed. Hopefully they'll correct this in the final release!
[LG G Pro 2] squeakywipers:
hello - seriously considering getting this phone to replace my Note II (luvs me some big screen). I cannot find this answer anywhere - does anyone know if this phone has the connector prongs for wireless charging receiver (QI/powermat)??

A million thanks!
[LG G Pro 2] buenarc:
I think there are online auction sites like amazon and ebay have wireless charging option. but I think you need to be careful as there are configuration that is needed for it to work.
[LG G Pro 2] stupc:
Seconded - moving from wireless charging on my Note 2 is the only downside to my upgrade. Can anyone confirm if there ar the necessary prongs inside the case...?
[LG G Pro 2] buenarc:
I can say that there cant be done to the device as of this time, maybe samsung will do the tweak in the future..
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dre-z:
Hello,

i think i have a big problem. After the One of my brother did a provider update, it froze in the update process and it boot loops. I can access it via fastboot but not with adb. But with another One adb is no problem, that confuses me quite a bit.

I unlocked it with htcdev and installed twrp 2.7.0.0.

version: 0.5

version-bootloader: 1.55.0000

version-baseband: 4A.21.3263.04

version-cpld: None

version-microp: None

version-main: 3.62.401.1

version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON

serialno: 11111111111111

imei: 1111111111111111

meid: 00000000000000

product: m7_ul

platform: HBOOT-8064

modelid: PN0710000

cidnum: HTC__102

battery-status: good

battery-voltage: 3962mV

partition-layout: Generic

security: on

build-mode: SHIP

boot-mode: FASTBOOT

commitno-bootloader: dirty-bb768ae1

hbootpreupdate: 11

gencheckpt: 0

I tried the following RUU locked and relocked:

RUU_M7_UL_JB_50_HTC_Europe_1.28.401.7_Radio_4A.13.3231.27_10.31.1131.05_release_310878_signed.exe

But it failed with Error code 155. I really don't know what to do now.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raghav kapur:
Ahh, that RUU will not work because its for an older HBOOT version. That's for HBOOT 1.44, yours is on 1.55

So, u cannot use that RUU.

U will need to update the HBOOT to 1.56 and use this RUU:

http://www.htc1guru.com/2014/03/android-ruu-europe/

Plus, lock the bootloader before using the RUU. RUU will give an error if u have an unlocked bootloader
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dre-z:
But i can't flash the hboot 1.56 without S-off, can't i? Adb is also not working :\

Everytime i try to flash the hboot i get:

C:\adb>fastboot flash zip firmware.zip

target reported max download size of 1526722560 bytes

sending 'zip' (24681 KB)...

OKAY [ 2.310s]

writing 'zip'...

(bootloader) zip header checking...

(bootloader) zip info parsing...

(bootloader) Read zipped android_info fail

FAILED (remote: 99 unknown fail)

finished. total time: 2.574s
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raghav kapur:
I think ur flashing the wrong firmware. As far as im aware, HBOOT upgrade is possible S-ON, but downgrade requires S-OFF. Give me the link to the firmware ur flashing
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dre-z:
https://mega.co.nz/#!e5pkBDpL!KM_H4wmVCJTCB6XlTLxG5SxyfgoIhnH_ne0fAHdGPM4

Hboot 1.56 Base 4.06

Does it matter if my Bootloader is locked/unlocked when i flash the hboot?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raghav kapur:
You've flashed the wrong firmware.

http://xda7.androidrevolution.org/db_mirror/Firmware/index.php?dir=HTC/HTC_One/401/

Choose 4.19.401.9

Unlock your bootloader and then flash this firmware
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serzenus:
the exe form of ruu in htc1guru.com is corrupt, i checked md8 signatures. but zip form is ok.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dre-z:
hboot is now working with locked bootloader, i will try RUU later. Thanks to all of you to this point!!!

I can't download the ruu, the download speed is so worse, it takes 6 hours and cancles at 100-150mb -.- was googling for another mirror, but didn't find one yet
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dre-z:
The phone is working again, you're the best, all of u!!! Big thanks again!!!!!!!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salahfathi:
I have an ipad air 32gig and a note 3 the idea is I want to store my files (usually movies and tv shows) on my note 3 huge storage (64gig) and constantly transfer these videos to my ipad using tethering (like wifi transfer app) to overcome low ipad storage.

My question here is : doing this on daily basis will harm my note or even my ipad (because of the large size of these files) or not?

Many thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ultramag69:
Shouldn't but the battery won't last long.....

You can get wifi HDD enclosures for this that last around 5 - 6 hours on battery. I have an enclosure that cost around $50/60 with a 1.5 Tb hdd in it.... Works brilliantly...
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salahfathi:
but last time I checked any wifi HDD is 200$ at least and I dont use all this storage on my note
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZeroAE:
I'm trying to flash a stock ftf file, but each time I put the phone into flashmode by pressing down and then plugging it into the PC while the phone is off, it turns on out of nowhere.

Because of this, I can't flash it. It turns on a few seconds after plugging it in, although it get recognizes that it's in flashmode the few seconds it remains off.

Can anyone help me?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Someguyfromhell:
If the USB connection is lost for short time, the phone exits the flashmode and when connection returns, phone boots up to charging mode.

That happens often with my Xperia Arc, thereby I hold down the button even after connecting phone in flashmode to avoid it.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZeroAE:
It worked!

It was kinda painful, but it worked!

Thanks mate
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Soggytoast111:
On stock 4.3 and higher you can go into settings and change your APN, so there's no reason to root and mess around with build.prop editor.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] augiebaez04:
Every time i try this i cant get my wifi back up when i flash back to the nae modem. If i could get pass that then I'll definetly be do that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] leoiden:
can the modem be downgraded

mine came with mk2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tomy1986.nt:
Yes, did like that on my L720 4.4.2 after unlocked with T-mobile i flashed 4.4.2 samsung s4 T-mobile odexed rom now the phone work like t-mobile s4 and full 4g signal, except the LTE data.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jaywaka2713:
I have read that the modem itself cannot be downgraded. You can run older android versions and such on the newer modems, but the modem itself cannot be rolled back. I believe it has been like that since MJA.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tomy1986.nt:
You can downgrade modem, but can not downgrade bootloader (aboot)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] goblue30093:
I completed both the international & domestic unlock. I believe I was successful in each. I have a T-Mo sim card inserted but am not getting a mobile data connection. I do have 2 bars of service though. So I have gotten past the red X on the bars.

I am on 4.4.2 with the MDC modem. I did not do the build.prop stuff, instead opted to just access the APN's from the default menu.

A few things in my menu were different than the OP (probably because of 4.4) such as:

I dont have any roaming menu options

I dont have WCDMA.. just CDMA and LTE/CDMA. I currently have it set to LTE/CDMA

In my APN edit info there was not a place to put in MMS protocol: WAP 2.0

Also under About Device "my phone number" is wrong.

Am I missing something to get this t-mo working?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
You didn't unlock it. If you were on NAE modem while unlocking then you failed miserably because you're not able to get into the most important part of the unlock...The service menu. If you did indeed downgrade the modem then you're going to need to follow the domestic unlock guide again. If it's showing CDMA/LTE you didn't do it right. It should show WCDMA only and WCDMA only isn't an option you can just select. It gets put there by the service menu.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] goblue30093:
I said I wasn't on NAE, I am on MDC. I did get into the service menu. I did everything in the process without issues. My service menu did NOT have a WCDMA only option. It had LTE/WCDMA and that's what i chose. I just went to the t-mobile store and they verified my APN settings were correct. I am unsure of what to do at this point other than just start all over and do it again.

Anyone else?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
I apologize. Long work day. Follow the guide. When it comes to where it says select LTE, GSM, and WCDMA all, ONLY select WCDMA all. At no point should you see your Sprint phone number in about phone. Also you should see IMEISV in about phone as well if you've successfully unlocked it. It'll help if you posted the steps you've gone through. Otherwise were just shooting in the dark.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] anhhaijaden:
tmobile rom

hi can you tell me where I can download 4.4.2 samsung s4 T-mobile odexed rom for l720. thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] againareku:
Imeisv visible, definitely unlocked as i can make calls texts and use edge data on redpocket mobile (att mvno)

But in phone number I still see my sprint number and I can't get hspa (picking the wcdma all gives me red x no bars, picking gsm all gives me full bars and edge data)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Crossvxm:
From the S5 thread and now here we meet again in a revisit in time. Since I know you own and understand the L720 more than I do, could you please explain to me if this will work on a 4.4.2 NAE rom? I picked up an L720 (bad esn) for $100 and its in pretty great shape. Now I'm looking to unlock it but my experience with Samsung devices are very mild. It came on CM10.2 (4.3.1) and ive slowly caught up with things. So i understand that sadly there is no such thing as downgrading from KK to JB, I was trying to get it stock on JB with no cigar. Elsewhere I found out that you must flash something identical or above. So im planning on flashing an NAE 4.4.2 stock rom (custom recovery flashable) I found in order to attempt to unlock it cause I can't seem to find a 4.4.1 as mentioned in the OP. I flashed the MDC modem and it stuck, so with little knowledge I am assuming that it will stick once I flash this new rom? Correct me if I am going down the wrong path...

EDIT: Great nobody ever mentioned anywhere that the software used on the international unlock is for 64bit only...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
The software works on 32 bit too. Actually you can even perform the international unlock WITHOUT the tool if you know how to use QPST or DFS. Anyway...

Flash full NAE. Flash MDC modem. International unlock. Domestic unlock. Win.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Crossvxm:
Must be an issue with my PC, nothing new...

And I know a thing or two about QPST. I still have it on my computer from a few days ago from when I was fixing a horribly corrupted IMEI on a G2 a friend of mine bought. I'm assuming I have to use a NAE stock tar with ODIN, because I tried a ROM of it and it lags and stays on black screens for seconds and WiFi doesn't work im sure because of the fact that the modem is older than the rom. Let's see if that works cause ive been trying to flash back to any stock ROM since I got this thing yesterday.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Crossvxm:
(Almost there...)

NEVER MIND. Got the international part working perfectly by using the Windows Vista partition on my PC. Now reading on, OP mentions that next the domestic unlock must be done, a link is provided there to another thread with domestic unlock instructions. Heres the question. The OP in the other thread mentions to hop onto 4.3 via odin. How can I get to 4.3 to domestic unlock if Odin doesnt let you downgrade?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Read the specifics. You cannot downgrade boot loaders but you CAN downgrade modems.

Unlock just requires MDC or MDL modem.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Crossvxm:
Yeah I remember that part but from what I was understanding, that's for the international. Domestic requires messing with some files and done. I already got the international part by tossing CM10.2 along with the MDC modem because stock Touch wiz would cause lag and reboots and non working wifi I'm assuming because of the mismatched combo. I DO know that obviously we need a TW rom in order to unlock domestic.

EDIT: I finally got the hint and got it to work. But I only get Edge instead of 3G. Does anyone know where I may be able to find that T-Mobile rom made for us? When I Google it I end up on the T-Mobile side.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] OsmanMusa:
I downgraded from latest bootloader on 4.4.2 or was it 4.4.4? Down to 4.3 which is the absolute best ROM version for service mode menu. It got me into service mode menu on first try by selecting menu back and input of 1. What I did was first install cf autoroot to root then cwm and used cwm to flash the 4.3 stock deodexed, I only used Odin for flashing modem. Odin gave me an error when flashing modem and phone got stuck in kies mode but i got it to get unstuck by just flashing cf auto root again to make the kies mode error thingy think odin flash has went well. Turns out MDC modem flashed despite odin error.

Anyways. While on 4.3 and MDC modem I noticed no WiFi but I had sound. I followed the international and domestic unlock instructions and WiFi was still broke when I got back to 4.4.2 but I had unlock and sim card working and got bars. I am on aosp 4.4.4 now and the nae modem I finally flashed works well with this ROM but soon I gotta go to touchwhiz 4.4.4. If I go to 4.4.4 touch whiz WiFi and all else will work fine just as they do on slim aosp . 4.4.2 touchwhiz is still not giving me wifi on NAE modem. Update NAE 4.4.2 stock deodexed rooted rom i got from xda android thread did the trick and all works well now. All is perfectly working after i flashed it in cwm.

For aosp lovers. aosp requires additional things to do so aosp dialer can make and receive calls fine. I can call but there are issues until I follow another guide on xda that resolves those issues on aosp ROMs using sprint s4.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2539794

If you see system slow, no wifi, no audio and lockscreen being nearly impossible to unlock, its due to you being on a higher ROM than the modem was meant for.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
You actually downgraded the ROM, NOT the bootloader. The bootloader is secured so you cannot downgrade. Honestly you went through too much work. You didn't need to downgrade the ROM, just the modem, which means no need for root or a custom recovery.

The S4 phones are iffy with wifi. Solution? Make sure your entire firmware is ALL ON THE SAME BUILD. There's no reason to mix and match after the unlock service is finished. If that still doesn't work, turn off your phone, pull the battery, wait 10 seconds, put battery back in, turn on phone. This had solved all my WiFi issues on the L720, M919, and I337 (I think the ATT S4 is I337?).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] devtds:
Does it work if International unlock was done by Sprint?

Hi,

I'm new to XDA and Android in general. I have a SPH-L720 Sprint S4 that was international sim unlocked by Sprint OTA. I used it in Europe so I know it works. It is running the NAE bootloader, ROM and modem as I understand it. In order to perform the domestic unlock, should I skip past OP's instructions for international unlock and go straight to downgrading the modem?

Also if I understand the procedure, by flashing the modem file to an older version, I would be able to access the service screen that provides the WCDMA option. Once the steps are completed from there, the phone is unlocked?

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] phreak311:
I absolutely can't get into service menu. *#0011#

I hit menu, back, menu, key input, 1 nothing, over and over and over again.

This is my 3rd Sprint s4 i've done this too, and the 3rd one isn't working. I was able to successfully get into service menu several times. Someone please help me!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
First off you can't use that method if you're not on a 4.2.2 modem such as MDC. If you're on a 4.4.2 or 4.3 modem you can get into the service menu by: menu>back. Menu>key input>Q. Menu>key input>0000. IMO it's just easier to downgrade to MDC to perform the intl unlock and domestic unlock.

IF you are on MDC, you're not giving it enough time. It can take 10-20 seconds for it to load. BE PATIENT
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] devtds:
Okay just a quick feedback. I was able to unlock it by first downgrading the modem to MDC (my modem was NAE). After flashing to the MDC file I was able to get into the menu and follow the directions.

Sent from my XDA Free mobile app
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] phreak311:
I'm on MDC on 4.4.2. I can't downgrade my ROM because of KNOX

---------- Post added at 05:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:30 PM ----------

Shoot, I'm on MF9.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
Why are you trying to downgrade the ROM? You only need to downgrade the modem (which is one of the only things you're easily able to downgrade).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
And all you said doesn't connect. MDC was 4.2.2, mf9 was also 4.2.2. None are 4.4.2 and none of those have Knox.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] OsmanMusa:
Someone mentioned that going back to stock sprint rom solves the audio garbled quality issue where other person can hear you, but you can't hear them well. I went back to stock rom and I get intermittent network connectivity, for a few seconds I get full bars then I get X and back forth in that manner infinitely. I have managed to unlock a Galaxy S4 that was sprint for my cousin and all is well and perfect and she even has the WCDMA set but I for some reason couldn't do that for the 2 sprint s4's I have now. Both of these are unlocked but I can try different roms and calling/internet work but still Garbled audio quality and stock rom can't even get calling even if I set it to GSM I only get intermittent calls that are still garbled. I don't know if that doctor prescribed Adderall made my mind more expanded when I unlocked that first one for my cousin but I am just stuck and don't know how to get rid of this annoying garbled call quality. I really need HD voice.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] warriorpluto:
so this doesnt work for nc6 baseband. damn it. i tried to downgrade and it fails. this phone is past its prime. why would they throw this kind of protection on this phone now? crazy. only have a life span of one year anyway
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
if you're on NC6 you're on the triband verison of the phone. Which if you would have read and searched the main thread, which is safe to say you didn't, cannot be unlocked . this unlock is only for the regular GS4.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] steveokinevo:
I'm gonna give this a try. I'm trying to get this to work with boost though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] warriorpluto:
Tri band. So the Samsung spark gs4 is tri band?

---------- Post added at 10:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:04 PM ----------

I jumped the gun on buying the phone. I forgot the spark models were triband. Crap. Well I only spent $40. Great deal. So not Much money lost. Guess I'll part out since esn clean but tied to account.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
You could flash it to boost and sell it. You'll get more than 150 for it I'd assume.

---------- Post added at 10:14 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:14 AM ----------

I'm confused. You need to flash to Boost. Unlocking your phone will do nothing to get it on Boost.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] warriorpluto:
Any tutorials on boost programming? I have a clean donor