I followed the procedures to update the firmware, got it to update. But, lost all my settings and my apps. I looked on my google account and could not find the backup that was created. So all lost.
I am getting "the device is not activated yet, please contact your vendor". I initially thought it was a problem with the version of firmware I used, so I put the original stock version back on. The same issue. I followed the procedure in the link below
I have tried all 3 MAC id's that I could find with the same results. I tried lower case letters in the MAC and I tried using upper case letters as suggested in link above.
MAC id's and locations with code results:
Bottom of device on sticker - 066181217347 (I did put the colons in) - e5dc69ff - no good
ID that comes up when you press 758523 - 02:00:00:25:2c:01 - using lower case - 9cc11125 - using upper case - 9b9b79a4 - no good
ID that shows up when you go to settings, about, status - 18:bb:26:de:33:42 - lower case - b7c3d504 - upper case - 982b3c50 - no good
still have message
What am I doing wrong?