Hey guys. I was trying to port a ROM and I think I left out some connection settings. Now, my phone won't connect to 3G anymore and activation icon won't go away. I can still make calls and send text. No MMS. Is there any way to reset the connection settings? I've been looking in debug mode and there's nothing about resetting the device. Please help.
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- Thread starter nyioo7
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I installed the APN Manager to check on my APN and there was none. So, I added Virgin Mobile APN with these strings.
Name = "Virgin Mobile"
APN = "VirginMobileUS"
MMSC = "http://mmsc.vmobl.com:8088/mms?
MMS Proxy = "205.239.233.136"
MMS Port = "81"
MCC = "310"
MNC = "053"
APN Type = "mms"
I then enabled APN but nothing happened. Still no data 3g connection. Any ideas?
Name = "Virgin Mobile"
APN = "VirginMobileUS"
MMSC = "http://mmsc.vmobl.com:8088/mms?
MMS Proxy = "205.239.233.136"
MMS Port = "81"
MCC = "310"
MNC = "053"
APN Type = "mms"
I then enabled APN but nothing happened. Still no data 3g connection. Any ideas?
dsmryder
Android Expert
i don't know about APNs, but I do know that when I set up my phone and ported my number over, I had an issue where my second (I call it my modem number) wasn't set right. I had to call VM and get it fixed. It took two calls, but it was fixed.
You would have to go back to stock to try that, but we have the MTDEV-Stock. Look at my signature for the triumph update.
Hey. What happened to me was I was trying to install a ROM from another phone by porting it. I think that ROM made my modem configuration messed up. I can't figure out what went wrong. I called VM and they have no clue. Told me to wait a few days and call back as they are working on it.
I confirmed my MSID number with VM already and it's the right one. I also did activation with VM rep and now I can call and text. But no MMS or data. I need help configuring my modem back to normal and I don't know how. I can't find any dialer code for that.
This is all using stock Froyo ROM. Any help on how to configure my modem back to normal?
dsmryder
Android Expert
I wish I knew. I only knew of what I told you.
If I were you I would try MTDEV-UNROOT, which is what I believe dsmryder was referring to. I've seen that ROM get a few people out of sticky situations with their Triumph. Keep in mind that the ROM will put your phone back to the way it came right out of the box so you will need to re-root it, which is a cinch.
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g60madman
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Sadly he already has, I was working with him last night.
Ah, that sucks. Maybe time to get a replacement from VM then
Yeah. It's the partition that got affected. I am working with VM to see if they can fix the problem. In the meantime, I'm tracing back what I did and see what got hit. I'll post the end result. It might help someone in the future?
Edit: Also, I've made full backup of the entire system. So no need to worry about messing it up or I can just restore it. Learned my lesson.
I'm pretty sure we found the culprit, the ROM nyioo7 flashed had the wrong partitions in the updater-script, and extracted the boot.img(kernel) to the partition that controls 3G. I don't know if that partition is phone specific or not, or what is on the partition cause it is not readable, but through my tests I know it is directly related to 3G working or not.
dsmryder
Android Expert
I was trying to port ZTE N880E ROM using CM9 Mantera's kernel. I didn't check the updater-script carefully and that happened. Anyways, thanks for the help guys. I guess I just have to find the partition backup from another working phone and restore it back. I don't know if I can request this partition from someone else since it's one of the partition phone data are stored. Will find out first before requesting from you guys.
Maybe get a copy of the partition from someone who has either just gotten the phone back from VM on an exchange or just done a flash back to dead stock? Can the partition be copied via ADB without rooting? Man- don't know enough about this stuff...
Partition can be copied using dd_rescue in Linux. It's just the matter of not knowing what kind of information are stored in the partition. So, I don't wanna just request it from anyone until I confirmed with BSydz. He is the expert of this stuffs.
Partition can be copied using dd_rescue in Linux. It's just the matter of not knowing what kind of information are stored in the partition. So, I don't wanna just request it from anyone until I confirmed with BSydz. He is the expert of this stuffs.
Cool- he'll get you straight.
This is our PM conversation, just incase anybody has any questions.
Re: Data lost on Triumph
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Originally Posted by BSydz
I think you may have went too far trying to fix it. I know which partitions do what now but I can guarantee that they never got touched because they are not readable in linux or the phone. With out knowing what was done to begin with, it is almost impossible to help you out. I am just shooting in the dark right now. If you plan on troubleshooting more instead of getting a replacement, then every detail of what you did counts. I have ported ROMs and built from source code, so I know all the ins and outs. When you said you were porting, the description that you gave, made it sound like you weren't porting. If you flashed a ROM for a different phone, you may have corrupted something on the hardware side, but I doubt it. Essentially I need every detail you can provide to know what happened, or there probably won't be any chance to fix it.
Sorry, I can't help more, but I don't fully understand how you got to where you are.
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Originally Posted by nyioo7
Hey. Sorry about that. What I did was I changed some of the files in ZTE N880E ROM thinking since it will only modify the /system/ I should be fine. Here's the ROM I flashed. If you got time, you can take a look at it. I didn't change build.prop thinking only updater-script is the one that matters during installation. I went through updater-script and since it's only gonna copy files to /system/ folder, I thought it'll be ok. I was trying to reuse MTDEV CM9 Mantera's kernel. I am trying to retrace all the update files in the ROM to see if anything was changed.
As for what happened when I flashed it. Well, I didn't wipe the system just in case if it fails, it has a fallback. It actually did and booted up to Froyo instead of that ROM (CM10). It then asked me if I want to activate the device (Not the VM activation but the ZTE activation). I think the problem is I flashed GSM ROM over CDMA.
I know it's really stupid of me to do that. I know to port a ROM, I can only reuse Framework, Fonts and Media folders. I should have pay more attention to what I was doing.
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Originally Posted by BSydz
Yup that did it, the wrong partitions are set to be changed in the updater script. Partition 16 is where 3G is and the updater-script puts the kernel there.
I can't tell you what info is stored on that partition but it is 3G. I don't know if that is phone specific or not, but you would need dd_rescue to fix it. You will also need a donor phone to get the partition from to see if it will work.
Also, never flash a ROM with .mbn files, our mbn files are in mobile. Plus I am pretty sure that the kernel is where the camera problem exists with CM9/10. So if you have Ubuntu already I would try to look in to manteras kernel, to see what can be done, if that is what you want to do. I would send you my dev phones partition 16 but I think I had to use my new phone to restore it cause I messed it up before I made a backup. But once you put that partition back you will be all good.
If you have any other questions feel free to ask.
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Originally Posted by nyioo7
Hey. So, Triumph partitions are from sdb to sdb17 right, since sda are my hard drive partitions? So, sdb16 is where it got modified.
Is it possible to get that partition 16 from someone else or will there be phone information included? In your Triumph Experiment thread, you said partition 13-17 include phone specific data. So, is it a sensitive partition and I can't just copy it from someone's phone? I tried to backup sdb16 on Ubuntu using dd_rescue to see if I will be able to read but that didn't work. I get a bunch of encrypted files. If crucial information like ESN or MEID are not in that partition, is it possible for me to ask for the partition 16 from someone on the forums?
Quote:
Originally Posted by BSydz
What I do know is that I had to use my good phones dd backup of partition 16 to fix 3G on my dev phone, what I do not know is if it contains phone specific data, the esn and meid are not located on 16, but that doesn't mean that there is not specific info for 3G on it. I didn't mind cause it was my phone, and it probably won't leave my possession, but it could just be the firmware for the 3G chipset. I haven't figured that part out yet, since I got my dev phone with a bad esn, I haven't activated it, so I can't tell you if it is phone specific or not. I can tell you that it will work across phones but I don't know what is contained in the partition. Since I never activated the phone, I am going by the About phone > Status menu. I cant remember what it said, but it was 16 that made that menu report correctly. Though it still says disconnected under Mobile network state, I figure that is because it is not activated.
The sda sdb sdc sdd and so on will change depending on which is plugged in first, so the drives that never get disconnected should stay the same but if you plug in your phone first it will be the first available and vice versa. That is why I say to double and triple check disk utility that you are not writing to your thumb drive backup instead of your phone. Also be careful not to use just sdb or what ever cause that is the whole physical drive, you need to specify the partition unless you are just backing up the phone to a flash memory device. The sizes are gonna be different but as long as the flash mem is bigger than the phone you will not have issues, but if you try to restore that way you will get errors cause our HD is smaller than most 2GB cards. That is why I say to restore one partition at a time and to skip 4 cause it is an extended partition that holds 5 -17.
I am not sure the forums would be the place to get the partition as nobody knows what is on that partition, though asking if somebody has a broke phone that they don't use may be an option. As long as it gets in to download mode there is no need for the rest of the phone to work, cause all the work will be done on the computer.
Sorry I can't be of more help, but at least you know what the problem is now, and if you know somebody with a Triumph, you can get it back functioning. I had to get a replacement phone to use to get back from the nb0 flashes, cause I didn't want to ask for a backup from somebody since I didn't know what was contained in the partitions.
Good luck!
Quote:
Originally Posted by BSydz
I think you may have went too far trying to fix it. I know which partitions do what now but I can guarantee that they never got touched because they are not readable in linux or the phone. With out knowing what was done to begin with, it is almost impossible to help you out. I am just shooting in the dark right now. If you plan on troubleshooting more instead of getting a replacement, then every detail of what you did counts. I have ported ROMs and built from source code, so I know all the ins and outs. When you said you were porting, the description that you gave, made it sound like you weren't porting. If you flashed a ROM for a different phone, you may have corrupted something on the hardware side, but I doubt it. Essentially I need every detail you can provide to know what happened, or there probably won't be any chance to fix it.
Sorry, I can't help more, but I don't fully understand how you got to where you are.
Quote:
Originally Posted by nyioo7
Hey. Sorry about that. What I did was I changed some of the files in ZTE N880E ROM thinking since it will only modify the /system/ I should be fine. Here's the ROM I flashed. If you got time, you can take a look at it. I didn't change build.prop thinking only updater-script is the one that matters during installation. I went through updater-script and since it's only gonna copy files to /system/ folder, I thought it'll be ok. I was trying to reuse MTDEV CM9 Mantera's kernel. I am trying to retrace all the update files in the ROM to see if anything was changed.
As for what happened when I flashed it. Well, I didn't wipe the system just in case if it fails, it has a fallback. It actually did and booted up to Froyo instead of that ROM (CM10). It then asked me if I want to activate the device (Not the VM activation but the ZTE activation). I think the problem is I flashed GSM ROM over CDMA.
I know it's really stupid of me to do that. I know to port a ROM, I can only reuse Framework, Fonts and Media folders. I should have pay more attention to what I was doing.
Quote:
Originally Posted by BSydz
Yup that did it, the wrong partitions are set to be changed in the updater script. Partition 16 is where 3G is and the updater-script puts the kernel there.
Code:
package_extract_file("boot.img", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p16");I can't tell you what info is stored on that partition but it is 3G. I don't know if that is phone specific or not, but you would need dd_rescue to fix it. You will also need a donor phone to get the partition from to see if it will work.
Also, never flash a ROM with .mbn files, our mbn files are in mobile. Plus I am pretty sure that the kernel is where the camera problem exists with CM9/10. So if you have Ubuntu already I would try to look in to manteras kernel, to see what can be done, if that is what you want to do. I would send you my dev phones partition 16 but I think I had to use my new phone to restore it cause I messed it up before I made a backup. But once you put that partition back you will be all good.
If you have any other questions feel free to ask.
Quote:
Originally Posted by nyioo7
Hey. So, Triumph partitions are from sdb to sdb17 right, since sda are my hard drive partitions? So, sdb16 is where it got modified.
Is it possible to get that partition 16 from someone else or will there be phone information included? In your Triumph Experiment thread, you said partition 13-17 include phone specific data. So, is it a sensitive partition and I can't just copy it from someone's phone? I tried to backup sdb16 on Ubuntu using dd_rescue to see if I will be able to read but that didn't work. I get a bunch of encrypted files. If crucial information like ESN or MEID are not in that partition, is it possible for me to ask for the partition 16 from someone on the forums?
Quote:
Originally Posted by BSydz
What I do know is that I had to use my good phones dd backup of partition 16 to fix 3G on my dev phone, what I do not know is if it contains phone specific data, the esn and meid are not located on 16, but that doesn't mean that there is not specific info for 3G on it. I didn't mind cause it was my phone, and it probably won't leave my possession, but it could just be the firmware for the 3G chipset. I haven't figured that part out yet, since I got my dev phone with a bad esn, I haven't activated it, so I can't tell you if it is phone specific or not. I can tell you that it will work across phones but I don't know what is contained in the partition. Since I never activated the phone, I am going by the About phone > Status menu. I cant remember what it said, but it was 16 that made that menu report correctly. Though it still says disconnected under Mobile network state, I figure that is because it is not activated.
The sda sdb sdc sdd and so on will change depending on which is plugged in first, so the drives that never get disconnected should stay the same but if you plug in your phone first it will be the first available and vice versa. That is why I say to double and triple check disk utility that you are not writing to your thumb drive backup instead of your phone. Also be careful not to use just sdb or what ever cause that is the whole physical drive, you need to specify the partition unless you are just backing up the phone to a flash memory device. The sizes are gonna be different but as long as the flash mem is bigger than the phone you will not have issues, but if you try to restore that way you will get errors cause our HD is smaller than most 2GB cards. That is why I say to restore one partition at a time and to skip 4 cause it is an extended partition that holds 5 -17.
I am not sure the forums would be the place to get the partition as nobody knows what is on that partition, though asking if somebody has a broke phone that they don't use may be an option. As long as it gets in to download mode there is no need for the rest of the phone to work, cause all the work will be done on the computer.
Sorry I can't be of more help, but at least you know what the problem is now, and if you know somebody with a Triumph, you can get it back functioning. I had to get a replacement phone to use to get back from the nb0 flashes, cause I didn't want to ask for a backup from somebody since I didn't know what was contained in the partitions.
Good luck!
Will you be activating that phone or will it just be to test out? I just need a partition from a phone that will not be in service at all.
dsmryder
Android Expert
It is a DEV phone. I just got it today from rcsrich. He already loaded a stock ROM and the phone numbers listed in it are all ones.
EDIT: BSydz, if you think I should send nyloo7 a copy of the partition, let me know. I have never used dd_rescue, so if you want to walk me through it, I have most everything here at the house.
You should message him. I am not sure if I can just take anyone's either. But since your phone is dev phone, that's different. If you could give me that partition, it would be awesome. If not, that's cool too. Thanks for the help regardless. If he said it's ok, I can help you with dd backup too.
This is the first thing you should do when you get a new phone.
[GUIDE] Triumph Backup/Restore through ddrescue
Once you do that, you will be more familiar, and you will be able to do what ever you want to the phone and get it back to fresh out of the box. You can even flash the X6 nb0s and be able to get back to fresh out the box. Just be careful with the Sharp 2.3.5, cause it shifts partitions, like I want to say 16 to 17 and 14 to 15 or something like that. It is easier to restore from one of the other X6 nb0s unless you do it all at once. I got stuck a few times trying partial restores on the Sharp nb0. Just a heads up.
I don't think partition 16 contains phone specific data but I can't be sure, cause it is unreadable. The meid and esn that show up in about phone are NOT on 16 as far as I know, though I can't promise anything. I would think that if it was phone specific my 3G would work on my dev phone cause it is using the partition from my activated phone. If you don't plan on getting the phone activated, I say help em out. If I hadn't used the partition from my activated phone, I would have sent him the partition from my dev phone. For you to do that you will have to use a command like this:
sudo dd_rescue /dev/sdb16 /dev/sdc1/sdb16.img
That should create an img file on the root of whatever partition you select, I would use an sdcard or something to make sure it doesn't mess with your HD. I am definitely not a dd expert or even know any other commands, but here is the manual if you want more info GNU ddrescue Manual
If you have any other questions feel free to ask.
Not a problem, I know what it feels like to bork your phone and not have any resources to help get it back. It took me almost 3 weeks to figure out how to fix mine. Good luck!Thanks BSydz.
dsmryder, if you decided to extract the partition and need help with Linux commands and procedures, let me know. I can help you. And thanks again for being interested in my problem and trying to help me out. You guys are great.