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help! it's urgent - no network after converting K790i to K818 |
sharat147
Joined: Nov 06, 2007
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hi ...i.. urgently need your help....
i just tried to convert my k790i to k818...everything was ok but when i put the custpack and restarted the phone it did show " No Network Coverage "....immediately i tried to reverse it back to the previous one ( k790i )...i faced the same problem ( no network coverage )... even at this moment the phone's speaker is producing cracking sound.....i'm totally confused what to do....i just want my k790 back at this moment....if its possible..please..please...please.. tell me how to do it ...
again i'm from india so which FIRMWARE and CUSTPACK would be appropriate for me to get my phone back on track.....if possible please provide link for those files......with details.....
thanks......
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RLP06
Joined: Jul 10, 2007
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From: London
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Restore your GDFS (which you should have backedup before you flashed your phone)
RLP06 (+17, -0) [e]
http://a-zott.com/ps.aspx
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bishshoy007
Joined: Dec 11, 2007
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Connect your phone to XS++
Copy everything you have at the log screen and post it here, coz we need to know what firmware you have and other details.
I had faced the same problem previously and so I may be able to help! |
tranced
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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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there's a similar thread running here: http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=172295
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sharat147
Joined: Nov 06, 2007
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the following are shown in the log screen:
08:26:05| Baseband ID: 9900
08:26:05| Protocol Version: 3.1
08:26:06| Phone name detected!
08:26:06|
08:26:06| Profiling SEMC phone...
08:26:06| Platform: DB2020
08:26:06| OTP CID: 49
08:26:06| EROM CID: 52
08:26:06| EROM Color: Red
08:26:06| IMEI: 35220601xxxxxx
08:26:06| Phone ID: K790
08:26:06| Region: S_ASIA_LEVAN
08:26:06| CDA: CDA102568/110 R5A
08:26:06| Firmware Version: R1KG001
08:26:06| EROM: R3A016
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bishshoy007
Joined: Dec 11, 2007
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So i see you have k790 R1KG001 firmware.
Cant tell whether you have corrupted your gdfs or not.
Anyway you are lucky that I have the same exact log screen on my K790 and yes I am not a fool. I have a full-fledged GDFS backed up of my phone as well. Or you can download from the net.
So If you have done it no probs, you can use my gdfs.
What to do:
1.Register at topse.ru (Firmware site). Click here: http://topse.ru/registration_eng.html
2.Go to TopSE and login.
3.Click here to download the MAIN ( http://www.topse.ru/forum/loc[....]p?action=jump&catid=112&id=424 ). Save it to a folder.
4.Click here to download the FS ( http://www.topse.ru/forum/loc[....]p?action=jump&catid=112&id=423 )
5.Click here to download the CUSTPACK ( http://www.topse.ru/forum/loc[....]hp?action=jump&catid=99&id=392 )
6.Click here to download the GDFS ( http://topse.ru/index.php?do=files&op=showfile&lid=5030 )
7.Extract all archives. In GDFS folder, delete all files except the K790_GDFS.bin.
8.Hope you are not a noob (Since you have managed to make your phone dead). Use XS++ or SETool Lite to flash with the things supplied.
I would recommend you to go through the tutorial: (courtesy akshayy)
Restoring the GDFS (Writing GDFS)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Don’t Write GDFS simply just because something happened and your phone is not starting. Its written only if gdfs is corrupt.
If your phone for some reason behaves abnormally and fails to start and you get a white screen of death when you try to start your phone, then its time to restore the backup of the gdfs you had made. In case you have not made a backup of gdfs then there is no way to fix the phone , In such a case Contact Me.
Go through the GDFS Backup Post once if you have not read it.
Do Not Unnecessarily write a GDFS if your phone is working good.
VERY IMPORTANT: Your phone GDFS is unique to your phone. Writing a GDFS from any other phone will permanently damage your phone beyond repair. You must always write a gdfs that came from your very own handset. Lets say you have a w610i and you try to restore a gdfs that came from your friends w610i then your phone is in big trouble. Hence make sure that the GDFS that your writing is your own GDFS.
Download XS++
Charge your phone battery to 100%
Click connect phone in XS++
Shutdown and reinsert battery
Connect Phone holding C
In Configuration Select GDFS.
Select the gdfs to restore. Click Write GDFS.
Reinsert battery Start Phone.
Your phone must now work flawlessly
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SE phone Firmware has two parts.
Main Firmware which contains all the phone software. Main firmware file has the .mbn extension.
FS is a firmware which has settings and all other data like the default Images and Ringtones and all other files that is used by phone. It has .fbn file extension.
Before you flash the main firmware make GDFS BACKUP. GDFS backup is very important and not to be missed. You also need to have USB Flash Drivers Installed.
...akshayy
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bishshoy007
Joined: Dec 11, 2007
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@sharat147
Why dont you post what happens after all??? |
sharat147
Joined: Nov 06, 2007
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thanks mate for the help.....
but i haven't tried it yet.... i have given it to the service station coz i read ur reply after i gave the phone to ST.....
i hope they can fix it...but iwant to know....can they fix it????
if they fail....then i'll try to do it according to you....
and its so silly that i did not backed up my gdfs....though i thought about putting the gdft of other phone but as you have mentioned, there may be problem...so i'm a bit confused.....should i do it or not....
thankxx again to you.....i'll make you know about the results |
bishshoy007
Joined: Dec 11, 2007
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I tell you one thing- if they find out the firmware flashed (currently) is k818, then they will not repair it. Read your warranty manual carefully (the guide's last warranty section).
But most of the time they are 'gadhdhes' (HO HO HA HA HO HO). And another thing I know is that if you have rotten your gdfs then they will probably wont be able to detect it and then they will send to the factory and there also they wont detect it (max chance) (its India you know) and after about 20 (more or less), the will replace it with only the cover intact (They will replace the internal circuit). Your IMEI will change too.
After that you can start modding too. |
ashvinr82
Joined: Jul 25, 2008
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@bishshoy007
i have the exact same problem, i tried to add number1's camera drivers and put the en.lng pack in the wrong location and then tried to put a new firmware to get the proper language back but failed.
i guess i got the wrong pack installed in my k790i. I had saved the GDFS but the fool that I am I restored again with the wrong pack.
I have downloaded all ur files, but I dont think I have my GDFS, please help me out.
P.S: It gives the following error: Configuration error, please contact network operator for information. I guess the problem is coz i didnt put the custom pack. So can I just use ur firmware files and custom pack to restore my beloved phone???
Thnx in advance.
[ This Message was edited by: ashvinr82 on 2008-07-28 06:50 ] |
bishshoy007
Joined: Dec 11, 2007
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Have you tried the K790_GDFS.BIN file. If its done correctly, you should not have any problem. Any way or the other you can try out my own saved GDFS
Here you go:
http://www.4shared.com/file/5[....]4f2e350c/K790_GDFS_BACKUP.html
Happy to help my own Bro...I mean the K790i. |
ashvinr82
Joined: Jul 25, 2008
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Thanks a lot @bishshoy007.
I have the bin file with me, but I have a problem with the phone as such, just the error message that I mentioned earlier.
As you had mentioned earlier in your earlier post, I dont want to upload the GDFS without problems.
I am planning to use the firmware and custom firmwares that you have provided and bring my phone up. Is it necessary for me to use the GDFS.
Sorry for the questions I am noob in this area.
PS: also if I am right in my assumption, can u tell me how to upload the custom firmware  . sorry about the qs again.
Thanks a lot again.
[ This Message was edited by: ashvinr82 on 2008-07-28 10:28 ] |
bishshoy007
Joined: Dec 11, 2007
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No sorrys please. I was also through a tough time earlier.
Since from here I cannot count my fingers and tell whether you have ruined you GDFS or not, I would better redirect you to Akshayy.
Go here:
1- For the complete tutorial on XS++
http://www.akshayy.com/sonyer[....]flash-firmwaredebrand-with-xs/
2- How to backup your GDFS
http://www.akshayy.com/sonyericsson/tutorials/gdfs-backup/
3- How to use JDFlasher to flash you phone without hassels
http://www.akshayy.com/sonyer[....]lashingcustomization-tutorial/
4- How to restore a corrupted GDFS
http://www.akshayy.com/sonyericsson/tutorials/restoring-a-gdfs/
5- Here is the XS++ FSX tutorial
http://www.akshayy.com/sonyericsson/tutorials/xs-fsx-tutorial/
6- Red Light blinking at the infrared port??-Phone Dead!
http://www.akshayy.com/sonyer[....]inking-dead-revive-it-to-life/
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bishshoy007
Joined: Dec 11, 2007
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For minimizing hassles to the least I have finally decided to write my own tutorial.
Download XS++ from here-> http://www.4shared.com/file/40083571/c9f80c1a/XS_v31.html
Download all the files I had posted in my previous post.
Don't download the GDFS from topse's website. Download the one which I had posted ...(Tested).
Extract them all and copy all the extracted files to C:SE ...(Create the folder if it isnt)
There should be these files in the folder:
K790_R1KG001_FS_S_ASIA_LEVAN_RED52.fbn (File System - FS)
K790_R1KG001_MAIN_GENERIC_EV_RED52.mbn (MAIN Firmware)
K790_GDFS_BACKUP.bin
Now open XS++.
Connect your phone to XS++.
Click GDFS button at the bottom.
Under restore GDFS option click the (...) button that will open the file explorer.
Now select c:SEK790_GDFS_BACKUP.bin
CLICK WRITE GDFS AND DONT STOP IN THE MIDDLE.
After thats done, disconnect the phone. Dont switch it on.
Close XS++.
Remove the battery and after 10 seconds again connect the phone to XS++.
The Flash tab will be automatically selected.
Check all boxes and under
"Flash Main Firmware" - Select K790_R1KG001_MAIN_GENERIC_EV_RED52.mbn and NOT the fbn file.
"Flash File System" - Select K790_R1KG001_FS_S_ASIA_LEVAN_RED52.fbn
Under Customization, any "CDA and Region" under K790 (Phone Model) will do. Dont check "Dont upload SE WAP Links".
Ultimately Flash it. You're done.
PRECAUTIONS:
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Be sure to charge your battery to 100% before doing anything.
If not then atleast 30% should be there otherwise there will be a chance of hanging of XS++ in the middle of flashing.
If that happens dont worry repeat the above again.
Many a time if the process of flashing gets stopped in the middle, then you are not able to charge your phone battery. Then the only option is to charge the battery from other source and retry.
Happy flashing...
regards, bishshoy007
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sharat147
Joined: Nov 06, 2007
Posts: 10
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@ Bishshoy007
hey bro , i was told by the service station employee to wait for a week to get it done...
they said they're gonna send it somewhere else for repair...but i don think they are going to get accomplished...
so i'll surely go after you....
the link you've mentioned for the MAIN firmware is not working ....every time i go through the link it fails to download
i;ve downloaded all files rather than this.....
so can you post any other links for the MAIN file...
Again one thing:
i had not backed up my GDFS previously...but after putting back the firmware of k790i (after k818 to its previous state) again... i had once backed up the GDFS.....
so, do you think writing that GDFS back will work...plz help me out...
thanx.... |
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Posted: 2008-07-22 11:32
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