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Root SMS Error fix (s-off required)

Leslie Ann

Android Expert
Note:
Please not that this doesn't fix everything sms related.
It does however help reduce the error, gives you a more understandable error message, and has been known to help 3g reception.

This was a community effort,
While I did the research, The Sprint community at XDA figured it out, Chad Goodman did the original patch, Krowley3 moded it, and Jcfunk assisted with some of the backup and technical aspects. Several others others also tested, and helped verify that it would be at least relatively safe for us.


Warning
While this has been tested on several phones, nothing is completely safe.You do this at your own risk.


Prerequisits:
You need to be S-Off


How to flash:
Copy the file to the root of your SDcard
Reboot into bootloader
Select bootloader and follow the directions.


Download
MD5 = 026b0d970b06fe9db88873e375ccbf74







old first post
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Okay, as mentioned, I may have a fix for the sms errors we are seeing.
It might also help with radio fluctuations, but I can't be certain (I read way too much on this). I talked to some other people and researched it as much as possible so I'm confident this won't brick, but, I can't say for certain what it will do to your signal or errors.


This is the exact patch Sprint users used to fix errors when they used our PRI. It was created by a known dev, who I will name IF it works. I don't want to implicate him if it fails because this is way beyond his original intent. If things do go wrong, I do know how to revert it, so long as it doesn't corrupt anything else.



Normally, I test before I release something, but in this case, I can't afford to test on my phone because frankly, this is my livelihood, and I'm beyond my 30 days return at Radio Shack. This means I need someone willing to test it. Keep in mind, this is risky and you will be doing so at your own peril, but all of my research suggest it should be safe.

So... Anyone willing to try it? Send me a pm.
It's very easy to flash copy to sdcard, and boot into bootloader.
 
ill do it leslie, i trust your roms enough that ill trust my phone with it...if it bricks...well...not really worried about it.
 
Thanks for the confidence, but this isn't my work, it's by a trusted dev though. I really don't want anyone doing this based on my name attached to it because this is risky.

I have gathered some new info, you need to be S-off, and you should back up your EMMC first, which I'm looking into doing.


At the moment, it refuses to flash, so that issue needs to be dealt with as well.
I will update when I have more.
 
You don't HAVE to do anything, but that isn't what is holding it up, it's making it flashable on our phones that is the problem.
 
I was one of the unlucky few that flashed the vm firmware on my Sprint 3d before Sprint terminated my service for excessive data roaming *damn Verizon prl* and I used this same method to fix my pri. Your phone will be seen as a Sprint phone using not roam control and sprint apps will show up in the market. I personally never had the sms errors after flashing the vm firmware so I can't say if it works for that.
 
I kind of expected that after this wouldn't flash.

My brain is a too frazzled at this point after dealing with a pain in the neck virus on a customer computer, so it will probably have to wait until I get done with work tomorrow or Thursday.


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Warning!!!!!
Before going further, anyone NOT willing to risk their phone, or not comfortable with ADB or just not experienced should NOT follow what is below. This could get over your head EXTREMELY fast.

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In case anyone wants to pick up on this, here is a crash course...

We need to downgrade our PRI, completely (see below) and eliminate some junk VM put in place.
Here is the thread (and exact post) with the info and PRI file.
I'm discussing it with some others on a private forum, but I would prefer to keep the info here as much as possible, otherwise we could overwhelm them with people asking the same things over and over while your posts are being moderated.

Here is the backup tool (provided by Jcfunk), you will need to remove the .txt on the end and copy to your ADB folder, unfortunately I couldn't get it to work, probably wrong partition info (which he expects as well), I can't find the file I had with the partition info (yup, frazzled) so that is where to start if you want a backup (highly recommended).

More pertinent info is below...

New Sprint Firmware
Someone suggested using the new ICS PRI, there are two problems there... The number is lower than ours and therefore will need to be altered, the img I posted is already altered. More importantly though, it has already been shown NOT to fix things for those who flashed VM firmware because it doesn't contain info to overwrite the troublesome section. We can move to that AFTER we get rid of whatever VM infected ours with, but not before.

As for the radios, not only will they not fix it, but let's deal with one thing at a time.
 
I kind of expected that after this wouldn't flash.

My brain is a too frazzled at this point after dealing with a pain in the neck virus on a customer computer, so it will probably have to wait until I get done with work tomorrow or Thursday.


------------------------------------------------------------------


Warning!!!!!
Before going further, anyone NOT willing to risk their phone, or not comfortable with ADB or just not experienced should NOT follow what is below. This could get over your head EXTREMELY fast.

----------------------------

In case anyone wants to pick up on this, here is a crash course...

We need to downgrade our PRI, completely (see below) and eliminate some junk VM put in place.
Here is the thread (and exact post) with the info and PRI file.
I'm discussing it with some others on a private forum, but I would prefer to keep the info here as much as possible, otherwise we could overwhelm them with people asking the same things over and over while your posts are being moderated.

Here is the backup tool (provided by Jcfunk), you will need to remove the .txt on the end and copy to your ADB folder, unfortunately I couldn't get it to work, probably wrong partition info (which he expects as well), I can't find the file I had with the partition info (yup, frazzled) so that is where to start if you want a backup (highly recommended).

More pertinent info is below...

New Sprint Firmware
Someone suggested using the new ICS PRI, there are two problems there... The number is lower than ours and therefore will need to be altered, the img I posted is already altered. More importantly though, it has already been shown NOT to fix things for those who flashed VM firmware because it doesn't contain info to overwrite the troublesome section. We can move to that AFTER we get rid of whatever VM infected ours with, but not before.

As for the radios, not only will they not fix it, but let's deal with one thing at a time.

Anyone try this yet? I don't have the text problem I just have the 3g signal dropping out. I hope this gets fixed soon.
 
Hello, if you have issue with bat file. I'm not the best script maker, had issues with wait command. Open with text editor, ie. Notepad. You will be able to see terminal or command prompt, commands.

Code:
adb shell dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/backup1.img

Have to change mmcblk0p1, for every partition. mmcblk0p1=partition 1
p1 to p2 and so on.

Have to change backup1.img, this the output file this can be any name you want.


Edit: LOL have to laugh @ my self I know why it didn't work for Leslie Ann its part of a package, I forgot to include a recovery file. Will post when I get to a computer, Sorry Leslie Ann
 
Edit: LOL have to laugh @ my self I know why it didn't work for Leslie Ann its part of a package, I forgot to include a recovery file. Will post when I get to a computer, Sorry Leslie Ann
So you are the one to blame for me being frazzled! Kidding :p

No worries, Jcfunk, your help is greatly appreciated (as is all).
 
Well I got the update to take.......More info to come.



Edit: Still have data and my PRI is now reading 1.53_145. I will upload the file to my dropbox. If you would like to try this out PM me and I will send you the link. Very easy to do, but make sure you have done the back up provided by JCfunk in the anthrax forums. IF I SEND YOU THE LINK AND YOU DO THIS, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK. But so far everything is working for me.
 
Well I got the update to take.......More info to come.



Edit: Still have data and my PRI is now reading 1.53_145. I will upload the file to my dropbox. If you would like to try this out PM me and I will send you the link. Very easy to do, but make sure you have done the back up provided by JCfunk in the anthrax forums. IF I SEND YOU THE LINK AND YOU DO THIS, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK. But so far everything is working for me.

So this fixed the problem totally?
 
Same here working good it did boot a Lil funny at first but my battery was 2 % tho too.
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Edit; one funny thing is I'm on midnight rom 1.5 and it says ultra matrix witch was previously on yesterday, idk. Lol
 
Same here working good it did boot a Lil funny at first but my battery was 2 % tho too.
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Edit; one funny thing is I'm on midnight rom 1.5 and it says ultra matrix witch was previously on yesterday, idk. Lol


Did this update your prl too? I see your on 61009.
 
61009 is the current VM PRL for certain areas, using the update can often get it. VM support claims it helps with the issue, but in reality, it doesn't.

PRL and PRI are not related.
 
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