I received this phone to work on that was recently "flagged" for stolen due to some drama regarding unpaid bills and a phone call to TMO CS. Relative called TMO to unflag the phone. The issue came up shortly after the unflag and relative proceeded to "Factory Reset"(didn't solve anything). Phone is completely stock. Never touched. It's not a hardware issue as I do receive a signal "occasionally" but most of the time the phone reports no signal and doesn't even detect my SIM chip. When I can get a signal, I try to auto-set my APN but when trying to choose TMO, I get the usual "your sim card does not allow a connection to this network".
No kidding as I noticed in the EFS folder that nv_data.bin is missing as well as its .bak file. Everything else AFAIK is in-tact such as Wi-Fi MAC and BT MAC as well as the IMEI. Baseband is identified, Phone Number does show up when popping in a SIM Chip, but Network, Service, and the usual is out.
TL: DR - Is there a way of rebuilding the nv_data from this? Do I take it into a TMO store and let them handle it?
If it means anything, the phone's on the latest KL1 modem.
No kidding as I noticed in the EFS folder that nv_data.bin is missing as well as its .bak file. Everything else AFAIK is in-tact such as Wi-Fi MAC and BT MAC as well as the IMEI. Baseband is identified, Phone Number does show up when popping in a SIM Chip, but Network, Service, and the usual is out.
TL: DR - Is there a way of rebuilding the nv_data from this? Do I take it into a TMO store and let them handle it?
If it means anything, the phone's on the latest KL1 modem.
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