Did they offer any kind of help or did they just pat you on your head and send you on your way? I guess if you're not insured they won't offer much help. You can try sending it to LG for warranty repair. It's one year internal hardware and software.we went and they even tried resetting it. nothing worked.
14:38:40.518 RequestnVItemWrite esn 0x8013999E
14:38:40.623 DIAG TX item:
14:38:40.623 esn = 0x8013999E
14:38:40.623 DIAG RX item:
14:38:40.623 RequestnVItemWrite - Error response received from target
okay so i have had the same problem as cnc3freak up until i get to the part of entering RequestNVItemWrite esn 0x80XXXXXX. this is what it shows:
any idea why its doing this?
Unfortunately the guy who provided the code doesn't visit the forum anymore. It depends on whether or not the MEID and ESN are stored in the same location on that phone.will this or a similar process work for me?
Thanks guys
If the MIN number did not reset when updating the roaming list, you'll have to contact Metro one way or another to get your exact MIN number. That may help restore the remaining functions. If you live in FL, it's probably another data outage.I got pretty far in this tutorial. Changed ESN etc. Rebooted got "searching for signal"
so I put it in roaming, called the *228, updated the roaming list, finally got service.
Everything works except for internet... I can call, send text but no internet
If the MIN number did not reset when updating the roaming list, you'll have to contact Metro one way or another to get your exact MIN number. That may help restore the remaining functions. If you live in FL, it's probably another data outage.
Generally the MIN isn't your phone number. You're the first I've heard being told that. I think they also put it on your paperwork when you join Metro. Unfortunately mine is lost in a sea of paperwork so I can't check and confirm.I live in So Cal and my roomate who is also on metro is on it just fine... I'm sure a stock setting got messed up after bricking my phone then restoring the MEID. Now I did call up metro and they gave me 3 settings to input which was MDN (my 10 digit number) SID (6503) and MIN (which he told me was also my 10 digit number.)
All of which I programmed into the phone.
Should the MIN number be something different?
If you encounter problems during flashing, upgrading or downgrading you may fall victim to your MEID/ESN being zeroed out. The usual cause is pulling your battery while stuck on the white LG Software Update screen.
THIS DOES NOT APPLY IF YOU WERE USING THE LONG-ROOT METHOD FOR 2.2.1. THAT LOSS OF SERVICE BETWEEN STEPS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MEID.
How do I know my MEID is zeroed out?
If you happen to be using LGNPST, it's fairly obvious from the info on the right hand side. If you're just using your phone, from the Home screen click: Menu -> Settings -> About phone -> Status and look for the following:
My phone number: 000-000-0000
MIN: 0000000000
MEID HEX: A0000000000000
MEID DEC: 268435460000000000
Congratulations! You're zeroed out!
How do I repair it myself?
- Go to Android - whiterabbit.org and scroll down to MetroPCS on any Android phone
- Enter your MEID DEC from the sticker under your battery or on your box's label
- Keep the info that appears handy as you'll need some of it shortly. Write it down or screencap it if you think you'll need to close your browser.
- Google QXDM 3.09.19 and install/run it. It will ask you to download a version of QPST as well.
- Connect your phone to the computer with USB Debug enabled.
- On the Command Output tab, enter the following commands:
Code:mode offline-d spc 000000 RequestNVItemRead scm RequestNVItemWrite scm 0x3a RequestNVItemWrite esn 0xXXXXXXXX [I](Your (p)ESN from WhiteRabbit)[/I] RequestNVItemWrite meid 0xA00000XXXXXXXX [I](Your MEID Hex from WhiteRabbit)[/I] RequestNVItemRead esn
- Restart your phone.
for those who may be having trouble with this QXMD redo of the MEID/ESN... I was also. The solution that worked for me was to bypass the :
RequestNVItemWrite esn 0xXXXXXXXX (Your (p)ESN from WhiteRabbit)
And jump to:
RequestNVItemWrite meid 0xA00000XXXXXXXX.
Then:
RequestNVItemRead esn.
It wrote my MEID AND My ESN.
Hope this helps someone.
Also... After MEID repair, I rewrote My MDN and MIN. Rebooted and the phone went into activation mode on it's own. Since I got the Min from another Optimus that was wrong, it was reset to a proper MIN And PRL was updated buy this activation process. Go figure.
NOOBIE DOOBIE DOO.....
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