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[glossywhite]

tilal6991, on 13 November 2011 - 07:41 PM, said:

Just in advance - can I add this to my tutorial?

Yeah, go for it dude. You're all welcome to share ALL my content I put on here.

Video:

[tilal6991]

glossywhite, on 13 November 2011 - 08:26 PM, said:

Yeah, go for it dude. You're all welcome to share ALL my content I put on here.

Video:

Thanks will add tommorow

[ChrisH7]

John W, on 13 November 2011 - 01:24 AM, said:

Quick heads up,

If you want to prevent the loss of your WIFI mac address and probably other NV items that we don't yet know about then there's a working method. This isn't a tutorial just a heads up to those writing the tutorials that they can incorporate.

If you can locate a copy of QPST v2.7_366 via Google, and run the included utility "Software download", use the BACKUP tab with the default options to save your phone's non volatile memory state into a QCN file (with all default options), then run the Unlock process according to existing tutorials, then go back into "Software download" and use the Restore tab to restore the saved QCN file, you will find that you have avoided losing your MAC address (Losing the MAC address is probably no big issue, though to me it seems incredibly unlikely statistically that that is all we've lost from the existing unlocking process, and my concern is there are most likely other items that we may discover have been lost later on such as radio calibration data etc)

Hi John W, I  ran the tutorial for unlock of my new Monte Carlo phone, all worked I but neglected to note the MAC address, now have the wi-fi issue "phone doesn't write Mac address" I don't think I have the saved QCN file either. Is there a solution to this?  I am OK to try a complete root. (I am also new to this stuff, so need it spelt out) I will donate as required to solve this.
Yours hopefully ChrisH.

[D3abL3]

ChrisH7, on 17 November 2011 - 01:55 PM, said:

Hi John W, I  ran the tutorial for unlock of my new Monte Carlo phone, all worked I but neglected to note the MAC address, now have the wi-fi issue "phone doesn't write Mac address" I don't think I have the saved QCN file either. Is there a solution to this?  I am OK to try a complete root. (I am also new to this stuff, so need it spelt out) I will donate as required to solve this.
Yours hopefully ChrisH.

Here you go

[ChrisH7]

Hi John W  The problem is I cannot  edit back in my MAC address because I did'nt write write it on paper, but I followed the tutorial. Am I now stuck, or can I obtain a "replacement MAC address?


Would much appreciate your help will donte especially if you make it simple for me.

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[glossywhite]

ChrisH7, on 19 November 2011 - 06:27 PM, said:

Hi John W  The problem is I cannot  edit back in my MAC address because I did'nt write write it on paper, but I followed the tutorial. Am I now stuck, or can I obtain a "replacement MAC address?


Would much appreciate your help will donte especially if you make it simple for me.

Here you go

I've PM'd you. I'll fix your QCN for you, with a new MAC.

[ChrisH7]

Hi John W , Thanks so much, All working now, can you recommend a new ROM tutorial please?

ChrisH7

[DanielUK]

I bought a Monte Carlo today, and managed to unlock it just perfectly with the tutorials, but managed not to save the .qcn file.  The phone boots up, accepts my T-Mobile SIM, and everything but wifi seems to work.

I have gone back and downloaded/saved the .qcn file, and edited with a hex editor and restored the file, but Settings>About Phone>Wiifi MAC still shows 11 22 33 etc.  I repeated with arnoldziq's editor and restored that file instead, but still the same.

What could I be doing wrong?  I added the port in the QPST program and it detects the phone, it generates/downloads the qcn files, I am sure I'm editing the files correctly, and it looks like the files upload/restore correctly - the phone restarts yet the Wifi MAC doesn't change.

[arnoldziq]

DanielUK, on 22 November 2011 - 09:11 PM, said:

I bought a Monte Carlo today, and managed to unlock it just perfectly with the tutorials, but managed not to save the .qcn file.  The phone boots up, accepts my T-Mobile SIM, and everything but wifi seems to work.

I have gone back and downloaded/saved the .qcn file, and edited with a hex editor and restored the file, but Settings>About Phone>Wiifi MAC still shows 11 22 33 etc.  I repeated with arnoldziq's editor and restored that file instead, but still the same.

What could I be doing wrong?  I added the port in the QPST program and it detects the phone, it generates/downloads the qcn files, I am sure I'm editing the files correctly, and it looks like the files upload/restore correctly - the phone restarts yet the Wifi MAC doesn't change.

Did you write back to the phone a proper file ? This one with a name like : your_backup_xx_xx_xx_xx_xx_xx.qcn ?
Attach here patched qcn file. We will take a look.

Edited by arnoldziq, 22 November 2011 - 09:26 PM.

[DanielUK]

arnoldziq, on 22 November 2011 - 09:26 PM, said:

Did you write back to the phone a proper file ? This one with a name like : your_backup_xx_xx_xx_xx_xx_xx.qcn ?
Attach here patched qcn file. We will take a look.

Thank you - yes, attached is the QCN file I downloaded, the one I created by editing in a hex editor, and the one from your utility.  In the QPST Software Download program I selected the one of the two edited QCN files and it restored to the phone and the phone restarted itself, but the MAC address doesn't appear to change in the phone.

(Edit - removed the QCN file attachments after reading that they were phone-specific and that they would hold the IMEI)

Edited by DanielUK, 23 November 2011 - 08:51 AM.

[arnoldziq]

As far I can tell, the files look fine.
One think is bother me :/ Why you files has a different size than my one. :/
All your files have  157,184 bytes, my one has 156,672 ...  Exactly 512 bytes of difference:(

[DanielUK]

I don't see anyone else having uploaded a QCN file so I can't try restoring a 512 bytes smaller file

I don't know if any of these are relevant, but for my seemingly unusual phone with its bigger QCN file:

• Android version 2.3.4
• Baseband version P743TB01
• Kernel version 2.6.35.7-perf+zte-kernel@Zdroid-SMT
• Build number OUK_P743TV1.0.0B05

[DanielUK]

Wifi is now working, but not becuase I did anything different with the QCN file.  I ran the unlock again and after seeing that wifi was still not working, I tried superboot to see if uploading the QCN file with root access enabled worked, but when it didn't I followed the unlock process's last step to install Clockworkmod and then installed v3 of the Cyanogenmod.  I'm very happy with that - no Orange stuff installed and wifi now works.  A wifi MAC address shows, I'm sure it is not the one that I had entered into the QCN file, but it's working so I'm not complaining!

Thank you arnoldziq and tilal6991 specifically and everyone else who has worked on unlocking and degunking the Monte Carlo.  I left my HTC Desire on a train last week and the Monte Carlo seems every bit as good, but with a bigger screen, slightly easier to use.  I don't notice the processor being slower, I've never played a game or a video.

[xiaoyaoswim]

DanielUK, on 23 November 2011 - 09:02 AM, said:

Wifi is now working, but not becuase I did anything different with the QCN file.  I ran the unlock again and after seeing that wifi was still not working, I tried superboot to see if uploading the QCN file with root access enabled worked, but when it didn't I followed the unlock process's last step to install Clockworkmod and then installed v3 of the Cyanogenmod.  I'm very happy with that - no Orange stuff installed and wifi now works.  A wifi MAC address shows, I'm sure it is not the one that I had entered into the QCN file, but it's working so I'm not complaining!

Thank you arnoldziq and tilal6991 specifically and everyone else who has worked on unlocking and degunking the Monte Carlo.  I left my HTC Desire on a train last week and the Monte Carlo seems every bit as good, but with a bigger screen, slightly easier to use.  I don't notice the processor being slower, I've never played a game or a video.

Is your new WIFI MAC 00:90:4c:14:43:19? If so, it is determined by nv_4319.txt in CM7.

[DanielUK]

xiaoyaoswim, on 23 November 2011 - 11:52 AM, said:

Is your new WIFI MAC 00:90:4c:14:43:19? If so, it is determined by nv_4319.txt in CM7.

Yes, it is

[xiaoyaoswim]

arnoldziq, on 22 November 2011 - 09:52 PM, said:

As far I can tell, the files look fine.
One think is bother me :/ Why you files has a different size than my one. :/
All your files have  157,184 bytes, my one has 156,672 ...  Exactly 512 bytes of difference:(

For some reason (the FTM flasher alters NVitems?), the file sizes of qcn are different in 512 bytes. I think that is why the offset of  your BT MAC address differs from mine.

[xiaoyaoswim]

DanielUK, on 23 November 2011 - 12:02 PM, said:

Yes, it is

Then you will need to edit nv_4319.txt to get MAC address once you flash another ROM. I don't know why you cannot fix it permanently by editing&restoring QCN. There are a couple of similiar cases reported in our forum.

[wrtease]

its to do with the battery not being in as it needs power to complete the write process. usb 2 ports nly supply enough power to run .but need the battery in to complete the write or you dont get complete write .its like burning a cd without the finalize.

[nick_sub]

Thanks very much for this useful thread.

I had the same problem as BustaRhymes+ (see page 1) with the Atlas Server error. I set up the port with the config file but still got error messages when I tried to load the QPST Software Download program (Windows 7 32 bit). After a lot of trying various different things unsuccessfully, I finally got it working by launching it from the Globe icon in the taskbar (right click on the globe -> Software Download). Goodness knows why it worked from there and not from teh Start menu but if anyone else has similar problems I suggest trying that. After that it all went smoothly.

Now it's time to try some ROMs Cyanogen first...

Edited by nick_sub, 15 December 2011 - 10:35 PM.

[azerbaijanman]

Hi there everybody, I think I've done something really stupid.

I followed the unlock tutorial, but for some reason only got a .qcn file of 4kb in size. Now I have an unlocked phone that works fine as a phone, but will not connect to wireless internet (which it did before the unlock).

Is there any way to 'rewrite' NV data, or have I ruined my girlfriend's new phone?

Thanks.