Does anyone know where is the location of IMEI number. Is it on NAND or in some special chip? Thanks!
its on the sticker under the battery
Nice one
Anyone
Anyone know something about it?
im pretty sure its not hard coded anywhere. its software related. other wise phones couldnt be cloned and used without major hardware work. i guessing its in the radio somewhere.
If u purchase cdma workshop and get the latest version it pulls it for u 2.7 doesn't witch I assume ur useing if ur in the phoenix are let me know I got the latest version
dakiza said:
Does anyone know where is the location of IMEI number. Is it on NAND or in some special chip? Thanks!
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Just found it on mine, but not sure where you would go to find it though, depending on what ROM your running. I'm running CleanROM DE 2.0 and I went in to the app ROM tweaks then down to Misc options and hit the phone info button. That is where I found mine. This process led me to the Hidden HTC phone diagnostics screen.
Edit: Try this......................
Dial *#*#INFO#*#* then push on phone information.
Walla, you should be able to find what your looking for
Not sure on what epst.apk you would need to do this. I'm currently using an older evo 4g epst.
Jd
Just goto Menu/settings/about phone/Phone Identity
Shows up as MEID
I know how to read the IMEI! I need something else
People, i know how to see my IMEI, i am asking about the location where the stored. (One thime wriтe chip or something similarly)
dakiza said:
People, i know how to see my IMEI, i am asking about the location where the stored. (One thime wriтe chip or something similarly)
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Since it survives through wipes and flashes it is probably low level stuff, low level as in radio and what not. Dangerous area.
私のEVO 3Dから送信される。
I found on Samsung phones, the IMEI is located in file /efs/nv_data.bin But where is it on HTC phones???
I found it. IMEI is located in four diferent files, three of them are located at three diferent locations. I will post a tutorial how to fix IMEI, but i need your opinion about it, because it can be used for ilegal stuff!
dakiza said:
I found it. IMEI is located in four diferent files, three of them are located at three diferent locations. I will post a tutorial how to fix IMEI, but i need your opinion about it, because it can be used for ilegal stuff!
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yes but all these files can be erased. it is being placed in these files after being read from the radio more than likely.
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Alright my dad has a rooted e3d and for whatever reason he called sprint to get his number changed, not even thinking about his root, and they couldn't get it to work. so we thought it may be due to his root, and we unrooted the phone. Called back and still couldn't get it to work, went through all the trouble shooting and then were told we need to bring it back to sprint.
So has anyone else went through changing there number on a rooted device and maybe know more than I do, or have any insight on the situation?
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Alright my dad has a rooted e3d and for whatever reason he called sprint to get his number changed, not even thinking about his root, and they couldn't get it to work. so we thought it may be due to his root, and we unrooted the phone. Called back and still couldn't get it to work, went through all the trouble shooting and then were told we need to bring it back to sprint.
So has anyone else went through changing there number on a rooted device and maybe know more than I do, or have any insight on the situation?
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Is he using a sense rom or a AOSP rom?
I would throw a stock sense rom back on it. Due to the programming codes and numbers you will need which you use in the dialar. You need to have a sense rom going stock at best.
Also what hboot is he 1.5 or older?
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Is he using a sense rom or a AOSP rom?
I would throw a stock sense rom back on it. Due to the programming codes and numbers you will need which you use in the dialar. You need to have a sense rom going stock at best.
Also what hboot is he 1.5 or older?
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He was on a sense one. But we just unrooted his phone and got him all the way back to stock now.
He's hboot 1.5
Hey Reaper,
As you recall I had a similar-ish problem yesterday that we were tlaking about. Looks like they took my thread down...i searched for it but didn't find it...oh well...
anyways, Is there anyway for sprint to change my esn to give me a clean one now rather than the cloned one that i have? or am i basically stuck with a brick...I tried contacting the guy i got the phone from and he said he'd try to either refund or replace by the end of the week...but its craigslist and i'm not confident i'll ever hear from him again you know?
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oh also, sorry for double posting, but the guy said some customer had done this to the phone and he didn't even know what i wa talking about really. for what its worth he sounded genuine that he thought he had sold a fully functional phone.
is there anyway for me (and by extension sprint) to find out in reality what happened to the phone? i've rooted a phone before to cyanogenmod but never did anything funky like this. it worked immediately with my correct phone number.
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Alright my dad has a rooted e3d and for whatever reason he called sprint to get his number changed, not even thinking about his root, and they couldn't get it to work. so we thought it may be due to his root, and we unrooted the phone. Called back and still couldn't get it to work, went through all the trouble shooting and then were told we need to bring it back to sprint.
So has anyone else went through changing there number on a rooted device and maybe know more than I do, or have any insight on the situation?
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He was on a sense one. But we just unrooted his phone and got him all the way back to stock now.
He's hboot 1.5
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Here is an answer with some technical details, hopefully it helps.
Having root access in and of itself will not have any impact on the ability to program/reprogram/activate the device.
Essentially on the HTC EVO 3D, Sprint installs a custom program which HTC allows to communicate directly with the radio. The radio, generally speaking, is what manages the phone number programming information. In order to change this information, there has to be an android application front end to access the deep down radio layer. This application, usually called EPST.apk on sprint android devices is always included and works with stock sense ROM and kernel.
When people start altering stock ROMs and producing AOSP based ROMs, they generally don't provide support for this application and the low layer radio communications required.
Hence why the best method is to load 100% stock system and kernel (sometimes using the slang term ROM) which will include the correct communcation paths and both front/back applications/routes for the user to correctly program the phone number, etc for activation or reprogramming.
aamir.m.ali said:
Hey Reaper,
As you recall I had a similar-ish problem yesterday that we were tlaking about. Looks like they took my thread down...i searched for it but didn't find it...oh well...
anyways, Is there anyway for sprint to change my esn to give me a clean one now rather than the cloned one that i have? or am i basically stuck with a brick...I tried contacting the guy i got the phone from and he said he'd try to either refund or replace by the end of the week...but its craigslist and i'm not confident i'll ever hear from him again you know?
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oh also, sorry for double posting, but the guy said some customer had done this to the phone and he didn't even know what i wa talking about really. for what its worth he sounded genuine that he thought he had sold a fully functional phone.
is there anyway for me (and by extension sprint) to find out in reality what happened to the phone? i've rooted a phone before to cyanogenmod but never did anything funky like this. it worked immediately with my correct phone number.
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Not really related to this thread but I'll throw in my two cents in hopes that it helps. Seems you're hinting that your current device has a bad ESN and it is currently using a cloned ESN.
Generally, this type of manipulation is frowned upon and is a large gray legal area in the US. information regarding this will be more difficult to find. If a store sold you a device with a bad ESN or "cloned" ESN meaning a copy of another known good device ESN w/o telling you, this is generally misleading and should be grounds for a refund/exchange.
Given this is a private transaction off craigslist where there is no review/feedback/mediation method, such as Ebay provides, you are generally at the mercy of the seller.
One route would be to talk with Sprint. Not sure if anybody has tried this or the end result, but you could def present the argument you purchased this device used and are very excited to activate it on Sprint but are unable to due to the previous owner's history with Sprint. Perhaps they would be willing to clear the ESN and allow you to use the device.
Otherwise, you're stuck restoring to gray/shady areas of manipulating how the device registers itself on the Sprint network .. in my personal opinion this is not worth the hassle. If you really want to keep the device, I'd loook into 3rd party carriers such as boot mobile, or whatever is available in your area for CDMA devices as they are generally more willing to modify the device to work on their network.
Hope I was able to understand the limited information provided and my feedback/suggestions help!
joeykrim said:
Here is an answer with some technical details, hopefully it helps.
Having root access in and of itself will not have any impact on the ability to program/reprogram/activate the device.
Essentially on the HTC EVO 3D, Sprint installs a custom program which HTC allows to communicate directly with the radio. The radio, generally speaking, is what manages the phone number programming information. In order to change this information, there has to be an android application front end to access the deep down radio layer. This application, usually called EPST.apk on sprint android devices is always included and works with stock sense ROM and kernel.
When people start altering stock ROMs and producing AOSP based ROMs, they generally don't provide support for this application and the low layer radio communications required.
Hence why the best method is to load 100% stock system and kernel (sometimes using the slang term ROM) which will include the correct communcation paths and both front/back applications/routes for the user to correctly program the phone number, etc for activation or reprogramming.[QUOTE/]
Hey thanks for your knowledge. So is there maybe something wrong with my Epst? Says its epst. Version 2.3.4
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smoothe23 said:
joeykrim said:
Here is an answer with some technical details, hopefully it helps.
Having root access in and of itself will not have any impact on the ability to program/reprogram/activate the device.
Essentially on the HTC EVO 3D, Sprint installs a custom program which HTC allows to communicate directly with the radio. The radio, generally speaking, is what manages the phone number programming information. In order to change this information, there has to be an android application front end to access the deep down radio layer. This application, usually called EPST.apk on sprint android devices is always included and works with stock sense ROM and kernel.
When people start altering stock ROMs and producing AOSP based ROMs, they generally don't provide support for this application and the low layer radio communications required.
Hence why the best method is to load 100% stock system and kernel (sometimes using the slang term ROM) which will include the correct communcation paths and both front/back applications/routes for the user to correctly program the phone number, etc for activation or reprogramming.
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Hey thanks for your knowledge. So is there maybe something wrong with my Epst? Says its epst. Version 2.3.4
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Perhaps.
EPST is only the front end, there are a few other pieces which are required for EPST to successfully connect through the OS to the lower level radio.
Best route as stated above is to go 100% stock kernel and system as these are known to have all required pieces in working condition. Good luck!
joeykrim said:
Perhaps.
EPST is only the front end, there are a few other pieces which are required for EPST to successfully connect through the OS to the lower level radio.
Best route as stated above is to go 100% stock kernel and system as these are known to have all required pieces in working condition. Good luck!
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Thanks for all your help man. One last question, do you think this HTC software update may fix this issue?
Hi guys, I wanna improve my reception, and i keyed in *#*#197328640#*#* to bring up service menu.
However, my service menu was blank. Anyone knows why? I am testing the rom,kernel and baseband as stated on my siggy.
Could this be baseband related?
Cheers,
Anjoid
P.S was searching on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1674286 and CWM Flashable modems by perka, it states that my modem is for ICS. I should have the JB one called DXLH4?
Is there anyone out there who knows a thing or two about something like this? It's funny because i did multiple searches, and people get this sort of issue when the phone doesnt recognise the SIM card. My phone is working fine, text messages and all. I have my IMEI number and everything. except i noticed my sms message centre number is blank. But everything still works fine.
I hope someone out there can address this issue.
Many thanks guys.
Anjoid said:
Is there anyone out there who knows a thing or two about something like this?
Bumping posts is banned on XDA this is not a fix my phone service .
If a user reads your post and has the answer they will reply .
Modems are interchangeable and may work better for some areas try another modem or two .
jje
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JJEgan said:
Anjoid said:
Is there anyone out there who knows a thing or two about something like this?
Bumping posts is banned on XDA this is not a fix my phone service .
If a user reads your post and has the answer they will reply .
Modems are interchangeable and may work better for some areas try another modem or two .
jje
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Thanks, understood. I dont think it is a modem issue here. Just flashed the new jelly bean modem. Same result. The Service Menu is blank, meaning it does not detect my SIM most likely. However, everything on my phone is fine. That is the irony.
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JJEgan said:
Thanks, understood. I dont think it is a modem issue here. Just flashed the new jelly bean modem. Same result. The Service Menu is blank, meaning it does not detect my SIM most likely. However, everything on my phone is fine. That is the irony.
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Sounds like the same issue I described in my thread. I put instruction on how to switch networks there. Here is the link if you don't already have it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30456770#post30456770
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Many thanks. Looked through and am looking through your stuff again. Have u tried entering your service menu?
Please do tell if u observe anything on your service menu.
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What was the fix? I have an issue like this on my S4 active...
Hey all,
I have an Incredible 4G partially flashed to Boost. Talk/text works fine, but data does not. It appears it is able to get an IP address, but I can't send/receive any data. I've tried fooling with the APN, but no dice. A traceroute was able to get to a sprint gateway, so it is working a little. Not sure if its something in the rom blocking it, or maybe in the radio firmware.
And if anyone's wondering, you flash this phone just like you do the thunderbolt, rezound, and some samsung galaxy s3's. You need to set the RUIM to NV only. After that it will let you program it.
*Update*
Thank goodness for qxdm logging. I was able create an isf file, then parsed it with the ppp dumper, and fed that into wireshark. I see a lot of stuff going on in the UM portion. I could've swore boost wants to work over the RM part...
Anyway at least I have tools that I can use to see what the heck is going wrong. Hopefully something good will come of this.
Also, when I try to access any site by IP address, I get:
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server
Ok I figured it out. The active profile has to be set to 1 (The second profile)
A lot of guides tell you to set it to 0, which is incorrect. You only want it set to 0 before activating, which is not possible when the phone does not have a sprint/boost firmware.
HI
tech128 said:
Ok I figured it out. The active profile has to be set to 1 (The second profile)
A lot of guides tell you to set it to 0, which is incorrect. You only want it set to 0 before activating, which is not possible when the phone does not have a sprint/boost firmware.
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Hi I am currently trying to flash the same device inc4g to boost with no luck, I am stuck trying to zero out the meids and esns any help will b realle appreciate it!
To get past the meid repair you'll need to Google "band-aid meid repair"
After that you want to set the phone's RUIM setting into NV only mode.
Then you can follow any Boost Mobile programming guide to program the phone.
Phone programming is not easy stuff. I should know because I've spent years trying to find out what I know now.
I wish I could help you out more but I'm extremely busy these days. Just do what I would do when you can't figure something out. Google and click on every link that looks like it might relate to your problem. If that doesn't work try rephrasing your question. Keep rephrasing your question until you get an answer.
Thanks
tech128 said:
To get past the meid repair you'll need to Google "band-aid meid repair"
After that you want to set the phone's RUIM setting into NV only mode.
Then you can follow any Boost Mobile programming guide to program the phone.
Phone programming is not easy stuff. I should know because I've spent years trying to find out what I know now.
I wish I could help you out more but I'm extremely busy these days. Just do what I would do when you can't figure something out. Google and click on every link that looks like it might relate to your problem. If that doesn't work try rephrasing your question. Keep rephrasing your question until you get an answer.
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I will give it a try thanks for reply tho and if u have some free time I will like to hear more from you. The only device I had flash several times is the htc evo 4g, I hve some knowledge but is not enough when I have to flash other phones.
Any luck? I am interested in this too
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Hi again!
I have my Note II which unfortunately took the 4.3 OTA update so I guess it's a done deal until they find a way around it.
My question is, I have my first Note II which was dropped and broken the 2nd day I owned it by a clumsy friend. Thankfully I had insurance on it and I told them I lost it so I could keep the broken one for spare parts.
Is there a way I can switch the guts and then switch the IMEI, MIN or serial number so I can root the old one which never took ANY updates whatsoever?
I know if works, it's just got a cracked screen.
Any help will be greatly appreciated and compensated. I'm hoping I can do this because once I get his back working, I am rooting it and loading a custom ROM immediately and locking it down to prevent any future updates,
Thanks
ITADMIN
ITAdmin said:
Hi again!
I have my Note II which unfortunately took the 4.3 OTA update so I guess it's a done deal until they find a way around it.
My question is, I have my first Note II which was dropped and broken the 2nd day I owned it by a clumsy friend. Thankfully I had insurance on it and I told them I lost it so I could keep the broken one for spare parts.
Is there a way I can switch the guts and then switch the MIN or serial number so I can root the old one which never took ANY updates whatsoever?
I know if works, it's just got a cracked screen.
Any help will be greatly appreciated and compensated. I'm hoping I can do this because once I get his back working, I am rooting it and loading a custom ROM immediately and locking it down to prevent any future updates,
Thanks
ITADMIN
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I work at a cellphone repair shop, all you have to do is swap the logic board and your good to go. You can find a guide on ifixit.
xdtrammell said:
I work at a cellphone repair shop, all you have to do is swap the logic board and your good to go. You can find a guide on ifixit.
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Sweet! Thanks for the info. So the IMEI is embedded in the logic board so I don't have to tear the whole thing apart?
ITADMIN
ITAdmin said:
Sweet! Thanks for the info. So the IMEI is embedded in the logic board so I don't have to tear the whole thing apart?
ITADMIN
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Correct. If you want to for further satisfaction you can take a heat gun or a hair dryer to the sticker on your old device and mover it over to the new frame so that the nbers match.
xdtrammell said:
Correct. If you want to for further satisfaction you can take a heat gun or a hair dryer to the sticker on your old device and mover it over to the new frame so that the nbers match.
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Ok, I reviewed the dissasembly proceedure, but I only see a single motherboard? Is there a separate board, module or chip that holds the IMEI? I have to transplant the identity of the working unit to the old one but keep the old part that hasn't taken the 4.3 update? Is that possible or do I need to wipe the IMEI and rewrite it by some method?
Did I miss something??
Thanks again.
ITADMIN
ITAdmin said:
Ok, I reviewed the dissasembly proceedure, but I only see a single motherboard? Is there a separate board, module or chip that holds the IMEI? I have to transplant the identity of the working unit to the old one but keep the old part that hasn't taken the 4.3 update? Is that possible or do I need to wipe the IMEI and rewrite it by some method?
Did I miss something??
Thanks again.
ITADMIN
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Your IMEI is stored in your flash storage you just need to move the logic board over and plug all the connectors in and your good to go.
xdtrammell said:
Your IMEI is stored in your flash storage you just need to move the logic board over and plug all the connectors in and your good to go.
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Ok what is the "Logic Board"? Is that the main motherboard in the unit or is it a daughter or sub board? I need to use the old units system board that hasn't been updated to 4.3, but transfer the IMEI from the working unit to the old system board.
The problem w
here is I don't know where all the data is stored. Where is the firmware stored? Where is the IMEI stored? Are these two separate boards? If not, I need to electonically copy the IMEI infor from the new phone which is working and has been updated to 4.3 and copy it to the old board so that I have the existing identity in the old units system board and then swap that to the new phone with the good screen.
I'm probably making this worse since I don't know what the correct terminology is and where the firmware and IMEI data is stored.
Phone A is working, good screen but has been OTA updated to 4.3 firmware
Phone B is working, broken screen, but has NOT been updated since manufacture.
Need to make one phone with good screen, Phone A's IMEI or identity and Phone B's non firmware updated circuitry. I can't use the identity of Phone B as it was replaced under insurance as lost. I just reported it lost instead of broken so i could keep it for spare parts. It cost me more in co pay, but at this point, it was worth it as I have a phone I will be able to root and ROM!
Hope this makes sense.
Thanks for your help.
ITADMIN
ITAdmin said:
Ok what is the "Logic Board"? Is that the main motherboard in the unit or is it a daughter or sub board? I need to use the old units system board that hasn't been updated to 4.3, but transfer the IMEI from the working unit to the old system board.
The problem w
here is I don't know where all the data is stored. Where is the firmware stored? Where is the IMEI stored? Are these two separate boards? If not, I need to electonically copy the IMEI infor from the new phone which is working and has been updated to 4.3 and copy it to the old board so that I have the existing identity in the old units system board and then swap that to the new phone with the good screen.
I'm probably making this worse since I don't know what the correct terminology is and where the firmware and IMEI data is stored.
Phone A is working, good screen but has been OTA updated to 4.3 firmware
Phone B is working, broken screen, but has NOT been updated since manufacture.
Need to make one phone with good screen, Phone A's IMEI or identity and Phone B's non firmware updated circuitry. I can't use the identity of Phone B as it was replaced under insurance as lost. I just reported it lost instead of broken so i could keep it for spare parts. It cost me more in co pay, but at this point, it was worth it as I have a phone I will be able to root and ROM!
Hope this makes sense.
Thanks for your help.
ITADMIN
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Ill make it simple
Logic Board = Motherboard
IMEI is stored on a chip on your logic board this is all soldered together you dont touch a damn thing on the logic board.
Move the logic board from the one with the cracked screen into the one with the good screen reconnect the lcd and camera and so and your done.
xdtrammell said:
Ill make it simple
Logic Board = Motherboard
IMEI is stored on a chip on your logic board this is all soldered together you dont touch a damn thing on the logic board.
Move the logic board from the one with the cracked screen into the one with the good screen reconnect the lcd and camera and so and your done.
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Ok that's what I was looking for. I owe everyone a beer!
Now, how do I copy the IMEI from the working one and then put it in the replacement motherboard? I have 4.3 firmware on the working unit so I don't think I can root it, so is there a way to make a backup of the IMEI and or EFS partition or whatever I need to change the old unit's identity?
I CANNOT use the old unit's IMEI because it was reported as lost and was supposed to be returned to the insurance company. I just need to switch their identities. I can handle the hardware swap and I'm pretty sure I can handle the IMEI swap if it's possible and I can get some directions.
Thanks again and I need to know how to buy all involved a beer or two!
ITADMIN
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Ok that's what I was looking for. I owe everyone a beer!
Now, how do I copy the IMEI from the working one and then put it in the replacement motherboard? I have 4.3 firmware on the working unit so I don't think I can root it, so is there a way to make a backup of the IMEI and or EFS partition or whatever I need to change the old unit's identity?
I CANNOT use the old unit's IMEI because it was reported as lost and was supposed to be returned to the insurance company. I just need to switch their identities. I can handle the hardware swap and I'm pretty sure I can handle the IMEI swap if it's possible and I can get some directions.
Thanks again and I need to know how to buy all involved a beer or two!
ITADMIN
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I may be wrong but I don't believe XDA will allow that to be discussed on here due to potential fraud issues (and I believe IMEI porting may be "illegal").
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I may be wrong but I don't believe XDA will allow that to be discussed on here due to potential fraud issues (and I believe IMEI porting may be "illegal").
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Ok so I'm screwed? I paid a lot of money for this bloody phone and Verizon hosed it up with their damm updates. All I want to do is make the broken one work. Is it possible someone can help me? If you want to do it privately, be assured I will not use it for anything illegal and I will not give the information out to anyone. If it's possible to back up the IMEI info when rooting and installing a custom, ROM, wouldn't that be the same thing? PLEASE HELP ME!
Please advise as I am desperate to get my phone working properly again. Otherwise, I will have to buy a new one and I don't have that kind of money to waste! I'd rather make a donation here!
Thanks again
ITADMIN
ITAdmin said:
Ok so I'm screwed? I paid a lot of money for this bloody phone and Verizon hosed it up with their damm updates. All I want to do is make the broken one work. Is it possible someone can help me? If you want to do it privately, be assured I will not use it for anything illegal and I will not give the information out to anyone. If it's possible to back up the IMEI info when rooting and installing a custom, ROM, wouldn't that be the same thing? PLEASE HELP ME!
Please advise as I am desperate to get my phone working properly again. Otherwise, I will have to buy a new one and I don't have that kind of money to waste! I'd rather make a donation here!
Thanks again
ITADMIN
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Esn/Imei swapping is highly illegal. Not only does it void your contract but if they catch you doing it they might say you were trying to get away with fraud.. on that note I'll on you some info.
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I may be wrong but I don't believe XDA will allow that to be discussed on here due to potential fraud issues (and I believe IMEI porting may be "illegal").
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Yeah all I'm going to say to him is look into imei cloning
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Yeah all I'm going to say to him is look into imei cloning
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Is it possible to re-flash the logic board with the older firmware using a JTAG? That might be easier? All I want to do is get one of my note II's rooted and be able to install a custom ROM on it.
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ITAdmin said:
Is it possible to re-flash the logic board with the older firmware using a JTAG? That might be easier? All I want to do is get one of my note II's rooted and be able to install a custom ROM on it.
Thanks
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Mobiletechvideos can do it. There is a new thread with a member confirming it. Seems pretty reasonable at $75 for the service.
I was wondering is anyone has tried to flash the kdz for the AS985 on the VS985 since they are virually the same phone just the AS985 doesn't have the verizon bloat and has the fm radio enabled
The AS model is for ACG (associated carrier group) which is a US CDMA cellular group with cellcom listed as the primary cellphone company which uses verizon towers so the radios are the same. it is the same phone just without the verizon bloat.
Can anyone send me the KDZ for this phone?
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Come on guys I'm onto something.. We will have firmware without verizon meddling with it and an fm radio
Flash it and see if you brick.
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Flash it and see if you brick.
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I dont have the firmware to flash
Find it and flash it.... You might have to flash our boot.IMG for it to boot though not a pro!!!!
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blap017 said:
Find it and flash it.... You might have to flash our boot.IMG for it to boot though not a pro!!!!
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I'm trying to find it and when I do I will flash it and if all goes well it can be a break through for getting the legit non verizon modified version of android for our phones
assuming the vs985 has the radio chip and it's just not enabled, all that would really be necessary is to figure out the change that needs to be made to turn on the radio.
The Bionic (xt875) for instance had a chip that was totally capable of receiving gsm bands, all it took was figuring out some firmware radio edits to enable it, and some APN changes. After that you could pop in a tmobile sim card and be up and running on tmobile instead of verizon. This may be a similar situation. Flashing the entire rom sounds dangerous, but you may be able to pull and flash just the bits you need to get the radio to work.
Step one would be determining that there is even an fm radio in the to enable. Haven't foudn much for teardowns of this device, but if you find one take a close look at all the chips and look them up.
theistus said:
assuming the vs985 has the radio chip and it's just not enabled, all that would really be necessary is to figure out the change that needs to be made to turn on the radio.
The Bionic (xt875) for instance had a chip that was totally capable of receiving gsm bands, all it took was figuring out some firmware radio edits to enable it, and some APN changes. After that you could pop in a tmobile sim card and be up and running on tmobile instead of verizon. This may be a similar situation. Flashing the entire rom sounds dangerous, but you may be able to pull and flash just the bits you need to get the radio to work.
Step one would be determining that there is even an fm radio in the to enable. Haven't foudn much for teardowns of this device, but if you find one take a close look at all the chips and look them up.
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This has nothing to do with gsm.. Our VS985 is already gsm enabled. I know this because I had a Net10 AT&T SIM in my phone and it worked just fine but then I switched to Net10 Verizon because AT&T has terrible service. Anyways all smarphones have an fm radio chip in them it's just the carriers except sprint disable them. That way you have to use your data to listen to music which runs your data down fast causeing overages and more money going to the carriers.
I'm trying to make it so we have more freedom when it comes to OUR devices
There is an fm radio chip on the Verizon phone. Debate if actually powered or antenna is connected. No one's managed to turn it on yet, and it's been looked at by a couple of developers. Firmware might be needed - the right firmware and configuration files could be present, but I don't know for sure how similar the two phones are. If the partitions are different, for example, the kdz will almost certainly fry your phone. I do believe the devs can extract from a kdz and take a look though. Or an image dump.
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This has nothing to do with gsm..
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I know that.
It was an example of an instance (hence the words "for instance")where a disabled function was re-enabled.
This was done by using the leaked motorola radiocomm tools to edit a single 16 digit item in the NV of the radio firmware, which was later refined down to a simple flashable zip file
I'm trying to help you, don't be daft.
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There is an fm radio chip on the Verizon phone. Debate if actually powered or antenna is connected. No one's managed to turn it on yet, and it's been looked at by a couple of developers. Firmware might be needed - the right firmware and configuration files could be present, but I don't know for sure how similar the two phones are. If the partitions are different, for example, the kdz will almost certainly fry your phone. I do believe the devs can extract from a kdz and take a look though. Or an image dump.
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yeah, apparently this territory has been covered already.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/general/fm-radio-vs985-t2977483
I'm never rooting for someone to brick their phone......but maybe sometimes it's the best thing that could happen. So by all means if you can even get lg flash tool to flash an incorrect kdz on your phone, please do. But make sure you report back so we know how it went.
theistus said:
I know that.
It was an example of an instance (hence the words "for instance")where a disabled function was re-enabled.
This was done by using the leaked motorola radiocomm tools to edit a single 16 digit item in the NV of the radio firmware, which was later refined down to a simple flashable zip file
I'm trying to help you, don't be daft.
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yeah, apparently this territory has been covered already.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/general/fm-radio-vs985-t2977483
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Ok I get what your saying but without the AS985 firmware we don't have the code to work with plus I am not only trying to get the radio working but also a boot loader that has fastboot included with it. Since verizon didn't modify this variant it should still have the fastboot in the boot loader. In other words this is a unVERIZONfied version of our phone
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There is an fm radio chip on the Verizon phone. Debate if actually powered or antenna is connected. No one's managed to turn it on yet, and it's been looked at by a couple of developers. Firmware might be needed - the right firmware and configuration files could be present, but I don't know for sure how similar the two phones are. If the partitions are different, for example, the kdz will almost certainly fry your phone. I do believe the devs can extract from a kdz and take a look though. Or an image dump.
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Check this out and tell me how similar they are.. http://www.mylgphones.com/lg-g3-vs985-for-verzion-wirelesss-pass-through-the-fcc.html
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Check this out and tell me how similar they are.. http://www.mylgphones.com/lg-g3-vs985-for-verzion-wirelesss-pass-through-the-fcc.html
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That didn't say anything about partition set up, specific radio chips, etc. They may be very similar. If we could get a fastboot that would be great though, plus maybe some if the extra ROM features Verizon removed, Plus maybe the fm radio...
danaff37 said:
That didn't say anything about partition set up, specific radio chips, etc. They may be very similar. If we could get a fastboot that would be great though, plus maybe some if the extra ROM features Verizon removed, Plus maybe the fm radio...
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There's only one way to find out and that is to get the kdz.. Some Chinese website has one for what ever reason but I don't know Chinese to sign up and see the download link
macdaddie87 said:
There's only one way to find out and that is to get the kdz.. Some Chinese website has one for what ever reason but I don't know Chinese to sign up and see the download link
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whats the site link?
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whats the site link?
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here it is..http://bbs.gaodi.net/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=667930&extra=page%3D1&mobile=2
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here it is..http://bbs.gaodi.net/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=667930&extra=page=1&mobile=2
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Says the link to the file is down.
I'll look around more when I get home later.