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Hi there,
problem as follows: I got a I9300 (pre-rootet and with some kind of chinese custom rom based on 4.0.4). I did not put in my simcard, but flashed it straight away with a 4.1.1 custom rom, and did the efs backup.
However, once I put in my simcard it shows no service. I have tried several roms and just restored stock recovery and stock firmware 4.1.1 but nothing has changed.
i have checked this threat http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1080076 and others, but still my phone is not having service.
I don't think that my efs partition is corrupted since when I type in those keycodes it still shows my imei. also I did a restore of my backed up efs.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!
Look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1702244
CHINESE owners and buyers of SIII discussion thread.
slaphead20 said:
Look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1702244
CHINESE owners and buyers of SIII discussion thread.
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It looks like what I am looking for. However, I cannot find the files they are using
I'll keep looking... thanks
Update:
I have asked the person who gave the phone to me, and apparently it was a parallel import to china. However, I have no idea where it is from originally.
I have tried flashing a couple of different stock roms, but without success.
I have also tried to flash the chinese rom from the suggested thread, but it keeps failing when it comes to the part where it wants to install the modem.
Does anyone have an idea how to find out the origin of the phone?
I have tried Kies, entering the model number and serial, but kies does not accept the serial.
My last hope would be that I can find out which market it is from, then flash back the original stock firmware?
Any other ideas why it might show no service?
IMEI is shown, so I think efs partiotion should be still ok, right?
I'd really appreciate any help and suggestions. I am out of ideas...
Thanks
There is some issue with your efs or modem.
having imei does not confirm that efs folder is intact.
No service .
Usual is .
Wrong IMEI .
No Modem /wrong modem .
Wrong CSC / network connections no tet up .
Sim faulty .
Phone blocked due to theft .
Wrong firmware on phone .
jje
JJEgan said:
No service .
Usual is .
Wrong IMEI .
No Modem /wrong modem .
Wrong CSC / network connections no tet up .
Sim faulty .
Phone blocked due to theft .
Wrong firmware on phone .
jje
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IMEI is shown as on sticker.
I have no idea where the phone is originally from - I have contacted Samsung but they were not willing to help- they say it has not been bought in NZ so they cannot help me here. Hence I dont know which modem would be the correct one. I have tried a couple of different ones, but none seems to be working.
Sim is ok, also tried like 5 other sim cards.
muhammad.ali123 said:
There is some issue with your efs or modem.
having imei does not confirm that efs folder is intact.
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That's what I read in other forums now as well.
The error seems to be common after unlocking with boxes.
So I suspect that someone unlocked the phone, which messed up the efs folder. The backup I made when I received phone, must already be faulty.
I also noticed that the SN in the phone settings shows up as a different number than the one on the sticker.
I guess I have to find someone with those 'boxes" who knows what he is doing Any suggestions for Auckland, NZ?
I have been to like 5 shops but noone could help so far... THANKS
Have you tried following the steps in this thread to identify the original firmware?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1838480
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corrsea said:
Have you tried following the steps in this thread to identify the original firmware?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1838480
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Thanks, I had tried that. Kies doesn't recognize the SN. Strangely enough SN in settings and SN on sticker are not the same. I really think seller screwed with the efs partition.
Was it working with the original Rom?
From my reading of your posts you have not changed the modem or csc that it came with?
Perhaps if you tried a 4.0.4 Rom again you might have some luck given it was probably working when you received it.
The different serial numbers are suspicious though. Presumably the one on the sticker is the correct one. Would Samsung not be able to identify the phone by the SN and tell you what the original firmware is?
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corrsea said:
Was it working with the original Rom?
From my reading of your posts you have not changed the modem or csc that it came with?
Perhaps if you tried a 4.0.4 Rom again you might have some luck given it was probably working when you received it.
The different serial numbers are suspicious though. Presumably the one on the sticker is the correct one. Would Samsung not be able to identify the phone by the SN and tell you what the original firmware is?
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When I received the phone it was not working. Hence I installed stock rom. I also tried flashing different modems, but nothing helped.
I contacted Samsung service and they said they wouldn't be able to help me because I did not purchase the phone in the country where I live in, and also cannot give me any information about where the phone was originally from.
It possible that is an imei block. If the phone is sold with a subscription and the owner sell it to an other prson without paying anymore the taxes for the phone the operator is able to block your phone using the imei.
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Some shops won't buy your phone unless you provide them with proof you purchased it or paid your bill off.
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manormachine said:
When I received the phone it was not working. Hence I installed stock rom. I also tried flashing different modems, but nothing helped.
I contacted Samsung service and they said they wouldn't be able to help me because I did not purchase the phone in the country where I live in, and also cannot give me any information about where the phone was originally from.
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As bought origins unknown .
Non working may be faulty and not fixable .
May have been as said blocked as its a stolen phone .
If it is I9300 then i would be flashing stock ICS firmware with modem and CSC for the country/network you are trying to use the phone on .At least then after a successful flash their can only be two reasons for not working phone hardware or IMEI .
IMEI check
http://www.numberingplans.com/?page=analysis&sub=imeinr
jje
JJEgan said:
As bought origins unknown .
Non working may be faulty and not fixable .
May have been as said blocked as its a stolen phone .
If it is I9300 then i would be flashing stock ICS firmware with modem and CSC for the country/network you are trying to use the phone on .At least then after a successful flash their can only be two reasons for not working phone hardware or IMEI .
IMEI check
http://www.numberingplans.com/?page=analysis&sub=imeinr
jje
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IMEI is ok. I also called my network provider to check if IMEI is blacklisted in my country, but say also say it's not blacklisted.
Someone told me (and I also read it on other forums) that this often happens after unlocks, which are actually not successfully finished.
I will meet him tomorrow and will post an update.
Thanks for the suggestions and help so far.
Ok last update:
Indeed the phone is unlocked and something went wrong with it. Apparently, it is a common thing that the IMEI changes during unlock and then has to be restored, which often causes that problem.
The guy who helped me got it fixed. Only problem is now that I cannot flash the modem file. So have to stick with roms which come without modem. Also it seems that some are incompatible with the 'old'modem
Right now I am using AOKP and everything is working.
Thanks again for all the help and suggestions!
Hey all,
I have a big problem at the moment.
I plugged my phone into charge.
At the next day i i tried to start it but it was stucked on the first Bootlogo with the i9300 text.
So i entered Recovery Mode i didnt had Root or flashed anything.
It say failed to mount /efs.
So i flashed a 4.0 firmware (i had 4.1.2) then it worked again the phone booted.
But my IMEI away
I rooted my phone and looked at EFS folder but its empty lol and i enabled "show hidden files which begins with a dot."
Any solution?
I cant bring my phone to repair cuz my screen is brocken and its to expensive to repair it i dotn have money now for it
but Samsung disable Warranty without repairing the Screen lolz
Pls can someone help me if someone needs my Original IMEI which is under Battery and my Empty EFS folder PM me pls
no solution. why didn't you make a backup like all the guides day?
Glebun said:
no solution. why didn't you make a backup like all the guides day?
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please can you explain to us how we can do efc backup
said_abush3leh said:
please can you explain to us how we can do efc backup
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use app from market HC-kTool it will do everything you need. but once is lost you are pretty much ****ed
As you have a habit of breaking stuff and no warranty .
You would be best finding a non samsung phone repair shop .
But first just try a factory reset.
jje
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Hey,
I tried everything my EFS was already away before i flashed and rooted.
So i wasnt able to do a backup.
And if i flash JB (Stock,CM everything tried) it stuck on BootLogo Factory reset did already but didnt worked.
Any solution?
Take it to repair shop. No other solution for you m8.
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Yea I know I'm 14 and the phone was a gift from my parents and I don't have money to repair it
But Big Thanks to all who tried to Help me!
Q Stuck
Does someone of u know why 4.1 roms are stuckin on bootlogo?
because your efs is gone
rajat155 said:
Does someone of u know why 4.1 roms are stuckin on bootlogo?
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They are not stuck on logo its not a common problem .
By its very nature this forum gets p[osts on such topics from users that have broken phones and that's on all firmware releases not just 4.1 .
Bootloop a common noob user problem from SGS1 onwards .
jje
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JJEgan said:
They are not stuck on logo its not a common problem .
By its very nature this forum gets p[osts on such topics from users that have broken phones and that's on all firmware releases not just 4.1 .
Bootloop a common noob user problem from SGS1 onwards .
jje
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But the problem is i have no bootloop it stuck on this screen http://fs02.androidpit.info/userfiles/1587174/image/I9300_bootlogo.jpg its not only 4.1 firmware 4.2 isnt working too i tried everything Cyanogenmod, Stock, omega...
all 4.0 firmware are working perfect.
Problem is as already posted you have no EFS folder and no IMEI .
4.1.1 roms do not stuck on bootlogo unless broken .
You asked why 4.1.1 stick on bootlogo they dont any broken firmware can stick on bootlogo
jje
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Your phone needs motherboard replacement and rebuilded EFS folder, leave it in for warranty.
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It works
Yeah !
It works the problem was that my efs wasnt mounted now i mounted it flashed 4.1 and it works
But still Fake IMEI and Serial 000000000
Kies say that my phone dont support Firmware upgrading.
Is this cuz i have a fake IMEI ?
rajat155 said:
Yeah !
It works the problem was that my efs wasnt mounted now i mounted it flashed 4.1 and it works
But still Fake IMEI and Serial 000000000
Kies say that my phone dont support Firmware upgrading.
Is this cuz i have a fake IMEI ?
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YES and fake serial .
jje
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rajat155 said:
Yeah !
It works the problem was that my efs wasnt mounted now i mounted it flashed 4.1 and it works
But still Fake IMEI and Serial 000000000
Kies say that my phone dont support Firmware upgrading.
Is this cuz i have a fake IMEI ?
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Warranty next perhaps before you mess anything else up?
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Destroyedbeauty said:
Warranty next perhaps before you mess anything else up?
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The problem is i have no warranty :/
You cannot use Kies or OTA to update and will have to flash updates via Odin .
You may have no network connection with no IMEI but phone should work as Not A Phone .
jje
jje
send it to samsung and replace the board for $350, or use your s3 as a media player
So I believe I was on the 4.0.4 when I started. I rooted my phone after only having the phome for a week. I wanted to update my phone so I downloaded an app which would allow me to keep my root and update at the same time (blue android figure as the icon of the app) everything seemed to have worked then I noticed it said emergency calls only and my network was gone. Currently I am on 4.1.2 and my serial number and imei are still the same. I have tried everything, including flashing stock rom on to it ... resetting to factory settings.. EVERYTHING. And it is really bugging me because I only got this phone a week ago
It is a samsung galaxy s3... please can some one help me. I heard people in the other forums talking about modem or efs or something along them lines and I am wondering it might be something to do with that?
Restore your original firmware you saved including original modem and CSC .
Check your phone model is I9300 .
jje
JJEgan said:
Restore your original firmware you saved including original modem and CSC .
Check your phone model is I9300 .
jje
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I have no back ups whatsoever. I only got this phone a week ago. My model is i9300. How do I go about doing this?
Also thank you for your quick reply. I am new to android and I dont get everything still
Mubaraakkk said:
I have no back ups whatsoever. I only got this phone a week ago. My model is i9300. How do I go about doing this?
Also thank you for your quick reply. I am new to android and I dont get everything still
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Just find your original firmware details or ask a user with the same phone as you or just restore via
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1978840
or just guess at sammobile firmware based upon your location and network ..
jje
JJEgan said:
Just find your original firmware details or ask a user with the same phone as you or just restore via
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1978840
or just guess at sammobile firmware based upon your location and network ..
jje
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Ive tried to flash to a stock firmware from sammobile.. I put it back its orignal firmware but still I was faced with the same problem.
Then I tried upgrading it with a stock firmware off sammobile again and still no service and its prompting me that I have no service.
I dont care about any files on my phone. I just want my signal back and I am willing to do anything to have solved.
Should contact Samsung? As I believe I still am under warranty
Many thanks
Should contact Samsung? As I believe I still am under warranty
I rooted my phone
Voids warranty see the restore to warranty guide .
Then i would return the phone to the vendor .
jje
JJEgan said:
Should contact Samsung? As I believe I still am under warranty
I rooted my phone
Voids warranty see the restore to warranty guide .
Then i would return the phone to the vendor .
jje
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Is that where I have to do triangle away?
If yes ive already done that and my device status is normal. Is it safe to send back to samsung?
Mubaraakkk said:
Is that where I have to do triangle away?
If yes ive already done that and my device status is normal. Is it safe to send back to samsung?
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Has someone got anymore suggestions?
bumping more than once every 24 hours is against the rules.
Hi, I my s3 randomly turns off and I have no idea y, then it won't turn on for maybe an hour or so
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No details given no idea .
ICS JN KLP ??
JJEgan said:
No details given no idea .
ICS JN KLP ??
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What details you want?, my phone is working fine,then I put it away,come back later and it won't turn on, its not that the battery is dead because when I do get it to turn on it still has battery.
What firmware is the patient ???
Have you read the identical symptoms posts .
jje
JJEgan said:
What firmware is the patient ???
Have you read the identical symptoms posts .
jje
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It runs stock 4.1.2, rooted with the Siyah kernal
Test with a stock kernel.
jje
JJEgan said:
Test with a stock kernel.
jje
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I haven't been able to get it turned back on since it last went off
JJEgan said:
Test with a stock kernel.
jje
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I have tried charging it for a while but that didnt work, I also tried owning te battery out for a while
If you have no download mode to flash stock then its a service centre repair job .
jje
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If you have no download mode to flash stock then its a service centre repair job .
jje
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Ok, thx anyidea if my warrenty is still valid? And any way to get my data off
No warranty no data off .
If phone does not boot to download mode the warranty rejection may never arise .
jje
JJEgan said:
No warranty no data off .
If phone does not boot to download mode the warranty rejection may never arise .
jje
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What about the thing the eu released that unless they prove that my flashing broke it, then the warrenty is still valid
Get somebody at the phone vendors to accept that if you can .
Samsung's separate 24 month limited warranty is as i understand it an extra above sale of the product .
It is not covered by EU law .
Some get non warranty phones repaired free others get rejected the majority where root or custom rom is visible get rejected .
Not only have you rooted the phone but also installed a non Samsung kernel .
Suck it and see they either repair free or reject and send you a quote .
jje
JJEgan said:
Get somebody at the phone vendors to accept that if you can .
Samsung's separate 24 month limited warranty is as i understand it an extra above sale of the product .
It is not covered by EU law .
Some get non warranty phones repaired free others get rejected the majority where root or custom rom is visible get rejected .
Not only have you rooted the phone but also installed a non Samsung kernel .
Suck it and see they either repair free or reject and send you a quote .
jje
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I will take it to 3 and see what they say
I got it to turn on now, I think it maybhave been the fake batteries that I had bought.
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Hey people i need help from you and i am really sorry about my english but im portuguese
I bought a SIII three weeks ago and yesterday i flashed with the HD revolution version 4.1.2 and after complete boot i installed yank555 kernel. Suddently the phone its only in emergency calls only and the ime has been changed to 004999.... After that i try by odin like 10 original roms and nothing happen. I heard that a member called spocky12 solve another member problem and i have already sent him a message but anyway i ask from you guys if i can do something. I have warranty for 2 years, it was a girlfriend gift, i love the phone and now im completely stuck. If you guys can do something please tell me. Thank you
If you backed up EFS, restore it. If you did not backup EFS, send for repair. No other fix.
Did you use search as per forum rules? Millions of topics on this.
rootSU said:
If you backed up EFS, restore it. If you did not backup EFS, send for repair. No other fix.
Did you use search as per forum rules? Millions of topics on this.
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No backup done.... can i say something in repair centre to have a free repair? Because the phone just have a couple days....
ShadowPT said:
No backup done.... can i say something in repair centre to have a free repair? Because the phone just have a couple days....
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No as it has custom rom and root warranty is void .
jje
JJEgan said:
No as it has custom rom and root warranty is void .
jje
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It have original 4.2.1 rom on it. Original for my country from samfirmware
ShadowPT said:
It have original 4.2.1 rom on it. Original for my country from samfirmware
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If all custom rom and status signs are as normal then you may get warranty repair .
jje
JJEgan said:
If all custom rom and status signs are as normal then you may get warranty repair .
jje
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