Root [GUIDE] How To Restore Service If You've Lost Your MEID

[rontron]

Yes Data works. My MDN & MIN are diff...
What if anything have you done to the phone? Root? Anything? Whats ur location...How did the MEID/ESN get messed up? Let me know... See if we can get to the bottom of this...

EDIT: I ran across ur post on this.... Rooted and so forth... system prob? It could be... Try this Support # 800-373-2876 to see if there just happens to be an outage in ur area.. I'll look around for u...

I stupidly used ROM manager and received an 100mph brick to the face. Unbricked it then got zero'd out. I got service working but no data.

Well as of 5 min ago I have DATA!!!

Somehow my username and password settings got cleared as well.

I used HOW TO: Fully Flash an HTC Droid Eris to Metro PCS (Tutorial v2.0)
and started at the QPST part and used my phonenumber@mymetropcs user name and MSL as a password and got it to work!

After 5 days of staying up till 3am, chain smoking and reflashing, and reflashing and reflashing I finally got it to work. Now I can rest lmao.

 

[jhill110]

I stupidly used ROM manager and received an 100mph brick to the face. Unbricked it then got zero'd out. I got service working but no data.

Well as of 5 min ago I have DATA!!!

Somehow my username and password settings got cleared as well.

I used HOW TO: Fully Flash an HTC Droid Eris to Metro PCS (Tutorial v2.0)
and started at the QPST part and used my phonenumber@mymetropcs user name and MSL as a password and got it to work!

After 5 days of staying up till 3am, chain smoking and reflashing, and reflashing and reflashing I finally got it to work. Now I can rest lmao.

Glad to hear it.

 

[avira]

it does not want to write on the qxdm command output so what should i do?

 

[new optimus]

This really needs to be a sticky

 

[Darnell0216]

It fell off because there were fewer flashes and in turn fewer accidents. Now with the flashing picking back up (PRL and 2.2.2 downgrades), it's needed again. If I had a spare phone to brick, I'd purposely 0 it and refine the process.

 

[new optimus]

It fell off because there were fewer flashes and in turn fewer accidents. Now with the flashing picking back up (PRL and 2.2.2 downgrades), it's needed again. If I had a spare phone to brick, I'd purposely 0 it and refine the process.

i hear you i am terrible with grammar and writting but if some one could write i could do the pics and explain the process

 

[MaXxBrook]

I stupidly used ROM manager and received an 100mph brick to the face. Unbricked it then got zero'd out. I got service working but no data.

Well as of 5 min ago I have DATA!!!

Somehow my username and password settings got cleared as well.

I used HOW TO: Fully Flash an HTC Droid Eris to Metro PCS (Tutorial v2.0)
and started at the QPST part and used my phonenumber@mymetropcs user name and MSL as a password and got it to work!

After 5 days of staying up till 3am, chain smoking and reflashing, and reflashing and reflashing I finally got it to work. Now I can rest lmao.

Okay So I Originally Rooted My Phone Few Months Back And Lost My Data And Just Recently Got It Back At 2 Am This Morning Because Of This Right Here! Ha Ha! Thanx Alot Man!!!

 

[papichulo916]

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?

1. Go to Android - whiterabbit.org and scroll down to MetroPCS on any Android phone
2. Enter your MEID DEC from the sticker under your battery or on your box's label
3. 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.
4. Google QXDM 3.09.19 and install/run it. It will ask you to download a version of QPST as well.
5. Connect your phone to the computer with USB Debug enabled.
6. On the Command Output tab, enter the following commands:

   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

7. Restart your phone.

You should now boot back up with service restored and your MEID back in place.

(Portions of this guide adapted from info provided by mrxkills. Not responsible for use other than noted here. Root responsibly. Void where prohibited. Etc.

If this fails to work for you, your other two feasible choices are: 1) Send it to LG claiming a dog ate the programming and 2) Take it to MetroPCS and hope you get someone who doesn't know what you've done to see if they can swap it out. It is not guaranteed to work for everyone.

okay so i was trying to install this program to my computer but it's not doing it so just one question, is it compatible with W7?

 

[derrabe]

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

How did you fore your phone into roaming

 

[derrabe]

Ok Im stuck and really could use some help, I called metro pcs and got my mdn, min and sid numbers and have them programmed. Then my esn and meid was all 0's so I went to the link posted earlier and used qpst to input those. I now have all the information appears to be correct but I am stuck in searching for service mode still. When I go into phone in menu I get

sw version ms690zv4
PRL Version 65535 (which I am pretty sure is supposed to be 3019 or 3020)
ERI Version is 1003 
STATUS MENU
Mobile Network Type - Unknown
Service State - Out of Service
Roaming - Not roaming
Mobile Network State - Disconnected

Any help on getting this to work would be great

 

[new optimus]

Ok Im stuck and really could use some help, I called metro pcs and got my mdn, min and sid numbers and have them programmed. Then my esn and meid was all 0's so I went to the link posted earlier and used qpst to input those. I now have all the information appears to be correct but I am stuck in searching for service mode still. When I go into phone in menu I get

sw version ms690zv4
PRL Version 65535 (which I am pretty sure is supposed to be 3019 or 3020)
ERI Version is 1003 
STATUS MENU
Mobile Network Type - Unknown
Service State - Out of Service
Roaming - Not roaming
Mobile Network State - Disconnected

Any help on getting this to work would be great

what programs do you have? lgnpst, qpst, qxdm?
at what point are you at.

pm me I will be on and off the site for a while.

 

[derrabe]

Ok I got it to work I just used the same too that I did to flash it to upload the latest prl file and then used the all 0's guide and everything is fully functional again.

 

[new optimus]

Ok I got it to work I just used the same too that I did to flash it to upload the latest prl file and then used the all 0's guide and everything is fully functional again.

check your web, I found that settings needed were not there and used the guide linked to in post 51 of the restore the meid.

 

[derrabe]

Phone and internet are working like a charm, since i did the prl update. I am not sure why it fixed it but here is what I did step by step. I also have a samsung indulge and on their forum they have the 3020 prl posted to update it. I did a reimage of the phone using lgnpst.exe then I used that same program to push the prl update to the phone. next is used qxdm to input the esn and meid. Lastly I used ##626* with a service code of 000000 and entered the mdn min and sid metro pcs gave me over the phone. Hope this helps someone in the long run

 

[somedood81]

I've been trying to get this guide to work for me. I went thru everything in this guide, now my phone number is 000-000-9858 and I have prl 65535... Is there a way to get this thing back working without a call to metro?

 

[macjay420]

everytime i enter a command it says 12:45:51.934 RequestNVItemWrite - Unable to build buffer
any ideas

 

[somedood81]

I've been trying to get this guide to work for me. I went thru everything in this guide, now my phone number is 000-000-9858 and I have prl 65535... Is there a way to get this thing back working without a call to metro?

Well I got prl 3020 installed and I have service so I can call metro if needed, is there a way to fix my number without calling?

 

[Deleted User]

The phone number is working correctly for me...

The only error I got was on this command.."RequestNVItemWrite esn 0xXXXXXXXX"

It did not like my esn, so I continue with the rest of the commands and the phone seems to be working ok so far... hopefully it wont be a problem in the future.

 

[somedood81]

The phone number is working correctly for me...

The only error I got was on this command.."RequestNVItemWrite esn 0xXXXXXXXX"

It did not like my esn, so I continue with the rest of the commands and the phone seems to be working ok so far... hopefully it wont be a problem in the future.

If you skipped the esn and entered the meid you should be good. If the phone is working, check data to be sure its all set.

 

[macjay420]

How would I go about getting my number back

 

[somedood81]

How would I go about getting my number back

Whats the status of your phone? You did this tutorial and it didn't restore service? What phone number does your phone think it has, and what phone number does lgnpst show?

 

[Deleted User]

If you skipped the esn and entered the meid you should be good. If the phone is working, check data to be sure its all set.

Yup..data works...

 

[somedood81]

I can help anyone who gets zeroed out and this guide doesn't quite help, please PM me until I can write up a little tut.

 

[j_blaze14]

I can help anyone who gets zeroed out and this guide doesn't quite help, please PM me until I can write up a little tut.

i did the downgrade to 2.2.1, rooted, then installed a custom rom without wiping, stuck on lg screen. did the dead battery dev mode 4 butten job and reset fone with lgnpst but all my meid and esn's are actual nimbers not 0's. wen i go to qxdm the scp 000000 line i get "SPC Result = Incorrect". i tried the msl from whiterabbit for the scp then after that all the next lines come back with errors like "RequestNVItemWrite - Error response received from target". so i got nothing. just a cool wifi android "a"pod for now. is there another way to edit meid and esn or zero it out on purpose?

 

[somedood81]

i did the downgrade to 2.2.1, rooted, then installed a custom rom without wiping, stuck on lg screen. did the dead battery dev mode 4 butten job and reset fone with lgnpst but all my meid and esn's are actual nimbers not 0's. wen i go to qxdm the scp 000000 line i get "SPC Result = Incorrect". i tried the msl from whiterabbit for the scp then after that all the next lines come back with errors like "RequestNVItemWrite - Error response received from target". so i got nothing. just a cool wifi android "a"pod for now. is there another way to edit meid and esn or zero it out on purpose?

If you find yourself in the state described above you just need a prl and then you can call metro and program the MIN

http://androidforums.com/lg-optimus-m/391622-tutorial-manual-update-3020-prl.html

Then you should be able to call metro from another phone and have them walk you thru MIN program.