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Cant Unlock, Unknown serial. ADB problems

"adb shell
su
cd /data/local

ssn="C7OKASQR00JW" # set this to your 12-byte serial number

dd ibs=1 count=17 if=/sys/devices/platform/cardhu_misc/cardhu_chipid of=chipid
echo "trace: see if we extracted 17 bytes from the chipid file"
cd /sys/devices/platform/cardhu_misc/cardhu_chipid
ls -al

cd /dev/block/mmcblk0p5/
mkdir -m 0777 -p /Removable/p5
echo "trace: verify creation of new directory"
cd /dev/block/mmcblk0p5/Removable/p5
ls -ald

mount -t vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /Removable/p5
echo "trace: verify that new mount worked"
mount

echo -n "$ssn" > /Removable/p5/SSN
echo "trace: verify new SSN file"
ls -al /Removable/p5/SSN

cat chipid > /Removable/p5/UUID
echo "trace: verify new UUID file"
ls -al /Removable/p5/UUID

umount /Removable/p5

exit # exit the secure (su) shell
exit # exit the non-root shell"

after that i exited, rebooted and it was there.

Everything highlighted in purple is part of the command that i removed
 
Thanks for posting that and I'm sorry the unlock didn't work. For someone who didn't have a bunch of adb/*nix experience, you did a helluva job working through it all. Those weren't exactly your garden variety commands by most peoples standards, mine included. :D
 
miskas said:
id like to thank all of you for your help during this process. i truly appreciate it and i am very grateful. even though i cant unlock its ok.
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At least the prime runs alright on the stock rom. I pity anyone who runs the infinity stock rom because it's an absolute abomination. I don't think I could keep mine if I couldn't unlock and put a rom on it.
 
miskas said:
id like to thank all of you for your help during this process. i truly appreciate it and i am very grateful. even though i cant unlock its ok.
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That's how we roll here at AF :) :) :).

miskas said:
after arguing with the asus agent i managed to get a free shipping and a free rma :)
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That is great news! :thumbup:

miskas said:
I hope so too. Thanks again for all your guys help.
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You are most welcome, miskas--and give yourself credit, too, you did a great job of communicating with us and being patient. Very nicely done! :)

jhawkkw said:
No problem. I'm glad I could help with what I could. I would like give a GIANT thanks to both SA and IBT for your help. When ever you guys chip in, I learn so much and it's always a pleasure. You guys rock! :beer: :thumb:
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Thanks to you guys, too! It's always a pleasure helping out where we can.

We've got a great team, eh guys? :)
 
Hey guys, I had the same problem on my TF201, after getting my Serial set it still didn't work, at that time I contacted ASUS support and they were able to look up and see that they had replaced my wifi card, effectively changing my MAC. So now my MAC and SN don't match in their system. However, they had in their notes what my old MAC was. I think if we changed the file that houses that infor for system settings then I could effectively work around the system. I already tried a MAC spoofer but that doesn't change where the config is saved. Do you guys think you could help me out???
 
Hey TankCR, welcome to our AndroidForums! :wavey:

Are you rooted and do you know where the MAC address is stored?

(I'm guessing that re-writing a MAC address is not like updating an IMEI (i.e., not cool), but I'll let IBT and jhawkkw chime-in on when they're able).

(I'm also pretty sure you'd need root to update/replace that MAC info, so that's why I asked that).
 
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